Film Pitch (Edited)

Title and tagline:
The title of the movie is 'The Equation Part 2' and the tagline of the movie is 'Expect the unexpected'.

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):
The topic that we have chosen from the brief is Modern Noir.

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):
For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen to make it a "Thriller" with a lot some slight emphasis of it being a "detective movie" where it is riddled with a lot of enigma codes and generally gets the audience thinking and hopefully ends with a cliff hanger that leaves the audience asking for more.

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):
A psychological thriller that explores the division between reality and the false distortions through the eyes of dysfunctional teenagers.

Other successful films that are similar to yours:
To Kill A Mocking Bird and Sin City, the fact we will be using the black and white layout and having a quiet introduction in the beginning.
House of Cards, different depths and variety of things being in focus/ out focus, foreground/background etc
Whiplash, use of colours and palettes
Run Lola Run, use of solid colour tint overlays which helps to drive the narrative and multiple personality or narratives of characters

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order:

At the beginning of the story, there was this detective who was on his way to work. Once he got to the office, his manager told him there were numerous gunshots in different places; He was sent to a scene downtown and a couple of other detectives around the city went to the other scenes. They believed it was just the one person who did this mess and it was hard to find her as the CCTV cameras weren't working. He tried many different solutions but non of them hadn't worked. Therefore, he went back into to time and re-try different solutions. On the fourth time he went back into time, he felt like he was getting even closer. One night, he had a dream about how a homeless man had whispered something in his ear and it was, "Think the unexpected". Once he had woke up, he kept this saying in his head despite it being only in his dream and is only a fantasy. However, he stuck to it and thought about it long and hard. Then, he went to a discrete located pub where he would think that people who don't want to show their face because they may have done something bad to a public. Once he went their, he saw this glamorous lady (femme fatale) sitting there and was quite odd because you wouldn't expect a lady sitting in a discrete pub. She looked as if she would spend most her day in a casino but she didn't which was odd for the detective and felt something didn't feel right. They both started talking to one another and suddenly, she shot the detective after playing one round of 'spin the bottle'... (Story left on a cliffhanger).

Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:

• The main protagonist will be the detective
• The antagonist is going to be the femme fatale but she will only be shown at the end of the film. 

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

• There will also be the detectives manager who tells him the job and situation
• Another character is the different suspects the detective finds before going back into time.
• Also, there will be a bartender which will only have a short cameo scene.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

• The main target audience would be for young adults 15-24, hence the 15 certification of the film  
• I believe males would watch it simply due to the fact we will have a femme fatale in it and the fact that men are attracted to things like this.
• Working class/middle class
• Those who are interested in film noir/'olden days' movies.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:
The part we will be using from this film is where the detective and 'femme fatale' meet up in the pub and when she shoots the detective and is left at a cliffhanger. The fact that this will be left at a cliffhanger, obviously states that this will be at the end of the movie.

MEST2: Film pitch and audience focus group

MEST2 Film Pitch

Title and tagline:

The title of the movie is 'Who was it?' and the tagline of the movie is 'The more prettier, the more dangerous they can be'.

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):

The topic that we have chosen from the brief is 'The Secret'.

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):

For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen two different genres we will try to work around and they are 'Action and Horror'. We have also taken into account that we may try and add a little bit of 'comedy' too but there could be a possibility where we may take it out as it is quite hard to make a movie with comedy.

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):

A hidden, silent detective who is on a case to find a mass killer in the town, Greenford.

Other successful films that are similar to yours:

The films that have inspired us to do this movie are the following:

• Casino Royal
• Sin City
• To Kill A Mockingbird
• The Hitch-Hiker (Beginning)

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order (max 100 words):

At the beginning of the movie, there will be numerous gunshots. The boss will go to the main characters (detective) office and report the case. The detective will then start the case of who is the murderer. This is a hard task for him as he has a hidden identity and doesn't speak at all. There will be some hard times for him, as everyone in the city is very quiet. However, there is a new girl in town that no one has never seen. The detective gets quite close to her until he finds out that she's the one who did all of this.

Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:

• The Main Protagonist is going to be the detective in this movie

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

• There is also the boss of the detective who only has a short cameo scene in the movie as he is only reporting the case to the main protagonist.
• We will also have a 'femme fatale'. She is going to be a main character in the actual movie but will only have a cameo in the 3 minutes film.
• Many different suspects which will be there. They are going to be questioned by the detective. When this part is happening, it will almost be a stare-off with the suspect and the detective as the detective cannot speak.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

From what we have made this film noir into, we would think that this film is located to people that are aged between 10 and 35. This is because this isn't an ordinary 'Film Noir' ; Its is more of a parody as there are some scenes of humor involved in our version too. We would also think that this is aimed at mostly male because there isn't much that female can relate too as this film is only based around men and one female. Therefore, the majority of viewers of this film would be male. People who like comedy and thriller would find this film more enjoyable than the people who would like horror or action.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:

In this extract, we will be filming the beginning of the movie because I believe that this is the more effective bit of the movie.

MEST2: BBFC Institution research

What is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government?

The BBFC shows information, written short and briefly, about all the films that have been published and what we have also rated. The director of BBFC had said that their has been a large number of increase in the amount of people that are wanting to make new films but don't have their facilities. Therefore, the BBFC have helped fund those people which costs £50+VAT for films that are upto 20 minutes long and films that cost £100+VAT for films to are between 20 and 40 minutes long. For this  to work, the film can only be fiction and non fiction and has to be accepted and recognized through the funding scheme.

