day".
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 7
Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product ?
During the preliminary task, I gained lots of training in the usage of the equipment used for the filming of the proper piece of work. Before, I had almost no idea how to use the equipment provided. How the camera worked or how to work the editing software. These technical skills definitely got better throughout. The usage of the camera definitely got better a I gradually got more comfortable about which buttons did what. With this new found knowledge, I thought myself to be getting more professional, think about whether different perspectives would be goods and different angle to film at. I believe that the editing software was my biggest improvement of this section. Before, I wasn't too sure where things were and could only really confidently do the cutting and placing, now, with the experience I had with it, I found that I was more comfortable picking out different transitions and more confident on whether an edit would work or not. Along with this, my time management got better as well. Before, thoughts were "we can do lots in this amount of time, we can do this in an entire
day".
This was wrong thinking. It took us two days to get it right, we didn't think that it would take that long, not knowing that it would be as hard as it was to get the perfect shot. Realising this, we got better time management so we could get as much as we could in in the amount of time that we had, this even included getting actors that were available most of the time or that could be used whenever we needed. This is also where we had good organisation, trying to film on days when we were all free. The ability to work in a group has also gotten better. Usually, ideas are just bounced around until one is settled upon. We managed to get it so that all of our ideas were put into one, manageable, working idea. This maybe so, but the ability to successfully work independently has also gotten better. Whereas ideas may be better in a group, getting other things done, like editing or even this blog work, is better done on your own as I found that it was better this way, asking for help was common but the working was independent. All of these things that have changed my abilities have made for a very effective product. Looking at both the preliminary task and my finished product, I can safely say that there is a dramatic difference. From the awkward match on action to the just working over the shoulder shots I have created a piece of work that has incorporated all that I have learnt over the time from starter task to actual work piece.
In my opinion , the piece that has been produced that I think is rather realistic and professional looking, which has all that makes it what it is.
day".
Friday, 30 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of making this product ?
Before filming, I thought that I knew how everything worked and it was all going to be perfect, wrong, there was lots that I didn't know but gained lots of experience with them for a better use in future. First of all, the camcorder. Very effective filming when used correctly. Having an image of the shot you want in your head doesn't mean that it will appear on the camera as soon as you look through it, some adjustments might have to be made. For instance a change in angle which could be difficult depending on the type of tri-pod used. The next thing is sound, just because it it as good sound pick up doesn't mean that it'll only pick out the sound that you want, wind and other background noise could disrupt any other sound involved in that shot. One other thing is also the light pick up. Different light sources can dramatically effect the visual image taken by the camcorder, you have to film in just the right conditions consistently to get an effective, and more importantly, realistic shot. Editing was just as hard or even harder than the film itself. With lots of differet types of transitions to look at whilst choosing the different points to cut from was very difficult. With the collection of shots you have just taken, you must now put the m together into an understandable order. Finding the right place to cut the film is difficult, especially for match-on-action shots, as the two shots have to cut when the character / object is in exactly the same place and position. This often means going through the shot frame by frame, just to find that one little shot that makes for an even and smooth transition between shots, but it's all worth while at the end. Adding in title and credits (which I will be talking about later) was also difficult. Putting them in the right place as not to obscure the shot and yet being visible is not easy. Also, putting them inbetween shots, like I did with my piece, was difficult, as the filmed shots still had to make sense, cutting it so that time had moved too far along or not far enough would have made for a very un-tidy film. Lighting also comes into this equation, sometimes the scene that has been shot may be darker than all of the other shots, so they need to be edited to fit in with the others. With my media piece, for scenes like that, I lightened them so that they looked they were filmed at the same time of day all of the other scenes. Titles were easier to do than everything else, but a lot of work was still needed to make them work. For this genre of film, a romance, a light writing was needed, possibly looking like it was hand written. It wouldn't look right if the titles where in jaggedy slash mark type letters. The most important aspect I have left till last. The thing that brings verything together and gives the film 'body'. The sound track ! You need something that fits the film, something that compliments the images, can create more images in your head and just brings evrerything togther to give it that final edge that makes it what it is. Many songs / music tracks that will go with it just add an edge that shows that it's a romance or what ever genre of film that it is, but soemtimes you find a song that almost embodies the film, a song that seems as if it was almost written for that film. This is of course a very rare situation, but in those cases it is very good to find that you've got a song that is perfect for the film.
