KTA 5

My media product, Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi has a primarily male audience between the age of 10 and 50. This is because of the overall Sci fi theme throughout the film which can be considered more male friendly. Production technques such as mise en scene, editing work, camera work and sound are used to create apropiate meaing for the stlyle of film.

A action match has been used been used in order to create meaning and help the audiences recognise Star Wars 8 as a Sci fi film. The younger audience members this is recognised as without this specific editing technique they would not feel as excited when this specific scene is happening. In this films case it is the scene when Kylo Ren and Rey begin to fight the red royal guards, as it cuts between Kylo's and Rey's individual battles still happening at the same time. Without this editing techniques details of this iconic battle would not be seen thus creating less excitement for the audience and especially the younger viewers. In this genre of this film is sci fi the use of this editing technique is needed as it is in keeping with the action that is known with this genre. David Bordwell claims 'Any theme may appear in any genre.' In this scene the theme is a thriller theme as there is large amounts of violence however there is a slight romantic theme also as Rey and Kylo work together to defeat the enemies for the first time, This giving the audience a idea that they may be a romance theme between them two.

Mise en scene also is used to create meaning in this media product, most of all is Locations. As throughout the film there is a lot of traveling in space to foreign planets that us humans have never heard before. An example being Finn and Rose go to Canto Bight in search for the Master Codebreaker. Canto Bight is a planet that we do not know and is made up for the purpose of the movie. This foreign planet is in keeping with the sci fi genre as it is made up and supernatural in space, This creates meaning as it helps the audience keep up with story with a change in setting in a classic sci fi way. This is typical for this genre of film. Patrick Phillips claims 'Genre offers audience comfortable and reassurance' This is shown in the film as the people who watch Star Wars a used to foreign planets being explored thus creating a sense of security with the film. This shown in my media product.

Sound both diegetic and non - diegetic are used to create meaning and verisimilitude for example the sound of Kylo Ren's lightsaber and Rey's lightsaber being switched on. This supernatural sound of this weapons are recognised features from other Star Wars films which is in the same genre as this media product this meaning it creates a important meaning as it is recognisable what happens next which is iconic in this genre of film. Throughout the film background music is the same theme and tone throughout the film thus connoting a important scene or a action scene for example the sound when Luke and Kylo fight is increased to create a important meaning for the audience to recognise. Patrick Phillips' theory denoting that this technique gives a pleasure to the audience which this product as it get the audience excited whilst the action unfolds.


Finally the camerawork can create meaning in my product. The establishing shot at the start of the film connotes a continuation from the cliff hanger at the end of the previous film. This shot denotes the location and the slight view of Rey walking up the path to Luke Skywalker. This shot is used to give a nostalgic feel to the last film and is important as it connotes that Luke is at the top of the mountain. This gives the audience a sense of security to the audience because they know where the film will start off and makes them know that the genre of this film is sci fi as it is a continuation of previous film. This links with Patrick Phillips' theory that claims 'Genre offers audience comfortable reassurance' with this establishing shot carrying from the last film this I believe links with this precise theory.