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merlin TV drama title annotations
Merlin on BBC 1
YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3oJzs_k5I
Camera shots
- Close up of a sword and then zooms out
- Camera tilts up to the surface of the water
- Zoom in to persons face and then it is an extreme close up
- Long shot of a knight on a horse holding a pole and then the camera zooms in to a mid shot
- Close up of a knight swinging a weapon
- Mid shot of the knight striking another knight with a sword and the camera is zooming in
- Long shot of a castle with an extreme close up of a flag on the right and the flag is on fire
- Mid shot of an army charging at the camera
- Mid shot of a mystical monster zooming in to close up of monsters face
- Mid shot of a knight jumping down with a sword in hand and the camera is zooming in
- Mid shot of a knight on a horse running
- Extreme close up of a snake attacking
- Close up of a dog type thing’s mouth
- Close up of dragon flying at the camera and turns into an extreme close up
- Establishing shot of a castle on a mountain
Music
The music that is played is very medieval and mythical
Mise-en-scene
- All of the different clips have either fire or light around them
- A sword in a lake / stream
- Plants / routes in the stream
- Person (Merlin) looking at the camera
- A knight on a horse holding a weapon in the forest at night and it is very foggy/misty
- Knight in red war robe and shining silver armour helmet and shoulder armour holding sword and shield
- Two night’s, the one in red and a another in yellow fighting each other
- Castle and flag on at the same time, castle is on the left and the flag is on the right
- Army of knights in red war robes and all have shields and swords running in a castle yard
- Monster wearing all black and has grey skin
- Knight jumping down slashing a sword and looks to be wearing all black
- Knight in red cheering with a sword in one hand
- Knight on a horse in red and holding a shield charging possibly to war
- Snake biting at the camera
- Monster dog like thing barking
- Dragon fly’s out of mist at the camera
- Castle and its surroundings
Lighting
All of the lighting in the background is dark and misty and then there is fire around a clip of something related to the TV drama
Genre
The genre of the TV drama ‘Merlin’ is medieval and mystical.
sci-fi - Dr Who
Characters in the scene
Dr who – he is an alien species called a time lord and he is the only one left of his species
Rose Tyler- she is a human that is helping out the Dr and is known as his assistant
Music
The music that is used in this scene is both diegetic and non-diegetic. The diegetic music that is in this scene is when the Dr starts up the tardis and this makes a noise that both the audience and the characters can both hear. Then the non-diegetic music that is used in the clip is at the beginning when the tardis is travelling.
Lighting
The lighting that has been used in this scene uses many colours and brightness. The first light that is seen is when the camera focuses on the Dr and this is in the tardis, there is then a green light in the centre console of the tardis and this is the first lighting that is used in the scene, then the second light that is used in the scene is all of the yellow lights on the wall of the tardis and these are all over the wall, then the next light is when the Dr transforms into another person and this bursts out of his body making the background black and the foreground white. When the camera focuses on the Dr the background is dark.
Characters
Dr Who
He is an alien time lord and he is the last of his king
He is dressed in a leather jacket, with black t-shirt and then there is black trousers and black shoes
Rose Tyler
Rose is a human and she is the Dr’s assistant
She is dressed in a red jacket, with a white t-shirt, black trousers and black shoes
The story
The story of Dr Who is all about 1 man and he calls himself the Dr. The Dr is an alien that is the last of his king and he is travelling through time and space to save planets that are in danger for great evil, but the Dr is not alone on all of these quests because he has an assistant and in this episode his assistant is called Rose Tyler and she is an average human female.
Camera shots
The camera shots that are used in this scene are:
- Mid shot
- Looking up at the Dr
- Looking down on rose
- Close up
- Establishing shot
- Low angle shot
- Changes quick
props
The props that are used in the scene are:
- The background which is the tardis
- Computer screen
- Cables
- Watch
- Towel
- Cushions
- Chair
- Clothing
mystery - sherlock holmes
Mystery
Sherlock Holmes
From 4:00 to 7: 15
Characters
Old Women (Marry Maberley) – in a grey dress with white trim
Mystery Women (Isadora Klein) – with big brown hair in a Black carriage with golden frame, wearing white dress with white or grey shawl, gold earrings and Beauty spot bottom right on chin
Sherlock Holmes – Main character, Famous Detective (Hero)
Dr. John Watson-(Helper) well known practitioner of Medical and Forensic science, wears Grey overcoat with white shirt
Mrs Hudson- House keeper
Steve Dixie- (Boxer) Hired goon, Dark skin with Black moustache: Wears brown striped hat, light brown jacket, with a plain grey shirt and red handkerchief in left Jacket pocket.
Sir Duncan Maberley- (Dead) Writer, partakes in sports, Blonde hair, Black overcoat and white shirt.
Duke of Lawmand- Blonde curly hair
Camera work
Shot reverse shot- used during conversations
Close-up – used to put enthuses on a person’s emotions or an object of importance
Pan Shot- Used to put enthuses on someone or something
Mid shot - Show all characters involved in the scene.
Over the shoulder - used during conversations to emphasis on the faces of the character
Wide angle shot –establishing the location
Story
The story starts with an elderly women tending to her garden then there is a pan shot to a lady in a carriage that pulls away, then it cuts to the scene of Watson and Mrs Hudson entering Sherlock Holms room to find the room in a mess and Holms been held up against the window By Steve Dixie name known to Holms. Dixie proceeds to threaten Holms not to go to Harrow when Holmes questions him about a murder at the Howburn Bar he denies involvement, Holmes mentions the name Barney Stockdale then Dixie is removed by Mrs Hudson. Holms then gives a letter to Watson which he reads then it cuts back to the Garden and pan shot to a old wooden sign marked Three Gables .Holms then announces that this meeting with Steve Dixie has intrigued him and they set off for Harrow. The final shot is a wide angle shot as Holmes and Watson walking toward the House.
