Monday, 8 September 2008

Research

To start my research I began looking at Intros to diffrent genres of films and writing down the sounds, music, props, shots, editing, special effects and dialogue, I then began picking out bits that i liked. These are the films I looked at;

NightWatch-
Beginning titles-blood red, suggest battle and little red light keeps audiences attention
Voice over explains the story-keeps audience up to date
Battle sequence right at the start-appeals to audience members who like battle sequences, there are also no titles to distract the audiences attention.



Spiderman-
Marvel Comics intro
Music appropriate for film
Actors names tangled in web-suitable for film
Characters and settings begin to appear-audience begins to become familiar with the surroundings that will be in the film
Intro- bit long- create suspense however some people may get fed up.
Show you the main character (the man behind the mask)

Hot Fuzz-
Police whistles and bells
Long shot-walking-footsteps getting louder
Speedily talking about career up to this point in her life
Squeezed in bit of action- Main character gets stabbed


Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Mans Chest-
Dark Water-erie affect
Soft music, Rain-sadness
Sad girl in wedding dress
Invading soliders, chains
Will in old fashioned hand cuffs (irons)
Elizabeth and Will arrested-Jack brought up which carries on from the 1st one
Sea mist-erie, pirate singing traditional pirate song
Sound effects-Creaking wood, rippling sails.

Pirates of the Caribbean:At Worlds End
Props- Drums, Noose, Flag, Chained peasents
Lining up to be hanged
reading them their rights-all basic human rights suspended
Camera focus on little boy-shows a little coin- starts to sing 'The Song', then all the convicted people start to sing.
Excucioner pulls the lever-music stops
Coin falling through darkness-title then appears (coin chimes in the background)



I have used Pirates Of The Caribbean because they use props, costume and sets that are appropriate to the time, this film is set in a previous time which means most of the effects needed to make this movie real are not around any more so all the props and costumes must be made or bought.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Exciting music
Skulls behind bars-Weathered affect
Big snake-faint voice
Grave Yard
Title- lightning bolt as tale of the 'P'
Old man making tea on old fashioned stove and using old fashioned kettle-radio on old music
dark run down house-one light-sinister-Scary music
can't see scary man sitting in the chair-adds suspense (if you haven't read the books)

The Mummy-
Flash Back (pre-story)
Camera pans from sun to the head of a sphyinx then over the rest of the Pharaohs kingdom
Audience gets 1st look at Imhotep and Anck-sun-namun, audience realises they are lovers even though it is forbidden
Imhotep kills Pharaoh-Scandal!!
Eerie moon over magical city
Black pool makes evil noises
Leave gross bits to the Imagination
Imhotep is locked in his sarcophagus which chows just how bad he was.
Voice over creates tension by listing what would happen if Imhotep was resurrected
Voice over man one of Pharaohs Guards (medji) make sure Imhotep is never released
Titles having wrapping around them, then it blows away.

Troy-
Women singing slightly sad
Map of Greece-text to explain the story so far
One man speaks (Odysseus) Camera over canyon.
2 Armies face each other, stop meters apart-Calm before the storm-creates tension
2 leaders ride to middle-agemmenon mocks opposing king-bargin with soliders fighting ability
Audience first sees the hero, Acheillies
Audience understands why Achellies fights-so he will be remembered throughout history (obviously it worked!!!!)
Aceillies beats solider with one swing of his sword, audience knows the story will revolve around his fighting skill.

10 Things I Hate About You
Upbeat young Music
Animated, scripply writing
Camera pans over neighbourhood
1 Genre of music fades into another genre
Rock genre reflects girls personality/attitude towards life.

X-men-
Patrick Stuart voice over explains what happens to these people
Brain looking strands then contrasted with man made metal
rain, people walking through mud, audience discover this is during the war
Camera slow motion to worsen horror
family forced to seperate, child discovers powers, can manipulate metal, incrediably strong, audience confused. gate completely mangled

I have also started thinking about target audiences and age certficates that i would give my film. Doing something like a thriller/horror film normally contains younger actors as the target audience is normally people in their late teens early twenties, this is because if the film had older actors the target audience would not be able to relate to actors on screen. I looked at the criteria for certain film ratings and this is what I found;

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