Research and Planning Provisional Mark

You need to revisit research posts and explore further target audience, editing, mise en scene, locations, camera compostition, sound, light, branding, use of titles, genre indicators, key moments. Create an animatic using your storyboard materials and comments on its strengths. You need to evidence your music research and choices. Post on the history of your genre. Make sure you haven't posted something without commenting on it fully. Where are pictures and titles needed to support your posts? 13/20

crime thriller mood board

this is a mood board that represents a lot of things that our associated with crime thrillers.some things that are assocciated with crime thrillers are deaths,money,detectives,crimanal files, most crimes in crime thrillers are deaths because the audience gets exited if there is a killer on the loose because this means that anyone could die at any minute and its hard to predict the next person ( if any person) is going to die yet.if no,one dies in the film/tv show than the crime commited id most oftern a robbery of a large amount . on hte mood board we also have pictures of books such as "rush of blood and the cocktail waitress." this is because the books are all crime friller books

update on the case

we have now filmed all of the footage we needed to film for the two minute opening of the case but we now have over two and a half minutes so we will probably have to edit out some of the clips. in basics the whole two minute oppening consists of a dead body being found by two detectives who find items on the dead body such as a wallet and a bag of diamonds. in a river near by the detectives find a breif case that belonged to the dead person after they find the case one of the detectives asks the other one what he thought happened and then we have a flash back scene of what happened. after this we have the two detectives open the case which builds suspence because we dont tell the audience whats in the case

genre research (horror)

genre research (horror)

in most horror films there are a lot of similarity such as in 99% of horror films someone dies.this is because this is what people who go to whats horror films expect to see. also in a lot of horror films there are a lot of stereotypical views of women such as they are weak and useless which is why in a lot of horror films if anyone trys to fight a villain its normally the lead male role. a lot of old horror films such as nightmare on elm street, Friday the 13th and Halloween have a villain who th film is based around whereas in new horror films we have been seeing this less and less.now most horror films focus on either Apocalypse or paranormal themes and the villain are either zombies or ghosts.
in any horror film old or new there is always creepy music that indicates that something bad is going to happen or the antagonist is close.

most horror characters have something about there past that made them the way they are e.g. Freddy Kruger was a pedophile so the towns people burnt him,Jason voorhees  drowned because two teenagers went watching him and Micheal Myers was locked in an insane asylum

our own production company

we have decided to make our own production company for our film (the case)  istead of using universal or columbia. we have decided to call the production company last post studios. this is because it is relevant to the people who are filming the two minute opening because the word last has the first letter of all of our names (Luke,Ashley,Sam,Tom) the last post  was also a peace of music that was played at the funeral of solders of the british empire this is significant to us because we live in britian and have great respect to the british army.the last post is treditionaly played on the bugle this is why as the main image for our production company we have a siluet of a man playing the bugle

shot types

this is a mid shot of the joker from batman the dark knight. a midshot is a shot in which we can see roughly half of a persons body a mid shot is normally used if an acotor is doing something with the uppper half of there body

this is a close up of daniel craig.a closeup is a shot in which we can only see someones face or only one single body part these shots are used if we need to see the expresion on someones face to understand the scene of a film. this shot is usually used to make the audience sypathise with a charecter

this is an extreme close up of a frogs eye. an extreme close up is like a close up but it allows the viewer to see something in a lot of detail such as eyes or lips. this kind of shot is normally used if we see a charecter cry or if we thought a charecter was dead but then they open there eye and it creates a dramatic scene

this is a long shot of a girl in the woods in a pink dress.a long shot is a shot in which we can see the whole of a persons body

this is a long shot of a women in the wood compared with an extreme long shot of a women in the woods as you can see an extreme long shot doesn't focus as much on the person but instead there whole surroundings. this kind of shot is normaly used if we are introduced to a new location and the film is trying to femilialise the audience with the location

the case is a (15)

we have decided to make our film a certifacate 15 film because it allows us to include a dead body in our film and a scene where the victum gets pushed off a bridge.it also allows the actors to use some strong language.if we made the film an 18 it would exclude quite a lot of our target audience considering our target audience is young men (15-25 year old men.)if we made our film an 18 it would exclude about 30% of our target audience.

we didnt make the film an 18 because it would be compleatly unesserccery because we are having any scenes with sexual content in our film.