Music
At the beginning of the clip there is Non Diegetic music playing over the scene.
Lighting
The main source of light comes from the sun shining through the window this gives the scenes a more natural warmth and old fashioned feel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kToBuwEo82E
Online socialising networks
These are used by people who like talking to others over the internet, there are lots and lots of adverts, there are also links to other pages that allows the person to log on and talk about films and write reviews about them telling others how good they think the film is.
Example: Face book
An example of this is ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol’, this is a 2009 film and it is on social networks letting people write their own reviews and they don’t have to know anything about the terms as it allows anyone to write a review about it. The down side with this is that people can give it bad reviews and they may not have even seen it, this will put some people off of the film
Example: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
new tech to target a more specific audience
CGI – this increases the viewers experience, this also allows the impossible e.g. Transformers Cybertron
HD – this allows a better viewing experience, this makes the quality of the film/advert/TV show better than on ordinary definition.
Internet – this allows the people in the world to search for products, videos, pictures and other advertising.
Online shopping – this is an online system that allows the customer to purchase a product off of the website, then when the customer has purchased the item there will be a related products link to another page with other suggestions and related product.
Downloads – this allows people to copy files off of the internet an example of this is: a whole film or clips from that film (Godzilla), then that person can watch this on their laptop or on any portable device like an Ipod.
Texts – these are used for telling your friends any news that you have and it is used for socialising with other people, also it can be used for the company to send you a text for an advertisement.
Socialising networks – these are used to let people send requests to one another about being friends on their account, there is a link that takes the users to a page that they can talk about the latest things like movies, there is also pop ups appear at the bottom of them that are advertising a product or a movie.
E-mail – if you sign up to a server/website/chat site like MSN then the company will then send you e-mails about their latest products and best deals.
Interactive websites – this shows the users key aspects of a film like an interactive game e.g. Hogwarts castle in Harry Potter, the user can decide where to look inside the castle.
Playstation/Xbox – this allows the users to download films, trailers, games, pictures and so on... off of their online store.
YouTube – this is an online website that allows the users to look at videos and music videos, it also has adverts on like in the movie clip (video) or on the side of the page, there are also related links to other pages.
VHS-DVD-Blue ray – this is brought out at the same price as the marketing scheme, this ensures that it will replace the older model like the DVD replaced the VCR and now Blue ray is replacing the DVD.
HD – this allows a better viewing experience, this makes the quality of the film/advert/TV show better than on ordinary definition.
Internet – this allows the people in the world to search for products, videos, pictures and other advertising.
Online shopping – this is an online system that allows the customer to purchase a product off of the website, then when the customer has purchased the item there will be a related products link to another page with other suggestions and related product.
Downloads – this allows people to copy files off of the internet an example of this is: a whole film or clips from that film (Godzilla), then that person can watch this on their laptop or on any portable device like an Ipod.
Texts – these are used for telling your friends any news that you have and it is used for socialising with other people, also it can be used for the company to send you a text for an advertisement.
Socialising networks – these are used to let people send requests to one another about being friends on their account, there is a link that takes the users to a page that they can talk about the latest things like movies, there is also pop ups appear at the bottom of them that are advertising a product or a movie.
E-mail – if you sign up to a server/website/chat site like MSN then the company will then send you e-mails about their latest products and best deals.
Interactive websites – this shows the users key aspects of a film like an interactive game e.g. Hogwarts castle in Harry Potter, the user can decide where to look inside the castle.
Playstation/Xbox – this allows the users to download films, trailers, games, pictures and so on... off of their online store.
YouTube – this is an online website that allows the users to look at videos and music videos, it also has adverts on like in the movie clip (video) or on the side of the page, there are also related links to other pages.
VHS-DVD-Blue ray – this is brought out at the same price as the marketing scheme, this ensures that it will replace the older model like the DVD replaced the VCR and now Blue ray is replacing the DVD.
film producing
1. Logistics of the film
The company that supplies the film to the dispatcher will need to meet the legal requirements. The film that the company has made is transported via lorry/ van to the cinema that has borrowed the film off of the film owners, the film is transported because the film is printed, this means that the film is a big, heavy object and this means manual labour is needed to transport it to place to place. The prints are very expensive to make, as a result the low budget films can only afford to buy and make around 10 prints (e.g. Dead Man’s Shoes), on the other hand the higher budget films can buy around 1000 prints (e.g. Harry Potter), the cost of a standard print is around £1000, but if a subtitled one is needed then the cost is £2000. The film: This is England and its makers were given a grant by the national lottery of almost £90k, this meant that they could buy more prints for the film and they purchased a further 20 more on top of their 10 prints before they were given the grant, this meant that the film was shown in more cinemas and as a result it was a successful film and it was watched by more viewers. The film prints can get damaged on the delivery, so the company send two of the prints to the cinema in case one of them is damaged/ broken on the way there.
2. Licensing
The company that make the films and then put them on prints sell them to the dispatchers and then the dispatchers rent that film out to the cinemas. But first the company need to send the film off to the regulatory body to give the right to show the movie and they put an age rating on that film depending on all of the violence, sexual scenes, language and so on... the age ratings are (U, PG, 12, 15 and 18) these are all of the age categories that films have with U being suitable for anyone and 18 being suitable for people equal to or over the age of 18 only. When the movie is shown in the cinemas the distributer gets paid every time that movie is shown, but the distributer then has to pay the production / the makers of the film some of that money. In the world there is 90 different territories for the films, the smaller independent companies will only send their movies out to 1 of the 90 territories and this usually tends to be at local destinations like in the UK, but the larger international companies send the films to all of the territories.
