Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Primevil


The scene starts with an over the shoulder shot illustrating regardless of the man being shown to be much bigger than the woman he has no power over her when it comes to influencing her to stay. We hear calm non diegetic music in the background at the start of the clip, which foreshadows that all is not well and something will most likely change the mood of the scene sooner or later. We see the woman climb into a car that looks like a Toyota land cruiser which in most cases is a manly car; this goes again the stereotype idea of women driving small cars and men driving masculine fast, land type cars; giving the woman a more independent and man like. Continuity editing is used throughout the clip.

The tone of the non diegetic music changes into a darker sound, allowing the audience to speculate that something bad is going to happen to the main characters in the clip. A wide shot is used when we first see Abby in the digger; the wide shot act as an establishing shot for the specific scene to show the location of the wood and forest the characters are in. The digger used by Abby once again goes again the stereotype of men being the ones that use the larger, stronger machinery; connotating the women in the clip might be stronger than the men when it comes to combat.

We see a man placing down a large steak for bait, connotating the characters attempting to catch a very large animal. The audience starts to hypothesise the character are on a dangerous mission to capture something that could most likely kill them. We see one of the male characters standing by while Abbey does the digging; this illustrates role reversal and the woman taking charge. The close up shot of the end of the digger establishes the fact that Abbey is vastly experienced in using this type of large machine typically seen to be used by men; underlining  Abbey’s non stereotypical mannerisms, giving the impression that she’s somewhat of a tomboy. The mis-en-scene used also reinforces this point, she has a short almost boy like hair cut and wears a leather jacket that makes us think of male characters e.g. men on motorcycles; mainly men, strong motivated characters.

A reverse shot is used to show the man’s apprehensive facial expression as a close up shot of the buried arm is revealed; as the arm is revealed the non diegetic music quietens in order for the loud symbol non diegetic sound to portray the emotion of horror that the characters are feeling. A mid shot is used to demonstrate how Abbey is capable of taking over as the close us shot shows her stopping digger.

Non diegetic sounds of the animal roaring are used to frighten the audience, allowing them to realise the main characters are in serious danger. A Low angle shot of the Saber tooth tiger emphasises the danger the man is in; the director deliberately does this to make the animal look larger than it already is, as a high shot of the man as the saber tooth tiger tries to attack him.

The non-diegetic sound of the ambient sound-track is used to suggest the apprehension and panic; also helps with creating the pace of the action into a faster speed, especially in the chase scene. The non diegetic sound of the ambient sound track together with the fast pace of the editing elevates the tension. The blurring and wipes between editing gives the action the impression that it is too fast to see and reinforces the fact that the creature is extremely fast.

Abbey calls over the saber tooth when she sees that her male friend is struggling to chase of the animal; the audience can see clearly that Abbey isn’t afraid of anything and most certainly isn’t a damsel in distress like most of the stereotypes try to perceive women as. The fact that she also fights the Sabre-toothed, saving her friend illustrates her determination. Continuity editing is shown throughout that part of the clip.

A wide shot of Abbey is used to show her running after her friend who’s being chased by the Saber-tooth chased reinforces the role reversal as the man if stereotypically meant to be physically powerful and gutsy where as in this case the male character is in fact running and being chased. A contrast is shown as Abbey chases after the man with a gun coming to his rescue for a second time. The dark shape of the gun in her hands, recaps power, as a gun is in this extract, power.

The low angle shot is used as an establishing shot allowing the audience to notice the characters are still in the woods; the zip wire is made more prominent in this scene.

The woman talking the farmer who breeds dogs is portrayed as a immaculate, more of a stereotypical view of a lady. This is conveyed through the sequence “My Best Coat”! This scene allows the audience to get a clear view of what the woman’s personality is like. She is sconfident and stern when talking and knows she can get what she wants as she flaunts chest. Her red lipstick suggests she’s perceives herself as powerful and lustful; she thinks she can get any male to do what she wants. Although in this case the man pulls out a gun a close up revealing her fear; she’s not as powerful as she acts. Even the colour of the lwoman’s “Best Coat” is white, which provides the thought of purity and pristine.

