Discuss Two or More Media texts that you would describe as post modern and explain why you would give them this label?
Post modern films are described as films that go against normal conventions, they are films which can have aspects of reality in them but they also include a lot of scenes and scenarios which can be seen as unrealistic. “The French New Wave” period of time was where post modern media texts really started to become popular this was in the 50s going into the 60s.
The first post modern film I’m going to discuss is “Fight Club” produced in 1999 Fight Club is a very good example of a post modern text, the main example of post modernism in this film is the structure, it isn’t in chronological order the fact that the first and last scenes are the same shows us the post modern structure. The scenes between the first and last show how the characters get to the final scene. From an audience’s point of view, when they originally see the first scene it doesn’t give the impression that the text is post modern until later on when the film starts going forward and back in time.
Another post modern aspect of the film is the character Tyler Durden; we see images of him before we actually meet him as an audience, so when we are formally introduced the audience believe they have already see him; this gives an unrealistic feel to the film in general.
This film will only appeal to a certain audience because how it is layed out and the language and images shown, the post modernism in this film is quite difficult to understand as the character Tyler Durden doesn’t actually exist but this is not clear throughout the film and we just see him as an ordinary character.
Post modernism occurs in different films in different ways, one of my favourite films and a perfect example of a post modern text is Quentin Tarentinos 1994 Crime film “Pulp Fiction”. A very important aspect of post modernism is the scenarios characters find themselves in and how they as people deal with situations, for example when Jules (Samuel L Jackson) and Vince (John Travolta) walk in to a man’s flat with guns out with the intention of intimidating him and maybe killing him, whilst in there although they are still shouting and threatening him, they are doing this whilst discussing McDonalds as there is a bag on the table, Jules then goes on to talk about sprite. This scene is just one of many examples of post modern scenarios, it can be seen as post modern because although it’s meant to be an angry and maybe a violent scene it includes comedy because of how unrealistic the conversation they have actually is.
Similarly to Fight Club the structure is set out non chronologically, the first scene is the end and also there is a scene where Jules shoots a man in the head, in this scene they are dressed in suits and carry brief cases but in the next scene they are in coloured shorts and summer T-Shits but are still carrying the briefcase. This can be seen as a postmodern structure because as an audience we don’t know until later what happened to the dead body or how they got them clothes.
As an audience we notice a pattern throughout the film and that is that the majority of scenes are stopped at a vital moment or half way through a conversation this adds confusion to the audience which makes them want to watch more it adds tension which makes Quentin Tarentinos method effective and successful.
Personally I think that Jules’s bible passage that he speaks from memory adds a postmodern element to the film, I think this because he is a “Gangster” who does dodgy deals and has killed people as an audience we wouldn’t expect him to be a religious man.
Postmodernism in Pulp Fiction is shown through many ways but the structure and the characters in general are the main source of postmodernism. It is how Quentin Tarentinos makes his film and makes them different to others.
I think that both films are very similar in how they use postmodernism but there storylines are completely different, their structure is similar if not the same and they are both films that you need to watch carefully the first time or watch it twice before fully understanding.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Teaser Trailer
After my first attempt being very disapointing I had to re-film my trailer and all my different shots, therefore I decided to rethink my shot list and my storyline.
On this attempt my shots were a lot higher quality and was a lot easier to edit. I kept the majority of my shots short made them cut quickly into one another.
I included text to split some shots up and introduce my trailer and character, this way it makes it asier to understand and gives me the oppertunity to add a few more effects. On garage band I creaed a simple soundtrack to put over the top, I didnt want to make it too over complicated but wanted it to sound eerie.
I think the order I put my shots and the kind of editing i did represented my characters schizophrenia and the whole idea of my trailer/character in general.
On this attempt my shots were a lot higher quality and was a lot easier to edit. I kept the majority of my shots short made them cut quickly into one another.
I included text to split some shots up and introduce my trailer and character, this way it makes it asier to understand and gives me the oppertunity to add a few more effects. On garage band I creaed a simple soundtrack to put over the top, I didnt want to make it too over complicated but wanted it to sound eerie.
I think the order I put my shots and the kind of editing i did represented my characters schizophrenia and the whole idea of my trailer/character in general.
Friday, 29 January 2010
feedback
After showing people my trailer they said they really liked how fast paced it was and my choice of music, they said I had some good shots in there and the Text i included was effective.