3. Prints and advertising
The different sized companies send different amounts of prints out to the cinemas and they also make different advertising techniques and categories. The smaller companies would produce around 10 prints and the marketing would be below the line advertising, this is advertising like: on the TV, on the internet, and in magazines, this sort of marketing is where the audience will have to look for the advert themselves and it reduces the chance of them hearing of that film, but the smaller companies usually use the method of recommendation, this cuts the advertising cost down by lots. The medium company would make around 200 prints and they would use all of the advertising methods in below the line advertising and they would also use some of the above the line advertising like billboards, posters and so on... finally the larger companies would make around 1000 prints and they would use all of the marketing methods in both above and below the line advertising. When the film is sent to the cinema there is the print and the trailers of the film (this is when they are renting the film) the posters that are made to advertise the film are on average size of 30X40 in the UK. The advertising is used in every way possible like being on busses, billboards, escalators, buildings and so on... when the film is being released there may sometimes be two films with the same genre, this means that the cinema will select the film that has a higher budget, also the film will need to have a sensible time to be shown like prime time. Almost 50% of the films budget will go on advertising. The trailers need to make the movie look good and they will also need to create the mystery, tease the audience and display the release date.
4. Digital distribution
There is a method for films that is using a digital format, this method has many advantages and it has some disadvantages. The advantages are: the film won’t have to be delivered, the film won’t get damaged, it costs a lot less, it can be downloaded which means it will be cheaper to watch and buy, cuts down piracy/ copying of the films, able to make more e.g. one for every cinema in the world, cheaper to send and so on... the disadvantages are: cuts out the middle man meaning lots of people are out of a job, the cinemas won’t have many people watching the films because it is cheaper to download, the films are compressed which means the quality of the picture is not as good, the sound quality is affected and so on... this scheme is a large scale in Brazil and China.
5. Film making
The films that have been made are released within certain days of the week, this is to make the audience watch the film more times and it will also increase the interest in the film. Most of the films are release on a Friday, this is because most of the other films are released during the week and this will increase the chance of people watching the film, also it is the end of the week, this means that it is the beginning of the weekend so this will also attract more of an audience. On average there are 10 films that are released every week. When the company that have made the film have received the information of the release date they can then start to make the marketing e.g. trailers and posters.
film analysing
The Boat That Rocked
The film that is called The Boat That Rocked is made and published by Working Title. The Daily Telegraph credited the film with "some magical moments," but called it "muddled" and then criticized its length, this is a review / opinion on the film, there has been marketing on this film and some of it would above the line advertising, this means that there would be posters, trailers and so on... There is viral marketing, but that will be on the Working Title website and it may only be a poster and some details about it. The film was made in a studio of two different film makers and they are: Studio Canal and Working Title Films. The merchandising would be things like posters. The placements in this film are: a 60’s sound track, competitions, Typhoo, a Roberts’s radio and downloadable wallpapers.
Bridget Jones's Diary
The film that is called Bridget Jones's Diary is produced by Working Title and it is produced by Tim Bevan, Jonathan Cavendish and Eric Fellher. It is a middle budget film that would have some of the above the line marketing, some examples of these marketing’s are trailers, posters and billboards. The viral marketing for this film will be on the maker’s home page working title / studio canal. The film was made in a studio of two different film makers and they are: Studio Canal and Working Title Films. The product placements in this film are: galaxies chocolate, sound track, wallpapers and galleries.
James Bond Quantum of Solace
This film is called James Bond Quantum of Solace. It is a high budget film, this means that it would have had all of the different ways to advertise it in above the line market and below the line market like: posters, trailers, billboards and so on... the viral market for this film is on a web page that is made just for Quantum of Solace. The product placements for this film are: Sony (TV’s, mp3 players, laptops, phones and so on), Aston Martin and other high class products. In this film 50% of the budget was spent on product promotion.
The film that is called The Boat That Rocked is made and published by Working Title. The Daily Telegraph credited the film with "some magical moments," but called it "muddled" and then criticized its length, this is a review / opinion on the film, there has been marketing on this film and some of it would above the line advertising, this means that there would be posters, trailers and so on... There is viral marketing, but that will be on the Working Title website and it may only be a poster and some details about it. The film was made in a studio of two different film makers and they are: Studio Canal and Working Title Films. The merchandising would be things like posters. The placements in this film are: a 60’s sound track, competitions, Typhoo, a Roberts’s radio and downloadable wallpapers.
Bridget Jones's Diary
The film that is called Bridget Jones's Diary is produced by Working Title and it is produced by Tim Bevan, Jonathan Cavendish and Eric Fellher. It is a middle budget film that would have some of the above the line marketing, some examples of these marketing’s are trailers, posters and billboards. The viral marketing for this film will be on the maker’s home page working title / studio canal. The film was made in a studio of two different film makers and they are: Studio Canal and Working Title Films. The product placements in this film are: galaxies chocolate, sound track, wallpapers and galleries.
