Questionnaire Answers

We asked 20 people in total, all the questions so all answers would be divided between 20.


What features would you find appealing in a Horror film and why?
Editing 6/20
Mise en Scene 5/10
Camera shots 2/10
Sounds 7/10

Why would you choose to watch a horror film?
Thrill 9/20
Social 6/20
Pleasure 1/20
Casual 4/20

What is your favourite horror film?
Most people said Insidious, various people said Sinister and a few random horror films like The Exorsist, The Shining and Friday 13th.

If you had a style of horror film, what would your favourite be and why?
Gore 10/20
Thriller 1/20
Paranormal 6/20
Abnormal 3/20

How many horror films would you watch a week?
1-2 11/20
3-5 4/20
6-8 3/20
9+ 2/20

What makes a horror film scary for you and why?
Most people said the build up of suspension and being drawn in by the anticipation of whats going to happen. Not being able to judge or know what will happen next is what excites the viewers.

What is your favourite series of horror films?
My personal favourite series of horror film would be all 7 Saw films, this is not only due to the gore and fear factor, but is also because of the intelligence behind the plots within the film. Others agreed but varied between Paranormal activity and The Ring.

Questionnaire

We will be asking a questionnaire to find out more about our film from other peoples point of view and what are the good and bad things about our film so far. The advantages and disadvantages of picking a horror film for our 2 minute clip.

What features would you find appealing in a Horror film and why?
Editing
Mise en Scene
Camera shots
Sounds

Why would you choose to watch a horror film?
Thrill
Social
Pleasure
Casual

What is your favourite horror film?

If you had a style of horror film, what would your favourite be and why?
Gore
Thriller
Paranormal
Abnormal

How many horror films would you watch a week?
1-2
3-5
6-8
9+

What makes a horror film scary for you and why?

What is your favourite series of horror films?

Research and planning of horror genres

-Comedy-Horror
-Comedy-Horror combines comedy with traditional horror movie themes and characters. Because of the subject matter, Comedy-Horror films can cross over into the Black Comedy sub-genre. Comedy-Horror films aim to scare the audience, but also provide comical outlets that let the audience laugh at their fear.
-Examples: Beetlejuice, Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead.
-Teen-Horror
-Teen-Horror is a sub-genre that revolves completely around a teenager or a group of teenagers. Typically, these movies have a large cast and a clear hero or heroine. Teen-Horror films often play upon traditional teenage issues, such as dating and prom, and turn them into suspenseful and thrilling situations.
-Examples: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
-Monster-Horror
-A Monster film is sub-genre of Horror that centers on a struggle between human beings and a monster.Often, the monster in the film has been created in an “experiment gone wrong.” The monster usually serves as a villain, and the film portrays a hero or heroine that ultimately saves the world from the monster. Although these movies commonly fall into the Horror genre, Monster films have a long tradition within Science-Fiction and Fantasy film as well.
-Examples: Aliens, Godzilla, Creature from the Black Lagoon.
-Slasher
-Slasher film is a sub-genre of Horror film that revolves around a psychopathic killer. This killer stalks and murders his victims in extremely violent and memorable ways. Though it centers on a specific killer, the violence is what sets Slasher films apart from other horror films. A Slasher film will devote more screen time to portray murder and mayhem than a traditional Horror film.
-Examples: Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, Black Christmas.
-Supernatural-Horror
-Supernatural-Horror film is a sub-genre that includes ghosts, demons, or other depictions of supernatural occurrences. Often, Supernatural-Horror films combine elements of religion into the plot. Common themes in Supernatural-Horror films include the afterlife, the devil, and demonic possession. Unlike Religious Thrillers, Supernatural-Horror films are not limited to specific religious elements and can contain more vivid and gruesome violence.
-Examples: The Exorcist, The Ring, The Omen.
-Zombie-Horror
-Zombie film is a sub-genre of Horror film that portrays mindless human beings who are raised from the dead. These films often include a Zombie invasion, and center around Zombies feasting on human flesh. The plot of a Zombie film then revolves around the struggle between the living, and the living-dead. Zombie film not only falls into the Horror genre, but Sci-Fi, Thriller, and Comedy as well.
-Examples: Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later.

