On the 19th of February Matty, Patrick and I met up in town to discuss possible ideas for our media studies project. The first thing we discussed was possible genres. So we started off naming all the genres we know and then seeing which ones were realistic enough for us to do. The genres which we were left with that we could possibly do were Action, Romance, Horror, Drama, Comedy and crime and gangster. Thoses are the genres that we were looking at possibly doing for our Film.
The reason why we are not considering the other genres are:
- Can't do thriller as it will take too long to build up suspence.
- Can't do sci-fi as it is too complicated to do effectivrly. Our knowledge of Sci-fi is limited.
- Can't do Westerns as it envolves being in rural areas which we don't have. EG:desert
- Can't do musicals as it involves having good singers and dancers and the songs could take more than 2 minutes which is more than our maximum allowed time.
- Can't do war films simply because we just dont have the finance to do that.
Our first idea for our is to do a con-man type film. We feel that the con-man idea was our prefered option but we also discussed the option of using the other dramas such as action crime and comedy.
Our target audience for this will be 15-28 years old. This is the audience range that we would understand the most and it fits in with the genres we would like to do.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Shot reverse shot
Shot reverse shot (or shot/countershot) is film technology wherein one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.
A Shot Reverse Shot starts off with an Establishing shot and then a tight shot is also used help engage the viewers emotion. To shot the shot you need to have a basic two shot and then a medium shot of each character, a medium shot over the shoulder of each character and a close up of eacg character. All shots should be done from the same angle and a lot of lead space to see to make sure they are looking at the other character and also do not go over the 180 degree rule otherwise the audience will be confused in what you are doing.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Second half of “In the Pursuit of Happyness”
Mise-en-scene is played in this film really cleverly throughout the second half. Mise-en-scene means how the scene is set up and a perfect example of this is when Chris gives up his blood just for him and his son to stay a place for the night. This shows a lot of the man himself, he would go to extreme lengths for his son to stay in comfort or whenever something bad happens we always look at the son and we feel bad as we feel sorry for him and his father but the biggest Mise-en-scene is when Chris tries to put light into a bone density scanner. This scanner is what we feel, as the audience that this will be the key if it works we have something to work on if it doesn’t then we are still stuck and the problem would never go away. This is a huge obstacle course that Chris could not overcome or avoid. We could also say this is a sign in his life.
I believe this scene actually fits all the criteria for a film critic. These scenes with this machine are what the whole film hinges on. The Mise-en-scene of that is that they are so close to finding the cure to all their problems but if they can’t find the missing piece to this problem they will forever live in poverty. The music plays a big part in seeing if he is getting closer to his main goal of finding this light bulb, fixing the scanner. The music and the sounds around this are very important as we get a feeling on how close he is from fixing, or how far away he might be. When the music is upbeat we get a good positive feeling in your mind and if we hear a sad, slow and sluggish music we get the thought of he is getting further away from his goal.
The shots we get from that scene are amazing as we get lots of different shots of him trying to sort out the problem to the scanner. We get long shots to see the bigger picture of the bulb and his whole body. When we want to just see the scanner we get some median shots so the scanner is in focus and nothing else. That is important because we get a good visual image of him working and getting a good feel in where he is at. We also get close shots so we can concentrate on the tiny detail on what he is doing. An example of this is when he gets the bulb in and the bulb works we get a close up on this, we also get fast music start to play in the background and the scene is set up very well to end their and have an exciting engaging and enthralling scene to follow. Also that scene shows off great Editing technique as the light bulb means hope and the music backs this up its upbeat music.
We, the audience, feel this is a big sign in the film. At the start we get signs of a working class family who are trying to get along with a limited income and the signs are showing that they can’t survive in this environment and something will have to give. In contrast we get many different sign but, there are two signs which change this film from a doom and gloom to hope and maybe success are firstly, finding a light bulb which makes the scanner work. That is big because he has found a break through in technology and now has enough money to do this for his son to stay in a bit more luxury and he can buy some more light bulbs and sell more of these while doing this course to get into the stock market. So now they are financially stable. Secondly, the $5.00 he gets back from someone who he helped out before. That moment shows a moment of triumph for him and his son who have gone on this rollercoaster ride. He is now in a position where he can concentrate on this course and land this job which will take both him and his son out of poverty and through the clever techniques of the director we also feel like a success as we have gone on this same journey together.
