Evaluation Of Our Two Minute Sequence "Wanted"

During the course, I have created a 2 minute opening sequence as my project in a group. The group included Aimee Hilton, Jurguen Munch, Steven Culshaw and myself. Each of us contributed equally and uniquely, we all researched the different stereotypes for specific genre’s including horror, gangster, comedy and thriller. We viewed the specific representations of the people in each genre and applied them to our chosen genre which was a gangster/revenge type film. We found that in gangster films, the main characters are usually young and have a specific way of talking and accent, such as the “hard-man” London accent, which we found to be used in a lot of British gangster movies such as “Kidulthood” and “Fallout”.

Once we had identified the genre that we wanted, we assigned ourselves different codes and conventions to research including editing, representations of age, stereotypes, settings, genre, props and target audience. By using the internet and films in general we were able to analyse the codes and conventions of our genre and apply them to the project we were making.
We all played roles in filming the sequence and we equally distributed the filming, directing and editing in the group. Jurguen Munch was our actor for the main character as well as being involved in some filming and editing as we see some handheld shots in our sequence. The “thugs” in our sequence were friends of ours who took part in helping to make our sequence complete.
Our film is based on the gangster genre of British teenagers and the gangsters of today. In the majority of gangster films the gangster can be portrayed as ruthless, ill mannered and abusive rather like a bully, however, in other films they can be portrayed as kind and helpful but have a hidden passion for crime. Either way gangsters in films are stereotyped as criminals or thuggish, and usually considered to be young teenagers. We have applied this to our sequence where our main character is a teenager and is constantly in violent actions, he also has a thuggish “strut” as he walks and fulfils the outfit that gangsters wear which is usually baggy or stylish clothing, hoodies or anything to make themselves look more dominant and bigger to their opposition, therefore, trying to ensure that no one “messes” with them. If we did not apply this stereotypical role to the main character he would not fit the genre, for example if he wore a tutu or a superhero outfit the genre would change entirely, even normal clothes would change the genre, once the audience see’s hooded figures who have a swagger when they walk they instantly realise that they shouldn’t mess with this person because he is a thug and is threatening.
When doing something new to a genre you give it a more meaningful and exciting world, so the audience will be more interested and see a new face to the genre, therefore, creating a new genre but similar. This is how new genre’s are created or even promotes the genre even better making people want to watch it.

By using codes and conventions of typical gangster genres, our production proved successful in portraying the typical gangster stereotype. The clothing type we used was similar to a stereotypical gangster such as a “hoody” or hooded jumper with the hood up to make them look mysterious and threatening because you can’t see there face properly and you don’t know what they will do next; baggy trousers, in our production we see two different gangsters but with similar clothing on, although one may be brighter than the other, this sticks to the stereotype of the gangster. A “hard mans strut” helps to make him look more dominant and hard as he slowly walks past. He is constantly in fights on his journey to the gym to work out, gangsters are often in fights, however, guns and lethal weapons are used in these fights but often a fist fight is experienced when two clans/rivals come into contact because one has “invaded” the other clans area, therefore, the “home” clan will try to get the outsider out of the area with all they have.
Although there is not speech in our production, by watching the actors’ mouths you can sometimes tell what they are saying. Gangsters often have a noticeable accent which sounds over exaggerate and like they are a hard man/woman and usually use a swear word or say something insulting in there sentence every 1-5 sentences. When watching closely in the first fight scene you can see the main character move his lips in a swearing motion like he’s saying the F you word. This portrays what a gangster’s attitude is like especially when attacked; it is much different to when a normal person is attacked such as a middle class adult. Throughout the whole of our production we used natural lighting as a means to bring realism to the sequence so the audience can relate to it and feel like it’s an everyday situation. Our choice of music is the backing track of a possible rap song that gangsters may listen to because firstly, it contains a heavy kick drum line which most rap and hip hop songs consist of, secondly, a gun shot is heard throughout the track signalling violence or crime which can point to the stereotypical gangster. It fit the video very well as it is only a soundtrack rather than a track with vocals in, we wanted the audience to concentrate on the images being created rather than the music, and therefore, we used a song without lyrics by looping the introduction line.
With the gangster market growing, especially in London in Britain, gangster films can be enjoyed by the main audience members that have money to spend without being taxed, teenager. We would not expect elder people to watch out product as gangster life appeals more to young adults and teenagers especially. Although violence is not wanted, it is a good way to show what happens when violence does happen and that it doesn’t always end well even for the “good guy” of the movie. This product is portrayed in the action/gangster/revenge genre, therefore, it will appeal more to certain people, and by adding more genre’s people who like any of these genre’s may consider viewing it. Gangster films are one of the most popular genre’s in the media today with hit films such as “The Godfather”, “Scarface”, “Goodfellas”, and “Casino”. In public surveys and questions these four films are always considered in at least the top 10 of films to date, this is the viewer’s choice and they often have the same trend.
When targeting an audience you need to make you that you make something that appeals to them that’s why we feature more than one genre in our production, this will entice more audience members to watch the movie. Also fans of music and hip hop/rap will possibly watch this movie because of their pure love of music, even more so, members of gangs may watch this to see how it portrays there lifestyle and makes them look, they will either enjoy it or dislike it but results of our survey says that 80% liked our sequence. The participants of our survey were teenagers and one adult, the adult enjoyed the sequence and gave good comments such as “good use of camera angle’s to show the dominant and none dominant people, also good pace when the fight scene takes place as it gives a rush of adrenaline as the sequence flows through, the music fits well, and use of slow motion makes the main character look “scary” also good work in establishing time, place, people and actions.” The teenagers gave similar remarks “very good in effects and music choice”; we took into account all their comments and found that we had fulfilled the stereotype with 100% of them saying that we had done.
Our sequence created many enigmas such as why is he being followed? Why are they fighting with him? And what will happen next? Because towards the end of our sequence it fades out not revealing what happens to the main character, it also makes them want to keep watching because they want these questions to be answered and the only way they can be answered are if they watch the movie.
We contrasted the scenes dramatically; it went from a calm walk in the street to walking near a field as the character makes his way to the gym. The scenes change in place, setting and actions. The actor is walking through town calmly in the first couple of scenes then he is attacked from behind near a field giving contrast to each scene showing that violence in gangster life happens within the blink of an eye.