How is a film rated?

A film is rated depending on what is included on the film. Sometimes, people may rate the film in groups but sometimes it is done individually which is also known as 'solo viewing'. For example, if a bad language has been used, then the film may be rated 12 or above.

Issues faced when classifying a film

This debate was all about movies being an influence on the audience. Many people strongly disagree with some movies as it can bring a bad feeling around others. Many younger audiences may start to watch horror and action films which can influence their lifestyle.

Why did The Dark Knight generate a large amount of media coverage regarding its certificate? Do you agree with the 12A certificate The Dark Knight was awarded?

The Dark Knight had a large number of complaints about it's rating, as it was given a 12A by the BBFC. The reason why many people complained is being of the fact it was way too violent for any 12 year old or younger to watch it as there was some parts with blood and a lot of brawl fights going on. Many of the audience may have thought that these brawl fights could influence the younger audience and maybe one day make them really brutal as well as the characters in the movies. In my opinion, I believe that this rating given to the Batman movie was really accurate. This is because I believe that Batman has been a really famous superhero to the children for many decades and just due to the fact that it shows a number of violent scenes, doesn't mean that they should increase the rating of the movie.

What are the guidelines for a 15 certificate?

In a 15 rated film, you can see the following:

• Strong violence
• Frequent strong Language
• Portrayals of sexual activity
• Strong verbal references to sex
• Sexual Nudity
• Brief scene of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• Discriminatory language or behavior
• Drug Taking

Choose a 15 rated case study movie from the BBFC

The movie that I have chosen from the BBFC, that is also a 15 rated movie is the movie called Shank. This movie was directed by Mo Ali in 2010, which was a low budget movie  and is based in London about younger British teenagers. The reason why this was named as a 15 rated movie is because it had many features of a 15 rated movie as stated above:

• Strong Language 
• Violence
• Sex references
• Drug use

Strong language is always going to effect the movies rating as it will always be a 12A rating but if the swear words, e.g. the 'F' word was used very frequently, then it will be given a 15 rated. For instance, in this movie, the 'F' word was used over a hundred times. Street fights and weapons that have been involved also gave it this rating as the directors most likely didn't want to influence the younger audience as it could effect how they would grow up, e.g. they may find this movie really motivating and could do certain things from this movie that they really shouldn't.

MEST2: Arthouse film institution research

Production: Independent film studios

Donnie Darko

• Pandora Cinema (This production also made more low budget movies for the likes of Grind, $6 million and Man without a past which is listed below.
• Flower Films (II) (This production also made the film 'Whip it', $15 million).
• Adam Fields Productions (S.Darko, $10 million)
• Gaylord Films (Duma, $12 million)

Girlhood

• Studio Canal ('71, £8.1 million)
• Hold Up Films (Tomboy, $1 million)

The Man Without A Past

• Pandora Cinema (Listed above)

Oslo, August 31st 

• Don't Look Now (With this production company, Oslo is the only movie that they have ever created)
• Motlys (This production has many different types of movies but I cannot find the budget of that movies anywhere).

Killer of Sheep

• Berlin Film Festival

With the Flower Film production company, I believe that the most successful movie they have made is Whip It because it's budget was 15 million dollars which I believe is as high it will get when it comes to a high budget movie. 

StuidoCanal have made some really successful movies for the likes of RobCop but this is beyond being a low budget movie. However, they did also produce Krigen which is another low budget French movie that was recently produced in art house cinemas. 

Distribution: Independent film distributors

1. http://launchingfilms.com/step-step-guide/
2. 10 steps of film distribution

1. Introduction - This is where people start to gather their ideas and start to plan a movie which doesn't need to be the actual one; Just a rough idea.
2. Lord Puttam - This is the part where the makers of the movie start to make up who their target audience is going to be.
3. So what exactly do distributors do? - This is where all the profits are started to be planned; Why would the audience want to go watch the movie and how they can gather audiences.
4. Who are the distributors? - Who will take care of the movie without the production work going on.
5. Where all the pre production work takes place and who is going to be the people who distribute it. Is it a sales person etc?
6. This is the part where all of the distributors sign a contract with the producer of the movie where they are talking about rights of the movie and what they can and cannot do.
7. This is when the producer and distributors start to think when they will release the movie once they have signed the contract.
8. When the release date has to be decided.
9. The job of a distributor is to create visibility and to raise enough awareness and interest in a film to persuade potential audiences to buy tickets to go and see it.
10. This when they get the license to start producing.

3,4 and 5...
Donnie Darko

Distributor

• Pandora Cinema (World-wide)
• Metrodome Distribution (UK)
• Warner Bros

Cinema

Donnie Darko had firstly screened in the Sundance Film Festival and then during the opening week it was filmed another 58 times across many different cinemas in the United States. In the opening week, it grossed $110,494 and then after it had been showed worldwide, it grossed just under $8 million which meant that it had made a profit from it's budget.

Girlhood

Distributor

• Abordar (Spain)
• Strand Relseasing (USA) 

This movie hadn't been distrubuted in the UK, so the USA was the nearest thing that I could find.

Cinema

This movie has been very popular and has been shwon in many different cinemas and some of them being on of the most popular cinemas in the world, such as Vue. It had made a domestic gross of $60,000 which meant that it had also made a grand profit from its budget.

