i am working with Stefan and zulq, we are going for a teen drama style series,
this is what we might base our filming styles around





misfits

Mainstream

Mainstrme people are people who usually follow the crowd and take the hegemonic views in life very easily, they like to avoid risks by doing things that others may think is different or unnatural, this is because they like to feel accepted in society.

Resigners
 may suit the older generation, they like dicipline, limitation, rigity,
duty and having roles.

Succeeders

This advert would relate to the succeeders as this group would normally be high class and management material. Therefore I think this advert would relate to them as blackberry is used by all business men as it gives them esurience knowing they have the latest smart phone. This would also suite them as succeeders choose brands that are well known, therefore they would choose blackberry as they are one of the leading phone companies.

Reformers

The reformers group would contain people who seek Freedom from restriction, personal growth and social awareness. These people would have attended higher education, therefore searching for products of a high quality. I believe this advert would fit this group as this group of people would want high quality products as they also do not look at finding a cheaper priced product. Also D&G is seen to be a high class brand which many people adore therefore being right for this group. This group would also search for products that are in trend at that time.

aspirers

The group would want to seek materialistic, acquisitive, affiliative and oriented to extrinsics. The group would also buy products demanding on the brands image and appearance to others. This group would also go for products on how popular they are. This group is normally associated with the younger generation. I believe this advert would fit this group as nike is seen to be a popular brand, also many of the younger generation would shop places who sell nike.

This group would contain people who are Heavy consumers of alcohol, eat junk food regularly and buy lottery tickets weekly. I think this advert would relate to this group.

action movie analysis

TODOROV:

this movie follows Todorovs theory as in the beginning it starts of with an equilibrium bruce wayne has been dorment for 8 years living his life normally, however all goes to chaos when an evil villain manages to release all the criminals into the city, however at the end he saves the city of gotham by defeating the enemy and destroying a bomb.

BARTHES:

the director also uses barthes' theory as we can see he uses other characters as enigma codes such as catwoman to suggest a love interest in the rest of the story, 

LEVI - STRAUSS 

This theory is about binary oppositions for example, the director uses this to contrast the hero and villain  in this movie he makes the villain look strong and the hero weak, until the end of the movie when the hero gains the strength to defeat him.

PROPP:

hero- batman

helper - catwoman

princess - gotham city

fish tank review

Fish tank review

Fish tank is a style of movie in which I enjoy the most, British, gritty and down to earth, a movie which shows the real life struggles of people who may have not had the most privileged lifestyle.

The acting from Katie Jarvis was excellent for what I know was her debut-acting job, however I was confused as to why her dancing was so bad, before the story had unfolded I kept thinking to my self, “is she just a bad dancer, or was this written in the script?” how ever as you watch on, you understand as to why her dancing is so horrible.

It was a pleasant surprise to see Michael Fassbender as Conner, mia’s mothers new boyfriend, he fit the role perfectly, playing the ‘mums new boyfriend’ act, eager to make her two daughters like him.

Also acting from Mia’s younger sister was a great addition to the movie, definitely the character who got the laughs out of the audience and, me, personally, I need a good laugh during a movie, no matter what genre.

Even thought this film was low budget, some of the cinematography by Robbie Ryan was seriously top class, there’s a great tracking shot following Mia and her friend Billy walking down a long road which lasts a good 30-45 seconds from which I can remember and great establishing shots of estate life etc.

Most of the camera shots were showing life through Mia’s eyes as she is the protagonist, more great cinematography work consists of the close up shots on the horse.

The Director used Mise en scene to a great extent in this movie to portray the lifestyle of Mia the protagonist, using cans of beer and bottles of cider to show her antisocial behavior, lighting was all pretty much natural to show a more realistic approach commonly used in these type of brit low budget films, the clothes all the characters wore looked realistic , looking at the fact that nobody works in the family.

Continuity was a main aspect in the editing of this film, the film was shown as the events happened and was done with clean cuts, this helps with the realistic approach and does not confuse the audience when watching, a great scene for editing is when Mia finds out Connors secret when looking at the video camera, she looks around the room to see a life she never had, each turn of the head the audience see’s an eye-line shot of things she was never privileged enough to have.

Although this movie was great, there were many errors to mainly the plot, things between Connor and Mia are unresolved, the fact they had sex and the fact she didn’t get in more trouble for nearly killing a child, also the reality of her surviving in wales with someone she doesn’t even know that well, for that matter, the reality of her going to wales with someone she doesn’t know that well!

Also the overuse of the word ‘cunt’ became annoying, and a reason to why she urinated on Connors living room floor still hasn’t come across my mind.

Overall fish tank was a great film, its flaws made it the style of film it is, and it always has the excuse of being a low budget flick.

 

fish tank questions

Q1. Nick Laws and Kees Kasander produced the film, executive producers were, Christine langan and David M. Thompson,

Companys include BBC films, UK film council and Kasander film company.

