Blog 5
My research topic is “How do Hong Kong teenagers interpret Patrick Kong's movies?” From now on I have finished the first interview and read around 5 textual materials.
I decided to invite around 4 different people to do the interview in order to observe and probe any special thing that worth study on. In my expectation, at the end of my work should find some academic result in the way of the gender different.
At last Sunday (3/4/2016), I have finished the first interview. He is my secondary schoolmate who are the faithful follower of Stephy Tang, the main actress starring at Patrick’s movies regularly.
From him I got the message that Patrick’s movies are like virus more than art pieces. He claimed that those movie are based on the same formula that the existence of treating must appear in a relationship. He found those movies can change the audience’s mind to think negative of the real world as he met a situation that his ex-girlfriend thought he was not devoted in the relationship after they watched “L for Love, L for Lie” at 2008. It was the movie they watched together when they were 14, the period of teenage.
He have watched the movie “Anniversary” recently. He found it is a movie that can refreshed the memory of his ex-girlfriend. Even though 'cheating', still, were the main element that the movie talking about, the reason he watched the movie is to memorize the bygones. He found the movie can be the proof of flying time.
For the result of this interview, I got a clear direction that what should I do and the question be set in the following interview. I discover one important thing that some people might be affected after watching the movie. It means that if people believe a message, this message would influence the people's mind.
According to Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model, the decoding of a message is how an audience member is able to understand. and interpret the message. The audience will reconstruct the idea by the giving meanings. It is undoubtedly that can fulfill the situation I mentioned on the above that the girl might find the movie refresh the true reality. In the following, I would like to interview the girl, my friend's ex-girlfriend, to probe and apply the encoding/decoding model so that I can understand in what extent she wanted to break up with my friend is related to Patrick's romance movie.
Also, I have invite a pair of couple to help me do a interview this weekend. They are nowadays the secondary school student and only have watched 'Anniversary' of Patrick's movie. For this interview, I want to compare the mindset between the past and nowadays teenagers on how they feel of the movies.
Also, I have invite a pair of couple to help me do a interview this weekend. They are nowadays the secondary school student and only have watched 'Anniversary' of Patrick's movie. For this interview, I want to compare the mindset between the past and nowadays teenagers on how they feel of the movies.
Dear Austin, The discussion of your collected data is similar to the expected format of the final essay, where you can strengthen the relationship between encoding/decoding and the data. In particular, please discuss the ways the interviewees' cultural and personal background with the decoding methods. The other point to note is about the commonalities amongst interviewees' responses. A minor remark is about the claim that Patrick Kong's movies are like 'virus.' What does it mean exactly?
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