I have been struggling to come up with a concept for my storyboard, so I decided to read through this to help me further develop my ideas and such....
http://www.thinctanc.co.uk/words/comedy.html
Monday, 12 December 2016
Monday, 28 November 2016
Monday, 21 November 2016
Action Plan - Progress Update
I have gone back to consider my action plan and check if I am progressing as I planned at the very beginning of this project. So far I can say that my research has gone to track and I have covered all the areas I planned too and than some more.
Sunday, 13 November 2016
Preliminary Task Evaluation - The Meeting
While filming my preliminary task I acquired more usefull knowledge and skills on the technology and cameras that I will also be working with when filming my film opening.
At first I lacked the inspiration for the task, but after watching some of the footage that fellow class mates have recorded and watching one or two finished products I had a better idea of what I was going to create, with a general brainstorm I had drawn out a basic storyboard and decided on what the scenes will be, and how they will be acted out while also adding in the different shot types required by the preliminary task guidelines.
After this I proceeded to move on to a idea of a script, although there was not much that I could develop it with, as I kept my preliminary video relatively short and straightforward, since it was my first time operating such technology and cameras. I stuck to just a couple of lines, keeping it ambigious and to a satisfactory level of communication in my and the tasks requirements.
In my video I used, the video contains 180 degree rule, medium shot, close up, shot reverse shot, two shot. Which can all be seen here:
The task also required me to use continuity editing, which I actually think I did pretty well as my video does not contain any continuity errors or obvious mistakes. I think I could further improve on it though by further planning and organising the enviroment around me when I am recording the real task.
With this task I was heading for a final level of a high quality, big budget video but also the originality and meaningfulness of a indepndant film company. Although I did not fully achive this as at the end of the video, the quality of the recording does seem to drop, I believe this is to my lack of expertise when it comes to working with cameras however I aim to combat this before it comes to recording the real task, by getting more comfortable with the cameras and such by doing excercises such as this preliminary task.
At the editing stage at first I did feel quiet overwhelmed, however after a quick tutorial and other minor explanations I had grasped the feel of the software pretty well, becoming comfortable with the tools I required to edit and manage my preliminary video task. The second stage was not as hard as I had privieous expirience in exporting / impoerting video to YouTube due to my personal intrest in creating videos for YouTube in the past. Although I did learn how to embed and share my videos in ways I was not aware off in the past.
Overall I think I did ok, yet I also learnt that next time I will need to work more profficently with time, and other limiting factors when it comes to recording and editing. Also I could improve on the software FinalCut Express to a more extensive knowledge which could add further benefits when it will come around to me editing my final film opening.
At first I lacked the inspiration for the task, but after watching some of the footage that fellow class mates have recorded and watching one or two finished products I had a better idea of what I was going to create, with a general brainstorm I had drawn out a basic storyboard and decided on what the scenes will be, and how they will be acted out while also adding in the different shot types required by the preliminary task guidelines.
After this I proceeded to move on to a idea of a script, although there was not much that I could develop it with, as I kept my preliminary video relatively short and straightforward, since it was my first time operating such technology and cameras. I stuck to just a couple of lines, keeping it ambigious and to a satisfactory level of communication in my and the tasks requirements.
In my video I used, the video contains 180 degree rule, medium shot, close up, shot reverse shot, two shot. Which can all be seen here:
The task also required me to use continuity editing, which I actually think I did pretty well as my video does not contain any continuity errors or obvious mistakes. I think I could further improve on it though by further planning and organising the enviroment around me when I am recording the real task.
With this task I was heading for a final level of a high quality, big budget video but also the originality and meaningfulness of a indepndant film company. Although I did not fully achive this as at the end of the video, the quality of the recording does seem to drop, I believe this is to my lack of expertise when it comes to working with cameras however I aim to combat this before it comes to recording the real task, by getting more comfortable with the cameras and such by doing excercises such as this preliminary task.
