Practise

Today we have practised for the exam. We did not do a full practise but we had watched a 1min and and half  clip of a film and we all looked at different aspects of the film, for example i looked at mise en scene. i compared my answers with other people who was also looking at mise en scene.

Main ideas continued

We were givin two sheets of paper to fill out.
One sheet was for the script for shooting and another is for the storyboard.
We split up into groups to what we would do, seeing as Laura cound not make it today I am working on the script for shooting and Shaun and Chelsea are working on the storyboard.

Main production ideas

Today we are going to talk about our main production. The things that we are sorting out are the script for shooting and we are working on making a better storyboard.

Ideas for main project

Costume ideas
The things that we will be wearing will be suits, so things like ties,
-Jackets,
-Trilby/Beanie hats,
-Smart shoes,
-Red heels.

                   

film observation study

Yesterday, i was given a task of watching a 2-3 min clip of a film and we had to analyse it. The things that we had to analyse were: Setting and Props, Costume, hair and make-up, Facial expressions and body language, Lighting and colour, and postioning of characters and objects within a frame.

The clip i chose to analyse was a scene from Batman, Dark Knight.

Opening to films

Here is some opening to films



The Godfather is a classic opening of a gangster film. The setting is dark to represent badness in the gangsters the light shows a little bit of the gangsters face shdoesnt fully reveal hte face of but gives an idea of that the gangster isnt isnt up to to anything good. The gangsters were pretty much all black to blend in with the darkness, this is done to show that they blend in the darkness to hide.

Codes and Convensions

Codes and Conventions are what makes up the film.

Here is what the codes and convensions are in a ganster film:

The opening scene in a ganster film :

• Sets the scene of what is going on  
• Introduces main characters. What they are like, the sort of things they
• Creates an enigma/suspense to keep the audience interested
• A crime happens to set the story for the rest of the film

Codes Of A Ganster Type Film:

• Dark nightclubs
• Lots of money
• Normally film-noir
• Fast cars 
• Tommy guns
• Crowded city
• smoking (cigars, ciggerates etc)

Conventions Of A Ganster Film:

• Characters are usually operate outside of the law.
• Characters are usaully criminals (normally tend to be bank robbers) 
• Criminals struggle to Gloryfy against the other rivals
• A crime happens at the beginning and the storyline of the film follows how the victim's/criminal's trebulations which follow after the crime
• The criminals are always caught at the end  of the film

Characters Of A Ganster Film:

• They are Matrialistic and Street-smart
• They are Immoral
• They are criminals who work in gangs, Every gang has a 'history' and rivalry with another gang or criminal
• Most(If not all) of the criminals are tough on the outside, however they can express sensitivity