The Man without A Past

Distributor

• Sony Pictures Classic

Cinema

This is another movie that was released worldwide especially in France but wasn't published in the big cinemas. This movie also made a gross of $900,000 which had also made a huge profit from it's budget considering that they only spent less than $100,00.

Oslo, 31st August

Distributor

• Maison Motion (Taiwan)
• Soda Pictures (UK)

Cinema

The gross of this movie was just over $100,00 which is another profit considering they had an extremely low budget. This movie was also distributed in many arthouse cinemas all across London and also France etc.

Killer of Sheep

Distributor

• Milestone Films

Cinema

This movie had a budget of $10,000 and had a gross of $300,000 which is definitely a high profit as it was published world wide and highly in the USA and the UK.

6. Curzon Artifical Eye is all about releasing films to the UK audience by whether or not checking if they are suitable for the audience.

7.

From this trailer, I believe that I can use the hand held camera effect, to show that someone is coming towards the main character.

In this trailer, I think that I can use the black and white effect which will link really nicely to the short production we have in mind (film noir).

In this final trailer, I think that I can use the panning and zooming effect which gives the movie a little bit more tension and suspense to the audience.

Exhibition: Arthouse cinemas

The first arthouse cinema I have researched about is the Electric Cinema which is based near Notting Hill station in London (W11). This week in the cinema, they are showing two different movies per day at two different timings per movie which are 'Bridge of Spies' and 'Carol'. The different with this London arthouse cinema, comparing it to the popular cinemas such as Vue, is that this cinema doesn't show the big blockbuster movies, e.g. Spiderman and doesn't tend to make as much movie as the other cinemas because they are everywhere where as these Art house cinemas as only located in one place. As shown on the website, this cinema is to attract the younger audience. This is probably due to the layout of the cinema, as they have these comfortable seats and beds at the front of the cinema which is an attraction to more of a younger audience. 

Another arthouse cinema I found was the 'Everyman Baker Street' cinema which is on Baker Street in Central London. Therefore, I would imagine that this would be a very popular art house cinema as it is based in a popular place. The showings in this cinema is very cinema similar to the showing in the Electric Cinema but in the Baker street cinema, they are also showing a movie called Brooklyn. This cinema is a little different to the one I stated above because occasionally in this cinema, they would show some popular (non) arthouse movies that they may have show in the Vue cinema etc.

A case study in independent film production: Film London and Microwave Film

What is Film London?

Film London is a film and media agency, which is a promotion for London as a major international film-making and film cultural capital, which includes everything in the screen industries. It was created to promote London as one of the best capitals in terms of the media.

What is Microwave Film?

Microwave film is where the London Film association gives help and support to people who are trying to create their own projects and don't really have the funds etc to do these projects (they will fund for the films).

What is the London calling project and how does it encourage independent film making?

London calling is all about providing help and mentoring the people that are wanting to make films of their own but don't really know how to do so. Therefore, they will help them with the different techniques etc.This encourages independent film making because this is accessible to anyone who wishes to create a movie.

I think that this is suitable for an arthouse because of how this movie is based on a 'ghetto' Londoner and how many people around the world wouldn't really understand this particular movie as they would find it very strange and abnormal.

I would think this movie to also be an arthouse movie especially because this is similar to the one above. This is also about a 'ghetto' life and how most the people around the world wouldn't understand it and therefore wouldn't pay to watch it as it would be pointless for them.

• The first thing that I have learnt from this film is that we need to know what our story is about. This is by meaning that the audience know what the film is about, e.g. who is the main protagonist and where it is located etc.
• clear idea of audience is also crucial - who they're communicating to
• Understanding audiences and distribution- Who are the target audiences? This is a big thing that will help me out in the movie we are creating in our coursework.

MEST2: Existing product research

Firstly, the black and white effect obviously shows that this movie was published a very long time ago but nowadays, this colour could suggest the wealth of the character, which to me suggests that she isn't poor but also isn't rich. 

The sound in the background is diegtic. This is because this is the type of music that would be played if someone was to be going out with someone else to a club or something and this music is preparing the lady for when she does go out. I  believe that both the two characters in this extract are the main protagonists because they were equally showed in this extract. I think that the little girl is whom this whole movie is being created around and so with the mother.Throughout the whole extract it would show a lot of straight cuts between the mother getting ready and her daughter listening to the music and playing with her toys which also showed continuity editing between them. The daughter was being shown at a long shot angle but in the centre of the scene whereas the mother would be shown at a close up shot which could also suggest she is the main protagonist. 

When the little girl was shown in the extract, she was all alone even though she had her doll and was listening to music. However, since she is quite little and all alone while her mum was in the other room, there wasn't a lot of security around at that time. So, I think that somewhere along the line, something will happen to the little girl (kidnap etc).

BBFC Certificate: 12A

In this extract, there was a wide range of cinematography and a lot of editing happening. First of all, there a close up shot of this male protagonist which then went into a point of view shot. Once the audience saw the point of view shot, it was focused on this waitress at the restaurant which had the panning movement from left to right and then focus onto this other lady. From the first 10 seconds of this clip, you had already known that this person is going to be the main protagonist because the camera had gone back onto him on a numerous occasions. Even though, we find someone to be the main protagonist of an extract by looking at if the camera shot was a close up, this time it was a long shot but the audience knew that he was the main protagonist because he was in the centre of the scene and the only one who you could see very clearly.

