'Eight'
1.
- social realism
- based around eight year old liver pool fan
- used natural light most of the time (outside)
- About a kid that goes around pretending that his dad was all of these wonderful things but you find out near the end he was passed away through spectating football, which is why his mum didn't like him playing it
- the film portrays events that can effect a lot of people
2.
- voice over with music, violins quite depressing
- like the voice is talking to the audience about his dad dying
- starts of with quite a happy voice over, stating all the possibilites of what his dad was and what his career may have been if he was still around. it makes you wonder who his dad is and where he is, slowly he reveals that his dad was killed and starts talking in the past about his dad rather than the present.
- leaves you wondering through out the whole film to where his dad is and the link to football, keeps you want to keep watching and find out and you always asking youself questions untill he tells you
3.
- The short narrative does not give you enough time to work out for yourself where his dad has gone. it has time to keep you in the dark about it until the very end (restricted narration)
- the film slowly introduces the mother that does not want her son to play football, but he doesn't understand the link between the death of his father and playing football so he carrys on himself
- it ends with you finding out how his father dies but he does not full understand what happened. this may be the case of a lot of children that one of their parents may have died and they do not fully understand, so people may be able to sympathise and relate with what is happening in the film
- i was inspired by the fact of the deep impact the film had on me when you finally find out what has happened to his father, i hope that my film could have the same effect on people
4.
- non diegetic, piano sad lonely music
- diegetic, happy tones in his voice even when things are meant to be sad, like he doesn't quite understand is going on.
5.
- little boy is lonely
- trying to follow his dad in being interested in football
-women not liking football, men liking football even though its dangerious, shows she cares
- working class family
- voice over, talking to the audience makes you feel like he is talking to you and you can empathise with him.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Research Task 3
'Joy Ride'
1.
- Thriller
- cigarettes, rain, darkness denotes danger
- antagonists in normal clothes
- protagonist is in police jackets, helps you recognise who the good and bad people are
- there is a lot of light used from sources in the film, rather than unnatural light they use street lamps, car lights and the sparks of electricity.
- when the man is lying in the middle of the road he is wearing black, which can also show danger, whilst the protagonist was wearing white which is the complete contrast the the guys in black. can show the differences between them.
2
- when the drill was forced through the boot and nearly hitting him in the eye, the blood that falls through, followed by an extremem close up of his reactions, was very interesting. How you never see any of the fighting but you always hear it and is leaft to the imagination of audience which may be better than physically showing the fighting was a very clever convension used whichh could become useful in my production as it is simple but very effective with the use of sound effects.
- Also there a lot of point of view shot s when he is in the boot, so we can put ourselves into his possition, therefore sympathise with the position he is in.
3.
- this film is quite short, because of that is has less time to explain through the film what is going on so enigma play a large part.
- At the beggining it introduces you to what he does for a living and what hes like, you find out hes lazy and can't be bothered to finish his work off.
- The confrontation is what follows the begginning, this is where all the action happens in most films. this is when the protagonist meets the antagonist and where he is trying to find a way out.
- it ends with him ending up at his place of work where he began, the twist is that the work that he was to lazy to finish was the thig that eventually killed him
- this is an inspiring twist and i hope i can also find a twist to use in my own production
4.
- piano used to create tension (non-diegetic)
- drums indicate different moods and situations, when he is trying to escape from the boot of the car the drums start which build up suspence, like you are waiting for something to happen
- also a lot of the fighting sound effects (diegetic) you cannot see the fighting so they use sound for you to imagine the fight instead, this can be very effective
5.
- The themes and issues of this short film where murder and kidnapping
- The antagonists where males so there is a slight stereotype becuase there was a woman police officer and the males ended up killing her, which can be used to represent the power of the gender
- The protagonist is a working class male that most people maybe able to relate to, wanting to finish their job early and go home, but in the end that electric wire he did not fix was what cause his death
1.
