Along with juggling my primary research i am now going to have to create my notes pages and the deadline set is for this friday but i would rather finish before then. we have been told that we can only take four sides of notes into the exam so i want to get as much on there without making it look like paragraphs and scruffy but i am probably going to use colour coding to help me search out my key words.

After a detailed discussion in class i have opted for a focus group for my primary research i was thinking about a questionaire but that would be too time consuming and not very reliable, so as part of my focus group i am going to select a limited group of people so i can remain in control. it probably wont be too long and i will keep my questions open to avoid biasness and get as much nfo as possible. I am going to spend this weekend looking for clips that will be approriate for my hypothesis.

i realised that maybe one review website wasnt enough so i also looked at VARIETY this is a smaller review website but just as effective, it also looks at the films from an inside looking outwards point of view so it trys to understand the film but also trys to highlight only the postive aspects of the film.So both early today and yesterday afternoon i spent my time analysing the reviews and summarised the discussions on hard copy and inserted it into my critical research folder, i have only got godfather remaining so i will use rotten tomatoes to review the film.

Popular criticism is the only chapter untouched so far so i am going to spend time on it. The first website i am going to look out is rotten tomatoes as this is a very good review website and is famous and well known, it brings both sides of arguments together for you to make your own conclusion. I am starting with outlaw as i believe i will have the least to talk about here so i am going to devote my attention to it.

I am currently watching certain clips of godfather so that i can link my research to it and highlight the aspects of media crime in the film which are glamorized the link to the film ishttp://missedashow.net/media/462/The_Godfather/ i am in particular looking at the opening scenes of the godfather.

i am doing my critical criticism and i have found the perfect book for both oulaws and greenstreet regarding the crime in both movies the bibliography:Kirsh,J. (2006) 'children,adolescents and media violence' sage, california.
The most useful of topic on theese books is sports and violence and its affiliations. so this topic refers to the fact that if there are two sets of people with different goals and ambitions then a cnflict occurs and there goals are incomputable with each other. This is just the book which i am currently going through and i am looking for one more that will help me in understanding the godfather.

This is just a brief summary of the figures i researched. A break down of the finances and my institution data is in my folder and i have extracted the key facts.

Institution data

The Godfather
Gross revenue=$245,066,411

Production company=paramount PICTURES

Opening weekend=$302,393



Green Street
Gross revenue=£3,154,346

Production company=Baker street

Opening weekend=£446,369



Outlaws
Gross revenue=£1,791,126

Production company=vertigo films

opening weekend=£304,814

Im now moving onto the institutional part of my research but i will slot this information straight into my folder however i might update some key facts into my blog.

the first thing i done when studying the godfather is look at the critical reception and this is what i found at thatThe film is greatly respected among international critics and the public, it is routinely listed as one of the greatest films ever made. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of 61 reviews were positive and Meteoritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received a perfect average score of 100, based on 14 reviews. It was voted greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly, and is now ranked as the second greatest film in American cinematic history – behind Citizen Kane by the American Film Institute. In the 2002 Sight & Sound poll of international critics, The Godfather (along with The Godfather Part II) was ranked as the fourth best film of all time. Both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990 and 1993, respectively, while The Godfather Part III was not.
The soundtrack's main theme by nina Rota was also critically acclaimed; the main theme ("Speak Softly Love") is well-known and widely used.
Stanley Kubrick believed that The Godfather was possibly the greatest movie ever made, and without question the best cast.

Regarding the film outlaw i had a chance to look at its critical reviews and they were that The film opened to mixed reviews, The Daily Mirror slammed the film calling it 'simplistic' and 'muddled' and gave it 2/5 and 1/5 in their Friday and Sunday issues respectively. The Guardian described it as "ugly, naive, and deeply unpleasant: crime-revenge-porn without any style or wit or convincing narrative". Some media outlets have praised the film, such as The Independent,and The News of the World which described the film as 'bold' and gave it 4 stars out of 5. The film has been criticised by many for 'excessive violence'.

Outlaw entered the UK box office at Number 5 in its first week, but then dropped before closing at many cinemas.

upoon watching green street this is what i have been able to come with regarding the context of the film is that the name of the firm in the film, the Green Street Elite, refers to Green Street in the London Borough of Newham, where West Ham's home stadium, Boleyn Ground (more commonly known as Upton Park) is located. West Ham is supported by one of England's notorious hooligan firms: the Inter City Firm (ICF). that Although Green Street has received some criticism regarding the exaggerated level of violence shown between the firms in the movie in here they particularly glorify the firm and its actions, the cultural validity of the script is rooted in anthropological studies of firm behaviorism.

upon watching outlaws and green street i have noticed that they very much glorify crime so im heading towards that route but i am going to watch godfather again.

I have found my three texts which are:Green street, Outlaws and the Godfather.

even though i don't have a hypothesis yet i wont let it stop me from researching my three texts, i am looking at the realms of new media however my next focus will have to be my hypothesis.

HELP!!! i need a hypothesis for crime and the media.

Im am now dead set on crime and the media however i am finding it difficult thinking of an idea as they are either taken or have been done before and i want to look at a fresh topic but i know whatever i do would have been taken anyway so its just a matter of finding a suitable topic that i can research and im interested in.i remain very optimistic but i am running out of time.

Review 1:Too much button, not enough zip by chris tookey
This critique is negative it takes an inside looking out view he puts himself in the storyline and mentions a quick summary on the movie without putting you off, it looks at the romantic side of the film with a picture of the couple in the middle of the review. i enjoyed the humour of the critique i thought he was quite funny which obviously kept me reading. i however disliked the fact he kept banging on about the length of the movie i thought it was good that he mentioned it but it started to feel irrelevant.the critique also made refrence to other text notably films the director has done before and the films brad pitt has acted in, this was just used to compare the films.the original source is mail online which you could say is a reliable source.I dont think this will affect the critiques position as it wasnt BIG,it was just standard. i found the comments intresting but they just agreed with what he had to say and the one comment against was too emotional. other than that i felt it was a good review but i felt the critique was annoying at times.

Review 2:Story of ageing backwards deserves lavish praise by Mickey Mcmonagle
The review is positive and the critc takes the angle of trying to understand the film and portrays it in a positive light without getting emotional, i like the compariosn with forest gump because i havent seen the film but i have watched forest gump so it painted a good picture in my head.
I disliked the fact that it wasnt long enough it was just too short which was a shame. they make reference to foredy gump and abit of background history on the director which was good giving us an insight into the director previous life. the original source is the sunday mail and i dont feel it was a reliable source as it is not taken serious by the people and it doesnt target the wider audience. it could affect the comments as the audience may not be intrested in his text because it doesnt aim it at the relevant audience. i dont think i learnt alot as it was too short and too simple.

Intro

i just created my blog and im optimistic in producing a good critical research folder, but only time will tell i am currently deciding what to choose but i am leaning towards crime and the media as its everywhere at the moment and it will also give me alot to talk about.