 

The over the shoulder shot and the cross cut editing exposes the farmer’s rising anger towards the woman threatening him. The music becomes slower, but is packed with tension as the sounds carry on through the scene with the farmer and his shotgun, creating a sense of fear and anticipation. This alongside with the wide shot and the farmer’s face, pierced with anger, suggests a tension filled shot. The farmer is weak when the women threatens him but has much more power when he picks up the gun; allowing him to take back control and throw the woman to the ground. The stance the woman takes on the ground makes her look almost vulnerable and incapable of escaping…she’s the stereotype woman you see in most movies as the male character is made out to look strong and daring while the woman sits there hopelessly waiting for her prince to come and save her ‘damsel in distress waiting for her knight in shining armor’.  The line “won’t be pushed around anymore” indicates his explosion of anger. The diegetic noise of the barking dogs also conveys a sense of threat and panic.

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Primevil Essay



The scene starts with an over the shoulder shot illustrating regardless of the man being shown to be much bigger than the woman he has no power over her when it comes to influencing her to stay. We hear calm non diegetic music in the background at the start of the clip, which foreshadows that all is not well and something will most likely change the mood of the scene sooner or later. We see the woman climb into a car that looks like a Toyota land cruiser which in most cases is a manly car; this goes again the stereotype idea of women driving small cars and men driving masculine fast, land type cars; giving the woman a more independent and man like. Continuity editing is used throughout the clip.

The tone of the non diegetic music changes into a darker sound, allowing the audience to speculate that something bad is going to happen to the main characters in the clip. A wide shot is used when we first see Abby in the digger; the wide shot act as an establishing shot for the specific scene to show the location of the wood and forest the characters are in. The digger used by Abby once again goes again the stereotype of men being the ones that use the larger, stronger machinery; connotating the women in the clip might be stronger than the men when it comes to combat.

We see a man placing down a large steak for bait, connotating the characters attempting to catch a very large animal. The audience starts to hypothesise the character are on a dangerous mission to capture something that could most likely kill them. We see one of the male characters standing by while Abbey does the digging; this illustrates role reversal and the woman taking charge. The close up shot of the end of the digger establishes the fact that Abbey is vastly experienced in using this type of large machine typically seen to be used by men; underlining  Abbey’s non stereotypical mannerisms, giving the impression that she’s somewhat of a tomboy. The mis-en-scene used also reinforces this point, she has a short almost boy like hair cut and wears a leather jacket that makes us think of male characters e.g. men on motorcycles; mainly men, strong motivated characters.

A reverse shot is used to show the man’s apprehensive facial expression as a close up shot of the buried arm is revealed; as the arm is revealed the non diegetic music quietens in order for the loud symbol non diegetic sound to portray the emotion of horror that the characters are feeling. A mid shot is used to demonstrate how Abbey is capable of taking over as the close us shot shows her stopping digger. 

Non diegetic sounds of the animal roaring are used to frighten the audience, allowing them to realise the main characters are in serious danger. A Low angle shot of the Saber tooth tiger emphasises the danger the man is in; the director deliberately does this to make the animal look larger than it already is, as a high shot of the man as the saber tooth tiger tries to attack him.

The non-diegetic sound of the ambient sound-track is used to suggest the apprehension and panic; also helps with creating the pace of the action into a faster speed, especially in the chase scene. The non diegetic sound of the ambient sound track together with the fast pace of the editing elevates the tension. The blurring and wipes between editing gives the action the impression that it is too fast to see and reinforces the fact that the creature is extremely fast. 

Abbey calls over the saber tooth when she sees that her male friend is struggling to chase of the animal; the audience can see clearly that Abbey isn’t afraid of anything and most certainly isn’t a damsel in distress like most of the stereotypes try to perceive women as. The fact that she also fights the Sabre-toothed, saving her friend illustrates her determination. Continuity editing is shown throughout that part of the clip.

