Prop, Character and Location list for media production

Prop, Character and location list for media production

Prop list:

• Coffin
• Crowbar
• Cable ties
• Briefcase
• Knives
• Cane

Character list:

• Carl Armstrong
• The Undertaker

Clothing list:

• Long coat
• Hat

Location list:

• Warehouse
• Office
• Backroad
• Courtyard

Weekly News #13

Weekly News #13
Source BBC News

Autism-friendly Christmas grotto opens in York

An Autism-friendly Christmas grotto has opened in York to offer children with the condition a friendly and relaxed environment to go and meet Santa. The grotto runs in a system with 30 minute slots so that the meetings are not rushed and stressful and tedious queuing is cut out. One women who visited the grotto with her son said the layout gives the children an opportunity to "do what they want".

Traditional Santa's grotto

I choose this story because Autistic children and disabled children as a whole generally do not visit Christmas grotto's, this potentially could be down to the large crowds and the cramped and tedious queuing. The people who have opened this grotto in York have decided to open it to give autistic children an equal opportunity to visit Santa at Christmas. This is representation of disability because the grotto gives autistic children a chance to visit.



Weekly News #12

Weekly News #12
Source: Evening standard

'Really British' shop owner selling souvenirs accused

of racism by neighbors

Really British in North London

A novelty gift shop that has recently been opened in North London has received lots of complaints accusing him of being racist because of the British themed items he sells. The shopkeeper Chris Ostwald, 54 said that locals have threatened to stage boycotts and protests over his goods which include: Union jacks, kinks memorabilia and socks favoured by Prince Charles. He also accused his critics of 'reverse racism' and argued that foreign customers had said they had loved the shop, he went on to say that people have accused him of making a "UKIP" shop and therefore branding him as racist.

I chose this story because I think that people do not always really understand what they are talking about when they accuse people of being racist. The shop is just one of many novelty stores that sells British themed products in London but because the shop was opened after Brexit people have complained because they think he is selling British themed products to get his political views across, but at the end of the day it turns out that the shop is actually enjoyed by tourists.

Themes and representations in 'crash'

Crash poster

Themes and representations in 'crash'



Crash is a film about citizens of Los Angeles with separate and different lives and how their lives collide with stories of: race, loss and redemption. All of these themes and more are represented through the many characters in the film

Firstly, Racism is the biggest theme in this film and lots of characters experience racism in different ways. Some examples of these racist attacks include:

• When Farhad the Persian shop owner went to purchase the gun at the start the man selling him the gun refers to him as "Osama" assuming that he is an Arab.
• The Hispanic locksmith Daniel Ruiz was assumed to be a "gangbanger" because of the tattoos he had.
• The Black cop couldn't remember where he's partner was from.
• The white cop inappropriately feels a women up after pulling over her and her husband who are both Black.
• The white cop at the end thought the man he was giving a ride was going to shoot him and because of this  the cop ended up shooting him.

Also the film shows that people can change and not always in a good way, we see the white cop who originally pulled over a black couple and inappropriately felt up the wife later on saved the same women from a burning car and made sure that he definitely saved her. But not all of the characters change in a good way for example Farhad the Persian shop owner who seems like an average guy (despite buying a gun at the start) ends up losing his head when his shop gets wrecked because despite being told to he did not buy a new door. He then blames the lock smith and tries to shoot him and nearly shot his daughter but luckily for the characters he was given blanks at the start when he brought the gun.

Lastly one other key theme is just the struggles of life. For starters Antony and Peter are forced to steal and sell cars to make money and the detective is having problems at home looking after his dad. Obviously some characters have it worse than others for example Graham Waters who is the black detective has to look after his sick mother whilst balancing his job and trying to find his younger brother who he finds dead at the end of the film.