Saturday, October 31, 2009
Using Cameras
Over the past week we have been using the cameras and tri-pods to practise taking the differen't shots and angles with. We practised: high angles, low angles, close ups, extreme close ups, mid shots and finally long shots. We practised these shots and angles to refresh our memory on them and so that we new how to set the camera and tri-pod up and on different settings etc. This will be useful for when we are going out to film our actual project. We tried out the tri-pod on differen't settings to help with the different angles e.g. near the ground for a low angle etc. We will probrably have a few more practices before we actually start filming so that our shots will be perfect.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The BBFC and what makes a 15 and 18 film:
Who are the BBFC?: The BBFC or British board of film classification are the people who decide what certifacate of age rating film should contain. This is very important and was started because young children were seing inappropriate and violent films and copying what they saw in the film. The BBFC was set up in 1912 for cineama screaning however it has also started to do videos, dvds etc since 1984.
What is allowed in a 15 film? The guidelines are split into boundries and sub catergories. These are: Discrimination, Drugs, Horror, Imitable Behaviour, Language, Nudity, Sex, Theme And Finally Violence. For all of these a 15 film has to have the guidelined ammount. For example for drugs, "Drug taking may be shown, however should not promote missuse". This means that 15 films are allowed to use drugs, however they must not show the full use of them or promote them to the audience. Another example is Horror,"Strong threat and meanass are permitted, unless sardistic or sexualised". This means that you are allowed to show most gruesome or gory scenes unless they are extremely over the top.
What is allowed in an 18 film? There is really no limit in an 18 movie. You are allowed to show pretty much almost anything. Examples of what 18 movies may contain are: "risks harm to individuals through violent and dangerous acts". "Illegal drug use" things such as these that could encourage younger minds to repeat these acts that is why they only allow persons who are 18 years or older to watch them at the cinema.
Is there a real difference between a 15 and 18? the answer is yes, depending on what the film contains, some very bad films may just scrape into being a 15 it all depends on the contents.
What is allowed in a 15 film? The guidelines are split into boundries and sub catergories. These are: Discrimination, Drugs, Horror, Imitable Behaviour, Language, Nudity, Sex, Theme And Finally Violence. For all of these a 15 film has to have the guidelined ammount. For example for drugs, "Drug taking may be shown, however should not promote missuse". This means that 15 films are allowed to use drugs, however they must not show the full use of them or promote them to the audience. Another example is Horror,"Strong threat and meanass are permitted, unless sardistic or sexualised". This means that you are allowed to show most gruesome or gory scenes unless they are extremely over the top.
What is allowed in an 18 film? There is really no limit in an 18 movie. You are allowed to show pretty much almost anything. Examples of what 18 movies may contain are: "risks harm to individuals through violent and dangerous acts". "Illegal drug use" things such as these that could encourage younger minds to repeat these acts that is why they only allow persons who are 18 years or older to watch them at the cinema.
Is there a real difference between a 15 and 18? the answer is yes, depending on what the film contains, some very bad films may just scrape into being a 15 it all depends on the contents.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Editing Film: Adobe premier Pro
Over the previous week we have been looking in groups at a software called Adobe Premiere pro. With this software we have the ability to do certain things such as cut, trim or even add in effects to the movie. Premiere Pro was quite simular to Adobe Flash in the way that they both use timelines as their most important tool. We also work in the same time s Flash (FPS Frames Per Second). Even though we only had a few lessons on it I managed to pick up the basics quickly because I have learned how to use Flash in GCSE Digital Art. I hope to improve my skills as we actually come to creating our own videos and editing them.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Thriller Films A Conclusion
Overall I have looked at the oppenings of five thriller films. These thriller films are: psycho, the birds, sin city, se7en and finally citizen kane. what I have found out about all Thriller films is that they will all follow codes and conventions (semiotics). For example almsot all of the films started off by setting the scene by the use of camera angles, there was always a use of either a mid or long shot to show us the scene whether we are in a city (Sin City) or in just in a normal house (se7en). All of the Thriller films background music was dark and mysterious throoughout most of the introduction (apart from Sin City). Finally the Mise en scene that is used helps so that they can be classed as a "Thriller Film" this may be the use of action or blood and gore that is used in a specific scene or a car chase etc. All of the Thriller films that I have both looked at and talked about all have got oppenings that have been able to hint to the audience what type of Thriller film the film is going to be. So overall all thriller films do use sound, camera angles, mise en scene and sound to help establish genre.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Blog Post 1: What Is A Thriller Film?