They also said it could have done with being a little bit longer but it still works well
They also said it could have done with being a little bit longer but it still works well
handing in coursework
After doing my final editing on my trailer by putting a sound track onto it, I burned my trailer onto a DVD and printed off my poster and magazine. I put it all together in an envelope and sign it off.
I was happy to get it all in and i feel that the quality of my work to a good standard, my evaluation covers all apspects of my media coursework and explains how I did it and what problems i had along the way
I was happy to get it all in and i feel that the quality of my work to a good standard, my evaluation covers all apspects of my media coursework and explains how I did it and what problems i had along the way
Evaluation Question Four
In my planning I used a lot of influential pictures on schizophrenia and got a lot of background information on it.
I found information on schizophrenia which I put on my blog; this was a good starting point because it helped me with the characteristics of my character.
I did a post on my blog about target audience because this is something I will have to consider, what will teenagers and young adults want to see in a horror?
I found that www.blogspot.com helped a lot with not only my coursework grade but kept me organised, I knew what I was doing more because I put in on my blog for others and myself to see
Youtube played a big part in my coursework preparation because I was able to watch trailers that were very inspirational and made me think about how I wanted mine to look like.
Photoshop is very important in my coursework as a managed to get a good quality poster and magazine, it is easy enough to use and can be used to create many different effects.
The apple macs are also easy to use, with access to them we are able to create film trailers to the best of our ability because there are many effects to put in as well as putting in music.
We had the access to both still and video cameras which obviously play a massive part in our coursework, without them we wouldn’t be able to film or take the pictures of our ancillary tasks and people would have to find cameras outside of school for their projects and not everyone has access to them.
It is really good and helpful how the school also supply us with tripods for our filming because it really makes it better quality
It makes all the difference having access to photo shop and a good editing suite because it means students can work on their tasks in their own time on top of class time.
Another programme that i found very helpfull was garage band because i was able to create a small soundtrack to go with my trailer, without garage band my trailer wouldnt be as effective because the music plays a big part in setting the atmosphere for my "film". I find garage band easy to use and effective because I am able to use different instruments over eachother to create which ever mood/genre of music i want to.
Teachers helped with our research by giving us advice about researching about our target audience and also teaching us they key points such as Diegetic and Non-Diegetic sound.
I think the A2 media coursework went well overall with a few problems but they were overcome.
I found information on schizophrenia which I put on my blog; this was a good starting point because it helped me with the characteristics of my character.
I did a post on my blog about target audience because this is something I will have to consider, what will teenagers and young adults want to see in a horror?
I found that www.blogspot.com helped a lot with not only my coursework grade but kept me organised, I knew what I was doing more because I put in on my blog for others and myself to see
Youtube played a big part in my coursework preparation because I was able to watch trailers that were very inspirational and made me think about how I wanted mine to look like.
Photoshop is very important in my coursework as a managed to get a good quality poster and magazine, it is easy enough to use and can be used to create many different effects.
The apple macs are also easy to use, with access to them we are able to create film trailers to the best of our ability because there are many effects to put in as well as putting in music.
We had the access to both still and video cameras which obviously play a massive part in our coursework, without them we wouldn’t be able to film or take the pictures of our ancillary tasks and people would have to find cameras outside of school for their projects and not everyone has access to them.
It is really good and helpful how the school also supply us with tripods for our filming because it really makes it better quality
It makes all the difference having access to photo shop and a good editing suite because it means students can work on their tasks in their own time on top of class time.
Another programme that i found very helpfull was garage band because i was able to create a small soundtrack to go with my trailer, without garage band my trailer wouldnt be as effective because the music plays a big part in setting the atmosphere for my "film". I find garage band easy to use and effective because I am able to use different instruments over eachother to create which ever mood/genre of music i want to.
Teachers helped with our research by giving us advice about researching about our target audience and also teaching us they key points such as Diegetic and Non-Diegetic sound.
I think the A2 media coursework went well overall with a few problems but they were overcome.
Evaluation Question Three
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My initial feedback didn’t help me at all because I got this feedback shortly after trying to edit the first filming attempt where the tape had broke and there was hardly anything to work with. I managed to put a very small something together but it was very short and didn’t make sense so there was only negative feedback on my trailer which I expected because I knew I had to redo the whole thing.
