Sam's done work on the target audience of the film, who it's aimed at ect; you can find it here
http://mediastudiessamhigh.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-target-audience.htm
Also he's been working on our sound for the film. he recently put an update on his blog which can be found here;
http://mediastudiessamhigh.blogspot.com/2011/02/sound-problems.html
Sam's also done a post about Lip syncing and foleying which can be found here'
http://mediastudiessamhigh.blogspot.com/2011/02/lip-syncing-foleying.html
Lee's been doing Semiotics in film noir which can be found here;
http://asmediastudiesleecooper.blogspot.com/2011/02/semiotics-in-film-noir.html
lee's been updated about the animation as well which can be found here;
http://asmediastudiesleecooper.blogspot.com/2011/02/animation-problems.html
and here;
http://asmediastudiesleecooper.blogspot.com/2011/01/animation-progress.html
expect to see soon a video on lee's blog of a focus group session we held to get feedback on our film
Thursday 17 February 2011
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Update
Here is the film footage on the second black and white edit, with a few frame edits. we had to redo the black and white again due to iMovie making the quality of the film rubbish. So here's the viemo version of the film.
asdasdasdasdasd from Matt Armes on Vimeo.
asdasdasdasdasd from Matt Armes on Vimeo.
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Deconstruction of a Neo-Noir
Red Riding: 1974
In Red Riding: 1974 the start of the OTS was of a sky shot with a stormy sound track. The sky behind the cloud was green-ish in colour. The shot then faded to black and then faded into a panning/tilting shot of roots, feathers and then finally to a girl with angel wings. The contrast between the darkness of the ground and the background to the sudden whiteness of the angel wings is quite striking and focuses the attention of viewer to the girl lying still on the floor (Charascuro:- contrast between dark and light) . The screen then fades to black and then a new shot ,of a slightly out of focus man, pans up a character then focuses into the man's face with cuts upon him. That panning shot and the focus pull creates a enigma for any viewer who hasn't previously seen the series, it makes the view ask who he is and did he have any connection to the girl from the previous section. Enigmas are very common in film noirs and so this has at least one of the main conventions of a film noir nailed. The next shot is a mid close up of a man in a car smoking a cigarette. The shot then carries to a shot of the car, the man is in, travelling down a road with a heavy rain shower occurring (the heavy rain induces a effect called pathetic fallacy) . The country side of that the car is travelling past isn't very film noir style but however, it does have a feel of a dystopia like most film noirs have, so another convention nailed. However, with that shot there is travelling country guitar playing in the background which is out of convention in a film noir due to most of the songs are jazzy orchestral music. Also another thing to point out is the colouring of the film, it has a very desaturated look and most of the colours are shades of browns (the reasoning for browns is due to the time setting of the film itself). The colours seem to blend into each other denying anything striking out brightly colourful to appear fitting to a dystopia effect. The next shot is of a man in what seems to be a police statement about a girl who has gone missing, this makes us think if that girl is the one from the first shot, once again all the colours are browns and partly desaturated but however, the man from earlier is shown to be the main character via focus pulls and framed shots. The is a very large sense of atmosphere and mood within the OTS mainly from the framed shots, desaturated colours and also the drone music that accompanies the majority of the shots. This film seems to bind to most of the conventions but not all of them, the effect that brings is incredible and creates enormous atmosphere and mood.
Blade Runner:
The opening of blade runner is a panning sweep shot of a futuristic city which seems to be a heavily industrialized place with large smoke stacks spitting fire. This looks to be a dystopian city fitting to the conventions of film noir. The colour of the film is very bleak and almost completly desaturated very similar to how most film noirs are. The shot then features flying cars and other futuristic things which makes the timeline convention of film noirs incorrect to this film. However, the next shot does show lots of film noir aspects. So the next shot is of a integration room with light filtering down from a fan thats slowly spinning. The room seems to have a dusty air to it, this creates a moody atmosphere and mystery to what the room is and who the people are in the room. The following speech that the scene entails is quite minimal to some extent with heightened speech when who seems to be the person who's being tested/interrogated. The test subject seems to be a criminal of sorts due to his attire and how his body language is. He tries to deny questions and hide from answers. The climax of the scene is when the test subject finishes a second test done by the tester, who we think seems to be the anti hero of the film, the test subject makes a quick statement and then shoots the tester with a very powerful gun as it flings the tester out of the room and through a wall. This sudden change of scene shocks the viewer and is then mystified by what just happened and so is drawn to the plot of the film. The Opening title sequence leaves the audience asking questions to what happened and whats going to happen. It hooks the audience very similar to conventional film noirs. From the outset Blade Runner seems to have most of the film noir features however, it doesn't fit all of them and so is more Neo-Noir than normal Noir films.