James Bond Quantum of Solace
This film is called James Bond Quantum of Solace. It is a high budget film, this means that it would have had all of the different ways to advertise it in above the line market and below the line market like: posters, trailers, billboards and so on... the viral market for this film is on a web page that is made just for Quantum of Solace. The product placements for this film are: Sony (TV’s, mp3 players, laptops, phones and so on), Aston Martin and other high class products. In this film 50% of the budget was spent on product promotion.
advertising statistics
The statistics that would have been used in the film 2012 would bee to get out the message that the film is coming to cinemas and the date, they would have shown this by advertising it e.g. posters. All of the different advertising would be easy to find like posters, billboards, trailers, press releases, merchandising and interviews, these are all above the line marketing the film will use all of these to send out the message quicker and easier, also they might use the below the line advertising and some of them are magazines, viral marketing, pod casts, internet, websites and press release. This sends out the message but it may not be as reliable because the audience will have to look on the internet for the film advertising.
The statistics that would have been used in the film the men who stare at goats would be to get the message out, but it would have to be cheapish because the company doesn’t have as much money as a Hollywood film, this is because they are founded by the company Universal. Some of the techniques that the company would use are magazines, viral marketing, pod casts, TV, internet, websites and press release. All of these BTL advertisement techniques will send out the message but some people will not have seen any of the advertising.
The statistics that would have been used in the film Bunny and the Bull would be to get the message out, but because the film is a low budget film they will not waste any money on advertising, the only advertisement that they would have is by the reputation of all the past films that they have made, also they would be known by recommendation. This means that this film wont have any advertising.
The statistics that would have been used in the film the men who stare at goats would be to get the message out, but it would have to be cheapish because the company doesn’t have as much money as a Hollywood film, this is because they are founded by the company Universal. Some of the techniques that the company would use are magazines, viral marketing, pod casts, TV, internet, websites and press release. All of these BTL advertisement techniques will send out the message but some people will not have seen any of the advertising.
The statistics that would have been used in the film Bunny and the Bull would be to get the message out, but because the film is a low budget film they will not waste any money on advertising, the only advertisement that they would have is by the reputation of all the past films that they have made, also they would be known by recommendation. This means that this film wont have any advertising.
above the the line/ bellow the line
Above the line advertising is all about the advertising of a certain product like a film. Above the line advertising is when the product is very easy to see, like if the advert is on a bill board on a busy road, it will be easy to see and the audience wont have to find it them selves, this makes the advertisement above thee line. An example of this would be 2012, this is a movie that has lots of advertising and all of it would be above the market.
Bellow the line advertisement is all about the advertising g of a certain product like a film. Bellow the line advertising is when the product is hard to see, like if the advert is on TV or in a magazine, it will be hard to find + see and the audience will have to look for the advert, this makes it hard to see. An example of this would be Bunny and the bull this is a low budget film so they wont be wasting money on advertising.
Bellow the line advertisement is all about the advertising g of a certain product like a film. Bellow the line advertising is when the product is hard to see, like if the advert is on TV or in a magazine, it will be hard to find + see and the audience will have to look for the advert, this makes it hard to see. An example of this would be Bunny and the bull this is a low budget film so they wont be wasting money on advertising.
this is England
I have been watching the film, ‘this is England’ by Warp Films. The film was directed by Shane Meadows. At the begging of the film there is an advertisement that shows the audience that the film was founded by the national lottery and also the British distributers.
The budget of the film is £1,500,000 the story board of this is England is all about the 1980’s, at the beginning of the film this is given away because there is a clip of a lot of different things that was common in the 80’s e.g. poverty, mining strike. Shane Meadows uses all of the same production practise techniques in this film as ‘Dead man’s shoes’. Some examples of Shane Meadows using the same production techniques are: the natural lighting, the setting of the film is real and not made, there are no famous actors like Simon Pegg / Nick Frost and so on... in the film the characters are not known and this is because of one of Shane Meadows rules for a low budget film, this rule is that the big stars cost too much to hire and they may not always suite the characters role in the film, the main character in the film is a young boy called Shaun is a boy who is bullied at school (he can be classed as the hero in the film looking for some friends) he is also instantly liked by the audience, this is because he is being picked on at school for his dad being dead by all of the other kids. He then finds some friends. This film is set in the 1980’s because it is in the time of the extreme political change.
The budget that has been used for this film would affect the film production because it would affect the target audience because they are limited to what they can get and what they can afford, e.g. the actors. The budget affects the target audience because the target audience range is getting lower, the target audience for this film is: ‘lower working class’ this is because the film has very bad language, drug references, alcohol, violence and so on... all of these points are related to the lower working class.
Shane meadows is using the same techniques throughout the films that he makes and this is because he can then keep the overall cost of the film/movie down making the risk of the film loosing money, this means that there is a less chance of loosing money, but there is also a smaller target for the target audience. As the films that Shane Meadows makes progresses through the budget keeps getting higher, this is shown when he started off making films for about £300,000 but now he has past the £1.5 million mark.
The budget of the film is £1,500,000 the story board of this is England is all about the 1980’s, at the beginning of the film this is given away because there is a clip of a lot of different things that was common in the 80’s e.g. poverty, mining strike. Shane Meadows uses all of the same production practise techniques in this film as ‘Dead man’s shoes’. Some examples of Shane Meadows using the same production techniques are: the natural lighting, the setting of the film is real and not made, there are no famous actors like Simon Pegg / Nick Frost and so on... in the film the characters are not known and this is because of one of Shane Meadows rules for a low budget film, this rule is that the big stars cost too much to hire and they may not always suite the characters role in the film, the main character in the film is a young boy called Shaun is a boy who is bullied at school (he can be classed as the hero in the film looking for some friends) he is also instantly liked by the audience, this is because he is being picked on at school for his dad being dead by all of the other kids. He then finds some friends. This film is set in the 1980’s because it is in the time of the extreme political change.