I have had good feedback on my poster and magazine, I was told that in my poster my editing skills are really shown as I’ve rotated and image and put it behind another using different layers and texts, my magazine cover looks effective because of the lighting and what I have done with my picture.
I originally didn’t have an age sign on my poster (18) so I put one of them in the bottom left corner to make it look like a proper poster.
All my effort was now to be put into creating my trailer and making it as effective as possible to get across to the audience what I want to. To put it right I looked back on trailers that inspired me and made a detailed shot list and planned ahead to get the best possible chance of having a good film.
My initial feedback didn’t help me at all because I got this feedback shortly after trying to edit the first filming attempt where the tape had broke and there was hardly anything to work with. I managed to put a very small something together but it was very short and didn’t make sense so there was only negative feedback on my trailer which I expected because I knew I had to redo the whole thing.
I have had good feedback on my poster and magazine, I was told that in my poster my editing skills are really shown as I’ve rotated and image and put it behind another using different layers and texts, my magazine cover looks effective because of the lighting and what I have done with my picture.
I originally didn’t have an age sign on my poster (18) so I put one of them in the bottom left corner to make it look like a proper poster.
All my effort was now to be put into creating my trailer and making it as effective as possible to get across to the audience what I want to. To put it right I looked back on trailers that inspired me and made a detailed shot list and planned ahead to get the best possible chance of having a good film.
Evaluation Question Two
2) I decided to do a teaser trailer, magazine cover and a poster because I think that they would all link in well together and I can create a good link, whether it is by a picture or a quote. I chose my storyline very quickly because it was something I was interested in, I also had a friend (Jack) who is very good at playing that kind of character. My story line was to have my main character a schizophrenic be in love and then part of him wants his partner dead and the other doesn’t, when he is his normal self he is unaware of his other side so he doesn’t know whilst proposing to her and loving her he is also planning to kill her. Before I started I got some back ground information on schizophrenia, there are hardly any cases of schizophrenia causing death but it has been known to happen and that is what happens in this storyline, people seek counselling and help if they are aware of their condition but not everyone is aware. 
This picture lists a few side affects of schizophrenia, this is a good part of my research because it enables me to underastand my character.
I looked a lot at films that helped inspire me for my ideas and wanted to see how they made their posters look like, I wanted to make mine similar, from looking at these posters it gave me a clear understanding of what my poster should be like, dark and include the main character. I think it was a good idea to look at other films for inspiration because I can see what films are highly rated.
Hide and Seek was a big inspiration the whole way through my project because I know the film and also the idea is similar to mine, this poster is dark and I like the black and red combination. I would like my poster to be a little bit lighter and show some of my film. I had a clear idea what I wanted but it was very helpful to look at others. I decided I wanted the poster to show my character clearly as schizophrenic, I wanted to get a picture of him behind a tree and the other side of the tree him doing something else, I wanted him to be doing something weird. After going out with a camera and taking a variety of photos I found a very effective photo of jack pushing a swing by himself. He is pushing it away and is watching it and although it’s a still image you can sense that he is crazy because of his face and the fact that he pushing a swing by himself.
This is the image of Jack standing behind a tree by himself, the whole space behind him is deserted which makes him look alone and the look on his face gives off an eerie vibe.
I think this picture is effective because it shows Jack by himself pushing a swing which looks creepy and shows that something could be wrong with him.
This picture lists a few side affects of schizophrenia, this is a good part of my research because it enables me to underastand my character.
I looked a lot at films that helped inspire me for my ideas and wanted to see how they made their posters look like, I wanted to make mine similar, from looking at these posters it gave me a clear understanding of what my poster should be like, dark and include the main character. I think it was a good idea to look at other films for inspiration because I can see what films are highly rated.
Hide and Seek was a big inspiration the whole way through my project because I know the film and also the idea is similar to mine, this poster is dark and I like the black and red combination. I would like my poster to be a little bit lighter and show some of my film. I had a clear idea what I wanted but it was very helpful to look at others. I decided I wanted the poster to show my character clearly as schizophrenic, I wanted to get a picture of him behind a tree and the other side of the tree him doing something else, I wanted him to be doing something weird. After going out with a camera and taking a variety of photos I found a very effective photo of jack pushing a swing by himself. He is pushing it away and is watching it and although it’s a still image you can sense that he is crazy because of his face and the fact that he pushing a swing by himself.
This is the image of Jack standing behind a tree by himself, the whole space behind him is deserted which makes him look alone and the look on his face gives off an eerie vibe.
