Soundtrack - french montana - So High (INSTRUMENTAL)

Playing in the wind - soundtrack

I will show the opening titles as this song plays in the background as my film starts.

I am going to use this song because its relaxed and why I have chosen it because the opening 2 minutes are going to be ''waking up & getting ready''.

I used the website http://www.datpiff.com to download this instrumental.

My Very Important To Do List

These are the ten things I am going to do by Tuesday:

1. I am going to post my script for my film and explain why I think it is a good one!
2.  I am going to make a questionairre of 5 to 10 questions about film.  I will ask ten people and post both the results (and what they show me) and a copy of the questionnaire.
3.  I will write a post about the places I am going to film  - and will take some photos of them and will explain why they are good locations.
4.  I will take pictures of the things people will wear and will explain why I have chosen them.
5. I will make a storyboard for my opening two minutes and will take pictures of it and upload it.
6.  I will take pictures of the people in my film and will interview them - asking them what sort of films they like.
7.  I will put the non copyright music I am going to use up on my blog page and explain why I have chosen it.
8.  I will show the title fonts I am going to use and why I have chosen them.
9.  I will explain who my target audience is and what sort of things they are interested in.
10.  I will explain what things - like the typoes of camera etc - I am going to use.

The Warriors (1979)

The Warriors (1979) 

A film based on a book written by Soul Yurick in 1965 of a Gang story line combined with a classical Greek story. 

The movie opens with a comic book picture of the Battle of Cunaxa in 401BC Which is an event that really happened and this lets us knows the genre of the movie automatically that involves courage and conflict. then we se comic strips of the characters and the story beggins with the wonder wheel and this indicates that people are going there but its dark ,this tells us something negative happens there which is a stereotype in movies, young suburb people as we saw in the introduction going to the wonder wheel to do something, as the creepy music is playing we are watching the opening titles of this movie and then shown the title of the movie, The Warriors (1979) is a U.S gang genre film based in the New York in 1979. At 1:58 we see a wide shot of a train arriving which indicates the warriors are on the train and are going to the wonder wheel and as predicted we are shown a mid close up of one of the charecters talking about a charecter call syrus, who seems to have some sort of authority and people look up to him , then the warriors get on the train and we see lots of camera shots and editing of their train journey.In between this there is some dialogue between charecters and they say that every gang in the city is going to be there. Will you accompany on their journey? 

Media Audiences

An Audience is the people who consume the media product (movies). When a movie is a made the people who make them will think of who their film is aimed,age group and gender are the main things that are thought about. I think these are the people called the targeted market and from this we get traditional audiences and media audiences. The best way said to enjoy a film is to go to the cinema, by most people whether as a group of people or an individual the media product is consumed and this makes you a member of the targeted audience because you are attending an audio visual performance and all the members of the audience will have the same opinion or/and will simultaneously relate to the film.Analysing the target market for any film is vital to having an effective and popular selling movie which many people will talk about and recommend to their friends. At the same time the industry will be making money,if choosing the correct targeted audience is done well enough it can make a great impact on how the movie sells. When you catch a bus you will probably see advertisements of movies or maybe even a trailer being displayed if it catches your attention and you think "wow" I want to see that. Then it means that you are the targeted audience.

Opening 2 minutes - 50\50 (2011)

Film analysis 50/50 

Mandate Pictures

Seth Rogen 

Joseph Gordon Levitt 

The film starts with a cut in shot of an ipod, then a close up of a man jogging then it changes on to a tracking shot that changes from mid shot to wide shot , then a wide shot. then these wide shots change location and we see the man running towards the camera and every time  he gets closer it changes scenary. Then the man stops to cross the road and he is jogging on the spot because the pedestrian crossing light is RED, but then another person storms past him and runs across the road because the roads are empty and it is safe to cross, this main charecter knows this but he chooses to not take the risk and waits until the light changes to green and the music in the background comes on back on and this indacates that the sound is non - diegetic because it comes across as mood music because he stoped when he saw that the light was RED and at the same time the happy mood music went off indicating there is something wrong. Then another person sprints past him leaving him behind and he chooses not to cross the road until the light is GREEN, and when it turns green he crosses and the music comes back ON, I think its non diegetic sound because of this interval in the music and because the opening titles are still coming up on the screen. 

As the man comes to the middle of the road we see a mid shot of him touching his back as if he is releaving some sort of pain then he hops looks around and carrys on running as if it hadn't bothered him and the film is edited and we see a mid close up of him in the shower looking upset and we can hear the same music reminding us that it is non -diegetic because we can also hear the shower water drops.

Institution Research

Paramount is the Production, they own studios and are in charge of providing you with all the audio and video recording and monitoring technology you need to make a movie, if you have the money to do so. But before this the Director/Producer must find a finance for a film - which may come from one or many production companies. (co-production) 

Paramount distribute all kinds of films, they distribute films for Marvel ,DreamWorks and Blumhouse Productions.  

British Board of Film Classification

British Film - Bronson

What determines this films nationality is the company that distributed it and directed it, this means the companies that supplied financial support for this film to be made and released. Vertigo Films is the british company that is behind this project and this amazing film based on a real story was brought to your screens by Vertigo Films also. They distributed it, Charlie Bronson is the main charecter in this film and is known as Britains most violent prisioner, defenitly 100% British because from the cast to locations on the film, everything is British. Probably not very known to many people outside Great Britain I would say.

Camera Shots

Here are some examples I picked from a videos I watcheded on YouTube to demonstrate different camera shots and angles.


Camera Shots


Camera shots I am likely to use when I make my film and some that I'm interested in.


                                  Tracking Shot 

The famous tracking shot in the 1990s Crime Drama Goodfellas. 