At the editing stage at first I did feel quiet overwhelmed, however after a quick tutorial and other minor explanations I had grasped the feel of the software pretty well, becoming comfortable with the tools I required to edit and manage my preliminary video task. The second stage was not as hard as I had privieous expirience in exporting / impoerting video to YouTube due to my personal intrest in creating videos for YouTube in the past. Although I did learn how to embed and share my videos in ways I was not aware off in the past.
Overall I think I did ok, yet I also learnt that next time I will need to work more profficently with time, and other limiting factors when it comes to recording and editing. Also I could improve on the software FinalCut Express to a more extensive knowledge which could add further benefits when it will come around to me editing my final film opening.
Genre Research - Comedy
In my project I have decided to go with the genre which I felt most inspired by and felt I could work with: Comedy.
However as I have come to learn throughout my media studies there is more depth than that, to the genre as a whole.
Some of the sub-genres of comedy are:
Alternative Comedy -
Comedy feautering a mixture of all the others listed below, often used when there is no specific direction to the comedy.
Black Comedy / Blue Comedy -
Most often deal with disturbing subjects and can be viewed as controversial, some of the topics used are: Death, Drugs, Terorrism, Sexism, Racism and Homophobia sometimes it can be traced back to the horror genre.
Character Comedy -
Comedy based on a persona made up by a performer, often based heavily on stereotypes.
Cringe Comedy -
A form of comedy based upon embarassing or awkward actions, makes use of innapropiate timings and innapropiate words.
Deadpan Comedy -
Not alaways recognised as style of comedy, but in a nutshell its just a character telling jokes but with no emotion or facial expressions.
Mockumentary -
A parody using the conventions of documentary style.
Slapstick -
Exaggerated physical comedy which typically exceeds normal physical activity.
Observational Comedy -
Pokes fun of everyday life, and often done by inflating the trivial things.
However as I have come to learn throughout my media studies there is more depth than that, to the genre as a whole.
Some of the sub-genres of comedy are:
Alternative Comedy -
Comedy feautering a mixture of all the others listed below, often used when there is no specific direction to the comedy.
Black Comedy / Blue Comedy -
Most often deal with disturbing subjects and can be viewed as controversial, some of the topics used are: Death, Drugs, Terorrism, Sexism, Racism and Homophobia sometimes it can be traced back to the horror genre.
Character Comedy -
Comedy based on a persona made up by a performer, often based heavily on stereotypes.
Cringe Comedy -
A form of comedy based upon embarassing or awkward actions, makes use of innapropiate timings and innapropiate words.
Deadpan Comedy -
Not alaways recognised as style of comedy, but in a nutshell its just a character telling jokes but with no emotion or facial expressions.
Mockumentary -
A parody using the conventions of documentary style.
Slapstick -
Exaggerated physical comedy which typically exceeds normal physical activity.
Observational Comedy -
Pokes fun of everyday life, and often done by inflating the trivial things.
Company Case Study - Warp Films
They create an considerable amount of impactful low budget films, some examples of these are Four Lions or This Is England. The company really does push in the media industry, Four Lions was quiet a controversial film and had a dark comedy sort of feel, which I want to use for my final media piece.
This Is England was overall the most profitable for the company with the a large budget of 1.5 million british pounds, and profit was made of about 5.5 million pounds, the most the company has ever made.
This shows they are not afraid to challenege corporate giants, and to prove that indepndant cinema and production companys can still make a stand in the industry. The passion behind the film making in this company allows them to carry on releasing meaningfull cinema and surpass the audiences expectations once again.
Overall Warp Films have also heavily influenced my outlook on my project, and have driven me to re-consider some options by showing that it is possible, even with low budget.
Monday, 7 November 2016
Company Case Study - Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers Inc is an American entertainment company, it was founded in 1923 on April 4th but some of the productions before registered go as far back as 1918. Today Warner Brothers is a giant company with millions of dollars backing them up due to the many super successful productions, they work on many sets in the UK due to cheaper taxes, allowing for cheaper production.Some of the most well known Warner Brothers films are, Dark Knight, Harry Potter and American sniper, which are the top three in terms of profit for the company with the Dark Knight film brining in about $533,345,358, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 taking in $448,139,099 gross profit and number three, American Sniper with $350,126,372. The film company has a very large budget, the profit they make from most of there films is huge returning the money spent on the costly film, and even more. The company obviously works with passion on the films however the company this size, with this amount of money obviously works for the profit and is not driven by passion for film making like smaller independent companies, such as Warp Films.