The budget that has been used for this film would affect the film production because it would affect the target audience because they are limited to what they can get and what they can afford, e.g. the actors. The budget affects the target audience because the target audience range is getting lower, the target audience for this film is: ‘lower working class’ this is because the film has very bad language, drug references, alcohol, violence and so on... all of these points are related to the lower working class.
Shane meadows is using the same techniques throughout the films that he makes and this is because he can then keep the overall cost of the film/movie down making the risk of the film loosing money, this means that there is a less chance of loosing money, but there is also a smaller target for the target audience. As the films that Shane Meadows makes progresses through the budget keeps getting higher, this is shown when he started off making films for about £300,000 but now he has past the £1.5 million mark.
shane meadows warp films
The company ‘Warp Films’ is run by the director Shane Meadows, in the clip that we have watched Shane discusses what is better in about making a low budget film like ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’.
In the clip that we watched Shane Meadows mentioned that there was a system in the low budget films, this means that they have a list of what they need to do and they then follow that list to keep the costs down.
Then Shane Meadows mentioned that in the film ‘This is England’ they had to look for a residential area that looked the most like a 70’s residential area, so that they didn’t have to make any scenes because they couldn’t afford to make anything, then they found a residential are in Newcastle which wasn’t modernised since the 70’s, this then saved they lots of money and it kept the cost down. Then also in the film ’This is England’ Shane mentioned that he had to rent out lots of old cars for the set and he then said that they were becoming too expensive to rent out, so he then bought some cars off of eBay around for £200 and they then used them in the scenes, also they repaired some because the cars didn’t work when they bought them.
Later on into the clip Shane Meadows then said that he got to know the actors more better because the crew (camera men ect...) were later to arrive than the actors and Shane, this meant that they would rehearse the scenes before the crew went to film the movie and that Shane Meadows would get to know the actors and this would also reduce the actors making errors whilst the cameras were still rolling, this also cuts the cost. Shane then went on to talk about it is not about the actors in the film, he said that if you have a well known actor in the film they may not suite the description of the character in the story, so he would employ actors that may not be well known, but they fit the description of the character perfectly, this is also lowering the cost.
Shane then mentioned that he preferred low budget films because there is less of a risk when making the film and when the film is in the movies, this is because if the audience do not like the film then it won’t be as big of a loss as a middle priced film.
Finally Shane mentioned that he used standard lights that are found in houses rather than studio spot lights, this was because they are cheaper and that they give the film a more realistic effect and it is like the audience are in that room with the actors because of the lighting.
In the clip that we watched Shane Meadows mentioned that there was a system in the low budget films, this means that they have a list of what they need to do and they then follow that list to keep the costs down.
Then Shane Meadows mentioned that in the film ‘This is England’ they had to look for a residential area that looked the most like a 70’s residential area, so that they didn’t have to make any scenes because they couldn’t afford to make anything, then they found a residential are in Newcastle which wasn’t modernised since the 70’s, this then saved they lots of money and it kept the cost down. Then also in the film ’This is England’ Shane mentioned that he had to rent out lots of old cars for the set and he then said that they were becoming too expensive to rent out, so he then bought some cars off of eBay around for £200 and they then used them in the scenes, also they repaired some because the cars didn’t work when they bought them.
Later on into the clip Shane Meadows then said that he got to know the actors more better because the crew (camera men ect...) were later to arrive than the actors and Shane, this meant that they would rehearse the scenes before the crew went to film the movie and that Shane Meadows would get to know the actors and this would also reduce the actors making errors whilst the cameras were still rolling, this also cuts the cost. Shane then went on to talk about it is not about the actors in the film, he said that if you have a well known actor in the film they may not suite the description of the character in the story, so he would employ actors that may not be well known, but they fit the description of the character perfectly, this is also lowering the cost.
Shane then mentioned that he preferred low budget films because there is less of a risk when making the film and when the film is in the movies, this is because if the audience do not like the film then it won’t be as big of a loss as a middle priced film.
Finally Shane mentioned that he used standard lights that are found in houses rather than studio spot lights, this was because they are cheaper and that they give the film a more realistic effect and it is like the audience are in that room with the actors because of the lighting.
warp films and working title research
1. Who are Working Title
Working title is a company that creates films, posters and trailers of films such as:
· Johnny English
· My little eye
· Hot fuzz
· Shaun of the dead
Who are Warp Films
Warp films is a company that makes films, music videos, film trailers and posters such as:
· China moo-young- lullaby
· Scummy man
Are they independent or part of a conglomerate?
working title is owend by universal studios and warp films is independant
2. How does the ownership of the company affect the budgets for film?
The ownership of the company affects the budget of the film by allowing the company to spend more money as they have not got a rental fee to pay every month so they have more money
3. Create a list of films that both institutions have produced.
Working title films
About a Boy (film)
Ali G Indahouse
Atonement (film)
User:Nayrouz Aly/Atonement
Barton Fink
Bean (film)
The Big Lebowski
Billy Elliot
The Boat That Rocked
Bob Roberts
The Borrowers (1997 film)
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film)
Burn After Reading
The Calcium Kid
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film)
Catch a Fire (film)
