Prelim Task
This is our groups prelim task our genre is a thriller and it is called Dreamcatcher.
I will upload a prezi to inform you more about how we come to make this openin scene.
Opening Film Scene Review
UMIA
I really enjoyed this opening scene, it has lots of action involved in the opening scene but it doesnt go over the top and become unrealistic which is good.
The title at the start could be a little bit better shown as it was a bit boring, the title also is quite unique "Umia" doesnt give much away so it doesnt really give you nay ideas on what it will be about.
The logo that they use is very good it is very artistic.
Actors are vert good to stay in role, they have some adults involved in the scene and they have really helped to make the scene more realistic.
Its very clever how they have got hold of the Police uniforms to wear also as it gives it a more realistic feeling. The handheld camera adds pace and adds a sense of more action occuring. The sounds are used cleverley as they are only used when they really need to be, they do not play sound the whole way through in the background which is good in my opinion because it highlights that what the people are saying is equally important. The sound of the sniper rifle is pearcing and shows us that the people are in the middle of know where with no one there to help them because the sniper rifle echoes.
Doesnt end obviosuly so it gives you a sense that you need to carry on watching it.
I cannot find anything to improve on this opening scene it is worth full marks in my opinion.
Mark: 60
Disposistion
This opening scene is very good, it doesnt give much away from the start as it is very slow paced and then suddenly it turns very action packed and it just come from know where. The title would suggest that something is going to go wrong so it gives us a rough idea about what the film will be about. The setting of this film is very interesing it fits the kind of setting that something like this willl happen, it is up in the middle of know where, where no one can see them, the snow gives a kind of eery feeling, this scene would not be as good if it was in the summer.
The characters stay in role extremely well. The music is a little bit confusing as to what is happening they our playing rock music after the deah of someone it doesnt really make sense to me if i am completely honest.
Mark: 40
Juno remake
This is our attempt at the Juno remake, I think we did relatively well overall but there were a few mistakes that we made that we now know and can improve on next time to make our film better. For example during this video you can see that I am not holding the milk carton whilst waking to the tree but suddenly when I have walked past the other side of the tree I happened to have the milk carton in my hands. Also I noticed that when I was crossing the road I am holding our storyboard in my hands. I am pleased that we have made these mistakes in this task because we wll remember now not to do this next time. I think that our editing was very good and think that we got very close to the actual footage from Juno apart from maybe a few minor changes that couldnt really be helped.
We inputted all of the camera shots we needed into the film and also done a very good job at putting in the props to make it as close to the original as possible.
The feedback that we semeed to recieve on a whole on the shots were that they were very steady but when we tried to do a different variety of shots it become a bit unstuck.
The main feedback on transistions were that it fitted with the original and flowed well, but we also had one comment which said they didnt fit in which obviously we will try harder to please everyone.
The lighting feedback was that it was similar and consistant throughout.
The overall score that we seemed to get was 8/10 which I am very pleased about.
Sound Work
Sound
On/off screen cant see where sound is coming fromActors can hear 1. Diegetic 2. Non Diegetic (soundtrack, voiceover)
Dialogue (how it is spoken) not just what they say
Foley Sound effects
Voice over get into characters head thoughts/ feelings narrator - explain
Music Parallel sound matches action.
Mis En Scene
Boyz N' The Hood
Genre: Thriller
Analysis of first 5 minutes only
Settings and Props: This film is set in south-central Los Angeles. In the first five minutes they are out on the streets quite a lot, but they also our in a classroom for an equally large share of the scene. The main props that are used in this first sequence is the stop sign, this is very important it has a hidden meaning to the whole film and this is why it is concentrated on so hardly at the start of the film. The posters with the gunshots in our also important props in my opinion because they put some meaning behind how dangerous the streets that these kids grow up on are. The pictures that are focused on in the class room also our main props as they are all showing some kind of violence and this is because this is all these kids have ever known in their lives.
Costume/ Hair and Make Up: The costumes worn in this opening passage is just what you would see on an every day situation on your street, they are just wearing normal casual clothes, although I thought it was a bit strange to see on of the boys wearing a golden necklace as he is a bit young for this. Hair doesn't stand out as anything that would give anything away as it is not done deliberately for a purpose. The only character that is really wearing make up is the teacher and this is not significant as it is not unusual for a woman to be wearing make up.
Facial Expressions and Body Language:
Genre: Thriller
Analysis of first 5 minutes only
Settings and Props: This film is set in south-central Los Angeles. In the first five minutes they are out on the streets quite a lot, but they also our in a classroom for an equally large share of the scene. The main props that are used in this first sequence is the stop sign, this is very important it has a hidden meaning to the whole film and this is why it is concentrated on so hardly at the start of the film. The posters with the gunshots in our also important props in my opinion because they put some meaning behind how dangerous the streets that these kids grow up on are. The pictures that are focused on in the class room also our main props as they are all showing some kind of violence and this is because this is all these kids have ever known in their lives.