Overall this company has influenced me on my film making as there high budget breath taking films inspire me to create something or at least attempt to of the same standard. I aim to create media which will be just as impactful and popular, seeking to make the audience feel something not just see it.
Monday, 31 October 2016
Feedback On Research and Planning
To further improve upon my research and planning I will have to take action on some of the targets, such as using a variety of digital ICT to present R&P, using as much media language concepts and theories as possible. Along with all the others. This also gives me an idea of some of the things i also need to add to my research and planning.
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Industry Regulations
What Are Industry Regualtions?
The industry regualtions are a way of controlling the content of industrys, an example of this would be the BBFC (British Board Of Film Classification) which regulates the british media industry.
These regualtions are used to protect more sensitive viewers for example children, from adult content containing things like violenece, drug use and strong language. This allows the viewers to make a informed decidion wether the film is indeed the right one for them.
Different Film Classifications -
The industry regualtions are a way of controlling the content of industrys, an example of this would be the BBFC (British Board Of Film Classification) which regulates the british media industry.
These regualtions are used to protect more sensitive viewers for example children, from adult content containing things like violenece, drug use and strong language. This allows the viewers to make a informed decidion wether the film is indeed the right one for them.
Different Film Classifications -
Film Opening Analysis - Paranormal Activity 1
Framing & Shot Types -
The whole of the opening is close ups of different actions of a character or things that seemingly happen for reasons unknown to the viewer. The first couple of seconds of the opening titles seem to show a character, presumibly a younger person, or a smaller female character carrying a lit lighter through the house for unkown reasons. There is a side on close up of the characters feet moving down the stairs peridoically in a slightly creepish manor, than it cuts, to another close up of a note on fire, quickly burning away. Than there is another cut, to a character upstairs. Which proceeds to carry out the same actions as the priveous one but in a hushed and hurried way, of course all of this is shown in different close ups just as with the other character. All this creates a mysterious vibe around the film, as the viewer in unable to establish what the wider picture of the house and the characters actually is. The whole thing than ends with an door shutting, on its own. Enforcing what the viewer can sort of already establish.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting of the scene is hard to actually analyse due to it bieng in black and white, however you can tell that the only light for the first character is the brightly burning flame of the lighter it is carrying, the whole set is lit in a descrete manor to accompany the scary and mysterious feel it is ment to have. The only prop seems to be the lighter, and the whole opening scene is set in a house although not much of it is shown. This keeps the viewer intrigued.
Use Of Sound-
The sound in this opening is really important, its music which is fast paced and is the sort you would get from some sorrt of old fashioned childrens music box or something among them lines. It carries on throughout the whole of the opening and is acompanied by other simpler sound effects such as the door slaming shut. In a scary movie sound is alaways really important, as it could litterally make or brake a movie, as the scenes could jut not be scary at all if the music was innapropiate, howver that is handled well in this opening.
Use Of Edititng -
The editing is overall quiet simplistic, some cuts from one close up to another, however there is one special effect used, when the character runs down the stairs it is slowed down in the footage doing a slow-mo style sort of shot. However that is as far as it goes in terms of editing.
Typography -
The movie title and other text are shown periodically on the screen through out the whole opening. They are a simple font, and are grey - white sort of colour to match the black and white style. It is of a medium sized font and is kept off the middle of the screen to stop the viewer from getting distracted from what is actually happening.
