Props

We used a syringe as one of our props as it shows that the person being killed with the syringe could have had a poison or a drug inserted in to them. This is effective; it isn't a normal horror movie killing and people wouldn't be expecting it. Its unusual and it could draw people in.

A plastic bag is the other prop we used, this is also because people wouldn't be expecting this way of killing and it could draw them in. Everyday items such as this bag which could be used for a murder could change how people come across with their items.

Film Review - Fast and Furious 8 / The Fate of the Furious (Vin Diesel)

The Fate of the Furious

The camera shots I think are effective that were used in the trailer would be establishing shot which shows an amazing angle of the city and how the lights shine in the city at night, long shot which then shows a person, object or place from a distance but not too far - establishing shot, 2 shot which shows 2 people in the scene and their reactions and expressions towards the action, close ups which then show their facial reactions and body language, birds eye view angle which shows the scene from an angle on a bird would be able to view - this is effective as it costs a lot of money and only large movie companies are able to do it, low angle which shows vulnerability and is used in many circumstances, over the shoulder shot which shows how 2 people see the situation in each others eye's, medium shots which show part body language and part facial expression and extreme long shots which show the scenery and the body language with facial expressions as well. The sound is used in many different ways but the most effective I think is when the 21st Century music that everyone knows is played in the background and for some of the main parts in the trailer, but when speech or something dramatic is happening the music quiets down so that the sounds that is used else where is noticed and draws you in to watch the movie. It makes me feel like I need to watch the movie and the whole thing draws you in which makes the audience wider even if they haven't seen a Fast and Furious before. The pace of editing is at a fast speed with a handful of short clips with short time this is because they want to give away some of the movie but not too much otherwise it would spoil it. The snippets only last about 5 seconds each and in 3 minutes 18 seconds that is a lot of short clips, they aren't all short clips but most are to show more of the movie. The costumes the characters are wearing are casual and almost everyday clothes. When there are serious parts of the movie and they need to dress in a different way it is always accomplished. The military soldiers are wearing their uniform and are with their bosses for the job who are wearing suits and smart clothing. This is to show they are important and mean something. The feeling you get of the characters is that they don't mess around; they may be wearing casual sometimes even lounge wear but is doesn't matter what they are wearing because they always put up a fight. They are all wearing black and this is because they cant be seen in all scene's so the black camouflages them into the darkness in which it seems to be filmed. What we find out about the storyline is that there are a lot of fights which are for a person (Vin Diesel) as he turns, he has been on the not good but better side since Fast and Furious 1 all the way through to number 7 but in number 8 he has changed sides and has gone against all his friends we classes as family. There are many different weapons used but not all of them work. Jason Statham who was on the bad side from number 6 has now had no choice but to join the good side in order to get Vin Diesel back to the way he was. The titles are used at the end of the trailer and are very easy to see and they start occurring half way through the trailer. they are very well planned out and have a good use of colour. The colours are bright and aren't block colours, they are faded into each other so that they are eye catching and draw in the audience i.e. when it says Next Year, Furious 8 and Family will be broken. We know its a film of this genre because in the trailer there are a lot of weapons and a wrecking ball, there is loads of shooting and fighting and for this to all take place it has to be at least a 12. The genre is crime film/thriller. this is because of all the fighting, swearing and gore involved and the crime part is most definitely covered when the police are involved. The thriller part is covered when there is shock, i.e. when Vin changes sides after all these years, when Jason has to join the good side so its pretty much Vin and Jason have swapped places and then when all the crime and action kicks in.

Idea Picture Analysis

3 Pictures.

The pictures taken here are ones from on of our idea’s. We went during the day to take a few pictures from different angles, in which we could edit them as see how effective they would look if we were to use the editing skills in the movie.

We started off with just taking the pictures at the location and moving the angles round so we could get the best pictures taken so that we could edit them, for that eerie effect. Out of all of the pictures we had taken some had really bad quality and some were blurry. So we specifically chose the good pictures.

These pictures are effective as they show the scenery in day time; our film is going to be filmed when dark, you can see every aspect of the field and the tree’s which is effective as we can explain why we need the specific parts in the location. For the tree’s to not have leaves and look like they are from a haunted movie because of that we decided it would be a good place to either film or just use it as an idea.