Before filming, I thought that I knew how everything worked and it was all going to be perfect, wrong, there was lots that I didn't know but gained lots of experience with them for a better use in future. First of all, the camcorder. Very effective filming when used correctly. Having an image of the shot you want in your head doesn't mean that it will appear on the camera as soon as you look through it, some adjustments might have to be made. For instance a change in angle which could be difficult depending on the type of tri-pod used. The next thing is sound, just because it it as good sound pick up doesn't mean that it'll only pick out the sound that you want, wind and other background noise could disrupt any other sound involved in that shot. One other thing is also the light pick up. Different light sources can dramatically effect the visual image taken by the camcorder, you have to film in just the right conditions consistently to get an effective, and more importantly, realistic shot. Editing was just as hard or even harder than the film itself. With lots of differet types of transitions to look at whilst choosing the different points to cut from was very difficult. With the collection of shots you have just taken, you must now put the m together into an understandable order. Finding the right place to cut the film is difficult, especially for match-on-action shots, as the two shots have to cut when the character / object is in exactly the same place and position. This often means going through the shot frame by frame, just to find that one little shot that makes for an even and smooth transition between shots, but it's all worth while at the end. Adding in title and credits (which I will be talking about later) was also difficult. Putting them in the right place as not to obscure the shot and yet being visible is not easy. Also, putting them inbetween shots, like I did with my piece, was difficult, as the filmed shots still had to make sense, cutting it so that time had moved too far along or not far enough would have made for a very un-tidy film. Lighting also comes into this equation, sometimes the scene that has been shot may be darker than all of the other shots, so they need to be edited to fit in with the others. With my media piece, for scenes like that, I lightened them so that they looked they were filmed at the same time of day all of the other scenes. Titles were easier to do than everything else, but a lot of work was still needed to make them work. For this genre of film, a romance, a light writing was needed, possibly looking like it was hand written. It wouldn't look right if the titles where in jaggedy slash mark type letters. The most important aspect I have left till last. The thing that brings verything together and gives the film 'body'. The sound track ! You need something that fits the film, something that compliments the images, can create more images in your head and just brings evrerything togther to give it that final edge that makes it what it is. Many songs / music tracks that will go with it just add an edge that shows that it's a romance or what ever genre of film that it is, but soemtimes you find a song that almost embodies the film, a song that seems as if it was almost written for that film. This is of course a very rare situation, but in those cases it is very good to find that you've got a song that is perfect for the film.
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 5
What elements of your text would attract your target audience ?
The subject of the film is romance, most girls would like that sort of subject as they are going into the age where it starting to get important in their lives and want to watch someone that they can relate to, so the element of someone close to there age or at there age getting into love issues especially i as it is a male main character, they can see the opposite side of things. How the man gets through the issues of relationships and love as, as I have said, it is usually the female seen to be getting thorough the problems of love, like in the film 'Bridget Jones' Diary'.
The quick cutting on the film will give it a more hectic and fast paced feeling and so will keep them interested and 'on the ball'. Even props used could help keep the audience captivated, the phone and car used could be movie whispering starters e.g. "why is he using that phone? it's rubbish !" The language used is also relatable to the audience, instead of saying things like "how do you do?" they day things like "alright mate ?", more the type of language that is used to day along with the use of "dunno" instead of "I don't know". The biggest point that I can see that one of the way that the characters are represented. In the media these days, young people aren't depicted very nicely, many are of violent attacks whether it be a random outburst or one in some sort of protest.
