we were asked to study events from the 1940s to present day. However we were split into groups and given two decades to look at whilst analysing different films from the decades and looking to see how the real life events are conveyed and what the people in that time period feared.
The two decades my group were given was the 1960s and the 2000s, these were two interesting decades as looking back over them a lot happened for instance in the 1960s there where a lot of assassinations like the famous J.F.K., Malcolm X, Martin Luther King assassinations. The Cold War also ran through the 60s, the Berlin Wall was destroyed, the Anti-War movement (or Flower Power) began, also it was one of the biggest decades for space as Apollo 11 landed on the moon, the first human ventured into outer space Yuri Gagarin. So the majority of people in that decade were mostly scared of war, space and assassins. Lots of events also have taken place in the 2000s I think the most memorable events are the terrorist attacks like the 9/11 attack on the world trade centre and the 7/11 bombings in London, there were also lots of natural disasters like the Asian tsunami
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Part of our first draft for our Single Camera Drama
INT. CAR AT NIGHT
We cut to the first shot of the flash back, we see the passenger pull out 5 hand guns and hand them to everyone, Johnny looks shocked at the sight of one
JOHNNY
This wasn't part of the deal dan
DAN
quiet john-boy it's just a bit of insurence, jeeze your acting like a tit
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM
We see Albert and Johnny in shot
ALBERT
So Dan gave you the guns, then what ?
JOHNNY
Then it happened
ALBERT
That's a bit fuckin vague mate I'm gonna need a bit more than that
JOHNNY
So...
Tuesday 26 November 2013
The Big Relaunch!
Star Trek relaunch!
Star Trek is a science fiction TV show which has had many relaunches and I think its time for a new one. Star Trek's focus is on the Starship Enterprise and her crew with their mission to explore new planets and discover new things. I think rather than re-launching the show with a new crew and captain I would re-launch Star Trek with the original captain Kirk and the rest of the original crew ,However I would incorporate a Klingon character like Worf from Star Trek Generations
Terminator and Gremlins!
in todays lesson we discussed more about reboots and relaunches, specifically more about concerns in different periods of time which people had.
one of the examples was the original 1984 Gremlins which is a great film we were then asked to plan what we would do if we where to remake the film, so we had to take into account the worries that the world had at that moment and how these would relate in the film, what we would change about the protagonist (if anything), a basic synopsis of the plot and if any changes to the antagonist(s). our idea was to effectively keep the name, personality but to recast the main guy for Michael Cera. our plot was to keep the location the same so a small town, the Gremlins we decided to make them more menacing and slightly bigger to create more horror and gather a lager audience because there are a lot of young people these days which like to watch horror films and be scared for an adrenaline rush
Friday 22 November 2013
Discussion and Single Camera Production Breakdown
today only myself and Johnathan were in to disscuss and finish the script as Alex H was ill.
In terms of the script we are on the penultimate scene of the production so we are now just wrapping up. so next wednesday (27th of November) all three of us will go over the script and completely finish and ready to use. as for the shooting schedule we need to wait until we've analysed our script and its perfect, but soon as its verified we can proceed with the production process. however we still need to finish some pre production documents like the proposal and treatment in which we need to explain our plot and other specifics about the film.
In terms of the script we are on the penultimate scene of the production so we are now just wrapping up. so next wednesday (27th of November) all three of us will go over the script and completely finish and ready to use. as for the shooting schedule we need to wait until we've analysed our script and its perfect, but soon as its verified we can proceed with the production process. however we still need to finish some pre production documents like the proposal and treatment in which we need to explain our plot and other specifics about the film.
Thursday 21 November 2013
Reboots and Remakes podcast!
For my video podcast i will be discussing the reboot and remake of Godzilla by Ishiro Honda. during this podcast i will be analysing the similarities and differences between other reboots, furthermore i will be studying whether the same audiences of previous reboots follow the modern take on the remake of Godzilla.
Godzilla (1954):
Era .the USA no longer occupies Japan, the soviet union launches sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite, korean war, its also nine years since world war 2 ended.
Budget. 100,000,000 JPY which is equivalent to 5,99714.54 british pounds and 978090.77 US dollars
other successful films. Godzilla: the legend reborn(1985), Godzilla: King of the monsters,Godzilla 2000 (1999), Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974), Kingknong vs Godzilla (1962), all of these titles i think have had something to
do with the relaunch of Godzilla in 1998.
age rating. PG
financial or artistic?. i think that this being the first of the franchise it has got to be both as it was a bit of an experiment to see whether it would fall or rise.
Marketing. showing advertisements in newspapers on billboards, there were posters that were plotted around also. marketing costs ended up at around 37,000,000 JPY roughly 600,000 US dollars.
production and distribution. the film didn't actually come out on any format until 1998 in which it released on dvd.
Godzilla (1998):
Era. lots of wars : first congo war (1996), the gulf war in Iraq was left in severe debt. 1993 world trade centre bombing.DNA finds its way to help the law catch criminals.
Budget. roughly 130,000,000 US dollars only as americans produced the film.