Mulholland Drive:
The starting shots of the OTS to Mulholland Drive are of a party with a girl as the main focus. However, the actual shot it self is kind of hard to determine what happens because it seems to look like a drug fulled night with animation shots and weird angles for the camera. It also has people float in and out of focus which disorientates the audience. Those scenes are very unnatural for a film noir. However, it does add mystery but perhaps for the wrong reasons. The next shot is of a long winding road sequence of a woman who seems to be very powerful in comparison to the childish nature of the previous women in the dance/party sequence. She is looking over the window and not much is said for a long time as the camera pans, follows, tracks and travels with the car for a long period of time. There isn't really a sense of dystopia and the colours aren't desaturated so it doesn't feel like a film noir style film. The only aspect shown is the feme fatal. The action starts to happen when the camera cuts to a shot of two other cars racing up a road very similar to the one the feme fatal is shown on, the camera cuts backwards and forwards until the Feme fatal's car stops in the road, the Feme fatal obviously surprised at the car stopping asks in a semi-demanding voice and then the driver pulls a gun at her and asks here to step out side. At that point the other cars crash into her causing all of the characters to be knocked out and diffuses (although violently) the situation with the feme fatal. The next shot is of the feme fatal walking out of the car and through the road to look upon the view. The entire clip has a massive enigma to who the characters are and what's their story/purpose which is a key film noir convention. The film doesn't commit to all of the conventions of a film noir but has some very key features in it making it a Neo-Noir.
on a personal note i didn't understand what was going on in the OTS to Mulholland Drive but it did sort of make me want to watch more of it so i understood the film.
In Red Riding: 1974 the start of the OTS was of a sky shot with a stormy sound track. The sky behind the cloud was green-ish in colour. The shot then faded to black and then faded into a panning/tilting shot of roots, feathers and then finally to a girl with angel wings. The contrast between the darkness of the ground and the background to the sudden whiteness of the angel wings is quite striking and focuses the attention of viewer to the girl lying still on the floor (Charascuro:- contrast between dark and light) . The screen then fades to black and then a new shot ,of a slightly out of focus man, pans up a character then focuses into the man's face with cuts upon him. That panning shot and the focus pull creates a enigma for any viewer who hasn't previously seen the series, it makes the view ask who he is and did he have any connection to the girl from the previous section. Enigmas are very common in film noirs and so this has at least one of the main conventions of a film noir nailed. The next shot is a mid close up of a man in a car smoking a cigarette. The shot then carries to a shot of the car, the man is in, travelling down a road with a heavy rain shower occurring (the heavy rain induces a effect called pathetic fallacy) . The country side of that the car is travelling past isn't very film noir style but however, it does have a feel of a dystopia like most film noirs have, so another convention nailed. However, with that shot there is travelling country guitar playing in the background which is out of convention in a film noir due to most of the songs are jazzy orchestral music. Also another thing to point out is the colouring of the film, it has a very desaturated look and most of the colours are shades of browns (the reasoning for browns is due to the time setting of the film itself). The colours seem to blend into each other denying anything striking out brightly colourful to appear fitting to a dystopia effect. The next shot is of a man in what seems to be a police statement about a girl who has gone missing, this makes us think if that girl is the one from the first shot, once again all the colours are browns and partly desaturated but however, the man from earlier is shown to be the main character via focus pulls and framed shots. The is a very large sense of atmosphere and mood within the OTS mainly from the framed shots, desaturated colours and also the drone music that accompanies the majority of the shots. This film seems to bind to most of the conventions but not all of them, the effect that brings is incredible and creates enormous atmosphere and mood.