- Thriller
- cigarettes, rain, darkness denotes danger
- antagonists in normal clothes
- protagonist is in police jackets, helps you recognise who the good and bad people are
- there is a lot of light used from sources in the film, rather than unnatural light they use street lamps, car lights and the sparks of electricity.
- when the man is lying in the middle of the road he is wearing black, which can also show danger, whilst the protagonist was wearing white which is the complete contrast the the guys in black. can show the differences between them.
2
- when the drill was forced through the boot and nearly hitting him in the eye, the blood that falls through, followed by an extremem close up of his reactions, was very interesting. How you never see any of the fighting but you always hear it and is leaft to the imagination of audience which may be better than physically showing the fighting was a very clever convension used whichh could become useful in my production as it is simple but very effective with the use of sound effects.
- Also there a lot of point of view shot s when he is in the boot, so we can put ourselves into his possition, therefore sympathise with the position he is in.
3.
- this film is quite short, because of that is has less time to explain through the film what is going on so enigma play a large part.
- At the beggining it introduces you to what he does for a living and what hes like, you find out hes lazy and can't be bothered to finish his work off.
- The confrontation is what follows the begginning, this is where all the action happens in most films. this is when the protagonist meets the antagonist and where he is trying to find a way out.
- it ends with him ending up at his place of work where he began, the twist is that the work that he was to lazy to finish was the thig that eventually killed him
- this is an inspiring twist and i hope i can also find a twist to use in my own production
4.
- piano used to create tension (non-diegetic)
- drums indicate different moods and situations, when he is trying to escape from the boot of the car the drums start which build up suspence, like you are waiting for something to happen
- also a lot of the fighting sound effects (diegetic) you cannot see the fighting so they use sound for you to imagine the fight instead, this can be very effective
5.
- The themes and issues of this short film where murder and kidnapping
- The antagonists where males so there is a slight stereotype becuase there was a woman police officer and the males ended up killing her, which can be used to represent the power of the gender
- The protagonist is a working class male that most people maybe able to relate to, wanting to finish their job early and go home, but in the end that electric wire he did not fix was what cause his death
- the police officers at the end were unsympathetic and useless, they did not help any of the situations they were in and the audienence may be able to relate to some police problems they may of had about police not being helpful in some situations
Research Task 2
'Wasp'
1.
- Social realist genre
- Working class
- set in a little flat in london
- The cotumes the charicters wore present their charicters well. The mother in the first scene comes out in her night wear charging down the street to assult someone, the kids wear what seems to be handed down clothes, the baby without a nappie and the guy (dave) wears cheap tracksuits representing that he is working class.
- inside the flat you see empty bottles, packets of chrisps and general rubbish on the floor, this portrays what their life is really like at home, and the fact the kids where sharing sugar out for dinner showed that they poor. This makes the audience show empathy for the charicters.
- Camera work sometimes almost seems as they are beeing watched, like a point of view shot. which makes it more realistic interpretation of real life.
- was not unrealistic which is what is need for a social realist film.
2.
- when the kids are waiting for their mother ouside the pub, its like they are being watched and you are always waiting for something bad to happen. which all leads up to the wasp going into the babys mouth at the end.
- extreme close ups on the expressions on the childrens faces when they are watching their mother talking to dave in the car. It shows you that they are confused about what is going on and that its not something that happens usually.
- it's interesting how they showed that the oldest child was the one that looked out for the children the most, showed her finding them food and talking to the mother for them.
3.
-The advantages for the short narrative format is that you can sum a few events that happen in a film in a shorter period of time, without the audience getting bored of confused.
- The short narrative worked well for this film, it showed the realtionships between the mother and her children, she cared about them enough to attack another parent on their behalf. But still decided to put dave first, which is shown when she goes to the pub and leaves them outside and buys him a pint rather than her children chips. later you quickly have your first oppinion of her back when she hears her children screaming and decides that they are more important to her than dave is. Through out you get the impression that dave is insensitive but the ending shows you he is a caring man.
- ends with an establishing shot at the end rather than the beggining.
4.