Our horror film name

Horror film names

Disney - Film industries

Walt Disney Pictures is the most famous industry, due to the fact that everyone in our generation grew up watching disney films. It also has the most famous founder - Walt Disney. . Disney traditionally specialises in family movies and animation, but in recent years it has been expanding more into live action. They also own an incredible amount of film institutions: Touchstone Pictures, Pixar, Marvel, and most recently Lucasfilm. Lucasfilm is the most controvertial of these companies as they have decided to extend the Star Wars films to an extra trilogy. Pixar are, in my opinion, one of the best film institutions in the world, as they consistently make excellent films, for example the most famous film the produced, the 'Toy story sequence'. They do not make films for money, but rather more for the art form, and they don't make films as often, making every film special. Their films are enjoyable for both children and their parents, making them a real money grabber. Marvel too, are a brilliant way to get money, as they have a huge fan base of all their comic book fans, from making films like; spiderman, batman and mst recently the Avengers. Like Pixar, don't bring out loads of films, and instead take their time with each one, but in this case the quality isn't quite so high, but more enjoyable for the audience. Through these companies Disney manages to get a huge amount of money, and it is a big factor in their recent success, this has happened over the past 6-8 decades.

Paramount pictures - Film industries

Paramount pictures corporation is a world wide film industry that focuses on films and television production. Paramount is consistently the number one ranked film industry in the world. he company dates its beginnings to the 1912 founding date of the Famous Players Film Company, one of the companies that merged into Paramount Pictures in 1916. Paramount is the fourth oldest existing film studio in the world behind Universal Studios, Pathé and Gaumont Pictures. Also, it is the last major film studio still headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
Paramount Pictures can trace its beginning to the creation in May 1912 of the Famous Players Film Company. By mid-1913, Famous Players had completed five films.

On December 11, 2005, The Paramount Motion Pictures Group announced that it had purchased DreamWorks SKG (which was co-founded by former Paramount executive Jeffrey Katzenberg) in a deal worth $1.6 billion. Under the deal, Paramount is required to distribute the DreamWorks animated films for a small fee intended only to cover Paramount's out of pocket costs with no profit to the studio, including the Shrek franchise.

18 Certificate

No-one under 18 is allowed to see an ‘18’ film at the cinema or buy/rent an ‘18’ rated DVD or video game. No ‘18’ rated works are suitable for children.

Is an ‘18’ certificate on a video game the same as an ‘18’ for a film or DVD?

Yes, if a video game is rated ‘18’ it contains strong material and is not suitable for players who are under 18.

 

What sort of issues might I find in an ’18’, film, DVD or video game?
‘18’ works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as:
• very strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg f***) and very strong language (eg c***)
• strong portrayals of sexual activity
• scenes of sexual violence
• strong horror
• strong blood and gore
• discriminatory language and behaviour

Can you see drugs in an '18'?
At ‘18’ drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse

15 Certificate

No-one under 15 is allowed to see a ‘15’ film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD or video game. Parents are warned that ‘15’ rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age

Is a ‘15’ certificate on a video game the same as a ‘15’ for a film or DVD?
Yes, if a video game is rated ‘15’ it is not suitable for players who are under 15. Parents should not assume that because something is a game it is unlikely to contain the same sort of material as a ‘15’ rated film or DVD. If the BBFC has rated a game ‘15’ it is because it does contain the same sort of material as a ‘15’ rated film or DVD.

What sort of issues might I find in a ‘15’ film, DVD or video game?

‘15’ works are stronger than '12' or ‘12A’ rated works and could include any of the following:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg 'f***').
• portrayals of sexual activity
• strong verbal references to sex
• sexual nudity
• brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

What about a horror film?
At’15’ there can be strong threat and menace (as long as it is not sadistic or sexualised), although the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable

Can you see drugs in a ‘15’?

At ‘15’ drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse.

The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances like aerosols or solvents is unlikely to be acceptable at ‘15’.

 

12A Certificate

The A stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. '12A' means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (eg someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.

What's the difference between '12' and '12A'?
The '12' certificate is just for videos, DVDs and games. '12A' is for films only.

Is there a lower age limit for a '12A' film?
No. However, the BBFC considers the content of '12A' rated films to be suitable for children aged 12 and over, and we would not recommend taking very young children to see them. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult

Will there be any strong language in a 12/12A?

