Wednesday 30 November 2011
Monday 28 November 2011
Title Ideas
- Flame pressure
- great consequences
- Incendiary consequences
- Accidental consequences
- A burning mistake
- Burn victims
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Conventions Of Teen Film
Teen movie are usually about a significant stage in adolescence and growing up in some way. These stages are often about
Teen movies will always be set in schools, the teenagers will wear young but obvious costumes and the teachers will almost always be badly dressed. Also a teen movie will be shot in high key lighting and their performance will be over the top.
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- sex
- relationships
- Parental issues
- drugs
- trendy
- hipster
Teen movies will always be set in schools, the teenagers will wear young but obvious costumes and the teachers will almost always be badly dressed. Also a teen movie will be shot in high key lighting and their performance will be over the top.
Typical Jock
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Prom Queen
Conventions Of a Horror Movie
In horror Movies people almost always to a party or go to a secluded cabin/house of some kind. The groups of young people are made up of teen movie stereotypes. Partying will involve doing illicit things like drugs,sex etc... There will be one of the girls not doing anything bad but she will habg around.
In most horror films the monster/psycho will appear during or after the party and start
killg them off, usually in order of how bad they've been. The monsters/psycho's face is never
seen or revealed it's usually disfigured or wearing a mask. The teenagers will try to save themselves but will never stick together and therefore be picked out one by one.
In most cases the innocent girl will survuve until the end, she may or may not kill the pshycho/monsters.
the Mise En Scene for Horror movies will almost always include:
Camera work will be alternating between still/steady and handheld/steadycam for fear and exitment and some P.O.V work.
Editing will always be in the continuity style.
In most horror films the monster/psycho will appear during or after the party and start
killg them off, usually in order of how bad they've been. The monsters/psycho's face is never
seen or revealed it's usually disfigured or wearing a mask. The teenagers will try to save themselves but will never stick together and therefore be picked out one by one.
In most cases the innocent girl will survuve until the end, she may or may not kill the pshycho/monsters.
the Mise En Scene for Horror movies will almost always include:
- low key lighting
- Suburban Location
- Teen Costumes
- Axe,Knife as weapons, never a gun
- Unrealistic performances
Camera work will be alternating between still/steady and handheld/steadycam for fear and exitment and some P.O.V work.
Editing will always be in the continuity style.
Final girl of Scream 4
Concealed Psychopath
Likely location
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Results for our questionnair
What do you like Most about Teen Movies?
Which Stars Would You Expect To See In a Teen Movie?
What would you rate, on a scale of 1 to 3 going to the cinema compared to watching at home?
Monday 21 November 2011
Sunday 20 November 2011
Camera Movement
- Tilt: is when the camera pivots vertically on a tri pod. It is often use to show the full length of a character in a close up shot
- Pan: also pivots the camera on a stationary access but it does it horizontally. It's almost like a tracking shot but higher. It can be used to switch between characters or to show a location.
- Tracking: Is when the camera is moving on a dolly from side to side. It is often used to follow a character when moving.
- Crane: is like a tracking shot but more impressive, you don't need a crane to do a crane shot. Cheaper and more portable members of the crane family can be used like a Jib arm
- Steadicam: It's a harnest device that employes a sophisticated system of hydrolics and counter waves to combine the mobility of hand held camera with the smoothness of a tracking shot. It can be used to follow a character but with a dreamy floating sensation to it.
- Handheld: it is used to indicate distressed states of mind, chaotic situations or to make it look like documentary camera work to add a sense of realism.
Camera angles: canted angle
The canted angle A.K.A Dutch angle is an angle in which the horizontal line of the shot is completely disproportioned it is often used when the character in the scene is sick,drunk or if something abnormal is happening
Camera Angles: High Angle
High angled camera shots are most of the time used to emphasize power because the person seems smaller . Or it is used to show what lies underneath someone for example in this picture you see the dangerous drop underneath him
Camera Angles: Low angle
Low angles are often used to make something or someone look superior and more powerful from the audience point of view, it's the opposite of a High angle
In this picture the man is looking down at the camera, this adds to the fact that he is a superhero because he has powers that make him superior than any normal human.