- consisted no no non-diegetic sounds, like most social realism films. mkaes it seem more realistic becuase there no no sound track to real life
- There was a lot of use of diegetic sounds in the production, like when the children are playing by the park you can hear screaing and childrens voices in the background. This makes the film very realistic.
- also the use of sound effects where very effective like when they were in the pub, the sounds of the men playing the games of pool and the background music from the sterio, its hard to notice but wouldn't seem realistic without them. It gives it atmosphere.
5.
- A woman that care about her children but meets a man and decideds to put someone else infront of her children and go out for once.
-This film represents a working class family, people in the audience may be able to sympathise with the charicters.
- sympathy for the children. show what life can be like for some of the less fortunate children, who have done nothing to deserve it.
-few steretypes, dave asked the mum to get the drink in 'modern bird'
Ben Brown
1.
- Social realist genre
- Working class
- set in a little flat in london
- The cotumes the charicters wore present their charicters well. The mother in the first scene comes out in her night wear charging down the street to assult someone, the kids wear what seems to be handed down clothes, the baby without a nappie and the guy (dave) wears cheap tracksuits representing that he is working class.
- inside the flat you see empty bottles, packets of chrisps and general rubbish on the floor, this portrays what their life is really like at home, and the fact the kids where sharing sugar out for dinner showed that they poor. This makes the audience show empathy for the charicters.
- Camera work sometimes almost seems as they are beeing watched, like a point of view shot. which makes it more realistic interpretation of real life.
- was not unrealistic which is what is need for a social realist film.
2.
- when the kids are waiting for their mother ouside the pub, its like they are being watched and you are always waiting for something bad to happen. which all leads up to the wasp going into the babys mouth at the end.
- extreme close ups on the expressions on the childrens faces when they are watching their mother talking to dave in the car. It shows you that they are confused about what is going on and that its not something that happens usually.
- it's interesting how they showed that the oldest child was the one that looked out for the children the most, showed her finding them food and talking to the mother for them.
3.
-The advantages for the short narrative format is that you can sum a few events that happen in a film in a shorter period of time, without the audience getting bored of confused.
- The short narrative worked well for this film, it showed the realtionships between the mother and her children, she cared about them enough to attack another parent on their behalf. But still decided to put dave first, which is shown when she goes to the pub and leaves them outside and buys him a pint rather than her children chips. later you quickly have your first oppinion of her back when she hears her children screaming and decides that they are more important to her than dave is. Through out you get the impression that dave is insensitive but the ending shows you he is a caring man.
- ends with an establishing shot at the end rather than the beggining.
4.
- consisted no no non-diegetic sounds, like most social realism films. mkaes it seem more realistic becuase there no no sound track to real life
- There was a lot of use of diegetic sounds in the production, like when the children are playing by the park you can hear screaing and childrens voices in the background. This makes the film very realistic.
- also the use of sound effects where very effective like when they were in the pub, the sounds of the men playing the games of pool and the background music from the sterio, its hard to notice but wouldn't seem realistic without them. It gives it atmosphere.
5.
- A woman that care about her children but meets a man and decideds to put someone else infront of her children and go out for once.
-This film represents a working class family, people in the audience may be able to sympathise with the charicters.
- sympathy for the children. show what life can be like for some of the less fortunate children, who have done nothing to deserve it.
-few steretypes, dave asked the mum to get the drink in 'modern bird'
Ben Brown
Research Task 1
'Conversation Piece'
1.
- social realist genre
- The music made it more of a comedy/drama
- uses a lot of close ups and extreme close ups on facial expressions so the audience can understand what more is going on becuase there is no dialgoue.
- also 'conversation piece' used a shallow depth of field, this shows the audience what the main focus of the shot is, helping to outline the important factors of the shot.
- There are two charicters in this short film, the man being portrayed as a lazy man (husband) they show you this through his costume (A dressing gown) and through his actions involving taking a piece of toast out of his pocket. Along with his facial expressions which are shown with in the extreme close up you can tell he has a very laid back attitude on life.