A tracking shot is when the camera is on a wheeled platform and is pushed to capture the subject moving most big film projects use the wheeled platform to achieve top quality. 

Example of Point Of view Shot

Behind the scenes! 

Weather Shot

 

A weather shot does not always have to be showing the sky and this is an example of another shop used to illustrate weather. This can be shown in movies to show charecter moods or just to show the weather in general but most time the weather reflects on how the charecters are feeling.

Over the Shoulder Shot

In this footage the over the shoulder shot is being used when there is dialogue between the two characters on screen.

Mid Shot

Medium Close up

Wide Shot

Cut In

Smooth Kriminals

Today we had to make 3 videos in three different locations, and establish different camera shots in pairs our groups of 3+. And key was to ask ‘What you doing’?

Video 1 – Boy is playing the game cube (console) and I ask him what he is doing?

I think on this video I could have got a better shot if I used the tripod at the right angle and level and it wouldn’t be shaky and I could have actually got a shot of the persons SHOULDER.

Video 2 – Yob trying to rob a bicycle is approached by the owner and walks off. (Wide shot)

I think that in this video we could have used more camera shots because it would have made it look more believable and we could have focused more on getting the facial expressions to show the tension between the two characters.

Video 3 – Point of view shot of a boy in the library who surprisingly finds his friend in there when searching for a book.

I think I completely messed up this video by not using the tripod because I can tell the camera is shaky and this doesn’t make this video believable and we can’t relate to it, and another thing I done that was really bad is zooming in this should be done with skateboard or something but I honestly think it would be better not to zoom in at all because the human eyes don’t have that ability and I wasn’t really focusing on any specific detail to zoom in and out on my colleagues face.

Freddie W - Cereal Killer

A video showing a civilian coming out on top against armed robbers and 

humorously being taken for ruthless mean machine by a worker.

Conventions

Different conventions were included in the film which we would expect to see. These include: 

• The companies Logo - Cereals 
• An introduction to the main character - Guy with the Headphones 
• Letting the audience see where the film was set, setting the location - Supermarket 
• The point in time which is shown to us through the use of denotation - he is the last customer in the shop, indicates that it is closing hours in the facilities. 

Mise-en-scene 

Costume - Robbers uniforms (modern), dark coats and jeans, balaclava - Straight Forward recognition

Lighting - very bright lighting - Mainly because it's inside a supermarket so the light has to be on to show us the location and the action in the the film and how the main character is very wary of the situation he is in.

Actors - All the actors in the first 2 minutes are extremely well organised and seem to have every step though through before hand. This gives the intention that it's a tense moment, and that if anything goes wrong, then it could lead to big consequences.So adding to the intention of secrecy and suspicion. Like when the subject is looking at the cereals we get to see a point of view shot of the subject looking straight at the robbers eyes and calmly places the cereal boxes back in the shelf whilst having a gun pointed at his face

Make-up - the only make up is on the cashiers face and she has lots of it and bright blue hair, lots of editing to make it look like blood comes out of people when they get shot. Makes it all seem very real. 

Props - The main prop used was weapons,cereals and cash(Also helped to set the location/time zone) and also the costumes worn and the guns used.

Setting - The film was set in a supermarket in the closing hours. We know this because of the subject is the last person in the customer in there, Alot the costume the actors are wearing give the audience some indication of the location and where the film is located.

Editing - In this film there is a lot of editing, from 40 seconds onwards, it is just blood spilling everywhere and weapons being fired. 

Camera - As with every film, there are different camera shots/movements used in it. At the very start, we saw the camera 'Track' the subject and then we see a over the shoulder shot of him choosing what cereal to buy, this allowed the audience to see the location of the film. Then later on we see a mid close up of him looking at the cereal but action going on in the background where we get to see a gun.This shows us the genre of the film. 

Sound
Diagetic - Diagetic sounds would include sound that the actors them self could hear. Like in the beggining where the subject has his headphones quite loudly and is listening to music.This would include the dialogue of the characters when interacting,this includes the man being asked for his money and wallet and the guns being fired.
Non-Diagetic - Non-Diagetic sounds are noises that have been added to add suspense and make the events feel real.

Gladiator (2000) [Opening 2 minutes analysis]

http://www.novamov.com/video/8b2ob6o8rmekb


The Gladiator / Opening 2 minutes
A DreamWorks Production
A Ridley Scott Film
Staring Russell Crowe

Facts & Figures
Budget / $ 103,000,000
Opening weekend
$ 34,819,017 (USA)
£3,555,446 (UK)
5 Oscar Wins

Opening 2 Minutes

Camera Shots
Close up / Shows emotion
Establishing Shot/ Shows the setting
Point of view Shot/ looking through the actors eyes
Panning / the camera pans whilst looking at the horses
High angle Shot / shows strength
Tracking / follows the actor whilst he is walking
Long Shot / full body is in shot

Editing
Zoom / zooms in on a certain person
Cuts / no transitions in between shots

Mise on Scene
Ring / wedding ring finger anchors the fact he is married.
Armour / signifies warrior? Fighting?
Burnt down forest
Soldiers on horse back / Fighting?
Many Soldiers
Campus/ camp for the soldiers?

Sound
Slow soft humming music (non diegetic) - signifies depression?
Horse Noises
Shouting - Many people
Music turns into more of a deeper sound, drums (non diagetic) - signifies strength,bravery?

Representation & Ideology


No women on screen - fighting area stereotypical that women are no good at fighting?
Many men - stereotypical that men are good at fighting? Also strong and brave men
One group are at war with another?
Audience
This film is aimed at people who like a fighting film aged between 15-50 / this could be done to maximise profit.
I think due to the film having violence in it it could be aimed at men.
Genre
The genre in Gladiator in the first 2 minutes is action ,this is signified by the soldiers,the armour and the campus.