At around 30 seconds of  the extract, we saw the back of the protagonist and the camera itself was handheld which could mean that someone was spying on him. This extract had two ways an audience can interpret it, either the main protagonist was lonely or either he was waiting for someone. They could think he is lonely because of all those point of view shots where he would be looking at a lady each time; could be something to do with him past and hasn't forgotten about it.

BBFC Certificate: 15

In my opinion, I would say that the target audience for this between 15 and 35. This is because many people wouldn't really understand this particular movie because it is a movie related to isolation and people don't really understand that feeling when they're quite young.

This film is about a man who had lost his memory about everything that had happened to him in the past, even his name hence why the movie name itself is called 'The man without a past'. In the first few minutes of this movie, it had just shown this man and lady talking to one another about his name and other personal details about him which he didn't remember. 

Throughout the first couple of minutes it showed a wide range of straights cuts and continuity editing between the two people and then as the extract went on, it would then become a three way conversation.

The camera work through this clip was really detailed. It would start of with a medium close up of the man which obviously showed that he was the main protagonist because of the fact that we saw more of him and also most of the questions were thrown at him. Also, when the third character came into the scene, the camera angle had then changed. At first, it was eye level with the audience but when the other male character came it was at an angle. The man was looking down at the main protagonist and the protagonist was looking up at the other male. This showed a sense of who had more power than the other because it suggested that the main protagonist was clueless and didn't know what was happening which might have sent a message to the audience that this character is defenseless and couldn't really stand up for himself since he didn't know much.

BBFC Certificate: 12

In my opinion, I would set this type of movie to people between the age of 30-50. This is because not many young people would find a movie about someone who has lost his memory really entertaining unless if it is a comedy or even horror which in this case, it isn't.

From this clip, I found out that this film is about how this person called Donnie Darko and was alone a lot of his life. As you can see, there is a two way conversation happening between the main protagonist and his consultant or someone that he went to talk to; It showed a lot of different straight cuts which resulted into continuity editing.

Also, the camerawork showed an 180 degree cut between the two characters which shows that the two characters where talking to one another. This isn't shown as a point of view shot because when each character is being shown on the screen, it shows the are either looking to the right or left of the camera which is defining the 180 degree rule. There was a wide range of medium close ups on the male character which to the audience shows that he's the main protagonist as he is doing the most talking and the audience see him more in this extract. There different shots also meant that it was a shot/reverse shot as it was between the two protagonists and it was going back and forth between them.

The sound itself was quite dull and diegetic. This is because the two protagonists were sitting in a dull and dark room which kind of represents the music as the setting of the scene felts quite lonely and if he was on his own.

BBFC Certificate: 15

This movie is set for teenagers and younger adults because it is related to horror and this is what people like to watch nowadays.

This extract is about a gang of girls dancing on a train. From looking at this extract, the characters looks like they are in this 'ghetto' city and are eligible to do whatever they want to. This is because they were in a train dancing and that isn't something you would see happen on a normal basis, especially due to the fact the are female and don't really act in this sort of way. Just by looking at the characters facial expressions, it looks like they are enjoying every moment of it. This to the audience suggests that these character do not care about what they are doing and where they are doing it because the main thing to them may be is that they are enjoying it and they don't want that to be ruin since they are on a train etc.

Throughout this whole extract, there was one main part of cinematography used; it was the panning movement. This panning movement was used when the two characters were on one side of the train, dancing to the song they were listening to. This panning movement was really important to the audience because when they were doing this camera movement, the scene itself was more or less taken within a couple of shots. Therefore, this meant that the audience may have felt that they were there with the characters while they were dancing (made them feel apart of the film). Another reason why the audience may feel like they are apart of the film is because of how high the camera. As you can see, the level of the camera is head height so it may feel to the audience that that's them and that its a point of view shot. 

Also, in this clip, hardly any editing was done apart from a few straight cuts but that was it. This is because the panning movement played a huge part in this extract.

BBFC Certificate: 15

In my opinion, this move should be for people who are aged 16 and above. This is because this movie talks a lot about drugs and has quite a few violent scenes which isn't a good thing for young viewers to be watching. Also, people are are over the age 40 wouldn't want to watch this particular type of movie since it isn't a movie that the elder generation wouldn't want to watch since it viewed at teenagers and young adults.

MEST2 Brief

The topic that we have chosen to do from the Brief is The Secret

• Mixture of Action and Horror
• Film Noir (1950's theme)

The pitch

• There were many gunshots all around Greenford and many innocent people had been shot dead.
• Before the murders, people in Greenford were quite jolly but the murder turned everything upside down.
• Everyone in Greenford would wear brown bags with smiling faces on them (coloured in yellow); They are using these bags because underneath the brown bags, they are feeling down due to the fact they believe that this is a unsafe place to live in and people are thinking that they may be next.
• This is used to symbolise the bizarre features that is linked to the arthouse movie effect.
• Another reason why we chose this feature is because it will show they have a hidden identity and the people who would normally killed someone wouldn't be sure who their target may be.

Preliminary Exercise Evaluation

Brief

Our production was all to do with a hostage. A man was kidnapped by the 'boss' since he didn't give him the money for some reason and therefore tied him up and started to torture him, which then led to the innocent man being dead. We used quite a lot of straight cuts and a variety of match on actions with some that had failed and also attempted to do the 180 degree rule.

