Secrets and lies

Secrets and lies

Children of men

Children of Men

Just as the opening sequence starts of Children Of Men it strangely starts with no sound and just the image of the Universal sign, this gives the opening scene a really effective way of grabbing the audience’s attention as this is unusual to start off with so the audience will think something is wrong however it is done to just draw their attention. Shortly after the universal sign disappears a voice over(VO) bridges into the film however there is no image whatsoever on the screen it is just a black screen, this is also used to draw attention to the audience as they will be paying more attention to what the voice over is saying. The VO at this point has not been distracted by any visuals therefore they are talking about a key message which is talking about all the dystopia which has been happening. After this there is now a scene in a London cafe where everyone is watching the news on the TV, there is also a TV behind them which shows the viewers a clear image of what news they are looking at. All of the tones in this scene are tones of grey/ green which are very dull and represent darkness and negativity; this could be implying that something bad is going to happen later on in the film. After a few seconds of looking at them in the cafe a man begins to work through the crowd oblivious to the news, he then is in centre frame of the shot which could indicate that he is important and this creates enigma as the audience will be thinking who is this actor and what importance is he going to have to the film. The man orders a drink and then walks out, whilst he walks out the camera follows behind him swiftly as if the camera is someone following him. This also gives a feeling that this man has a high importance to the film for someone to actually follow them.  There’s then a pan shot of the city so that the audience can see the area and then begins to follow the man down the road again. The man begins to then drink which could indicate that there’s nothing better to as there’s so much tragedy going on at the moment and it may  be helping him deal with the  circumstances. The camera then goes round the man to face the other side of the street suddenly at this point a large explosion happens coming out of a shop the man jumps back but the camera then moves in but juddering, this is  done to give the audience a better look to see what has happened. A woman comes running out screaming with a high pitch and holding one of her arms in the other hand, the screaming leaves a ring in your ear and this is done on purpose to then give the audience an idea of how you would feel to be in the actual scene yourself.

Film Production

The steps of production

1.     The preproduction

The first step in production is looking for inspiration using books, newspapers; they then pitch the idea to each other and talk to the producer about the film ideas, look at finances to see the cost.

2.     Development Finance

Next you present the pitch, then approach the film production and apply for a grant either public or private.

3.     Script Development

This is the production part, you need to produce a synopsis, write a draft to send to the finances and do the final draft.

4.     The next step is to look for actors to fit the specific roles for the film and then you need to find the actual cost of the film to see if it is affordable.

5.     Travel to look for investments on the film, you need to draw up contracts for the film so that all the deals are sealed and you need to make sure that all of the findings are done.

6.     Make sure all actors have been found and that the full cast have been hired, detailed preparation for the shots have been done.

7.     The next step you need to make sure that everything is kept to schedule with acting, camera, lighting, sound and effects are done so that you don’t run out of time and rush the making.

8.     Post Production

By this stage you need a rough cut of the film has to be done, you need to begin looking at the sounds, effects, titles, then final cut is done.

9.     You need to then sell the product, make and release and trailer and if there is enough money in the budget to then do a high profile screening.

10.  You then need to do a press and media coverage and you need to advertise to selling the film to cinemas.

11.  Distribution

This is the final step where you release a premiere date and then finally release the actual film.

Questionaire

questions	Julia	Lucy	Joei	Niro	Shaan
What is your favourite film?	Intouchables	Picture Perfect	Hunger games	Fast Furious 6	Harry Potter deathly hallows part 2
How often months do you go to the cinema?	3 times a month	2 times a month	3 times a month	1 time a month	2 times a month
What is your favourite genre?	Drama	Comedy	Romcom	Action	Action
How much money do you spend on a film?	£7	£7	£7	£6/7	£7
Do you stream films?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
What are your thoughts on piracy?	Don’t think it is very good but still use it.	Don’t care I use it.	I use it I like it.	I don’t care I use it.	It’s good.

 

I did a survey on my class to see what differences of the same target market were and how often they go to the cinema, how much they roughly spend, do they stream films, thoughts on piracy and there favourite genre.By doing this survey on people in my class I found that a lot of people in the target market age between 16-18 most popular genres are action and that a lot of people my age go to the cinema often with up to 3 times a month.  I also found that a lot of my target market do stream films and think that it is ok to do so and don’t really see any negative points about it.

Camera Movement - Zoom

This a example of a zooming shot. Zooming is used to either focus or  get closer so something or someone. Zooming is used usually with a still camera but can be used with a moving one.

Tracking Shots

Tracking shots are mainly used in Hollywood as they are expensive to use however, with a little money it is easily done and you can easily do the shots.  Tracking shots are when there is a camera behind a character and they slowly follow the character this makes the audience feel as if they are in the scene. A tracking shot can be filmed by a hand held but mostly done by dollies.

Tilt Shot

The tilt shot is similar to the pan shot, but its a little different as tilt shot moves vertically instead of horizontally. The tilt shot you also can use a tripod to give more support. A tilt shot is used to be able to see the full view as when there is just a medium shot you will not be able to see the full view which could be important so the tilt shot makes sure that the audience can see the full view.

Camera Movement - Panning

This is an example of a pan shot,Panning is a camera movement technique which involves moving the camera horizontally to the right or left. With this technique you can look at an object or follow any type of movement.Panning is mainly done using a hand held using a tripod as well so that it is not jumpy.Panning is used to establish a location or a landscape.  

Framing & Shots - Example TOWIE

The framing in this sequence is of a small but effective variety. The Frames used in this are a Long Shot (LS) a Medium Shot (MS) Close Ups (CL) and Over The Shoulder Shots (OTS). And then at the end there is a Low angle shot which follows the girl as she exits the park. These shots are essential for filming a conversation as they follow each person speaking and they show who is leading the conversation and who is speaking. They follow the conversation so that you get to see each persons reaction when they are spoken too.

The sheet below is a sheet that shows most of the camera frames. Later on on my blog i will post videos that show examples of all of these shots.

Close up shots are to give detail to the persons face and concentrates on there face specifically. A close up shot does not give any detail of the surroundings so it makes the audience purely concentrate on there face. There are different types of close ups extreme close up, close up,medium close.

Medium and long shots show the main person in the piece of film in the middle of the screen, the reason of a MS is to show that the character is specifically important and the middle of the screen is directly were the audience looks automatically. There are different types of MS such as normal MS, MLS, LS and VLS.

There are other shots such as two shot which shows two people next to each other in one shot, this could been shown to show the relationship between the two characters. Another shot is over the shoulder shot and this is done by the camera filming over somebodys shoulder, this shows the view from that person.

Low angle shots and high angle shots are other types of shots. The low angle shot is done by being filmed underneath somebody, this is done to show that the person has a lot of power, however a high angle shot is shot above a person to give the impression that they are small and have less power.

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