I will be analysing the credit sequence for the following film, the main reason for this is to gain incite and maybe gain some inspiration of what to do and maybe even use some of the skills the producer used when creating this sequence.
The sequence below is from the movie Lord of War, this famous sequence is known as the Life of a bullet; the music which is used in the background is about guns and war. On the screen we can see a production of a bullet and process which is goes through when being made.
The producer has decided to follow one bullet from the moment it was created to the moment it was used, we can see that this is mainly CGI effects; and we follow it till the bullet gets shot into the persons head.
Whilst we being shown the life of the bullet we are also shown the producers and the main people involved in the creation of this film, and when the bullet finally hits the cilvian we are shown the director as he is the most important person in this.
After analysing this sequence I have gained the idea of attempting to have credits running whilst the story is running in the background, as well as having to conduct some further research into more credit sequences and find some more suitable ideas to incorporate.
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Thursday, 14 March 2013
Sound + Sequence Analysis
In this post I will be analysing the sounds used in this opening sequence made by AVS, this sequence was made in March 2012, and I believe that the sounds and the sequence is very close to the film which I would like to make, hence why I am going to analyse this sequence. I hope that this will give me some ideas and inspiration to use.
At the start we can clearly hear the Character on the phone to his friend asking for help, then the music changes into a dramatic tensed but not too tensed music with bass to increase the tension. Soon after at like 0:42 seconds the music changes once again into something very fast paced and intense as the character is being chased, this music carries on till about 1:45.
As soon as the character enters the lift, they use contrapuntal music to release the tension as the other character who is chasing him is running up the stairs, but this music changes between the two characters; one being very fast paced as he runs up the stairs and one being calm and relaxed as if he has nothing to worry about.
When the characters are at the roof of the "car park" the music changes into something which creates tension for the audience; as the character who is chasing points a gun at the other character who has nowhere to run.
After this analysis I would like to use the fast paced and tension building music when the character in my film are running, I believe that it builds tension for the audience.
At the start we can clearly hear the Character on the phone to his friend asking for help, then the music changes into a dramatic tensed but not too tensed music with bass to increase the tension. Soon after at like 0:42 seconds the music changes once again into something very fast paced and intense as the character is being chased, this music carries on till about 1:45.
As soon as the character enters the lift, they use contrapuntal music to release the tension as the other character who is chasing him is running up the stairs, but this music changes between the two characters; one being very fast paced as he runs up the stairs and one being calm and relaxed as if he has nothing to worry about.
When the characters are at the roof of the "car park" the music changes into something which creates tension for the audience; as the character who is chasing points a gun at the other character who has nowhere to run.
After this analysis I would like to use the fast paced and tension building music when the character in my film are running, I believe that it builds tension for the audience.
Representation
The representation theory basically means that the media will think about presenting a particular person or a group of people to the audience in a certain manner. However, another form of representation would be the realistic and the non-realistic side of presenting a realistic event; the main aim for media is present a realistic event that occured but for the audience it's a video, or image of an event which occured but it isn't exactly reality.
There are three main different types of character typing:
1. The Archetype is character which is built up over many years, this is mainly a stereotypical fairytale and storytelling.
2. A stereotype character is something which can be used in the society today, like a teenager with hoodie will be stereotyped as a thug or something who will be out to cause trouble in the society.
3. A generic type is a character who is used in one genre type of a movie.
The largest form on representation seems to be the stereotype, as it is very easy to use as the society in the 21st centuary tend to stereotype in everyday life. In my film I will be attempting to use the stereotype of hoodies, as the genre is gangster and I feel that hoodies will be the most appropraite stereotype to use.
There are three main different types of character typing:
1. The Archetype is character which is built up over many years, this is mainly a stereotypical fairytale and storytelling.
2. A stereotype character is something which can be used in the society today, like a teenager with hoodie will be stereotyped as a thug or something who will be out to cause trouble in the society.