I think this picture is effective because it shows Jack by himself pushing a swing which looks creepy and shows that something could be wrong with him.
As explained in my editing section of my blog I took the picture with the swing and rotated it so it was the other way round and then over the top put the picture of Jack behind the tree, these both worked well together, even though they were taken in two completely different places but the colours matched so they were able to be put together, I made the pictures look darker and creepier by using photoshop. I put text over the top and rated the film an 18, I think that text is very important and I included quoted from the film in my text and came up with this for my final poster. 
I am very happy with my poster because I had to edit both pictures a lot to get them how I wanted to, I think that the colours work well together because it shows an eerie atmosphere, the weather being dull and dark adds to the effect. I darkened one side of the tree and Jack because I wanted to symbolise in more ways than one his schizophrenia, his face is half dark and half normal which shows he is split in two and I think this is effective. I am proud of how I managed to show schizophrenia in two ways along with the half dark, half normal face the obvious one is the fact that he is in two places at once, this shows that he has two minds and that the one closer to us is the more dominating of the two minds. Overall I think the poster shows off the mood of my trailer really well, the colours work together and I chose to have white text because it stands out and contrasts with the dark and dull background.
My magazine cover was more difficult than my poster was; I did some research on film magazines and found out what they should consist of, this is what a film magazine should include: • A main topic (usually a certain film) in my case “The Schizophrenic” • Big Font • Big picture • Price and Barcode • Offers e.g. “get your free poster today” • What is included in this issue “read why Jack Gamble enjoyed playing this role”
I wanted to get the theme of my film across in my magazine cover, I also wanted to use my poster and say “Get you free poster” this way I could put my poster to more use and make them both work together and link them. The title of my magazine is “FirstChoice Films” my idea for this magazine would be that all the top films and their reviews would be in this magazine, it isn’t an error putting FirstChoice without a space, I thought it looked more effective and the sort of style you would see on a magazine. I included a price and also edited the lighting and the effects of it. I used the picture of Jack behind the tree but to show a different atmosphere I changed the whole thing to night time and the whole picture under moonlight.
I think both my poster and magazine work off each other well and effectively, I’m very happy with how I went from the two normal pictures to my final products and I feel that i really improved my editing skills by doing these two tasks. My first attempt of a teaser trailer was a disaster, the film quality was poor, the tape was broken and I was unable to edit, I had to do it again but was finding it difficult because my main character and the person I needed to film (Jack), we only had one day where he could make it so spent the day filming it all, the filming went well and I felt good about it. I had a few inspirations of trailers to start with and they were hide and seek, the grudge and the ring.
I think that my trailer works well by itself but is a bit of a letdown after my poster and magazine cover, I got footage and I like what I have done with it but would really like to have had some more and made it longer. It is short and straight to the point and I think it is definitely a teaser trailer but could have been made into more, my shots are there and so is the story.
I think that when it comes to the storyline and my character the three tasks link in very well together, they are all dark, they all show the character and they all give a dark and eerie feel from them, they all have the same settings and all keep to the story line, as individual pieces they all have good editing and they all look sharp just like a horror should do.
Evaluation Question One
1)
I chose to do a teaser trailer, a poster and film magazine, I chose to do it all about a schizophrenic and chose a very simple title “The Schizophrenic” because I think it sounds more effective because it is straight to the point.
I wanted to use as many clever shots and I really thought about how I was going to make this like a real media product.
The First shot I am going to analyse is my opening shot where Jack is walking towards the camera, I chose to do a long shot here showing Him walking down the alleyway because I didn’t want to go straight into the action, I wanted to introduce the main character first, I wanted him to walk down the alleyway instead of out in the open because I think that it would look better for the mise en scene if the area surrounding him was more compact and closed in, I think this could symbolise the characters mood, he is a schizophrenic therefore his mind would be more closed in and dark which is exactly what the alley way is. Also by using a long shot it gives the people who watch it a chance to view the whole character so they know it’s going to be about him. I was inspired by the opening of a trailer for “Hide and Seek” starring Robert De Nero, the trailer opened on him in the shot and I immediately knew that the film would be about him. Over the shot I have put some dark music which is quite fast paced, it has a little bit of a beat over the top, I chose a fast paced track because my main personal objective for my trailer is to link everything back to my characters mind I think a weird, un-natural and quick paced piece of music will help give off that effect.