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Hot fuzz
Warp films
My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117
Dead Man's Shoes
Rubber Johnny
Scummy Man
This Is England
Grow Your Own
Dog Altogether
4. Choose one from each list and compare the budgets for these films and how much they made.
Hot fuzz £8 million
Dead man’s shoes £723,000
5. Now choose a Hollywood Blockbuster and research the budget.
Godzilla $130,000,000 us dollars
6. Where do Working Title and Warp Films get their funding from?
Warp film – there is a film council that gives them grants
Working titles – universal studios
7. In the case of Warp Films, how does the budget affect the genre they use?
The budget affects the films by making dramas
8. What is the main appeal of this genre? Give examples.
Relate to the characters +positions (American Beauty)
9. Who are the target audience for Working Title and Warp Films?
Young old, men / women
10. What is the main genre of the films Working Title produce?
Action or comedy
Working title is a company that creates films, posters and trailers of films such as:
· Johnny English
· My little eye
· Hot fuzz
· Shaun of the dead
Who are Warp Films
Warp films is a company that makes films, music videos, film trailers and posters such as:
· China moo-young- lullaby
· Scummy man
Are they independent or part of a conglomerate?
working title is owend by universal studios and warp films is independant
2. How does the ownership of the company affect the budgets for film?
The ownership of the company affects the budget of the film by allowing the company to spend more money as they have not got a rental fee to pay every month so they have more money
3. Create a list of films that both institutions have produced.
Working title films
About a Boy (film)
Ali G Indahouse
Atonement (film)
User:Nayrouz Aly/Atonement
Barton Fink
Bean (film)
The Big Lebowski
Billy Elliot
The Boat That Rocked
Bob Roberts
The Borrowers (1997 film)
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film)
Burn After Reading
The Calcium Kid
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film)
Catch a Fire (film)
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Hot fuzz
Warp films
My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117
Dead Man's Shoes
Rubber Johnny
Scummy Man
This Is England
Grow Your Own
Dog Altogether
4. Choose one from each list and compare the budgets for these films and how much they made.
Hot fuzz £8 million
Dead man’s shoes £723,000
5. Now choose a Hollywood Blockbuster and research the budget.
Godzilla $130,000,000 us dollars
6. Where do Working Title and Warp Films get their funding from?
Warp film – there is a film council that gives them grants
Working titles – universal studios
7. In the case of Warp Films, how does the budget affect the genre they use?
The budget affects the films by making dramas
8. What is the main appeal of this genre? Give examples.
Relate to the characters +positions (American Beauty)
9. Who are the target audience for Working Title and Warp Films?
Young old, men / women
10. What is the main genre of the films Working Title produce?
Action or comedy
prelim (film)
I have been set the task to make a film including a series of shots, however I did not follow the criteria because I did not include a shot reverse shot in the film and this was part of the criteria. I have asked some people to star in my film and they have acted out all of the dialog and I have shot all but one of the many shots that were required, I have included a close up, shot both sides of the door opening and closing, I have then done an over shoulder shot, then an aerial shot and then another over shoulder shot. When I filmed the shots I then uploaded them onto the computer and I finally edited it on the computer, then I finished off by uploading it onto my blogger.
In the film that I have made there are a few mistakes that I have made in the film, one of them mistakes is that I have left the tripod in the scene (this is visible when the video is on 0.13 to 0.16 seconds in the film)
I then made another mistake and this was that I did not follow the criteria, I did this by not including a shot reverse shot into my film. If I could improve this film I would correct these two mistakes that I have done and I would do this by checking that there is no equipment in the scene and then I would double check that I have applied all of different shots that are required in the film.
There are many shots that are used in film today and I have applied some of them shots in my film and all of them are in this order:
· Close up
· Master shot
· Pan
· Over shoulder
· Pan
· Over shoulder
· Aerial shot
· Mid shout
In total there are 8 different camera shots that are in my film and they are in the order shown, the close up shot is a close up of the door handle, then the master shot was showing the audience the location of the film, then the pan followed the person walking into the room, walking across the room, then the over shoulder shot was following the person into the other room showing his point of view with him in the picture, then there was another pan shot with the person entering another room where someone else is waiting and it follows him until he sits down, then there is an over shoulder shot with two people and they then start to talk, then there is an aerial shot of the two people talking and finally there is a mid shot of one of the people talking. I then uploaded the film onto the computer and then edited all of the scenes cutting all of the unnecessary bits of the scenes, finally I then uploaded it onto YouTube and then I pasted the video onto my blog.
The mise en scene in the film that I have made is all to do with school, I have used all of the things in the film to link with the fact that the two people are students in a lesson, I have used the tables in the room to relate to the idea of a class room also I have used a desk in that room for the teacher also the rooms are very plain and there are notices on the walls, there is a notice board, a fire bell, a fire exit, there is a poster diagram on the wall and there are a lot of chairs that are always in schools, all of these props are included to convince the audience that the tow people are in a school and are waiting for the teacher. I have then used a dark room on the outside of the class rooms and then there is a classroom with the light on and finally the end classroom is quite dark with the light from outside shining through the window, this backs the idea of the two students are waiting for the teacher to come into the lesson.
In the film that I have made there are a few mistakes that I have made in the film, one of them mistakes is that I have left the tripod in the scene (this is visible when the video is on 0.13 to 0.16 seconds in the film)
I then made another mistake and this was that I did not follow the criteria, I did this by not including a shot reverse shot into my film. If I could improve this film I would correct these two mistakes that I have done and I would do this by checking that there is no equipment in the scene and then I would double check that I have applied all of different shots that are required in the film.