In this picture the man is looking down at the camera, this adds to the fact that he is a superhero because he has powers that make him superior than any normal human.
Thursday 17 November 2011
The 2min Sequence
In our two minute seqence we are going to shoot the opening of the film to establish the following narratives.
- The begininning of our sequence will be near the climax, the audience is straight into the action and so that they start questionning eachother about what is going on, also this will add a stressful atmosphere and emphasize the mysterious nature of the sequence, this will also establish that this is a thriller.We will then flashback to what may have caused the escaping and moments before that. The flashback starts with an intruduction to some of the main characters at a party, One of the characters then decides that he should go home three more chatacters are introduced when they all decide that they should go too. They walk together and one of the characters finishes his cigarette and throws it in a random house window they walk away giggling and the final scene is a close up on the cigarette.
Inital story idea
The idea we have is in the direction of Teen-Thriller.
The story starts with intoxicated teenagers, they are not fully conscious of what they are doing and about to do and are out, just for a good time. One person in the group is done with the cigarette and unknowingly throws the smouldering used cigarette into a window of a house. They walk off to continue with their night. The cigarette that is thrown into the house lights the carpet, and the carpet goes on to light other objects in the house until the whole house goes into flames.
The next morning they find in all the local papers that a mysterious fire has caused a house to be burnt down. They know it was them, however they collectively choose to ignore it and move on. He sustains severe burs to his hands and arms and minor ones to the facial area.
The group are unaware of what they have done. The man of the house also is unaware of who caused the incident and looks into seeking revenge.
Two Months later, someone knows what the teenagers have done and this "someone" is the man who was in the house at the time of the fire, yet he escaped the fire before anyone knew he was in there. The Group decide to take a holiday. A road trip to Cornwall having completely forgotten
what has happened, they begin to receive death threats from owner of the house, however they are unaware of the fact that it is the owner of the house. After a numerous amount of letters being sent to them, a series of events start to take place which are consequences about to be faced due to the house fire they set. As time progresses they try to save each another from the random and anonymous attacks. They start to link up the clues in the letters with the house fire that they caused. A member of the group suggest the idea that the letters and the fact that they burnt down the house are linked together. They start to worry and panic about the situation that they are in. Later that day the man kidnappes one from the gang and uses his phone to message all of the others telling them that they have to meet him urgently in a room. The gang does so and as soon as they open the door they see their friend tied up on a chair getting doused flamable liquide all over him/her.
One of the gang members runs in to save him/her but he gets knocked out by the man. The others decide that they could take him but as soon as they take one step the man pulls out a gun and tells them to freeze, the man then ties up all the remaining teenagers to chairs but realizes that there is a missing chair for the knocked out teen, so he decides to leave him on the floor and pours petrol all over him. He then comes back to the first person he tied up and decides to light each teen individually, he lights up the first one but as soon as he turns around he realizes that the knocked out teen has gotten up but it's too late, before he can react the teen tackles him on the floor and knockes him out with a lamp. He saves everyone in time but one of them is badly injured. The story ends with the medics putting the injured teen in the back of the ambulance and the man getting handcuffed by the police.
The story starts with intoxicated teenagers, they are not fully conscious of what they are doing and about to do and are out, just for a good time. One person in the group is done with the cigarette and unknowingly throws the smouldering used cigarette into a window of a house. They walk off to continue with their night. The cigarette that is thrown into the house lights the carpet, and the carpet goes on to light other objects in the house until the whole house goes into flames.
The next morning they find in all the local papers that a mysterious fire has caused a house to be burnt down. They know it was them, however they collectively choose to ignore it and move on. He sustains severe burs to his hands and arms and minor ones to the facial area.
The group are unaware of what they have done. The man of the house also is unaware of who caused the incident and looks into seeking revenge.