Costume/ Hair and Make Up: The costumes worn in this opening passage is just what you would see on an every day situation on your street, they are just wearing normal casual clothes, although I thought it was a bit strange to see on of the boys wearing a golden necklace as he is a bit young for this. Hair doesn't stand out as anything that would give anything away as it is not done deliberately for a purpose. The only character that is really wearing make up is the teacher and this is not significant as it is not unusual for a woman to be wearing make up.
Facial Expressions and Body Language:
Demonstrate Understanding of genre with film pitch
The only lifeline from joegriff
We were put into pairs and made to pick a genre and a target audience randomly, i happened to have war and teenage girls, when i saw this i knew that this was going to be really hard as there are not many war films that teenage girls would like.
We had to talk about why we chose the title name, the characters that we chose, how we were going to create interest in the film! We talked about storyline, theme and settings, we had to say what makes our film different.
The feedback that we recieved on our film was average, the general consensus was that it was a little bit poor, it lacked some key ideas but the basis was there to make a good film as it was a new idea that other films have not done yet.
Relevant/Intriguing/Catchy film title?
Positive Feedback: "Catchy, definitely grabbed my interest"
Constructive Feedback: "Isn't relevant to the film"
Average Score out of 10: 7
Interesting Characters and appropriate cast?
Positive Feedback: "All well known people"
Constructive Feedback: " Could be more characters" and "Not very diverse"
Average Score out of 10: 6
Was Interest created for the audience?
Positive Feedback: "Description of trailer would mostly grab interest"
Constructive Feedback: "Good idea but a bit confusing, be clearer"
Average Score out of 10: 8
Narrative suitable for target audience?
Positive Feedback: "Could be interesting to the audience"
Constructive Feedback: "Attracts perhaps more boys than teenage girls"
Average score out of 10: 5
Does the narrative fit the genre? Are there conventions in place?
Positive Feedback: "Unusual Genre" and "The main ideas are in place"
Constructive Feedback: " Sort of could be more for teenage girls" and "Doesn't really fit the genre nothing about conventions"
Average score out of 10: 6
Is the film different?
Positive Feedback: "It is unique"
Constructive Feedback: The film reminds me of some that I have seen before"
Average score out of 10: 7
Good ideas for marketing the film?
Positive Feedback: "Marketing if successful would make the film very popular"
Constructive Feedback: "Unrealistic offers" "Interesting ideas but perhaps unrealistic"
Average score out of 10: 8
Would you buy the film rights?
Unfortunately no one wanted to buy the film rights to our movie.
Overall scores out of 70:
56, 47, 40, 56, 47,34, 37, 42
We were put into pairs and made to pick a genre and a target audience randomly, i happened to have war and teenage girls, when i saw this i knew that this was going to be really hard as there are not many war films that teenage girls would like.
We had to talk about why we chose the title name, the characters that we chose, how we were going to create interest in the film! We talked about storyline, theme and settings, we had to say what makes our film different.
The feedback that we recieved on our film was average, the general consensus was that it was a little bit poor, it lacked some key ideas but the basis was there to make a good film as it was a new idea that other films have not done yet.
Relevant/Intriguing/Catchy film title?
Positive Feedback: "Catchy, definitely grabbed my interest"
Constructive Feedback: "Isn't relevant to the film"
Average Score out of 10: 7
Interesting Characters and appropriate cast?
Positive Feedback: "All well known people"
Constructive Feedback: " Could be more characters" and "Not very diverse"
Average Score out of 10: 6
Was Interest created for the audience?
Positive Feedback: "Description of trailer would mostly grab interest"
Constructive Feedback: "Good idea but a bit confusing, be clearer"
Average Score out of 10: 8
Narrative suitable for target audience?
Positive Feedback: "Could be interesting to the audience"
Constructive Feedback: "Attracts perhaps more boys than teenage girls"
Average score out of 10: 5
Does the narrative fit the genre? Are there conventions in place?
Positive Feedback: "Unusual Genre" and "The main ideas are in place"
Constructive Feedback: " Sort of could be more for teenage girls" and "Doesn't really fit the genre nothing about conventions"
Average score out of 10: 6
Is the film different?
Positive Feedback: "It is unique"
Constructive Feedback: The film reminds me of some that I have seen before"
Average score out of 10: 7
Good ideas for marketing the film?
Positive Feedback: "Marketing if successful would make the film very popular"
Constructive Feedback: "Unrealistic offers" "Interesting ideas but perhaps unrealistic"
Average score out of 10: 8
Would you buy the film rights?
Unfortunately no one wanted to buy the film rights to our movie.
