Homework - Week 1

Serial: SUITS
Suits is a serial produced by Gene Klein, Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams. It was released on June 23rd 2011. The main characters are played by Gabriel Macht (Harvey Specter), Patrick J. Adams (Mike Ross), Meghan Markle (Rachel Zane) Gina Torres (Jessica Pearson), Rick Hoffman (Louis Litt) and Sarah Rafferty (Donna Paulsen).
Suits is a legal drama serial which is set at a fictional law firm in New York City. The focal point of the show follows a talented college dropout Mike Ross, who initially works as a law associate for Harvey Specter despite never actually attending law school. The show focuses on Harvey and Mike managing to close cases while maintaining Mike's secret. The show has linear elements which include flashbacks such as Harvey's past, Louis' past, Donna's past and more. Some episodes have a closed ending or an open ending depending on what the story line is.
Gabriel Macht plays Harvey Specter, name partner and managing partner at Pearson Specter Litt, and self-proclaimed New York's best case closer.
Patrick J. Adams plays Mike Ross, Harvey's personal associate, despite not having a license to practice law. Rachel's fiance.
Rick Hoffman play Louis Litt, name partner at Pearson Specter Litt and considers the firm like family and his associates as his assets.
Meghan Markle plays Rachel Zane, a senior paralegal and part time associate at Pearson Specter Litt, and Mike's fiancée.
Gina Torres play Jessica Pearson, co-founder and former managing partner of Pearson Specter Litt.
Sarah Rafferty plays Donna Paulsen, Harvey's former legal secretary, now COO of the firm and a close confidante.
The theme of this serial is based on love, friendship, freedom, and justice.
The opening song of Suits is "Greenback Boogie" by Ima Robot. Many different songs are used to set the mood for a certain scene.
Suits is a single-camera serial which uses different shots such as close up, long shot, wide shot and medium shots.

Series: Fast and Furious (film series)
Fast and Furious is a film series directed by Justin Lin. The first film was released on September 14th 2001. The main characters are played by Vin Diesel (Dominic Toretto), Paul Walker (Brian O'Connor), Jordana Brewster (Mia Toretto), Michelle Rodriguez (Leticia "Letty" Ortiz), Tyrese Gibson (Roman Pearce), Chris Bridges (Tej Parker) and Dwayne Johnson (Agent Luke Hobbs). Fast and Furious has been filmed in many different countries and cities such as, London, Abu Dhabi, Rio Di Janero, Los Angeles, Havana, Russia, New York, Tokyo and also Azerbaijan.
Fast & Furious is an action packed series set in the 21st century. It is an American franchise based on a series of action films that is largely concerned with illegal street racing and heists, and includes material in various other media that depicts characters and situations from the films. The films do consist of linear elements such as flashbacks of Letty's "death" in Fast and Furious 4 and  in Fast and Furious 6.
There are many villains in the film series including Cole Hauser (Carter Verone) in Fast and Furious 2, Brian Tee (Takashi) in Fast and Furios: Tokyo Drift, John Ortiz (Arturo Braga) in Fast and Furious 4 and 5, Luke Evans (Owen Shaw) in Fast and Furious 6, Jason Statham (Deckard Shaw) in Fast and Furious 7 who ends up helping the team in Fast and Furious 8.
The themes used in this series are; love, revenge, friendship, freedom and justice.
The use of sound used in the films are sound effects such as gun shootings, fighting, and also the exaggerated engine revving on the cars. Music is also used within the film at certain scenes.
There are all sorts of camera shots used, this includes, wide shot, close up, long shot, medium shot and extreme wide shot. The camera moves along with a driving vehicle as this film is based on street racing and fast cars.

Single Drama: Boy A
Boy A is a single drama film directed by John Crowley. It was released on November 26th 2007. The main characters are played by Andrew Garfield (Eric Wilson/Jack Burridge), Taylor Doherty (Philip Craig), Peter Mullan (Terry), Katie Lyons (Michelle) and Shaun Evans (Chris).
Boy A is a crime drama/drama.
A boy called Eric Wilson is released from prison under the name Jack Burridge, for being involved in a young girl's murder. His childhood friend, Philip Craig was also involved, however, Eric believes he was killed by youth offenders in prison. Terry, Jack's rehabilitation officer helps him get set up for his new life and gets a job as a delivery man. He becomes friends with a colleague called Chris who later finds out about his past. Jack then leaves town and travels to Blackpool where he finds himself over the edge of the pier.
The film includes linear elements of flashbacks to show the audience Jack's past. The themes used in this single drama are, love, emotional and friendship.
During the fight scene there were no sound effects used however there were songs playing in the film for example, in the clubbing scene and at the end of the film.
Various camera shots were used while making the film such as, wide shot, close up, extreme close up, long shot and medium shot.

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