Edited Idea Picture Analysis

3 Pictures

These 3 pictures follow up on the other 3 pictures and these are the 3 pictures that are edited to give of the haunted house, scary feeling.

The way they are edited is to show that the movie is a horror movie and if we were to use this black and white effect or a darker colour on the movie it would make the movie even more effective and would cause attention to be drawn to it. These pictures also show the scenery and the bare tree in the frame together as they are effective; that is because having a bare tree, in which you normally see on your way to a haunted house and with the colouring/theme used it makes it look like an old fashioned horror movie.
In the end we were thinking about using the black and white and the darker coloured parts so that not all of the movie looks like it was made ages ago. But the parts that are most scary we might cut from one frame to another frame so that there is the normal everyday lighting for most of the movie but the most horror parts we might change the effect.

Initial Idea's

Following on from planning the film/trailer we decided to do initial idea's to just put together all the things we came up with and see how they come together with all the set-up and even camera angles we included - along side with the actors and location.
We drew out the mind map and then following on from that we previously decided on the 5 categories which would be on the mind map. Having the mind map drawn out causes more hassle free times where we weren't having to have loads of different documents all over the place; we have it all on 1 piece of paper and it brings all the film related things together.

Location Research

For our movie we chose 2 locations which we thought would be a good idea to use. One of our idea's were based in Ashtead Common; we thought that is was a good idea as the planning carried on being planned we thought that the idea didn't fit the initial idea mind map; it didn't have enough to say and didn't fit in all of the sections meaning that no matter how hard we tried to get it to fit in and be an amazing idea for our film it just didn't work in the end.
Our second idea was Based in River Mole (above) this fit all the sections on the initial idea mind map. We chose this idea/location as it is easy accessible and a public location so we don't have to ask for permission. As the night carries on and the sun goes down the scene looks scary and mysterious which gives off the haunted, eerie feeling which makes our location effective. Using the river mole isn't out first idea and we didn't think it would work but as we explored deeper into the other locations we found out that actually it fits better than our first idea.
After cutting down our location idea's to 2 ideas we decided to mind map both and the results shocked us but in a good way as we had found out what our location would be.
As a conclusion we decided overall that the river mole was the better location for us to film at; it ticked all the boxes. We didn't need to ask permission from anyone as it is a public location, there is a haunted, eerie feel given off when you approach this location a little later in the evening/when its darker, the layout of the scene fits how our film was laid out and in general its just the perfect location.

Questionnaire

This is the questionnaire that Ellie and I have come up with.  We have come up with a simple questionnaire that is just  average horror movie outcomes. To change it up a bit we changed a few of them and has different answers on some of them. In the questionnaire, overall in our opening 2 minutes we would have it set in Tadworth as its closest to home, there was a joint answer of a woods and lake but we found a location near us that has both, the audience came up with 4 people being the main characters, someone is going to get killed, there was also a joint answer on Old Barn Productions and Green Pyramid Productions and then another joint answer on dialogue and music so we will have the music and speech in the 2 minutes. The audience we chose to answer this was our class mates as they are all over the age we chose for our audience and they chose what they think would be best for our film.

Font Experimentation

Crazy Killer

This font would be effective for our title as our theme is horror and they fit together. This is a quirky font and isn't seen very often or at all, horror movies have a different font from the rest of the movie genre's as horror have a whole different approach and ending in movies. Having a range to pick from is effective as you have to see if it ticks all the boxes and fits with the whole thing.

Nightbird

Nightbird is an effective font with we might incorporate into the final font as the dripping of the blood and the unfinished shaping of the letters give it an eerie feel. I feel like the font would fit in perfectly with the whole theme and how we are doing a horror but just to make it unique and to prove that I have drawn it we are going to take a few things specifically about this font to add into our final design.

Wait and Bleed

Wait and bleed is a different design to the others but also gives of the same feeling. The way the letters look is as if there is a mixture of fire and dripping blood together to give it that eerie, haunted house logo feel. If we were to incorporate this into our final logo, which I don't think we are because it hasn't got as much of a haunting feeling and doesn't seem that scary, it wouldn't look as effective and not as scary as we wanted it to be; so that we could link it to our  2 minute clip.