- The wife was first shown in the kitchen cooking which gives a very sterioypical female representation of her, whilst the man sits back and relaxes. when she saw that the vase was broken you could tell she was upset, represented by the high pitched diegetc music that was used. she was seen as very caring and sensitive and ended up getting upsetand crying about the vase breaking and the fact the husband not paying her much attension.
2.
-'Conversation Piece' beggins with the the husband putting on a vinal record.
- They use the music from the vinal record to portray their moods and their conversation (diegetic sound)
- this is done very well it turns what would be a drama into a comedy with the music. even you can tell they are both being serious about the incidednt the music bring a sense of humour to the short film.
- you do no see this type of film very often, so it was inspiring to see new ways that people try to portray people emotions and feelings.
3.
If the film when on any longer the audience may get confused of what is is going on and even get annoying. You can roughly understand what the situation consists of and the music works well to portray their moods in that time and worked weel a a short film.
-the film has a state of equlibrium (begginning) which quickly introduces you to the charicters and their charicteristics which is what all films need at the begging so the audience have a chance to relate to the charicters in the film.
- then goes onto the problem and what they should do about the problem and maybe try and find some solutions this is the main focus of the film. It was made to seem like just an average day apart from the broken vase which upset things between the couple a little.
- reinstatement to the equlibrium, when he fixes the vase at the end. Through out the short film he reassures her that he did not break the vase and he had never seen it, but to make it commical as soon as she left he fixed it whith some super glue.
- i liked the way that without the dialogue the conversations they were having where leaft to your own imagination, which can sometime make the production even better becuase the audience will all view the production in their own way.
4.
- They used the use diegetic sound very well in the film.
- it was shown as if the music was playing in the background in the film (on the vinal player), but it was also used to talk for the charicters, and it changed with the differernt moods they where portraying.
- normally films use non diegetic sound to portray the mood in the film, but 'Conversation Piece' was very clever and used the sound not just as a way to show the moods but it was used instead dialogue as well, like the song was showing their emotions and even words. Also whith deep music for the man and high pitched music for the woman, which in its own way is a steriotypical way in which to show the male and the female apart.
5.
- A middle class, old couple are shown in this short film.
- it shows what seems to be the day to day running of this couple but an every day incident like breaking a vase is cause and causes trouble between the two of them.
- it seems to be quite steriotypical becuase the man is sitting down eating, whilst the woman is in the kitchen, and getting worried about her vase being broken.
- the audience may be able to relate to the charicters becuase it may be a common accurace in some peoples everyday lives, by the end you feel a little bit of sympathy for the woman becuase she tries and break out in tears. but in the last sceen you see her playing the same record that has been playing throughout the film, smiling to her self. This can lead the audience to believe she is up to something.
Ben Brown
1.
- social realist genre
- The music made it more of a comedy/drama
- uses a lot of close ups and extreme close ups on facial expressions so the audience can understand what more is going on becuase there is no dialgoue.
- also 'conversation piece' used a shallow depth of field, this shows the audience what the main focus of the shot is, helping to outline the important factors of the shot.
- There are two charicters in this short film, the man being portrayed as a lazy man (husband) they show you this through his costume (A dressing gown) and through his actions involving taking a piece of toast out of his pocket. Along with his facial expressions which are shown with in the extreme close up you can tell he has a very laid back attitude on life.
- The wife was first shown in the kitchen cooking which gives a very sterioypical female representation of her, whilst the man sits back and relaxes. when she saw that the vase was broken you could tell she was upset, represented by the high pitched diegetc music that was used. she was seen as very caring and sensitive and ended up getting upsetand crying about the vase breaking and the fact the husband not paying her much attension.
2.
-'Conversation Piece' beggins with the the husband putting on a vinal record.
- They use the music from the vinal record to portray their moods and their conversation (diegetic sound)
- this is done very well it turns what would be a drama into a comedy with the music. even you can tell they are both being serious about the incidednt the music bring a sense of humour to the short film.
- you do no see this type of film very often, so it was inspiring to see new ways that people try to portray people emotions and feelings.
