Film Idea . . .

Short film plan . . .

Genre: Action/Thriller

Lost Young Teen

Idea of the type of film i want to do, but am not sure yet if i wanna do it or not, because i need some time to think of a good idea

Plot  . . .

A young teenager boy who is getting kidnapped by a serial killer, his father is a police cop.


It was early in the morning, Adam was strolling to school with his mate. Adams mate was walking fast listening to his music and not caring about whats happening around him whereas Adam was two steps away from his mate, Danny. 
Whilst Danny &Adam were strolling to school, two other men were behind them but both these teens do not realise this as their in their own world, Then suddenly. . .  Adam screams out loud.
Two days later, Danny comes to Adams father and tells him what has happened and Adams father shutters when he is hearing what Danny says, and is seriously shocked, at first he doesn't believe Danny but then he goes and searches for the killer. However, it was hard for the father to find the killer as it wasn't easy to discover who was the one who kidnapped his son. It was near to evening and the father (Police Cop) got really frustrated, he had no other option but needed help so he asked help from other police cops to help him out but they promised him that they will look at the case in few days as they were busy investigating two other crimes. However we don't know if this young boy, Adam is alive or dead. 
Adams sister, Sarah is from a care home as she had been through a lot of problems since she was a teenager so shes been away from her parents and siblings for 3 years and is with other people who are in the same position as her but misses her parents a lot but has no other option but to stay there, however somehow she finds out about her brother Adam and is shocked, Sarah faints . . . 
During the evening, Sarah is taken to hospital and her parents had no other option but to come and see their daughter as she was really unwell, twenty minutes later Sarah opens her eyes and sees her parents in front of her, she has a slight smile on her face and Sarah's parent were happy to see her after such a long time.
Doctor tells Sarah's parents that she's better now after seeing you lot and can get dismissed, Sarah's parents are happy.


One week later, the police cop contacts Adams dad and tells him that your son is found but he has been hurt severely and Adams dad panics. The police takes Adam to the hospital to see what is wrong with him, Adams parent also rushes towards the hospital as they are panicking to see their son. The doctors starts checking his heart to see if he's breathing or not. the doctors investigated that Adam wasn't breathing properly and also he had a head injury and they told Adams parents that they will try and save his son in the next 24 hours. Adams mum was crying out loud saying 'Please save my son'.


The police try to investigate who these serial killers were that attacked Adam so they look around the place to see if their is any evidence. The police couldn't find any evidence so they couldn't carry out the investigation, so they had no other option but to leave it.
After two hours, the doctors who were looking after Adam who was hurt severely, they had to tell Adams parent bad news  . . .  Your son is no more


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Advanced Portfolio: Research

Short Film

OffSide

I chose this short film because it's interesting and also it focuses on world events, For example; football and i adore football.

This is a great short film from Israeli filmmakers Eraz Tadmor and Guy Native. Its Set on the border between Israel and the Palestinian territory, It focuses on two Israeli soldiers are patrolling the fence while listening to the World Cup Final on a portable radio. They then come across two Palestinians armed with machine guns. 

Detached

I chose this video because it's a simple short film and also its original and the story plot is really interesting and the scenes flow well together. However, the audience would prefer to watch short films and to make a good short film i would need good skills by being imaginative and before i  start to think about what i wanna do, i need to be prepared fully.

The Letter: (La Lettre (The Letter), By Michel Gondry)

This is a romance short film and in this film we find a boy who is obsessed with the girl he loves but fretting about making a move on her. His brother's exhortations do not help and young love proves a painful experience in the end.I chose this film because i like the genre and also the story plot is interesting.

A2 MEDIA STUDIE'S:RESEARCH

My first choice would be a music video as it will be interesting. i will also learn something new as I've never tried to make a music video so i think it will be amazing to make a music video of my own working with my peers.
The skills i would need to do this is good imaginative thinking so i have a good music video which the audience would prefer and also to not make it copyright, as in copying other music videos from other singers or other peoples work; so before i start i need to prepare myself and think of what i wanna do and how I'm going to do it.  Preparation is a key skill.

                                                         An example of a music video . . .

My second choice would be a film/soap trailer as i know how to make one as i done it for AS, i will be confident as i have experienced it before an d also i will know what am doing. However this time i wold make it more interesting and have a good clear meaning to my film. T o make a good opening scene of a soap trailer i need a good scene so the audience has a clear understanding of what is happening and also to do this i will need to prepare myself and make a plan of idea's before i start anything so i know what I'm doing.

                                                      An example of a soap trailer . . .

