what I learnt from utopia

So what is utopia?

Utopia is channel 4s flagship television series, Utopia will follow a group of people who find themselves in possession of a manuscript of a cult graphic novel. The tome is rumoured to have predicted the worst disasters of the last century and the group soon find themselves targeted by a shadowy organisation known only as The Network.

The case study

As a class we studied many different elements of utopia, from pre to  post production, and this has helped me develop my media skills and terminology within media.






colour correction


Utopia is well known for having a comic book effect which was achieved by colour correction in post production. I was inspired by this work, so in my preliminary task I attempted to mimic the style of colour correction. I learnt that importance of colour correction and how it can change the audiences perception of each scene.




engaging with the audience
through utopia I learnt the different ways of how a media source can engage with an audience for example through social media, broadcasting, on demand. this taught me the different conventions of showing media to the audiences.


representation
In utopia we was introduced to how characters are represented in media, for example we looked at the antagonist and how he is portrayed to the audience. We looked at the following media elements that show representation;
- camera shots/movements
- sound
-mise en scene
- editing
Being introduced to representation will help me in my final exam because the is a question of how a theme is represented.