The link between the first and the second is some text in bald font saying “ONE BOY” and then there is a second clip and then “TWO MINDS” I chose to do this because I think that without giving away the storyline it gives as much information as needed behind the main character.
The second shot I’m going to analyse is my second shot, it appears between the two texts and I have chosen to write about this shot because it shows the “crazy” side of my character, it is a close up on his face as he twitches and says “I’m going to kill her” I chose to use this dialogue at this point because I hope that it will make the audience want to know what is happening and want to watch it, it is also a very short clip, I made it a short clip because I think it will be effective to make it fast paced and a little bit jumpy because once again it represents my characters mind, I really want the layout and pace of my trailer to link with my character. Although it’s a close up on his face there is still a background and that is just silver, metal surface (which is actually a garage door) it doesn’t look like a garage and I chose to do this shot because from an audiences point of view they wouldn’t know where the character is and would be wondering where he was and why he has just said that and who he said it about. I wanted this to be a very short shot but a shot that raised a lot of questions from the people who watched it, Who? Why? And Where? I edited the music at this point and turned it right down as I believe that as the main character his voice should be properly heard. Everything in this shot is also quite enclosed and close up, like the mind of the character, I wanted to get across to the audience that when the shot is enclosed and close up is when he is in his “psychotic” mood.
The next shot to analyse is going to be the shot where Jack and Danni are walking down the road holding hands, I think this shot immediately makes it clear to the audience that Danni is the girl that Jack wants to kill because she is the first girl that we see in the trailer and he is obviously close to her. I did a long shot here so that I could see the whole of both of their bodies but also the mise en scene is there and I can see the open space, the houses, gardens, cars and roads, by showing the open space I wanted to symbolise that Jacks mind may be clear at this point, he is smiling and looks very happy. He has previously stated that he wants to kill her but I wanted this shot to show his other personality. I think it effectively does this, there is a hint of a dark and eerie mood about the shot because the sky is grey and the street is deserted but the focus is on the two characters. I think this works well because it shows that although they are happy at the minute and he is in his loving and caring personality, there is still darkness close behind and it is always there. I think this shot also builds up a bit of tension because the audience have already heard him say he wants to kill her but will it happen in this shot?, I made this shot a bit longer than the previous one because instead of being short and snappy (which represented his state of mind) I let it run a bit longer making it seem free and natural which is how he is feeling at the moment, during this shot. The music continues through this shot but quietly, I thought that the music could act like the schizophrenia in my media text, when he is killing, angry or crazy the music is loud but when he is in a sane mood then it is quiet, it’s still there but tucked away (in the back of his mind)
For my fourth analysis I am going to write about the shot where Jack is once again standing infront of the silver, metal surface (garage door) he is standing to the right of the shot and facing the left so we see the side of his face and says “I’m going to kill her!” it looks like he is talking to someone else, it is once again a small space and only his face and a bit more space in the shot which shows he is back in his “killing” mood. The audience will be confused at who he is talking to which will still make it a bit tense, is there another character? Is he talking to himself? Once again raising a few questions which will come clear later on in the trailer, the background is dull as all that is in the shot is Jack and the silver, dirty and rusty background. The music is turned down at this point so we can hear the dialogue because it is very important that we know what the main character is feeling. We can tell he is insane again in this shot a lot of this is down to his very good acting but the shot and the positioning of the character shows something is definitely happening.
The fifth shot I am going to analyse is a shot that appears 2 shots later than the last one I analysed and it is a very similar shot, it is the same background but Jack is this time standing on the left facing the right so we once again see the side of his face and he says “but you love her” this is the response his “other personality” gives to him saying that he is going to kill her. I think this works really well because it is sharp editing and fast paced and clearly shows the state of his mind and it is very obvious that he is talking to himself and it shows the other side of the personality, this is where the trailer starts to get really fast paced as his evil personality is now taking over, infront of this rusty, dirty and metal surface where quite a few of his psychotic moments take place so the audience can start to tell that when he is stood there he is in his killer mood. The focus on this shot and the previous shot is all on him so the audiences focus isn’t taken away.
