Media Studies Summer TaskWhat are the similarities/Differences between two clips

By Thomas Cutmore

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Films That I will be analysing

1. La Confidential 2. La Noire

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Genre between the two clips

Similarities

Both involve Crime/Criminals and Police Gangster/Mob involvement

Differences
From different perspectives LA Confidential Police, LA Noire Criminals/Mob Leader

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Narrative between the two clips

Similarities Both talks about the city they live in Both states the activity in the city Both talk about lives of the characters

Differences
One is a game playable characters which may mean one experience of the story. The other (LA Confidential) is a film which may give different view points to the story.

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Representation of the two clips

Similarities Both clips mention/show mob activity Police activity is also used in the two clips Both generally are solved by men

Differences The game (LA Noire) shows different criminal activities from different characters of the game, while LA Confidential all leads to one main character
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Themes of the two clips

Crime/Lawlessness Murder Conflicts between two groups of people Mob activity 1950s Money Violence

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Answering the key question What are the similarities/differences between the two of the clips?
The Similarities between the two clips are that Mob and criminal behaviour in the 1950s and as a violent time because of the mob activity. activity of what mobs were believed/known to and murder. they all show portray the 1950s They both show do i.e. torture

The Differences are that as they are both different formats i.e. a video game and a film, they both exaggerate and change how it would have actually been as it is to the viewers liking. Another difference is as LA Noire is a game, it may be tailored around the choices you make in the game, exaggerating the reality of it.
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