New Plan

After class discussion we realised our past idea had a too complex plot to fit into two minutes. We decided to completely change the idea which gave us the chance to use of new knowledge on concepts and conventions of thriller films.

Shots

1)    Close up of daughter sitting in the back of the car. Camera will be positioned just over the fathers shoulder.

2)    Extreme close up of fathers hand on the wheel, great focus on watch.

3)    ¬Black and white flash back¬ father covering his daughter’s mouth with his hand. Emphasis on the watch.

4)    Low medium/close up of girl exiting the car to go to the toilet.

5)    Close up of girl entering the toilet.

6)    Close up of the father looking at his watch, but not seeing his face keeping an enigma of his character.

7)    Extreme close up of girl sitting on the toilet.

8)    Close up of her phone with ‘999’ dialled.

9)    Low close up of the daughter’s feet under the toilet door- panning slowly to the father’s feet at the entrance of the toilets.

10)                      Close up of the father’s hand slowly opening the door.

11)                      Over the shoulder shot of the father holding the daughter down (smothering her)

12)                      Low close up of her feet shaking and then slowly becoming motionless.

Thriller shot list

Point of view tilt shot fading in and out of focus, this is done to emphasise the idea of disorientation and confusion. Also placing the audience the characters shoes, relating with the character.

low medium/close up on the girl surrounded by rags and covers. To help establish the situation.

There will then be a medium worms eye view shot looking up at the male. The generic conventions of a thriller will be challenged because we are shooting in the day in a wide open car park. The ambient light will cause the mans face to be very dark which creates an enigma and builds suspense.

There will be a low long shot to establish the surroundings. Inside the shot will be the two people opposite each other, the shot will slowly zoom in.

There will be a medium close shot reverse shot on the girl and the males Silhouette.  The shot will slowly zoom into the eyes of the girl until it is an extreme close up and the music is at its peak.

There will then be a low medium shot of the girl running.

Then an over the shoulder shot to help the audience feel the suspense and put the audience in the charecters position.

There will then be a point of view shot from the males point of view watching the girl enter the toilets.

Whilst inside the toilet we will attempt extreme close ups to exaggerate the feeling of claustrophobia, also confined spaces are a common thriller convention.

A point of view shot from the girl attempting to lock the door will refer to the murder scene in ‘Witness’. But also there will be cut shots from the males point of view running towards the toilets.

As the lock slams on the door then there will be a close up of the door as the man beats it. The tension will be at a high and then there will be a close up of the girls hands shaking slowly opening the lock to a point of view shot of the man standing in the door way looking very powerful and threatening.

Introduction of character

Jackie Brown (1997)-Quentin Tarantino

In the title scene Tarantino uses camera angles to help establish a character. The first shot is a medium/close up follow shot of Jackie Brown. The length of the action is over three minutes, as Jackie moves it looks as if she is floating which re-enforces her elegances and effortless nature. Also and she walks her back is always straight which show her resilience and power within society. Another medium low shot helps represent her power within the air force because as a stewardess she has the ability to smuggle money in and out of the country.  There is another close up shot on Jackie’s face with the back ground out of focus which helps show how she has more importance than others in the mise-en-scene.

Her costume makes her stand out from the boring background and with the low medium shot it signifies the status and moral superiority.

Jackie’s strong background and high status juxtaposes the next medium close up of Ordell and Louis slumped on a sofa which makes them look like grungy bums. An image of the statue of liberty holding a gun appears on the screen and this signifies how America is controlled by guns and power. the shot is then a close up of the T.V with half naked women holding guns which helps show how America is run by males and females are objects.

There is a shot in the film which has nearly every generic thriller convention in it, which helps re-enforce the fact that the film is a thriller. There is the dark ambient lighting which creates cold feel to the mise-en-scene. There is the worm’s eye view from the inside of the trunk, and also the use of guns. Ordell’s dark clothing also signifies his dark personality. Ordell persuades Beaumont to enter the trunk using food as bait, this signifies the ‘fat’ America, and so this film is still relevant to the modern issues surrounding society.