There are many shots that are used in film today and I have applied some of them shots in my film and all of them are in this order:
· Close up
· Master shot
· Pan
· Over shoulder
· Pan
· Over shoulder
· Aerial shot
· Mid shout
In total there are 8 different camera shots that are in my film and they are in the order shown, the close up shot is a close up of the door handle, then the master shot was showing the audience the location of the film, then the pan followed the person walking into the room, walking across the room, then the over shoulder shot was following the person into the other room showing his point of view with him in the picture, then there was another pan shot with the person entering another room where someone else is waiting and it follows him until he sits down, then there is an over shoulder shot with two people and they then start to talk, then there is an aerial shot of the two people talking and finally there is a mid shot of one of the people talking. I then uploaded the film onto the computer and then edited all of the scenes cutting all of the unnecessary bits of the scenes, finally I then uploaded it onto YouTube and then I pasted the video onto my blog.
The mise en scene in the film that I have made is all to do with school, I have used all of the things in the film to link with the fact that the two people are students in a lesson, I have used the tables in the room to relate to the idea of a class room also I have used a desk in that room for the teacher also the rooms are very plain and there are notices on the walls, there is a notice board, a fire bell, a fire exit, there is a poster diagram on the wall and there are a lot of chairs that are always in schools, all of these props are included to convince the audience that the tow people are in a school and are waiting for the teacher. I have then used a dark room on the outside of the class rooms and then there is a classroom with the light on and finally the end classroom is quite dark with the light from outside shining through the window, this backs the idea of the two students are waiting for the teacher to come into the lesson.
prelim (magazine cover)
I have been set the task to make a magazine on any topic that I choose, this magazine that I have made is based on sports, I have taken a photo of someone that is holding a baseball bat and I have also included two other images, one of them is a football goal and the other is a golfer with the ball at his feet. Then I applied the tile at the top of the cover as a masthead, then I applied a bar code at the bottom on the right of the cover, then I applied a sneak preview of the contents page at the bottom as a strap line, then I finally applied the price, the ‘Goal!’ text and the competition onto the cover.
The conventions that my magazine follows are: sports, hobbies and sports equipment, all of these points are unisex, this means that it is aimed at both sexes and can also be aimed at all ages from at least 3 years of age to people who are in their 80’s, this is because sports are for anyone, people can play them at any age and any sex. This means that the magazine that I have made will attract everyone. I have followed the rules of a magazine convention by applying a bar code and putting it on the bottom right of the cover, I have included a masthead, I have included some pictures on the cover that are related to the subject, I have included the price of the magazine, i have stuck to the three colours palette, I have included a competition, I have applied a strap line at the bottom of the page with some of the contents page in the text and finally I have made the overall thing look professional.
I have not broken any of the conventions in the magazine cover. But I did break a few of them on the draft of the cover which I have fixed and they are: the bar code was in the wrong place, there was not title for the magazine, and no colours were suggested (drawn in or written down).
I have used a simple yet effective colour palette; this is by using only three different colours on the whole of the front cover and the colours that I have used are: Red, Blue and White. All of these colours are used to help draw in all of the people that are obsessed with sports, I have used a blue for the boys / men and a red for the girls / ladies. I have used the colour blue to attract all of the boys because it is a very masculine colour and it is associated with boys the most, i then use the colour red to attract the girls because it is a colour that boys and girls are both associated with, but it is more of a feminine colour (I did not choose the most feminine that is pink because it did not fit in as well with the colour blue), I have also used red because it looks better with blue and it is also associated with anger / contact / danger and so on... most of the associations with red are mainly associated with sports so it seemed the best colour to use. Finally I have chosen the colour white because it is a neutral colour that will attract all of the different age groups and also suggests that the magazine will be sensible with all of the sports and the news.
This magazine will convince and persuade the readers to go out and play all of the sports that are in the magazine such as: cricket, tennis, football and so on... if they read about all of the sports that will be in the magazine then that will encourage them to go out and start playing them sports. Then the magazine will tell them all about the sports and what the rules of the sports are.
The magazine will appeal to both new and regular readers because the cover looks interesting and fun, this will then attract the new readers to look at the magazine and then they will look inside to read what it is about, this will then make them want to read the magazines, also it will appeal to the regular readers because the appearance of the magazine cover looks professional and it will encourage them to read my magazine.
The magazine that I have produced will be circulated once every week, this will give the readers more time to read all of the articles whilst it is still in date and I will apply the date of the magazine on the front cover so it is easy for the reader to know whether it is an old magazine or the new one out.
The conventions that my magazine follows are: sports, hobbies and sports equipment, all of these points are unisex, this means that it is aimed at both sexes and can also be aimed at all ages from at least 3 years of age to people who are in their 80’s, this is because sports are for anyone, people can play them at any age and any sex. This means that the magazine that I have made will attract everyone. I have followed the rules of a magazine convention by applying a bar code and putting it on the bottom right of the cover, I have included a masthead, I have included some pictures on the cover that are related to the subject, I have included the price of the magazine, i have stuck to the three colours palette, I have included a competition, I have applied a strap line at the bottom of the page with some of the contents page in the text and finally I have made the overall thing look professional.
I have not broken any of the conventions in the magazine cover. But I did break a few of them on the draft of the cover which I have fixed and they are: the bar code was in the wrong place, there was not title for the magazine, and no colours were suggested (drawn in or written down).
I have used a simple yet effective colour palette; this is by using only three different colours on the whole of the front cover and the colours that I have used are: Red, Blue and White. All of these colours are used to help draw in all of the people that are obsessed with sports, I have used a blue for the boys / men and a red for the girls / ladies. I have used the colour blue to attract all of the boys because it is a very masculine colour and it is associated with boys the most, i then use the colour red to attract the girls because it is a colour that boys and girls are both associated with, but it is more of a feminine colour (I did not choose the most feminine that is pink because it did not fit in as well with the colour blue), I have also used red because it looks better with blue and it is also associated with anger / contact / danger and so on... most of the associations with red are mainly associated with sports so it seemed the best colour to use. Finally I have chosen the colour white because it is a neutral colour that will attract all of the different age groups and also suggests that the magazine will be sensible with all of the sports and the news.