An example of a film trailer  . . .

My last choice would be a documentary or short film i wouldn't mind to do any of them as they are interesting and also many audiences would prefer it. I think it will be challenging but fun at the same time as its hard to decide what you wanna do. When making a documentary i would need good ideas and also general knowledge of what I'm gonna do and having the responsibility to do what is needed for a successful documentary.

                                                        An example of a documentary . . .

An example of a Short film . . .

ScrapBook . . . Working Title Film's: Johnny English (REBORN)

 

Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier.


- Director: Oliver Parker


Johnny English Reborn is a funny family film which won't disappoint Mr Bean's loyal target audience: The kids

Johnny english doent not have a twitter page, as its target audience is young children:           Aged 8-12 and young children do not use twitter.

Three Example's Of How To Use New Media Technology . . .

Production:

• Camera's
• Video Recording Camera
• SD Card
• PhotoShoots
• Internet,
• Trailer
• Used digital video camera's when shooting

Pre-Production:

• Storyboard
• Photo's taken with digital camera,
• Phone's/Social Networks : To contact our main actors
•  Researching
• Casting Calls
• We used digital SLR cameras to photograph possible filming locations
• Background research into the genre and also social networking sites for casting

Post-Production:

• Editing using software on apple computers: IMOVIE
• Sound Editing
• Scanner
• Watched other trailer to get idea's and downloaded a copyright free sound effects from the internet
• Digital Effects
• Images (taken with digital camera's)
• Downlaoding tunes from internet,
• Upload movie on to internet: Youtube

EDiiTING

Editing:
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct consistent,accurate and complete work.
In todays generation, Editing is quick/cheap and also easy to use.


Analogue Technology . . .

• Initial Editing of all films was done with positive copy of the films, Negative film workprint.
• This was done physically cutting and pasting together pieces of film, Using a splicer and threading the film on a mchine.
• In the past, the use of film positive allowed the director to do as much experiment as he or she wished, Without the risk of damaging the original.

Limitations . . .

• Had to be very skilled to do edit properly
• Fake like: Didnt seem realistic
• Splicing damaged the original, The loss of quality.
• Analog tape can be erased or destroyed accidentally and this can happen at the worst time.

Advantage's  . . .

• The recording does not degrade over time. As long as the numbers can be read, You will always get exactly the same wave.

Brands that could be used for Contrabands

Phone's . . .


- The iphone (3G'S&4S)
- New Blackberry (BOLD&CURVE)
- HTC
- Samsung Galaxy SII
Cars. . .


- Many people get influenced by seeing cars they adore for example:

• AUDI
• BMW
• LAMBORGHINI (GALLADO & MURCIELAGO)

Laptops . . .

• Apple
• HP
• Sony Vaio
• Dell

Bags/Perfume:

• Louis vuiton (bag)
• Gucci (bag & perfume)
• Calvin Klein (perfume,bag)
• Prada (bag/perfume)
• Burberry (bag/perfume)
• Versace jeans (bag)

Research Task: Working Title Films

Contraband . . .  :)

• What is the genre of Contraband?
Genre: crime, action, drama, thriller
• Who stars in Contraband?
 Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale

• Who directed Contraband?
• Baltasar Kormakur

• What is the estimated budget for the film?
$25,000,000 (ESTIMATED]
• In it's opening weekend, which chart position did it reach in the US Box Office?
No. 1 slot with an estimated 3-day tally of $24.5, which marks the highest opening for a Working Title production, passing The Interpreter's $22.8 million
• What is the estimated Box Office Takings for the opening weekend?
$24,349,815 
• How many screens was it shown on in the US?
2,863 Screens
• Which other production companies did Working Title work with to produce the film? (You should also know and say what this type of production is called)
• • Universal Pictures (presents)
  • Relativity Media (in association with)
  • Working Title Films (as Working Title)
  • Blueeyes Productions (in association with)
  • Leverage Management (as Leverage)
  • Closest to the Hole Productions
  • Farraday Films
  • Leverage Entertainment
  • Studio Canal

Production, Exhibition & Distributions

News Corps Assets own:

• The Sun Newspaper: National tabloid, owned by news corporation, Published by news corporation
• Television Assets: BskyB (British Sky Broadcasting Group), Set up in 1989, Formed in 1990: Largest pay tv broadcaster in united kingdom, 10million subscribers on youtube.It had a market,capitalisation of approximately £12.6 billion.
• Inside Out Magazine:

Mass Audience Theory

The time i've been influenced by the media was an advert on tv. The advert influenced me to buy the product. The product was a shampoo named elvive, i bought the product and the way it was shown on tv it wasn't seen the same when i used it.The other product that influenced me was foundation, it told me it would keep my skin look clear and pure and no spots will show but it wasnt seen the same when i applied the product so this persuaded me to buy the product which i regreted after.