In this film, we can see that young people are depicted as good natured individuals, looking for love and lots of friends. Seeing some like that may just raise their confidence in the fact that with so much negativity going around, it's nice to see that there's a glimmer of hope in the generalised opinion of young people. So, with the props to get them talking, the language that they can understand, the subject that is of growing importance and characters that don't go with the negative stereotype that's going around the media, a film has been product that won't turn away the intended audience, but bring them in closer for a film that has all the right elements.
The subject of the film is romance, most girls would like that sort of subject as they are going into the age where it starting to get important in their lives and want to watch someone that they can relate to, so the element of someone close to there age or at there age getting into love issues especially i as it is a male main character, they can see the opposite side of things. How the man gets through the issues of relationships and love as, as I have said, it is usually the female seen to be getting thorough the problems of love, like in the film 'Bridget Jones' Diary'.
The quick cutting on the film will give it a more hectic and fast paced feeling and so will keep them interested and 'on the ball'. Even props used could help keep the audience captivated, the phone and car used could be movie whispering starters e.g. "why is he using that phone? it's rubbish !" The language used is also relatable to the audience, instead of saying things like "how do you do?" they day things like "alright mate ?", more the type of language that is used to day along with the use of "dunno" instead of "I don't know". The biggest point that I can see that one of the way that the characters are represented. In the media these days, young people aren't depicted very nicely, many are of violent attacks whether it be a random outburst or one in some sort of protest.
In this film, we can see that young people are depicted as good natured individuals, looking for love and lots of friends. Seeing some like that may just raise their confidence in the fact that with so much negativity going around, it's nice to see that there's a glimmer of hope in the generalised opinion of young people. So, with the props to get them talking, the language that they can understand, the subject that is of growing importance and characters that don't go with the negative stereotype that's going around the media, a film has been product that won't turn away the intended audience, but bring them in closer for a film that has all the right elements.
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 4
Who would be the audience for your media product ?
The typical audience for my media product be mainly female, considering the fact that it is a romance movie and romance movies aren't generally male associated, even though the main character in this film is male himself. The age of the audience will range from the minimum of 14 to an almost indeterminate maximum age, considering what the audiences tastes are and whether they are still the types of films that they would watch on a regular basis. Nationality should make no difference to whether they enjoy the film or not, but the different cultures could forge a different opinion, whether there are religious rules of these sorts of things, or that many may not get it or find it ridiculous, so possibly the more likely nationality to watch this film would be white British/European and possibly even American.
One of the fundamental parts of a film is that people relate to the characters. Our main character lives in a good house and his friend drives a car, with this I can guess that the type of people that will watch these films will be reasonably well off. They will have the money to buy themselves a car (or their parents buy it) and have the money to go on holiday by themselves which also shows that they might be very independent. Seeing this and the type of audience that would be watching this type of film, advertisers from areas such as car insurance, other films of the sort of genre and possibly even make-up would be its partner in screening. Along with this, other types of media used by this audience will include music, television and the web. Types of television shows that they may be interested in include types such as soaps aimed at at there age whether it is aimed at a younger age e.g. 'Hollyoaks' or for a general audience e.g. 'Eastenders'.
Other types may be reality shows like 'X-Factor'.
The types of music listened to will differ between people, but someone who listens to rock or metal isn't very likely to like romantic films, they are more likely to listen to pop music or some types of lighter rock music. Not wishing to be stereotypical on the subject of the web, but I can only assume that the sites most likely visited are fashion/general clothing websites. So, it seems that the typical audience for this film seems to be the general audience for many other types of the same film. The audience would be made up of a majority of females with an average age of 14 upwards with a possible cut off point of about 40 - 50. They would like reality shows and soaps, with enough money to have a car and go travelling with their friends. It seems that the film is aimed at a middle class family with teenage daughters.