Planning

First of all, in our group we had 4 different people including myself. We then had to split the work among ourselves; Me and Sunny did the script, Sunny did half of the storyboard with Rashida doing the other half and Ladan doing the shot list. I think that if we didn't split this work into 4, then we wouldn't have gotten up to the deadline of when the production was due and I still think we would've been still filming. However, we came across that and got everything complete. On the other hand, I still think that we should had a detailed storyboard and we also should've stuck to every single shot because when we were actually filming the production, it was half planned and half not planned which I think took a lot more time doing this. Therefore, our one improvement as a group should be stick more to our planning which would result in us getting the work done much quicker because we had only finished the production the day before we actually screened it.

Strengths and Weaknesses 

In this production, we had quite a lot of positives and very small amount of negatives which I think was really good and shows how well we did when it came to the planning because of this outcome. The types of positives we had from this production was the make up, the performances, the contrapuntal sound of when Sunny was listening to that sound track (when there was screaming in the background), the match-on-action at the beginning of the production and the handheld camera. The one that I believe was really strong with our production was the off screen violence and the lighting. We were able to join these two key techniques together by creating a shadow of the violence that was happening between the main protagonist and the antagonist by using our prop (the floodlight). The lighting itself was coming from underneath which allowed us to have the shadows of the two bodies on the white wall. I also believe that we had a good use of cinematography, as I think we used both the panning and tilt very well;  We used these two when the part of the main protagonist was tied up and there was a panning movement and then went to a tilt movement when it was showing the boss. Also, we used a wide range of close medium shots when the antagonist was speaking which I thought was done really well, as it caught the eyes of the audience since he seemed very angry by the look on his face and also quite intimidating since he was wearing that red tie and that long jacket. The red tie could be associated with blood which is also linked to death so that's why we got the character to wear this tie colour. The contrapuntal sound was used to show a bit of humor to the audience which suggested that you don't need to just have the production based on one genre only, it can also be based on something completely opposite which in this case it was comedy. In my opinion, I think that this contrapuntal sound created a  little enigma code of why is this 'so called' Heavy listening to music when he should be the type of guy who would kill someone and not listening to pop music. Throughout the whole of the production, there was a variety of action codes created, e.g. why was 'the Boss' playing with his ring and why was the knife of the table? 

On the other hand, the negatives that we spotted out in this clip was that we failed on the 180 degree rule. This is simply because when we were viewing the antagonist, when had the camera on the other side of him which therefore seemed that he was speaking to himself since the main protagonist hadn't been revealed at that time of the production. Therefore, in order to improve this next time, we need to do trial and error before we finally put it all together because if it doesn't look right, we can always change it before publishing it. Another thing we need to improve on is the sound because sometimes, 'the boss' may be speaking quietly and at another time, he may be speaking quite high pitched, e.g. when he was screaming, it was too loud for the audience and therefore, I think that the voice should be consistent throughout the whole production.

'Film Language Test Learner Response'

WWW: Some good attempts to incorporate media language

EBI: Re-Do Qs 1 + 4

Q1)

At the beginning of this extract, it shows a beaten up man who is sitting on the floor and is about to set fire to something but another man who was on a particular balcony and looked rather intimidating, urinated the fire when the line of fire came level to the balcony. This man had then come down to the person who was on the ground. He looked quite intimidating because of the long, dark coat he was wearing alongside the hat which showed that it is linked to a film noir novel. It was also dark clothes, he was wearing which can suggest that he is a villain.

At the beginning of the extract, it showed a dead body which will obviously show the audience that this type of genre is going to be a thriller and crime type of movie if they had already shown a dead body in the first few minutes. Another action code which suggests that this movie was something down the lines of being a thriller movie is the gun that the shadowed man had, which he used to kill the worn out man, sitting on the ground. The action code created by this is that what made him shoot the character why was sitting on the floor? Some audience may believe it had something to do with the dead body in the beginning.

Before the shadowed protagonist had shot that person, the protagonist who was sitting down seemed very relaxed which could result into knowing that this whole thing of the person being shot was planned because he didn't really do anything to stop himself from being shot by the antagonist in the hat and trench coat.

Q4)

In the beginning of the extract, it showed a slow motion effect of the helpless character on the floor lighting up the paper with his cigarette which was creating more and more tension because it suggested to the audience that he was either going to be doing something bad or it may just be the characters role where he might be struggling.

Throughout  most of the extract, it showed a wide range of editing techniques which did create a lot of tension through most of the extract as well. First of all, there was a wide range of straight cuts which was showing different parts of the setting. The setting seemed quite dull and evacuated which may suggest the fire because it wouldn't be safe for people to be around there. There were also many different straight cuts happening between the hopeless man sitting on the floor and the man in the trench coat. This showed that they were having a conversation with one another because of the 180 degree angle the shot was taken at and because of how they were looking at one another (one looking down and the other looking up). Also, this suggested that there was shot/reverse shot going on because continuous straight cuts were happening while the conversation was going on between the two characters. This created a lot of suspense because the cuts were moving really quickly and this is when the enigma code took place in the extract where what the audience that is going to happen next between the two characters. Later on in the extract, the enigma code was finally answered when the man in the trench coat finally pulled out a gun and killed the man on the floor.

