Sunday 27 November 2011
Saturday 26 November 2011
No.11- Key shots 'Blue Valentine'
The first shot is of a couple, they hugging and on their faces bright lights so its shows that the movie will be about love couples.
Key shot 2
Straight after first shot there is a girl on the neck of her boy, and on the back there is a light of a fireworks, its shows love and happiness.
Key shot 3
It is really important for a film to have a title, the title shows as a capital letters 'BLUE VALENTINE' in the middle of the shot, and on the back of this title two people kissing.
Key shot 4
A shot of a very bright light on the street, and two menssion all the first shots are in dark and the names comes out in the middle.
Key shot 5
The close-up of a woman face quite in love and sad face and on her face this bright lights comes out ' fireworks'
Key shot 6
Its important of titles to be successfull because its shows how great movie will be and this shot shows of two people kissing.
Key shot 7
The colours get brighter with every shot, this shot is more with a green background and couple hugging each other and walking towards the camera.
Key shot 8
This shot is a very happy and love shot, the lights point only on the couple, how they very happy together. The light is very light in this shot.
Key shot 9
The last shot shows a young girl standing in the middle of the field and behind there is a forest. The light are very warm and its sunny compare to other shots. And its the ending before the movie begins.
No.10-Textual Analysis
The titles in romantic comedies tend to be simple and easy to read. Normally in romantic comedies the font used is script writing, because it relates to romance, but some films in this genre just use classic fonts. The titles slowly fade in and fade out. The titles contain the names of producers, directors and actors/actresses.
Normally in a title sequence in this genre, a song is played, diegetic or non-diegetic. For example in the title sequence of Bridget Jones Diary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0zfB1l1x0) the diegetic song 'all by myself' is played and she starts singing with the song. However in the Love Actually title sequence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsnruVriVYw) there is music in the background but there is a over-powering voice-over talking over the music.
In Love Actually there are many characters in the title sequence but none of them are characters in the film. The clip is located in an airport, people are wearing casual clothes and some are wearing suits. The age ranging from young children to elderly people. The characters in the clip are all hugging each other, and showing the audience that love is everywhere.
The title sequence from Bridget Jones Diary actually introduces the main character from the location of her flat in her disorganised living room. She is slouched on the sofa, drinking, smoking and watching television. She's wearing red polka dot pyjamas, has messy hair and with very little make up on. This makes the audience focus and know that this is the main character in the rest of the film.
In the Love Actually title sequence, the location is set at a airport. Therefore most the props in the clip would be luggage trolleys, bags and suitcases. The lighting is high key, this gives the audience a clear view on what's happening.
The title sequence from Bridget Jones Diary is set in her messy living room in her flat. The lighting is very dark and has naturalistic light coming from the lit fire place. The props used in this clip are a bottle of wine, a phone, television and cigarettes.
Normally in a title sequence in this genre, a song is played, diegetic or non-diegetic. For example in the title sequence of Bridget Jones Diary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0zfB1l1x0) the diegetic song 'all by myself' is played and she starts singing with the song. However in the Love Actually title sequence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsnruVriVYw) there is music in the background but there is a over-powering voice-over talking over the music.
In Love Actually there are many characters in the title sequence but none of them are characters in the film. The clip is located in an airport, people are wearing casual clothes and some are wearing suits. The age ranging from young children to elderly people. The characters in the clip are all hugging each other, and showing the audience that love is everywhere.
The title sequence from Bridget Jones Diary actually introduces the main character from the location of her flat in her disorganised living room. She is slouched on the sofa, drinking, smoking and watching television. She's wearing red polka dot pyjamas, has messy hair and with very little make up on. This makes the audience focus and know that this is the main character in the rest of the film.
The title sequence from Bridget Jones Diary is set in her messy living room in her flat. The lighting is very dark and has naturalistic light coming from the lit fire place. The props used in this clip are a bottle of wine, a phone, television and cigarettes.
In the title sequence Bridget Jones Diary, the enigma code is used. It is used by the way the director created the clip. She is at home alone, drinking large quantities of alcohol and smoking cigarettes. The song 'All by myself' is also played in the background. This makes the audience feel like she is sad and lonely. But we do not know what triggered this unhappiness.
Love Actually's opening sequence, contains a lot of close ups that doesn't show the location clearly. The unfocused background and crowd, with the focused people hugging in the clip, make the audience think where the location is set. This is another aspect of the enigma code. The close up of the hugging people also show the viewers how close the characters are.
