Unit 22 Single Camera

Write a 600 word minimum essay selecting and analysing at least three television and film dramas that you are familiar with. These should include at least one feature film, one television serial, and one television series.

Television Serial: The Walking Dead (Horror, Drama, Zombie Apocalypse)

The Walking Dead is based on the comic books which was created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. The person who is responsible for bringing the comic book to life and bringing The Walking Dead to one of the most known Television Serials ever was Frank Darabont. The first episode was released on the 31st October of 2010. The genre of "The Walking Dead" is a Horror,Drama and zombie apocalypse as the concept of zombies bring the horror side out and

The main actors are Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne-Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa Mcbride, Michael Rooker and Lennie James.



Television Series: Modern Family

The Tv Series i will be talking about is Modern Family This mockumentary explores the many different types of a modern family through the stories of a gay couple, comprised of Mitchell and Cameron, and their daughter Lily, a straight couple, comprised of Phil and Claire, and their three kids, Haley, Alex, and Luke, and a multicultural couple, which is comprised of Jay and Gloria, and their son Manny. These three types of families are being taped by a Dutch documentary crew who are using them for an upcoming reality-based television series due to air in The Netherlands.
Created By Screenwriters Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, The Pilot for Modern Family was aired September 23rd and watched live by 12.61 million viewers, placing it as the most viewed show of the night and the series.
The Comedy based Series was highly regarded in its pilot and has since been renewed for 10 seasons, featuring a several basic everyday plots intertwining the members of the family in everyday life normally told in a traditional linear narrative fashion normally featuring a closed ending per episode.
The purpose of each character in the story is to represent different ethnicities, cultures and sexualities of those in a “modern family”.
The themes of Modern Family are mainly that of social acceptance and coming together/unity.
One thing that makes Modern a Family Unique as a show is its mockumentary setting and filming.

Its imperfect camera zooms and slightly shaky camerawork add humour to silent situations or can immerse the viewer in the fact that these hilarious and outrageous moments are taking the place in the households of these regular people.


 Feature Film: The feature Film i’ll be discussing is Edgar Wright's 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs the World based off of Bryan Lee o'Malley’s Scott Pilgrim Series of Graphic Novels.
The Plot- is set in In Toronto, 22-year-old Scott Pilgrim is a bass guitarist in Sex Bob-Omb, a floundering garageband. To the disapproval of his friends, he is dating Knives Chau, a high-school student. Scott meets an American Amazon.ca delivery girl, Ramona Flowers, having first seen her in a dream, and loses interest in Knives. When Sex Bob-Omb plays in a battle of the bands sponsored by record executive G-Man Graves, Scott is attacked by Ramona's ex-boyfriend Matthew Patel. Scott defeats Patel and learns that, in order to date Ramona, he must defeat the remaining six evil exes.

The Cast of the Film Includes-
  • Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, a 22-year-old bass guitarist who falls for Ramona
  • Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, a mysterious American delivery girl whose seven evil exes pursue Scott
  • Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells, Scott's 25-year-old gay best friend and roommate
  • Ellen Wong as Knives Chau, a 17-year-old schoolgirl Scott dates when meeting Ramona
  • Alison Pill as Kim Pine, the 23-year-old drummer of Sex Bob-omb and one of Scott's ex-girlfriends
  • Mark Webber as Stephen Stills, the 22-year-old Sex Bob-omb frontman
  • Johnny Simmons as "Young" Neil Nordegraf, a 20-year-old Sex Bob-omb fan and video gamer
  • Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim, Scott's 18-year-old sister
  • Brie Larson as Natalie "Envy" Adams, one of Scott's ex-girlfriends and singer of the Clash at Demonhead
  • Aubrey Plaza as Julie Powers, Stephen's obnoxious ex-girlfriend
The League of Evil Exes-
  1. Satya Bhabha as Matthew Patel, who has mystical powers, such as levitation and the ability to throw fireballs
  2. Chris Evans as Lucas Lee, a skateboarder turned movie star, with super strength
  3. Brandon Routh as Todd Ingram, bassist for the Clash at Demonhead, whose veganism gives him telekinetic powers
  4. Mae Whitman as Roxanne "Roxy" Richter, a ninja with the ability to teleport
  5. Shota Saito as Kyle Katayanagi, one of two twin brothers whose music summons powerful creatures
  6. Keita Saito as Ken Katayanagi, one of two twin brothers whose music summons powerful creatures
  7. Jason Schwartzman as Gideon Gordon Graves, record executive and mastermind behind the League of Evil Exes

Genre of Movie-The Genre of Scott pilgrim Vs The World is  an Action, Romance and Comedy based Film with Fantasy based ideas synonymous with knight and princess storylines which are clearly connoted with the storyline (protagonist fighting off love interests threats) further playing into a tale of redemption for how Scott has treated those around him (using the power of self respect in the conclusion of the film) granted to him after he gets a life figuratively and literally (by receiving a one up) enabling to try again after being defeated by Gideon.

The film is synonymous with modern media based culture with video game and anime influences prevalent from the very first scene (which opens with The Legend Of Zelda's OST and displays opening credits in an arcade font) and has been branded the modern film of the internet as it utilizes genres and common themes associated with “awkward internet culture” craftingly and lovingly, in Edgar Wrights Own Words “I think all of us at some point have been through the same ups and downs of love that Scott, Ramona and Knives experience and that by showing these quirks similar and completely different in a realistic light can we identify a film not only by its writing, but by its acting too.”

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