In my opinion, the mass audeince theorie is the communication between a large number of people in a short time period through television, magazine, newspapers and radio. I think that the audience may be influenced by the media easily through the product they see on internet,tv or posters they get influenced by it quickly due to how the product is shown and it emphasise their intrest towards the product.

Audience Theories

Hypodermic Needle Model Theorie: Dated from the 1920
- How the audience react to the mass media and the media was seen fairly new to the audience 
- The audience receiving information through media text and that the message is accepted by the audience
- The audience has no role in interpreting with the text

an example of the concept of women

Uses & Gratifications

- State that people uses the media text in many ways, the main four ways they see the media . . . 

Entertainment/Diversion: enjoyable and an emotional release

Information: a form of education and get information through media 

Social Relationship: the media is part of a social life (For example: tumbler, twitter, Facebook)

Personal identity: media produces the reflect of our own values and concepts towards the media; the ideal and hopes.

Representation Of Disability; Secret diary of a call girl

In the following essay i will be examining the way representation is shown in the opening scene of the secret diary of a call girl, i will be looking at the Sound,Mise en scene, Editing and Camera: how it is shown throughout the scene.

The editing was shown by the shot that was transitioned from the dad lifting blake to lay him down on the bed, this reveals again his dependancy on others.However there was cuts between the point of view of the flat and the shots of the father portrayed his thoughts and is also confirmed that his actions were shown through him being in the van.The time jumps through a jump out which suggest that he is awaiting some time.The jump cuts in the van with the father which show his anxiety of him, who has to let his son with someone else while he isn't there.
The mise en scene was shown at the beginning when there is a tilt shot, the opening shot is wide and it reveals the wheel chair of the central character which is an ionic symbol of disability. The shot where he is partially undressed, this reveals his lack of ability to do simple tasks which conveys that he must be treated like a child. Similarly, the appartment doesnt have a rampe; it has stairs which means this is not suitable for wheelchair users. The fathers distracted behaviour in the van reveals his discomfort with the awkwardness situation.

Non diegetic sound is introduced and the atmosphere becomes slightly less awkward however the verbal and non-verbal communication shows elemets of unease still. The mastershot is privileged over individual shots, but the girl is higher in the frame than Blake to show she is in control.

On the other hand, the Sound represented by the common experiences like being touched intinately. The non diagetic sound begins at the end of the scene when the call girl [CG] begins to get initemate;(Starts from the sound bridge from the care scene.)

The dialogue reveals the fathers concern about his some can do and the call girl and blake both say email; this indicates that blake is not completely alinated from the world, however blake has arranged this via email which suggests that he wants and is capable of having alot of freedom.The characters sounds are quite weak through their voices which makes their dialogue a contributing factor to the representation of disability because it enhances the awkwardness.

The Camera shots start with tilt down at the start to reveal blake, portrays that the character is disabled, also shows the adjustment which the call girl has to make when addressing someone standing. A medium long shot which show both wheelchair and stairs  which encourages to see blake's perspective of the call girl and the way that the society treats disabled people.

What are the stereotype of disability?

stereotyping is the attitude that all members of a particular group are the same, or else fall into a very small number of types. This is particularly true in the few cases where persons with a disability appear in media. Not only are people with disabilities stereotyped, the full range of disabilities is not reflected in media portrayals. Perhaps the most common stereotype of persons with disabilities is the victim, a character who is presented as a helpless object of pity or sympathy, Representation of people with disabilities, points out that “disabled people, when they feature at all, continue to be all too often portrayed as either remarkable and heroic, or dependent victims.The wheelchair allows the character to be obviously disabled, whilst still looking ‘normal’, and does not therefore present any major challenges for audience identification.”

Are disabled people seen as sexual?
The society does not think of us first and foremost as sexual beings. Most of us are considered objects of care, somebody one has to be nice to. Disabled people are often seen as sick. Sick persons are not expected to have a regular life with social responsibilities such as work, which portray that disabled poele are not seen as sexual.

Hotel babylon . . .

