Production meeting (18/12/12)

We decided to record the audio of us meeting up and outlining tasks to be completed and problems to overcome.
http://asmediastudiesjamesivett.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/plan-meeting-930-181212.html

Preliminary Task Final Product

This is the final product for the Set Brief, We have added a dark, black and white filter to make it seem more appropriate to the genre of film noir. We have followed the storyboard and audio plans rather efficiently. The use of the audio does not breach copyright law as we have used the sound effects from iMovie's selection unless it is sold as it is found on the iLife's Terms and Conditions: "All Sample Content included in iMovie may be used on a royalty-free basis in your own video projects but may not be distributed on a standalone basis."

If I were to film it again, I would use a tripod as it looks quite shaky which is very unconventional for a film noir. I would also find a better location as it doesn't look right for the context of the task.

All in all, I believe we have followed the task's criteria effectively and produced a rather well constructed video for the time scale we were given.

Preliminary Task: Final Piece from James on Vimeo.

Preliminary Task Scripts and Audio Plans

This is the first, rough audio plan and script. We didn't finish it as we quickly realised that this would drag on for too long and for the time it would have taken wouldn't produce that much of a more professional product. With this in mind, we created another, more simplistic plan the relied more on audio than speech

 This is the final script, this is very similar to the first script in the way we have dissected each shot with the audio needed to play through it.



Set Brief Storyboard and Animatic

This is the storyboard for our Preliminary task or 'Set Brief'. We spent quite a lot of time on the storyboard as we felt we needed a detailed one to stop us from improvising scenes and go off topic. It also gave us a set series of angles and positions for the camera.  We used the audio from the final piece To make an animatic. Usually, the audio would have been rough recorded but we didn't have the time and we wanted to see if we had followed the storyboard accurately and we believe he have.

Set Brief animatic from James on Vimeo.

Sam - lots still to do - please look at my posts and add / update as suggested.

I am back next week - try to get this all done before then

I am most concerned about the lack of all the work for the set task  please get it done before i teach you again - thank you

BBFC: Guidelines Research

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is a company responsible for certifying all films screened in the Britain according to how certain age groups will view it. The BBFC give certificates according to the content of the film. This content can include:
-Discrimination
-Drugs
-Horror
-Imitable Behaviour
-Language
-Nudity
-Sex
-Theme
-Violence
-Titles
They may also give warnings if it is obvious it could induce seisures or cause harm and distress to any viewers if they have trouble with Photo or pattern sensitivity, motion sickness and reactions to low frequency sound.

All of the guidelines as well as the research to which the guidelines are based on can be downloaded on the BBFC Website

Film Noir: Characters

Male
Hero (Protagonist)

Villain (Antagonist)

Antihero Transforms form the Antagonist to the Protagonist

Sidekick (Police/ Moral Majority)

Extras (Side plots/Workers/Crowds)

Female
Femme Fatale - Sexuality, Danger, Risk, Antagonist, Forbidden.

Girl Next door (Redemptive Woman) - Salvation, Honour, Sacrifice, Courage, Redemption.

Representation: Double Indemnity OTS

Representation 
All Male Cast
Trilby's, suits and tuxedos
Black actors are cleaning
The man is in charge, He is dismissive and is the strong and silent type
Male is a juxtoposition of characteristics (Scruffy/Shot/Uses Slang/Status and Wealth)The car he has shows he has quite a high status
A lot of slang is used which suggests crime involvement
It is shot in a big city
The film is set in the 1940's and this is shown by the mise-en-scene
Sound and Style
Quite expensive at the time of release
Classical, timeless, contextual
Obsequious (overly polite and obedient) door man
Full of slang
Form
Studio
Producer
Title
Director
Cast
Production Team
Industry
Mainstream
Audience
Male and Couples
Vicariously living through others experiences
Generic pleasures: The pleasures of the genre

Audience Preferences

Impressionable Socialites,

Fun Lovers,

Modern Parents,

Audience

An audience is a group of people experiencing an event.
(From audience)
Active - Preferred: an audience that is targeted.
Passive - Oppositional: Not the expected audience.

Preferred and Oppositional refer to How the experience is recieved as opposed to how it is sent.

Distribution: How the media is shown to an audience Streamed/Cinema Ticket/ DVD bought/TV broadcast Buy DVD
Rent DVD
Illegal Streaming
Legal Streaming
Download
Watch on TV/Freeview/Cable/Satellite
Pay to view
Cinema (Art-House, Multiplex)

I use Legal Streaming the most to watch the most Films, I do this at home, on my Xbox 360 console alone. I do this for about 10-12 hous a day. I do this Hedonistically.
I buy films on DVD Is the second most frequent way through which I watch Films. I usually watch these with family. I spend about 1-2 hours watching these a week. I do this traditionally.
TV is the third most frequent way in which I experience film. I do this both alone and with others. I do this about 3-4 hours every month. I do this traditionally.

Exhibition: How the media is watched from industry to audience.

Traditionalists

Pete Buckingham, head of distribution and exhibition, UK Film Council ABC1 repesent the highest cinema goers. Up to 66% of cinema goers are relatively wealthy. There are several reasons as to why people can go to the cinema:
Cost
Family
Time

Streaming/Rental - Modern technology allows cheap, easy, immediate access.
Audience capability: Digital Processes

Thriller Genre Definition

The genre of Thriller in Film is a broad genre of films that use suspense and excitement as the main elements of the film. The aim of a thriller is to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat and use plot twists extensively.

Definition: These are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features.
If the genre is to be defined strictly, a genuine thriller is a film that rentlessly pursues a single-minded goal - to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the main character(s) is placed in a menacing situation or mystery, or an escape or dangerous mission from which escape seems impossible. Life itself is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspecting or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy.
http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html

Spider Man Title Sequence

This is the opening sequence to the 2002 film 'Spider Man'. This title sequence is very dark and quite quick when it changes. It uses strong association to a Spider's web. This adds quite a stylish way of transitioning. The sequence is very dark and the music is mainly stringed. This works well to add atmosphere to the sequence.

Understanding Genre - Definitions

A genre is a class that is given to a series of films that classify it's 'type'. This is achieved by looking at the key conventions of the film. this is how it is defined in an online Dictionary : Genre