3. A generic type is a character who is used in one genre type of a movie.
The largest form on representation seems to be the stereotype, as it is very easy to use as the society in the 21st centuary tend to stereotype in everyday life. In my film I will be attempting to use the stereotype of hoodies, as the genre is gangster and I feel that hoodies will be the most appropraite stereotype to use.
Genre Analysis 2
To enhance my understanding of genre I will be analysing more genre acts; this time I will be analysing a thriller themed movie. The reason behind this is that I find the similarity between horror
and thriller very alike and I will like to gain an indepth knowledge of the two.
This image on the left is from a movie called AL Lilaw, we can clearly identify that this is a thriller movie due to the realistic image of the characters on the main front of the poster, as well as the blood stain behind the text of the film name.
Another trick which the distributor used when creating this poster is the mysterious character on the top of the little children, it immediately intices the audience in to trying to find out who this character is, as his identity is hidden; as well as trying to find out whats his relation to the children at the bottom.
and thriller very alike and I will like to gain an indepth knowledge of the two.
Another trick which the distributor used when creating this poster is the mysterious character on the top of the little children, it immediately intices the audience in to trying to find out who this character is, as his identity is hidden; as well as trying to find out whats his relation to the children at the bottom.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Opening sequence + Sound Analysis of Shank
The main reason for chosing this film to analyse was the genre, this is a British drama movie made by a British director as well as it being low budget.
For the first two minutes we only see the production company names and the credits for the characters, but the inbetween the credits we see a small clip of a riot being held in London between the youths and the police, and a character being hit with a batton by the police.
After the credits have finished we are immediately shown a chase scene between two characters, one being a black male running from a male on a motorbike; during this scene there is a cut to a character walking through a passage with a dog and looking down on the chase. Soon after the black male enters the estastes he is being chased by another male who is hooded.
The sound during this extract is very fast paced and upbeat, this is emphasise the adrenaline that the character is experiencing whilst he is being chased; after the character has ran away the music then changes into a relaxing calm music.
The director has decided to set the scenary after the chase and to show that this is a poor estate with high crime rates.
After this analysis I believe that for our sequence we might use a similar clip at the start, and the chase sequence is probably how we will start our opening sequence - as well as some fast paced sound to get the audience involved and intruiged about what's going on.
Analysis of Kidulthood - Opening Sequence
I decided to analyse this opening sequence beause it has the same genre as our intial idea for opening sequence.
During the first 2 minutes of this film, we can see that it starts in a school - and it emphasises the characters mise-en-scene a lot. We can easily identify that this school has a sixth form attached to it as some characters are wearing school uniform but the some aren't in uniform. However, there is one character who is different to all the others as he is in a room working on something which we as the audience cannot see.
Also, due to the camera movements we can identify the main characters who will be involved in this film as they are given close ups during the first minute. We can also see that this school is a community school or a school with minimum discipine due to the actions which the characters are doing by the tree.
The music which is being played at the start of the sequence is very mysterious and suspensed, I believe this is done to emphasise the secracy of that one character who is working on something, as well as the other character who is going around asking the where abouts of another character.
For our own production, we won't be using any foul language, but we will be emphasing the fact it is a school which we will start the sequence at. Also, another aspect we can add to our sequence from this would be the mysterious sound played at the start.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Narrative
In media terms, narrative is the organisation given to a series of events. The human mind needs narrative to make sense of things. In everything we wacth, there is a beginning, a middle and an end.
When looking closer at a narrative we can identify the codes and conventions required; these are the characters, genre, and the mise-en-scene we can use the knowledge of these conventions to help us interpret the text.
It is only because we are used to reading narratives from a very early age, and are able to compare texts with others that we understand these conventions. A narrative in its most basic sense is a series of events, but in order to construct meaning from the narrative those events must be linked somehow.
There are many ways of breaking down narrative structure. You may hear a movie described as a 'classic 21st centuray movie' meaning it has three acts. News stories have their own structure. A lot of work has been done by literary theorists to develop ways of deconstructing a narrative.
Tvzetan Todorov - suggests narrative is simply equilibrium, disequilibrium, new equilibrium.
