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Thursday 8th July 2021 LO: To plan and create an effective animation Claymation, people mation, cut  out, found objects

Tuesday 22nd June 2021 LO: To develop an effective film marketing strategy. I  would release my film during a period of time that there were no school holidays as my target audience are mainly adults. Tenet 1. It was released alongside Hobbs and shaw 2. In india they chose to advertise the Joker alongside it because it would appeal more to people in India as they have slightly different interests. 3. They released it online, on tv then in cinemas so that more people would know about the film because then not only the people at the cinema would know about it. They released the first teaser trailer in august  a year before the release date and then in December, 6 months before the release date the trailer was released. 4. It was promoted on Fortnite. Thursday 1st July 2021 I would promote a new bond film on some kind of action video game by putting the characters in the game or I would release an official sound track of the film and get cinema companies to play the trailer for t...

Thursday 10th June 2021 LO: To create an effective film poster that uses accurate genre and layout conventions. Create a film poster for a new science fiction film. A great poster. WWW - you've incorporated lots of the disaster conventions EBI - I think a tag line is needed to help give more clues about the narrative Not finished

Tuesday 8th June 2021 Lo: To evaluate how well we used genre conventions and iMovie. Task: Change genre of a trailer  WWW: The music and the scenes I chose  EBI: The colouring was too dark and I could have added graphics.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ...

Thursday 13th May 2021 Lo: to create an effective trailer WWW: It looks like a disaster movie trailer and doesn't give away too much of the plot. EBI: There was more detail in each scene and the descriptions

Tuesday 20th April 2021 LO: To develop an effective film making strategy. Posters at cinemas or on buses, trailers at cinemas or on TV or social media , adverts, magazines/newspapers in shops, online reviews, sponsors, publicity pictures, actor interviews, film premier, radio, social media, products related to the film such as toys, books, games, clothes Movie: Pet sematary (2019) Trailers: 3 Trailers Posters/artwork: Digital marketing: 3D photos that have been turned into promoted posts, an official website, online reviews Publicity: Exclusive movie clips on twitter, interviews with the director Film Posters Title, main image, tagline, credit block, minor images, actor names, director name, release date, quotes, ratings, awards, website address Disaster Film Posters Most of them use bold fonts in all capital letters. Most of them include a picture of the disaster or of explosions. The brightest colour is usually blue or orange and them most of the other colours are quite dull to draw ...

Thursday 1st April 2021 LO: To explore how a film is made and the various industry roles. 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Sony, and Walt Disney  Studios These companies dominate all other film companies because they own their own production, distribution and exhibition companies so they get to keep most of the money made from the film. Other small production companies do not own distribution and exhibition companies so therefore they have to share a lot of the money made from the film. 1. Script writer 2. Editor 3. Producer 4. Camera crew 5.  Actors 6. Director 7. Script editor 8. Foley artist 9. Location manager 10. Screen writer 11. Stunt coordinators 12. Makeup artists 13. Costume designer 14. Casting director Gaffer: A lighting technician and head of the lighting department Grip: They help to build the set. Adr mixer: Editing the sounds that are recorded. They need to develop their idea and have it approved by the studio 1. Pre-produ...

Thursday 18th March 2021 LO: To effectively develop an idea for a disaster movie. Genre Conventions The characters 2012, World War Z and The day after tomorrow were trying to escape and both of them were not natural disasters. The disaster in The impossible and Contagion was a natural disaster. Most of them are set in the city and are trying to save their family. The characters are usually panicking and there is a lot of destruction. My disaster film It is about humans invading aliens and destroying their planet and the aliens have to leave their planet to escape from the humans as they could be killed by the humans.  It is set on a planet that is not earth. It is set in the future. The humans would fly to the planet in a rocket to see if there are aliens there and when they find the aliens they try to kill them so the aliens try to escape from the humans.  The message behind my film is that things aren't always as they seem. Tuesday 23rd March 2021 Equilibrium: The aliens ar...

Tuesday 9th March 2021                            Lo: To explore the disaster movie genre. The movie poster makes Godzilla look very big compared to everything else and it shows that the buildings have been ruined which could tell us that Godzilla had destroyed the buildings which tells us that the disaster in the film is caused by Godzilla. The title of the film tells us that the film is probably about a virus. The characters in the pictures all have serious expressions on their face which implies that it is a serious situation. The pictures also look quite dramatic which could mean that the film is quite dramatic.  In this poster there is a large object that looks like it could be a space craft which is bigger that all of the buildings and it is hovering over a city and one of the buildings looks as if it is exploding being taken away. This could tell us that this film is about aliens or anything extra-terrestr...

 Thursday 4th March 2021 All of the sounds I could hear in the clip: The tv, zip, toilet flushing, brushing teeth, shutting the cabinet, the draw opening, spreading the jam on the toast, tapping the mug with the spoon, closing the fridge, the characters speaking and breathing and sound effects when he moves something.

  Thursday 25th February 2021 Setting and props  What settings, locations and props would you expect to find in: 1. A science fiction film I would expect the setting to be something like a science laboratory and I would expect there to be props that are related to science or props that would be found in a science laboratory. 2. A romantic comedy I would expect the setting to be quite calm and peaceful.  3. A horror film I would expect the setting to be dark and creepy and the props to be also dark, mysterious and creepy and related to the theme of the film. Costume, hair and makeup What can you tell about the following characters from their costume, hair and makeup? 1. He is wearing quite dull colours which could suggest that he is a serious character and he is wearing a hat and is a bit tanned which could suggest that he is outside a lot. 2. She is wearing a lot of pink which tells us that she could be quite girly and feminine. She also has long blonde hair which is ofte...

