Main task evaluation
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Monday, 10 May 2010
Main task - storyboard
As a group we sat down and draw up a storyboard before creating our film, here we planned the shots, camera movements, lighting, sound and transactions we would use in the making of our main film. Below is the story board we created.
Main task influences - analysing 'stalker' films
Before putting together our film we looked at other films for reference to make sure we didn't leave any key codes and conventions out. We also looked at dated films right through to modern day films to make sure we didn't miss out anything.
The first film we looked at was a film called 'One hour photo' we looked at this as it consisted of a stalker plot theme. This American film made in 2002 sees a lonely shop worker who dedicates his life to work, his favourite customers are the Yorkin family, he idolises their happiness and the fact they have each other. This is due to the fact that 'Sy' (the main character) only has a hamster for companionship but the Yorkin family all have each other. This then turns into an obsession and he soon starts to stalk the family. This link shows the trailer to the movie we looked at, and although it is only the trailer it shows how the obsession builds up.
Another film we looked at was called 'Sleeping with the enemy' this like the film above is a film based around stalking. This film sees a woman who is violently abused by her husband and when decides to leave the relationship he comes down to find her. The film ends with Martin being killed by his own gun with Laura (the main female characters) ring next to him.
When comparing these two films we decided that there had to be an ending, we had to decide what path we wanted to take did we want the stalker to kill someone or just get caught? We decided on the stalker killing someone so that the film could carry on into a crime scene.
The first film we looked at was a film called 'One hour photo' we looked at this as it consisted of a stalker plot theme. This American film made in 2002 sees a lonely shop worker who dedicates his life to work, his favourite customers are the Yorkin family, he idolises their happiness and the fact they have each other. This is due to the fact that 'Sy' (the main character) only has a hamster for companionship but the Yorkin family all have each other. This then turns into an obsession and he soon starts to stalk the family. This link shows the trailer to the movie we looked at, and although it is only the trailer it shows how the obsession builds up.
Another film we looked at was called 'Sleeping with the enemy' this like the film above is a film based around stalking. This film sees a woman who is violently abused by her husband and when decides to leave the relationship he comes down to find her. The film ends with Martin being killed by his own gun with Laura (the main female characters) ring next to him.
When comparing these two films we decided that there had to be an ending, we had to decide what path we wanted to take did we want the stalker to kill someone or just get caught? We decided on the stalker killing someone so that the film could carry on into a crime scene.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Main task research - CRIME!
Once we had chosen our genre we then decided to map out what codes and conventions come under crime. This helped us to ensure that our film included or built up to all of these.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Pre-lim task
This is my groups preliminary task. We decided to go with the genre of crime as we found that the crime genre had very distinctive features over the other possible genres we discussed.
Pre-lim research
Crime E.g: CSI
- Long black outs and transactions
- little colour
- change in music styles
- sudden happenings
- Mysterys
- Point of view shots
Romantic comedy E.g: 50 first dates
- Happy music
- Bright colours
- Bright,sunny weather
- filmed in daylight
- Break of 180 degree rule
- quick transaction changes
Horror E.g: the ring
- Little dialogue to build suspense
- Low key slow music
- sound effects
- little colour
- black transactions
Pre-lim influence
Before creating our preliminary task we had looked at how other films created suspense and a sense of character vulnerability in their films in order for our characters to portray the correct image. We also looked at the variety of shots used to create this sense of the unknown to our audience.
The film gladiator shows this sense of suspsense right at the end of the film. We took influences from the opening of the door scene shown above when Maximus slowly opens the door, this is used as a metaphor of death. This is reflected in our film also when the vulnerable character due to alochol slowly walking through the door and up the stairs.
We also looked at female dominance in films.
The film we looked at for reference to was Beauty shop the clip above shows the trailer but it shows the main prodominant female throughout. Gina is the dominant female through out the film. on the contrary she uses respect with her colleagues and customers to gain her dominance where as the character in our film uses violence in order to gain dominance.
The film gladiator shows this sense of suspsense right at the end of the film. We took influences from the opening of the door scene shown above when Maximus slowly opens the door, this is used as a metaphor of death. This is reflected in our film also when the vulnerable character due to alochol slowly walking through the door and up the stairs.
We also looked at female dominance in films.
The film we looked at for reference to was Beauty shop the clip above shows the trailer but it shows the main prodominant female throughout. Gina is the dominant female through out the film. on the contrary she uses respect with her colleagues and customers to gain her dominance where as the character in our film uses violence in order to gain dominance.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Analysis of TV drama
TV drama (especially soaps) is considerably shown more on the weekdays, this helps us to be able to easily identify the type of audience of which it is trying to aim to, working class/middle class professionals. This is shown as the programmes are aired to fit in with the typical 9-5 job. With the earliest soap showing at 6.30pm and the latest 8pm.
This is before the watershed time of 9pm where viewing of TV is increased. The soaps are normally shown before the watershed time so it appeals to families. After the watershed time however more raunchy shows are aired for example hotel Babylon. Where swearing is allowed and more sensitive subjects are covered for example skins focuses on teenage drug addictions.