A wide shot of Abbey is used to show her running after her friend who’s being chased by the Saber-tooth chased reinforces the role reversal as the man if stereotypically meant to be physically powerful and gutsy where as in this case the male character is in fact running and being chased. A contrast is shown as Abbey chases after the man with a gun coming to his rescue for a second time. The dark shape of the gun in her hands, recaps power, as a gun is in this extract, power.

The low angle shot is used as an establishing shot allowing the audience to notice the characters are still in the woods; the zip wire is made more prominent in this scene. 

The woman talking the farmer who breeds dogs is portrayed as a immaculate, more of a stereotypical view of a lady. This is conveyed through the sequence “My Best Coat”! This scene allows the audience to get a clear view of what the woman’s personality is like. She is confident and stern when talking and knows she can get what she wants as she flaunts chest. Her red lipstick suggests she’s perceives herself as powerful and lustful; she thinks she can get any male to do what she wants. Although in this case the man pulls out a gun a close up revealing her fear; she’s not as powerful as she acts. Even the colour of the woman’s “Best Coat” is white, which provides the thought of purity and pristine.

The over the shoulder shot and the cross cut editing exposes the farmer’s rising anger towards the woman threatening him. The music becomes slower, but is packed with tension as the sounds carry on through the scene with the farmer and his shotgun, creating a sense of fear and anticipation. This alongside with the wide shot and the farmer’s face, pierced with anger, suggests a tension filled shot. The farmer is weak when the women threatens him but has much more power when he picks up the gun; allowing him to take back control and throw the woman to the ground. The stance the woman takes on the ground makes her look almost vulnerable and incapable of escaping…she’s the stereotype woman you see in most movies as the male character is made out to look strong and daring while the woman sits there hopelessly waiting for her prince to come and save her ‘damsel in distress waiting for her knight in shining armor’.  The line “won’t be pushed around anymore” indicates his explosion of anger. The diegetic noise of the barking dogs also conveys a sense of threat and panic.

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Didability - Final Re-Write



An Arial shot is used to make obvious distance between David and his brother in addition to how different the two are from each other. A voice over is used permitting the audience to become aware that the story is being told from David’s point of view. The theme tune of the show is used to set the mood of the scene; makes what David says more light hearted “last summer I decided to kill my brother”, the teen light-hearted music makes the audience assume David is joking about killing his brother. 

The pan shot used to introduce David allows the audience to make assumptions on the character; the black and white posters on David’s side allow the audience to assume David is rebellious and doesn’t think twice before acting...the audience start to assume David isn’t joking about killing his brother when the pan shot moves to David’s expression, which is still and motionless. The dark lighting on David/his side of the room mirrors how David might be perceived as untrustworthy/dodgy as he talks about killing his brother. The shot is then moved to David’s brother Ben; where then the shot is zoomed in to Bens face allowing the audience to get a closer view and realise Ben’s disabled. Ben’s part of the room is light and colourful connotating Ben being childlike and innocent.
The continuity editing allows the audience to understand the characters more; creating a sense of reality which permits the audience to empathise with David therefore letting the audience create a personal relationship with the character. 

A montage is used to illustrate how evolution has failed David’s brother, leaving him to be “a big potato with eye tentacles.” The montage is used to describe David’s brother’s disability; down syndrome, helping the audience understand more about why David isn’t pleased with his life. 