Idea 2 - Ashtead

Idea 2
Walk over/on a bridge
Look over at the stream
See someone on the floor - point at them
Try type/ring someone on the phone
Drop phone next to person/body
Go down to get phone and body sits up/hand moves
We fall over (shock) and run
Run into a field - Middle
Look around - dont know where we are
See someone walking towards us
Cant find/see exit
Turn around frantically and random person standing behind us - same person from bridge/stream
One of us scream and run whilst other gets grabbed
Fade to black - title (dramatic music)

Costumes
Ellie
Casual - Jeans/Leggings
Casual - T-Shirt/Jumper
Trainers
Kiera
Casual - Jeans/Leggings
Casual - T-Shirt/Jumper
Trainers
Other Person
Old/Ripped Jeans/Trackies
Old/Wornout Jumper
Old/Broken/Torn Trainers

Props
Phone case - instead of phone
Old phone?
Torch
Make-Up
Knife
Fake blood

Setting
Ashtead park/common near station
Field nar station with little stream/bridge
Run into the field which is opposite Ashtead Football Club/Park
Field contains large trees for hiding

Idea 1 - Tadworth

Idea 1
Coming back from Epsom for birthday meal/birthday shopping
Walking through park listening to music - Speaker
All of our phones die
We then take a shortcut
Lead ourselves to woods and come out in a field
Random person standing under lamp post and guides/directs us to bus stop. End up in an alley way.
We hear a bin lid close
Turn around to face bin - nothing, carry on walking.
Random person stabs
One person screams and drops bag/runs
Fade to black - title.

Costumes
Ellie
Dress/Shorts
Cardigan/Coat
Smart shoes/Trainers
Kiera
Dress/Shorts
Cardigan/Coat
Smart shoes/Trainers
Other Person
Black/Dark Tracksuit
Hat/Hood on tracksuit
Black/Dark Trainers

Props
Bags - Shopping
Birthday badge
Hat - Beanie
Speaker
Knife
Fake blood

Setting
Park near ASDA - including woods
Woods - get lost - asking for help
Woods - trees and bushes for hiding.

Reasons for Certificate Research

A U film is a film that is suitable for children that are over the age of 4, sometimes this might not be effective as they never know what is in the film that could upset/discomfort them. We aren't using this as the film we would be filming even though it isn't going to get majorly scary it would give them nightmares.

A PG film is a film that children have to watch with parental guidance/have a parent there whilst watching it, these types of films don't unsettle any child above the age of 8 but any child under that age would be disturbed and needs a parent there. We aren't using this either in our 2 minutes as the age is too young for children to be watching our opening 2 minutes as we don't know what they are aloud to watch with parents and we don't want to give them slight nightmares.

12 A films are movies that no child under the age of 12 is aloud to see. 12 A films the children have to have a parent there with them as they are films that are for 12 year old children that are almost 13 so its a bit of an older film. We weren't sure about this rating as we thought it was still a bit too young for children to be watching something linking to a horror movie so we didn't use it.

Films that are rated 12 no child is aloud to see as there are things that could disturb them and parents wouldn't want that. 12 year old are aloud to see these films normally without an adult, this is because the content isn't that bad and is consistent like this throughout the movie. We again decided not to use this rating as its still too young and it would be on our hands if the children were disturbed.

A 15 film no one younger than 15 is aloud to see it due to the context in the movies, they consist of sexual behaviour, swearing, drug use and bad behaviour and no parent would want a child to see something like this is they are younger then 15. We decided to use this as our age as is the next one after 12 and due to how we think the movie would come across as slightly scary or jumpy its the perfect fit.



A 18 film is similar to 15 but worse with the context in the movie as they come up consistently through the film. As our film isn't like that we didn't use this age but anyone above 15 can see it.



