Globalisation
How much of the media you consume is global?

I don't think most of the media I consume is global. TV wise some of the programmes I watch are 'Lost' which is a US show, 'Neighbours' that is Australian and 'Eastenders' which is British, this shows I consume a wide variety of media. However, most channels do have US based shows such as channel five showing 'Prison Break', 'CSI' etc, the new Five US channel is dedicated to these kinds of US shows.
When using the internet most of the sites I use are American, but I am often unaware of this unless using 'Google', but the internet has mostly US sites. Overall, most of the media that people consume is often global and US based, and its becoming hard to avoid it as globalisation continues.

Universal Pictures Films:

Some of the films produced by Universal

Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Dracula (1979)
E.T (1982)
Scarface (1983)
The Grinch (2000)
Shaun of the Dead (British) (2004)
King Kong (2005)
The Black Dahlia (2006)
Children of Men (British) (2006)

http://www.universalpictures.com/

Universal Music Group:
Record labels which include: Barclay, Interscope Geffen A&M, Geffen Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Machete Music, Mercury Records, Polydor Records, Universal Motown Records Group, Universal Music Classics Group (which includes Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and ECM), Universal Music Latino, Universal Music Group Nashville (which includes Lost Highway, MCA Nashville and Mercury Nashville), and Verve Music Group.

Artists signed vary from The Killers to Eminem, Kaiser Chiefs to Girls Aloud and even Latin American artists such as Enrique Iglesias and also Asia Pacific artists.
http://new.umusic.com/Overview.aspx

Universal Studios

The founder of Universal, Carl Laemmle.
1915: Universal City officially opens. Thomas Edison, founder of GE, dedicates Universal's state-of-the-art electric studio.
1928: Universal opens its first "talking picture," Melody of Love.1931: Dracula and Frankenstein are released, beginning Universal's leadership in horror genre.
1964: Universal Studios Tour opens for business. MCA acquires Alfred Hitchcock's Shamley Productions, including rights to Psycho and all his television work.
1983: E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial takes over domestic and international box office.
1990: Universal Studios Florida opens in Orlando.
1996: MCA, Inc. renamed Universal Studios, Inc.
1999: Islands of Adventure, the Portofino Resort, and Universal CityWalk open in Orlando, Florida.

2000: Vivendi, Canal+, and parent Seagram Company form strategic business combination, creating Vivendi Universal.

2001: Universal Studios Japan stages grand opening and shatters attendance records worldwide. Universal gains USA Network assets including USA Films, later renamed Focus Features.2003: Universal becomes first studio with five summer releases breaking $100 million mark.

May 12, 2004: Day One of the new NBC Universal
http://www.nbcuni.com/About_NBC_Universal/Company_Overview/overview10.shtml

Corporate Partners
Volkswagen
Nestle Waters
Kodak
Coca-cola
MasterCard
PowerAde
Chase
Minute Maid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6kdPKlfRsQ&mode=related&search=
Divine Intervention – Pulp Fiction (1994)

The scene from Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’(1994) that I have chosen to analyse is good for psychoanalysis as it shows many characters conveying the feeling of fear, but the use of media language for each character is different.

The first character that the audience sees is shown to be hiding in a toilet. This character is one of the first to represent the feeling of fear; he is shown to the audience through close-ups and the rigid camerawork allows the audience to focus on just the character in the toilet. He is shown to be sweating and mumbling to himself saying, “Oh god, please, I don’t wanna die” this clearly connotes fear as the character is scared of being killed. Samuel L. Jackson’s character, Jules, can be heard in the toilet as he is shouting in another room to a different character.

The character of Jules psychological state shows him to be confident and also represents the emotion of anger. The framing is an off center composition and is shows Jules through a close-up of his face. His eyes are wide open and as he recites a passage from the bible he raises his voice. Jules eyes and voice show his angry state and his confidence is represented by the way he is standing up. Jules is standing up while another character is sitting on a chair below him representing the feeling of fear. The character on the chair is huddled up, is tense and is sobbing while Jules holding up a gun. Jules standing up also represents him with more authority.

The last character the audience sees is Marvin. He also represents the psychological state of fear. When Jules shoots at the character on the chair there is a close up of Marvin falling down against a wall. He is huddled up in a corner and he screams as the guns go off. The shot shows a close-up of his face as he is mumbling to himself and his hand is on his head. In the one scene Tarantino has represented the psychological state of fear, confidence and anger using only four characters and he has conveyed their feelings mainly using close-ups on their faces and using their body language in a particular way.