Showing posts with label Reasearch and Planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reasearch and Planning. Show all posts

Filth

Filth
What was the budget for the film? $5 million
Where was it made and when was it released? Scotland. September 27, 2013
Who starred in it?
James McAvoy – Bruce
Jamie Bell – Lennox
Eddie Marsan – Bladesey
Imogen Poots – Drummond
Brian McCardie – Gillman
Emun Elliot – Inglis
Gary Lewis – Gus
John Sessions – Toal
Shauna Macdonald – Carole
Jim Broadbent – Dr. Rossi
Joanne Froggatt - Mary
Shirley Henderson
Who directed it? John S. Baird

What certificate is it in the UK and what does this mean? 18. Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.

Monsters University

Monsters University
What was the budget for the film? $200 million
Where was it made? US
When was it released? June 5, 2013
Who starred in it?
Billy crystal – Mike
John Goodman – Sullivan
Steve Buscemi – Randy
Helen Mirren – Dean Hardscrabble
Peter Sohn – Squishy
Joel Murray – Don
Sean Hayes – Terri
Charlie Day – Art
Who directed it? Dan Scanlon
What certification in the UK is it and what does this mean?

U. This means that there is no violence; gore or swearing that will affect very young viewers. Children of any age can watch this film without parent supervision.

Frozen

Frozen
What was the budget for the film? $150 million
Where was it made? US
When was it released? November 27, 2013
Who starred in it?
Kristen Bell – Anna
Idina Menzel – Elsa
Jonathan Groff – Kristoff
Josh Gad – Olaf
Santino Fontana – Hans
Alan Tudyk – Duke of Weselton
Ciaran Hinds – Grand Pabbie, the troll king
Chris Williams – Oaken
Paul Briggs - Marshmallow
Who directed it? Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee

What certificate is it in the UK and what does this mean? PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content may upset younger, or more sensitive, children.

case study - steel mill



Ken and Paul formed the production company Steel Mill Pictures in 2005 when they produced their first feature film, the Award-winning, critically-acclaimed thriller “London to Brighton”. Financed with private equity and completion money from the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, the film screened in competition at several prestigious film festivals around the world, winning many awards and accolades. These awards included BIFA’s Best Achievement in Production Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival New Director’s Award, Evening Standard British Film Awards Most Promising Newcomer, Dinard British Film Festival the Golden Hitchcock Award, Foyle Film Festival for Best Feature Film and Raindance Film Festival Best UK Feature. The film played in competition in the Discovery Section at Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, and went on to play many other prestigious festivals worldwide. It was theatrically released in the UK by Vertigo, and international sales are handled by Independent Sales.

case study work - disney

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media corporation. Disney was founded on October 16th 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney. It started as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. It established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live action film production, television and theme parks. The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Studios which, today, is one of the largest best known studios in American Cinema. Disney owns and licences 14 theme parks around the world. The Walt Disney company operates as five primary units and segments: the Walt Disney studios, which includes the company’s film, recording label, and theatrical divisions; parks and resorts, featuring the company’s theme parks, cruise line, and other travel related assets; Disney consumer products, which produces toys, clothing and other merchandising based upon Disney owned properties; media networks, which included the company’s television properties; and Disney interactive, which Disney’s internet, mobile, social media, virtual worlds, and computer games operations. In 1991, Disney made $6,111. In 2005, Disney made $31,944. However, in 2014, Disney made $48,813. 1928, Disney came up with Mickey and Minnie mouse. In 1937, Walt Disney studios released its first fully animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and pioneered a new form of family entertainment.

ethnicity






disabilities

Stereotypes of disabled people:


  • wheelchair
  • weak
  • vulnerable
  • incapable
  • always need carers/helpers with them
  • unlovable

regional identity

There are several regional stereotypes widely seen on television:

  • Scottish: shown to be quite aggressive and violent, money obsessed, wear kilts and drink a lot of beer.
  • welsh: often shown as living in the countryside
  • Irish: often shown as living in the countryside, very religious
  • English: often shown as racist, obsessed with beer and football, rich, posh and royal
  • Londoners: there are two stereotypes of Londoners. the first being posh, rich, snobby and upper class. the second being poor, common, lower class, criminals and violent
  • Essex: often shown as being glamorous but cheap, footballers wives, lots of partying and being quite stupid

creating my opening title sequence

When I first started filming I thought that I would run out of time to get it all done. I decided to do the filming in my bedroom as I thought it would be easiest. I was then concerned about lighting because I wanted a dark atmosphere, however, because I was filming on my iPad, it was coming out too dark that i couldn't even see the characters moving. I then used a small light which was actually quite bright, but added tension, especially when it quickly turned off. When I was finally happy with the filming, i started editing. Editing didn't take too long to do for me. I put all the shots together and worked around that. I shortened a few scenes as there were parts that you could hear me saying go at the start to let the actors know to start the scene. There were also parts where there is a slight pause before the characters start moving. After cutting those parts out, the scenes started to flow through each other nicely. I then started adding black breaks in-between each to add tension to my opening. having the breaks between each section makes the audience wonder what will happen next and they will think that somethings going to pop out at them so it makes it more scary. I had to add between 15-25 titles in my video, so in some of the breaks I added titles such as, producer, cast director, editor, etc.

coraline opeing title sequence

Coraline opening title sequence:

0:02 - Focus Features Presents
0:08 - A Laika Production
0:13 - in association with Pandemonium
0:18 - Coraline
0:22 - Dakota Fanning
0:26 - Teri Hatcher
0:30 - Jennifer Saunders
0:34 - Dawn French
0:37 - Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr.
0:41 - and Ian McShane
0:49 - Lead Animators Travis Knight, Trey Thomas, Eric Leighton, Phil Dale
1:00 - Concept artist Tadahiro Uesugi
1:04 - art directors Bo Henry, Tom Proost, Phil Brotherton
1:09 - Storyboard supervisor - Chris Butler
1:22 - editors Christopher Murrie, Ronald Sanders
1:25 - Visual effects supervisor Brian Van't Hul
1:34 - Music by Bruno Coulais
1:44 - Supervising animator Anthony Scott
2:00 - Produced by Bill Mechanic, Clair Jennings
2:10 - produced by Henry Selick, Mary Sandell
2:16 - based on the novel by Neil Gaiman
2:19 - written for the screen and directed b Henry Selick

snow white and the huntsman opening title sequence



Snow White and the Huntsman opening title sequence:

0:02 - Directed By Rupert Sanders
0:06 - Screenplay By Evan Daugherty and John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini
0:15 - Screen Story by Evan Daugherty
0:19 - Produced By Joe Roth
0:25 - Produced By Sam Mercer
0:33 - Executive Producers Palak Patal, Gloria Borders
0:38 - Director of Photography Greig Fraser
0:43 - Production Designer Dominic Watkins
0:49 - Editors Conrad Buff A.C.E Neil Smith
0:54 - Kristen Stewart
0:58 - Charlize Theron
1:03 - Chris Hemsworth
1:09 - Sam Claflin
1:14 - Ian McShane
1:17 - Bob Hoskins
1:21 - Ray Winstone
1:25 - Nick Frost
1:30 - Sam Spruell
1:33 - Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan
1:38 - Johnny Harris, Brian Gleeson
1:43 - Vincent Regan, Lily Col
1:47 - Music By James Newton Howard
1:51 - Co-Producer Sarah Bradshaw
1:55 - Costume Designer Colleen Atwood
2:00 - Casting By Lucy Bevan
2:04 - Visual Effects Supervisors Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan
2:12 - A Roth Films Production





















Credit List

If I created a whole film, I would need to put credits at the end. this is what I would put on the credits.