Certificate Research

When it came down to the researching of the age certificate suitable for a horror movie, I knew roughly what the age was but I thought if I done research on the age of horror movies it would be more effective as we weren't just guessing.
The website I looked on was
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-horror-movies#
I used this website as it tells you the best most seen/effective horror movies that have come out since the year 1968. This is really effective as you can see reviews people have put about the movies and it gives you links so you can buy it on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play. Having links already set up for buying the movie is effective as you don't have to go hunting to try and find the movie and then separately find the reviews.
I would recommend this website to people who really love their horror movies; it gives you all of the most successful horror movies that have come out and they can go down the list and see which ones they have and haven't already seen and they can see what other people think of the films that they have watched.

How To Use Movie Maker

This is a tutorial about how to use movie maker. I have inserted this as Movie Maker was used to create our animated story board. As mine and Ellie's laptops didn't already have movie maker installed we had to download it and use it from there.
To make our animated storyboard we took a series of pictures and inserted them in to movie maker and added effects and made them a couple of seconds each so that in a video that added up to a minute we had 11 pictures all together and they were all about 5/6 seconds long.
Having used movie maker we came across that it was really easy and straight forward to use. Its one of the most easiest movie/clip maker to use and its effective in every way possible as you can make any movie or clip that you want.

Storyboard

This is the first page of our storyboard. These 4 boxes show what we were going to do in the first scene which would include us walking the dog and walking towards a river/pond where we came across a dead body lying on the floor and we move closer to it so we can try to identify who this person could be. This scene we discussed that we were going to use a long shot to show us walking round a corner with our dog on a dog walk, then a medium shot to show our expression when we see the dead body. We then decided to use a close up to zoom in on our facial expressions and then another medium shot to show us close to the unconscious body and this is one of the most effective camera shots in this scene because it shows our facial and body expression and language. This will half non-diegetic and half speech in this scene.

The second scene we sketched out was started with Ellie and I getting out a phone and getting ready to call 999, as we are doing this we hear and see a person in the bushes right next to us and we scream, after that the focus is on the dead bodies face as the body opens her eyes and we scream again and run of. As we were running off, Ellie gets caught and was going to be killed and I carry on running without knowing and as I got a bit further on Ellie screamed "Kiera." the camera shots used were medium shot again to see our body language and facial expressions in one, then a close up was used to zoom in on the dead bodies face to see her eyes open. That was followed by a long shot of us running away from the man in the bushes and then another medium shot of me running by myself before Ellie screamed "Kiera." This scene will consist of mainly non-diegetic sound as there isn't a lot of speech so we are going to insert music on the top.

Lastly the last scene was a bit shorter as this is what finishes it off. In this scene it started with me running back towards where I could hear Ellie screaming my name. I run back and see Ellie lying on the floor with a syringe on her with a bag on her head, I slowly walk towards her; I'm not sure if she is joking around or not so I'm a bit wary. As I get closer to Ellie I realise it isn't a joke and that she is dead so I start shaking her. The camera shots used here were a bit harder to do because it was harder to get the camera shots we wanted to be used done. So we used a medium shot continuing of me running as in running back to Ellie followed by another continued medium shot of me walking up to Ellie wary of her, lastly, we used a close up of me and Ellie so that you could see the expression in my face and Ellie's body at the same time. The last scene will again have half speech and half non-diegetic sounds which will be music on top of the footage.

Animated Storyboard

This is our animated storyboard that we have made in movie maker. We took a picture of every section separately and put them all together to get this final outcome. This runs through the whole movie in a minute video and shows you briefly how the opening 2 minutes would go.

Sound Choices

For our soundtrack we need some tense music in the background - it is one of the most important things for a horror or a thriller film.  We have found the following clips below that we are going to use in order to make our film really tense and full of suspense:

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We picked this non copyright horror movie music for the background; it is consistent of high pitched notes, dramatic doleful piano and discomfited strings which further combine to create a depressing atmosphere. The way it changes from high piano pitches to discomforting low notes, gives you a shiver down your spine. It would fit perfectly into our movie; everything we do seems to fit in time with the beats and pitches perfectly. This eerie 1 minute 32 second clip is going to be used as a non-diegetic piece; we only want the audience to hear it as it would be pointless to us if we could hear it, we would be focusing on the acting and speech if we include any speech in the clip we are producing.
Another short clip i thought would be effective due to the pitches and notes would be:

this clip consists of deep, dramatic, eerie music which gives you a literal shiver down your spine. it starts of with a low drum beat then as the beats gets louder and more instruments are involved the higher the pitch gets. the screeching which seems to be a violin gives of a horror movie effect of a murder/dangerous scene. In any other typical horror/thriller movie they would include similar music in the background so that you feel in the scene with the right mood being given off.

for our actual movie we will be using these 2 sounds for the background to make the scene more of an atmosphere and to make the suspense go out of the roof. Having these, well any type of music in the background has been used in every movie for years and they carry on to use music to make the scene effective and to make people get into the film and feel addicted; that they feel they have to watch the rest of the movie.