Audiences. i think that the audiences for the original Godzilla movie in 1954 did not follow due to the sequel (Godzilla: King of The Monsters)produced by the american film industry which was rushed, as it was the original film re-edited with some added footage of an american actor called Raymond Burr.
financial or artistic?. i think that this remake of Godzilla was made for financial gain as they spent a huge amount of time "bigging" the film up by plotting crushed cars around london as part of a gureilla advertising campaign
Godzilla (2014): terrorism the world trade centre is attacked and destroyed. concerns of the 21st century : Globalisation, overpopulation, abortion, gay rights, poverty, disease, war , terrorism, global warming, fossil fuels, power in inter nation relations ,intellectual property
budget:
Godzilla (1954):
Era .the USA no longer occupies Japan, the soviet union launches sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite, korean war, its also nine years since world war 2 ended.
Budget. 100,000,000 JPY which is equivalent to 5,99714.54 british pounds and 978090.77 US dollars
other successful films. Godzilla: the legend reborn(1985), Godzilla: King of the monsters,Godzilla 2000 (1999), Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974), Kingknong vs Godzilla (1962), all of these titles i think have had something to
do with the relaunch of Godzilla in 1998.
age rating. PG
financial or artistic?. i think that this being the first of the franchise it has got to be both as it was a bit of an experiment to see whether it would fall or rise.
Marketing. showing advertisements in newspapers on billboards, there were posters that were plotted around also. marketing costs ended up at around 37,000,000 JPY roughly 600,000 US dollars.
production and distribution. the film didn't actually come out on any format until 1998 in which it released on dvd.
Godzilla (1998):
Era. lots of wars : first congo war (1996), the gulf war in Iraq was left in severe debt. 1993 world trade centre bombing.DNA finds its way to help the law catch criminals.
Budget. roughly 130,000,000 US dollars only as americans produced the film.
Audiences. i think that the audiences for the original Godzilla movie in 1954 did not follow due to the sequel (Godzilla: King of The Monsters)produced by the american film industry which was rushed, as it was the original film re-edited with some added footage of an american actor called Raymond Burr.
financial or artistic?. i think that this remake of Godzilla was made for financial gain as they spent a huge amount of time "bigging" the film up by plotting crushed cars around london as part of a gureilla advertising campaign
Godzilla (2014): terrorism the world trade centre is attacked and destroyed. concerns of the 21st century : Globalisation, overpopulation, abortion, gay rights, poverty, disease, war , terrorism, global warming, fossil fuels, power in inter nation relations ,intellectual property
budget:
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Test Shoots and blocking
so today in class me and my group test shot a random scene from a script which someone in our group wrote. the scene we chose was quite simple in terms of visuals but effective as we were able to test out different angles to make an all dialouge scene more visually pleasing and entertaining.
Instead of editing fast cuts throughout the sequence we were able to give the same effect by using a different technique called blocking, blocking is like a "substitute"for cutting but instead of physically cutting you compensate by brining in maybe another character or panning whilst the character you where focused on jumps out of the way for a brief second to replicate a hallucination. blocking can also tie into "choreography"as your literally "placing" your cuts in a scene with out physically seeing a cut, just like in the Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie the opening sequence i fast, however it uses very little cuts but to compensate for that they use blocking which is very effective as it still gives the same effect of the car speeding through the desert with the camera following them onto the motorway.
our test shoot was excellent in the way that i thought i got a lot out of it from learning how to make my scenes more interesting and entertaining by incorporating the Blocking technique into it. the shoot also made me think more about future projects and how i will have to look more carefully and creatively.
Instead of editing fast cuts throughout the sequence we were able to give the same effect by using a different technique called blocking, blocking is like a "substitute"for cutting but instead of physically cutting you compensate by brining in maybe another character or panning whilst the character you where focused on jumps out of the way for a brief second to replicate a hallucination. blocking can also tie into "choreography"as your literally "placing" your cuts in a scene with out physically seeing a cut, just like in the Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie the opening sequence i fast, however it uses very little cuts but to compensate for that they use blocking which is very effective as it still gives the same effect of the car speeding through the desert with the camera following them onto the motorway.
our test shoot was excellent in the way that i thought i got a lot out of it from learning how to make my scenes more interesting and entertaining by incorporating the Blocking technique into it. the shoot also made me think more about future projects and how i will have to look more carefully and creatively.
Focus Groups
Focus groups
In todays lesson we where randomly put in to focus groups. A focus group generally is a group of people who are picked at random to discuss and analyse the chosen subject.
in our groups we were asked to discuss everyones ideas for the single camera drama assignment.
personally i found the focus group exercise helpful as everyone shared their ideas and thoughts on their film ideas, we then constructively criticised each idea and then incorporated the ideas into our own.
I feel I gained more ideas for scenes and also peoples opinions on my idea which is important to have over just going on my own thoughts which will obviously be biased.
My groups idea:
our story is based on our protagonist being trapped in a room tied to a chair being interrogated. having a potato sack over his head, whilst the whole story evolves around the protagonists flashbacks. discovering that the actual culprit is the antagonists guard.
In todays lesson we where randomly put in to focus groups. A focus group generally is a group of people who are picked at random to discuss and analyse the chosen subject.
in our groups we were asked to discuss everyones ideas for the single camera drama assignment.
personally i found the focus group exercise helpful as everyone shared their ideas and thoughts on their film ideas, we then constructively criticised each idea and then incorporated the ideas into our own.
I feel I gained more ideas for scenes and also peoples opinions on my idea which is important to have over just going on my own thoughts which will obviously be biased.
My groups idea:
our story is based on our protagonist being trapped in a room tied to a chair being interrogated. having a potato sack over his head, whilst the whole story evolves around the protagonists flashbacks. discovering that the actual culprit is the antagonists guard.
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