Media studies 2009-2011

In a opening of film the usaul order is that the intro is companied by the titles either with the titles over lapping it or after the intro. Sometimes the film starts off with a colour background with only the credits of the film then it starts. The opening of a film is usually a prediction of how the film will do and the pace of the film. The opening can be a sequence or a montage of the film, usauls a Horror/Thriller/Action use montage because it is fast paced, where as a comedy will try and make the frist scene as funny or entertaining as possible. When the titles come on there are usaully different company identity near it who are associated with the making of the film. The details are writing in small print below the title. Expersition its the order of things, whilst the main plot is going on the side plot is running along side it. The opening titles of a film usaully reflect how the rest of the film will be, they do this to show the pace and genre of the entire film. Sometimes the opening is a prelude which later ties into the plot and story or set the tone for the rest of the film, this is so the veiwer knows what the film will be like in terms of action and speed. Occassionly the film will have a unrelated scene in it which will set the main character onto the main story.

Horror/thriller The genre of horror is to scare the audience, to make them uncomfortable and this is what helps the horror genre to attract such a wide audience, horror is used to put the fear into its veiwers, its intended to come across to the viwer as an emotional, pcychological or physical reactions.

Comedy genre

The comedy genre attempts to make the viewers laugh and have a pleasurable happy experience when watching a comedy. Theres black comedy which tends to cover topics such as war, death and suffering however this type of comedy can sometimes offend the viewer, therefore it aqquires a specific taste for that type of humour.

Then there are romantic comedies, chick flicks. aimed at mainly the fenale population, as this is their type of genre, stereotypically, as they can kind of relate to the film and this creates enjoymentfor the viewer.

Fantasy, interprets the use of magic and other types of supernatural behaviour for the main plot of the fantasy film, or the theme or setting of the film.

Action- With this genre the plot dosent matter as much in this type of genre, people tend to relate this gwnre to high speed action and explosions and other forms of extreme action, this makes it popular because it gives the viewer an adrenaline rush and keeps them on the edge of their seat. Also the characters in action movies tend to be good looking masculine men, to attract a bigger female audience to the film and for the male audience to aspire to and want to be, as they are shown as cool. A good example of a film like this would be James Bond.

This is our company ident that we have created on Photoshop. We chose to do our company ident like this because it fits in with the genre that our film is, mysterious  and horror, thats why we have used the claw with blood dripping down to add to this horror style effect, the font and the colouring of the text we have chosen because we all agreed in the group that it looked quite professional and looked good.

Evaluation

I think our Preliminary exercise could have been better, because throughout the piece of film the camera was on a canted angle. Also another problem that occured that we noticed after we had finished, because we didnt monitor the level of the sound, it came out slightly distorted and was too loud at some pointsd of the piece.

The opening sequence Is a shot of Mr Mannix walking towards the room of the door, a medium shot as it contains down to his knees as he walks towards the door.
Theres then a close up shot of the handle as Mr mannix places his hand on the door to open.
The open shot however conatins too much headroom, it should be closer and be just above his head.
As we see Mr Mannix enter the room, there is a brief close up shot of him getting a chair, this is at a higher angle looking slightly down. The next shot is of Mr Mannix placing his chair down to sit on it, however there is far too much headroom and we can see far too much of the background, After this shot we see them sat at the table together, but when it switches sides it breaks the rule of the 180, and we now thing that the people have changed places or moved, which does not help with the continuity.
 The shots didnt frame the people very well as they were to far away, they should have been closer to make more action within shot and less background.
There is a pan shot to follow Mr Mannix as he enters the room and suits down with Mr Marshall.
The lighting could have been darker to make the whole transaction seem a little more mysterious and intense. They use over the shoulder shots to show the dialogue and interaction between the two characters as they are talking about the transaction of the package.

Adobe prmiere is a video editing software package system that is used to edit clips and videos from external sources.
This software allows us to extract video from something such as a video tape or cd, or other storage device, and allow us to edit the video clip, and add effects and other special features to the videos.
This software can be used by ametuers and proffesionals alike, its simple enough to use and is very effective at making an average video into a proffesional looking piece of film, the clean interface also helps with the ease of navigation.

Premiere is a very useful software that allows us to import audio, video and graphics that we can use to add effects to the film thatwe use.
We are also able to edit, cut and rearange the footage into a visual timeline in the software.
Adding effects and filters to video is another thing that the premiere is very capable of.
And finally the software allows us to export the finished video/file to an external scource, and can also be converted into various formats.

Editing is used in the production method for editing the scene or shots, with this they can edit, cut, adding sections to the video, and editing in music and other effects.

The goals of editing

• One goal is to cut any unwanted footage that you dont want in the sequence., this can really improve a scene and make it much more interesting.
• It is important that the video flows, so that the story can be clear and that the editing makes sense.
• Editing allows us to add music, effects and graphics to our sequences.
• Editing can allow us to edit the mood, style and the pace of the video, this can change the feel of the video and can change its intended purpose, this can change the overall veiwing status and can make the audience react in different ways.
• A video can be made for an exact purpose to show something important that should be heard and should be viewed in that particular way.