  Tuesday 23rd February 2021                      Sound in Film Lo: to explore the use of sound in films. Describe the sort of music you would expect to hear in the following types of film. 1. A horror film I would expect to hear low, creepy and suspenseful  music in a horror film. 2. An action film I would expect quite fast and suspenseful music in an action film. 3.  A thriller Similar music to a horror but less creepy. 4.  A comedy film I would expect to hear pop music in a comedy film. 5. A science fiction film Electronic music. https://youtu.be/0vqwBCirqdc Diegetic sounds- You can hear the characters talking, the rain and splashing. Non diegetic sounds- the music that makes it more suspenseful and the sound effects that are used when pennywise moves. Is there music in the scene? There is music in the scene. How does the music make you feel? Like something is about to happen. When do you hear the music or so...

  Tuesday 2nd February 2021                                   Setting Why might a director choose the following settings? 1. An isolated house in a rural setting for a horror film. A director might choose this setting for a horror film because it makes it creepier if the house is in the middle of no where as the characters cannot escape easily and get help if they are in danger so it is more likely that whatever is after the characters will be able to get to the characters. 2. A big city for an action film A director might choose this setting for an action film because usually cities are very busy and usually a lot happens in an action film so it would make sense for the film to be set in a busy place 3. A small seaside town for a romantic comedy A director might choose thing setting for a romantic comedy because it is usually quite peaceful in a small seaside town and a romantic comedy would also ...

  Camera work  Close up - a shot of a persons face Medium close up Mid shot - a shot from the waist up   Long shot -  a shot showing all of a person's body Establishing shot - An extreme longshot of the setting Low angle shot - a shot looking up at someone High angle shot- a shot looking down at someone Canted angle Point of view shot - movement of the camera towards and away from the subject Over the shoulder - when the camera is behind one character facing another character. https://youtu.be/a9DHbDg6-X8 Choose 3 different shots that have been used and name them Low angle shot, over the shoulder shot and point of view shot. What are the 3 different shots used for? Low angle - to make pennywise seem bigger and taller which makes him seem more scary and powerful. Over the shoulder - to show which characters are looking at each other and how close the characters are to each other. Point of view - to make it feel like pennywise is going towards you which makes it more ...

Thursday 21st January 2021                        LO: To apply narrative to our own ideas Equilibrium: Mandi (the main character), Erik (her boyfriend) and Cassie (Erik's ex girlfriend who murders him later on in the story) are all friends and everything seems to be normal. Disruption: Erik goes missing and Mandi becomes very depressed and wants to find him. Recognition of disruption: Mandi and her best friend Jane find Erik's body in Cassie's basement and realise that Cassie had murdered him. Attempt to solve disruption: They call the police but then Cassie hears them and threatens them with a gun forcing them to hang up on the police, she then locks Cassie and Jane in the basement. Cassie and Jane try to get out but they can't get out so they come up with a plan. Their plan was to kill Cassie or find a way to keep her in one place so that they could call the police. They found a knife and as they heard Cassie coming back down...

Tuesday 19th January 2021                LO: to explore the use of characterisation in a film. Protagonist:  Bill Denbrough, 13 years old, he is determined to find his brother who went missing. Antagonist: Pennywise, he is a creature who can only be seen by children, he can shapeshift into many different being such as a clown Sidekicks: Stanley Uris, Beverly Marsh, Richie Tozier, Ben Hanscom, Eddie Kaspbrack  Pennywise is the main character The story is about Pennywise and a group of children who try to defeat pennywise Pennywise looks like a clown most of the time and has a slightly creepy appearance.  The way Pennywise looks suggests that he is a clown and clowns are usually associated with children which could suggest that he could be looking for children or associated with children. He also looks slightly creepy and possibly evil which suggests that he is evil or the villain. Pennywise usually whispers or laughs when he is speak...

 Thursday 14th January 2021                           Narrative LO: To explore the narrative structure of a film. My chosen film: IT  Director: Andy Muschietti Writer: Gary Dauberman, Cary Joji Fukunaga and Chase Palmer Producer: Roy Lee, Barbara Muschietti, David Katzenburg, Dan Lin and Seth Grahame-Smith Production company: New Line Cinema, Katzsmith Productions, Lin Pictures, Vendian Entertainment and RatPac- Dune Entertainment Date of release: 8th September 2017 Genre: Horror Main Actors: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Rae Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazor, Wyatt Olef What happens in the beginning, middle and end of the story? At the beginning Georgie gets kidnapped and gets his arm bitten off by Pennywise the clown after losing his paper boat down a drain. In the middle of the story, Georgie's older brother and his friends start to see the clown and they try to f...

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 Tuesday 8th December 2020                                                                     Branding  LO: To explore the concept of branding and to create an effective brand image Brand name: Shadow Type of brand:   Horror Movie streaming What we do:  Stream Horror movies Aim of site:  So people can watch any horror movie for a low amount of money Site content:  Horror movies Target audience:  People aged 14+ who like horror movies  Unique Selling point:  It only costs £1 a year and customers have  access to almost all of the horror movies that have ever been released. Thursday 10th December 2020                                                 ...