Differences between Ordell and Louis

When Ordell kills Beaumont there is a high long shot to make the audience feel as though they are peeking over the fence. The long shot was also used to show Ordell’s distance from moral normality, he is very discrete with his killing. The black car fades into the dimly light space, this is similar to the scene in Essex Boys when Jason drives the white van to the marshes. Both characters are at home in there killing domain and the mise-en-scene reflects them as a character.  The wet floors are another thriller convention skilfully used to reflect the non-ambient lighting which gives a dark feel to the scene. Ordell’s killing seemed planned which reflects his cool, calm and collected personality, Louis on the other hand is very on edge and unpredictable. Yet I think that the darkness of the yard shows how Ordell hides his true personality behind a smoke screen of money and bling whereas Louiscannot cover his emotions which are uncoverd to society when he shoots melanie.Louis on the other hand is very on edge and unpredictable. When he kills Melanie it goes against all of the common thriller conventions. Louis shoots her in broad daylight, in a unconfined car park in clear view of the public. The tension is built whilst Melanie keeps moaning and groaning until she makes Louis snap and shoot her once in the chest and once in the head, which shows the slim similarities between Ordell and himself because they both killed there victims in the same way.

  

Preliminary Evaluation

What planning did you do? How was this useful and how did you change from your plans?
Before we went shooting we drew up a story board plan and a script, this was to make sure filming ran as smootly as possible. The use of a story board made it very easy to visualise the transitions between shots and what the over all film would look like. The script is very useful when organising shots also because it lets you know when it would be suitiable to change camera angle using the '180 degree rule' and shot reverse shot. having the plan set out made it easier also ibn editing, because i didnt have to decide between a selection of shots, i only had one, this mnade editing very fast. we did not plan the suitavbility of the filming destination. this became a problem when we filmed a talking scene and couldn't hear the conversation due to back ground noise.

What camera skills have you developed? How confident are you with using the cameras, and has this confidence changed during the project? Give details of specific camera skills/techniques you have developed/improved, and include areas where you lack confidence/need to improve.
During the duration of the film i learnt that shots can have more of an effect if the are positioned differently, so instead of an over the shoulder follow we we used a low close up on the feet walking. It became aparant that low follow shots are very difficult to keep stable without a tri-pod. As you can see in the perliminary task the low follow shot is very shaky. we attempted using a skateboard to help stabalise the follow shot but unfortunatly it made to much back ground noise.
I found it very hard to get to grips with the '180 degree rule'. I made the mistake of crossing the line, and causing the shot to look messy and confusing to the viewer.

What editing skills have you developed? How confident are you with using the editing program? Give details of specific editing skills/techniques you have developed/improved, and include areas where you lack confidence/need to improve?
Whilst editing me and ruby experimented with slow mo for the first two opening shots, but it made the piece look messy and unorganised. the one thing i found hard with editing was cutting the seperate shots well enough to make them flow into each other without awkward pauses. After practice i can use the editing software to a suitiable standard, but i would like to learn how to adapt the image and use different effects effectively.

THE RULES

180 degree rule – Like the filming seen on a football match, all filmed from one side and the shot includes all characters and scene. great example in this from 0:44 onwards

Shot/Reverse Shot – Shot of one person, then a shot of something else then returning back to the original shot.

Over the Shoulder Shot – A shot which is taken in a conversation over the shoulder of one of the characters. As if the camera was the character talking. this shot is adapted beautifully in "28 Weeks Larter" with a reverse over the shoulder shot.

Wide, Close Up, Extreme Close Up – A transition through a variety of shots to give contrast and fast paced action.

Action, Match on Action – The action matches the transition of the camera.

Cutaway – Cutting from one shot straight to another.

Eyeline Match – Eyes of each of the characters are level with one another.