There is four types of sound in filming, these are,

Dialogue- This is a spoken soundtrack, this is planned out in script before they start filming.
aysynchronous sound is where the in the scene doesnt follow the persons whos talking, there is no visible source where the sound is coming from on the screen.
Directional microphone- This is a device used to capture the audio directly from the person that is talking.
Omni directional- This device picks up soound from wherever it is facing.

Ambience
Ambience sound is the noise in the background of the scene, this can be things like birds, other people talking, wind noise etc, this can be included in the scene to make it more natural and realistic and make the scene more atmospheric.

Diegetic

This is the sound ofthe film world, meaning that can be added after filming the shoot, meaning that the scource of the sound is visible from on the screen, these can be like sound made byobjects in the film, voices of characters or music coming from instruments in the film.

Non diegetic

This is the opposite of diegetic sound, this is outside of the film world, thast is added in as sound aeffects such as canned laughter, sound effects that make the scene or action more dramatic, or music that is used to set the mood of the film (mood music). This is presented from coming from a scource outside of the story.

1)  The main contribution of the Lumiere brothers to the early cinema
The Lumiere brothers were basically the finders of motion picture and early film in 1895 when they created there first motion picture film. When they presented the first films to the public they played 10 short films,  which alo included thier first film, Sortie des usines lumiere a lyon, which was basically filming workers leaving the lumiere factory. The films were around 40-55 seconds long, this was were cinema was born and after thiere films, cinema was improved, bettered and films were made longer for more entertainment.

The jazz singer
The jazz singer film, created in 1927 by the Warner Bros. was a big problem for cinemas, because this film was the first to include sound into it, this meant that all the cinemas had to upgrade their cinemas so  that they were able to play the sound through speakers, however this film was very successfull, and therefore it became known as the first “talkie film” where people were amazed that they could actually hear the screen talking, and this meant they were more involved and interested in the film, this also meant a decline in the silent films and eventually they were no longer.

Vertical integration
Vertical integration is where a company or the producer of the film will maximise thier profits by owning the production of the film, the distribution of the film, which means getting the film out to the audience, and thirdly the exhibition where they will show the picture film to the people themselves meaning they dont have to pay other companies to do these jobs, and therefore gaining as much money as possible from the film.

Cinema bankruptcy
The cinemas were on the verge of bankcruptcy between theseyears because the television (tv) was born and this was a problem for the cinemas and film makers because people didnt want to go out anymore and spend there money watching a film out in the town, but they wanted to sit at home in front of the t.v, because they could watch t.v shows at home and for free and in there confortable environment, another reason was mainly because the cinemas were located mainly in city centres and this was a problem for people as it was hard to get to the cinemas, however after the cinemas noticed this problem they tarted to build there cinemas in more rural areas where people could get to and therefore the cinema survived.

Package system
The film producers job is mainly all of it to do with the organising of the film, the finance, the cast and the production of the film, this is a very important job in the film industry, an example of one of the most famous film producers in cinema is steven spieleberg, he produced films such as jaws, jurrasic park and e.t.

There are many different shots that can be taken by the camera, the mst common shot used to open a film, or to act as the intro or scene locator, is the establishing shot or the wide shot,which is used to view the location or set of the film or scene, these shots can be sometimes skylines and above shots of cities, this allows the audience to know where the film is taking place and to get a feel for the atmosphere of the film.
It can also be used for large scenes where there needed to show the surrounding, so the audience always knows whats going on.
The mid shot, is used so it can focus on the full person, and to show there actions, or what they are doing in the shot, also there is the very wide shot which is inbetween the wide shot and an establishing shot, which shows the location slightly closer. The close up shot is used to show a persons emotion or reaction by closing on their face, this is good because it shows what the person is trying to express by looking at their body language and their face expressions. The extreme close up is used for more dramatic scenes where we can see more detail in there faces and their reactions and so we can feel the atmosphere, for example it can be used dramatically, for a criminal in a film not wanting to show their full face they may use this shot to only show half his face, to increase the mysteriousness of the character. A cutaway shot, where the action may be interupted or puased to cut away to something else, the cutaway image does not have to be of any relevance to the film but can be used to show other characters or objects.
The cut-in can be used to show a persons body launguage and how they are reacting with their body, such as if their afraid or tension in the scene they may be shaking with their hands or when someone is talking the may be using thier hands to create a picture or an image to express what they are saying.
A two shot is used to show two people in the shot, these shots contain the two people and looks as though we are looking from the eyes of the camera person, for example this can be used for interviews to show both people talking and there reaction to each other, you can sometimes see this shot in romantic films, when they are walking holding hands for example.
An over the soulder shot is mostly used to show one person talking and the changing to shw the other persons reaction, this way you can hear the person talking while looking at the other person over thier shoulder while seeing the reaction on their face and through thier body language.
A point of view shot is used to show the audience a scene through the subjects eyes, so they can see exactly what their seeing and basically puts them in their place and they can see whats gong on for example, if the were to have been knocked on conscious by a punch, you would see their eyelids fluttering and blurrieness before they come around and stand on there feet.   A weather shot can be used to show the sky and what the weather is like, wether its to shoe rain, snow clouds, a storm etc, this creates the scene and the type of atmosphere the director wants for the scene in the film.