Genre Research

Genre is one of the most important things to come into making a film. Without the genre being chose all of the films that are published they would all be the same and no one would go and watch the movies in cinema's because they would have seen one similar before.
When it came down to the researching we didn't know at first what to do and didn't know how to research it. We spoke to a few of our classmates and they all said similar things of "we googled it" so we followed what they had done and researched what films were out at that time. They were all different and we were then again stuck on what to do.
After researching it, we decided the easiest thing we should have done in the first place would have been going on to other peer's blogs. Ellie and I came across some of other people's from a couple of years ago and they easily decided theirs which was surprising. Most of theirs were action and a couple of horror or comedy.
So, following up on all the research we done we decided to do one that not many people done - not as many as we thought would have, we came up with the idea to do Horror.
Narrowing the details down was quite easy and we didn't have to do a lot, we watched a couple of horrors to see how they effectively used camera shots, sounds and location and we then came up with the idea of mixing up ideas of a couple of movies to get a different outcome and hopefully an effective one.
After all we came up with the conclusion of doing a horror movie, making sure the location is an eerie one but also close to home and that we are going to try and use different sounds and camera shots to make it effective and scary.

Mood Board

this picture was the main beginning of the movie. we start of shopping and come back and that's when all of the action starts and you get the feeling that the horror is starting.

i have this picture because our target audience is teenagers and the typical place teens watch movies in the evening is at the cinema when they go as a group. We are also including teenagers in our movie; they have a lot of energy and it's an interesting thing for them to do.

the reason behind this picture is because when you watch a horror movie most of the action is started off when there has been a house party and the people are drunk and start doing stupid things. parties are the typical reason for a horror movie to start off.

this picture is one of the main reasons of the film. we are meant to be getting chased by someone so Ellie and I are running away, this is something typical from a horror movie and you'll see it in nearly every movie.

 this picture i chose because either me or Ellie have to pretend to be dead after we get caught by our male character. this picture is also similar to what you get in nearly every horror movie.

i chose this picture specifically because you can relate to it when you watch a horror movie. you can see the despair and fearfulness in her face. this picture suggests that she is hiding from something scary. We thought of this picture because we were going to do a similar thing in our movie; it would be included after one of the girls had just been caught and the other one had ran away and is hiding. 

This is the most understandable out of all of them; it shows a male figure standing hooded in the dark with slight lighting behind him. We are featuring a male in our movie which is hooded and he is the one that'll be chasing us near the river/woods. The reason behind it is because its one of the main parts of a horror movie and would scare anyone under the age of  12 so we have made our film a rating of 15.

this picture is the actual setting of our film and the picture (above) is set near leatherhead town. the reason for the river is they aren't always people there, rivers are lonely and don't tend to be busy so we thought it could start of set next to the river and we could make our way from there to a woods that no one would be in so the horror is also kicked off with abandoned settings.

Film Review - Suicide Squad (Will Smith)