This magazine will convince and persuade the readers to go out and play all of the sports that are in the magazine such as: cricket, tennis, football and so on... if they read about all of the sports that will be in the magazine then that will encourage them to go out and start playing them sports. Then the magazine will tell them all about the sports and what the rules of the sports are.
The magazine will appeal to both new and regular readers because the cover looks interesting and fun, this will then attract the new readers to look at the magazine and then they will look inside to read what it is about, this will then make them want to read the magazines, also it will appeal to the regular readers because the appearance of the magazine cover looks professional and it will encourage them to read my magazine.
The magazine that I have produced will be circulated once every week, this will give the readers more time to read all of the articles whilst it is still in date and I will apply the date of the magazine on the front cover so it is easy for the reader to know whether it is an old magazine or the new one out.
evaluation of magazine
i have been set a task to find a magazine cover on the internet and then to annotate it, i have chosen a magazine from tog gear that is advertising cars, i then listead all of the different layers in this magazine and i then tried to re-make this magazine cover.
-the convention that this magazine covers is about cars, supercars and it is based on the tv series called tog gear, this is all about cars.
-the magazine cover breaks are that the bar code is on the top lrft of the cover and it is supposed to be on the bottom right of the cover in the corner, then there is no strap line at the bottom of the cover.
-the colour palette that has been used within this cover is best suited for men as there is a lot of dull / dark coloured cars and the clouds in the background are grey, therefore making the surrounding on the ground dark and dull, also there is a pale red title with a purple strapline, all of these colours are very masculin and are best suited for men / teenage boys.
-this cover provokes the audience to want to buy a sports car e.g. the Audi R8, this is because the cover is advertising sports cars and it will tell the audience all about the cars also there will be pictures of all the different angles of the cars inside the mag to persuade them even more.
-this magazine appeals to both new and regula readers because the magazine cover looks interesting with all of the different sports cars and the readers whether they are ne or regula will be interested with the pictures, this is because they can fantasize about having one.
-the magazine is published by the BBC and the topgear team, this is known because there is a logo at the top of the cover, the circulation of this magazine would be weekly because there is a date on the cover next to the barcode.
-i have learnt about all of the conventions that a magazine has to follow, i have also learnt that if any of the conventions have been broke then you will have to produce supporting studies to justify their actions, then i have learnt that there are colour palets that attracts the audience to the mag and finaly all of the pictures whether they can inspire new or regular readers.
-the convention that this magazine covers is about cars, supercars and it is based on the tv series called tog gear, this is all about cars.
-the magazine cover breaks are that the bar code is on the top lrft of the cover and it is supposed to be on the bottom right of the cover in the corner, then there is no strap line at the bottom of the cover.
-the colour palette that has been used within this cover is best suited for men as there is a lot of dull / dark coloured cars and the clouds in the background are grey, therefore making the surrounding on the ground dark and dull, also there is a pale red title with a purple strapline, all of these colours are very masculin and are best suited for men / teenage boys.
-this cover provokes the audience to want to buy a sports car e.g. the Audi R8, this is because the cover is advertising sports cars and it will tell the audience all about the cars also there will be pictures of all the different angles of the cars inside the mag to persuade them even more.
-this magazine appeals to both new and regula readers because the magazine cover looks interesting with all of the different sports cars and the readers whether they are ne or regula will be interested with the pictures, this is because they can fantasize about having one.
-the magazine is published by the BBC and the topgear team, this is known because there is a logo at the top of the cover, the circulation of this magazine would be weekly because there is a date on the cover next to the barcode.
-i have learnt about all of the conventions that a magazine has to follow, i have also learnt that if any of the conventions have been broke then you will have to produce supporting studies to justify their actions, then i have learnt that there are colour palets that attracts the audience to the mag and finaly all of the pictures whether they can inspire new or regular readers.
Evavluation of film
-this scene is a typical example of a TV soap because there are a lot of different characters that are living in the same area and then there is a problejm that they all have, there are a lot of different acters in the TV series.
-the camera angles that have been in this TV soap are: mid shot, slose up, pan shot, master shot, two shot, zoom out, establishing shot.
-the recreation that we made was not very acurate because there was not enough people in some 0f the scenes and there were no props in the scene like the curtains.
-the sucesses that we had were that we could make the TV soap and we recreated the beggining scene from the popular soap Eastenders, we also encountered problems e.g. we didnt have enough people to do some of the clips, we didnt have enough time to get it like the tv soap (origional).
- i have learnt the word mise en scene and i have also learnt about what means. the word mise en scene means all of the things that are in the picture clip of a film, video, tv soap and so on... e.g. in the tv soap emerdale that we had to re-create there was a telephone, door, wall, clothes that the people were wearing (costumes), kitchen units, all of these are part of the mise en scene.
-i have learnt that the continuity in a video is important because if the clip changes to the next one and there is a jump that is obvious then the movie doesnt look as good as a movie that is smoothe throught out all of the clips
-i think that i will need to work on my techniques because i am not sure on all of the different names of camera shots, also i am not sure on what some of them are like the establishing shot.
i feel more confident with using a camera to record a moving image because i know how to do most of the basic stuff in editing the futtage and i am less confident with creating a print based product because i dont know much about the software that is needed
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