This is before the watershed time of 9pm where viewing of TV is increased. The soaps are normally shown before the watershed time so it appeals to families. After the watershed time however more raunchy shows are aired for example hotel Babylon. Where swearing is allowed and more sensitive subjects are covered for example skins focuses on teenage drug addictions.
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Convergence
Convergence can be looked at like a river, with lots of channels coming off it resembling different forms of medium.
Convergence explains hardware and software coming together across media, and companies coming together across similar boundaries, to make the distinction between different types of media increasingly uncertain.
T.v, radio,video games, magazines and newspapers are all examples of different forms of media communication also known as platforms.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
How is Eastenders appealing to the internet generation?
In terms of Chandlers CAGE theory:
C- Eastenders is aimed at the working class this is shown through the jobs and character's that are played. These are sometimes in the form of a villain for example 'Den Watts' or as a 'typical' working class citizen such as 'Peggy Mitchell'. The mise en scene is set around a market stall, this also helps to portray the particular class of which Eastenders is aimed towards.
A- There is no particular age group which Eastenders aim towards. It is watched by many from the ages of 13-70. This is shown in the characters played. For example Lucy Beale a 15 year old girl right to Dot Cotton a 70 year old woman
G- Eastenders is a soap-opera it shows dramas and highlights of which the general public can relate to and stage it to create empathy for the characters. Like other soap operas, Eastenders lets you build up a relationship with the characters before they are either killed off or get tied up in some sort of dilemma. Soap-operas let people see real problems which happens in every ones lives without actually being involved. They thrive on the fact that people like to know what is going on in other peoples lives, without actually revealing or pin pointing one particular group.
E- Eastenders doesn't aim at any one particular ethnic group, they in fact portray different ethnic groups in true light, although sometimes exaggerated. One example of this is with a Muslim family, they have given them a story line where their eldest son is gay and how the family react to this news. - it is totally forbidden. This teaches the public things they didn't know about ethnic minority groups, and can even help turn predigests around about certain ethnic minorities. Laswells theory asks who is being represented and how. In Eastenders case, the Muslim family is mainly represented by the mother, Zainab who is very out spoken and true to her religion trying to steer her children into the 'correct' muslim way of life. One example of this is at her first born sons wedding where she finds out that he has been having an affir with a man, it shows the viewers how even though her son doesnt want to marry amira (his fiance) Zainab forces him as it would bring shame to her family. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmNwpDDgXI&feature=related
Eastenders can now also be viewed on the internet, on BBC iplayer, means people can catch up on missed episodes, and can go on about their busy lives without having to be in at 7.30 to watch every episode http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ Another example of the Eastenders appealing to the internet generation is the 25th anniversary of Eastenders, where the friday night episode was played out live to the nation. This was watched by an average 15.6 million people. this does not include the amount of people who catched up on bbc iplayer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8526006.stm this is shown in the record figures section)
C- Eastenders is aimed at the working class this is shown through the jobs and character's that are played. These are sometimes in the form of a villain for example 'Den Watts' or as a 'typical' working class citizen such as 'Peggy Mitchell'. The mise en scene is set around a market stall, this also helps to portray the particular class of which Eastenders is aimed towards.
A- There is no particular age group which Eastenders aim towards. It is watched by many from the ages of 13-70. This is shown in the characters played. For example Lucy Beale a 15 year old girl right to Dot Cotton a 70 year old woman
G- Eastenders is a soap-opera it shows dramas and highlights of which the general public can relate to and stage it to create empathy for the characters. Like other soap operas, Eastenders lets you build up a relationship with the characters before they are either killed off or get tied up in some sort of dilemma. Soap-operas let people see real problems which happens in every ones lives without actually being involved. They thrive on the fact that people like to know what is going on in other peoples lives, without actually revealing or pin pointing one particular group.
E- Eastenders doesn't aim at any one particular ethnic group, they in fact portray different ethnic groups in true light, although sometimes exaggerated. One example of this is with a Muslim family, they have given them a story line where their eldest son is gay and how the family react to this news. - it is totally forbidden. This teaches the public things they didn't know about ethnic minority groups, and can even help turn predigests around about certain ethnic minorities. Laswells theory asks who is being represented and how. In Eastenders case, the Muslim family is mainly represented by the mother, Zainab who is very out spoken and true to her religion trying to steer her children into the 'correct' muslim way of life. One example of this is at her first born sons wedding where she finds out that he has been having an affir with a man, it shows the viewers how even though her son doesnt want to marry amira (his fiance) Zainab forces him as it would bring shame to her family. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmNwpDDgXI&feature=related
Eastenders can now also be viewed on the internet, on BBC iplayer, means people can catch up on missed episodes, and can go on about their busy lives without having to be in at 7.30 to watch every episode http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ Another example of the Eastenders appealing to the internet generation is the 25th anniversary of Eastenders, where the friday night episode was played out live to the nation. This was watched by an average 15.6 million people. this does not include the amount of people who catched up on bbc iplayer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8526006.stm this is shown in the record figures section)
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