The typical audience for my media product be mainly female, considering the fact that it is a romance movie and romance movies aren't generally male associated, even though the main character in this film is male himself. The age of the audience will range from the minimum of 14 to an almost indeterminate maximum age, considering what the audiences tastes are and whether they are still the types of films that they would watch on a regular basis. Nationality should make no difference to whether they enjoy the film or not, but the different cultures could forge a different opinion, whether there are religious rules of these sorts of things, or that many may not get it or find it ridiculous, so possibly the more likely nationality to watch this film would be white British/European and possibly even American.
One of the fundamental parts of a film is that people relate to the characters. Our main character lives in a good house and his friend drives a car, with this I can guess that the type of people that will watch these films will be reasonably well off. They will have the money to buy themselves a car (or their parents buy it) and have the money to go on holiday by themselves which also shows that they might be very independent. Seeing this and the type of audience that would be watching this type of film, advertisers from areas such as car insurance, other films of the sort of genre and possibly even make-up would be its partner in screening. Along with this, other types of media used by this audience will include music, television and the web. Types of television shows that they may be interested in include types such as soaps aimed at at there age whether it is aimed at a younger age e.g. 'Hollyoaks' or for a general audience e.g. 'Eastenders'.
Other types may be reality shows like 'X-Factor'.
The types of music listened to will differ between people, but someone who listens to rock or metal isn't very likely to like romantic films, they are more likely to listen to pop music or some types of lighter rock music. Not wishing to be stereotypical on the subject of the web, but I can only assume that the sites most likely visited are fashion/general clothing websites. So, it seems that the typical audience for this film seems to be the general audience for many other types of the same film. The audience would be made up of a majority of females with an average age of 14 upwards with a possible cut off point of about 40 - 50. They would like reality shows and soaps, with enough money to have a car and go travelling with their friends. It seems that the film is aimed at a middle class family with teenage daughters.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 3
What kind of media instution might distribute your media product and why ?
Three choices spring to mind when thinking of companies to distribute my film, the first company is Sony Pictures, who made the film '50 First Dates', the second is 'Universal Pictures' who distributed the film 'Bridjet Jones' Diary' and the company Paramount Pictures who distributed the film 'What Women Want'. The company that I am most likely to choose is Paramount Pictures, having worked with such films as 'Stardust', 'How to lose a guy in 10 days' and the second highest grossing film of all time, 'Titanic'.
The film made fits perfectly into the classification of a 12. It's not so much the content of the film that puts it into this catergory, but the theme of the film that has most likely put this film into that catergory. A romance is not something that mmost PG watchers would put on. Also, the likely hood that very light swearing would occur is quite likely, being the age the characters are and all that. Not much else in the film would classify this film any higher than it already is, the theme is enough to get it this far and it stays as it is for the content is not strong enough for any rise in classifcation what so ever.
Three choices spring to mind when thinking of companies to distribute my film, the first company is Sony Pictures, who made the film '50 First Dates', the second is 'Universal Pictures' who distributed the film 'Bridjet Jones' Diary' and the company Paramount Pictures who distributed the film 'What Women Want'. The company that I am most likely to choose is Paramount Pictures, having worked with such films as 'Stardust', 'How to lose a guy in 10 days' and the second highest grossing film of all time, 'Titanic'.
The film made fits perfectly into the classification of a 12. It's not so much the content of the film that puts it into this catergory, but the theme of the film that has most likely put this film into that catergory. A romance is not something that mmost PG watchers would put on. Also, the likely hood that very light swearing would occur is quite likely, being the age the characters are and all that. Not much else in the film would classify this film any higher than it already is, the theme is enough to get it this far and it stays as it is for the content is not strong enough for any rise in classifcation what so ever.
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups ?
In our film , we tried to represent our characters as good people. We managed to do this by using costume, props, language and setting to our advantage. For costume, we had them wearing brightly coloured clothes, this suggests that they have bright personalities and would be people that you wouldn't mind being friends with. The types of clothes also reflect how they are, the style of clothing worn is modern and in fashion. The props used are also quite new, the touch screen phone shows that he is also up to date with the latest technologies, another sign that the owner of that pone is trying to keep up with the fashions of the time yet also could be for conventional reasons e.g. more room for telephone numbers than another sort of phone.