Throughout the scene there is ethnicity shown which convey what the characters are like and how they act. Ethnicity is the cultural values and norms which distinguish the members of a given group from others. An ethnic group is one whose members share a distinct awareness of a common cultural identity, separating them from other groups around them.This used to portray the characters personality and their attitide's.
The scene was in a hotel which shows a rich atmosphere and at first there is a old man sitting on a wheelchair, the black guy goes to him and give's him something which shows respect and shows his personality is represented in a positive way. There is a long shot of the black man walking towards the otherside, the other black man comes out of the swimming pool and starts talking to the guy which showed they were close to one another, however the guy that was wearing the suit he was in such a hurry and he also looked 'gay'this is because of the way his body gesture was shown and he says to the guy your looking good which portrays that he was intrested in him.

We are the introduced to two french maids as the next stereotypes to ethnicity. The scene opens with a mid-shot and this ables us to recognise their occupations as they have their work trolleys.The man on the bed, he was all quiet he said nothing and the background atmosphere was quiet, however the way he was staring at the two cleaners trying to take their clothes he didnt say a word he just glared at them loud music is played. The female's appear to dominate the hotel, the majority of high status workers in the hotel are mainly female's, they lack the male role's.The ethnicity is shown by their accents. Their is a high angle shots shown throughout the scene which represents a high dominence, the low angle shots shows the characters as a weak and low status, but mainly there was medium shots used throughout the scene.
Non diagetic sound was used to represent the tension that was building and the editing was used throughout the scene to create a smooth effect.

In conclusion, ethnicity is very clearly represented in the clip by using stereotypes which are usually associated with a certain type of ethnic.

Blackpool Anlysis . . .

Most films, The opening scene always focus on the mise en  scene, camera, editing and sound these showed the representation that it created.In this following analysis of the opening scene, it will focus on the main four area's.
Camera; the craneshot was used to portray the revealing of the scene to make it look intresting. At first a medium close up of the two cuples talking, then a close up of a man. A long shot of the family sitting around the table. There was also a reverse shot when it went to one shot to another, focusing on the man then women . The closeness of the family, a wiseshot of them. The father looking at the boyfriend from the edge which was a overshoulder shot, therefor it includes two people.
In some shots husand/wife are seperate which suggests their relation is not close which show a weak bond between them. The several shots of the boyfriend and the daughter together portray they have a strong bond for one another. the husband/wife in bed showed a wide shot of the two couple's, a medium shot; his shows theirs some distance from them and when the women kisse's the guys shoulder, the guy smile's and turns his head around which shows he wasnt bothered and intrested.
Sound; At the begining we hear conversation's and the door banging, the sound of footsteps, the natural movement between the sheets, shouting and the sarcastic laugh. The conversation we link it to too the relationship, windchaws filled the awkward moments and also the noises of footsteps and the birds suggested their relationship was not stable at all. In the opening scene, the dad was honest, very confident/offrotive, he had power which showed he was controlling whereas the mum, she was calm, layed back, her tone was soft, the dad never goes over her words, alwasy listen's to her and is the bridge to the husband and daughter.You could hear the guy's anger which showed age, he's sarcastic with his joke's which suggest's he's up himself.
Mise en Scene; The clothing, the both couple's wearing pink shows their not modern, their outfits co-ordinate with one another and through the colour of their clothing portray their couple's and their dresssed a little younger than their age. Therefor the aughter was aged much older than her age, wasnt dressed like a teenager, she was wearing a suit which made her look smart whereas her boyfriend was dressed casual and relaxed, his jeans suggested he's dressed younger which showed a mild age. The colour of their clothing was dull and normal which show they've switch role's with their parent.However their house is not modern. The room is decorated and it shows their in a higher class. The non-verbal language; the father is looking down at steve and his hands are in his pockets which suggest he doesnt want to shake hands, his body gesture showed he wanst bothered.
Editing; Each character get a close up of themselve's throughout the opening scene which show identity and it also show their reaction to one another.The husband and wife are not closse to one another because in the scene theirs not m uch shots of them together whereas the boyfriend and girlfriend are close because there are several shot of them with one another which show they have a strong bond between them.
However  the mise en scene as overall presentation of the scene and it way of defining age, family and relationship. lighting would be something that is played with to reveal characters, their expressions and emotions, this helps the audience to understand them and define the representation of age, family and relationship between the family. In addition the couple's in the film, their relation is strong but whereas them as a family they have problems with getting along with one another which show a weak bond.

Aural language . . .

what we heard in the opening sequence of the film;


- birds tweeting
- tracktor coming on
- roaring of the lion/tiger
- barking of the dog
- the gun shot


How gender is shown . . .?