The BBFC's Guidelines state that there may be strong language (eg 'f***') at ‘12’ or ‘12A’, but it must be infrequent. The context of the strong language is important and aggressive uses of strong language may result in a film or DVD being placed at the ‘15’ category. There is some allowance for puns on strong language at this category. There may be moderate language (uses of terms such as ‘b*tch’ and ‘tw*t’ at ‘12’ 0r ‘12A’.

Do 12A films contain Sexual content?
Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed in a ‘12A’ film, DVD or video game. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers and frequent crude sex references are unlikely to be accepted. There may be nudity in ‘12A’ films but sexual nudity should only be brief and discreet.

What sort of violence can I expect in a ‘12' or '12A’ ?
At ‘12A’, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama).
Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated at ‘12A’. It must also have a strong contextual justification.

Can 12A's be passed off as a Horror film?
Yes, some horror films are passed at this category. Moderate physical and psychological threat is permitted at ‘12’ or ‘12A’ as long as disturbing sequences are not too frequent or sustained.

PG Certificate

‘PG’ stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for younger children. A ‘PG’ film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content might upset younger or more sensitive children

Are all ‘PG’ films made for younger audiences?
No. Some films, such as documentaries, are given a ‘PG’ certificate but have not been made with a young audience in mind. However, the certificate means that any issues in the work are appropriate for the majority of this age group and nothing should upset a child of eight or over.

What sort of themes are passed at ‘PG’?
No theme is prohibited at ‘PG’, as long as it is treated in a manner appropriate to the category. ‘PG’ works can explore challenging issues such as domestic violence, bereavement or racism.
In a ‘PG’ work, illegal or antisocial behaviour, such as bullying, will not be condoned or seen to go unchallenged. Smoking and drinking will not be promoted or glamorised and if child characters are seen smoking or drinking, there should be a clear message that this is bad. If drugs are mentioned or seen, a ‘PG’ work should emphasise that they are harmful.

Will there be any bad language?
There may be mild bad language (such as ‘shit’ or ‘son of a bitch’) in a ‘PG’ film, but the context and delivery are always important. For example, if the language is used aggressively or if there is too much bad language, a work may be passed at the next category.

What about sex?
References to sex are acceptable if the activity talked about or shown is implied and lacking in detail. In addition, if a child is unlikely to understand a reference, we may allow it at ‘PG’.

What about violence or horror at ‘PG’?
There should be no detail of violence in a ‘PG’ work, so while there might be some blood, we would not see how the injury was inflicted. Violence is generally more acceptable in a historical or fantasy setting, because of the distancing that this provides.
As far as horror goes, we allow some 'jump' moments and scary scenes, but sequences showing significant or realistic violence, horror or threat must not be prolonged.

What about behaviour children might copy?
Potentially dangerous behaviour which children might copy (such as a child climbing into a washing-machine or playing with electricity) is unlikely to be acceptable at ‘PG’, especially if it comes across as safe or fun. Realistic or easily accessible weapons, such as knives, will not be glamorised or focused upon in a ‘PG’ work.

Will there be any drugs in a ‘PG’?
There might be innocuous or passing references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse in a ‘PG’ work, although there should be no strong focus on this. In addition drug references may be permissible if there is a clear anti-drugs or educational message likely to be understood by children over eight.

 

'U' certificate

The ‘U’ symbol stands for ‘Universal’. A ‘U’ film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.

Will there be any bad language in a ‘U’ film?
There will only be mild bad language in a 'U' for example, 'Damn, hell, etc'. Occasionally, bad language such as ‘bloody’ or ‘bugger’ may be included, where justified by the context.

Do ‘U’ works contain any sexual activity?
Characters may be seen kissing or cuddling and there may be references to sexual behaviour (ie to ‘making love’). However, there will be no overt focus on sexual behaviour, language or innuendo

Is violence or horror permitted in a ‘U’ film?
A ‘U’ film may include brief fight scenes or moments where characters are placed in danger. However, moments of emotional stress or threat will be quickly resolved and the outcome will be reassuring.  
There may be brief scary scenes and moments where the characters are placed in danger. As with violence, however, these scenes will be balanced by reassuring elements, such as comic interludes or music.
‘Baddie’ characters may carry or use weapons, but there will be no emphasis on these. Child or ‘hero’ characters are unlikely to use any kind of weapon. Potentially dangerous or imitable behaviour, particularly those which come across as safe or fun, will not be present.