Preliminary Task Planning

For some reason, I couldn't upload the actual planning onto the blog, so the planning will appear on the link which is shown below:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9lJZsZTDdsJRjRVWTJ1Y0Vmenc#

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19OcWuU9eRNXq2rmLzD_BICmW2GMUD4EaRvY-e8QcYyU/

Media Awards - Homework

My favorite productions from the media awards was Labrat, which won the best cinematography production. I think that this was the best for me because it clearly met the criteria for the whole of film language. As you could see through out the whole of the production, it used a variety of medium shots, extreme close ups, close ups and long shots. A great long shot was used when the main protagonist was punched in the face by the other, as it showed what type of atmosphere it was in and where it was located, e.g. it looked like a rough area so dangerous people might be located there. Also, I know that he was the main protagonist because throughout the whole production it would show medium close ups of him and he was the only one talking. There was a sound bridge through the whole of the production. This is because it started off with the main protagonist talking to the camera and then the voice of his had overlapped through the whole production when he was talking about his life. Also, at the ending, there was a contrapuntal sound going across different clips of someone making some sort of drink in the lab.

As you can see, there was quite a lot of different film language terms in this production, so this is why I believe this was the best.

My second favorite production was 'The Experiment'. This is because of the panning movement which was used a lot in this production. I think that the panning movement was used because it wanted to show the audience what type of area she was in and how big it was. It also created suspense because it looked like it was in the middle of no where, where the main protagonist had no where to go. Also, the girl in this was the main protagonist because although we saw many different camera shots, you realized she was the main character because she was the only person that was in the production that you could clearly see. This one also had a sound bridge across the whole production. This was the same as the first production because it had just the one person talking throughout the whole production. This play was filmed outside and was it was filmed during autumn time because you could see many leaves on the ground.

4 Questions - Fran Unsworth

What has been your biggest media project that you have had to work on?

What's the most difficult thing you find to do in the BBC?

Why did the BBC come to the conclusion of getting rid off Jeremy Clarkson?

Has there ever been an extremely controversial case that you have been assigned to look at?

Editing Task

As you can see, the scene that I have picked is from the first Spider-man movie, where Spider-man and the Green Goblin had their first ever battle. I have picked this particular scene because it shows a lot of different things happening at the same time which I will get onto below.

As you can see, in the beginning of the sequence, it instantly shows many different type of straight cuts but isn't going to be picked up by us the audience because these straight cuts happen every time with out us even noticing. At the beginning there is also an unexpected jump cut that takes place, when the character talking in the wheelchair to Harry Osborne moves quickly to the main protagonist, who is down below. I know that he is the main protagonist  because the camera shot of when it shows him, is a medium shot which obviously shows that he is going to  be the main protagonist as it shows that he is being the centre of attention. There are also shot/ reverse shots happening when it goes to the people on top of the balcony, to the people who are standing down below.

After the first minute of this scene, it shows the explosion which was a long shot and was a tilt because it showed the camera going up and down. Also, it showed that the explosion wasn't the main thing that was going on in this scene, the audience were more interested in spider-man coming to rescue. So it showed more of the main protagonist than it did of the actual people that are in danger. Since the camera is doing a shot/reverse shot of the main protagonist and the people in danger, this shows juxtaposition as they're showing more of the hero, where as they should be showing the incident that's going on since that is actually more important.

Half way through this clip, it shows a three way shot of the main protagonist, the villain and the princess who is being waited to be rescued by the hero. I know this because it shows that the princess is on the part of the balcony, that has a huge crack through it and is about to snap and fall all the way down. The action code of this is the villain coming to the balcony on this hover board (the prop), which suggested that something bad is going to happen as he was going in at such pace with a evil look through the villains mask.

When it shows that the main protagonist was running to put on his costume, there was some background music which was parallel and diegetic as it was going at a fast tempo which suggests that the protagonist was in a hurry and didn't have any time to wait and think. However, it also symbolizes the villain as he was trying to destroy the whole balcony with the innocent people as quickly as possible so he can move away from the setting as soon as. 

Another part, where it is half way through the clip, it  shows that the main protagonist was trying to rescue the princess from the balcony, however that got delayed because on his way up to the balcony, he saw this little boy who was shocked by this gigantic hair balloon falling on top of him. Therefore, the main protagonist had to help him first so he doesn't die or get injured. This could be a montage of Spider-man, the main protagonist, helping different people because it is showing different straight cuts and shot/reverse shots of him and the people who needs the help.

In the last scene, where the main protagonist rescued the princess and took her to the last setting, it was all captured in one camera shot, from him swinging in the air to the part where they landed onto the ground which shows that she is safe. Also, most of that particular scene was taken at a long shot, which allowed the audience to see what type of setting it was but when the protagonists had landed, it became a medium shot which therefore suggested that the movie will be based on these two and how they will become the typical movie couple.

Cinematography

These clip is from the opening scene of James Bond 007, Skyfall. In this slip it's showing how 007 is chasing the villain in the car with his helper but the villain manages to escape at the end with a motorbike (prop) and therefore, led 007 to steal someone else's motorbike and chase him. At the beginning of the clip, the camera view started of by being at a high angle. However, when a high angle is being created, it makes the protagonist weak and small but in this scene, it didn't really show that he was weak because in that scene, it showed he had that prop (the gun) which shows the power that the gun has even when it isn't even in use. After that scene where he was coming down the stairs, the camera was at a medium close shot showing that he was going into the car. At first, the camera movement was a tilt because he was going down the stairs but when he went into the car, it was showing more of a panning movement as the car was moving from left to right, so was the camera. At the scene of the side mirrors, the camera shot was an extreme close up because the mirror was the only thing that was clearly visible on the screen. Also, when the car that the main protagonist, 007, was in was hitting the villains car, the camera angle was low which made the car seem look even bigger than it was. This is also unclear because have a low angle should make everything look like they have more power but not in this scene because the bigger car over ruled the sports Audi.