All these techniques put together and this film is really top notch. It has put the effective technique in major parts in the film and as it has a wide variety of effects which make this film so successful. I would give this film a rating of 4 maybe 5 stars.
I believe this scene actually fits all the criteria for a film critic. These scenes with this machine are what the whole film hinges on. The Mise-en-scene of that is that they are so close to finding the cure to all their problems but if they can’t find the missing piece to this problem they will forever live in poverty. The music plays a big part in seeing if he is getting closer to his main goal of finding this light bulb, fixing the scanner. The music and the sounds around this are very important as we get a feeling on how close he is from fixing, or how far away he might be. When the music is upbeat we get a good positive feeling in your mind and if we hear a sad, slow and sluggish music we get the thought of he is getting further away from his goal.
The shots we get from that scene are amazing as we get lots of different shots of him trying to sort out the problem to the scanner. We get long shots to see the bigger picture of the bulb and his whole body. When we want to just see the scanner we get some median shots so the scanner is in focus and nothing else. That is important because we get a good visual image of him working and getting a good feel in where he is at. We also get close shots so we can concentrate on the tiny detail on what he is doing. An example of this is when he gets the bulb in and the bulb works we get a close up on this, we also get fast music start to play in the background and the scene is set up very well to end their and have an exciting engaging and enthralling scene to follow. Also that scene shows off great Editing technique as the light bulb means hope and the music backs this up its upbeat music.
We, the audience, feel this is a big sign in the film. At the start we get signs of a working class family who are trying to get along with a limited income and the signs are showing that they can’t survive in this environment and something will have to give. In contrast we get many different sign but, there are two signs which change this film from a doom and gloom to hope and maybe success are firstly, finding a light bulb which makes the scanner work. That is big because he has found a break through in technology and now has enough money to do this for his son to stay in a bit more luxury and he can buy some more light bulbs and sell more of these while doing this course to get into the stock market. So now they are financially stable. Secondly, the $5.00 he gets back from someone who he helped out before. That moment shows a moment of triumph for him and his son who have gone on this rollercoaster ride. He is now in a position where he can concentrate on this course and land this job which will take both him and his son out of poverty and through the clever techniques of the director we also feel like a success as we have gone on this same journey together.
All these techniques put together and this film is really top notch. It has put the effective technique in major parts in the film and as it has a wide variety of effects which make this film so successful. I would give this film a rating of 4 maybe 5 stars.
Monday, 28 September 2009
Framing, Juxtapositioning and Anchor HW
Anchor
"South Korean mother Kim Won-sook, left, hugs her North Korean son during a rare reunion of separated families in the Diamond Mountains in North Korea. "
This is a picture of a mother and son who were divided in the war between south and north Korea where they were united and this is a really heartful moment when they meet each other for the first time in many years.
Love and separation
"South Korean mother Kim Won-sook, left, hugs her North Korean son during a rare reunion of separated families in the Diamond Mountains in North Korea. "This is a picture of a mother and son who were divided in the war between south and north Korea where they were united and this is a really heartful moment when they meet each other for the first time in many years.
Framing, Juxtapositioning and Anchor HW
Juxtapositioning
This photo is showing 2 men holding hands which could mean they are twins by the way they are holding their heads or they are in Love. But the real reason was that they clashed heads and they got each other equally. Both pictures are from the same game but they are 2 different photos but they mean the same thing in principles as they are playing football against each other. These are 2 different pictures but they mean the same thing in football terms a game (Man U vs Stoke) where one is a clash or heads and they other is one person celebrating the goal they scored in the same game.
Framing, Anchoring and Juxtapositioning HW
Framing
This is showing the full picture. The girl is part of many teenagers all wearing terrorist-style bandannas covering their faces as they march against the terrorists rather than being the terrorists.
Framing, Juxtapositioning and Anchor HW
Anchor
This is showing more content with a girl in this photo. You can also see the Palestinian flag so we are wondering if this could be a terrorist plot or not.
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