Director and producer

Morgan Ash

Casting director
Ronnie Doherty

Cast 
Niamh McIlroy ... Samara
Keeley Askew ... victim
Jemma Maretti ... Sophie Longhorn
Bethany Preece ... Lisa Sutton
Jake Lawrence ... Liam Donalds
Scott Wright ... Harry Wickens
Connor Parnell ... Jake Walis
Yasmin Jackson ... Beth Johnson
Del Brown ... Mr Kingman
Lucy Day ... librarian
Taylor Ash ... bus driver
Micheal Stokes ... Policeman #1
Harry Garner ... Policeman #2
Natalia Zapata ... girl #1
Keesha Long ... girl #2
Alex Polydorou ... boy #1

Editor
Morgan Ash

Music
Rose Sainsbury

Sound editor
Aaron Saluci

Script writer
Paige Funnel

Costume designer
Jack Greenwood

Make up designer
Melissa Stevens

Graphics designer
Sam Hows

Stunt coordinator
Dan Locket

shot list

I created a shot list with the basic details about each shot that I took for my opening title sequence.





what my film is about

It starts of in a room with a girl panicking about something. She keeps on saying that she needs more time and is rushing around looking for something. The door then opens and the TV switches on. This shadow figure then enters the room and the girl looks very frightened. The shadow figure gets closer ad we then hear a loud scream. The scene then ends.
A group of kids are on the school field playing. This group of kids decide to stay late and break into the supply room which the police are keeping locked due to a crime investigation. Inside the room they find a locket on the floor. One of the girls (Sophie) picks up the necklace and opens the locket. Inside is a picture of a woman and a young girl. She then looks away and calls her friends over however when she turns back to it, the picture of the young girl is missing.
When Sophie gets home, she puts the locket on and falls asleep. She starts having strange dreams with the young girl in the picture in them. She wakes up all panicked and stressed and doesn’t realise what the dreams were about.
She gets ready for school and decides to forget about the dreams until she starts seeing the girl around. She sees her out the window, on the bus and by her school. She is there for seconds and then disappears. Sophie starts to freak out and tells her friends. Her best friend Lisa takes the locket from her and wears it herself.
The next day, Lisa tells Sophie that she was having the same dreams and seeing the same girl. They both then decide to go look up the case and find out who she is.
They go to the library together that afternoon and use the computers to look up the case. They find out the girls name was Samara. She was 8 years old when her parents left her to burn in their house. Her parents trapped her in her bedroom and set fire to the house. Lisa and Sophie both realised that that is what they were seeing in their dream; a burning house. Sophie then found out that Samara’s parents were then found hung in their new apartment.
It was getting late and they were the last ones in the library. All of a sudden the lights went off and they both see Samara in the distance. She starts walking towards them but then the lights come back on and she’s gone. As the girls get up they see Liam, Sophie’s boyfriend, dead on the floor. Both girls scream and run out the library. Sophie falls to the floor and cries whilst Lisa calls the police. After a few seconds the phone cuts off and the street lights start to flicker.
Sophie and Lisa get in the car ad start to drive away. On every corner they see Samara standing and staring at them.
They get back to Lisa’s house and run to her bedroom. The girls are panicking and keep saying they need more time. They are rushing around looking for something which ends up being the locket. The lights go off and Samara starts to walk in the room. They both scream. Lisa continues to look for the locket; however Sophie’s is too frightened and backs into the corner. Samara starts walking over to Sophie first.
Lisa shouts out that she has found the locket and turn around. When she looks over to Sophie, she sees that Samara has already hanged her from the door. Lisa cries and screams. Samara starts walking over to Lisa and Lisa looks her right in the eyes before smashing the locket into tiny pieces. Samara screams and vanishes. The lights turn back on Lisa calls the police straight away.

The next day, a group of kids are walking in the park. One of the girls treads on something and looks to the floor to see the locket. She picks it up. The scene cuts off.

Opening Ttile Sequence

 PLOT FOR THE OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE 

Starts of in a dark room with a small light on. A girl is going through her draws all panicked and frightened. She keeps saying she needs more time and is rushing around looking for something.

The light then goes of and the door automatically opens. The TV then turns on to a grey and black fuzzy channel. The girl is sitting there very scared.
All of a sudden this shadow figure slowly starts to enter the room. the figure starts to walk over to the girl. The girl is trying to back away and pushing things in the way.  
the shadow figure gets close and the last shot the audience see is a hand bang against the window and slowly slide down.


 CAST 
Niamh McIlroy - Samara
Keeley Askew - victim 

 LOCATION/SETTING 

My bedroom. Dark.