Noddy – A reaction shot which doesn’t involve speech

Explain differences between Tinker Tailor and Animal Kingdom

The production of Tinker Tailor is very different to that of Animal Kingdom. With Tinker Tailor it was produced by Working Title. Working title are in partnership with Universal who would let working title make any film they wanted under  twenty five million, with Tinker Tailor the budget was twenty million but Universal claimed that the film wouldn’t sell to their American market so did not fully fund the film. Animal Kingdom was co-funded by the Australian government, Film Victoria, Screen NSW and Show Time Australia, which in itself makes Animal Kingdom an independent film because it wasn’t funded by any of the ‘big six’. Animal Kingdom had many unknown actors like James Frenchville, this was done to bring new actors under the spotlight. Guy Pearce is one of the only well know actors in the film, this brought attraction to the film from a pre-existing audience. In the trailer it was apparent that the first thirty seconds was filled Guy Pearce narrating, this was done to sell him as an actor and also the film.  Tinker Tailor was heavily filled with famous actors from the likes of Gary Oldman to Benedict Cumberbatch. With Tinker Tailor the production was horizontally integrated. The film was made by working title, funded by Universal. Universal is one of the ‘big six’ production companies in the film industry; it has major cross media ownerships from the likes of film funding and production to its very own record label. In animal kingdom there was very little horizontal integration, the funds came in from many different film companies. Tinker tailors whole production line was owned by Vivendi, this means that the money distributed circulated around which was very helpful because there was no trouble with extra costs and fees.

Tinker Tailor had a previous TV show in 1979 which was a very slow paced spy series, this slow paced feel has been transferred into the movie. The TV series helped create a pre-existing audience for the film which helped gain attraction. This meant that the marketing for tinker tailor could be very mysterious with its advertisements because people already understood the main themes and plot. This meant there were no flashy posters or trailers over advertising the film. Working title did this to form an enigma around the film which would gain attraction. There was great effort put into creating Facebook pages and twitter groups to target the film at their main audience. Gary Oldman also appeared on soccer AM a week before the film’s release date in the UK, this was also done to build a hype around the film and gather a male orientated audience.   To contradict Animal kingdom had to put in extraordinary efforts to sell itself to the public. In the trailer the film was advertised as a thriller with the use of dim ambient lighting and gritty images, but also it was advertised as an action with the intense cuts between shots and over use of a ticking timer which created immense tension. This was purposefully done to attract a wider attraction to the film and sell better to the mainstream audience with is action aspects. Animal Kingdom was also screened at the Sundance film festival and won the award for best film. Animal Kingdom had an existing audience from word of mouth after it won the award, and it imbedded itself as a classic in the indie film scene.

Tinker tailor has been heavily distributed since its release, it has made £13,743,483 alone in the UK and is due to be screened in sixteen other countries by 2012. This great global distribution is due to the fact that Working Title is horizontally integrated with universal who own focus features. Focus features is an extremely successful company in America which have distributed films like Atonement, Pride and Prejudice and also In Bruges to the American market.  Working title are also in partnership with Optimum releasing which is a very successful distribution company in Europe. Animal kingdom was in partnership with Optimum releasing to help sell the film to the European market and also  Madman Entertainment which sold the film in Australia. The budget of the film was $5,000,000 dollars and the box office return was only $6,019,846. This little profit was due to bad distribution to cinemas and the American market. Over 50% of films profit is from the American film market. Tinker Tailor had amazing success due to the great effort put into using new technologies to sell the film. For example a Facebook page was created which people would like and then there friends would like. This was done to create a snow ball effect.

Tinker Tailor and Animal Kingdom were both filmed beautifully, the cinematography was outstanding. This is very common in indie films, there is great attention to detail in the ways the film is shot and how it portrays the directors ideas. Animal kingdom targets many social issues which means people can relate to the film better than they can to Matt Damen killing off bad guys. A common component to independent films is that social or moral issues are addressed, and this was done amazingly in Animal Kingdom. 

The Ways That Films Are Adapting Their Use Of Technoligy To Attract Audiences.