What sorts of films are usually passed at ‘U’?
The films that would normally pass as a 'U' certificated film, would normally target a younger audience for example years 4+, such as Toy Story.

Will there be references to drugs?
At ‘U' there will not normally be references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse unless there is a very clear anti-drugs or educational message which will be understood by a younger audience.
Drugs references which are unlikely to register with young children and are brief or passing may occasionally be passed at ‘U’ – for example a verbal reference to ‘the Opium wars’ in an historical documentary.

Movie genres - Ours is Horror

Brief film analysis

The film made by Bryony, Jordan, Emma and I, will be carefully strcutured and thought out before put into film as we don't want to rush and make silly mistakes and errors. We decided on a horror purely because I find it the most exciting out of all genres and it really grips the audience the most aimed at an age group which would be more likely to watch more films in their spare time. We have analysed and done background research on horror films which we have also done a few blogs on to give a few ideas on what features our film will contain. There are certain skills and techniques used in horror films to give off effects to scare the auidience and intrigue them more into what the plot is. I will give an example as to the camera angles, shots, and techniques we'll be using in our short video clip to the film.

These skills would be:
Zoom- This is used when they want the audience to see something specific about what is on camera, it could be emotion on the characters face or it could be an object of some sort.
Two shot- Commonly used when two people are having either a casual conversation giving vital information or they are interacting about what has happened previously when they want the audience to pay attention to what they're saying.
Long shot- This will be used to give someone a view of the surroundings and the character involved. This will be effective in the scary parts in our small horror film clip as it is commonly used in most other horror films.
Extreme long shot- This will be the shot that we use mostly and this is because you can see a slight outline of the character but not details, it also focuses more on the setting so that the audience don't know too much about the character and it adds suspense.

Mood Board analysis

The wooded pictures- The main setting of our 2 minutes is going to be a wooded clearing at night near a river. These picture are good because they highlights the tension and feeling of foreboding. All the pictures of the woods combined highlights the look and feel that we want to create while filming in the woods.
The wooded picture with the figure- in one of our shots we are planning on having a partly concealed figure, this picture sort of illistrates what we want, however the feel of our camera shot of the figure in the woods to come across paranormal and spooky.
The mask- is there because we are planning on concealing the identity of our 'killer' completly so that you can only see a black outline of a figure.
The pale face and the running eye make-up- our victim of our first 2 minutes is going to have a distorted and creepy face, to make this we are going to use pale face make-up and black running eye make-up. This is designed to scare the audience, showing them that the film is about a paranormal evil.

Horror Movie Poster Analysis - Present Day

A lot has changed over the last 30 years, horror movie wise, as the movies get more scarier and the budgets get higher and also as technology grows everyday, we see that there has been a huge difference on how the film industry presents their movies on posters, from the 1980's to the present day.

Insidious was produced and released in 2010, and was made by the makers of Saw and Paranormal activity, as we can see at the top of the poster.

Insidious is in the horror movie genre and the target audience for this film would be teenagers/ young adults e.g 16-24. The film poster for 'Insidious' follows the codes and conventions of a horror film poster; The audiences eyes moves straight to the main image, which is the boy, it dominates most of the page. He is wearing a red shirt, which could represent blood and death. The shot is a medium close up, clearly showing his face and eyes, which stand out the most. They look like they have been scratched out by the nails of the evil spirit. They are also white, which usually represents innocents but in this case would represent the supernatural. He has a very blank facial expression, he almost looks numb which links in with the fact that in the film, he is in a coma.  The tag line is placed at the bottom of the page, just beneath the film title. It's a light blue colour, representing a the feeling of coldness and emptiness, it also links in with the colours of the background which is also mainly light blue. It's placed in a location where the audience would look next, after they see the title of the film, that way they will know what it is that they should fear which is the boy as the tag line is 'Its not the house that's haunted', it gives clues as to what the narrative is, and tells us it's the boy that is possessed. On the film poster, we see ratings from a source, probably film critics, who has watched the film before hand, this would also attract the audience because the critics have given the film 5 stars which will bring in a bigger target audience as it has good reports.

Horror Movie - Poster Analysis - 1980's

A lot has changed over the last 30 years, horror movie wise, as the movies get more scarier and the budgets get higher and also as technology grows everyday, we see that there has been a huge difference on how the film industry presents their movies on posters, from the 1980's to the present day.