genre research action

action research

action films make a lot of money in the box office. most peoples favourite films are action films. films like the dark knight ,the expendables ,casino ray ale and die hard make  a huge amount of money in the box  office. Some of the conventions of action films are strong hero character, slightly less strong villain, women who is in need of being rescued, exotic location and fast scenes and weapons.

most of the time the leading role in action films are played by strong American men like Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is because the audience will find it more believable that a man can do all these amazing things if he has an amazing physique

the villain in most action films is either from a different country or slightly eccentric. this is because it is less relatable to the viewers so they don’t feel persuaded by his or her views.

most action films have a love interest because this gives the hero a quest to complete and therefor makes the plot of the film

most action films contain a large amount of weapons because this gives the film a sense of danger and gets the viewers excited. it makes the audience believe that there is a chance that the hero could die which makes the film more exciting

the case

we have decided to call our two minute opening "the case" this is because the words the case relate to the story in two different ways. The first way it relates to it is because its a crime film, and in all crime films a detective has to solve a case. the second way that the words the case relates to the film is because in the opening two minutes we have some killed and the killer kills the man because he wants a brief case that the victim is holding. After the police and detectives show up and examine the dead body they realise that one of the hands of the dead man are missing and that there is a trail of blood leading to a river. After this we find a briefcase in the river and this builds a lot of suspense for the rest of the film because the audience will be wondering what is in the case.

genre reserch

genre research (crime)

because we are doing a crime thriller i looked at some of the conventions of crime thrillers such as in nearly all crime thrillers the crime that is committed is normal a murder because this means that the case that the detectives have to solve means more because other people could get killed.
in most crime thrillers there is a main detective and his/her sidekick.the main detective will normally have something slightly odd about him e.g. in a wheelchair, has a weird hat, has a completely out of date mustash,has wierd glasses ect. the sidekick will normally ask unnecessary questions such as "so your saying this isnt a suiced"or"do you think this was a murder  when it is clearly obverse that that is what the detective is saying.in most murders in crime thrillers there will be something that you wouldnt find in the average murder that distinguishes the murder to a certain person e.g.the detectives discover that the victim was killed with a meat cleaver so they retrace it to a butcher. in most crime thrillers the is a big question asked like "how could he kill him if he wasn't there at the time " and then the question will be answered about ten minutes before the end of the film

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update of our 2 minute opening

01/12/2013 we were meant to film most of our 2 minute opening to the case but sadly i was ill so i couldnt go to the set but quite a lot was still filmed such as the scene where the two detectives walk over to the dead body to find out what has happened. this scene takes up about 25 seconds of our film so we still have about 1 minute 35 left of the two minute opening to film. we now have props for the scene such as police tape which makes the scene seem a lot more realistic because ever real investigation scene has police tape to tell cevillians to not be near it.we also have the police vest for the scene which also makes it seem alot more realistic because it is an item that is nesserccery for ever police officer to have

production company research

WB pictures (warner brothers pictures )have made a vast amount of films these films include the dark knight,the dark knight rises,superman,inception and 300.the production company was founded in april 1923 the founders of WB are sam, harry ,albert and jack warner

paramount is a well respected company that has produced many differant films such as psycho (1960),world war z ,the godfarther, star trek and titanic which is the second biggest seller in the boxoffice ever





lionsgate is a massive production company that gave us such films as the hunger games,the expendables,saw and kickass it was founded in 1962 by john dunning. lionsgate wsnt always called lionsgate .it used to be called cinepix until 1998  lionsgate was founded by frank geustra

columbia pictures have created many films such as smurfs, the amazing spiderman,skyfall and ghost busters the company was founded in may 1919 the copany used to be called C.B.C until 1924 when it was renamed columbia

universal have made a lot of differant films such as jaws, jarrasic park ,despicable me and the origional dracular. the founders of universal studios are carlleamales,pat power Mark Dintenfass, WilliamSwanson, David Horsley CharlesBaumann andAdam Kessel. it was founded in 1912

in the case we are having 5 actors albert, sam, tom, luke and me.i am playing a dead body that got killed by being pushed off a bridge.albert is acting as the main detective who finds that the dead body is missing a hand.sam is playing a police officer who finds a breif case in a river near by the scene of my death. tom is acting as a another detective,luke is acting as a witness who fingds the dead body under the bridge .we are trying to find someone else as a camera man for the opening two minute film but if we can not then we can just take turns filming scenes that we are not in.

