Depending on the genre and type of film i think that location is very important as using the wrong location can either make the film look as if the storyline does not fit the location or it could make the film seem likea soap opera these are a few errors that can be made when discussing location and film.
Being lucky enough tobe a student from London i am able to travel around London and get shot of its wondeful views and buildings this is a major advantage as these veiws makeperfect establishing shots.
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Saturday, 24 December 2011
While watching films
throughout the Christmas holidays i watched a few films such as "Hitch"(2005) "Daddy daycare"(2003) and "Like mike"(2002) these films are all considered to be family films according to http://www.imdb.com/ while watching the film i took note to the opening sequecnce and realised that Hitch started with Will Smiths character (Alex Hitchins) walking down a hall way it continously cuts to happy couples as Alex Hitchins voices it over, adding to the voice over there is also happy music which can be heard in the background the music adds to the happy couple giving the viewer an ideaq this is a happy film which is what the director probably wanted as this film is considered to be a romcom.
The begining of Daddy day care starts with Khamani Griffin's character (Ben Hinton) is walking around his house in just a t shirt and underwear as he has just woken up, there is casual calming music in the background which stops when he closes the bathroom door where they add in digetic sound of Ben's urine hitting the toilet water. There is a lot of mise-en-scene in this opening sequence as Ben is only 6 years old there is toys all around the house indicating he enjoys playing with them and then not packing them away which becomes obvious to the viewer as the film goes on. not much shots are used during this opening sequence mainly just a long shot from different angles.
Like Mike opens with Shad "Bow wow" Moss' character (Calvin Cambridge) playing basketball along with his friends a more up beat song is used as they are running around you can also hear the sound of the children talking to each other instructing the person with the ball to pass it. when the bully approaches the music stops and a sound is made each footstep he takes this builds suspense and educated me further on the importance of sound
The begining of Daddy day care starts with Khamani Griffin's character (Ben Hinton) is walking around his house in just a t shirt and underwear as he has just woken up, there is casual calming music in the background which stops when he closes the bathroom door where they add in digetic sound of Ben's urine hitting the toilet water. There is a lot of mise-en-scene in this opening sequence as Ben is only 6 years old there is toys all around the house indicating he enjoys playing with them and then not packing them away which becomes obvious to the viewer as the film goes on. not much shots are used during this opening sequence mainly just a long shot from different angles.
Like Mike opens with Shad "Bow wow" Moss' character (Calvin Cambridge) playing basketball along with his friends a more up beat song is used as they are running around you can also hear the sound of the children talking to each other instructing the person with the ball to pass it. when the bully approaches the music stops and a sound is made each footstep he takes this builds suspense and educated me further on the importance of sound
Monday, 19 December 2011
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
The Importance of sound
During another lesson my class and i watched the opening sequence to the film "Rain Man" (Barry Levison 1988) but whilst watching the opening sequence our teacher played different music and muted the clip which gave us different ideas about what the genre of the fim was. The teacher played three different sounds which gave the feel of ; Comedy, Fantasy and a romance when in fact the film is actually a drama.
After listening to the three different pieces of music which involved no foley we listened to the actual music which gave us the idea it was a drama before we knew the actual genre of the film.
This gave me an insight to how important sound is when making an opening sequence because you do not want the audience to believe you are making a comedy when you are actually making a psychological thriller. This also made me want to use foley more then i had originally planned to as it sets the scene and makes the surroundings come alive
After listening to the three different pieces of music which involved no foley we listened to the actual music which gave us the idea it was a drama before we knew the actual genre of the film.
This gave me an insight to how important sound is when making an opening sequence because you do not want the audience to believe you are making a comedy when you are actually making a psychological thriller. This also made me want to use foley more then i had originally planned to as it sets the scene and makes the surroundings come alive
Thursday, 8 December 2011
New Cameras!
Today we was informed that the college had received new recording equippment, this would be alot of help as we could enhance the quality of our opening sequence that we are going to create. We will need to get a camera as soon as possible so we can start filming as it may be a trial and error process
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