Little something I seem to have missed out… contribution.

So, Mr Jackson has been looking through my posts and it seems my contribution isn’t all that clear. Well, over the whole period of creating, making and editing ‘Breaking Reality’ i did try and make sure i had a go whenever possible. To do this, as well as lesson time, i also spent quite a few of my frees with Beckey colour correcting, adding effects and just having a little play about to see if we could find something different that we liked. We also spent the odd either break or lunch having a little go too.

Also, i brought all the results home from the questionnaire so i could count up the responses for each question to help the group and myself answer the evaluation questions. The music for the film opening was also down to me with a little input from the others to make sure they liked what i chose. Ideas for the film i enjoyed helping with, it’s quite exciting being able to create, plan and make something such as a film opening of your own with friends.

We had quite a few problems with the lighting at first and so myself and the group also spent our frees and lunch hour re-shooting.

I like to think i contributed quite a bit to the making of the film opening etc despite being off of school sick for a lot of the time!

Well, I haven’t been on here in a while. Shock Horror.

Bit of a pointless blog post if i’m brutally honest. Lol.

So… I just decided to re-watch Breaking Reality. No surprise really but, I still hate it.

Also, because of the problems we had with the whole Breaking Reality experience and the tasks we’ve had to do, things we’ve learn etc, I can no longer watch a film in the same way.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME!?

I joke, be seriously… I now find myself watching a film and taking notice of all the camera shots, editing and so on. It’s so frustrating but at the same time, it makes me feel quite intelligent as I know I can come out with things about it and my mum will just look at me with a hilariously blank expression. Bless her.

I think that’s all for now. Like i said, pointless blog… Byeeeeeee.

Taking Breaking Reality off of my mind just for a few mins…

So, Breaking Reality seems to be taking over my mind at the moment, there is so much that i have left to do with it (evaluation! Which, is on its way, just need to finish planning it). By doing so? Having my weekly dose of Take me out!

It seems to be the only thing i really want to watch on TV! Apart from Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents! Both programs i think are great haha. Although, i think Take me out is probably the most appropriate to blog about…

To be honest, the reason as to why i like it so much is probably because i loooooove Paddy McGuinness! He is actually hilarious. Or at least i think so…

No likey? Nooo lighty!

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Aaaaaaaaaaand back to Breaking Reality we go…..

Idents

Okay, so it’s a little bit late but i’ve finally gotten round to doing it!

Idents, what are they? Well, they’re kind of like a ‘signature’… whenever it’s shown, it’s the same, they are easy to remember. Not only are they shown on films, they are also shown on things such as television programs and video games. They allow us to see who the program, movie, game etc has been brought by.

 

Paramount Pictures –

 

Here, Paramount Pictures have used a relaxing, creative idea for their ident. It is very different to the other sorts of idents that have been used. As you can see, the colours aren’t all that bright however, they still manage to stand out and make the ident noticeable.

 

Warner Bros – 

Here, Warner Bros have an ident that is completely different to that of Paramount Pictures. This ident stands out, it’s in your face… the bold use of gold against a blue background helps to achieve this. The use of two colours that contrast against one another the way they do help for the ident to stick in someones mind. It’s bold, it’s there, it’s easy to understand.

 

20th Century Fox – 

Again, this ident is very different to that of other companies. The use of a bold gold font against a blue background has a similar effect to that with Warner Bros. It stands out, it’s bold and it’s easy to remember. It could be seen as a very dominant ident, its based near the top of the screen making the audience look up to it. However, the use of spot lights  could possibly add for a more ‘hollywood’ kind of feel.

 

Buttery Biscuit Bass

I don’t know if it’s just me but… i love this remix. It may be my sense of humor but… i find it pretty amusing.

I think it’s been cleverly edited and put together. It’s funny and quite catchy too.

check it out 😉

 

60 second pitch

So for our film “Breaking Reality” we have been asked to do a 60 second pitch.

Things to mention in our 60 second pitch:

• The title – Breaking reality
• Who it’s about – 16 year old at sixth form
• Personality? He’s really creative – loves art
• Forced into more academic subjects
• His only escape – Art is the only way he can truly express himself
• The exaggeration of his daydreams.