In the Bridget Jones Diary title sequence, the genre is established by the song played and the actions she is doing. The lyrics of the song really relate to the main characters issue of being alone. The use of script writing slowly fading in then fading out also represents romantic comedy.
In the title sequence from Love Actually the genre is established by the way everyone is hugging and loving each other. The voice-over really calms the audience down and shows that the film is a romantic comedy.
No.8-Research genre
Romantic comedies are a sub genre of comedy films as well as romantic films. They are centred on romantic ideals such as true love but are light hearted and have humorous plot lines in which two lovers are, in the end, united. These characters tend to be young, likeable and there are hints that the two would be a good match throughout the film yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance and don’t become romantically involved either because they believe that they do not like each other, because one of them already has a partner or because of social issues.
In Rom Coms the potential couple are often polar opposites, two people of different temperaments, situations or social statuses, or all three and would not usually be matched as a couple. It is not always two lead characters ending up in each other’s arms. Another love match may be made between one of the principal characters and a secondary character, for example, in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ and ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’.
This is more like the line that we are going down with our plot.
A popular convention of romantic comedy films is the contrived encounter of two potential romantic partners in unusual or comic situations. A humorous sense of awkwardness between the two is made by depicting an initial clash of personalities or beliefs, an embarrassing situation, or by introducing a comical misunderstanding or mistaken identity situation. This circumstance has been called a ‘meet cute’ by film critics. The use of a ‘meet cute’ is less needed in television series’ and novels as these formats have more time to establish and develop romantic relationships. An example of this is in ‘The Holiday’ when Cameron Diaz’s character, Amanda, meets Jude Law’s character, Graham, after she swaps her Los Angeles home for a London house and Graham comes knocking after being at the pub in need of using his sister’s loo only to find that his sister was no longer there.
There is almost always a ‘Grand Gesture’ at the end for the couple to unite.
High key lighting and upbeat music is what is usually used in order to keep the film light-hearted.
In Rom Coms the potential couple are often polar opposites, two people of different temperaments, situations or social statuses, or all three and would not usually be matched as a couple. It is not always two lead characters ending up in each other’s arms. Another love match may be made between one of the principal characters and a secondary character, for example, in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ and ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’.
A popular convention of romantic comedy films is the contrived encounter of two potential romantic partners in unusual or comic situations. A humorous sense of awkwardness between the two is made by depicting an initial clash of personalities or beliefs, an embarrassing situation, or by introducing a comical misunderstanding or mistaken identity situation. This circumstance has been called a ‘meet cute’ by film critics. The use of a ‘meet cute’ is less needed in television series’ and novels as these formats have more time to establish and develop romantic relationships. An example of this is in ‘The Holiday’ when Cameron Diaz’s character, Amanda, meets Jude Law’s character, Graham, after she swaps her Los Angeles home for a London house and Graham comes knocking after being at the pub in need of using his sister’s loo only to find that his sister was no longer there.
There is almost always a ‘Grand Gesture’ at the end for the couple to unite.
High key lighting and upbeat music is what is usually used in order to keep the film light-hearted.
No.7-The Messenger Title (Remake)
We were set a task to create a remake of a film’s opening titles. Because this was set before we chose our film brief we picked ‘The Messenger’ to remake and therefore it is not appropriate to our film brief however it did challenge us to find appropriate text and effective editing techniques in order to re-create the scary effect of the original.________________________________________
Friday 25 November 2011
No.6-Romantic Comedy
In Rom Coms the potential couple are often polar opposites, two people of different temperaments, situations or social statuses, or all three and would not usually be matched as a couple. It is not always two lead characters ending up in each other’s arms. Another love match may be made between one of the principal characters and a secondary character, for example, in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ and ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’. This is more like the line that we are going down with our plot.
A popular convention of romantic comedy films is the contrived encounter of two potential romantic partners in unusual or comic situations. A humorous sense of awkwardness between the two is made by depicting an initial clash of personalities or beliefs, an embarrassing situation, or by introducing a comical misunderstanding or mistaken identity situation. This circumstance has been called a ‘meet cute’ by film critics. The use of a ‘meet cute’ is less needed in television series’ and novels as these formats have more time to establish and develop romantic relationships. An example of this is in ‘The Holiday’ when Cameron Diaz’s character, Amanda, meets Jude Law’s character, Graham, after she swaps her Los Angeles home for a London house and Graham comes knocking after being at the pub in need of using his sister’s loo only to find that his sister was no longer there.
There is almost always a ‘Grand Gesture’ at the end for the couple to unite.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
No.5-Jelly Babby Task
The Jelly Baby Task allows us to clearly show key points in our plot and establish the roles of the main characters. Our genre is a romantic comedy.