In the filming of the sequence, we had all kinds of shots such as high angled shots to make particular characters seem less dominant than others such as when he’s walking and when he’s in the gym, we also did an over the shoulder shot of him walking through the bus station letting us see what he could see. We opened the sequence with a high angle shot on the ground which is also a handheld shot to see what the main character can see. It slowly lifts up to reveal where he is walking through and what he can see, in different areas of the screen we spread out the credits starting with “…Presents”, therefore, making it look more like a movie. The use of long shots in our sequence allowed the audience and ourselves to see what was happening around him, we could see it was a natural setting where everyone was being normal only to change when he reached the field and gym. We can establish what is happening especially when easing another character into the scene such as when Munch was walking towards to camera near the field and the rival gangster came into shot following him which was unexpected to the audience. Accidently in the sequence we see that red features a lot in it signalling danger, although this was an unplanned event it helps contribute because it means danger and blood, giving the audience subliminal messages that something bad will happen.

“Youtube” and other sources of films such as DVD’s helped us to create our sequence as we watched opening sequences of similar genre’s to ours and they all gave us a vivid idea of what to include in ours, “Youtube” was the most useful as it was quick and simple to get the clips that we wanted on, but DVDs gave us the quality we needed. The internet also helped in our research of the typical stereotypes and genre’s as poll websites helped us find the best films in a specific genre and also other websites helped us find numbers and data to help us know where gangster movies ranked in a genre chart, this was based on the amount of views a movie got. “imovies” helped us to create our sequence as this was our base program to use but “Photoshop” also helped to enhance the pictures that Aimee took, which were not used in the end. I found that “imovies” was easy to use as I had used it previously in GCSE in high school; therefore, our group had no problem with editing and enhancing our sequence. The pendrives helped us transfer data from one place to our imac, enabling us the best possible outcome for our sequence, even though it was filmed in a very short amount of time, I edited to the best of my ability and made the little bits that didn’t fit together properly, because they jumped, fit together and finished the sequence with the help of the group.
A limitation to “imovies” is that not all the transitions were what we wanted and therefore could not fulfil some of the transitions and editing we wanted, but overall it enabled us to edit our sequence by letting us chop pieces of movies up and when you imported the clips you recorded it separated most of the clips to make it easier to find.
Technology played a big part in our production from the camera’s we used to enable us to record our sequence to “imovies” and “Photoshop” also the technology that allows me to write my evaluation up, without technology creating a movie would be extremely difficult, therefore, technology played one of the biggest roles in our production.
Compared to our preliminary task, this sequence is much better as it contains more angles, more suitable music and more length. We were able to learn new skills in the production of the sequence and were able to make it more exciting compared to our preliminary task. We found the prelim task to be more of a fun activity, therefore, less effort was put into it, the opening sequence was much more hard work and enabled us to experience filming techniques and as well as have fun, work hard to get the task done properly.

In conclusion, compared to our prelim task, the sequence definitely contains more angles, shots and action involved, therefore, it makes me feel happy that it was a success, but a lot of hard work was put into something that was just two minutes long, technology played a huge part in helping this happen. The transitions were better because we used more transitions and didn’t stick to just invisible cuts, we had fades in and outs and flashes which made it more exciting, also we had more room to film the sequence as well as try different shots such as the panning shots, views such as point of view and mid view and also the angels to show dominance. In the prelim task we couldn’t really make anyone look more or less dominant, therefore, the opening sequence shows more realism and excitement.
I feel that our sequence was a successful portrayal of the stereotypical gangster and the gangster genre, the definite strengths of our sequence was the camera angle and portrayal of setting and action shots, especially the fight scene. Also another strength is that the shots are not too long or too short, it’s long enough to get an overall grasp of what is happening in each shot. The natural lighting gives a sense of realism so our sequence looks more realistic and natural.
A limitation is the video quality, although the camera’s were of a high quality, the quality was not as good when filming in slightly darker place such as on the bus, therefore, the quality needed to be a bit better to ensure that the “fuzziness” effect wasn’t shown on the bus scene.