Camera work in the ‘Jurassic Park’ clip

When looking at the camera work in the Jurassic Park clip we had to look at
•positioning
•angle
•movement

A lot of the time, there were close ups used. These are used so that you can see things that the director wants to point out e.g. There was a close up of the cup of water. You could see the ripples in the water during the loud bangs (the dinosaur getting closer). It shows you that something is happening despite you not being able to see it. It adds tension as you don’t know what’s going to happen.
Another shot that was used was a close up of a reaction shot. This is so that you can see the reation on the characters face… The close up of this reaction shows the audience a sense of feeling.
Once the characters become awear of the dinosaur, long shots are used so that the audience can see the background as well as whats going in e.g. When the man runs out of the car to the toilet. You can see the dinosaur in the background.
Mid shots are also used and when they are, you can see characters reactions.
A lot of the shots were taken from a low angle making the audience look up at the dinosaur making the dinosaur the dominant figure. E.g. When the walls around the toilet collapse, it shows the man sat on the toilet looking up at the dinosaur.
Tracking shots were used so that you could follow the character as though you were going along with them. It could be used to make the audience feel more of a part of the film rather then just sitting and watching it.
Another shot that was used quite a bit was a birds eye view shot… looking down on whats below, lets you see a bigger surface, this lets you see whats going on and the surroundings.

Romantic Comedy Idea

So in the past few lessons, we’ve had to think of and create ideas for a romantic comedy.

My group came up with the idea to do American romantic comedy as we thought that more well known actors/actresses come from there. We came up with a title like ‘For Richer, For Poorer‘ because, basically the film is about a very wealthy young boy and a poor girl who become best friends as the girls mother is hired as a nanny for the young boy as during childbirth, his mother died. The two young children become best friends as the young girl used to go to work at the rich mans house with her mother on weekends and during holidays. As the years appear to have gone by, it is clear that their feelings between one another change into more serious feelings.

Despite the feelings between the pair, the boys father openly disagrees with their feelings and forbids a relationship between the boy and girl. This is because, when the father was younger, he fell in love with a girl who was less wealthy but his parents disagreed with this and therefore, as he wasn’t allowed it, he feels his son isn’t either. His feelings and attitude towards his son and the girl are seen as spiteful. However, the young girls mum believes that wealth, social class etc shouldn’t get in the way of love.

We decided that this so far was a typical romantic type of film so to add humor to the film we decided to maybe have a gay friend of the young boy who would get jealous of the relationship between the young boy and girl as secretly, he has a crush on the young boy. And so, we thought to use different scenes that could possibly invite a humors pitch to it. Also, to have the two young boys playing, one with an action man, the other with a barbie – makes the identification between the gay friend and the straight one clear to the audience.

The aim of the film is show that the boy and girl also agree with how the mother thinks – how social class, wealth etc shouldn’t get in the way on love and that even though the father, at first disagrees with their feelings, he soon realises that the love between the two main characters stands for so much more than what he was taught as a young boy.

We thought that the young boy and his father could live in a typical big, posh house  with perfect decor etc –

We haven’t yet decided on a cast for the film as we have a wide selection to chose from but we have decided we need for the main sort of characters –

• a young boy,
  
• young girl,
  
• older boy and girl (for when the young boy and girl have grown up),
  
• the mum/nanny and
  
• the father.

We were thinking well known actors/actresses for these genre of films. Also, we were thinking of having a target audience of young teenage girls and young adults making our film a 12a certificate.

My group and I decided that possibly for the first two opening minutes it would start by going straight into the film and have the characters speaking – the mother telling the young girl to hurry etc. It would show the mother (nanny) rushing about as she’s late for work (this bit would be filming her in her lounge rushing out through her front door on the rough street that she lives on. Once she’s out of her house she runs down the street to catch the tram, her daughter following.