The film industry has gradually introduced features in there cinema which will increase the public’s participation in watching films outside of the home, by doing this they have brought the home to the cinema. In the 1950’s over 45% of the public went to the cinema on a weekly basis to watch films, this was because many families didn’t own televisions then. But now it the twentieth century nearly every house has at least one television. Mainstream cinemas like Vue and Odeon have now introduced luxury seats which are made to feel like a sofa, this is because viewers complained about uncomfortable seats as a reason to why they didn’t visit the cinema. Other cinemas also offer beanbag chairs, this idea was used because it has become apparent that the amount of 14-18 year olds visiting the cinema has decreased over the last ten years so this was an attempt to regain the younger audience’s attention. Personally the bean bags are cheap and appealing but extremely uncomfortable.

Cinema is approximately 144 years old, which is very old. Movie makers realised that people were getting bored of their movies; this was because all of their films became formulated and nothing new was being made for years. But then a group of people came together and invented three dimensional films. The effect of 3D films was that you felt asif you were in the movie! A movie called ‘Avatar’ written and directed by James Cameron sold out amazingly. In America on its release weekend it racked up $77,025,481 and over all the gross profit was $2,039,472,387. One of the main elements of this films success is 3D; people went to see Avatar for the experience of 3D not the film alone. Over 33% of the cinemas income came from 3D movies last year alone. To me 3D films is a novelty item that film makers are using to earn a large profit from their movies. Soon 3D will fade out of popularity, this has become evident over the last year, there has been a decrease of 20% of the film community viewing 3D films.

There are 528 theatres that use IMAX screens; this is because the quality is outstanding, families could purchase the film on DVD for half the price it would cost to see it at the cinema. Logically people would wait for the DVD, but now cinemas show movies in the highest quality possible it may persuade people to watch it in the cinema. Most large cinemas have tried to fit as many seats in a theatre, not only it allow more people to view the film but also to create a better atmosphere in the audience which makes watching films an enjoyable experience.

Over 97% of the cinemas in the U.K offer teen tickets; this is a great way to attract the younger audience because before they were put off by the high ticket prices. This is beneficial to the cinemas because over 15% of the people that go to the cinema are teenagers. Many high end multiplexes show movies at teenagers and families because they know they will make a profit. Personally as technology has developed  cinemas have clutched at the chance of making money, pushing aside good challenging movies and showing easily consumable movies like ‘Mr. Bean’ and ‘spy kids 3’.

T H E L M A a n d L O U I S E

Image analysis

“Thelma and Louise”-Ridley Scott (1991)

Male orientated objects- Guns, cars suits ties.

Lighting- Non-ambient, very dimly light (common thriller convention)

Location- Goes against common thriller locations of confinement and is shot in a open car park. Very male orientated filled with cars, this was done to signify that the women are lost in a man’s world.

Props- Gun- very male orientated object owned by the woman. Use of ‘juxtaposition’ changing the powers within gender.

Camera angles- Medium close up. Establishes the mood of the shot.

Representation- Showing the corruption in America, between gender. Shows that there is a lack of security within society.

Costume- Louise is wearing very male orientated clothes which helps show the change in powers – Juxtaposing the natural norm.

Gender- females in male world, very small female car surrounded by extremely large trucks shows that the females are lost and over shadowed by male figures.

Essex Boys

Essex Boys

Terry winsor

The first shot is a medium establishing shot. It is of a garage which is dimly light by a non-ambient light to help set a noir feel to the shot.  This then cuts to a close up a man entering the car, the windows are extremely dirty and this helps show confinement and claustrophobia which are both genetic conventions of thriller films.