evaluation

The project that I was given was to create a two minutes film as an intro for a film , I worked in a group of four myself , Rebecca Frenandez, Ste Culshaw and Aimee Hilton. I stared as the main character in the film , as also contributing to the editing , and choosing the sound track and location for our project .
Our film is a gangster /teen drama there is a feeling of reality as a lot of the film is based on whats happening in real life at the moment , Our film is mainly based for 15-30 year old males although females and older viewers could find our film interesting after research on the same genre type films for example 'Kidulthood' and the sequel 'Adulthood'. As we started to shoot our film we came across some problems due to the location and time we had to shoot the film also a friend who was also in the film was not available so we had to change our original story line even though these changes where made I found that this gave the film a gritter and more suspenseful edge to our film and worked well with the special effects ,sounds and leaves the viewer wondering and helps the story unfolds.
Mise on scene is based on teenage every day life , The characters are dressed and act like yobs this includes baggy jeans and track suits , hoodies and a ;swagger' when they walk to say that they are up to no good. This is the stereotype teens are getting now-days but in our film if you look deeper the main character is trying to do well in sport as he is working hard toward his goal. Witch is not usually seen in the public eye .we did not use any speech in the film , I think this was a good idea as actions speak louder than words and we found that the non-diegetic music worked better when we applied it to the film .We tried to use as much media language as possible and the lighting in most off the film is natural but working with the special affects works very well I thought as we wanted to keep the film as realistic as we could and give an impression of society today.

When we presented our film to our audience the reaction was quite surprising as they enjoyed it and gave positive feedback and wanted to watch more , they said that they liked the storyline and that the production was good . Although the majority of the viewers where young and in the age group the film was ment for , maybe older viewers may not of enjoyed it we would need to research this by showing the film to older viewers, The reaction we wanted for the viewers was of course a good reaction but also for them to realize that yes this is the typical stereotype of teenagers now a days but that this is not always the case in all teenagers that we are good citizens and not 'thugs'.A big inspiration and guide line for our film was 'Kidulthood' , This is a British film about the lives and troubles of some teenagers growing up in east London a poor area where drugs and violence is a way of life for some people. Even though this film is full of negatives its to show youngsters and gives a good message this is what we would of liked our viewers to of seen.
In our film we tried to make our characters appearance show there personality as the way they walk and acted show that they where people that you would think are unfriendly and un-approachable even though as many teenagers know this is not the case and people may be afraid to go near and talk to just because they think they are dangerous but this is the image that the media has given teens when most of the time it is a false impression , In our film we tried to create enigmas for example ' why are the teens at war with each other ? ' , 'What happens later in the film ?'who is the other characters in the film ?'i think these are good enigmas as they keep the viewer hooked to the story line and asks the question are teens really like this in reality?.
We put a grit to the film by editing the footage we did this by speeding and slowing the footage down to stand the characters out , we used bright clothing to show danger the red and yellow hooded jumpers symbolize this .
In conclusion our film was a succsess and i enjoyed filming and producing it, i have lernt alot about filming and editing witch i didnt know much about before the task was given to us ,and i would consider making a full film not just the introduction.

Evaluation.

 

         The project that I have made is a two minute long clip, which is part of a film. I made this as part of a group project, in this group was four people, including me. The other people that I worked with are, Rebecca Fernandez, Jurguen Munch, and Steven Culshaw. I contributed to the filming of the clip, and also editing, whilst taking extra photographs to be used in the clip. I also chose the sound track, for the short clip. In the end the images didn’t get used, but instead of them going to waste I have used them in this evaluation.

         Our Clip is a hybrid genre, it is a gangster style film and also a teen drama, there is also action included into the story line, and the clip is mainly based at teenaged males, to adult males, probably between the ages 14-30 years of age. Even though research on similar films shows that also female teenagers, of the same age, might also be quite interested in our project.
The end product was slightly different, than what we had expected. As our clip progressed we had to make a few changes, because our original story-line would not have been able to work, because of the people that we had involved in the filming of the project. After coming to the conclusion that we would have to change the story-line a little, we all agreed that the decision worked out for the best in the end. I think our clip would be successful, because it includes many problems, of what some teenagers have in their lives, and it also gives other people insight of what other people living, in and around the U.K. have to experience, and sometimes on a daily basis. I think this is important in a person’s education, and out-look on life in general.
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think our choices in the film proved successful, because others had commented on how well it was executed on a whole, and how the special effects  had worked well, to maximise the clips potential, and how others would see it. The clip that we made was actually an opening sequence, which then leaves for the least of the story-line to unfold. The clip certainly challenges the genre of the film. It does this by the action, linking to the teen drama genre, and the fighting which also goes together with the drama, but also the gangster factor.