We had to pick 10 shots which we felt were most important.
1. Girl getting ready shown by her looking in a mirror - this establishes our main character and is also the part of the film which we are going to use for our title sequence.
2. Walking down the street with the boy approaching her - this is a key moment in the play as it establishes the new relationship between two key characters and is also an opportunity for some humour in the way that the girl speaks to the boy, possibly making it quite awkward or embarrassing for herself.
3.Girl and boy talking with a heart around it and showing that they have exchanged numbers - shows that the boy and girl have an interest in eachother.
4. Girl telling friend (florist) about boy - this is an introduction of the friendship which in the end develops into a romance.
5. Boy goes to florist to buy flowers for two different girls - this shows a different side to the boy and causes the audience to prefer the friend to the current boyfriend.
6. The friend on the phone to the girl to warn her about the boy - creates a complicated circumstance for the two.
7. Girl goes to visit boy in school and finds him kissing the other girl - this causes a change in attitude for the girl
8. Girl crying - this is important as it makes the audience feel sympathetic for the girl
9. Girl goes to find friend to apologise for not believing him
10. Girl and friend realising their feelings for eachother -this is important to show the happy ending
We have chosen a rom-com made by an independent because it is aimed at young adults like us, so we could get into the topic.
Our film is about a young girl who falls in love with a boy. She tells her friend who works in a flower shop. Then the boy, the girl is in love with, goes to the flower shop to order flowers for his girlfriend and the other girl. The flower boy tells his friend that the boy has a girlfriend, but she doesn't believe him. She goes to the school the girlfriend and the boy go to and sees them together. She is very upset and goes to the flower shop to tell the boy what just happened. He chears her up, and they both fall in love with each other. The comedy in this film will come mainly from the embarrassing situations that the protagonist girl gets herself in and any clumsy incidents she has.
We wanted to film our opening scene so, that we see the whole time the girl getting dressed and how she starts her day.
The characters:
Our film is about a young girl who falls in love with a boy. She tells her friend who works in a flower shop. Then the boy, the girl is in love with, goes to the flower shop to order flowers for his girlfriend and the other girl. The flower boy tells his friend that the boy has a girlfriend, but she doesn't believe him. She goes to the school the girlfriend and the boy go to and sees them together. She is very upset and goes to the flower shop to tell the boy what just happened. He chears her up, and they both fall in love with each other. The comedy in this film will come mainly from the embarrassing situations that the protagonist girl gets herself in and any clumsy incidents she has.
We wanted to film our opening scene so, that we see the whole time the girl getting dressed and how she starts her day.
The characters:
The girl: she is an advantaged girl who is in a different school then the others
The boy in the flower shop: he is the girl's friend
The boyfriend: he is a popular boy, and he tries to cheat on his girlfriend
The girlfriend: she is popular as well and she doesn't know anything about what happens
The boy in the flower shop: he is the girl's friend
The boyfriend: he is a popular boy, and he tries to cheat on his girlfriend
The girlfriend: she is popular as well and she doesn't know anything about what happens
No.4-Dialogue task
Prelim – Dialogue task
Our task was to film a dialogue between two people. There were given shots, we had to use. We had to use a shot – reverse shot, long shot and we had to use the 180° - rule.
We decided, that we wanted to use the school as a topic because it was easier to find a place to film it. We decided to make a dialogue between a teacher and the headmaster.
The teacher has a very complicated life at the moment and is very often late to school, so the children don't have a teacher for a longer period. The headmaster can't trust her anymore so he has to fire him.
Our establishing shot is on the headmaster (played by Ella) who is sitting in her office and looking annoyed on her watch because she is waiting for the teacher (played by Elisabeth). The next shot is on the teacher, who is coming from the steps to the door. She sorts out her outfit and opens the door. At this point, we used the shot – reverse shot because the next shot is a close up on the door handle. The next shot is a long shot on the headmaster's desk, where she sits behind and the door, where the teacher comes in. For the dialogue, we used the 180°-rule by turning the camera to the person who is talking. When we filmed the scene in the library, we put the camera on a tripod and filmed the dialogue two times. Each time, the camera was focused on one of them and the other's shoulder was in the corner of the screen. So when we edit the film, we only had to cut the scenes and put them together in the right order. At the beginning of the film, we added the sound of a watch to show, that the teacher is already late.
Above is a photo of our storyboard.
Our Logo
As our blogs are more girly we have decide that we need a girly logo aswell and we came up with a lips one. I think it is look effective, because we did it on PS ( photoshop), added some contrast.
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