Sunday, 20 November 2016

Preliminary Task

     My group (Rachael, Joe and Zoe)


We filmed each scene according to the booklet.
We made sure to film each scene more than once as safety takes for when we edited it together. To create a shot reverse shot sequence, Joe filmed the conversation Rachael and I had, twice, once from over Rachael's shoulder then mine. We then have edited the clips so that it switches between our characters as we talk. We incorporated the 180 degree rule during the shot reverse shot. We did this by only moving 180 degrees for each point of view as to not disorientate the audience.

Friday, 18 November 2016

Character Analysis (High School Musical)



Gabriella Montez

Gabriella is a timid character in High School Musical. She is very shy and modest about her talents. She follows the crowd and hides behind books as to not be seen by people who are much more popular than her. In the beging of the films she is very nervous and hangs around people people who are concidered unpopular in the school. By the end of the films, she is one of the most popular people and is loved because of how kind and thoughtful she is. She is always willing to help people no matter what socail group they're in.



Sharpay Evans
Sharpay is a very strong character in the HSM films. She is known for being very confident and popular. The whole school knows about her and how demanding she is; if something doesnt go her way, everyone will know.
Her hair looks so blonde that it could be fake and her clothes are always bright and extravagant. This means she gets lots of attention. 

Sharpay loves attention and will deliberately go out of her way to get it.
 

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Title Sequence Analysis of High School Musical 2

Smooth electric guitar music plays quietly underneath the opening scenes.

2 seconds- 'Disney Channel Original Productions' fades in over top a panning shot of a school building. The font is white and in a smart font.
9 seconds- The 'High School Musical 2' logo fades in, in-front of the East High School sign.
16 seconds- There is a cross cutting transition and we see the school cafeteria. The camera is constantly moving smoothly around the room. 'Staring Zac Effron' fades in on the bottom of the screen.
24 seconds- The name 'Vanessa Hudgens' fades in, in the same style as before.
27 seconds- There is another cross cut and we see the schools basketball court. 'Ashley Tisdale' fades in and out.
30 seconds-  Whilst panning around the same room, ' Lucas Grabeel' fades in.
35 seconds- Cross cut transition to the stage. 'Corbin Bleu' fades in.




38 seconds- 'Monique Coleman's name appears in the same style.
42 seconds- Cross cut transition to one of the schools corridors and lockers. An actors name: 'Mark L. Taylor' fades in.
45 seconds- The name 'Bart Johnson' fades in as the camera pans over walls and into a classroom.
50 seconds- We see their teacher talking to the class. 'Robert Curtis Brown's name appear in the middle of the screen in the same style. The music stops and the film begins.






Title Sequence Analysis of Footloose


3 seconds- Red background. A man, wearing brown trousers and brown shoes, is on the right hand side of the screen, tapping his feet to some music.

7 seconds- Black background. Someone new in blue jeans and brown shoes starts tapping their feet to the same music. 'Paramount pictures presents' appears in white writing in the middle of the screen.

13 seconds- Some women's feet wearing white high heels come on screen and continue dancing. 'A Daniel Melnick production' fades in. It is placed in the same place as the title was and is in the same font and colour.

19 seconds- Another person joins in, wearing bright white shoes. 'A Herbert Ross film' fades into the middle of the screen.

25 seconds- Someone wearing red and white trainers starts dancing. We here the main part of the song 'Footloose' as the title fades in.

33 seconds- The name 'Kevin Bacon' fade onto the screen in front of someone else dancing.

37 seconds- 'Lori Singer' fades in. Someone else in heels dances behind the text.

42 seconds- The music and the dancing continues whilst 'Dianne Wiest's name appears over top.

47 seconds- Someone in red trainers dancing whilst the 'and John Lithgow ' is written in front.

52 seconds- someone taps their feet in the background. Names: 'Frances Lee McCain' and 'Christopher Penn' appear in the middle of the screen.

58 seconds- Someone else in white heels taps their feet and some names appear in the middle. 'Elizabeth Gorcey', 'Sarah Jessica Paarker' and 'Jim Youngs'.