Presentation feedback/learner response

WWW

- I explained each of the power point slides well; I gave a good reason as to why I chose these particular pictures to represent the song for both parallel and contrapuntal.

- The pictures that I chose were very clear; They represented the parallel and contrapuntal categories very well.

- Everyone was able to guess which slide fitted best into each category.

EBI

- Even though I had explained most of it really well, I think that I went through a lot of it really quickly and should have taken my time when explaining it.

-I should have planned everything that I was going to say because on one of the pictures for the parallel slide, I forgot why I had chosen one of the pictures.

-I should have used different genre pictures for the contrapuntal slide because I feel that I over used the wrestling pictures.

Best Three
The three presentations that I thought were the best are the following:
Abayomi
Luke
Sunny.

Firstly, the reason why I liked Abayomi's presentation is because he knew why he chose every single picture in his slides and used a good range of vocabulary to explain his pictures, e.g. he used the word foreshadow quite a lot.

Secondly, I chose Luke because I think that the pictures that he used were the strongest and the way he thought of the meanings for each picture were quite original; I don't think anyone watching his presentation thought why he chose those particular pictures, which made it even more better because it made us, the audience, think.

Finally, I chose Sunny because I find that his presentation, all around, was brilliant. He went in depth with each picture, explained it well and even used one of his own pictures in the presentation and brought it into great context.

Film language: Sound presentations

This extract is of the Cartoon version of Batman and has many different media key languages which is linked with sound. As you can see at the beginning of the extract, there was an explosion of the building. Normally, you would hear the sound of an explosion. However, in this case, there was the sound of music which obviously states that it is non-diegetic and it's also contrapuntal. The reason for this is because the music track didn't have anything to do with what is being shown on screen (the close up shot of the building). 

On the other hand, the music played at the explosion was then continued onto the next scene which was of the Bat Mobile. And the music that was being played did go parallel to the car (it could suggest that Batman was in a hurry since the music was being played at such a fast tempo). It also suggests that it is diegetic. This audio that was played over two different scenes could be that it was none as a sound bridge, which shows the audience that Batman is on his way because he knows there was danger around the city.

Then as the extract goes on to the end, it then becomes contrapuntal because again, that same fast tempo music didn't really link to the part where those two people had been tied together.

Film language: Sound

The music I have chosen is 'My Heart Will Go On' which was made for the movie Titanic, 1997.

Film Language: Lighting

PICTURE 1

This picture has a low-key lighting simply because half of the ladies face is a shadow. It is also a back lighting because you can tell it comes from behind as it goes through some of her face. The effect which has been created by this photo is that this character is a femme fatale. This is because of the prop she is using (the cigar) and the shadow that has been created on her face.The shadow shows that she may have two types of personality; One which she is nice to others and then the other which may show that she has a dark side in her.

PICTURE 2

This is another low key lighting  because the only thing shown in this picture is her face. The lighting also comes in from the top. By looking at this photo, I came under the impression that she may be trapped in the small dark room. This is because she is leaning against a wall, in a pitch black room which could suggest that she is in a basement as it has been expressed by the lighting through her face. Therefore, this is why she is looking at the light so she could be lucky and get some help.

PICTURE 3

With the photo shown above, this is a high key lighting as you can't really see that many shadows, bearing one or two as he is wearing a crown and the lighting is also from the top and back. I believe this because this has shown a 3D image of the character and the only way to get this effect is if you have the lighting coming in from every angle of the human. The effect that has been shown is that he looks like a very superior man. The reasons being is because of how he is dressed and his facial impressions. The crown and he serious facial impressions could suggest that he is the king of wherever he is from and could be quite angry because someone may not have done something that he demanded from that. With his hands holding onto his chain could suggest he is going to torture that person.

PICTURE 4

This is very similar to the first picture. First of all, this is a low key lighting and the lighting is coming in from the top. I came under the impression that this guy also has two personalities by looking at the shadows on his face and the prop he was carrying (the gun). I think that this guy must be a police inspector simply because he is wearing a suit, he's carrying a gun and has this serious look about himself. However, due to the shadows created on his face, he must be one of those police officers that are good at the beginning of the movie but later on, he turns his back on everyone and turns into a villain.

PICTURE 5

With this picture it is more low-key lighting and is of course taken from behind. This photo shows that she is one of those character that are all about glamour by the way her hair looks. By this photo, she looks really terrified. One of the reasons I came under this impression is because she is up against the wall and her facial expression which suggests she is screaming really loud by how wide she has opened her mouth.

PICTURE 6

This picture is high-key lighting as the lighting isn't coming from the back. Also, it doesn't fit any of the angle categories, top and under but it comes under back lighting which is coming in from the blinds in which the lady is leaning on. I believe that this is a romance movie where someone will stab the lady in the back. I believe this due to the lighting as it is facing the protagonist back and doesn't notice it happening. Therefore, eventually in this movie, this woman could potentially get stabbed in the back.

PICTURE 7

In this black and white image, you can already tell that it is going to be a high-key lighting as the lighting is coming from the back and it forms a body shape of the four people. I believe that these protagonists are apart of the early gangs from the 1960s and are after some people. This is because of the props they are holding. For example, one of the is holding a bat. Therefore, I think this is an old action film. The shadows also resemble someone who may be going through a tunnel, which could be their secret hideout if they were ever getting into trouble.