There is one scene in the film where camera angle could show / represent the characters in a certain way and that is in the flash back when the camera shoots them with a low angle shot. Even though there is no obvious way that this can show them in a certain cway, it can show the feelings of the characters in tat scene, it could represent the fact that they feel 'on top of the world' or better than they originally felt before meeting each other.
In our film , we tried to represent our characters as good people. We managed to do this by using costume, props, language and setting to our advantage. For costume, we had them wearing brightly coloured clothes, this suggests that they have bright personalities and would be people that you wouldn't mind being friends with. The types of clothes also reflect how they are, the style of clothing worn is modern and in fashion. The props used are also quite new, the touch screen phone shows that he is also up to date with the latest technologies, another sign that the owner of that pone is trying to keep up with the fashions of the time yet also could be for conventional reasons e.g. more room for telephone numbers than another sort of phone.
There is one scene in the film where camera angle could show / represent the characters in a certain way and that is in the flash back when the camera shoots them with a low angle shot. Even though there is no obvious way that this can show them in a certain cway, it can show the feelings of the characters in tat scene, it could represent the fact that they feel 'on top of the world' or better than they originally felt before meeting each other.
Monday, 19 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge the conventions of real media products ?
To make this a successful film, we kept to many of the typical areas in the romantic drama/comedy conventions. We have kept the obvious ones for good reason, boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy tries to get girl back, boy gets girl back. This is the base for almost all romances, any stray from the usual or tweaks on it may be disastrous and not give the effect that the film maker intended, although the twist may have been innovative and interesting. I say this, but our film ends with them not exactly getting together, but meeting up again after an unfortunate event in the hope that a sequel could of been made and them getting together would be the desired result. We haven't changed the characters drastically. We have kept them as the typical boy and the typical girl, fun loving and popular with their friends. We have made sure that the film was light hearted and not too serious, as it is a romance, not everything is going to be deadly serious throughout and joking may happen.
All this is correct, a film cannot be a certain genre without certain parts to it that make it, well, it. However, certain tweaks to films can be made. Certain changes that don't drastically remove what makes that film what it is, but give a certain aspect that makes it new and better than the rest. Our twist to the gere we picked (romantic drama/comedy), is that at the end of such films, the main characters usually end up together there and then, in our film, they don't. Our film has them just meet at the end under a circumstance which then leaves room for a sequel, if a sequel is possible it may not even be needed. Leave it up to the imagination to figure out what happens to them. Not much change has been made to it as we didn't want to stray to far away from the safety of the standard conventions of romance films, as too much change could remove either the romance element or the drama/comedy side of it..We tried to make sure that the conventions stayed as true to what they are, and followed such film as 'The Holiday' and 'Dear John'.
To make this a successful film, we kept to many of the typical areas in the romantic drama/comedy conventions. We have kept the obvious ones for good reason, boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy tries to get girl back, boy gets girl back. This is the base for almost all romances, any stray from the usual or tweaks on it may be disastrous and not give the effect that the film maker intended, although the twist may have been innovative and interesting. I say this, but our film ends with them not exactly getting together, but meeting up again after an unfortunate event in the hope that a sequel could of been made and them getting together would be the desired result. We haven't changed the characters drastically. We have kept them as the typical boy and the typical girl, fun loving and popular with their friends. We have made sure that the film was light hearted and not too serious, as it is a romance, not everything is going to be deadly serious throughout and joking may happen.
All this is correct, a film cannot be a certain genre without certain parts to it that make it, well, it. However, certain tweaks to films can be made. Certain changes that don't drastically remove what makes that film what it is, but give a certain aspect that makes it new and better than the rest. Our twist to the gere we picked (romantic drama/comedy), is that at the end of such films, the main characters usually end up together there and then, in our film, they don't. Our film has them just meet at the end under a circumstance which then leaves room for a sequel, if a sequel is possible it may not even be needed. Leave it up to the imagination to figure out what happens to them. Not much change has been made to it as we didn't want to stray to far away from the safety of the standard conventions of romance films, as too much change could remove either the romance element or the drama/comedy side of it..We tried to make sure that the conventions stayed as true to what they are, and followed such film as 'The Holiday' and 'Dear John'.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Film Script
INT - JAMES' BEDROOM - DAYTIME
James is sat on his bed, packing for a holiday. Into his bag, he is putting in a variety of clothes.