Two Months later, someone knows what the teenagers have done and this "someone" is the man who was in the house at the time of the fire, yet he escaped the fire before anyone knew he was in there. The Group decide to take a holiday. A road trip to Cornwall having completely forgotten
what has happened, they begin to receive death threats from owner of the house, however they are unaware of the fact that it is the owner of the house. After a numerous amount of letters being sent to them, a series of events start to take place which are consequences about to be faced due to the house fire they set. As time progresses they try to save each another from the random and anonymous attacks. They start to link up the clues in the letters with the house fire that they caused. A member of the group suggest the idea that the letters and the fact that they burnt down the house are linked together. They start to worry and panic about the situation that they are in. Later that day the man kidnappes one from the gang and uses his phone to message all of the others telling them that they have to meet him urgently in a room. The gang does so and as soon as they open the door they see their friend tied up on a chair getting doused flamable liquide all over him/her.
One of the gang members runs in to save him/her but he gets knocked out by the man. The others decide that they could take him but as soon as they take one step the man pulls out a gun and tells them to freeze, the man then ties up all the remaining teenagers to chairs but realizes that there is a missing chair for the knocked out teen, so he decides to leave him on the floor and pours petrol all over him. He then comes back to the first person he tied up and decides to light each teen individually, he lights up the first one but as soon as he turns around he realizes that the knocked out teen has gotten up but it's too late, before he can react the teen tackles him on the floor and knockes him out with a lamp. He saves everyone in time but one of them is badly injured. The story ends with the medics putting the injured teen in the back of the ambulance and the man getting handcuffed by the police.
Monday 14 November 2011
Camera: Extreme Close up
An extreme close up is used to focus on a particular object that is significant in the scene with great detail
Camera: Close up
A close up is often used to show facial reaction/expression and encourages identification
Camera: Medium shot
A medium shot is often used when two characters are having a conversation or are opposing each other
The background is out of focus because its not important the subject are the two men arguing
The background is out of focus because its not important the subject are the two men arguing
Camera: Long shot
A long shot is used to fit more than one object in the frame and it also gives you a good sense of the mise-en-scene as well as the characters position in it.
In this one an opposition is created between the young people and the "suits"
Camera:Extreme long shot
An extreme long shot often establishes the opening of a scene to identify the location in which it is shot.
In this establishing shot of Fargo you can see the emptiness and the coldness of the location. This indicates loneliness and solitary.
In this establishing shot of Fargo you can see the emptiness and the coldness of the location. This indicates loneliness and solitary.
Thursday 3 November 2011
Mise-En-Scene Key Elements: High Key lighting
High Key Lighting is used to lighten the mood it is often used in comedy and makes the audience feel safe by emphasizing comedy and adds comforting feeling.
In this screenshot high key lighting is used to compliment the comic expression and the bright colors which all serve to tell the audience that this is a comedy.
In this screenshot high key lighting is used to compliment the comic expression and the bright colors which all serve to tell the audience that this is a comedy.
Mise-En-Scene Elements: Low key Lighting
Low Key Lighting is used to add a dramatic and sinister effect. Low key lighting is often used in sci-fy and horror movies
In this screenshot low key lighting is used to indicate the sinister nature of the murder that just occured. This also adds a depressing mood and might affect the audiences mood
In this screenshot low key lighting is used to indicate the sinister nature of the murder that just occured. This also adds a depressing mood and might affect the audiences mood
Mise-En Scene Elements: Props
Props are useful to identify genre and tells the audience what might happen in a movie for example if a man grabs a gun you can immediatly tell that he is in a situation of danger or he is the one causing the danger. Danger+suspence+gun=action/thriller It also helps describinng a character
In this scene the main Prop is a baseball bat and the man is not playing baseball he is also holding it as if he was about to hit someone with it. This tells us that this man is bad tempered but at the same time he is romantic because he is holding flowers
In this scene the main Prop is a baseball bat and the man is not playing baseball he is also holding it as if he was about to hit someone with it. This tells us that this man is bad tempered but at the same time he is romantic because he is holding flowers
Mise-En-Scene Elements: Off Set
The last screenshot I showed you was on-set Now let's take a look at off set locations.
As you can see this is filmed off set they just added the debris on the floor,smoke and blown off windows. They shot offset to add realism to the movie and also if they need a big location. Also Big off set locations are pretty useful in war movies or disaster movies you can tell this is a war movie because of the tanks and all the debris.
As you can see this is filmed off set they just added the debris on the floor,smoke and blown off windows. They shot offset to add realism to the movie and also if they need a big location. Also Big off set locations are pretty useful in war movies or disaster movies you can tell this is a war movie because of the tanks and all the debris.