Overall scores out of 70:
56, 47, 40, 56, 47,34, 37, 42
Textual Analysis of 3 genres
MIS ON SEME MOVIE ANALYSIS OF BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RISES
Batman The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Action/Crime/Thriller
Lighting
The lighting in this film differs throughout the different scenes, for example at the start of the film when they are fighting in the city square you just have the natural daylight which is naturally slightly darker as it is snowing outside this does give a feeling that something dark and evil is about to happen. The lighting gets even darker when the Batman kicks Bane through the double doors and has him no one on one on his own defenceless, it goes darker because you know that the batman is either going to get the information out of him or he is going to kill him.
Costumes
The costumes used in this scene are different depending on the importance of the characters involved for example the civilians that are fighting the police officers are just in normal every day clothes showing that they are not that important at this point, they do not really stand out from the crowd. The police officers are obviously in uniform this would be trying to show that they are usually powerful but at this point they have no control over what is happening. The Batman and Bane are wearing their distinctive body wear this is obviously used to show that they are the main characters in the scene and that they are wear the most important action will be placed at.
Make up and hairstyles
Make up and hairstyles is not really that effective in this scene as you cannot see the Batman's face but his arch rival Bane has a shaved head this is usually associated with evil enemies they always have shaved heads to make themselves look scarier and more like a thug.
Actors
The actors in this scene have played the parts very well the best part is the job the civilians and the police officers do because they create the mood of the scene before the Batman and Bane have even spoken this is good because it shows that they have entertained us well whilst they build up for Bane vs. Batman the fight.
Props
The main props that are used in this scene is the van that the man crashes into one of the lorries this is significant because they are trying to find an important object inside it. The other props that are important include the police batons that they are carrying this is important because it shows they are trying to gain authority in the scene.
Sound
There are lots of civilians shouting in the background, but they are only background noise because they are not as important as the Batman and Bane who are also fighting who's sounds are more prominent. They have used lots of sharp piercing sounds to portray the importance of what this object has in the scene. The music is up tempo, fast paced as this is because they are building up or fighting in a battle and there hearts are racing and this is trying to be shown in the speed of the music. Batman and Bane's voices are very deep and dark suggesting that they are the powerful characters. The music stops when the batman kicks bane through the glass this is because what the Batman has to say is very important and without the music it makes the message clearer and sticks in your mind for longer.
Camera
Batman The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Action/Crime/Thriller
Lighting
The lighting in this film differs throughout the different scenes, for example at the start of the film when they are fighting in the city square you just have the natural daylight which is naturally slightly darker as it is snowing outside this does give a feeling that something dark and evil is about to happen. The lighting gets even darker when the Batman kicks Bane through the double doors and has him no one on one on his own defenceless, it goes darker because you know that the batman is either going to get the information out of him or he is going to kill him.
Costumes
The costumes used in this scene are different depending on the importance of the characters involved for example the civilians that are fighting the police officers are just in normal every day clothes showing that they are not that important at this point, they do not really stand out from the crowd. The police officers are obviously in uniform this would be trying to show that they are usually powerful but at this point they have no control over what is happening. The Batman and Bane are wearing their distinctive body wear this is obviously used to show that they are the main characters in the scene and that they are wear the most important action will be placed at.
Make up and hairstyles
Make up and hairstyles is not really that effective in this scene as you cannot see the Batman's face but his arch rival Bane has a shaved head this is usually associated with evil enemies they always have shaved heads to make themselves look scarier and more like a thug.
Actors
The actors in this scene have played the parts very well the best part is the job the civilians and the police officers do because they create the mood of the scene before the Batman and Bane have even spoken this is good because it shows that they have entertained us well whilst they build up for Bane vs. Batman the fight.
Props
The main props that are used in this scene is the van that the man crashes into one of the lorries this is significant because they are trying to find an important object inside it. The other props that are important include the police batons that they are carrying this is important because it shows they are trying to gain authority in the scene.
Sound
There are lots of civilians shouting in the background, but they are only background noise because they are not as important as the Batman and Bane who are also fighting who's sounds are more prominent. They have used lots of sharp piercing sounds to portray the importance of what this object has in the scene. The music is up tempo, fast paced as this is because they are building up or fighting in a battle and there hearts are racing and this is trying to be shown in the speed of the music. Batman and Bane's voices are very deep and dark suggesting that they are the powerful characters. The music stops when the batman kicks bane through the glass this is because what the Batman has to say is very important and without the music it makes the message clearer and sticks in your mind for longer.
Camera
My Movie Logo
My Movie Logo
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| This is my movie production logo that I have created I have not just made this because it looks interesting there is a key purpose behind it, My films genre for my productions are action films this is why i have decided to go for an image of a tiger's face in the fire, a tiger is associated with danger and a sudden fright this is what action films are designed to do, they are made to scare people and usually involve lots of danger this is what makes them intresting for people to watch. The image of the fire in the background of the tiger is used because fire is associated with danger and this is why i have decided to use it, the red colour is always portrayed as a colour of danger and passion both of which i want my films to be associated with. The white writing on the logo is to show some contrast i wanted to show that my movie production is different and stands out to all the other film productions. |
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