His room has a set of drawers in it with a bed at the back and an inbuilt cupboard to the side.
(JAMES NARRATING)
As I was growing up I was always told I would find
The One. And I did find the one. But as everyone
knows good things never last.
When searching through the drawer, he finds a photograph.
The Memory – Park – Daytime.
(In style of a flash back)
James and Rachel are walking in the woods/park having a good time talking and laughing.
In a wood/park there are leaves on the ground, it is late autumn. It’s a sunny day and there is a slight breeze.
JAMES
I’m really glad I met you. This has been the
Best week of my life.
RACHEL
Yes I have enjoyed it to. I will never forget
This week.
JAMES
I won’t either.
Back to present day – James Bedroom – Day
James is sat on his bed still looking at the picture.
He gets a text on his phone from matt. He reads the text.
James’s bedroom where there is a bed and a set of draws.
His room is rather messy as he has got clothes out that he is packing.
TEXT FROM MATT
Waiting outside. When you are ready.
(pause)
(JAMES NARRATING)
I have never seen Rachel since that week
last year. I promised her I would never
forget that week… lets just hope she hasn’t.
James now finished packing leaves the room and walks through the corridor and out the front door to where matt is waiting to set off on their holiday.
EXT - OUTSIDE OF HOUSE - DAYTIME
James carries his bag and puts it in the back of the car.
James and matt then get into the car.
An urban area with a road through it.
Trees blowing in the wind, a dry day.
Trees blowing in the wind, a dry day.
MATT
Are you ready to go then?
JAMES
Ready as I will ever be. Do you think
Rachel will be there again this year?
MATT
You can only hope mate.
The car now drives off down the road.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Settings Board
These pictures and pieces of text give an impression of the setting that we have used in our film.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Actors Permission
Before we did any filming, we had to pick actors and actresses to perform in it. After picking the people we though would be good for the job, we had to ask them whether they wanted to be in the film. We sent them e-mails to ask them whether they wanted to work with us and awaited replies. Below are the replies that I got back. The first is from the actor Michael Jones who played the character of Jame's friend Matt.
This is a message that I sent to the actress Kerry Watkins to ask if she would be involved in the film. She played the part of Rachel.
This is a message from the actor Chris Wilkie giving his permission for the usage of himself in the film. He plays the main character James.
Test footage
SDV 0066 from Matt Watson on Vimeo.
SDV 0069 from Matt Watson on Vimeo.
These videos contain test footage that I shot to test out scenery and camera movement.
Actors Profiles
These are the actors that will be appearing in our film. The actors profiles has been written so that they are talking about the character.
Pre filming
Before filming actually started on the project, we had to sort out things like actors and setting. We walked around looking for the perfect place to film the scenes of the flash back and the first few production credits (if they are used). After finding what we thought was the perfect setting for these specific scenes, we took test footage of some of the settings that we found to see what they looked like on film. We tried many different angles and lengths of shots to find out what looked best on the camera. After deciding that this was in fact the setting that we would be using and the types of camera angles and shots that we would be using, we thought about the actors that we would be using in the film. After asking round we got four people who were willing to be actors for us. We sorted out answers from questionnaires to help us with the types of things that we would include in our filming, editing and timing wise. We also thought about what types of props to use in the film and which would look right for the characters that are in the film.