Suicide Squad

The camera shots i think are effective are the close ups as they show the expression on their faces, long shots which show their body/body language, medium shot which shows their facial expression from their shoulders above, 2 shot which shows 2 of the characters at the same time, birds eye view which shows the setting they're in and what is happening, over the shoulder shot which shows how you would see the situation in that person's perspective and establishing shot which also shows the setting/scenery but in a different angle from birds eye view. the sound in this 2 minute clip is really effective; they play songs that are from the older days and not a lot of people know. they make sure that the music fades or there are no singing parts when there is speech involved. They emphasize the gun shots, shouting, very important speech or the comedy side - the funny speech. they do this because  they're the main parts of the movie so that you get a rough idea of what the movie is about and how they come across problems that they face. The feeling it gives off is that the film is an action comedy and that the film would be great overall. the pace of editing is fast; the reason for this is so that you can see more of the movie - the action and comedy parts. when an important part comes up it stays on screen for almost 4 times the amount of the other snippets so that you can hear what is said or see what is played. the costumes used are unusual. the prisoners have to wear orange overalls when in prison so that the officers and workers know their prison number and name without having to search/find out. they give off the feeling that in prison all of the suicide squad members are treated equally and get at least 1 luxury. when they leave prison and have to do a mission/quest they get to wear their own clothes. They all have their own unique style and the clothes they wear show their personality. Harley Quinn wears her own unique style in a unique way. She wears T-Shirt/vest with a strange style of bottoms. She wears what seem like bikini bottoms and stockings. She has half her hair dip dyed blue and half her hair dip died pink, Harley must have done/got this done because she wants to express herself through color - they could be her favorite colors. in the trailer you find out quite a bit about the film. You find out that they get asked to do a mission/quest as they are the most dangerous people and as they are they can deal with any situation as they have all got different backgrounds and can get through any problem they face. the titles in the trailer are used at the beginning and the end of the trailer so you don't get distracted reading rather than watching the trailer full. the main title which is used at the end of the trailer is strange and has a unique look and feel about it. it has a range of colors and its a weird font. We know its an action comedy as the action is full on and is consistent throughout the whole thing; it consists of guns, killing and fighting. the comedy part is covered throughout some of the serious parts to break the ice between them all.

Preliminary Task - Anna, Kiera, Ellie

Preliminary Task

This preliminary task was easy but also a bit of a struggle. We had to try and get everything perfect for it all to fit into each other without super recognizable patches were they didn't fit.
The camera angles were quite easy to do; we didn't have to change the height of the camera as we had made it the perfect height before we started filming, we hardly had to change the angle as we didn't include high or low angle shots. The camera had to be perfect otherwise it wouldn't have looked right when we filmed as the camera could have been too high or low. This is effective as we didn't have any breaks in between filming so we remembered exactly what we had to do next without hesitating or having to change anything.
For Ellie and I to film the same part of the clip at least twice was what made them interlink with each other perfectly. We made sure we knew exactly where Anna was walking or had her hands/feet. If we didn't then the shots wouldn't have interlinked with each other and the quality would have been terrible. Making sure Anna stayed in the same place or walked back in the same place was a struggle as she didn't even remember herself most of the time so we had to watch her feet and hands carefully it felt as if i was walking with her. Doing this was effective though because I could physically walk where she was walking to show her if she got stuck just to make sure we had it all perfectly laid out. The book sliding was the hardest part; we needed it to be  a strong push so that i could pick it up with ease but when Anna slid the book on the table she didn't do it hard enough so it was only going part way on the table not the full way. In result of this our teacher Mr Thornton had to help with the book sliding as he knew alongside us how strong we needed it and where it needed to go.

3 Camera Shots - Anna, Kiera, Ellie

In this video Ellie, Anna and I were experimenting with different types of camera shots we thought we could use in our opening 2 minute video for our exam.
We experimented with a medium shot, over the shoulder shot and long shot.
The medium shot was a little bit of a struggle; we couldn't get the right spot for the camera to be for all of us to fit in so we had to make it a moving medium shot. We had to move the camera around and move the spots we were standing in quite a lot for us all to have the perfect medium shot of our shoulders above.
The over the shoulder shot was the easiest as we had the perfect place to do it and the camera was easy to put into place. We had to only slightly change the camera height and angle and make sure Anna was standing in the perfect place so that the camera was not covered slightly.
The long shot was not as easy to do because we had to stand really close to each other just to fit into the frame of the camera. Anna had the easiest job as all she had to do was walk round me and catch the ball. Ellie and I had to throw the ball to each other slowly for Anna to be able to catch it in time.
If i were to change 1 thing i would change the medium shot to a 2/3 shot. The medium shot was hard to do and we couldn't have the camera standing still, we had to have it moving just for all 3 of us to fit in the video. Where as a 2/3 shot would have been easier as we could all have been standing near each other without having to move the camera so the speech would have been clearer and easier to understand.