sound research

for the sound research of this film we tried looking on the internet for websites that allow the user to make music or background noise. Most of the websites that we went on didn’t allow us to download or use for free or were not very user friendly so we decided not to use them. we did find one website that gave the users a 30 day free trial so we tried to use this to make our background music for the film but because the variety of instruments that the site had didn’t suit the mood we decided not to use it.we had an idea of what to we wanted as background music and then we found out that the music department at school had the right software so Sam and Luke went and made a peace of music that we are going to have in the background of the part of our film where the detectives see the dead body

costume research

the police vest is neccersery for our two minute opening because without it people wont understand that the police officer in the scene is a police officer.the police officer is neccersery because the crime scene wouldn't seem realistic without one

the detectives in the scene will be wherein suits because the detectives want to seem professional in what they are doing.the suits help make the scene seem more realistic for the viewer

we are using fake blood on the hand of the body because the hand of the dead body is going to be cut off in the opening so we need there to be blood so the amputation seems realistic to the viewers we are mixing the fake blood with gelotine so we get the effect of a scar 

12

the 12 certificate represents that only people over the age of 12 and over can veiw this film.Theme: Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.
Language: The use of strong language should be rare and must be justified by context.
Nudity: Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context will be brief and discreet.
Sex: Sexual activity may be implied. Sexual references may reflect the familiarity of most adolescents today with sex education through school.
Violence: Violence must not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly indicated and without physical detail.
Imitable techniques: Dangerous techniques (examples include: combat, hanging, suicides) should contain no imitable detail. Realistic and contemporary weapons should not be glamorised.
Horror: Sustained threat and menace is permitted. Occasional gory moments only.
Drugs: Brief and occasional references to, and sight of, 'soft' drug-taking (eg cannabis) are allowed, but must be justified by context and should indicate the dangers. No instructional elements are permitted

PG

the pg stands for perental guidence. this means that the perants of a child may choose if the film is suitible for there child. All ages admitted, but certain scenes may be unsuitable for young children. May contain mild language and sex/drugs references. May contain moderate violence if justified by context

U

the u certificate tells the veiwer or buy of the film that this film is appropriate to whatch no matter what your childs age is

Planning Targets

You need to revisit your posts about film openings and make more comments on mise en scene, sound, titles, character, genre, lighting, camera work and editing. You need to evidence more of your planning - interviews with actors, schedules, storyboarding and scripting. You need to have chosen some title font to use and expalined your choices for music. You need to push yourself between now and the end of term, when all of the filming must have been done, to earn as many marks as possible.

location research

this is the scene/location in which we plan to film are 2 minute opening of the film.the reason that we have decided to film it by a bridge is so we can make the audience believe that a victum has been pushed off a bridge and died. the location is easy to get to because it isnt far away from where any of the cast of the film live because the bridge is old makes it seem as if no,one goes near it so it is a good place for a murder

the bridge is a good location to use because it looks old and as if not many people go near it so it is a good place for a murder

from the top of the bridge you can get really good longshots aswell as close up shots of the scene.this could be usefull at the start of the film when we are trying to get an establishing shot

this picture is of another bridge close by to the bridge we filmed under.in the scene where the dead body is exsamined.this bridge had to be used because we couldnt actually stand under the bridge where we filmed because it has train tracks on it and trains pass by ever so oftern.

this bridge was a good place to film the scene where the man with the case get thrown off a bridge because this bridge is only about ten foot above ground so if someone was falling then there wouldnt be a fatal drop. this bridge was also usefull because it has street lights that provided light in a scene where we were filming in the dark. this is important because without it the camerea couldnt pick up movement at all.

what is your favourite genre

when we did a questionaire to see what type/genre of film most people liked we came across these results.10% of all the veiwers favorate genre was horror whereas 15% of the people asked said that there favorate type of film was action films.30 % of the audience said that they liked crime films the most.only 5% of people said that they liked romance films the most. 20 % of the audience said that there favorate film were scifi films. and a thurther 15% of the scifi lovers said that there favorate film of all time was one of the 6 star wars films.adventure films was chose by only 10 % of the audience and comedy was only chose by 10% of the audience.

this chart shows why we decided to make an opening to a crime film,because stats show that it would be very successful

how many DVDs do you own?

