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