Then for it to cut to the mother and daughter sat on the tram. The camera focuses on the young girl peering out the tram window (being shot from outside) and for the song “Billionaire” – Travie Mccoy to start playing. We chose this song because it consists of the lyrics “i want to be a billionaire so frickin’ bad” which could represent the young girls feelings as she is peering out onto the rough streets of where she lives, going on to the richer part of New York, where the young boy and his father live as she aspires to be ‘better off’ one day, not to have be poor and live in a rough area all her life, as though she is reflecting on her life. During the tram journey, we’d have the titles etc coming up.

Lemony Snicket’s – A series of Unfortunate Events

So changed my mind from doing Juno and did Lemony Snicket’s – A series of Unfortunate Events instead with Grace and Beckey…

There is animation throughout the first 2 opening minutes as well as dark colours.

00:00 – Blank, black screen

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00:03 – Directed by Brad Silberling

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00:20 – Screenplay by Robert Gordon

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00:26 – Based on the books ‘The Bad Beginning. The Reptile Room and The Wide Window” by Lemony Snicket

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00:31 – Produced by Lauri MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes

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00:49 – Produced by Jim Van Wyck

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00:54 – Executive producer Scott Rudin

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00:59 – Executive producer Barry Sonnerfield

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01:05 – Executive producer Julia Pistor, Albie Hecht

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01:11 – Director of photography Emmanuel Lubezeki ASC AMC

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01:18 – Production designer Rick Heinrichs

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01:25 – Edited by Michael Kahn A.C.E

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01:30 – Costumes designer by Colleen Atwood

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01:37 – Music by Thomas Newman

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01:49 – Co-producers Minor Childers, Scott Aversano

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01:54 – Associate producer Linda Hill

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2:00 – Visual effects Supervisor Stefen Fangmeier

Gender representation in the Daily Mail…

Basically, from every day life, more times than none, when someone mentions the word celebrity, there are many things that come to mind, especially women: Fashion, Weight Loss, Best bikini bod’, New hair styles and so on.  It didn’t come as quite a surprise with the things that the site had to say about celebrities. Society nowadays is all for appearance, celebrity fall outs and anything that they can pick up on and slate the celebrity. This sort of attitude that is everywhere we go, has lead many people to follow the examples of the media. It comes to the point where no celebrity can get it right…

On the showbiz section on the Daily Mail, there was a story named ‘Lindsay Lohan hangs out again hand-in-hand with designer Phillip Plein… so when will he do something about her clothes?’. Straight away it attacks Lindsay’s clothing. Going on to read the article, the first things mentioned are to do with Lindsay’s fashion. 

‘He’ll have closets spilling with his creations, so perhaps Philip Plein can loan one or two to Lindsay Lohan’, ‘LiLo failed miserably in the fashion stakes and hasn’t taken full advantage of her designer friend.’ are both quotes from the article. The examples that the media have shared with the public are obviously taking effect. This is clearly shown in the comments made further down… one comment read ‘Ermm….. I finally went to have a look at “Philipp Plein” website and collections. Gosh, no wonder he chose Lohan: vulgarity at its best.’

This message is put across many celebrities. Another celebrity that has to face the Medias accusations and standards is Demi Moore. It goes on to say about how the star is ‘disappearing‘. Pressures from the Media could very much so be blamed for this. Always going on about celebrities weight (seeing sizes like size 10 and 12) as big. The article talks about how her dress ‘hung off of her’ at the Five Premier, which undoubtedly will add even more pressure on the star as she is not being seen as too skinny. I personally find her body in this picture to be disturbingly small and frail but the Media should pay more attention to the effects its articles have on people and how they are possible to react.

Public comments like ‘Being so thin makes her head look HUGE’, ‘Her face is very sunken in’ and ‘Trying to imitate youth by getting thinner and thinner won’t help you keep your toyboy Demi’ are all criticisms that give a helping hand to the drastic measures taken by celebrities which therefore, result in problems such as the one that Demi is now experiencing.

The impacts that the Media has on the public are outrageous. There comes a point where Media organisations should stop and take a look at the effects they’re having on society. When you hear of school children being bullied because they’re ‘fat‘ or ‘ugly‘ Media organisations and standards have a huge part blame to be placed upon them. It shows the moral ignorance of many people nowadays, no one is perfect, no one is up to standards with everything, but that’s how life is. Unfortunately, many of us find these imperfections a reason to insult one another.