In the 1980's we see that the posters are normally have a big, bold title which would normally be in a dark red, to represent blood. They would also have the 'killer' or mastermind on the front of the poster to make it scarier for the viewers.

The Fog, this movie would be suited for an adult audience, e.g. 16-24 age group, because the image of the main character looks like a young adult and it feels like it would suit that age group. Firstly, we see 4 main colours, red being the main colour, which had made the title of the film, represents blood, passion and just pure evil, to make the audience feel uneasy or scared and it also makes it stand out, the red drips from the the title also represent blood which represents the blood dripping from a victim, which could also represent violence and harm and will inflicted onto the victim from the killer (maybe the main character on the front of the poster). We also see a mixture of grey, green and black in the background, which makes it feel its a sort of graveyard, misty feel, which drags the audience into the poster, making them feel that they are there within the poster.

The facial expressions in the poster show horror, excitement and astonishment, these are essential to a horror movie, as it brings in the target audience into the movie. The face on the poster takes up a third of the poster which highlights the presence of fear, which will surround the presence of fear in the movie.

There is one main character in the film, which shows the importance to bring in a huge audience as they wouldve heard of the name before. In movie posters, the celebrities name is at the top, stereotypically for the 'star factor' and for the celebrities name being at the top is so the audiences eyes would be drawn to the name.

This film has followed the convosations of being a horror genre as the victim in the poster as being female. This is cause females are often chosen as victims in horror movies as they are thought to be vulverable and that they are weaker than men, therefore still being vulnerable to the actions of the villian.

The use of text - why were are using it for

- The reason why we are going to use text in our opening two minutes is because its more effective and it shall give the film and real feel to it and make it look more professional as thats what the film indutsry mainly do.
- We are going to include
- The music producer
- The editing producer
- The cast and producer
- The person who made the film
- The film company that produces our film
-This gives it more of an impact on the film and more information about it.

Why it is good to used Text at the start of the film

Its good to use text in the opening of the two minutes of a film because it makes it more effective and gives more information about the film so the audeince can feel like they know the film and who made and produced it. It gives a sense of engagement and involvment within the film.
-By showing the cast and the characters makes it more interesting and so that people know whoes going to be included in the film. For instance, if people liked an actor or an actress whoes involed in the film it shall make them more intreseted and it shall make the film more popular. Which would be good for the film producer and the money towards the film and the filming industry.
-By saying whoes the music producer, the editing producer and who made the film gives it more input as it shows that not just one person has made the film but more than one has been involed in making the film which shows that it was hard work and you had to do more than one thing to make the film good. By using text just gives it that little bit extra and makes it more effective and goes well with the film itself.

Opening 2 Minutes ideas

Horror movie (Opening 2 mins Ideas)

For the opening two minutes of our horror film. We have chosen for the beginning of the scene is the main character- Emma. Walking down a path with wet hair to give the impression that she's vulnerable, alone and innocent. I shall be wearing basic casual wear which contradicts the look of my wet hair and gives the sense of foreboding, Bryony as the camera person shall use effects to scare the audeince and to make it more tense- shaking the camera, long shots and close up shots.
-Example of a long shot.

-Example of close up shots.

-The reason why we've chosen to use there shot types is because we want to get more of an effect towards the audience and we want them to enagage with the horror film and to feel involved so they feel tense and there anxiety builds up.
-We won't just be using long shots and close ups shots, we shall also be using extreme close ups, and camera shots which link with whats going on with the scene at the time.
-For the opening two minutes we won't be using that many shot types as its only for two minutes and if we did use more it shall just make the opening two minutes look like a mess and that it hasnt been oragnised properly which won't look professional. Which isn't a good for the opening two minutes.

-The scene is set at night down a path which runs through the woods to a clearing bridge over a river. By using this setting for the opening two minutes shall already give an impression on the audeince about what the film is going to be about and whats going to be involved which shall make the audeince question it which makes them more engaged and involved with the horror film.
-As the camera follows me - Emma whilst im walking down the path till i reach the bridge over the river.
-We use jump cuts of the camera getting closer and closer to me and through this all we are going to see is the back of my head. By doing this and not showing my face shall make the audience want to see my face and it shall make the audince question the facial expressions and the look on my face.

