Wednesday 24 February 2010
Our Groups
For the main task i am working with Jonny Hughes and Joel Colborne. We have formulated ideas for our film relating to pyschological thrillers and dramas by looking at influential directors and watching iconic films. Within my group, we all have similar tastes in films and genres as well as favourite directors and actors, which is useful because it avoids conflict and debate within the group.
Research - Useful Resources
The main directors my group are looking at for research are:
Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Frenzy
Quentin Tarrentino - Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Inglorious Bastards
Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket
David Fincher - Fight Club, Seven, Panic Room, The Curious Case of Benjiman Button
Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream, Pi, The Wrestler
We are looking at these directors for a number of different reasons. Genre, cinematography, concept, editing, soundtrack, script, mise en scene and compostion.
Initial Notes on FIlm Openings
In the opening titles of most films you will see at least production company animation featured. These usually include the large distribution company, and sometimes the small independant production company.
Generally film openings always include a series of texts on screen regarding the cast, crew and the film title itself.
Usually a film opening provides anchorage for the location and the date the film is set in. This can be done with either denotations within the scene, or text on screen providing blunt anchorage.
For example, in the opening of the film Bride of Chuckie (1998) the Universal animation is play because it is the main distributor, and the text that follows also tells us this. The following text tells us the director, Ronny Vu, and the writer, Don Mancini. In the first shot we establish that the film is set in America because we see the US flag. However this could be polysemic because it could also be an embassy. The blue filter on the lense gives the shot a cold, creepy feel and the heavy rain and lightening signify that the is a horror.
In the next few shots inside the evidence depository, intertexual references are made to both Halloween and Friday the 13th because we see Michael Myers' mask and Jason Vorhees' hockey mask in the evidence lockers.
A scene on, a blonde woman dressed in a revealing black dress comes into the scene. This is for the male gaze beacause we don't see her face immidiately because the camera pans up her body revealing her figure first to introduce her character.
Generally film openings always include a series of texts on screen regarding the cast, crew and the film title itself.
Usually a film opening provides anchorage for the location and the date the film is set in. This can be done with either denotations within the scene, or text on screen providing blunt anchorage.
For example, in the opening of the film Bride of Chuckie (1998) the Universal animation is play because it is the main distributor, and the text that follows also tells us this. The following text tells us the director, Ronny Vu, and the writer, Don Mancini. In the first shot we establish that the film is set in America because we see the US flag. However this could be polysemic because it could also be an embassy. The blue filter on the lense gives the shot a cold, creepy feel and the heavy rain and lightening signify that the is a horror.
In the next few shots inside the evidence depository, intertexual references are made to both Halloween and Friday the 13th because we see Michael Myers' mask and Jason Vorhees' hockey mask in the evidence lockers.
A scene on, a blonde woman dressed in a revealing black dress comes into the scene. This is for the male gaze beacause we don't see her face immidiately because the camera pans up her body revealing her figure first to introduce her character.
Initial Pitch
My initial idea that i pitched to my group was a pyschological thriller/drama in which the central protagonist suffers from insomnia, and schizophrenia as a result. The film would be heavily based on the film Fight Club, and the film would be included in our research.
The film wouldn't be too hard to produce in terms of mise en scene, and actors. However, editing and camerawork would have to be manipulated in a creative and orginal way.
The film wouldn't be too hard to produce in terms of mise en scene, and actors. However, editing and camerawork would have to be manipulated in a creative and orginal way.
Assessment Criteria
The Brief
Main task - Produce the opening sequence of a film lasting no longer than two minutes.
The coursework is worth 50% of the AS and the marking is divided into 3 sections:
RESEARCH AND PLANNING: 20%
PRODUCTION: 60%
EVALUATION: 20%
The DVD of the finished product and the blog are marked on approach and level of organisation.
These are the seven questions that need to be included in the evaluation:
- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
- Who would be the audience for your media product?
- How did you attract/address your audience?
- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Each section of the coursework will be marked as one of the following:
- Minimal
- Basic
- Proficient
- Excellent
Prelim task - In the opening sequence of our film we are to include the following types of editing; Match on Action, and shot reverse shot and 180 degree rule within a conversation.
Main task - Produce the opening sequence of a film lasting no longer than two minutes.
The coursework is worth 50% of the AS and the marking is divided into 3 sections:
RESEARCH AND PLANNING: 20%
PRODUCTION: 60%
EVALUATION: 20%
The DVD of the finished product and the blog are marked on approach and level of organisation.
Evaluation
These are the seven questions that need to be included in the evaluation:
- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
- Who would be the audience for your media product?
- How did you attract/address your audience?
- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
The Assessment Criteria
Each section of the coursework will be marked as one of the following:
- Minimal
- Basic
- Proficient
- Excellent
Filmic Tastes - Task 2
Last 5 films i've seen:
Chinatown
Vertigo
The Hours
American Beauty
Pulp Fiction
Last film i saw at the cinema:
Toy Story 2 (IN 3D!)
Favourite 2 film genres:
Black Comedy
Horror/Thiller
Favourite 5 films:
Pulp Fiction
Ferris Buellers day off (bueller..bueller..bueller..)
The Shining
Airplane!
The Big Lebowski
(One more..)A Clockwork Orange
Chinatown
Vertigo
The Hours
American Beauty
Pulp Fiction
Last film i saw at the cinema:
Toy Story 2 (IN 3D!)
Favourite 2 film genres:
Black Comedy
Horror/Thiller
Favourite 5 films:
Pulp Fiction
Ferris Buellers day off (bueller..bueller..bueller..)
The Shining
Airplane!
The Big Lebowski
(One more..)A Clockwork Orange
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Sweding - Task 1
- The term "sweding" comes from the movie, Be Kind Rewind (2008). A sweded film is basicly the remake of a movie with little or no budget. There is little editing and each scene is usually just one take, with no complex editing or cinematography. A swede is often made to be humerous in order to pull off the poor standerd at which the film is made.
- The movie i pitched for our swede was Stanley Kubrick's, The Shining (1980. I thought this would be a humerous remake because iconic scenes such as the "Heeres Jonny!" scene, would be easily recognisable amoung audiences.
- The film we picked for our swede was The Shining. We picked this film for the reasons given in my pitch, and we believed it would be the easiest film out of our ideas to pull off and be effective at the same time. Sweding such an iconic film in cinema also adds to the humour because the contrast between the quality of the two is so great.
- Editing and Camera work were simple because the poor use and quality of them helps define the film as a swede. Tripods were rarly used to add to this effect, but it was used when we recreated the elevator scene.
- The movie i pitched for our swede was Stanley Kubrick's, The Shining (1980. I thought this would be a humerous remake because iconic scenes such as the "Heeres Jonny!" scene, would be easily recognisable amoung audiences.
- The film we picked for our swede was The Shining. We picked this film for the reasons given in my pitch, and we believed it would be the easiest film out of our ideas to pull off and be effective at the same time. Sweding such an iconic film in cinema also adds to the humour because the contrast between the quality of the two is so great.
- Editing and Camera work were simple because the poor use and quality of them helps define the film as a swede. Tripods were rarly used to add to this effect, but it was used when we recreated the elevator scene.
Monday 22 February 2010
Prelim Task - Our swede - The Shining
Shot reverse shot (applying 180 degree rule): 00.28 - 00.45
Match on action: 02.28 - 02.30
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