The Diegetic sound ‘wouldn’t it be nice’ by the beach boys creates irony in the clip; David has just finished talking about how he had planned to kill his brother. The continuity editing carries to the next scene where the audience is introduced to the rest of the family. Jump cuts are used to reflect the family’s disorientated lifestyle. The audience is allowed to get a glimpse on what David’s goes through every single waking moment he spends with his disabled brother; the audience starts to empathise with David. David’s voice over begins once we see a close us shot of Ben eating breakfast; the flowing commentary of David’s feelings towards Ben start to become more noticeable when we hear David’s voice over complaining about how the “recipe changes and you end up with a brother who is a big potato with eye tentacles”. Hearing this the audience immediately recognises the disgust David feels towards Ben. The continuous noise of the kitchen utensils and plates reflects on the chaos that goes on in their home. There’s a close up shot of Ben as he eats his cereal, this gives us a clear view that Ben isn’t ‘normal’ due to the way he eats his cereal. David accuses Ben for finishing his cereal when he says “you ate the bloody Weetabix”, furthering more the hatred he feels for his brother. Gary and his parents are continuously shown in mid shots whereas close up shots are used for Ben reflecting his innocence. David’s mum interferes before David can go on to further insult his brother and light-heartedly tells Ben “that was a bit selfish”; doing so we see that Ben gets away with a lot of thing which would most likely frustrate David, which is when we hear David immediately disagreeing with his mum exclaiming “a bit selfish??”.

The Kitchen is shown as a negative place when a long shot is used, the audience start to notice that the kitchen is most likely where most of the family’s arguments are; the kitchen is where the family comes together and eats when they’re not in their rooms.
David tries to steal some on Ben’s cereal; we hear Ben come out with a simple “no!” to the audience’s astonishment the mother ironically sides with Ben once again “oh can you just grow up please!” The audience starts to notice that Ben is the favourite child/well treated child as the dad stands up giving Ben a loving squeeze while he looks up to gives David stern look. We hear David give off a loud sigh connotating that his parents siding with Ben happens frequently. We see more of the division in the family between the two brothers as before, the mother walks out she giving Ben a kiss on the head on her way out while David sits there watching. Throughout the clip we hear the non diegetic sound of the Beach Boys ‘wouldn’t it be nice’ in the background while the family argue, furthering the irony. 

The theme song is used in the background as the two brothers make their way to the bus stop. An establishing shot is used as the two brothers walk to the bus stop while we hear the theme song in the background. Diegetic sound is used when we hear a dog barking and cars going by once again reflecting on the disorder David and Ben go through, the dog barking reflects David’s violent thoughts towards his brother. This reflecting on how wherever David goes with his brother he’s always going to have chaos surrounding him.

A visual effect is used which allows the audience to see through the gun, giving insight into how David’s brain works; his thoughts on killing his brother that seemed to have turned into somewhat of an obsession. The audience commence onwards to assume David has major issues with his brother moreover likely to detest Ben. 

A flashback is then used to show earlier events of David and Ben on their family holiday; allows the audience to become aware of David’s life being surrounded by what his brother wants, as their parents put Ben as their priority, taking Ben to the same place for their holiday because Ben likes it there. The audience is permitted to take a walk in David’s shoes and notice how life with Ben can be a pain. During the flashback cutaways are used to show establishing shots of where the boys go on their holiday.

More continuity editing is added to the clip letting the audience know that the clip is moving on to how David's everyday life is normally like.

In the next scene a close up shot is used to show the school; once again the theme song is used to create familiarity as the boys go to the school on weekdays. We see David outsmarting the teacher letting the audience recognise that David is smart and possibly misinterpreted by his family and everyone around him; people don’t take David into consideration when his brother is around...David lives in his brothers shadow and the only time he can be himself is when he’s away from his brother. The long shot of his friends helps us see their body language so the audience can make their own assumptions about David’s friends…the people who influence him. David’s friends talk about David having to babysit his brother connotating that even they think Ben is a burden. This helps us understand how the people in David’s school might not accept disabled people as fellow friends. David gives his brother bus money/money to buy chocolate in order for Ben to not tell his parents about David letting his get on the bus alone.