Film Review - Kingsman (Taron Egerton)

Kingsman : The Secret Service.

The camera shots i think are really effective would be : birds eye view which showed how the city looks and it gives off a gangster vibe where clearly no posh people live, long shots are used consistently throughout the trailer - they shows the whole body of the character from the shoes to the hat - this is because it gives you a feeling of what type of character they are and how they get around in life, establishing shot - again this is used to show the scenery and how the setting would then later be used in the film, close ups are used quite a bit in this trailer/movie to show the expression in their faces which could lead to how the film carries on, 2 shot is used to feature Colin Firth and Taron Egerton in the same shot as they are the two main characters and seeing them together brings the movie together as they would then have to be with each other for almost the rest of the movie, over the shoulder shot is used when Colin Firth was talking to Taron not long after they had first spoke to each other - this is effective as it shows you what it would be like to look at the character from the talkers point of view, as the action starts the shots (above) all come together for a quick paced part of the trailer which could then show that the action involved in the trailer/movie isn't easy going, its gory and quite aggressive. The pace of editing in this trailer depends on the mood given off in that scene. As the action starts to kick in towards the middle of the trailer the pace of editing. The clips of the movie are edited so that the speech is all important and means a huge part in the film. The costumes in this movie play a huge part and Colin Firth seemed to take pride in his appearance in this movie as he always dressed smartly with suit and tie. Taron Egerton started off as a gangster and wore tracksuits/jeans and a hoody. This shows that where he lived at the beginning people follow the crowd and nearly everyone dressed the same. Towards the middle of the trailer you can see Taron "Eggsy" start to also take pride in his appearance; he starts to become a spy alongside Colin Firth, Taron starts wearing suits and ties and this could be because he wants to follow in his father's footsteps and change how he is living as that isn't how he wants to spend the rest of his life. From the story line we actually find out quite a lot in a small space of just under 3 minutes. We find out that Taron and Colin work alongside each other to complete secret "missions" and try to make sure the world stays as it is or they could even make it a better place. They have to stop Samuel L. Jackson from killing everyone he doesn't know just because he doesn't like how many people there are on earth and the fact he thinks the world is too crowded.  The titles aren't really used between the trailer, they're are used mainly at the beginning and the end so that you can focus on the trailer. We know its a film of action/comedy as the comedy draws you in, making you laugh and it intrigues you. As the comedy starts to die down the action starts and the guns and killing start to get involved.

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Film Review - Shallow Hal (Jack Black)

Shallow Hal

The camera shots i think are effective and really interesting would be: close ups of their faces to show emotion and detail of the face, medium shot - it shows the body language slightly and is effective as you can see more of their body, 2 shot - which shows 2 people that play a part in the movie that can sometimes occur as important, low angle shot which was used towards the beginning of the trailer on a landmark/building to show where they are and that would link further on to why they are there, Birdseye view is also used to show the scenery of the section of the movie that they are stuck in the lift and how much it was getting to them. Over the shoulder shot was also used when Jack Black was being spoken too, this shows how it feels to see things from someone else's perspective. The sound starts of with very cheerful music that is slightly romantic but as it goes on narration is included so people can understand more clearly what the movie is about. As the mood changes to dramatic the beats in the music/in the background pick up pace and seem very tense. The Pace of editing is not too fast but not too slow so it would be medium editing; it shows quite a few different scenes of the movie that are most effective and stand out the most. I think personally that they done the editing pace this fast as they don't want to give away too much of the movie as it would spoil it and people wouldn't see the point of going to see it or buying the DVD. The costumes used on the main characters are normal everyday casual wear. But for the main character Gwyneth Paltrow she had to go out of her comfort zone and wear a full on body suit that made her look larger that she is in reality. The suit made her look 300 pounds which people don't tend to think of "hot", make-up artists and all the on-set producers and helpers had to help make fake teeth, mould of her body, have people actually come in that were over 150 pounds so Gwyneth knew what size she wanted to be and then film more than 1 shot as they had to change her size and re-film when they were filming 2 point perspective. Jack Black went for the normal everyday casual wear and went out partying so wearing that type of clothing is effective as its not too fancy but not too shabby. Watching the 2 and 1/2 minute trailer gives off quite a bit about the story line; its shows Jack being hypnotized by someone of the TV that seems to be quite famous so that Jack can only see the inner beauty of women from that point on. When Jacks friend that he was with see's the women Jack is with he is shocked as Mr Black doesn't seem to go for the not so stunning one's and he goes for the perfect one's that are flawless and its like he was a different person. Seeing the inner beauty of women is more effective and special as the outside is just an appearance and when Jack looks for the outer beauty everyone thinks that he is wrong and shouldn't keep going for the similar type of women. Titles are used effectively in the trailer and come up towards the end when you expect them too, they say what you think they would say and the reason they aren't in between is because there is a narrator that speaks instead. Mise en scene is used very effectively in this movie; they use body suits to make people look larger along with fake teeth. These are all used because they need to make attractive women in reality look not as attractive and larger in size than usual. Jack Black is the actor most used with the unattractive women as he was hypnotized so that he can only see the inner beauty so when he gets approached or approaches women he can't see the outside appearance so he always ends up going out with the no so outside attractive women and he goes for inner beauty which not everyone see's.