I’m going to analyse a different kind of shot and it is a mid-shot of Jack holding a knife between his teeth, this happens straight after the conversation that Jack has with himself when he says about killing her; the audience can only assume that this is where he kills her because they don’t see the killing happen because that would be showing too much of the film. The music is especially loud at this point to show his mind is “out of control” and the mise on scene shows that he is in a dark room, it is clear that it is a bed room but it is still dark, deserted and looks eerie. There is no dialogue just Jack, I think the saying that dialogue would kill the effect of the shot.
7th Shot analysis is a shot where Jack is sitting on a floor holding his knees and rocking, the camera is still held up high, looking down on Jack showing that he is really low and that the schizophrenia is beating him, I thought it was good to do this because it shows that I have thought about my shots and I have considered my character and how he is feeling, although the music is still really loud at this point we hear diegetic sound over it, this sound is a lot of banging as Jack holds his hands to his head and rocks back and forwards, this shot is one of my favourites because it leaves a lot of it to the audiences interpretation and that is what I personally like doing because I think it’s effective because they think about it more, the sound could either all be inside his head and he could be having a breakdown, or the sound could be literally banging on the door behind him, where either people could be after him? Or some ones found out what he has done?. The room is dark and dingy which could create more tension.
8th shot is a mid-shot of something covered in the boot of a car and Jack slams the boot shut, I think this is a good shot because no one knows for definite one is in the boot but is easily assumed that it is Danni in there. It is towards the end of the trailer, all we see is the boot and the covered body then jacks hand slam the boot shut. He then walks past the camera towards the door of the car; this shot shows that something really crucial has happened in the storyline, the music is still really fast and loud during this point to show Jacks mood is still ongoing, it is not necessarily a fast paced shot but it does include a tight and enclosed space which is what I use to show Jacks mood, this is the boot of the car, there is obviously someone being shut in the tight space which is what Jack has been like through the whole trailer. It is outside in natural light but is still quite dull which is what makes it more effective.
The 9th analysis I am going to make is on a very short close up on jacks face smiling at the camera; he smiles very weirdly and will make people feel uncomfortable, he has obviously proud of something he has done and sniggers to himself a little bit, I think it is effective that he is looking in the camera smiling because it could be him saying “you’re next” which could show there is a lot more to happen in the storyline than the audience has seen.
The 10th and final shot I am going to analyse is the final shot of my trailer and it is a mid-shot of Jack hysterically laughing to himself in an open space, we see a couple of graves which shows he is in a grave yard by himself, the music has all gone now and it just the diegetic sound of Jacks laughter, this clip lasts a couple of seconds before the title of the film appears in bald letters THE SCHIZOPHRENIC, the final shot of jack alone represents that he has no one and the lack of music may show that there is no battle between Jack and the schizophrenia anymore and that the schizophrenia has now won.
I chose to do a teaser trailer, a poster and film magazine, I chose to do it all about a schizophrenic and chose a very simple title “The Schizophrenic” because I think it sounds more effective because it is straight to the point.
I wanted to use as many clever shots and I really thought about how I was going to make this like a real media product.
The First shot I am going to analyse is my opening shot where Jack is walking towards the camera, I chose to do a long shot here showing Him walking down the alleyway because I didn’t want to go straight into the action, I wanted to introduce the main character first, I wanted him to walk down the alleyway instead of out in the open because I think that it would look better for the mise en scene if the area surrounding him was more compact and closed in, I think this could symbolise the characters mood, he is a schizophrenic therefore his mind would be more closed in and dark which is exactly what the alley way is. Also by using a long shot it gives the people who watch it a chance to view the whole character so they know it’s going to be about him. I was inspired by the opening of a trailer for “Hide and Seek” starring Robert De Nero, the trailer opened on him in the shot and I immediately knew that the film would be about him. Over the shot I have put some dark music which is quite fast paced, it has a little bit of a beat over the top, I chose a fast paced track because my main personal objective for my trailer is to link everything back to my characters mind I think a weird, un-natural and quick paced piece of music will help give off that effect.
The link between the first and the second is some text in bald font saying “ONE BOY” and then there is a second clip and then “TWO MINDS” I chose to do this because I think that without giving away the storyline it gives as much information as needed behind the main character.