Cross cutting is used to show the other kids on the bus with Ben, illustrating how different Ben is in comparison to other ‘normal’ kids. Creating tension; the audience fears for Ben’s safety as he’s on his own, he might not be able to get home safe. The cross cutting reminds the audience that Ben isn’t an ordinary boy who can cope with everyday life; while other kids on the bus can manage to get home safe it’s not the same case for Ben. Ben’s safety is unpredictable...can’t be foreshadowed, the audience is led to make their own assumptions as to whether or not Ben ends up getting home, thus ending the clip on a cliff hanger.

Monday, 25 November 2013

Disability



An Arial shot is used to make obvious distance between David and his brother in addition to how different the two are from each other. A voice over is used permitting the audience to become aware that the story is being told from David’s point of view. The theme tune of the show is used to set the mood of the scene; makes what David says more light hearted “last summer I decided to kill my brother”, the teen light-hearted music makes the audience assume David is joking about killing his brother. 

The pan shot used to introduce David allows the audience to make assumptions on the character; the black and white posters on David’s side allow the audience to assume David is rebellious and doesn’t think twice before acting...the audience start to assume David isn’t joking about killing his brother when the pan shot moves to David’s expression, which is still and motionless. The dark lighting on David/his side of the room mirrors how David might be perceived as untrustworthy/dodgy as he talks about killing his brother. The shot is then moved to David’s brother Ben; where then the shot is zoomed in to Bens face allowing the audience to get a closer view and realise Ben’s disabled. Ben’s part of the room is light and colourful connotating Ben being childlike and innocent.
The continuity editing allows the audience to understand the characters more; creating a sense of reality which permits the audience to empathise with David therefore letting the audience create a personal relationship with the character. 

A montage is used to illustrate how evolution has failed David’s brother, leaving him to be “a big potato with eye tentacles.” The montage is used to describe David’s brother’s disability; down syndrome, helping the audience understand more about why David isn’t pleased with his life. 

The Diegetic sound ‘wouldn’t it be nice’ by the beach boys creates irony in the clip; David has just finished talking about how he had planned to kill his brother. The continuity editing carries to the next scene where the audience is introduced to the rest of the family. Jump cuts are used to reflect the family’s disorientated lifestyle. The audience is allowed to get a glimpse on what David’s goes through every single waking moment he spends with his disabled brother; the audience starts to empathise with David. David’s voice over begins once we see a close us shot of Ben eating breakfast; the flowing commentary of David’s feelings towards Ben start to become more noticeable when we hear David’s voice over complaining about how the “recipe changes and you end up with a brother who is a big potato with eye tentacles”. Hearing this the audience immediately recognises the disgust David feels towards Ben. The continuous noise of the kitchen utensils and plates reflects on the chaos that goes on in their home. There’s a close up shot of Ben as he eats his cereal, this gives us a clear view that Ben isn’t ‘normal’ due to the way he eats his cereal. David accuses Ben for finishing his cereal when he says “you ate the bloody Weetabix”, furthering more the hatred he feels for his brother. Gary and his parents are continuously shown in mid shots whereas close up shots are used for Ben reflecting his innocence. David’s mum interferes before David can go on to further insult his brother and light-heartedly tells Ben “that was a bit selfish”; doing so we see that Ben gets away with a lot of thing which would most likely frustrate David, which is when we hear David immediately disagreeing with his mum exclaiming “a bit selfish??”.

The Kitchen is shown as a negative place when a long shot is used, the audience start to notice that the kitchen is most likely where most of the family’s arguments are; the kitchen is where the family comes together and eats when they’re not in their rooms.
David tries to steal some on Ben’s cereal; we hear Ben come out with a simple “no!” to the audience’s astonishment the mother ironically sides with Ben once again “oh can you just grow up please!” The audience starts to notice that Ben is the favourite child/well treated child as the dad stands up giving Ben a loving squeeze while he looks up to gives David stern look. We hear David give off a loud sigh connotating that his parents siding with Ben happens frequently. We see more of the division in the family between the two brothers as before, the mother walks out she giving Ben a kiss on the head on her way out while David sits there watching. Throughout the clip we hear the non diegetic sound of the Beach Boys ‘wouldn’t it be nice’ in the background while the family argue, furthering the irony. 