Video Of Paranormal Activity 1:
The whole of the opening is close ups of different actions of a character or things that seemingly happen for reasons unknown to the viewer. The first couple of seconds of the opening titles seem to show a character, presumibly a younger person, or a smaller female character carrying a lit lighter through the house for unkown reasons. There is a side on close up of the characters feet moving down the stairs peridoically in a slightly creepish manor, than it cuts, to another close up of a note on fire, quickly burning away. Than there is another cut, to a character upstairs. Which proceeds to carry out the same actions as the priveous one but in a hushed and hurried way, of course all of this is shown in different close ups just as with the other character. All this creates a mysterious vibe around the film, as the viewer in unable to establish what the wider picture of the house and the characters actually is. The whole thing than ends with an door shutting, on its own. Enforcing what the viewer can sort of already establish.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting of the scene is hard to actually analyse due to it bieng in black and white, however you can tell that the only light for the first character is the brightly burning flame of the lighter it is carrying, the whole set is lit in a descrete manor to accompany the scary and mysterious feel it is ment to have. The only prop seems to be the lighter, and the whole opening scene is set in a house although not much of it is shown. This keeps the viewer intrigued.
Use Of Sound-
The sound in this opening is really important, its music which is fast paced and is the sort you would get from some sorrt of old fashioned childrens music box or something among them lines. It carries on throughout the whole of the opening and is acompanied by other simpler sound effects such as the door slaming shut. In a scary movie sound is alaways really important, as it could litterally make or brake a movie, as the scenes could jut not be scary at all if the music was innapropiate, howver that is handled well in this opening.
Use Of Edititng -
The editing is overall quiet simplistic, some cuts from one close up to another, however there is one special effect used, when the character runs down the stairs it is slowed down in the footage doing a slow-mo style sort of shot. However that is as far as it goes in terms of editing.
Typography -
The movie title and other text are shown periodically on the screen through out the whole opening. They are a simple font, and are grey - white sort of colour to match the black and white style. It is of a medium sized font and is kept off the middle of the screen to stop the viewer from getting distracted from what is actually happening.
Video Of Paranormal Activity 1:
Production Research - Sound
After doing some browsing of the internet I have found a website which may prove helpfull in the future when it comes to making my final video, it provides you with links to copy right free music and sound, which I may be able to use in my project.
Here is the link:
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Copyright-friendly+music+and+sound
Here is the link:
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Copyright-friendly+music+and+sound
Film Opening Analysis - Interstellar
Framing / Shot types -
Through out the opening the tpyes of shots which tend to dominate are, close ups and medium shots of the character or the surroundings. The very opening uses a close up, on the dusty bookshelf and whats on it, this is a key scene as that is a important place later on in the film, the director gives the viewers hints like this through out the whole movie, and the opening, keeping the viewer intrested by slowly allowing them to piece together the information that is presented to them. There is also more close ups of the aircraft and the pilot and what is generally happening in it, for like a solid 30-40sec just changing angles and points of view at random intervals. Near the end of the opening there is the medium shot showing the two characters speaking in the house, but that also than quickly changes as they use coninuity editing to do close ups of the characters when they speak and switch between the two accordingly. The final close up which ends the scene is the one of the back of Coopers head as he looks out the window and shows the audience the setting of the film.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting is subtle yet clear in the opening scene when the dusty bookshelf is shown, when the part with the aircraft is up, the lighting changes to be very vibrant and lively with the bright blue sky bieng shown, than the scene in the night is of course is quiet dark and just enough for the viewer to be able to make out the two characters. Their is some props like the toy aircraft on the bookshelf and some of the things around them, and of course the big aircraft that Cooper is flying. Howver excpet that the characters do not make use of any other props. The scenes are kept clean and smooth to keep the viewer focused on whats happening to the characters.
Use Of Sound -
The first couple seconds of the opening where the close up of the bookshelf happens have a very serene sort of sound, presenting the place as sort of soft and gentle, however after the scene switches to the aircraft crashing this changes a lot. The viewer gets hit with the harsh sounds of wind and the screams of the main character, Joseph Cooper. The sound gets even more intense as the noises of the computer system, beeping, alarms and such join the mayhem. It all than cuts off suddenly to another quieter setting when the two characters exchange dialog in hushed voices as it is presented to the audience that what they have just seen was a flashback in a dream of Coopers past.