3.
If the film when on any longer the audience may get confused of what is is going on and even get annoying. You can roughly understand what the situation consists of and the music works well to portray their moods in that time and worked weel a a short film.
-the film has a state of equlibrium (begginning) which quickly introduces you to the charicters and their charicteristics which is what all films need at the begging so the audience have a chance to relate to the charicters in the film.
- then goes onto the problem and what they should do about the problem and maybe try and find some solutions this is the main focus of the film. It was made to seem like just an average day apart from the broken vase which upset things between the couple a little.
- reinstatement to the equlibrium, when he fixes the vase at the end. Through out the short film he reassures her that he did not break the vase and he had never seen it, but to make it commical as soon as she left he fixed it whith some super glue.
- i liked the way that without the dialogue the conversations they were having where leaft to your own imagination, which can sometime make the production even better becuase the audience will all view the production in their own way.
4.
- They used the use diegetic sound very well in the film.
- it was shown as if the music was playing in the background in the film (on the vinal player), but it was also used to talk for the charicters, and it changed with the differernt moods they where portraying.
- normally films use non diegetic sound to portray the mood in the film, but 'Conversation Piece' was very clever and used the sound not just as a way to show the moods but it was used instead dialogue as well, like the song was showing their emotions and even words. Also whith deep music for the man and high pitched music for the woman, which in its own way is a steriotypical way in which to show the male and the female apart.
5.
- A middle class, old couple are shown in this short film.
- it shows what seems to be the day to day running of this couple but an every day incident like breaking a vase is cause and causes trouble between the two of them.
- it seems to be quite steriotypical becuase the man is sitting down eating, whilst the woman is in the kitchen, and getting worried about her vase being broken.
- the audience may be able to relate to the charicters becuase it may be a common accurace in some peoples everyday lives, by the end you feel a little bit of sympathy for the woman becuase she tries and break out in tears. but in the last sceen you see her playing the same record that has been playing throughout the film, smiling to her self. This can lead the audience to believe she is up to something.
Ben Brown
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
What i learnt from my Foundation Portfolio
- working in a team, it is hard to keep organsised so that that everybody has different jobs to do within the task and so it that all the work it productive rather than it not being needed. There were also disputes between some of the members in our group between ideas and editing techniques so that we didn't get things done as fast as we should have and ended up rushing our finished product. I am going to choose my group carefully this year to make sure this will not be a problem.
- the orgnaisations on the shots we were going to shoot (story board) was not very clear so we struggled in trying to imagine what our short film was really about and what we were trying to put across to the audice. In my next productions i am going to make the story board as detailed as possible so that every shot and even every idea that i have is shown on a page so that we can piece it all together and have a picture of what the films going to look like him my head before we even start.
- filming in an external environment was tricky becuase you cold never tell if the weather you had used on one day in your film would be the same the next time you want to film outside, if the weather changes even slightly it can effect the 'continuity editing' of the film and not make it very realistic. Next time we need to plan when we are filming in an external environment so that we know to do it all at the same time make the continuity as smooth as possible.
- filming in public places proved to be hard, it had to be filmed in sections so the scenery in the background did not get in the way, like an old man walking past the camera.
Ben Brown
- the orgnaisations on the shots we were going to shoot (story board) was not very clear so we struggled in trying to imagine what our short film was really about and what we were trying to put across to the audice. In my next productions i am going to make the story board as detailed as possible so that every shot and even every idea that i have is shown on a page so that we can piece it all together and have a picture of what the films going to look like him my head before we even start.
- filming in an external environment was tricky becuase you cold never tell if the weather you had used on one day in your film would be the same the next time you want to film outside, if the weather changes even slightly it can effect the 'continuity editing' of the film and not make it very realistic. Next time we need to plan when we are filming in an external environment so that we know to do it all at the same time make the continuity as smooth as possible.
- filming in public places proved to be hard, it had to be filmed in sections so the scenery in the background did not get in the way, like an old man walking past the camera.
Ben Brown
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