this pie chart show the results to the question how many dvds do you own? the results were quite spread out but apparently alot of people have over 50 dvds. with 40% of the overall number of people owning more then 50 DVDs.25% of the people owned between 21 and 40 dvds and 25% also owned between 41and 50 dvds which means that only 10 % of people asked own less then 20 dvds!

what do you expect from a crime thriller

we asked 100 people what they expected in a stereotypical crime thriller film. half of the overall people said that the first thing that they thought of when someone said the words crime thriller was murder. Whereas 10% said that they wanted and expected to see dark scenes in a crime thriller. 10 % also said that they expected to see a tropical country or exotic location. And the remaining 30% of the audience said that they wanted to see something else in a crime thriller

how oftern do you go to the cinema

 

we made a questionnaire and the results came up with. Only 10% of all the people we asked said that they don’t go to the cinema at all whereas 70% of the people we asked said that they went to the cinema about once every month and the remaining 20% of people asked said they go to the cinema more than once a month.

15

this symbal suggests that people under the age of 15 cannot veiw this film. below is a list of things that films that have this sticker on can and cant show

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. Promotion of drugs which are easy to obtain are unlikely to be allowed.

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) can be allowed provided the detail of such is low so that it can not create too much of an impression of the viewer. Abuse of weapons which are easily obtained will not be tolerated.

Frequent use of strong language can be permitted, although very strong language needs to be restricted and would have to be seen as reasonable in the context. Frequent usage of very strong language would be seldom allowed.

Nudity in a sexual content must be restricted however nudity in a non-sexual content does not.

Sexual activity without strong detail would most likely to be allowed. Some strong sexual references may be allowed to, but very strong ones may not, unless used within reason. Sexual acts or references with the intention of causing arousal is not likely to be permitted.

As long as the film is appropriate for 15 year olds, no certain themes are prohibited.

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. The same applies to references. Any sexual violence should be discreet and be strongly justified.

18

the 18 symbal represents the fact that the film can only be veiwed by people over the age of 18.Typical reasons for restricting films to the 18 certificate category have included scenes of hard drug use, supernatural horror, explicit sex, sadistic violence and sexual violence — the last two of which have in the past led to a certificate not being issued at all, effectively banning the film in the UK

horror titles

horror title sequances have changed since the 80s.they used to be a black background with red(blood coloured wrighting)

in more recent horror films like all of the sw films which were all created after the year 200 normaly have blue or white writing because it makes the film seem more drematic or seriouse

the type of font s have changed because the film will be taken more seriously if it has a font that is simeler to that of a drama. the blue or white wrighting that most horror films have had sinse 2000 creates thet effect that the story is real

prelimanary task

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmXzMJ5gZRA

this is the prelimanary task. we were asked to go an film a peace of fotage with match on action and differant shots such as over the shoulder shots and we had to stick to the 180 degree rule

opening to se7en

in the opening scene to the crime film se7en we see several images such as the sketch of someones hands that indicate that this film is going to be about crime. in the opening credits the audience can see that someone is clearly looking through or creating a record for someone. because the record is so big and has a lot of information the audience can tell that the criminal has clearly done a lot wrong and it is important that he is caught.
the lighting in the scene looks as if someone is sat with a lamp doing work. this already introduces us to the main character (the detective) in this film. in this scene we see a hand holding a razor blade this tells the audience that this film is going to contain violence
because of the fast pace editing and camera work in this scene it hints towards the fact that there will be some action in this film
the use of font in this scene makes it look as if it has been calved with a knife. this makes the audience feel like there will be some amount of violence in this film. by reading some of whats in the profile of the killer we can see at certain points the words killed,children,sexual and the phrase "much different." this shows the viewer that the killer of the victim/victims is extremely strange and it also shows them what kind of person will be in this film.the way that the colour red keeps coming up in the scene shows and reminds the audience of blood. it could also represent a dark room where detectives hang pictures of the crime scene. this tells the audience that there has been a crime
the fact that the writing in this scene is mostly typed instead of being hand written shows the audience that the profile of the criminal is being looked at by more then one person
because the names brad pitt and Morgan freeman appear in the scene we can tell taht this is a high budget film because the two actors are extremely expensive to higher. because the two names are written in white on top of black we can tell that this film is going to be quite dramatic.
the scary but yet dramatic music in this scene tells the audience that the film is going to have some scary moments in it bt also some serious moments in it.