The Mise en Scene of the clip generally links in with the gangster genre; the characters are dressed in average teenage clothes, which are jeans, tracksuit bottoms, and hoodies. Where as also hoodies can be suggested as a link to yobs, and hoodlums. This all generally links with how we have decided to represent teenagers. Here on one side, we have a teenage lad, who is trying to do well with sport, and then on another side, we decided to show how teenagers are generally seen in the public eye, with the use of costumes, and weapons, I feel that we have represented both sides equally as well. Even thought it challenges the stereotype of teenagers, by also having a teenager that wants to do well in life, whilst still dressing in the same way as the actual stereotype would normally. We decided not to use any speech in the film, as we felt that the use of non diegetic music would work better and give a greater effect than normal diegetic speech would do. All factors of media language are used to the advantage, each is equally incorporated into the clip, and all are equally important, to give the project the full effect as it should do. The lighting for example is natural, because we wanted to keep the look of the clip, as real-life as we could do. We wanted to educate others into the lives of people who are involved in gangs, and not giving people a bad impression of at least one of the characters, and make people to re-consider their views of teens in recent years.

         I think our audience responded well to our film, because it was made to make people think, “maybe we have got it wrong about some teens” and make people realise that they don’t have to be scared of every teen when they walk down the street. But also give them insight of the harsh reality that some people have to go through, because of the area they are brought up in.

         If we was to consider making a whole entire film, and wishing to market it, and turn the whole prospect bigger, I would look to the film production company ‘Stealth Films’ which is based in great Britain. My reason for this is because they have helped produce a film which is ‘Kidulthood’ because it has a similar type of idea as we had making out film. Kidulthood is based on looking into the gangster areas of London, and how some teens grow up in London. Showing many sides, some people being better off, but then some stuck in the harsh realities that them types of areas, are portrayed to have.

         The age group that our project is focused at would be in the area of ages 14-30 years of age, mostly focused on male bias, but as wrote earlier in the evaluation, a secondary target audience would be for some female viewers. I feel the people that would enjoy the film would like Hip-hop style music, also rap and RnB. This is because of the stereotype we are given to look to.

         In this clip we have tried to create binary oppositions, and include conflict. We made the characters’ appearance, make them look like they would usually be friend in other circumstances. We have also created many enigmas for people to question “why the characters at are war?” and “where is he going on the bus?”, “will the situation be resolved in a later clip?” and also “who is the character at the end of the film?” I feel that these are very good enigmas because these begin to prove that not every single teenager will be a malicious person. Or not every teenager will hang around in threatening gangs.

         We have used many different editing techniques, to enhance the story line, and also to enhance the over-all out look on the film.        

         Looking back over my preliminary task, I feel I have learnt an epic amount of things, to make a full and finished product. I have learnt how to vary the composition of shots, to make the out-look, more creative and dynamic. I have found many different effects that I can use to emphasise the story-line of the product, and also to make the finished product appeal more to the view, so it is ultimately more aesthetically pleasing. I am also please to say that I have learnt how to edit properly, to a good standard.

 

Conclusion

         I feel that my groups finished product, was very strong. I feel that some of the strong points of the clip were the composition of some of the shots; I feel they worked well, and to the best of our advantage. I do feel that as time went on some of our group members because slightly less interested, and wasn’t working to their full ability, and I also feel that some didn’t but as much effort, and commitment as others did. I am also pleased with all the new and extremely useful techniques that I have learnt.

 

 