The next shot is a point of view from the man inside the car as he cleans the window. There is then a voice over of the man in the car explaining his situation, this was done to help the audience engage with the character. Still in point of view a man comes into shot, he is wearing a very flamboyant shirt which instantly tells the audience he is a confident character. It then cuts to a follow shot of a car driving into a tunnel. Yet again director Terry Winsor made sure that there were many genetic thriller signifiers show, for example the cold, bleak and wet British roads. As the car drives into the tunnel it creates a feeling of isolation from society and also going into the barrel of a gun. The soundtrack beautifully and adds chemistry creating tenseness and anxiety within the scene. Where are they driving? Where are they? Who are they? These are all questions running through the audiences mind. Cutting to a close up on Jason lounging in the car, which builds on the audiences first assumptions of him being a cocky, confident and powerful figure. Ten cutting to a a close up on the driver with Jason casually sitting in the back. The use of non-ambient lighting is extremely powerful. The lights create neon bars on the windscreen of the car which look like prison bars, which helps create a character profile of Jason for the audience. The next shot is a medium point of view following the car out of the tunnel, if the lights on the car were meant to represent prison then this shot surely represents leaving prison and entering society again, also the harshness of the light shows the harshness of reality.

A close up point of view on Jason’s face grasps the anger and power he has brilliantly.  It then cuts to a medium close up on Jason walking through the fish mongers, the sounds of the people talking and working creates an element of realism and also makes the action seem natural, this tells the audience that this is everyday life for Jason. Cutting to a medium close up of a frustrated man in a suit walking. The way the camera jumps from Jason to the man in the suit was proficiently used to create an action response to the scene. The camera shots then jump from close up, extreme close up and medium close up as Jason beats the man in the suit. All of the workers surround the two men adding to the naturalism in the mise-en-scene. A wonderful point of view shot from the man in the van helps show his resentment and fear of what he is seeing. The point of view shot then looks into the mirror and shows the reflection of an angry Jason throwing acid into the man’s face. This whole scene creates an enigma around the man in the suit; the audience begin to make assumptions on what he did to Jason. An enigma is also a very common concept used it thriller films.

A close up shot reverse shot on Jason and the man driving the white van shows both of their reactions to the diegetic sounds of the man screaming in the back of the van. Jason Then looks down at his shirt and realises a blood stain and bluntly says “shit.” This helps show the audience that he isn’t phased by the violent crime he just committed, suggesting that this is everyday life to him. The next shot is medium establishing shot of the driver opening the vans boot, the pale white of the van doors helps show the innocents of the driver caught up in such a dark situation. The next shot is a medium establishing shot of Jason kicking the suited man, there is a great vanishing point with the Essex marshes which shows not only isolation but strangely method behind Jason’s madness. It suggests Jason has already been there and dump other victim’s bodies.

I think Terry Winsor chose that environment to express Jason with nature. The vanishing point communicates no boundaries, which is just like Jason where he has no moral boundaries in life. The bleak colourless scenery shows Jason’s isolation within society, the marsh land to Jason are like black trees and bats to Dracula, it is his domain.

Witness!

directed by Peter Wier.

Murder scene analysis

Throughout this scene the pure simplicity of the shots adds to the tension and suspense of the scene beautifully. The first shot is a low angle shot of a statue, this helps show the Amish child’s fascination and wonder over the abstract city life. The camera then cuts to a low angle close up on the child to show his reaction to the statue. The non-diegetic music helps build a sense of amazement. The next shot is of a high angle establishing shot; this was done to show the child’s insignificance and vulnerability in the big city.

The next shot is a medium shot of the station, but the only people around is the Amish child and mother. This shot is very effective in showing the family’s isolation in modern society, but also creates a dark mood. The child then enters the toilet. A medium shot helps establish the grim nature of the toilets with the dim ambient lighting which helps create subdued tension but also it helps the audience feel as if they are actually in the toilet. It then cuts to a close up on a male in a leather jacket. There is no non diegetic sound, which signifies to the audience that something bad will happen. The close up on the man helps show his emotion and when the diegetic sound of someone entering the toilet it heard an enigma is made for the entering characters. This scene is shot beautifully because you rarely see the murderers face which helps the audience build their own idea of the villain. This is a common tool used in thriller films and is very effective in creating uncertainty within the audience. A sudden close up on a black male nodding signifies that something bad will happen, many people believe this scene was done to show the stereotype of American culture and the black society. Also Peter Weir used the Amish boy to show the innocence of religious people in rough ever-changing America.