PICTURE 8

The photo shown with this lady is a low-key lighting and the lighting has come in from the top which has gone straight through her face and bounced onto the wall. The shadows on her face shows that she is a femme fatale. The reason for this is because, again, half of her face is a shadow and the other half is filled with light. This, therefore, shows that her personalities differs each time. Sometimes she's this nice lady but most the time she is this horrible person who turns their back on someone. On the other hand, this photo can also tell that she is this innocent lady as she is leaning against this wall and appears to be frightened by something that is in front of her. Or she could be in shock because someone who she thought that didn't exist, does (all because of the facial expression).

PICTURE 9

As you can tell, this is a high-level lighting due to the fact that the lighting is coming in from the back and shows the protagonists full appearance in 3D. The lighting is also coming in from the top which is going through her face which is creating a shadow on her neck which only means that there is no lighting coming in from the top. As there is a bright light coming in from the top, this shows that the protagonist could be a very peaceful and not a harmful person. Bright shows a persons good side where as dark (shadow) shows someone's dark side and this protagonist doesn't have any shadows on his face bearing one or two on his neck.

PICTURE 10

This picture is a high level lighting and the angle the lighting is coming from is under. This is because the protagonist is at the top of the picture and looks like the photo is being taken in a basement. Also, I know this is a basement because it is pitch black and the only light you can see is from the window which is being reflected onto the protagonist. This lighting helps because it shows a glimpse of the protagonist. The character seems to be very intimidating because he is firstly wearing a baseball mask and secondly, he is carrying a weapon with him which he is obviously going to use to attack.

PICTURE 11

This photo is high level and the lighting is coming in from underneath. By how the lighting is done. Both these characters seem very different by the shadows. The man has a dark shadow where as the woman has a lot of light on her which could suggest that she is always the centre of attention in the movie or she is a very nice person in the movie, The man doesn't look like a person you could trust mainly due to his facial impression - he looks very serious and looks like the type that could change his personality in a blink of an eye. However, the woman looks like a very innocent and bright person hence why they have focused the light more onto her and not the man.

Film Language: Mise-en-scene

1) Find a distinctive still image and write an analysis of the mise-en-scene. Use each of the aspects you've learned in the lesson.

This is a still image which has been taken from the movie 'If a Tree Falls'. I have chosen this picture because it shows a lot of different objects and is quite detailed, in terms of the setting and colour. First of all, this image shows a person who is standing all by himself in a deserted area, which completely looks destroyed. Behind him, are trees which gives away that this setting must be some sort of forest. The man himself looks to be very abnormal; He seems as if he isn't apart of this world as he is the only one in this deserted area. The weather in this still image seems to be very cold and cloudy which is relating to his body language as he seems to be very cold, hence why he has his hands in pocket and is also wearing a jacket. Behind the trees that are shown in the middle of the image, looks to be a mountain on the right and another one further on the left. Since he is in a deserted place, he could be from another planet (as said previously above) or it can suggest that he has nothing left of what was his. Once upon a time, he could've been a rich and wealthy person but now everything just went downhill for him which could link to the title of this movie/image 'If a tree falls'.

2) Find three film extracts on YouTube from films of different genres (e.g. horror, sci-fi, costume drama) and write a comparison of the mise-en-scene in each.

OBLIVION

In this clip, it shows the protagonist escaping and searching something. As you can see, the main character was wearing some sort of armour which gave him some protection as he got caught by something in the middle of the clip. This gave me the impression that he is some sort of spy/agent. One of the main reasons I believe this is because firstly, he was carrying a gun (prop) which is what anyone, e.g. a soldier or spy would carry as some sort of protection. Another reason I came across as him being a soldier is because of his body language; he looked as if he was ready to go into war even if he was by himself. Also, he was all alone which straight away tells me that he is a spy because if you had watched movies, e.g. James Bond you would realise that he works independently. The protagonist was in a dark room and all of a sudden he saw this small device on the ground which is what you would normally see in a space movie.

Fast & Furious 2009

This is a clip from the movie Fast and Furious from 2009. All you can see in the clip is three vehicles driving on a dead end road. There was one oil truck, a van and a regular car. This road looked quite dangerous at first because everywhere there were cracks in them and later on in the clip, you would see the road would've stopped and would've gone down the mountain if you continued going. The people from the car and van first gave me the impression that they were hi-jacking the oil truck so they can sell it and make money out of it. This is because the lady was on the oil truck and trying to release one of the oil tanks. The black car, that the main protagonist was driving, also showed that he was the villain. This is because the black car emphasises something bad was going on since the windows were also tinted which meant that no one would be able to tell who the people in the car were.

TOMB RAIDER

This is from the adventure movie Tomb Raider. In the beginning of the clip, you see a group of people with guns and also a stoned sculpture coming to life in this ancient Greek museum. This just shows that the whole movie is abnormal because no stone sculpture would ever come to life. Fast forwarding a little further, you would see the some stone sculpture picking up these gigantic swords to stop the main protagonist from shooting it. For some reason, the swords just went to him without him even picking it up which just shows how abnormal it is. All, at the end of the clip you see the protagonist jumping over another stone and jumping out of the building and then the other stone sculpture followed it out until it when into pieces.