Casino Royale Chase Scene Analysis

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The chase scene begins with an extreme long shot of a town centre in Madagascar. Digetic sounds are heard from the people in the town centre. The town centre is like a market place with only stalls and no buildings. The people are all chanting and betting on a fight between a snake and a ferret. Then we see a medium shot a man in the crowd who drinks out of his bottle of beer and then proceeds to watch the animals fight. the camera then zooms out to a British man who is talking to an unknown man who we later find out is James Bond. We then see a second extreme long shot but this time it is of people sat on top of walls and buildings to see the fight. The man who was previously drinking out of the beer bottle is then showed again but this time he is answering his phone. Whilst the man is on the phone James Bod realizes that he is the bomb maker. Bond then tells a man who is sat close to the Bomb Maker to not let him get away. The Bomb Maker then realizes that some people are after him an turns away from the camera shot and runs in the opposite direction while the man on the phone to Bond can just stand and watch the man escape. The man then begins to chase after the bomb maker who has just ran through the fight ring and is nearly bitten by the snake. The man chasing the bomb maker is then stopped because he runs into so people in the crowd and then he an the people he ran into fall off the stands that they are stood on and into the middle of the fighting ring. At this point Bond sees the bomb Maker escaping from the fighting arena and begins to chase him. This chase then carries on until the building site. The Bomb Maker then hides behind some industrial pipes and pulls out a hand gun, he then looks around for Bond but he cannot see him anywhere. We then see a long shot of a shack and a fence being bulldozed by a Caterpillar Truck. The chase then continues through the building site as the Bomb Maker shoots at the Truck that Bond is in. The truck then crashes at the bottom of some scaffolding. The Bomb Maker begins to climb up the scaffolding as Bond follows him up it. Whilst Bond is half way up the scaffolding the truck that he was previously driving explodes. The shot then changes to the bomb maker who is at the top of the scaffolding. From the camera angle we can see that the Bomb maker is trapped at the top of the scaffolding, but then from another angle we can see a crane dangling some steel pipes. The bomb maker makes a desperate attempt to escape by jumping on the crane, he makes the jump and then begins to climb up the crane to the top, the shot then changes to Bond, he also makes the jump from the scaffolding to the crane. The builders on the site look on in amazement whilst Bond and the Bomb Maker climb up the huge scaffolding. We can still hear non-digetic music playing at a fast pace to match the chase. Once both men reach the top of the crane they then begin to carry on running through the pillars in the crane, the Bomb maker then jumps from one crane to another with Bond following closely behind. The Bomb maker then stops an pulls out a gun and aims it at Bond. Bond then grabs the gun and the men begin to tussle on top of the crane. the Bomb maker manages to shrug off Bond who slips off the crane but manages to keep hold of the platform. The Bomb maker then makes an attempt to get away whilst Bond is struggling to get back onto the crane platform, the Bomb maker jumps from the crane onto a rooftop and then onto another rooftop. By now Bond has managed to pull himself back onto the platform and has began to proceed with the chase, he watches the Bomb maker jump from rooftop to rooftop before doing the same himself, however Bonds attempt is not very good, he makes the jump to the first rooftop and then falls off it onto the next roof, from the floor he can see the Bomb maker running away round the corner he then gets back to his feet and begins to chase the bomb maker once more the chase then goes through the site where the builders are working with the bomb maker narrowly avoids being caught on the electric saw, Bond then comes from another angle trying to cut off the Bomb makers path, however he is a bit to slow and the Bomb maker sees Bond and then begins to run in the opposite direction which is the elevtor shaft he jumps down the shaft and kicks off the wall to get on the floor below and begins to run off again, then we see Bond drop down through a hole in the floor to get to the same floor as the bomb maker the chase then continues again the bomb maker then makes an attempt to get away by jumping through a small window, this does not slow Bond down because he just runs through the paper thin wall, the chase then leaves the building site and enters onto the main road the chase continues down the main road until the chase ends at the Madagascan Embassy.

The film follows Carlton Leach from his younger days as a 'footsoldier' among the ranks of the ICF to membership of a notorious gang who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The film focuses on three decades of his life, following him from football hooliganism through his burgeoning career as a nightclub bouncer and his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early 'rave' scene, until finally becoming one of the most feared criminals in the country. The story concludes with three members of his gang - Tony Tucker, Craig Rolfe and Pat Tate - being brutally slain in the infamous Rettendon Range Rover triple murders of December 1995.

F1 Jedi Prelim Task

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This is our prelim task, the plot of the story was that the girls were trading some goods accross the table. This turned out to be a good success, however, due to the time we were unable to record all of what we needed, therefore, we improvised and delt with what we had.

We used several different types of camera shots such as long shot, mid-shot, extreme close ups and over the shoulder shots. This allowed the sequence to flow with the help of invisible editting and simple cut shots. We were able to stay within the 180 ° rule, as we shot the angels from one side of the point of action/conversation. 

The music we chose was very limited as there was no other music on the player, so with the amount of time we had we chose this music to give a comedy side to the sequence as well as to give the sequence a lift of non-diagetic sounds rather than just diagetic sound/noise in the background. We extracted the audio and silenced the scene where she walks in and replaced it with the non-diagetic sound of music. Once she sits down we faded the music down but still had it playing quietly underneath as the diagetic sounds of them talking needed to be heard. The music fades back in throughout the credits and stops in sync to the credits ending.

To improve our piece of film we would spend more time filming, if it was possible, and also we would have chosen a better soundtrack if we had more choice in the itunes player. Also some shots were a little shakey, this was either due to the actor being unable to stand still or because the camera was a little shakey, to improve this we would ask the actress to stand perfectly still and the camera would need to be steady.

Overall our prelim task was a success and we feel that this experience will help us with future recordings.

Analysis of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" Opening Sequence

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The above clip is the opening sequence of the number one rated British gangster film called "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".

Firslty, each shot is done as a simple and invisible cut to the next shot, this is useful to make a movie flow and go in a chronilogical order. Instead of using fades to introduce a new clip or a different title, simple cuts enable the clips to switch back and forth from a title to a movie clip.

The cinematography used is varied as sometimes it has point of view shots and sometimes it uses steady shots. The point of view shots allow us to feel like we are a part of the movie where we can see and hear what everyone else in the scene can hear through the diagetic sounds of talking, walking and the jewelry on the table. The give a sense of realism and can emphasize what we can feel and think because everyone else may be feeling the same, it also intregues us, therefore, it makes us want to peer over the other people's shoulders to see what is happening. This is shown at the beginning of the scene where the camera is tracking towards the crowd to see what is happening like a human, and to emphasize the realism it has people walking in front of the camera like people do with us in real life. When the steady shots are used these would have been either handheld or had a tripod used. These closeups help us to see the expressions on the face of the dealer, and also it allows us to know what he looks like. The midshots through the point of view shots helps the audience see what kind of clothing they wear or what thier characteristics are like how they stand or move. We can see that this dealer is a confident man.