An extreme close up on a knife triggers the non-diegetic music, which is cleverly used because the pace of the music and uneasiness of the scene works together amazingly. The camera then cuts to the Amish child’s point of view and helps show the murder from a small child’s perspective. The shot reverse shot from the murder to the child is very successful, as the child scrambles to lock the toilet door as a viewer your heart sinks and you feel on edge. Peter Weir uses such a simple concept with such simple camera angles to create such tension and anxiety. The camera then cuts to the black male struggling to open the door, the child suddenly leaps under the toilet wall and into the other cubicle. The next shot is a low angled close up on the black male’s face, in astonishment that no one is there. The next shot is of the small boy standing on the toilet with his hands spread out; this may have been done to make a connection to Jesus on the cross, such an innocent person up for sacrifice. In this shot there is no music and it gives a sense of the calm after the storm and the close up on the child’s face helps signify his terror trying to absorb what he just witnessed.

Kill bill analysis

The introduction to the film is a sound bridge with the diegetic sound of Uma Thurman panting. Quentin Tarantino did this on purpose to create over whelming suspense within the audience. The first image you see is of high angle shot close up on Uma Thurman’s face, this was done to help establish the shot and show the emotion of the character and I think it was achieved beautifully. Quentin Tarantino made the scene black and white to create a sense of mystery but also did it to show his respect for the directors of the 1940’s noir films which her grew up watching. The diegetic sound of ‘Bill’ walking toward Uma Thurman helps build suspense as the footstep grow louder and louder. The low angled following shot on bills feet works well to help build up suspense. Throughout the intro you never see bills face, this was done to create an enigma about bill where the audience will be creating a character with their imagination. When there is a high angle close up on Uma and Bill is cleaning her face with a napkin. Quentin Tarantino helps build a character base around Bill by showing subtle signs of his arrogance, and example is his name on a napkin. This also helps tell the audience who Bill is without showing his face and destroying the enigma. When the gun is fired it breaks the tension perfectly and keeps the audience wanting to see more.

Winters Bone

This films is a terrific thriller which creates a vibe to the audience of suspense and realism. The Film is directed by  Debra Granik. The film was released to cinema in the united states on the 17th September 2010, the film is estimated to have a budget of around $2 million dollars and a gross of around $6 million.
 The audience is carried through the film by the only professional actress in the film Jennifer Lawrence. Who plays the character Ree With an absent father and a withdrawn and depressed mother, The film portrays the life of the young adult as hard and confusing with the large majority of the burden of raising her younger siblings by herself. The film continues with the increase and insight in what Ree and the neighborhood have to encounter daily, with a large amount of drugs use and dealing that corresponds to that part of society within America. Ree wanders through lonesome Missouri.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...

Here is a trailor for 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

This is also a poster advertising the movie to the public.

Q U E S T I O N N A I R E

My name is Charlie Soffe.

Results:

My main hobby is the guitar, I am in love with it, the way you can portray emotions and feelings through sound. My favourite style of guitar is the acoustic and its natural feel, one of my main influences is Ben Howard, who I had the pleasure to see live and talk to after the gig at latitude on my birthday which was amazing! I also play in a local band called The Crates, we play small gigs now and then but don’t really know how to manage our own band fully yet. Skateboarding has been a passion of mine for many years, influential people from old bowl skaters like Tony Alva to new school skaters like Andrew Reynolds.

Print media:

NME is a very interesting weekly magazine which is packed with interviews and new bands. NME is a good way of up and coming bands to get noticed by a wide audience. I prefer to read news on print to the web because print is portable and easily accessible at any local shop. Big company’s like apple are creating IPods and web tablets to make the internet more accessible on the move. I dislike this idea because it will be the downfall of the print media.

Radio media:

I listen to NME for new music because it is aimed at my general age group and also it plays a lot of the new indie pop genre. I also tune into radio 2 because it plays some golden oldies from the likes of cream to Aretha Franklin.