Q2. Ealing film studios, southall studios

Ealing film studios has had films such as Shaun of the dead, and the importance of being earnest made there.

Riverside studios has made tv shows such as, the apprentice, and Russell Howard’s good news.

Q3. I believe that Ealing film studios looks to be the most successful as it is the oldest running film studio in the world opened in 1902, still actively making produce.

Q4. The budget for fish tank was only $3million , which classes it as a very low budget film.

Q5.Open water

The inbetweeners movie

Kidulthood

Supersize me

Juno

Saw (one)

We can see from this list that documentary/drama style videos can be easily made under 5mill, also urban British and indie style films are known for being made low budget as things like cgi and special effects are not needed

Q6. Fish tank was funded with the aid of two company’s, BBC FILMS and the UK film council.

Q7. The HLF (heritage lottery fund) gives grants to young film makers however it must be used in a way to invest in the uk’s diverse heritage.

Q8.  Since the crating of the film was a 15, I belive it is targeted at everyone age 15 and above, mainly teens and young adults as they may be able to relate to some aspects and themes of the film also they would be able to relate to mia as she is 15 herself.

Q9. From research I have gathered that , horrors, comedy’s, and action, are the main genres for the 16-25 cinema market, this is because they give a sense of escapism to young adults which being one my self I love, also adding characters with sex appeal in genres such as comedy’s and actions, which can be a decision point for a teenager.

Q10. The main distributor for fish tank was IFC films.

Q11.  It is a company which releases a film to the public, in cinemas or by DVD,

Q12. The film was first promoted in France on may 14^th 2009 at the Cannes film festival, from there on I believe word of mouth was a bog part of its promotion etc.

Q13.

There are many differences between fish tank and a Hollywood blockbuster, for instance the ending , blockbusters like to make the audience feel happy and good at the end and promote a highly positive attitude towards life, for eg, the hero always wins, however films such as fish tank, (British) show the harsh reality of life, Mia was never really a good dancer and in reality would never make it, however if Hollywood took this on , she would have made it somehow.

There are more obvious things such as production value, on the other hand, I feel that the fact films like fish hook are low budget helps with the over all reality aspect of the film.

Q14. I believe that the fast paced editing in the trailer of fish tank, helps as it doesn’t give the narrative away, when I watched the trailer I still had no idea what the film was about, I could only figure out the genre, this is good in my opinion as I really hate it when trailers literally reveal the storyline. Even though I didn’t know what the film was about the trailer was cleverly edited to make me ask questions to my self about the film and made me come to a conclusion that I was interested in finding out.

Q17. the trailer for fish tank shows the life of a young teenager who is behaving antisocially, we can she wants to become a dancer, but there are problems and harsh truths that come in her way.

Q18.  I believe that a rating of 15 was correct as although the film had continuous swearing in it, it was to show the reality of life in that situation, if anything I believe someone who is fifteen is less likely to use words such as ‘cunt’ and ‘fucking’ after viewing the film as they see how it can make you look as a person.

Its contained a small amount of nudity however it did not exaggerate it, the BBFC may have had doubts when deciding what rating the film rating should have been, however I believe that it was acceptable for people aged 15 and over.

A movie that has been rated 18, would usually have scenes of strong violence and scenes of a mature nature, such as sex scenes and bloody violence and gore.

learner response for assessment - Mr Halsey

LR-write an extra paragraph for Q2 about the general representation of Americans in the clip

Sound was used effectively to show Americans to be confident, by speaking loudly and clearly to colleagues, this contrast with the non americans as they are unheard of during this scene, this reassures the audience that there is an element of danger as we dont know what they are up to.

media awards film analasis

ROMEO-
The clip used cinematography very effectively, using close ups on the protagonists face to show emotions, also the use of selective focusing made the trailer look very professional and clean, the use of music was parralell which ment it fit well with the scenes, made the trailer feel more dramatic etc.
i liked the narrativeidea as it is taking a new twist on an old idea, also the acting was of good quality and really helped seel the movie idea to the audience.
mise en scene was used to a great efferet in this film, lighting corresponded to more negative parts being low key and vice versa.
www: great use of cinematography to draw the audience in
ebi: used more enigma codes instead of revealing the main plot

inner redemption

inner redemption used the todorov theory in a great way a charicter starts of in an equilibrium and then a dialemma occurs, however because this was a horror a slight twist at the end causes the audience to not know weather there is a happy ending.
mise en scene is used in a great way in the trailer, things such as props were thought of in detail, phsycic's cards and ball, settings were realistic, romantic dinner with love interest etc, lighting was a great aspect in the trailer as during the beggining everything is lit in a high key showinng an equilibrium, however as the story unfolds things start to go low key.
www: great use of mise en scene to ultimatley scare the audience also very original narrative
Ebi: cinematography was considered more.