The titles are white, old type-writer style of writing, on a black background. This allows us to see what the words say and who produced, stars and the name of the movie. As the movie title is revealed to us we see that it is "typed" into the screen as if someone is writing the story and telling us about it. This is a good way of opening a title scene because it doesn't just show the title, it plays with it and waits for us to see what the title is rather than straight away know what it is. The connatations of each title could mean that this person has a dark history and has renewed it, or it could be just so we can see what it says.

The clothes used show a stereotypical dealer trying to dress well but also is trying to keep warm as the day may be quite cold as he is wearing a black coat, dark coloured scarf. He may wear it to let the people in the crowd assume he is like them and none threatening, however, people with a "buzz cut" hairstyle often can look threatening as this is the style of hair cut that people who were once or still in jail have. He seems like a nice, confident, helpful person who is just trying to work, however, once the police are seen by him he eventually reveals his true personality of a dealer/gangster. The man runs from the police not wanting to be caught so this shows he has done something very wrong.

One specific editting was used on the scene where they are running through the alley way, the slow motion clip emphasizes the surreal feeling and fear that is running through them. This part is very memorable because it shows a surreal feeling.

The lighting is of a natural setting so it also gives the sense of realism.

Editting

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Editting is used to make a film or sequence flow and seem realistic, this can be done by different types of effects and editting techniques, also if a film is editted well it can be understood by the audience.
Different types of editting techniques include such things as fade, simple cut, invisible cut, montage and changing what has come through on the camera, for instance, if the camera has recorded a shot of someone standing on the floor, by using editting you can "flip" the person upside down and still have their hair perfectly normal in a sereal world. Also by the use of editting you can use green/blue screens to fill in background effects or additional characters, for example, when Eddy Murphy plays the Nutty Professor or Norbit he plays more than one character and by the help of blue/green screen they were able to have both of the Eddie Murphy characters on the screen. However, gangster movies hardly use green/blue screen, usually it would only be in the scene had a car chase scene in it, from the front view of the car, or if the background needed changing into something more gangster type. Films that wouldn't have changed it's backgrounds would be such things as "The Godfather" and "Scarface".

Fades are used to either end, begin or even link one clip to another, it can either give the sense of emotional effects (as in someone fading away) or it can give a link to the next scene. Fades are not usually used, however, when they are used they are used well as they can reveal the next scene slowly while we anticipatingly wait for it. Fades are rarely used during the film but they are normally used in opening credits and endings, which draws us slowly into the film. Fade is rarely used in gangster films which suggests that we should hardly use it in our film.

Simple and invisible cuts are similar as they can be used at any time to change camera view in the same scene or change scene entierly. When they are used it allows the film to flow and become more effective because you can use it as many time as you like, the majority of film making is in fact simple/invisible cuts which are the easiest and simplest things to do. This is done by having two or more of the same clip filmed at different angles, by cutting these clips up and editting them into the right places you have made a more effective scene, as if it was left to one angle the clip would drag on and we couldn't explore and feel like we are in the movie.
In the movie of "Exorcism of Emily Rose" it uses many simple cuts which are done quickly, for example in the court room and when Emily is being taken under by the Devil. The following clip shows when it is used and where, the total number of simple cuts in the first 5minutes 30 seconds are around 168.






As we can see from this clip, the simple cuts can help raise the tension by having quick, fast pace shots editted together to make them heart pounding (between 00:16 and 00:30 in clip), also they can be used to let us know what else is happening in the room or around them (between 00:46 and 01:00 in clip) also the fast pace of this editting causes us to become confused and a little scared because we do not understand what is happening. Simple cuts like this are able to make us tense and scared, it is due to the editting and camera techniques that really get our body scared. Simple cuts can also view the different types of angles of the people in the same area for example when Emily/Lucifer is telling the priest the six people that she/he is (between 04:54 and 5:24). This lets us know the full expression of the person that is speaking or doing an action.
Invisible editting shows continuity and shots in sequence, also it puts the shots in chronological order so it flows simpler, the invisible transition is also known as cut. It is used to create realism and verisimillitude which is creating a believable world and allows the audience to enter the world of the story.
Montages are used to group similar clips in a scene together, however, it is used less commonly and is more abrupt, also it takes the audience out of the story and the juxtaposition of images that don't exist in the same time are used. When two images are editted together a new meaning is created which is greater than each individual shot.
In our sequence we will probably use the simple, invisible cuts as we do not think a montage will go very well. Also some of the shot lengths will be short when he is running or fighting, and we will have a good use of close ups to see into his mind and know what he is thinking and feeling. We will use the rule of thirds to fit the talking shots together if he is talking to someone else and the 180º rule where we will film from one side also during the conversation shots. When the main character is walking, the editting will be to slow down this shot and fade it into a closer shot which saves a long easing in shot.
Editting brings the film to it's final preparations and also it can fit everything in the film together and have good continuality, also it can emphasize scenes like by short, quick shots to promote a fast paced scene of confusion or fear, or long shots to promote a calm or eary atmosphere. Depending when the shots are introduced we can feel fear or peace, this is why we jump to some noises and not others, the shots can be editted quickly to a scary point which is called the "sting" and accompanied by music will make the audience jump or possibly scream.