What is A Thriller Film?:
A "thriller" film is a film that promote intense and excitement to keep the audience interested. Most thrillers will usually have some sort of key features e.g. deaths, a fightscene or even gore etc, to keep the audience "at the edge of their seats" and want to watch on to find out what happens.Thriller films cover a variety of genre's from action to science fiction to horror. Most thriller films are hybrids (have two genre's) these can range from psycological thriller to an action thriller. There are millions of thriller films in the world to date.
A Famous Example:
A really famous hybrid thriller is "halloween" containing the iconic and infamous Michael Myers the fictional serial killer. Halloween is a horror thriller. Horror and thrillers are very simular to each other because both genre's provide thrills and shocks for their audience. Thriller films are even mixed with almost all other genre's and in most other films you will find certain aspects or signifiers (semiotics) of a thriller.
The History Of Thrillers:
The thriller genre ame around in the early 1920's with such classic movies such as "Safety Last", from then the thriller genre became even more popular and the Thriller genre is still around today such examples are "Cloverfield" (sci fi/thriller) (2008), "Death race" (action/thriller) (2008) and finally a really famous thriller "The texas chainsaw massacre (the beginning)" (horror/thriller) (2007). so as you can see thriller films have had some of the most famous icons in them e.g. Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees etc.
A Famous Thriller Director:
A very famous thriller director (especially in the 1960's/70's) is Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock created some of the most famous thrillers such as "Psycho" (horror/thriller) (1960) and "The Birds" (Horror/Thriller) (1963). These are a few examples of Hitchcocks most famous and recognised films for scaring many audiences.
Resources:
http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html
http://www.uf.susu.org/films/genres/thrillers
A "thriller" film is a film that promote intense and excitement to keep the audience interested. Most thrillers will usually have some sort of key features e.g. deaths, a fightscene or even gore etc, to keep the audience "at the edge of their seats" and want to watch on to find out what happens.Thriller films cover a variety of genre's from action to science fiction to horror. Most thriller films are hybrids (have two genre's) these can range from psycological thriller to an action thriller. There are millions of thriller films in the world to date.
A Famous Example:
A really famous hybrid thriller is "halloween" containing the iconic and infamous Michael Myers the fictional serial killer. Halloween is a horror thriller. Horror and thrillers are very simular to each other because both genre's provide thrills and shocks for their audience. Thriller films are even mixed with almost all other genre's and in most other films you will find certain aspects or signifiers (semiotics) of a thriller.
The History Of Thrillers:
The thriller genre ame around in the early 1920's with such classic movies such as "Safety Last", from then the thriller genre became even more popular and the Thriller genre is still around today such examples are "Cloverfield" (sci fi/thriller) (2008), "Death race" (action/thriller) (2008) and finally a really famous thriller "The texas chainsaw massacre (the beginning)" (horror/thriller) (2007). so as you can see thriller films have had some of the most famous icons in them e.g. Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees etc.
A Famous Thriller Director:
A very famous thriller director (especially in the 1960's/70's) is Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock created some of the most famous thrillers such as "Psycho" (horror/thriller) (1960) and "The Birds" (Horror/Thriller) (1963). These are a few examples of Hitchcocks most famous and recognised films for scaring many audiences.
Resources:
http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html
http://www.uf.susu.org/films/genres/thrillers
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