The theme song is used in the background as the two brothers make their way to the bus stop. An establishing shot is used as the two brothers walk to the bus stop while we hear the theme song in the background. Diegetic sound is used when we hear a dog barking and cars going by once again reflecting on the disorder David and Ben go through, the dog barking reflects David’s violent thoughts towards his brother. This reflecting on how wherever David goes with his brother he’s always going to have chaos surrounding him.

A visual effect is used which allows the audience to see through the gun, giving insight into how David’s brain works; his thoughts on killing his brother that seemed to have turned into somewhat of an obsession. The audience commence onwards to assume David has major issues with his brother moreover likely to detest Ben. 

A flashback is then used to show earlier events of David and Ben on their family holiday; allows the audience to become aware of David’s life being surrounded by what his brother wants, as their parents put Ben as their priority, taking Ben to the same place for their holiday because Ben likes it there. The audience is permitted to take a walk in David’s shoes and notice how life with Ben can be a pain. During the flashback cutaways are used to show establishing shots of where the boys go on their holiday.

More continuity editing is added to the clip letting the audience know that the clip is moving on to how David's everyday life is normally like.

In the next scene a close up shot is used to show the school; once again the theme song is used to create familiarity as the boys go to the school on weekdays. We see David outsmarting the teacher letting the audience recognise that David is smart and possibly misinterpreted by his family and everyone around him; people don’t take David into consideration when his brother is around...David lives in his brothers shadow and the only time he can be himself is when he’s away from his brother. The long shot of his friends helps us see their body language so the audience can make their own assumptions about David’s friends…the people who influence him. David’s friends talk about David having to babysit his brother connotating that even they think Ben is a burden. This helps us understand how the people in David’s school might not accept disabled people as fellow friends. David gives his brother bus money/money to buy chocolate in order for Ben to not tell his parents about David letting his get on the bus alone.

Cross cutting is used to show the other kids on the bus with Ben, illustrating how different Ben is in comparison to other ‘normal’ kids. Creating tension; the audience fears for Ben’s safety as he’s on his own, he might not be able to get home safe. The cross cutting reminds the audience that Ben isn’t an ordinary boy who can cope with everyday life; while other kids on the bus can manage to get home safe it’s not the same case for Ben. Ben’s safety is unpredictable...can’t be foreshadowed, the audience is led to make their own assumptions as to whether or not Ben ends up getting home, thus ending the clip on a cliff hanger.

Monday, 11 November 2013

Movies

Paramount Pictures: anchorman 2 the legend continues.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount) is a film and television production/distribution studio, consistently ranked as one of the largest (top-grossing) film studios
Initial release: December 19, 2013 (New Zealand)
Director: Adam McKay
Prequel: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Producer: Judd Apatow
Music composed by: Alex Wurman

Storyline

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Bedlam Productions - Gareth Unwin
Bedlam’s Gareth Unwin partnered with See-Saw on the The King’s Speech, for which Unwin became an Academy Award winning producer. Working across film and TV, Bedlam is now shooting Zaytoun, about an Israeli fighter pilot who is shot down over Lebanon, and is readying The Lady Who Went Too Far with The King’s Speech writer David Seidler. Credits: The King’s Speech

film: Dom Hemingway
filmed by:
 Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
BBC Films
Isle of Man Film
Pinewood Studios

Director: Richard Shepard
Cast: Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke
Details: A notorious safe-cracker gets out of prison and sets about getting what he's owed from his former associates.


Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/british-movie-calendar/25194/upcoming-british-film-cinema-release-calendar#ixzz2kQndL682

Isle of Man Film, formerly known as the Isle of Man Film Commission, was first set up in 1995 as part of the Isle of Man Government's economic diversification policy. Over recent years, the Isle of Man has become one of the busiest areas of film production in the British Isles.