Use Of Editing -
The does well to keep the editing unoticed, although it is simple. The scenes are cut a lot in the space of the two to three minutes the opening lasts for, the editor cut it in two three, using blackouts, from the bookshelf close up, to the characters point of view in the plane and some close ups of the inside of it, than blacking out to a medium shot of the two characters exchanging in conversation in the middle of the night.
Typography -
The typography is very minimalistic in this film opening, sticking to a non-flashy text. Its a pretty large font size, and is kept a clear solid white colour making it more noticable on the background of the bland colours of the dusty shelf in the background allow the user to focus on the text which bieng presented to the them. However there is not much text, only the movie title is shown for a brief amount of time.
Interstellar Opening:
Through out the opening the tpyes of shots which tend to dominate are, close ups and medium shots of the character or the surroundings. The very opening uses a close up, on the dusty bookshelf and whats on it, this is a key scene as that is a important place later on in the film, the director gives the viewers hints like this through out the whole movie, and the opening, keeping the viewer intrested by slowly allowing them to piece together the information that is presented to them. There is also more close ups of the aircraft and the pilot and what is generally happening in it, for like a solid 30-40sec just changing angles and points of view at random intervals. Near the end of the opening there is the medium shot showing the two characters speaking in the house, but that also than quickly changes as they use coninuity editing to do close ups of the characters when they speak and switch between the two accordingly. The final close up which ends the scene is the one of the back of Coopers head as he looks out the window and shows the audience the setting of the film.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting is subtle yet clear in the opening scene when the dusty bookshelf is shown, when the part with the aircraft is up, the lighting changes to be very vibrant and lively with the bright blue sky bieng shown, than the scene in the night is of course is quiet dark and just enough for the viewer to be able to make out the two characters. Their is some props like the toy aircraft on the bookshelf and some of the things around them, and of course the big aircraft that Cooper is flying. Howver excpet that the characters do not make use of any other props. The scenes are kept clean and smooth to keep the viewer focused on whats happening to the characters.
Use Of Sound -
The first couple seconds of the opening where the close up of the bookshelf happens have a very serene sort of sound, presenting the place as sort of soft and gentle, however after the scene switches to the aircraft crashing this changes a lot. The viewer gets hit with the harsh sounds of wind and the screams of the main character, Joseph Cooper. The sound gets even more intense as the noises of the computer system, beeping, alarms and such join the mayhem. It all than cuts off suddenly to another quieter setting when the two characters exchange dialog in hushed voices as it is presented to the audience that what they have just seen was a flashback in a dream of Coopers past.
Use Of Editing -
The does well to keep the editing unoticed, although it is simple. The scenes are cut a lot in the space of the two to three minutes the opening lasts for, the editor cut it in two three, using blackouts, from the bookshelf close up, to the characters point of view in the plane and some close ups of the inside of it, than blacking out to a medium shot of the two characters exchanging in conversation in the middle of the night.
Typography -
The typography is very minimalistic in this film opening, sticking to a non-flashy text. Its a pretty large font size, and is kept a clear solid white colour making it more noticable on the background of the bland colours of the dusty shelf in the background allow the user to focus on the text which bieng presented to the them. However there is not much text, only the movie title is shown for a brief amount of time.
Interstellar Opening:
Monday, 17 October 2016
Audience Effect Receptions - Social Classes
Social Classes
The diversion of society via economic status.
Lower - Middle - Upper are the classes with are most widely recognised.
A Lower Class person may prefer independent films and such as they will not cost them as much.
Middle Class people would be looking for big hollywood films, for example Jurassic World and such.
Upper Class people are the ones who search for the best of the best and not let price effect their choice.
These are just so effects that social classes have on audience.
The diversion of society via economic status.
Lower - Middle - Upper are the classes with are most widely recognised.
A Lower Class person may prefer independent films and such as they will not cost them as much.
Middle Class people would be looking for big hollywood films, for example Jurassic World and such.
Upper Class people are the ones who search for the best of the best and not let price effect their choice.