Monday 31 October 2011
Mise-En-Scene Key Elements: Location On Set
Location does some of the things that costume does. A film can be shot in a studio or on location to increase very similatude
On this screenshot the audience can clearly see that this is a sci-fy movie due to the gigantic cables on the floor and walls, also the lighting is very low-key and the place looks enourmous. There is a strange architecture using un-recognizable material that could be Alien.
On this screenshot the audience can clearly see that this is a sci-fy movie due to the gigantic cables on the floor and walls, also the lighting is very low-key and the place looks enourmous. There is a strange architecture using un-recognizable material that could be Alien.
Mise-En-Scene key elements: Costume
Costumes can tell what periode or era it is in, it can also define a chatacter and what genre the movie is
In this screenshot the costume tells the audience that this guy is a wealthy person in the 50's and that he may be part of a mafia because the two men behind him are wearing similar clothing and have "the hats." The costume compliments that he is powerful which you can tell by the way he is sitting and also because he is the only one not wearing his hat.
In this screenshot the costume tells the audience that this guy is a wealthy person in the 50's and that he may be part of a mafia because the two men behind him are wearing similar clothing and have "the hats." The costume compliments that he is powerful which you can tell by the way he is sitting and also because he is the only one not wearing his hat.
Let's talk about!: Mise En Scene
Mise-En-Scene
The key elements one can analyse in Mise-En-Scene are:
- Composition
- Framing
- Costume
- Lighting
- Props
- Location
- Performance
Monday 17 October 2011
Initial story idea Draft1
The story begins with drunk teenagers,when outside one of them throws a cigarette and doesn't notice that the cigarette goes in a window.Two hours later the teenagers watch the news and they realize that they burnt down the house but the news report says that no one was in the house so the teenagers decide to not tell anyone and forget about it.There was someone in the house. 2 months later the teenagers recieve threatning letters and start being anxious. The man stalks them and the teenagers decide to call the police, the police captures the man and the gang decides to forget about everything by going to Cornwall.
Because the police didn't have enough proof they decide to let him go and the man follows them to Cornwall and knocks on their hotel door pretending he is room service, one of the teenagers opens the door and recognises the man but it's too late the man locks the door and ties the gang to chairs he poured petrol al over them and is about to set them on fire but before he does that he says something like "now you will know how it feels to get burned" he reaches for his lighter and
Because the police didn't have enough proof they decide to let him go and the man follows them to Cornwall and knocks on their hotel door pretending he is room service, one of the teenagers opens the door and recognises the man but it's too late the man locks the door and ties the gang to chairs he poured petrol al over them and is about to set them on fire but before he does that he says something like "now you will know how it feels to get burned" he reaches for his lighter and
Thursday 13 October 2011
Basic genre analysis part III
You can tell this is an alien disaster movie from the following conventions:
- Buildings collapsing
- Power supplies shut down
- Empty city
- Explosions
- Landmarks being destroyed
- CGI
Basic genre analysis part II
You can tell this is a comedy from the following conventions.
- They are all drunk
- There is a geek and a clown
- They did crazy things they can't remember
- Lost baby, they find a tiger in the bathroom
- there are some funny conversations
- Slapstick comedy,explitives
Basic Genre conventions
This is an action-comic book movie because the viewer can analyse the following conventions:
- Stunts,Special effects
- Bad guy
- exotic location
- costume
- Strong masculin hero
Thursday 6 October 2011
Equilibrium: A couple is living happely their lives
Complication: The wife get's attacked and is sent to the hospital, meanwhile the guy meets a vigilante that offers him a favor to kill the man who attacked his wife.
Disequilibrium: The vigilante asks the guy to do more jobs for him, he is blackmailed and can't get away from the vigilante.
Climax: The climax will likely be the man finding a way to get away from the vigilante or kills him
New equilibrium: the vigilante is out of the way and the couple is happy again
Todorov's and propp's theory
Todorov's system containes 5 stages:
Equilibrium: Is how everything is at the moment, we get introduced to the main character, the current location and the current situation.
Complication: Is when a significant event disrupes the equilibrium and un-balances the current situation.