Monday, 14 November 2011
Story Board
This story board helped give us an ideaf what we could od to film this opening scene, what would look best on the screen and what we were able to do with the resources we had.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Institutional Research
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures began in 1912 and was founded by a New Yorker Adolph Zuckor. It's history began when Zukor bought the distribution rights to a film called 'Queen Elizabeth', made by a woman called Sarah Bernhardt. On July 12th 1912, the film was shown. The first full length drama to be shown in America was an instant hit and inspired Zukor to found the 'Famous Players Film Company'. they made made films such as 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'the Prisoner of Zenda'. One year later, Zukor invested into his own film distribution company, 'Paramount Pictrures'.
Some films that Paramount Pictures has distributed include:
Paramount Pictures began in 1912 and was founded by a New Yorker Adolph Zuckor. It's history began when Zukor bought the distribution rights to a film called 'Queen Elizabeth', made by a woman called Sarah Bernhardt. On July 12th 1912, the film was shown. The first full length drama to be shown in America was an instant hit and inspired Zukor to found the 'Famous Players Film Company'. they made made films such as 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'the Prisoner of Zenda'. One year later, Zukor invested into his own film distribution company, 'Paramount Pictrures'.
Some films that Paramount Pictures has distributed include:
Some Romantic Comedies/Dramas that 'Paramount Pictures' have distributed include:
- Stardust
- Save the last Dance
- Funny about love
- The Great Gatsby
- The Run Away Bride
These films have helped me see what makes a good film. A bad film wouldn't have made it to such a big company so these films hjave something in them/about them that makes them great. These films can give the inspiration to create our own version of what they have done to make such a successful film.
Sunday, 23 October 2011
The classifications
Every single film made has a classification which gives the film audience an idea about the types of things that might happen in the film. The classifications are shown as letters and numbers, they are; U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18 and R18. Below gives a brief description of the type of content found in each certification film.
In a U certification, everything is based on the outcome of positive morals. Nothing in the film should imitable or just as little violent behavior as possible. Any discrimination or violence must be at a minimum and must be heavily frowned upon. Any language must be mild and nudity (if any) must be natural. References to sex is limited to just kissing and mild references.
In a PG certification, morals also have a very high place. Any violence used must be frowned upon unless it's being used for historical or comedic purposes. Any bad language used must be mild and infrequent. No imitable dangerous behavior must be shown with unrealistic and the unglamorisatrion of easily accessible weapons. Any sexual activity must be discreetly implied.
Along with 12A, in a 12 certificate film, anything like violence or weapons should not be glamorised in any way and imitable behavior (such as self harming and suicide) should not dwell on the detail which could be imitated and portrayed as not being pain and harm free. Language can be mild with one or two uses of strong language. Any sexual activity and nudity must be brief and discreet whilst being suitable for young teenagers.
In a 15 certificate film, the theme of it is not prohibited as long as it's suitable for teenagers. language may be strong in some places, for the strongest words, to be acceptable, they have to be justified in meaning. Imitable behavior must not be glamorised. Sexual activity and nudity may be allowed but not in strong detail.
In an 18 certificate film, everything is stronger and more content is allowed. Sexual content is still restricted to what can be shown in detail though. Any sexual content must be justifed.
In an R18 film, more content is allowed except for that anything that can portray abusive behavior, 'lack of consent', or infliction of lasting pain as acceptable is not allowed. These sorts of films can only be shown in specially licensed cinemas and sold in licensed sex shops.
Friday, 21 October 2011
Preliminary Task
Perliminary Task from Matt Watson on Vimeo.
The video above is the preliminary task that I did to learn about different aspects of filming such as match-on-action, the 180 degree rule and over the shoulder filming. This helped us work out how my group and I are going to film our actual piece and what is possible with the equipment that we have to hand.
Friday, 14 October 2011
Research into Action/Adventure films
In the research done for Action/Adventure films, my group and I discussed other genres to attatch to it to make a sub-genre. One of the choices discussed for it was the theme of Disaster e.g. a new poisonous element.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Research into Romantic Comedy/Drama
These slides are the research i did into the film genre of Romantic Comedy/Dramas. I looked into the different ares of film including characters, plot, story line and the various films that fit into the genre itself.
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