These are just so effects that social classes have on audience.
Sunday, 16 October 2016
Audience Reception Theory
Audience Reception Theory
Stuart Hall developed an idea of audience positioning - he claimed that media represantation had 3 possible readings.
Preffered Reading
Audiences respond and adopt the points of view implied.
Negotiated Reading
Audiences partialy accept the way the narrative is constructed but can see both points of view.
Oppositional Readings
Audiences reject the way the narrative is constructed and challenge the points implied.
Stuart Hall developed an idea of audience positioning - he claimed that media represantation had 3 possible readings.
Preffered Reading
Audiences respond and adopt the points of view implied.
Negotiated Reading
Audiences partialy accept the way the narrative is constructed but can see both points of view.
Oppositional Readings
Audiences reject the way the narrative is constructed and challenge the points implied.
Film Opening Analysis - Saving Private Ryan
Framing / Shot types -
The whole opening scene uses a variety of shot types. Some of which are, long shots, wide shots, close up, midium shot. The very opening shows a close up of the American flag waving in the wind, than cutting to a close up of Private Ryan from the back walking fast, yet seemingly stuggling due to his old age. Than that is proceeded with a wide shot of his family behind him and another close up of some of their faces. Showing the dramatic and slightly upset faces of everyone, showing that this family day out is not to celebrate but irs for remmembarance and time to mourn the losses which in Private Ryans mind are still as fresh as ever. The amount of shots which focus on him indicate to the audience that he is the main character and the one they should alos focus on. The director also uses a long shot to esablish how large the graveyard is showing hundreds upon hundreds of white crosses.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting of the scene is very clean, seeminly sunny and bright day. This puts forward the idea of it being a nice day out, with him and his family. It dosent really reflect the mood, keeping the viewer guessing as to whats actually about to unfold. There isnt really any props in the scene, keeping the viewer focused on the character and his surroundings, making the whole scene seem all the more dramatic, as there is nothing the viewer can distract him self with on the screen.
Use Of Sound -
Sound really does play a key role in this scene, the most noticable is the music playing in the background, its military, the sort used at a military ceremony or such. It hints to the viewer what is taking place and who this man is. There is not much speach, except a few words echanged in a mummble, it gives the scene a sort of tranquility. You can hear birds singing the wind, and possibly the sea? With some few distant water splashes bieng heard every now and than. As he approaches his old companions graves, he proceeds to burst into tears, no words of comfort are heard, just whimpering and crying as a younger man asks "Dad?" setting a sort of ambigious vibe to the opening. Than the pleasent sea sounds and bird chirping fades out into harsh short noises of waves smashing on the beach as he has a flash back of storming the Normandy beaches. This allows the audience to further connect with the character.
Use Of Editing -
The scene is not edited all that much, it certainly uses continuity editing however it is left at a subtle and basic level, it does contain cuts from one type of shot to the other, for example a close up form Private Ryans face, to a wide shot of him and his family behind him. Its a constant flow of different shots as he and his family move along the cemetry to the graves of his brothers in arms from the war.
Typography -
The text used for the opening scene remains brief and does not show a lot, accept for the movie title and the production company. It lasts about 10 seconds and transitions slowly, its in an old fashioned sort of font sort of like the one you would expect to come out when using a typewriter, making it apropiate for the time the film is set in. It remains a solid white colour all the way through and is underlined.
Saving Private Ryan Opening:
The whole opening scene uses a variety of shot types. Some of which are, long shots, wide shots, close up, midium shot. The very opening shows a close up of the American flag waving in the wind, than cutting to a close up of Private Ryan from the back walking fast, yet seemingly stuggling due to his old age. Than that is proceeded with a wide shot of his family behind him and another close up of some of their faces. Showing the dramatic and slightly upset faces of everyone, showing that this family day out is not to celebrate but irs for remmembarance and time to mourn the losses which in Private Ryans mind are still as fresh as ever. The amount of shots which focus on him indicate to the audience that he is the main character and the one they should alos focus on. The director also uses a long shot to esablish how large the graveyard is showing hundreds upon hundreds of white crosses.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting of the scene is very clean, seeminly sunny and bright day. This puts forward the idea of it being a nice day out, with him and his family. It dosent really reflect the mood, keeping the viewer guessing as to whats actually about to unfold. There isnt really any props in the scene, keeping the viewer focused on the character and his surroundings, making the whole scene seem all the more dramatic, as there is nothing the viewer can distract him self with on the screen.