Disequilibrium: Is when the main character is at the point where he needs to think about how to re-establishe the equilibrium
Climax: is when the final significant event occures and decides weither things well be better or worst
New Equilibrium: is the outcome of the climax, everything is either the same as the original equilibrium but a little better( that's what happens in most cases) or it is worst.
Propp's system has 5 character types:
The Hero: is the main character who overcomes obstacles.
The Princess: is the reward for the hero at the end of the story.
The Villain: is the character that creats the obstacles for the hero
The Donor: is the character that at some point in the story helps the hero by giving him an item or an advise that will drive the hero to overcome the las few obstacles.
The sidekick: Is the character that helps the hero during most of the story but in most cases dies.
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Let's talk about: Semiotics part 2
Kk for the final part of Semiotics we have:
Polysemy: means 'many possible meanings' E.g if you had a poster with a black protester struggling with a policeman it could be understood in many different ways like: police brutality or violence restrained.
Anchorage: restricts the 'many possible meanings' to a 'preferred' or 'dominant' reading so if the poster with the black protester struggling with the policeman had a caption saying "police brutality" it forces you to think that this is about police brutality and you won't think about what it could you will just think about what it is.
Next and final of this topic we have:
Montage: is when two or more images are put together to a form a sequential or combined 'whole' or total meaning (such as a sequence of shots in a movie)
Juxtaposition: (still not sure how to pronounce that...) is when two or more images are brought together to change each other's meaning E.g a picture of Ex President George Bush next to a picture of a chimpanzee would mean something different than a picture of Mr bush next to Winston Churchill
Polysemy: means 'many possible meanings' E.g if you had a poster with a black protester struggling with a policeman it could be understood in many different ways like: police brutality or violence restrained.
Anchorage: restricts the 'many possible meanings' to a 'preferred' or 'dominant' reading so if the poster with the black protester struggling with the policeman had a caption saying "police brutality" it forces you to think that this is about police brutality and you won't think about what it could you will just think about what it is.
Next and final of this topic we have:
Montage: is when two or more images are put together to a form a sequential or combined 'whole' or total meaning (such as a sequence of shots in a movie)
Juxtaposition: (still not sure how to pronounce that...) is when two or more images are brought together to change each other's meaning E.g a picture of Ex President George Bush next to a picture of a chimpanzee would mean something different than a picture of Mr bush next to Winston Churchill
Let's talk about: Semiotics
Semiotics consist of 14 terms
I will give you the terms & definition for each term LET'S GOOOO
The Terms are:
Sign: Signs stand for or represent ideas or things. They represent in 3 different ways Icons,Symbols and Indexical signs.
Icons: resemble what they represent e.g a painting or a photo
Symbols: only represent something by agreement e,g a logo or a traffic sign
Indexical signs: indicate something by association like a Fire exit sign.
NEXT we have: Denotation
connotation
Myth
Denotation: is when a sign refers to the 'literal' meaning of the signified referent or concept.
Connotation: is when a sign refers to the meanings associated with the signified referent or concept
Myth: is the given idea attached to the signified referent or concept.
I will put the rest on a new post. See you in a beat!!!
I will give you the terms & definition for each term LET'S GOOOO
The Terms are:
Sign: Signs stand for or represent ideas or things. They represent in 3 different ways Icons,Symbols and Indexical signs.
Icons: resemble what they represent e.g a painting or a photo
Symbols: only represent something by agreement e,g a logo or a traffic sign
Indexical signs: indicate something by association like a Fire exit sign.
NEXT we have: Denotation
connotation
Myth
Denotation: is when a sign refers to the 'literal' meaning of the signified referent or concept.
Connotation: is when a sign refers to the meanings associated with the signified referent or concept
Myth: is the given idea attached to the signified referent or concept.
I will put the rest on a new post. See you in a beat!!!
Monday 26 September 2011
Sunday 25 September 2011
Hi Guys! My name is Karl-Dimitri, I am a A-Level student and my subjects are Business studies, French,Spanish and Media Studies (and maybe drama). I'm the kinda guy that likes sports and entertainment. One of my favourite hobby is to go outside on morning weekends and run in the park with my earphones on... or to sleep for 12 hours :D
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