questionaire

these are pictures of the questionaire we made to find out peoples religous beliefs and how many DVDs they own and there hobbies it also asks how old they are so we can see what appeals to what age of the audience  

in the second page of the questionaire we asked what the particepators favorait genre is

school of rock opening

 the audience of this film can tell that the film is going to be about music because of the title ( school of rock.)the audience can also tell that this film is going to probably be a comedy because the cast e.g. Jack Black who is known for staring in such films as the pick of destiny and  Gulliver's  travels (both comedy's)

the audience can also tel that the film is going to be about music because of the way the director has made the name of the production company be on a bouncers shirt as the camera man is filming what looks like the back stage of a gig in a bar.later on in this scene we see the main character Dewey Finn on stage holding a guitar which indicates that music is a main theme in this film .

the clothing in this scene makes it look as if it is a rock concert or has people that that you would associate with a rock concert because the are wherein mostly black clothing with studs or spikes

there are dark colours in this scene are everywhere because of the lighting isn't bright and a lot of the lights are red or green instead of white this makes the audience feel like this isnt a very freindly place e.g. not somewhere you would take your chiled

urban setting

we tried to create an urban setting by using clothing(hoodies) and props such as the mobile phone to maken a city like setting

rural setting

we went to try and create a picture that represents a rural setting

scream oppening scene

in the 1996 horror film scream the producer sets the opening scene in a house.this makes the audience feel as if this scenario is possible in there life because most people live in houses.the producer also uses the phone as a prop that the cereal killer uses to contact the women because a lot of people use the phone every day and after seeing the film the people will go to pick up the phone and remember the film and be scared.the producer does this to make people remember the film every time they go to do repetetive tasks
the fact that the killer isnt actually shown on camera means that the audience isnt being made to simpathise with him.whereas the women in the house is shown on the camera a lot because the producers are trying to make the audience feel simpathetic towards the women

in this image taken from the scene drew barrymore looks shocked and scared this conforms to the steriotype that women are defenceless and need a man to protect them this scene also conforms to the steriotype that women sit at home and dont really work. in this picture drew barrymore is wherein a light coloured jumper and she has long blonde hair both of these things are seen as feminate things, this makes the audience feel like she is vunrible

the fact that the name of the film is scream shows the audience that it is going to be a scary film because using the title scream suggests that the movie is going to scare the audience and make them scream

romance conventions

lord of the rings opening

in the opening scene to lord of the rings the first thing that the audience see is the words " Lord of the rings." this is written in gold to represent the colour of the ring in the film. the clothing in the scene suggests to the audience that this film is not based nowadays because they are wherein robes.

in the first scene we see the making of the ring from mid shot. this makes the audience feel like they are a part of the quest of the ring because they feel like they were there when it was first made.

the name of the film "Lord of the rings" suggests that the film is going to be a fantasy adventure film because the word lord suggests a man of great importance and it also suggests that the film is based before the year 2000 because people used the word "lord" more frequently in this time period.

in the opening scene it also shows a close up of a map that says Mordor.This shows the audience that the film is clearly a fantasy film as most of the audience will realize that Mordor isn't actually a real place.this scene also introduces the setting of the film in the very early stages of the film

closer to the end of this scene we see a battle scene. this indicates that the film is going to have fighting tand weapons in it. the fact that this film has weapons and fighting show the audience that this is partualy an action film.

star wars a new hope oppening scene

in the opening title sequence to Star Wars IV A New Hope the first word the audience sees is the word star wars so the audience know what they are watching. the words that describe the previous film travel upwards as if they are being sucked into space. this is because it is a scifi film.the colour of the background helps the audience picture the film as a movie being set in space also the colour of the writing is meant to remind the audience of stars. it also helps because it is easily see able on the black background.
the film name ( star wars ) indicates that the film is going to be scifi

in this title sequence the non diegetic sound suggests that there is going to be  drama and dramatic scenes within the film. the music also tells the audience that the film they are watching belongs to the star wars franchise. the audience know this because the music is an iconic piece of music that was made specificly for the star wars films