Use Of Sound -
Sound really does play a key role in this scene, the most noticable is the music playing in the background, its military, the sort used at a military ceremony or such. It hints to the viewer what is taking place and who this man is. There is not much speach, except a few words echanged in a mummble, it gives the scene a sort of tranquility. You can hear birds singing the wind, and possibly the sea? With some few distant water splashes bieng heard every now and than. As he approaches his old companions graves, he proceeds to burst into tears, no words of comfort are heard, just whimpering and crying as a younger man asks "Dad?" setting a sort of ambigious vibe to the opening. Than the pleasent sea sounds and bird chirping fades out into harsh short noises of waves smashing on the beach as he has a flash back of storming the Normandy beaches. This allows the audience to further connect with the character.
Use Of Editing -
The scene is not edited all that much, it certainly uses continuity editing however it is left at a subtle and basic level, it does contain cuts from one type of shot to the other, for example a close up form Private Ryans face, to a wide shot of him and his family behind him. Its a constant flow of different shots as he and his family move along the cemetry to the graves of his brothers in arms from the war.
Typography -
The text used for the opening scene remains brief and does not show a lot, accept for the movie title and the production company. It lasts about 10 seconds and transitions slowly, its in an old fashioned sort of font sort of like the one you would expect to come out when using a typewriter, making it apropiate for the time the film is set in. It remains a solid white colour all the way through and is underlined.
Saving Private Ryan Opening:
Analysing Movies
I have further reaserched into how to analyse film correctly. While browisng the internet for some good inspiration / knowledge on such things, I came across this website which is extremely helpfull. I will surely use it further to my advantage.
http://www.filminquiry.com/analyse-movies-introduction/
http://www.filminquiry.com/analyse-movies-introduction/
Sunday, 9 October 2016
Brainstorm Of Further Film Analysis
Film Opening Analysis - 8 Mile
Framing & Shot Types -
The whole scene involves a lot of close ups on the character performing different actions while attempting to hype him self up for the rap battle, the director has done this to show the characters mentality and build up his image shot by shot to the audience (The audeince bieng fans of rap / eminem). The scene also portrays the importance of this character to the movie as it shows a lot of focus on him and the things he does, also the fact he is getting shouted by another character at the end shows he is clearly relevant to the plot line. The whole opening is made up of close ups and maybe one or two medium shots. The director has done this to keep the audience focused on the character, and allow them time to create their own ideas of him, based on what he looks like and how he is acting. Mostly as they cant really focus on anything else due to the scene being set in a bathroom, and the background bieng slightly blurred out anyway.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting is dull a very grey, and sort of clinical. This puts forward connotations to the audience that its not much of a welcoming or warm enviroment to be in, not hostile but unnerving. There is not much interms of props for the scene, its very bare and set in a typical destroyed and horrible public bathroom. The only props the character asctually having being the earphones he is wearing.
Use Of Sound-
From the very beggining a song is played (Shook Ones, Pt II by Mobb Deep) which the character is presumobly listening to on his earphones as he is preparing for a rap battle, making the situation seem all the more real and intense due to the flow of the song and the lyrics it contains. The song plays throughout all the intro, as the target audience has time to gather whats happening and catch onto the smooth beat with lyrics which show struggle in life yet the refusal to back down, the music transfers that sort of down yet ready to fight mood on to the audience, allowing them to further connect with the character.
Use Of Edititng -
The editing is subtle, no flashy or especially outogoing effects were used. The editing contains a lot of cuts from one bit of the character to the other, for example when it goes from the view of his feet shuffling on the floor, to than his face looking in the mirror. Its a constant flow of his actions, cutting and changeing the view from one to the other.