When looking closer at a narrative we can identify the codes and conventions required; these are the characters, genre, and the mise-en-scene we can use the knowledge of these conventions to help us interpret the text.
It is only because we are used to reading narratives from a very early age, and are able to compare texts with others that we understand these conventions. A narrative in its most basic sense is a series of events, but in order to construct meaning from the narrative those events must be linked somehow.
There are many ways of breaking down narrative structure. You may hear a movie described as a 'classic 21st centuray movie' meaning it has three acts. News stories have their own structure. A lot of work has been done by literary theorists to develop ways of deconstructing a narrative.
Tvzetan Todorov - suggests narrative is simply equilibrium, disequilibrium, new equilibrium.
There are five stages the narrative can progress through:
• A state of equilibrium (all is as it should be)
• A disruption of that order by an event
• A recognition that the disorder has occurred
• An attempt to repair the damage of the disruption
• A return or restoration of a NEW equilibrium
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Analysis of Attack the Block
Attack the Block is a movie that is based in a suburban area in London, it is based upon a group of boys who are lived upon a stereotype of thugs and chavs. These boys believe that they "Run the block" - they aim to keep a reputation and be the most intimidating group of youths in the block until it gets attacked by Aliens.
At the start we can see that it is set out at night and it begins with a shooting star flying across the sky, then a fire work explodes in the middle of the sky. We can easily identify that this is a gangster film as a female character walks out of the tube station, with black males dressed up intimidating at the entrance looking at the people who are leaving the station.
Whilst the character is walking to her house on the phone to her mum we can see that the area is very worn down and affected by grafitti, on the wall we can see a figure of two males and a firework exploding. The character then gets scared confusing the noise for a gun and the shadows for humans.
The character then notices a group of males - which we can notice are an important characters part of the movie, we can see that she is scared as her gestures are to hide her phone so that the youths dont take her phone.
We can also identify that the characters are teenagers who live in the estate due to the language which they use, the language which they use is known as street and it is usually associated with thugs. Shortly after the female gets robbed as the youths approachs her - the shooting star which we see at the start of the film can be seen again as it lands near the youths.
At the start we can see that it is set out at night and it begins with a shooting star flying across the sky, then a fire work explodes in the middle of the sky. We can easily identify that this is a gangster film as a female character walks out of the tube station, with black males dressed up intimidating at the entrance looking at the people who are leaving the station.
Whilst the character is walking to her house on the phone to her mum we can see that the area is very worn down and affected by grafitti, on the wall we can see a figure of two males and a firework exploding. The character then gets scared confusing the noise for a gun and the shadows for humans.
The character then notices a group of males - which we can notice are an important characters part of the movie, we can see that she is scared as her gestures are to hide her phone so that the youths dont take her phone.
We can also identify that the characters are teenagers who live in the estate due to the language which they use, the language which they use is known as street and it is usually associated with thugs. Shortly after the female gets robbed as the youths approachs her - the shooting star which we see at the start of the film can be seen again as it lands near the youths.
Friday, 4 January 2013
Title Analysis
A title sequence is scene that will be showing at a
start of a film or a programme, this would be an introduction as its main aim
would be to engage the viewer from the start. The title sequence would tend to
show some credentials of the production company, the Directors, Producers and
the important Cast in the Film/Programme.
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On the left
is an image of the title screen from the movie Adulthood, we can see that
the text stands out from the background as it is a bold colour and vibrant
from the dark bright. With the characters on the cover, we can identify that they are all important characters in this film and person in the middle will be main character.
Also, we can see the baseball bat at the bottom of the screen - I believe that this will be a main prop used in this movie and will have multiple purposes. |
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As you can
see on the left is the title screen from the Misfits, we can
automically see that this is not a film as it is very basic and clear to
viewers. This title scene is very plain and just gets the point directly without giving the audience any idea of how the programme would be; due to the layout of the text in this scene we can identify that it isn't organised and it is "Misfit", this is clearly itentional.
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