-Once on the bridge i shall look down at the water as if im going to jump. The camera shall pan to the side slighty keeping me in the shot to show the black figure behind me in the woods. Then the camera cuts to the view of me from the perspective of the figure concealsed in the darkness and approaches me until directly behind me as we can hear the heavy rugged breathing.
-I spin around and scream and the screen goes black. When we see my face it shall be made to look pale and i have black rings around my eyes, when i scream we distort my face for the added effect which is always good for a horror film as they are usually effective.
-The next scene shows James and Jordan as we don't see Jordan's face in the first scene we can use him as a different character watching the news report the next day. The reporter shall reveal the disappearance of a teenage girl which i me. Which makes the 1,2,3,4 and 5 year anniversary to the day of the disappearances in the same place. This makes it more of a mysterious and the person has got a way with it which makes it more scary for the audeince and makes it more tense towards the audeince.

Tuesday 21st October - Reseach on Opening 2 Minutes

In the lesson on the 21st of October, we were looking at and planning our ideads for our first opening 2 minutes of our movie.
 Our group (Emma, Bryony, Jordan and I) decides that we are going to do a horror, as we can find good ideas for the opening 2 minutes, we decides to watch a couple of trailers and a couple of opening scenes to give up some ideas about what we could do, we looked at the opening scene of Dawn of the dead (Which is a zombie apocalypse) and that wasnt really the one for us. We also watched

Horror Elements

Horror movie mood board

Horror movie ideas

Audience Profiling - The Ring

-From this comparable profile of the ring i can infer that the age range of 15-24 has a higher percentage of watching the ring than the other age generation. From the table i can infer that more female watch the ring with a percentage of 54% and the percentage of male is 46%. The percenatge of class range from 16-45% which is a difference. The largest percentage of viewers come from the middle upper class. This shows and infers that the main audeince that watch this film range from 15-24year olds which are females and are the middle upper class this is because its a gorry film and it shows that the older generation dont like gorry films.The reason why more females watch this is because they relate to whats going on in the film and using a child appeals to a matunral instinct.

Step Brothers - Comedy

Step Brothers is a 2008 comedy film starring Will Ferrell and John C Reilly. The plot of Step Brothers is two middle aged men that still live with their parents at home, Will Ferrel (Brennen) with him mother, and John C Reilly (Dale) with his father. Their parents meet and fall in love at the surprise of their very similar lifestyles. Both of the sons are forced to live together and the conflict between them at the start is very negative, just like in real life (When siblings fight), which relates to the maturity levels of the individuals. Their parents warn them that they must find jobs within a month or else be forced out of the house. When Brennan's younger brother Derek (Adam Scott) comes to visit with his oddly perfect family, he too mocks them and leads Dale to punch him in the face. Brennan is awed that Dale was able to stand up to Derek. Meanwhile, Brennan's sister-in-law Alice (Kathryn Hahn) who is also resentful of Derek, finds Dale's courage a turn on. Brennan and Dale discover their many shared interests and develop a strong personal bond.
The attempts at the job are poor from both Brennen and Dale, showing that they are lazy and that they dont care about finding a job, and they find themselves only disrupupting the relationship of Nancy and Robert (Parents) which results to a divorce. Once this has happened both sons get a job and move on with their lives, Brennen goes and works for his brother Derek, and Dale becomes a chef.
They then meet again at a festival hosted by Brennen as his new job, and the food is cooked by Dale which links the whole family back together as they both invite each of their parents making Nancy and Robert force conversation. The family is then restored through a musical performance from both Dale and Brennen as the band previously set up were forced to leave.

The film contains a lot of mixed humour which many different people can relate and connect to, even the fact that both 40 year old Dale and 39 year old Brennen still live at home with their parents immediately adds a humourous background and start to the film.

Overall I think that this film is a humourous and very enjoyable film, as sometimes it can relate to things in life, this makes it funnier and more relatible to the viewers.

Horror movie mind map

Preliminary Task Evaluation

On the 18/10/2012 we watched our preliminiary tasks in the lesson and got feedback from the people in our class about what was good and what needed working on.
 We were evaluated on:
- Holding a shot steady
- Match on action
- Editing
- Shot-reverse shot
- The 180 Degree rule
- Camera Angles and;
- Camera Shots

In our task we got good feedback but there was parts where we needed to work on.
 In the first scene of the task there was a editing error where when James (me) start talking to Emma and then just disappears. We got some good feedback from our good shot types and our use of various shot types. We also got good feedback on our match on action when emma was opening the door. We got good feeback on the editing, but we had some minor errors that when it changed from the shots we could hear the click, if we edited just a fraction earlier we wouldnt be able to hear it. Also we stuck to the 180 degree rule.