Typography -
All the text used through out the scenes remain the same font, a simple design coloured in orange a very non flashy and dull sort of orange, which could reflect the sort of place the scenes take place in. The title of the film appears at the beggining only a little larger than the rest of the sub-titles and other texts. Most of the text is presented on a fully black background or in a corner of the screen when the video actually starts.
The whole scene involves a lot of close ups on the character performing different actions while attempting to hype him self up for the rap battle, the director has done this to show the characters mentality and build up his image shot by shot to the audience (The audeince bieng fans of rap / eminem). The scene also portrays the importance of this character to the movie as it shows a lot of focus on him and the things he does, also the fact he is getting shouted by another character at the end shows he is clearly relevant to the plot line. The whole opening is made up of close ups and maybe one or two medium shots. The director has done this to keep the audience focused on the character, and allow them time to create their own ideas of him, based on what he looks like and how he is acting. Mostly as they cant really focus on anything else due to the scene being set in a bathroom, and the background bieng slightly blurred out anyway.
Mis-En-Scene -
The lighting is dull a very grey, and sort of clinical. This puts forward connotations to the audience that its not much of a welcoming or warm enviroment to be in, not hostile but unnerving. There is not much interms of props for the scene, its very bare and set in a typical destroyed and horrible public bathroom. The only props the character asctually having being the earphones he is wearing.
Use Of Sound-
From the very beggining a song is played (Shook Ones, Pt II by Mobb Deep) which the character is presumobly listening to on his earphones as he is preparing for a rap battle, making the situation seem all the more real and intense due to the flow of the song and the lyrics it contains. The song plays throughout all the intro, as the target audience has time to gather whats happening and catch onto the smooth beat with lyrics which show struggle in life yet the refusal to back down, the music transfers that sort of down yet ready to fight mood on to the audience, allowing them to further connect with the character.
Use Of Edititng -
The editing is subtle, no flashy or especially outogoing effects were used. The editing contains a lot of cuts from one bit of the character to the other, for example when it goes from the view of his feet shuffling on the floor, to than his face looking in the mirror. Its a constant flow of his actions, cutting and changeing the view from one to the other.
Typography -
All the text used through out the scenes remain the same font, a simple design coloured in orange a very non flashy and dull sort of orange, which could reflect the sort of place the scenes take place in. The title of the film appears at the beggining only a little larger than the rest of the sub-titles and other texts. Most of the text is presented on a fully black background or in a corner of the screen when the video actually starts.
Sunday, 2 October 2016
Monday, 26 September 2016
Shot Research
Film Research
Long Shot
This type of shot is mainly used for scene setting, a sort of establishing shot. Most of the time it is used outdoors for films which involve scenes of the landscape or buildings, however it can also be used in thrilling scenes of maybe a war or disaster film.
Medium Shot
This type of shot is used to deliver information to the audience. It is mostly used for TV Presenters. It is the most common used type of shot in regular films, it shows the subject of the scene in relation to the surroundings.
Close Up
This type of shot tightly frames the person or the object, its one of the most standard shots and are very common in all films. It can be used to focus the audience on one specific detail in the scene. There are also multiple types of close ups for example medium close up or extreme close up.
Long Shot
Medium ShotThis type of shot is used to deliver information to the audience. It is mostly used for TV Presenters. It is the most common used type of shot in regular films, it shows the subject of the scene in relation to the surroundings.
Close Up
This type of shot tightly frames the person or the object, its one of the most standard shots and are very common in all films. It can be used to focus the audience on one specific detail in the scene. There are also multiple types of close ups for example medium close up or extreme close up.Preliminary Task Research
This helped me develop a greater understanding of the different shots and techniques that I am required to use.
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Ideas / Notes for Reaserch
These are only some of the focused areas i will reaserch, to help me understand better what my task is and how to approach it.I think i will further present some reaserch of these mentioned components later on, through a programme like prezi or powerpoint.
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