Blade Runner:
The opening of blade runner is a panning sweep shot of a futuristic city which seems to be a heavily industrialized place with large smoke stacks spitting fire. This looks to be a dystopian city fitting to the conventions of film noir. The colour of the film is very bleak and almost completly desaturated very similar to how most film noirs are. The shot then features flying cars and other futuristic things which makes the timeline convention of film noirs incorrect to this film. However, the next shot does show lots of film noir aspects. So the next shot is of a integration room with light filtering down from a fan thats slowly spinning. The room seems to have a dusty air to it, this creates a moody atmosphere and mystery to what the room is and who the people are in the room. The following speech that the scene entails is quite minimal to some extent with heightened speech when who seems to be the person who's being tested/interrogated. The test subject seems to be a criminal of sorts due to his attire and how his body language is. He tries to deny questions and hide from answers. The climax of the scene is when the test subject finishes a second test done by the tester, who we think seems to be the anti hero of the film, the test subject makes a quick statement and then shoots the tester with a very powerful gun as it flings the tester out of the room and through a wall. This sudden change of scene shocks the viewer and is then mystified by what just happened and so is drawn to the plot of the film. The Opening title sequence leaves the audience asking questions to what happened and whats going to happen. It hooks the audience very similar to conventional film noirs. From the outset Blade Runner seems to have most of the film noir features however, it doesn't fit all of them and so is more Neo-Noir than normal Noir films.
Mulholland Drive:
The starting shots of the OTS to Mulholland Drive are of a party with a girl as the main focus. However, the actual shot it self is kind of hard to determine what happens because it seems to look like a drug fulled night with animation shots and weird angles for the camera. It also has people float in and out of focus which disorientates the audience. Those scenes are very unnatural for a film noir. However, it does add mystery but perhaps for the wrong reasons. The next shot is of a long winding road sequence of a woman who seems to be very powerful in comparison to the childish nature of the previous women in the dance/party sequence. She is looking over the window and not much is said for a long time as the camera pans, follows, tracks and travels with the car for a long period of time. There isn't really a sense of dystopia and the colours aren't desaturated so it doesn't feel like a film noir style film. The only aspect shown is the feme fatal. The action starts to happen when the camera cuts to a shot of two other cars racing up a road very similar to the one the feme fatal is shown on, the camera cuts backwards and forwards until the Feme fatal's car stops in the road, the Feme fatal obviously surprised at the car stopping asks in a semi-demanding voice and then the driver pulls a gun at her and asks here to step out side. At that point the other cars crash into her causing all of the characters to be knocked out and diffuses (although violently) the situation with the feme fatal. The next shot is of the feme fatal walking out of the car and through the road to look upon the view. The entire clip has a massive enigma to who the characters are and what's their story/purpose which is a key film noir convention. The film doesn't commit to all of the conventions of a film noir but has some very key features in it making it a Neo-Noir.
on a personal note i didn't understand what was going on in the OTS to Mulholland Drive but it did sort of make me want to watch more of it so i understood the film.
Thursday 3 February 2011
Vlog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa3FuZiM2Fw
Having troubles with embedding this into my blog but ill work on the solution soon
Having troubles with embedding this into my blog but ill work on the solution soon
Film Age Classification
After checking out the target market research we did in our group.(Sam's putting a post on his blog use on the side bar) I then looked on the BBFC website for the age guidelines on films and we decided that if we were to market our film professionally it would be a '15' for a few reasons; firstly due to our target group of 18-40 males who need a bit more excitement in their lives, we thought that 18-40 year old males wouldn't want to see a '12a' film or anything lower for fear it might be childish and tame. Also if we filmed more than a OTS we would have features in the film that would qualify it as a '15' rather than a '12a'. Such as sustained violence, adult themes, swearing and slight nudity.
’15′
Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.
Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.
Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.
(from http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/15-2 )
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Lighting
A few shots of the lights we were able to use
A few shots of me and Sam posing while lee moves the light sources around us
(apologies for the bad quality my camera i used for these photos wasn't very good)
Though out our little experiment session within the studio the school has we tried light from many different angles. We were able to make the models look powerful or weak or mysterious as well as a variety of other different ways. We can't be too picky about the lighting within the pub we choose as we can't gain direct control of the light within the pub we'll have to make do with the light the pub offers us
Poll
I made a poll on facebook and i've sent it out to my friends and hopefully i'll get a lot of responses back from it
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