Film Review - War Dogs (Jonah Hill)

War Dogs

The camera shots I thought were effective or interesting would be the establishing shot which shows some amazing scenery at the beginning of the trailer which the 2 main characters are based. Another shot i thought was effective was the 2 shot of two of the people based in the Pentagon asking Jonah Hill and Miles Teller questions about their work. Also, the medium shot of Jonah Hill when he was told something depressing was effective as you can see the anger and annoyance in his face. The sound used is effective in many ways, one of them being that at the start of the trailer its a very dramatic piece of music that draws you in with suspense and when the beat drops when something really important was said it makes you question what the film is about and how they got to that point. When "how did 2 twenty something young men land a $300,000,000 Pentagon contract?" was said the music picks up the pace and the music makes it seem unbelievable and its seems to be such an insane contract they have in their work. So that really important speech can be heard the music stops so that you can hear one of the buyers say to Jonah and Miles "you drove these?.... through the triangle of death?" after that was said music plays and it draws you in as an unbelievable situation that seems surreal. The pace of editing starts of slow so you can slightly get the hint of whats happening  but as it carries on the editing gets faster and you see more of the exciting parts of the movie which dramatically changes your mood; it makes you excited and it electrify's you and seems to give you energy. I think the reason for this is because its a crime/drama film and has a lot of action involved. The costumes used are mainly casual/lounge wear that they would feel comfortable in and gives them a homely feel. When they have a meeting or something really important to go to they go full out and wear a suit to make their business side seem really into work and that they are fully committed to their job. We find out a lot about the story line along with the main thought of what was going to happen. The 2 main characters Jonah and Miles give off the feeling that they start of with next to nothing then as they get to grips with the job they begin to make a lot of money and live in luxury. This suggests that they are rebellious and will do anything extreme to get to live life like a king; they travel the "triangle of death" just to deliver some guns and army weapons. Titles in this trailer were used effectively. They fell in time with the music and stand out/are eye catching to the audience as the writing is bold and in capitals. The color is dark on a light colored background so it stands out more. You can tell its  a film of the genre crime/drama; it consists of guns, shootings, car chases and it is all very dramatic and happens very quickly. Mise En Scene is used very effectively in this movie. The props used range from little things such as a hand gun to a larger object such as $300,000,000 all in one room. These types of products and objects are used to make the movie more realistic and makes it more truthful. If these objects weren't used the film wouldn't be as successful as they wouldn't have objects to back them up or make it realistic, the money and guns are also used to show that it is an action/crime film and these are some of the main props used in typical action or crime movies.

Conventions of a Rom/Com

This is my mind map of conventions of a romantic comedy. This shows all the main points that are effective and stand out in a romantic comedy film. An example of a rom/com is Bridget Jones's Diary. In this Rom/Con Bridget's father seems to be like a lost tourist and follows her around acting completely differently. He acts stupid, dopey and he feels helpless. Bridget's mother is protective and doesn't seem to leave her side, always walks in when Bridget is about to kiss someone as she doesn't want her daughter going out with someone that her mother feels isn't right for her.