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.
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.
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.
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.