64 seconds- Four names: 'Douglas Dirkson', 'Lynne Marta', 'Arthur Rosenberg' and 'Timothy Scott' appear on screen in front of someone else dancing.

72 seconds- Someone in legwarmers dances in the background as 'casting by...' fades into the middle of the screen.

78 seconds- Someone else dances as 'costumes by...' fades onto the screen.

86 seconds- 'Music supervised by...' appears in front of someone dancing in red heels.

91 seconds- A man dancing in brown shoes is in the background behind the text: 'score adaption by...'.

94 seconds- 'Choreographed by...' appears in the middle of the screen, in front of someone else dancing.

102 seconds- 'Edited by..' fades into the middle of the screen. Someone in heels dances behind it.

106 seconds- Someone just in socks, moonwalks onto the screen whilst 'production designer...' is written in the middle.

110 seconds- The dancing continues with another person as 'director of photography...' fade onto the screen.

118 seconds- Someone in white dance shoes taps their feet in the background whilst 'executive producer...' fades into the middle of the screen.

124 seconds- 'Written by....' fades into the middle of the screen, in front of some one else dancing in white boots.

137 seconds- 'Produced by...'  is written in the middle of the screen. More dancing continues behind it.

142 seconds- 'Directed by Herbert Ross' fades into the screen as the person behind finishes dancing and the song ends.

Title Sequence Analysis of Radio Rebel



2 Seconds- 'DJ Radio Rebel' in big red letters on a computer screen looks like graffiti.  'Mar Vista entertainment' is written above it and 'Two 4 The Money Media present..' written under it. Camera moves along the screen to where it says 'off-air'.
4 Seconds- Half the screen is black and the other half has a video of someone pressing a button on a keyboard.
5 Seconds- cuts back to the screen where it now says 'on-air'.




7 Seconds- Half the screen is black again and the other half has a video of an over the shoulder shot of someone looking at a computer screen talking into a mic. Voice over starts. Writing appears on screen that says 'A Disney Channel Original Movie' in red.
10 Seconds- Black screen, video in top right hand corner. close up of eyes.
13 Seconds- Black screen, video in bottom left hand corner, someone talking into mic again, blurry.
14 Seconds- Zooms out, forms a grid of 3x3. clips in each box showing different people doing different things.
16 Seconds- Title of film appears in the centre of the screen in front of all the clips.
19 Seconds- Jumpy editing. half screen video of a school.
20 Seconds- Video jumps to the other side of the screen. someone bikes along the road in front of the school. Actors name appears 'Debby Ryan'.
23 Seconds- Video jumps to the opposite side again. Shows a clip of people walking into the school. more actors names appear 'Sarena Parmar' and Adam DiMarco'
27 Seconds- Video appears on the left hand side of the screen, teenagers walking. Actors names appear under the video 'Atticus Mitchell' and 'Merritt Patterson'.
28 Seconds- another clip of the teenagers appears on the left hand side of the screen.








29 Seconds- Cuts to a different clip of teenagers.
31 Seconds- Black screen and video in the middle of the right hand side of the screen. The clip shows a teen boy catching a ball.
34 Seconds- Video across the whole middle of the screen, actors names appear under the clip. 'Allie Bertra', Iain Belcher' and 'Rowen Kahn'.




39 Seconds- Same clip with another actors name underneath, 'Nancy Robertson'.
42 Seconds- Video clip on the left hand side of the screen, writing next to it 'and Martin Cummins'.
47 Seconds- Video clip on the right. Writing on the left 'Casting by...'
53 Seconds- The clip fills the whole screen. Writing in the middle of the screen 'costume designer...'
57 Seconds- Main characters come into shot. writing appears on screen 'Music by...'. Film starts.

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Title Sequence Analysis of Seven

Title sequence of seven.