Music industries:

I listen to a wide variety of music; I like the ways one genre can influence another. One of the main styles of music I listen to is acoustic, but I enjoy the indie-pop scene and a bit of trip-pop. Im in a band called the crates and I play lead guitar and vocals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUuP_afXww

 (This is one of our old songs which we put onto YouTube.)

Some of our main influences are the arctic monkeys and the kooks, but as I have progressed as a guitar player I have explored many artists like Ben Howard and his chilling voice and Foals and The XX with their sexy bass. I mostly use print media like NME of local record shops to discover new bands, but I then listen to their material on websites like YouTube and Spotify.

Video games:

I dislike new video games; I find that they are very repetitive and overly violent. Many people play video games like Grand Theft Auto which is a “Gangster” game, where the main objective is to kill others, this sends out a very negative message to children playing the game because they could potentially harm someone just because they were influenced by a game. Also a game called Call Of Duty falsely advertises war and tries to make it fun for a gaming market which I think is wrong.

New technologies:

With all good there is evil, for example scientists made a world-wide break through splitting an atom, now the atom bomb is owned by nearly every powerful country in the world. But sometimes new technology is good, when apple was created it revolutionised the way people communicated and listen to music with Nano technology making everything smaller and faster. The internet revolutionised the way humans can share information, one-hundred years ago if there was riots in Lydia people in Britain would be oblivious.  One-hundred years on and within a day a news story is global. The computer has made it easier to view films and interact with others, but also the internet has allowed people to illegally download films and music with a click of a button. Websites like 4oD have made it much easier for people to access television programs and films which they may have missed.

Television:

My favourite television channel is Channel 4 because it has a wide variety of show from light hearted comedy like Friends to chilling sci-fi dramas like dead set. My favourite television genre is horror, this is because I love the way in which the music and camera angles are used to build tension.

Most memorable programs:

Dead set ~ Simpsons ~ Misfits

Feature films:

My favourite film genre is horror/ thriller, I love the way in which subtle camera angles and music can set a scene instantly and get your blood racing before you even see the alleged ‘baddy’.

My favourite movie of all time has to be pulp fiction; this is because it is just so beautifully put together. The story line is very flimsy but Quentin Tarantino works wonders and enables the movies awkward story line to flow easily to the viewer. Another of my favourite films is Ace Ventura: pet detective, this is because of the actor Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey is an extremely talented actor and in this movie he really showed the world his true potential. Another great I think is Scott Pilgrim vs. the world, many people shun this movie because it’s a random movie. But I think the director Edgar Wright did an amazing job taking print comic to the screen. The camera angles used to quickly cut scene to scene are fantastic, and also the way in which the comic book style is still fixated in the movie.

 

I prefer to watch films at a cinema because the is an ambience at a cinema which you don’t get at home, I think it is the feeling of seeing something brilliant with so many people. I love to go see comedy’s   with a large audience because the whole cinema erupts with laughter.

One media documentary which offended me was one of the most hated family’s in America. Louis Theroux travels to America to meet the Phelps. The documentary follows the family as the picket dead war troops funerals, and target gay communities and Jews. What offended me the most was that they were Christians, where in the bible it teaches to ‘love thy neighbour’ they are going against Gods wishes and targeting the weak.

A movie that has made me view things differently is Avatar, behind all of the special effects and explosions there is an important message. The message is of human greed, in the film some of the human soldiers find a mine filled with precious stone worth millions of dollars. They then go on a mission to destroy the Navi’s homeland for their own personal gain. The director  James Cameron made the Navi’ able to communicate so the audience could understand there full meffect of human destruction and the effects it has on the Navi’s emotions. The movie made me think more about the ways I treat others around me.

If I were to construct a media text it would be on the effects new technology is having on the young population. New technologies is causing some children to live a second life in there games and forget reality, also continuous gaming can cause obesity, eye problems and social awkwardness.

I chose media studies because I enjoy it. I also like the way a form of media can portray a message and change people’s view on things.