Film network Warp Films Notes

Shane Meddows
Work together to produce an end product.
This Is England.
Cut costs:
Setting- Nottingham, st ans which was fairly untouched. So no change was needed exsept editing of a few satalite dishes that were framed out.
Props- Cars: rent £200 a day so they ebayed a collection buy for £200 film get road worthy and then sell on. Buy 3 sell 4.
Actors- take them to the scene and reherse also people work around them.
Lighting- free, room lighting.

The Culture Show Notes

Middle range films are between two extremes, high budget and low.
Working Title and Warp Films are two companies that make these films (Slumdog Millionaire, The Queen etc)

Tim Bevan
Hard to sell drama.
Comedy and thriller have less risk and marketing is cheaper.
The recession mean less risk with films and possibly the end of middle range films
Bulls eye:
Smaller- less budget, stars.
Bigger- higher budget and A Lister's.

Lord Putnam
The only reason stars would lower their fee is if the film captures them.

Mike Goodridge
"you have to think about what people want"
Institution-budget-how it effects the audience
More tentpole films- high budget will put middle range under threat.

Sandra Hebran
Need more political (need to think) films.
Escapism will no longer be happening in cinemas, films will be taught provoking and have hidden messages.
Stars will also have to lower fees.

Stereotypes Within Media

A stereotype is a one-sided exaggerated and prejudicial view of a social group or set of individuals. Stereotypes can be dangerous because they appear to provide a justification for racist or other discriminatory behaviour. The media can be important in reinforcing stereotypes for example TV drama used to cast black people in stereotypical roles such as mental workers or criminals (the roles for black actors is now more varied although many need to go to America to find interesting roles)
The way in which events in the Muslim world have been reported in the media since 2001 onwards contributes to a stereotype of Muslims as religious fanatics, potential terrorists and illegal immigrants.
stereotyping by the media can put pressure on authorities as well eg if the newspapers report disruptive or mildly criminal behaviour by young people and describe it in stereotypical terms (eg "young thugs") the police and courts feel that they have to take strong action. such action in turn, is reported by the media and further reinforces the stereotype.

Working Title and Warp Films Questions

Working Title and Warp Films Questions

First Attempt At Camera Shots + Evalation.

The camera angles we used were pan, zoom, close up, establishing shot and a medium shot we used there shots so we could experiment and see how they all work, this was our first time using the filming and editing equiptment so there are a few mistakes we have learned from now. The successful parts of the filming id say were the zoom the establishing shot and the medium shot as they are most stable and of general better quality. The shots that failed more would be the pan as the camera jolted half way through, also the clse up could be of a better quality, starting from a mid shot moving into a close up. I have learned that the mise en scene is very important within different shots, they layout of the scene and the positioning of the lighting props and actors, blocking is key to a good scene. We didnt really think about the lighting when we did our shots as we did the shots outside. I have Learnt that continuity must be considered in filming or the quality of the film is poor and the film will be harder for the audience to understand and follow. I need to work on both my filming and editing really both need work maybe the filming side more, but practice makes perfect and all.

Photo Choices

This was the first photo we took for the shot on the magazine as Chloe "the girl in the picture" we chose her as she has blonde hair and a nice face structure however she is posing in the wrong direction and as we wanted the magazine to look as profesional as possible we decided to take another also because we didnt use a plain background the picture wouldnt cut out on photoshop, this meant we had to change the image.


so we used a white background and this picture were im facing the right way for our long shot as it cut alot neater.

Magazine Devices

We then looked at typical magazine devices like 3 fonts, 3 colours, coverlines, slogas, layers etc. We did this so we could evaluate our magazine in detail and so that we know the basic terminology for "words and pictures" that apear on the front of magazines.

Vogue- Magazine Devices

Practice Magazine

This was the magazine we chose to re-create as our first attempt. We chose it as we are familiar with the magazine and we thought that the colour scheme was easy to recreate as this would be our firt time using photoshop. We also thought that the layout was interesting and the choice of position of the long shot covering the masthead and the position the model is in adds to how attractive thhe layout of the magazine is.

MEDIA Essay 2 The Royal Tenenbaums

For my second essay i was asked to choose a character from the opening sequence of The Royal Tenenbaums and analise them in terms of representation, including camera shots. I chose Margot Tenenbaums the apopted daughter of the family as i found her most interesting and different to the other chatacters, this made me want to analyse her behaviour in detail.

MEDIA Essay 2 the Royal Tenenbaums

MEDIA Essay 1 Juno and Let The Right One In analysis

For my first media essay i was asked to watch the opening scenes of Juno and let the right one in and analyse how they are similar and different within their genres. I did this looking at camera shots, propps theory on character roles and what i could gain about the characters from the opening scene, i also looked at wat type of story was being told, how much was told and how it would effect the audience.

MEDIA Essay 1 Juno and Let The Right One In analysis

Shots

BASIC SHOTS

Long Shots-typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.
Establishing Shot-sets up, or "establishes", a scene's setting and/or its participants.
Medium Shot-is a camera shot from a medium distance.
Close-Up-tightly frames a person or an object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots.
Angle Of Shot-is a shot from a camera positioned on the vertical axis.
Point Of View Shot-It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character's reaction.
Two Shot-is a type of shot employed in the film industry in which the frame encompasses a view of two people.
Zoom-is a method of decreasing (narrowing) the apparent angle of view.
Pan-refers to the horizontal movement or rotation of a still or video camera, or the scanning of a subject horizontally on video or a display device.
Tracking-is a segment in which the camera is mounted on a wheeled platform that is pushed on rails while the picture is being taken.
Hand-Held-is a film and video technique in which a camera is literally held in the camera-operator's hands--as opposed to being placed on a tripod.

DANIELLE HAIGH PRESENTATION

I was asked as my first assignment to make a slide show on things that i enjoy and are personal to me.

DANIELLE HAIGH PRESENTATION

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