Overall I think it was a good task and that we did alright and that we will take into account about the errors and will work on it in our next task.

Casino Royale Analysis

 

Casino Royale opens with an action scene, in this action scene 'James Bond' is the white man and villain is a black man. This links to the ethnicity of the film and stereotyping black people as 'villains'. The target audience would be from the ages of 15+ because it is an adventure/action film which appeals to a wide variety of people which means the film would produce a lot of money and certainly a lot of profit.
Before the action scene begins, the music is very slow and this creates suspense and gives off the idea that something is going to happen. The sound speeds up using higher pitch and louder volume too, this is obvious that something is being chased and links to the fact a chase scene is in progress.
This would usually attract more men as it is an action film but families would also go to see this film as 'James Bond' is a very well known film, and known to be exceptional

Preliminary Task

Over the course of a few lessons, we we're given a task and that was to film, edit and upload a short film consisting of various shots we have learned in previous lessons, such as; Medium shot, over the shoulder etc. We also learned about other various shots and angles of the camera and effect it would have on the audience

We were lucky to get a spare office that wasnt in use when we were filming our film and that we had to take many shots because we couldnt stop laughing or half way through the shot, we would forget our lines. It took 3 lessons to film our task as we had to keep refilming the whole task as all of us would be in different clothes than the previous time.

We (Jordan, Emma, Bryony and I) chose to do an interview.  We did all of the filming and editing in 5 lessons (Around 5 hours). Editing took 2 lessons to do, the first lesson we put everything together and cut out all of the faults that we have filmed, then the next lesson we made sure everything was fine and that there was no faults.

We decided to do an interview because we could get more shots in and more oppotunities to get more marks.

Saving private Ryan - Action movie cliches

Saving Private Ryan is film based in World War Two, staring Tom Hanks who is the main character. The movie is about walking through occupied France to find a person called Ryan, through the movie you see them risk their lives to find Ryan, who they are sending home because all 3 of his brothers have sadly been killed in action. This cliche happens many times in action movies/war movies, where they have to risk their lives to save anothers life.

In first two minutes of this film we see a war going on between two sides, the Americans and the Germans. This is a cliche in action films where there are two sides fighting, expecially in war films such as this. In this opening scene we see blood, blown off limbs and lost companions. This is very common in war films such as this and is also a cliche as it shows the horrifing acts that it is based upon.

Research and planning

There is limited evidence of research and planning.
Make sure you upload your preliminary task.

You MUST have at least 8-10 posts on here by next Tuesday, including:
- Analysis of at least 4 different genre openings (analyse how mise-en-scene, sound, plot convey genre to audience)
- Preliminary task diary
- Preliminary task evaluation
- own ideas mind map - what genre? plot? etc
- Analysis of at least 2 openings of films from your chosen genre

The Ring -Cliche-

The Ring (2002), a remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 Ring, is a horror movie that introduces the west to all the cliches that are so popular in the east, and that are now popular everywhere. It is the only American Horror movie that is scarier than the movie its based on.

Firstly in the opening two minutes we see that it is night time in a mansion, this is a horror cliche showing that someone spoilt lives there. As we see, there are two teenage girls who are home alone at night time, from the sound of their voices where they use 'Yeah' and 'like' in a sort of annoying manner, these two are the popular girls. This is a cliche of that in many other horror films, the popular people are the ones to die first, from what they talk about, which is the "Tape" which once you watch it, you get a phone call from the so called "Undead" saying that you have only 7 days to live, this sets it up as that as people would know from other horror movies, they soon die. One of the girls has already watched the so called "Tape" 7 days ago and starts protending that it isnt real and the other girl thinks its all fun and games and that shes playing a joke on her. But sadly, in this film, that was not the case.

Before the movie starts, we have the cliche of the Dreamworks introducion logo, just silent, with the sound of rain which gives us the impression of a horror movie and makes it more dramatic than just havving the usual introduction from dreamworks with happy music etc.

Within the first two minutes, we already get the impression that later on in the scene, someones about to die, this cliche happens in many other horror films.