(By Beckψ)

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Analysis

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Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a typical gangster film. This relates to our film because we are going to make a Gangster/Revenge film. The plot of Get Rich or Die Tryin' is about one mans (50 Cent) attempt to be rich and famous. The main character Marcus (50 Cent) has a dream of being a rapper. During his quest for fame Marcus realizes that he needs money so he turns to selling drugs. During the film Marcus is shot several times. The gunman is masked so Marcus has to find out who the man was. This is where the movie relates to ours. Our movie is about a mans revenge on three gangsters that killed his innocent best friend.

• Get Rich or Die Tryin' received $46,442,528 in revenue when it was released in 2005
  
• The company that produced the film was Paramount Pictures

(By Ste)

THE SETTINGS

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There are many different possible settings for a gangster/ conflict style film, these are...

• School: this would be an ideal setting, as it shows the places of education and shows where the young "hoodlums" would spend most of there time when they are growing up. it also shows if they was good academically. Sometimes a school would sow the route of the main characters problems, but sometimes not.
• The home: This should show the main characters family, and would show the type of relationships that they have with them, weather they are good, or bad. This would be a place which would show how they where brought up, for example weather they had manners, or if they were rude.
• The places they hang out: Here we would be shown the type of people they hang out with, where they are influenced, and shown there choices that they have made in life, here it would be put across to us weather deep down they are actually good people, or if they are bad people, hence they had made bad choices in life.
• Places of interest (hobbies): Most people have hobbies, we would be shown what extra curricular activities they would take part in, and would also give us a look into the characters lives, showing personality. In some films i've seen i know that people have had such a bad time with a lot of different things, some people (in reall life as well) tent to emerse themselves into hobbies to get away from the real world.

Genre

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The genre for our film will be based on the typical settings for a Gangster/Revenge film. This was concluded due to the storyline and stereotypes in our film.
Gangster films are developed around the actions of criminals or gangsters, in particular bankrobbers or ruthless "hoodlums" who operate outside the law, stealing and violently murdering their way through life. Usually the main character will begin his/her life in a poor family but have a more wealthy life being a gangster due to what their job include, also they will have rivalries with either another gang (if the main character is in a gang) or with a certain person. In our film our main character has a rivalry with another person for something they did. The language also contributes to the type of genre it is based on, for example a posh British accent would suggest either a historical/period or dramatic films. In our case the main character (Munch) will have a gangster's type accent which typically is "soz 'ard" meaning they think themselves as dominant or stronger than other people, this is seen in London gangster films such as "Kidulthood" and the series "Fallout", and since our film is set in a London type area, to replicate what London crime is like, Munch will use a London gangster's accent. Gangster's are usually found to have guns or a weapon of some sort, and always seeking revenge on the opposition if something has happened. Guns are a sign of anger, death, intimidation or protection, therefore, they are carried around by gangster's so they can feel more dominant and be feared by everyone. The gangster genre is one of the most popular in modern movies and some of the best film directors alive have produced some incredible ganster movies. In fact, on the Internet Movie Database, the number 1 ranked movie is the Godfather - out of all genres.

The following video represents what typical London gangster's are like and other gangsters that follow the same routine. The types of clothing worn and the accents are also involved in this clip. It also shows the stereotypical teenagers of today and their different groups.



Reveng films consist of a person or group of people seeking revenge on something that has happened, this can be carried out in a violent or non-violent way, however, to make a film tense and thrilling, they tend to be carried out in a violent way. It is not often that revenge is carries out by talking or negotiating as the person/group carrying out the revenge can not get the full revenge they intend to get. Gangster films are usually based on revenge as a friend or family member is killed or injured by an apposing "clan" or person. Sometimes to have a bitter twist to the story it could involve an actual friend that has killed the persons family member, and is not revealed until the climax towards the end. This leads to stigma's but also can build up tension if the audience know's who it is or it can build up a shock to who did it.
Revenge is a part of everyday life, and as genre's try to portray this, it happens all the time. Each genre has a main social event to it as revenge is based on a revenge theme, horror is based on a thrilling, scary theme and westerns are based on cowboys. Due to revenge having a specific theme we have also chosen this so it can give our film a tension building and thrilling theme.

Below is a typical revenge scene from the film "Adulthood" where Trifes uncle has found out that Sam had killed his nephew. He seeks revenge on Sam for doing this and towards the end of the scene Jay attempts to get his old friend Moony to take his revenge out on Sam for killing their friend Trife.

The genre of the film is vital as it could be misleading and the wrong sort of people may watch a film thinking it is a different genre when it is actually the opposite to the genre they would like to watch, this influences the comments on the film whether it's good or not the genre will tell the audience straight away what type of content is in the film.

We chose these two genre's as they are popular amongst the British and American public, also they can be watched by various of different types of people such as gangsters themselves, teenagers, young adults and most of the public nation. However, there are only a few british, young, gangster type films, therefore, the British public appreciates the gangster movies made by their own country. Countries such as America (who have gangster gangs) and Italy (who have mafia's) usually produce the gangster movies.

(By Beckψ)

TARGET AUDIENCE!!!