2 Seconds- Image of a book with the pages open.
6 Seconds- Still image of a book with the writing "new line cinema presents" also on the screen.
10 Seconds- Image of a pair of hands, distorted and in black and white.
14 Seconds- Actors name appears on the screen "Brad Pitt". Black background with white creepy writing.
18 Seconds- Close up of fingers with blood and mud on them, holding a small silver blade.
22 Seconds- Flashing across the screen an actors name "Morgan Freeman".
25 Seconds- Title "Se7en" flashes over a black screen with white font, fades to black.
31 Seconds- Shadows flash across the screen as well as another actors name "Gwyneth Paltrow".
34 Seconds- Close up of a pen writing on paper, 2 images of this image overlapping, so one looks like a shadow. One more actors name "Richard Roundtree".
37 Seconds- Red filter  over camera, slightly blurry picture with bits of random writing flashing across the screen.
41 Seconds- Image of scissors cutting up photography films and lots of shadows in shot.
46 Seconds- small photograph of a child in black and white, this is over more photographs and pages of writing.
50 Seconds- Close up of newspaper cuttings in a birds eye view, drop of blood splattered on the page.
56 Seconds- Actors names "John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey, Peter Crombie".
60 Seconds- Extreme close up of a thumb smudging ink on a page of black writing.


62 Seconds- Black marker pen crossing out words on a page of black writing.
67 Seconds- Writing in the background, blood like smudges in the foreground with black marker pen on top of that.
71 Seconds- Black background with an image of a boys face (drawing) in the right top and corner, black marker pen going through the eyes. White wring "casting by..." in the foreground.
74 Seconds- Red filter over the camera again, boys face in the same place again but completely crossed out this time with a black marker pen and red over the top.
77 Seconds- Top half of the shot has a red filter, image of photos (dark room) bottom half of the image is upside down of a pen writing. Writing in the foreground "music by Howard Shore".



87 seconds- Close up of dirty thumbs and a line of tiny hooks, writing in foreground "production design..."
90 Seconds- Books of writing with a page of handwriting on the top, the page is upside down.
94 Seconds- photographs in the background, clear filter over the camera which has black smudges, marks and dots all over it. Reminds me of looking through a microscope or splattered blood.
99 Seconds- Extreme close up of dirty thumbs playing with a needle, black background.
103 Seconds- Lots of flashing images and quick cuts.
Last 15 Seconds- Lots more flashing images, more writing more writing including "produced by..." and "directed by..."
128 Seconds- Film starts, end of title sequence.

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Teen-angst Opening Sequence Analysis (The Breakfast Club)

Teen-angst opening sequence analysis

The Breakfast Club

  • Bright Titles, plain background no information or insight to what the film is going to be about.
  • Cast/directions/crew.
  • Upbeat music over top, popular at the time, attracts a teen audience.
  • Voice over from the main character over a montage of photos from their school.
  • Establishes the setting and what their school is like.
  • After the credits, in the opening, we meet all the main characters, get the feeling that theyre in trouble.

Teen-angst Opening Sequence Analysis (Easy A)

Teen-angst opening sequence analysis

Easy A

  • Introduction to all main characters
  • Titles are white on the floor in a normal, plain font (cast and credits all in white, title is white and red in a different font).
  • School setting, teens can relate, talking about boys.
  • The audience know straight away that its a teen-angst, we see a teacher and a groups full of a focused age group.
  • The editing is very smooth and flows through the different groups of people. 
  • The opening scene moves a medium pace.
  • There is a voice over from the main character, explaining the story as we see the setting.
  • The music is cheerful, happy, upbeat and it lets us know it is a comedy.

Teen-angst Opening Sequence Analysis (Juno)

Teen-angst opening sequence analysis

Juno

  • Title sequence
  • Bright colours which attracts teenage audience
  • Cartoon font- younger audience (could represent what happens in the film as she has a baby).
  • Stereotypical teenage clothes- hoodie and jeans
  • Catchy music- establishes cheerful/ happy mood. Teenagers are stereotypical happy.
  • happy music lets the audience know the film is going to be lighthearted/ a comedy/ not sad.
  • Everyday setting -lets you know shes an ordinary teen.
  • Transitions in a twisted way - represents the ciaos that teenagers go through.