The second shot I’m going to analyse is my second shot, it appears between the two texts and I have chosen to write about this shot because it shows the “crazy” side of my character, it is a close up on his face as he twitches and says “I’m going to kill her” I chose to use this dialogue at this point because I hope that it will make the audience want to know what is happening and want to watch it, it is also a very short clip, I made it a short clip because I think it will be effective to make it fast paced and a little bit jumpy because once again it represents my characters mind, I really want the layout and pace of my trailer to link with my character. Although it’s a close up on his face there is still a background and that is just silver, metal surface (which is actually a garage door) it doesn’t look like a garage and I chose to do this shot because from an audiences point of view they wouldn’t know where the character is and would be wondering where he was and why he has just said that and who he said it about. I wanted this to be a very short shot but a shot that raised a lot of questions from the people who watched it, Who? Why? And Where? I edited the music at this point and turned it right down as I believe that as the main character his voice should be properly heard. Everything in this shot is also quite enclosed and close up, like the mind of the character, I wanted to get across to the audience that when the shot is enclosed and close up is when he is in his “psychotic” mood.
The next shot to analyse is going to be the shot where Jack and Danni are walking down the road holding hands, I think this shot immediately makes it clear to the audience that Danni is the girl that Jack wants to kill because she is the first girl that we see in the trailer and he is obviously close to her. I did a long shot here so that I could see the whole of both of their bodies but also the mise en scene is there and I can see the open space, the houses, gardens, cars and roads, by showing the open space I wanted to symbolise that Jacks mind may be clear at this point, he is smiling and looks very happy. He has previously stated that he wants to kill her but I wanted this shot to show his other personality. I think it effectively does this, there is a hint of a dark and eerie mood about the shot because the sky is grey and the street is deserted but the focus is on the two characters. I think this works well because it shows that although they are happy at the minute and he is in his loving and caring personality, there is still darkness close behind and it is always there. I think this shot also builds up a bit of tension because the audience have already heard him say he wants to kill her but will it happen in this shot?, I made this shot a bit longer than the previous one because instead of being short and snappy (which represented his state of mind) I let it run a bit longer making it seem free and natural which is how he is feeling at the moment, during this shot. The music continues through this shot but quietly, I thought that the music could act like the schizophrenia in my media text, when he is killing, angry or crazy the music is loud but when he is in a sane mood then it is quiet, it’s still there but tucked away (in the back of his mind)
For my fourth analysis I am going to write about the shot where Jack is once again standing infront of the silver, metal surface (garage door) he is standing to the right of the shot and facing the left so we see the side of his face and says “I’m going to kill her!” it looks like he is talking to someone else, it is once again a small space and only his face and a bit more space in the shot which shows he is back in his “killing” mood. The audience will be confused at who he is talking to which will still make it a bit tense, is there another character? Is he talking to himself? Once again raising a few questions which will come clear later on in the trailer, the background is dull as all that is in the shot is Jack and the silver, dirty and rusty background. The music is turned down at this point so we can hear the dialogue because it is very important that we know what the main character is feeling. We can tell he is insane again in this shot a lot of this is down to his very good acting but the shot and the positioning of the character shows something is definitely happening.
The fifth shot I am going to analyse is a shot that appears 2 shots later than the last one I analysed and it is a very similar shot, it is the same background but Jack is this time standing on the left facing the right so we once again see the side of his face and he says “but you love her” this is the response his “other personality” gives to him saying that he is going to kill her. I think this works really well because it is sharp editing and fast paced and clearly shows the state of his mind and it is very obvious that he is talking to himself and it shows the other side of the personality, this is where the trailer starts to get really fast paced as his evil personality is now taking over, infront of this rusty, dirty and metal surface where quite a few of his psychotic moments take place so the audience can start to tell that when he is stood there he is in his killer mood. The focus on this shot and the previous shot is all on him so the audiences focus isn’t taken away.
I’m going to analyse a different kind of shot and it is a mid-shot of Jack holding a knife between his teeth, this happens straight after the conversation that Jack has with himself when he says about killing her; the audience can only assume that this is where he kills her because they don’t see the killing happen because that would be showing too much of the film. The music is especially loud at this point to show his mind is “out of control” and the mise on scene shows that he is in a dark room, it is clear that it is a bed room but it is still dark, deserted and looks eerie. There is no dialogue just Jack, I think the saying that dialogue would kill the effect of the shot.