skyfall opening scene

in the opening scene of sky fall we see James bond  (Daniel  Craig) chase someone on a motorbike. this is a convention of an action film. the chase scene consists of many quick shots of James bond chasing the antagonist through an exotic location at high speed.an exotic location is also a convention of an action film .the prducers makes sure that the audience will understand that the setting is not in the UK or the USA because the place looks old dusty and as if there isnt a rich community that have tried to make it look nice. also the fact that there is a market with vegetables and fish shows that this country is unlikely to have supermarkets  the facts that there is a high speed chase scene in the film shows the audience that this film is an action film

because James bond is the first character and the only character that the audience see for the first 20 seconds it makes the audience feel close to him as a character. also because we get more close ups of James bond than any other character makes the audience see the situation from his perspective.the editors of the film aim to do this because it makes the target audience feel like they are James bond and that they are a hero for about two hours

James bond is dressed in a suit and tie this shows that James bond is a professional at what he does and it also shows that he is getting paid a lot for what he does. this contrasts to the rest of the setting because it is old and dusty and the people are not wherein smart clothing

this film has a very good cast.the two main actors in this are Daniel Craig amd dame Judi Dench. these two actors will make differant types of people want to see the film. daniel craig will atracked a younger audience because he is a good looking hero character and dame Judi Dench will make an older audience want to see the film

 this shot is of james bonds car making the enemys car flip over. this shows that james bond is highly skilled at doing this. this makes the audience feel like they want to be james bond and want to be so skilled at doing such a hard thing

hot fuzz opening scene

in the opening scene to the comedy hot fuzz we see an extreme long shot of Sargent angle walking down a long core door for about 20 seconds this shows that he is getting the most screen time and is therefor the most important character.his costume in the scene shows that he is a professional at his job and also shows that he has some respect for the work hes doing the diegetic sound of the Sargent footsteps emphasis the power and importance of Sargent angel

 the fast camera work and short quick shots tell the audience that there is going to be action in the film also the fire a explosions in the training scene shows that this is going to be a film with a lot of action in it
the fact that here is a lot of action in the opening scene with the driving test ,fencing and cycling and then they decide to include chess in the scene shows that this film is a comedy because to put something in a fast paced scene and then to add in something completely slow and unexciting e.g. drinking a cup of tea or playing chess is a convention of a comedy

the name of the film "hot fuzz" suggests that the film is about police officers that are good at there job because the fuzz is a nickname that British people call the police. when the audience see the name of the film they know that the film is about a police officer

throughout the whole of the opening to hot fuzz Sargent Angel's face looks serious and dedicated to the job this shows that Sargent angel is extremely serious about his job. in the opening scene it also has a sense of a city location because we can see that the building that Sargent angel is very clean slick and seems as if it is in a city and in the background of some seems we can see large buildings that look as if they are in a city. this contrast to the rest of the film that is based in a small village in the countryside

quantum of solace oppening scene

 

in the action film James bond quantum of solace, the first shot that is shown is a wide long shot of the location which is clearly not the usa or britian. the first thing we see is a mountain (an exotic location) this tells the audience that this could be an action film. The audience can also see that there is a lot of fast shots in this scene which also tells them its an action film. Another reason the audience know its an action film is because there is clearly a chase scene involving guns and fast expensive cars. the guns in this scene help create a sense of danger because the audience feels like the hero (james bond) could die at any minute

There are explosions in this scene as well so this instantly tells the audience that they are watching a film with a lot of violence and action

Quantum of solace has a large male audience who watch James bond films so they can escape their lives for an hour or 2 and feel like James bond, this is why there are a lot over the shoulder shots from Daniel Craig so the audience can see what he would be seeing. in this scene we see that james bond is wherein a black suit and tie this gives the veiwers the imprssion that he is upper class and gets paid a lot for his job it also creates the impression that james bond is a proffesional

the audience can tell that this is a high budget film because of the explosions the stunt director has used and because the fact that they have the money to waist cars and other vehicles just in the opening couple of minutes the fact that the film was filmed in an exotic location also shows that the film has a large budget

opening to the dark knight rises

in the opening scene to the dark knight rises the audience can instantly tell that this is an action film because of the exotic location and the fact that there are army solders holding large guns. in this scene we can tell that the man with the black bag on his head is the antagonist because he doesn’t speak much and the camera doesn’t really focus on him much

in this scene we can tell that bane is the antagonist because most of the time the villain has a strange voice or a foreign voice. the mask that bane wheres is made to look big and heavy and intimadating so the audience can tell that he is the antaganist
because in this scene we keep seeing over the shoulder shots from bane and the man talking to him we know that the main focus is on these 2 charicters and not the men in the background
the reason that bane is on his knees for most of this scene is because it shows that he isnt in a possition of power and that he has no afority over anyone

nightmare on elm street opening

In the opening scene to the original nightmare on elm street the first thing the audience sees is the words “from new line cinema.” In blood red righting that covers most of the screen. From this the audience can automatically tell that this is a horror film because of the choice of colour and because red (blood) is a convention of horror films

