Tuesday, 27 June 2017
IT Trailer (2017)
The movie "It" is of the horror genre and is based around clowns. The film trailer is able to give the audience a brief insight into what the film is about.
The film has a target audience of teenagers and young adults, due to the film's genre. However, the film also appeals to a middle aged target audience, due to the film being based on a similar film from the early 1990s. The film trailer can appeal to its target audience through using general conventions of horror movies, such as low key lighting and civilised locations in the film.
One type of camera shot that is used from the trailer is a close up. This is used to show the boy's facial expressions upon seeing the face of the clown. This is effective as the audience can empathise with how the boy is feeling in this situation. Another type of camera shot that is used in the film trailer is long shot, which is used to show the setting of the film, an old abandoned house. This is effective as it shows to the audience what the location of the film is.
The costumes of the protagonists are natural, which suggests that it is trying to make it relatable for the audience of the film. The settings of the film that are shown in the trailer are dark, which are conventional to the horror film genre.
The non diegetic soundtrack that is used in the trailer is tense and dramatic, which is a typical convention for a horror film. The cuts between scenes at the beginning of the trailer are slow, as they introduce the audience to the scenes and the characters. But as the trailer goes on, the cuts are of a faster pace
Monday, 26 June 2017
Creativity
Creativity:
Inspiration of our ideas: One of the inspirations for our film was watching some opening sequences of successful horror films, such as The Woman in Black and The Conjuring. This inspired us as horror films are a popular and successful genre for teenage audiences. We also used this as an idea as many of the conventional characters in horror films are teenagers, which is helpful to us as we are of that age.
How did we collaborate our ideas? To help us choose what ideas that we were going to use in our opening sequence, we compromised with each other on our decisions. For example Shannon and I had the idea of filming at Shannon's house, due to her house being more suited to a horror film location, rather than moving to a location which wasn't as much of a conventional horror film location. To help us decide on final decisions, we would meet up as a group and discuss the ideas. This was effective, as we were able to share and listen to each other's viewpoints.
How did we change things? One thing that we decided to change from our film was how we wanted are antagonist to be played. We had an original idea to make them already be inside the house, as well being portrayed in more of a sinister way compared to being creepy. However, we felt it would compliment our story line more if they were shown as being socially awkward, as it would be more relatable to the target audience. We also changed the costumes of some of the characters in our story line. For example, we originally had all of the protagonists in smarter costumes. However we felt it would look more naturalistic to have them in casual clothing. On top of this, we made the antagonist's costume darker in colour, as its conventional for antagonists to have dark costumes in horror films.
How did we use Adobe Premier Elements? Adobe Premier Elements is an editing software that we used to add effects and bring together our footage. One feature that we used for our opening sequence were different transitions, for example fades. This was effective as it linked the scenes together in a more professional way, as well as making it easier for the audience to watch and understand. Another feature that we decided to use was adding titles over scenes. This addressed some of the key information to the audience, such as the cast and production company of the film. The other feature that we used over our opening sequence was zoom. This was used to help the audience identify with the antagonist of the film, as the zoomed in scene focuses on her. An additional feature that we could use in the future to improve our trailer could be changing the time of a scene, either by speeding it up or slowing it down. This is effective as it can show to the audience the pace of the scene.
What stylistic techniques were used? One stylistic technique that we used in our opening sequence was using a dolly shot in the beginning of the scene, to follow two of the protagonists down a pathway. We chose to use this technique as it gave it a natural effect. To improve in the future, we could use more unnatural effects, to create a different atmosphere for our audience.
Inspiration of our ideas: One of the inspirations for our film was watching some opening sequences of successful horror films, such as The Woman in Black and The Conjuring. This inspired us as horror films are a popular and successful genre for teenage audiences. We also used this as an idea as many of the conventional characters in horror films are teenagers, which is helpful to us as we are of that age.
How did we collaborate our ideas? To help us choose what ideas that we were going to use in our opening sequence, we compromised with each other on our decisions. For example Shannon and I had the idea of filming at Shannon's house, due to her house being more suited to a horror film location, rather than moving to a location which wasn't as much of a conventional horror film location. To help us decide on final decisions, we would meet up as a group and discuss the ideas. This was effective, as we were able to share and listen to each other's viewpoints.
How did we change things? One thing that we decided to change from our film was how we wanted are antagonist to be played. We had an original idea to make them already be inside the house, as well being portrayed in more of a sinister way compared to being creepy. However, we felt it would compliment our story line more if they were shown as being socially awkward, as it would be more relatable to the target audience. We also changed the costumes of some of the characters in our story line. For example, we originally had all of the protagonists in smarter costumes. However we felt it would look more naturalistic to have them in casual clothing. On top of this, we made the antagonist's costume darker in colour, as its conventional for antagonists to have dark costumes in horror films.
How did we use Adobe Premier Elements? Adobe Premier Elements is an editing software that we used to add effects and bring together our footage. One feature that we used for our opening sequence were different transitions, for example fades. This was effective as it linked the scenes together in a more professional way, as well as making it easier for the audience to watch and understand. Another feature that we decided to use was adding titles over scenes. This addressed some of the key information to the audience, such as the cast and production company of the film. The other feature that we used over our opening sequence was zoom. This was used to help the audience identify with the antagonist of the film, as the zoomed in scene focuses on her. An additional feature that we could use in the future to improve our trailer could be changing the time of a scene, either by speeding it up or slowing it down. This is effective as it can show to the audience the pace of the scene.