There is a blonde women, she had a big tracktor, was driving it.
this was shown by her asociation to the guy, she was strong, pro-active, confident, brave,dependant and she was seen as a bold women.
The gender in this film was shown by the women she had alot of power a nd strength, the guy was in  need for the girls help, so it showed in this film the roles were shown reserved this is because the guy was attacked by the tooth tiger so the girl showed her power and helped the man.There is also a use of all diagetic sounds used throughout the film. These were used to show the tension, what is happening throughout the film and to engage peoples intensions to whats been shown.

In this film the protagonist the man and the women is the helper which shows the women has more strength.

Down with love; Opening scene [Nine.Shots]

   




This shot looks really amazing, the film is set in a beautiful atmosphere, the background, blue suggests a clear, bright day and the buildings/houses look big and the atmosphere looks rich.

This shot looks rich, the building looks beautiful and that it also can mean taht if anyone goes to it they will have an amazing time, its the most biggest building and in the scene; they say if you come here then you can fulfill your dreams and that many people go there just to fulfill their dreams and desire's, sounds interesting.








This shot shows a big crowd of people trying to pass by, the police looks like he is stopping cars and letting them go because of the amount of traffic and rush.This shot is also suggesting that this amount of people go to the place where you can fulfill your dreams its trying to convey that lot of people go for example, eight million which seems a lot. The dream place seems well known.
















This shot shows four people on the lift, they look so interested to what is above them, the one in middle looks like she's frustrated and the man on the left with the glasses looks scared and worried.the one in the middle also  looks posh, the lady with the brown hat, she looks really amused to what she is seeing. However the way all of their eyes are in different positions and all have different reactions to what their seeing, this can show their looking at the numbers that go from 5,4,3,2,1, and their ready to get off at the number their going to stop at so their focus is on the numbers above them this can also show their attention is not elsewhere but towards the lifts number which show that they were all in a rush to get out first because their was a massive crowd.

This shot is of a women coming out of the lift and she is smoking, her flames of smoke is everywhere, all we see in this image is white clouds of smoke blown towards her face which can show a dull/blurry atmosphere.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31742629?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/31742629">Down With Love Opening Scene</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9173543">Media Clips</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>;The opening sequence of the film.

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Written analysis on the Opening sequece of three films

In class we watched three opening sequences of a film and we identified what the antagonist, protagonist, equilibrium,disequilibrium,enigma codes and the action codes; how they were presented in the three films.


Enigma codes; This controls what people know, holds others interests and it creates a mystery during the narrative.
Action codes; The events in the story, develops the narrative; for example guns being shown to portray violence.


Children of men;
Protagonst; the guy who had the coffee, the camera was folding it
Antagnist; the person who set off the bomb at the end


Action Codes; when the explosion occured (loud)


Battle for Haditha;
Pritagonist; the soldier that was been shown
Equilibrium; the base (iraq) that war is atking place in a foreign country.
Disequilibrium; The card that was shown at the end started with a date: The 19th November 2005.


The dark night [Batman]
Had no protagonist shown throught out the opening two minutes
Antagonist; - The person who put the grende in the guys mouth, smoke came out of the grenade.
- The thieves:Stealing money
Action codes; the men breaking in which showed an action they had towards the money.


Shots from; Children of men

 The man who's grabbing the coffee

The explosion of the bomb






























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Preminalary exercise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVQrHOras5w

The Submarine Review . . .

The submarine

It's a dark coming-of-age comedy about a lovelorn teenage boy in 1980s Swansea, a Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage which is carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday. he is worried that his mom is having an affair with New Age weirdo Graham, Oliver monitors his parents' sex life by charting the dimmer switch in their bedroom. He also forges suggestive love letters from his mom to dad.
Meanwhile, Oliver attempts to woo his classmate, Jordana, a self-professed pyromaniac who supervises his journal writing - especially the bits about her. When necessary, she orders him to cross things out. Based on Joe Dethroner’s acclaimed novel, Submarine is a captivating coming-of-age story with an offbeat edge.

The genre of this film is drama and i think the character, Oliver is seen as a weird guy when playing his role in the movie.

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analyse of once upon a time in the west . . .

The film features long, slow scenes in which there is very little dialogue and little happens, broken by brief and sudden violence. There is lots of sounds whic sound kind of annoying.


The tone of the film is consistent with the arid semi-desert in which the story unfolds, and imbues it with a feeling of realism that contrasts with the elaborately choreographed gunplay.


the sounds throughout the movie are loud and disturbing, however the images used show different types of shot that is presented for example; close-up shot & long shot.
However the film was successful and was the most prosperity in the western films that was made.



By Seliina