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Our target audience will be British teens and young adults, as it reflects society in 

certain areas in Britain, mainly big cities such as London, and Manchester. The people that would want to watch our film would be probably 15-34 years old, as 41.5% of regular cinema goers  and most likely to enjoy the specific music in the film, which has got a Hip hop theme. People in gangs, and fit the stereotype image in the film, will be able to relate to this, and they will probably watch it., This film would be targeted for every one to be able to want to watch this, with themes such as revenge, and conflict, which every person, which every one will relate to, and most likely participated in activities including the basis of these. 

The gender that will most likely to watch this would be males, as there are more male gangs than female, especially in the U.K. but many females will most likely want to see this, a it is also interesting to see the hierarchy of different areas, including the different class systems.

In this type of film, we aim to show the lower classes in society, their schooling, and their other life styles. Mainly in these areas of places of London, there is a lot of crime in the schools, and a lot of the time, pupils get harmed, or most likely bullied.

Below is an example of the type of music that the stereotypical gangster type would listen to,

This is also an example of how they would dress, act and maybe in some areas, there lifestyle 

situation.

Representations

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In our film we will be using representations such as, stereotypes in our film.

We will be doing this by showing the clothing that the characters wear, this will create realism,

and give a modern feel to the clip. The mise en scene will also help to create an every day 

contemporary feeling, so that the audience can relate to it.

During our film, the main stereotype will be the "gangster" type, where the character will act 

the "hard man". Camera angles will be low to show superiority, and make the other people look 

weak in comparison. There is a major twist to our film, which will be unvailed when we have 

finished our film. Class will be shown by the type of lifestyle that the person lives, and the amount 

of money they have. Age will be shown by the main character (me) still in education, we will show

close ups, of the sports bag, with school/college books in it.

Props For A Confrontational film <3

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Props and mise en scene are vital in opening sequences, as they establish many things such as genre, character, and emotional responses which are the key factors of a two minute sequence.

Props establish genre by having relevant types of props, which set the scene, for example a cowboy hat, for a western movie.

Character is shown by the type of props used, usually clothes, establish their characteristics, including over exaggerating stereotypes, for example, if you wanted to show a person in the form of a "gangster" then you would over exaggerate their appearance, such as jewelry (bling), and baggy clothing. We can also show this by the music they listen to, such as Rap, Hip Hop and RnB, as obviously they wouldn't be listening to Heavy Metal, or Hardcore Bands.

Props can help to provoke an emotional response by showing the relevant instrument of action, for example a gun pointing at an innocent child creates suspense and enigmas of will he get shot and we wait to find out eager to watch on.

In our film clip, Munch will use the stereotypical gangster props such as baggy clothing, a tilted cap and possibly chains, this will emphasize which type of genre it is and what type of person he is, this may also give off an opposite reading to what he could be, he could be promoting that people don't wear chains because they injure your back or that baggy clothes make you look bad. Due to this we will give the dominant reading so that gangsters can relate to the main character and so other people know what stereotypical character he is and how they act.

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This opening sequence has really influenced our thoughts because of its content. A lot happens in a short time on this clip, The scene is set where a hopeful young athlete plays basket ball at his local sports hall. When he has finished his training he rings his girl friend to tell her that he loves her to show the audience he is a warm character. On his way home, he gets into a little bit of conflict with a gang, they start to stir up trouble, so he walks off and tries to go home, but the gang follow him, and chase after him. The gang leader stabs the boy, then him and the gang run off and leave him for dead. Later the girl comes along and she doesn't know what to do and also leaves the boy lying on the ground, We then find out that he died.

We feel that the use of media language is perfect for helping our ideas develop, there are many different techniques used in here. Mise en scene helps show the gang for what they are, they all wear "gangster" style clothing and hang around a corner shop in an urban area, which looks run down. The colour red depicts danger in the clip, as the gang leader is wearing red, as soon as we see him, we know that he will cause trouble. The editing of the clip shows that there is danger coming, we know this because the time between each clip being cut and also the pace speeds up. The fast paced editing prepares the audience for the action of the scene. The content of this clip shows conflict, this is perfect for our short sequence, as it is based on this, along side a theme of revenge. We feel that the mise en scene is similar to what we would use. Non-diegetic sad slow paced music is used at the beginning and end of this short clip, this automatically tells us that something bad will or has happened in the drama. It sets the scene for the audience with regards to the genre of the film. 

MUCH LOVE! <3

b The form and function, of our opening sequence, has to be able to establish place and time. By this we will be filming at certain times of the day (day or night). We will be establishing the place by shooting a long shot of our chosen location. We will not be using narrative devices, apart from captions. The opening sequence will be only a few minutes long, and during this time, we will be showing credits, during this short sequence.

We will be drawing in the audience, by the media languages we use, such as music, with an up beat tempo, which will start to fade as the plot begins to unfold. We will establish the main character by, using extreme close ups of the character, which will unveil his personality, by the clothes he wears and the music he listens to.

Enigmas will be created to attract the audience and keep the "hooked", as it were, so they will watch the rest of the film, to see this enigmas answered, and resolved.