What stylistic techniques were used? One stylistic technique that we used in our opening sequence was using a dolly shot in the beginning of the scene, to follow two of the protagonists down a pathway. We chose to use this technique as it gave it a natural effect. To improve in the future, we could use more unnatural effects, to create a different atmosphere for our audience.
Green Street Hooligans Trailer Analysis
The movie Green Street Hooligans is of the action-drama genre and is based around the football hooligans of England.
Due to the film's use of strong language and violence, as well as the topic of the film being centered around football, the target audience of the film would conventionally be of young men from ages of 16 or 17 up to the ages of 30, or potentially anyone who has an interest in action films or football. The trailer showcases short clips of screaming football fans as well as them getting involved in punch ups.
The non-diegetic soundtrack that is played in the trailer is the song "Club Foot" by British rock band Kasabian. Music of this genre tends to be popular with the conventional target audience of action films, due to the music having a louder volume and higher tempo. As well as this, the diegetic dialogue that is used by the characters in the film is violent and aggressive, which can be a stereotype of young men.
One type of camera shot that is used in the trailer is a close up. This type of shot is used to show the facial expressions on the character's faces, so that the target audience can empathise with how they feel. Another type of camera shot that is used in the trailer is a two shot, which shows to the audience the relationship between two different characters. An example of a camera angle that is used in the trailer is a low angle, which makes the camera look down on the protagonist of the film; a young innocent American man who has never been involved in a fight. This type of camera angle is effective as it shows that he has less power compared to the violent football fans who are talking to him
The setting of the film is in the rougher and stereo typically working class areas of South East London, particularly the areas in which the football clubs of West Ham and Millwall are based. This conforms to the stereotype of action films, as they tend to be set in more violent areas. The costumes of the hooligans are casual clothing, for example bomber jackets and jeans. This would be relatable to the clothing of the target audience, as this clothing type is what they consider as fashionable.
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
Digital Technology in our Performance
Digital Technology:
Software: For our AS Media, we used the software of Adobe Premier Elements 10. We chose to use this software as it has a variety of features to edit and bring together film footage, such as zoom features, and transitions. Another piece of editing software that we used was movie maker.
Equipment: Throughout the production of our film, we used different pieces of equipment. One piece of equipment that we used in the production of our film was a camera. We used a Canon camera for filming the majority of the opening of the film, due to its high quality. As well as this, we also used an iPhone 7 to film the rest of the scenes, as its easier to access our footage, with high quality as well. In future, we would only use the iPhone as it is easier to use and has an equal quality of filming with a camera. To help keep the camera steady, we used a tripod. This ensures stability of the camera when filming, meaning that the quality of the footage will be higher. Our use of the tripod was good as we used it throughout the filming process, however I feel that we could have placed it in a wider range of positions, to create different effects for our audience when watching. Another piece of equipment that we used was a lamp. This was very useful as it helped provide low level lighting in dark scenes.
Pros and Cons: One of the pros of the technology that we used was that we used high quality pieces of hardware. An example of this were our choices of camera, to film the scenes. This was useful to us as it helped us create high quality footage. We also used a high quality piece of editing software, Adobe Premier Elements. which helped us edit our work to a high standard. I would definitely use this piece of software again, as it helped develop our work. Something that we would do differently with the technology is use 2 different cameras for filming. This is because it was difficult to gather and organise the footage from 2 different hardware devices.
Technology in our production and development: In the production stages of our opening sequence, we used cameras as technology to film the scenes. As well as this, we used PC's and Laptops to edit our opening sequence. For the development of our film, we used a PC to upload our footage onto the popular website, YouTube. This was effective as it distributed our film to a wide audience.
Software: For our AS Media, we used the software of Adobe Premier Elements 10. We chose to use this software as it has a variety of features to edit and bring together film footage, such as zoom features, and transitions. Another piece of editing software that we used was movie maker.
Equipment: Throughout the production of our film, we used different pieces of equipment. One piece of equipment that we used in the production of our film was a camera. We used a Canon camera for filming the majority of the opening of the film, due to its high quality. As well as this, we also used an iPhone 7 to film the rest of the scenes, as its easier to access our footage, with high quality as well. In future, we would only use the iPhone as it is easier to use and has an equal quality of filming with a camera. To help keep the camera steady, we used a tripod. This ensures stability of the camera when filming, meaning that the quality of the footage will be higher. Our use of the tripod was good as we used it throughout the filming process, however I feel that we could have placed it in a wider range of positions, to create different effects for our audience when watching. Another piece of equipment that we used was a lamp. This was very useful as it helped provide low level lighting in dark scenes.
Pros and Cons: One of the pros of the technology that we used was that we used high quality pieces of hardware. An example of this were our choices of camera, to film the scenes. This was useful to us as it helped us create high quality footage. We also used a high quality piece of editing software, Adobe Premier Elements. which helped us edit our work to a high standard. I would definitely use this piece of software again, as it helped develop our work. Something that we would do differently with the technology is use 2 different cameras for filming. This is because it was difficult to gather and organise the footage from 2 different hardware devices.
Technology in our production and development: In the production stages of our opening sequence, we used cameras as technology to film the scenes. As well as this, we used PC's and Laptops to edit our opening sequence. For the development of our film, we used a PC to upload our footage onto the popular website, YouTube. This was effective as it distributed our film to a wide audience.
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