 MUSIC 
Dark
Eerie
sound effect of heart beat and creaking door

My logo

For my production I had to create a logo to say that I created the trailer.
At first i tried to think of a way to put my name into it and I decided to go with my surname.
I then played around with what I could link to my surname and I came up with fire.
finally I looked at different font styles for the text and color for the text and image as well. I then looked at effects that I could put on it to make it look more professional.

This is what I came up with for my logo.








some terminology

some terminology to use in essays

Audience – viewers, listeners and readers of a media text. A lot of media studies is concerned with how audience use texts and the effects a text may have on them. Also identified in demographic  socio-economic categories.

Context – time, place or mindset in which we consume media products.

Diegetic Sound – Sound whose source is visible on the  screen 

Non Diegetic sound – Sound effects, music or narration which is added afterwards


Hypodermic Needle Theory – the idea that the media can ‘inject’ ideas and messages straight into the passive audience. This passive audience is immediately affected by these messages. Used in advertising and propoganda, led to moral panics about effect of violent video and computer games.

Ideology – A set of ideas or beliefs which are held to be acceptable by the creators of the media text, maybe in line with those of the dominant ruling social groups in society, or alternative ideologies such as feminist ideology.

Image – a visual representation of something.

Institutions – The organisations which produce and control media texts such as the BBC, AOL Time Warner, News International.

Mise en Scene – literally ‘what’s in the shot’ everything that appears on the screen in a single frame and how this helps the audience to decode what’s going on.
mise en scene included:

  • props
  • body language
  • facial expression
  • costume
  • lighting
  • set
Non-verbal communication – communication between people other than by speech.

Representation – The way in which the media ‘re-presents’ the world around us in the form of signs and codes for audiences to read.

Sound Effects – additional sounds other than dialogue or music, designed to add realism or atmosphere.

planning the essay

The Notebook - planning the essay!!

looking at a scene from the film and analyzing the way the different classes are presented.

point - the lower class seemed to have more fun and are high spirited.
sound - upbeat, fun, laughter. all talking together and everyone being able to talk freely. diegetic, country music starts through the scene. 
costume - casual clothing, shirt and trousers. dull colors, bit dirty. shows they don't need a lot to have a good time. Noah and Ali are allowed to hold hand and kiss and express their feelings. 
close up on facial expression, shows smiles and happy feelings.

point - higher class are more snobby and think they are better than everyone else.
the dad makes jokes about being a millionaire.
its a quiet atmosphere.
everyone is wearing white and the scenery is white. this is to show purity and richness and the fact that they think they are better.
Noah and Ali sit together but don't feel like they can act as a couple. 
they were shocked by how much Noah earns at his job. facial expressions show shock and awkwardness.

editing - fast,choppy scenes with lower class party to show the fun, hyperactive activity.
long slow scenes with higher class to show the awkwardness and the snobbishness of the people.
Noah's dad welcomes Ali into the family. Ali's mum tries to push Noah away.


opening sequence time line

'The house at the end of the street'

0:01 - relativity media presents
0:09 - a filmNation entertainment/a bigger boat production
0:17 - house at the end of the street
0:28 - directed by mark tonderai
0:34 - written by david loucka
0:39 - story by eduardo gordon 
0:44 - produced by aaron ryder, peter block, hal lieberman
0:49 - executive producer allison silver, sonny mallhi
0:55 - executive producers steve samuels, anthoni visconsi, dominic visconsi Jr.
0:59 - executive producers ryan kavanaugh, tucker tooley
1:04 - line producer robert menzies
1:08 - associate producer beatrice springborn 
1:14 - jennifer lawrence
1:19 - max thieriot
1:25 - gil bellows
1:29 - and elisabeth shue
1:34 - casting by john papsidera, csa
1:40 - director of photography miroslaw baszak
1:44 - edited by steven mirkovich, a.c.e
1:49 - edited by karen porter 
1:54 - production designer lisa soper
1:59 - costume designer jennifer stroud
2:04 - original music by theo green 
2:09 - music supervisor steve lindsey

This is every moment of the opening title sequence and the roles we see during the 2 minutes.