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.