7th Shot analysis is a shot where Jack is sitting on a floor holding his knees and rocking, the camera is still held up high, looking down on Jack showing that he is really low and that the schizophrenia is beating him, I thought it was good to do this because it shows that I have thought about my shots and I have considered my character and how he is feeling, although the music is still really loud at this point we hear diegetic sound over it, this sound is a lot of banging as Jack holds his hands to his head and rocks back and forwards, this shot is one of my favourites because it leaves a lot of it to the audiences interpretation and that is what I personally like doing because I think it’s effective because they think about it more, the sound could either all be inside his head and he could be having a breakdown, or the sound could be literally banging on the door behind him, where either people could be after him? Or some ones found out what he has done?. The room is dark and dingy which could create more tension.
8th shot is a mid-shot of something covered in the boot of a car and Jack slams the boot shut, I think this is a good shot because no one knows for definite one is in the boot but is easily assumed that it is Danni in there. It is towards the end of the trailer, all we see is the boot and the covered body then jacks hand slam the boot shut. He then walks past the camera towards the door of the car; this shot shows that something really crucial has happened in the storyline, the music is still really fast and loud during this point to show Jacks mood is still ongoing, it is not necessarily a fast paced shot but it does include a tight and enclosed space which is what I use to show Jacks mood, this is the boot of the car, there is obviously someone being shut in the tight space which is what Jack has been like through the whole trailer. It is outside in natural light but is still quite dull which is what makes it more effective.
The 9th analysis I am going to make is on a very short close up on jacks face smiling at the camera; he smiles very weirdly and will make people feel uncomfortable, he has obviously proud of something he has done and sniggers to himself a little bit, I think it is effective that he is looking in the camera smiling because it could be him saying “you’re next” which could show there is a lot more to happen in the storyline than the audience has seen.
The 10th and final shot I am going to analyse is the final shot of my trailer and it is a mid-shot of Jack hysterically laughing to himself in an open space, we see a couple of graves which shows he is in a grave yard by himself, the music has all gone now and it just the diegetic sound of Jacks laughter, this clip lasts a couple of seconds before the title of the film appears in bald letters THE SCHIZOPHRENIC, the final shot of jack alone represents that he has no one and the lack of music may show that there is no battle between Jack and the schizophrenia anymore and that the schizophrenia has now won.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Evakuation
I have completed my evaluation in an essay style but included screen grabs, drawings and images from google and my blog such as my poster and magazine.
I wrote about how i feel my film could be a better quality but I am happy with my anchillary tasks and happy with how all my tasks link in with eachother.
I need to now take my trailer and put it onto a disk aswell as printing off my anchillary tasks to hand them in
I wrote about how i feel my film could be a better quality but I am happy with my anchillary tasks and happy with how all my tasks link in with eachother.
I need to now take my trailer and put it onto a disk aswell as printing off my anchillary tasks to hand them in
Final Film Editing
After my first attempt of a film being disapointing quality and unable to make something out of it, i managed to get some better filming with Jack and Danni, I got all the shots that i wanted to and think that i got Jacks personality across, I have got a lot of shots with Jack talking to himself to get across schizophrenia.
Monday, 18 January 2010
Post Modern Music
Many Artists can be seen as post modern, anyone can look cool even if the music there are producing is poor, When something is so bad that it is considered good is post modern, the best exxample for this I think would be John and Edward or Jedward who managed to get to week 7, they were haqted by a lot of the ublic and by Simon Cowell but the votes came from somewhere.
Musicly Jedward were terrible but were considered good because of their image and the fact that they just had fun on stage without using any music talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkyWeoSEM8
This is their version of Ghostbusters theme song, they are here taking a song from a film and doing it in their own way, the vocal talent in the song was really poor but their performance was considered good and they got through with a high percentage of the votes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYaLa3pHJM
I was unable to embed the videos because it had been disabled so i put the link on my blog
Musicly Jedward were terrible but were considered good because of their image and the fact that they just had fun on stage without using any music talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkyWeoSEM8
This is their version of Ghostbusters theme song, they are here taking a song from a film and doing it in their own way, the vocal talent in the song was really poor but their performance was considered good and they got through with a high percentage of the votes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYaLa3pHJM
In this X Factor performance they take two songs and put them together, in "Queen week" at X Factor they performed "Under Pressure" but included "ice ice baby" in their performance, it was funny and entertaining and so bad that it was considered good and they got through another week.
I was unable to embed the videos because it had been disabled so i put the link on my blog
I think the picture of John and Edward and "Radio GaGa" can be seen as post modern becuase they are lyrics from a Queen song but has their image with it, showing they are using existing music from other artists for publicity,
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