The next thing we see is a man walking across the screen breathing heavily. The man (Freddy Kruger )then goes on to empty some metal objects on to his old desk. He starts to fashion the metal in to blades and fix them to a glove this shows that he is making an original and creative weapon. From this scene the audience can tell that he is going to be the villain in the film because he is a lonely silent and violent man.

When Freddy sticks his claws through the wall the audience can tell what he made the glove for (killing.) when we see the girl running the audience is supposed to sympathise with her, the director does this by giving her allot of time on camera and by giving  her close ups so we can see her face. after the close up of her face there is a long shot of the girl running for about 20 seconds. the camera man uses this shot because it shows the audience that she is an important charicter in this scene

We don’t actually see much of Freddy Kruger’s face in the opening scene this has an effect on the audience because it stops the audience from feeling sorry for him.it also tells the audience that that he probably an ugly or deformed person.

by this scene we can tell that this is a horror film because of the lighting is generally dark.the fact that the lighting is dark shows the audience that this is a horror film. this film shows that the antaganist is hiding in the dark because he doesnt want to be seen. by people.the scenery in this scene shows that its a horror film because normal people dont hide in boiler rooms.

this whole scene conforms to the seriotype that women need a man to protect them and that if they dont have someone to protect them they are defencless

comparison of James Bond films

in the two James Bond films ( quantum of solace and skyfall) that i have analysed there are many simerlaritys e.g. James bond wheres a suit in both of the openings to the films which shows that there is a dress code that James Bond has to stick to throughout his films. and some differances such as the vehicle changes from a car to a motorbike which shows that James Bond doesnt have his own specific vehicle that he always drives, he just uses what Q gives him to use.

both of these films begin in exotic locations. this is because this is what is expected from the film by the audience so the audience can feel like they have escaped from there own lives and have now entered an exotic country.
in both of the James Bond films there is a chase scene in the first two minutes of the film. the producers do this so the audience is engaged within the film almost instantly so they will want to watch the intire film

opening to rocky 5

the opening scene to rocky v (5) shows the ending of the previous film rocky iv (4) in this scene we see rocky balboa (Sylvester Stallone) fighting his enemy from rocky iv  the scene shows that this film is going to be a sports/ action film. the audience can instantly tell this because the previous film had a massive fight scene between the two main characters which is a convention of action films the audience can also tell that it is going to be an action film because of the casting for the film. Sylvester Stallone is normally associated with acting in action films this is because of his physic. the Russian actor in the scene (Dolph lundgren)  also shows a great physic that tells the audience that there is going to be a fight scene. if you actually look up the name dolph lundgren on Google it comes up with this description "Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomize the action hero stereotype, alongside Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger"

 in this scene there is a lot of fast editing and quick camera shots that show that this films is an action film

in the scene we can see that hero and the villain of the film are wherein boxing gloves and shorts. the audience can instantly tell that this film is going to be about sports.in the scene we can see that on Rocky’s shorts we can see red and white stripes with a blue band going around the top of them, this resembles the American flag. because the film is an American film the audience can infer from this picture that rocky is the hero of the film 

over the shoulder shot

over the sholder shots are shots in wich the camera man films from the side of the head or over the sholder of the actor/ actress. usually this is used when two characters are having a conversation this is an over the sholder shot from the film super bad. this over the shoulder shot shows the expression on one characters face and how he feels about the other character in the shot
and this is an over the sholder shot from an interveiw with the U.S presedent barrack obama

Research and Planning Targets

Well done Ashley - a very nice start to your research and planning. For your analysius of opening two minutes make sure you comment on the following things to show a broad understanding and appreciation: Target Audience Narrative Characters Use of titles Pace of editing Mise en Scene Camera Composition Use of sound Genre conventions A really good start! Begin to plan your film now!