Connor
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Conclusion to trailers
In the film trailers I selected to do an analysis on there was features in all of them I liked, they all had a certain something about them that made me want to watch the film, such as the comedy scene in Sweet Sixteen, the high paced editing in Shank in the chase scene or the CGI in Batman.
I think that I will try and include features from all of the films in my trailer, in Batman I like the way they editing the trailer, they used things the characters said in the film to narrate the story and give you some basic information about the film. I thought this was a clever and effective way of narrating it because it is like they are telling you personally in comparison to just a narrator telling you it.
Although I wont follow the story of Billy Elliot as he rebelled from his dad I will use the fact about fitting in, in society now its hard being a teenager and not fitting, you feel alone and isolated, in my trailer I will use the fact that my character wants to fit in and will do anything he can to fit in.
From looking at Shank I will focusing on editing, they didn't do much in the chase scene but due to them using good editing it created tension and drama on weather the boy would escape or not.
In the Batman I also liked the slow build up to the action towards the end of the trailer, they used music throughout the trailer slowly building up to the action scene, I liked this as you knew something big was coming as there was a increase in pace and volume in the music .
Connor
I think that I will try and include features from all of the films in my trailer, in Batman I like the way they editing the trailer, they used things the characters said in the film to narrate the story and give you some basic information about the film. I thought this was a clever and effective way of narrating it because it is like they are telling you personally in comparison to just a narrator telling you it.
Although I wont follow the story of Billy Elliot as he rebelled from his dad I will use the fact about fitting in, in society now its hard being a teenager and not fitting, you feel alone and isolated, in my trailer I will use the fact that my character wants to fit in and will do anything he can to fit in.
From looking at Shank I will focusing on editing, they didn't do much in the chase scene but due to them using good editing it created tension and drama on weather the boy would escape or not.
In the Batman I also liked the slow build up to the action towards the end of the trailer, they used music throughout the trailer slowly building up to the action scene, I liked this as you knew something big was coming as there was a increase in pace and volume in the music .
Connor
Friday, 4 October 2013
Dark Knight Rises Analysis
Dark Knight Rises
About The Film
Christopher Nolan is a well respected Director and Producer, he has been proven to be a very successful director as his films have always done very well in the box office stage. He has been involved with many films such as Inception, Memento and The Prestige but Christopher Nolan is known best for his 'Superhero movies' such a The Batman Trilogy and Man Of Steel.
Christopher Nolan has managed to get a fan base addicted to the Batman Trilogy that has finally come to an end, The Dark Knight Rises was the final instalment of the trilogy and didn't fail to amazing. With the sad loss of Heath Ledger a new villain had to be casted a Tom Hardy didn't fail in the high pressured role as he played a huge villain called Bane that would cause the Batman to fight hard that every before. Anne Hathaway played Catwoman first working against The Batman but then helping near the end of the film. Due to the all star cast they each brought their own fan base to the film.
Budget $230 million after tax credits
Box Office $1,084,439,099
Target Audience
The Dark Knight Rises is mainly aimed at a male audience, this is because the theme of Superheroes is typically aimed at boys and men, it appeals to young children as they would have seen the cartoons and magazine but also appeals to teens and full grown men because of the action through out the film with a huge amount of money being spent on pyro. The male audience would also enjoy Catwoman in the skin tight suit. The young half of the audience would be in full time education still either school, sixth form or college, the other half of the target audience would be full grown men with an average job such as working in an office, they would be of working class.
Representation
In Dark Knight Rises, you could apply the Laura Mulvey's Theory, this is because in the film Wayne Bruce is the dominant character. He is rich, powerful and is represented to be a womaniser, he is the Batman and is the hero which you become use to seeing in a majority of programmes. You could also apply this theory because of how Anne Hathaway (Cat woman ) is portrayed. Although in the film she is in many fight scenes she is a dominant figure she still is inferior to the Batman, this is because in scenes she relies on him to save her. She also uses her sexual attraction to get the best of the male characters in the film which is very stereotypical thing you seen when the female character is attractive in a film, in the film she also where a skin tight leather black suit and the first time you seen her in it the camera tilts up slowly so you can she how the tight suit compliments her body, so although she is a aggressive female character she is still seen as a sexual object.
The film is set in a very established city, with sky scrapers, expensive cars and a lot of rich characters, in contrast to a social realism films both genres contain the theme of violence, gangs and criminals yet Dark Knight Rises is set in an upper class city that hasn't been vandalised nor neglected it is just a regular city like New York.
In Social Realism films there is a strong theme of unity, that if your in a gang you must stick together and loyal to one another, its about being in it together where as in Dark Knight it is more of a individual battle against on another, there is a scene in the film where Batman goes to attack Bane in his hide out surrounded by his army of criminals yet the only ones that fight are them two. The only time there is some form of unity is near the end, this is because the citizens of Gotham City ( the city in the film) are put into considerable danger, they are in an US VS THEM situation that brought groups of people together that wouldn't normally associate themselves with one another to overcome a bigger task.
Analysis
In the Dark Knight trailer the first thing you notice is that editing, the editing. At the beginning it starts of slow but builds in pace towards the end showing the actions showing to be very intense and a lot to be at stake. The use of straight cut and fade to black are used very well to allow the trailer to run smoothly even though their are scenes from all parts of the film put together.
In the trailer you also see the use of CGI, the CGI would be used to attract fans from additional fan bases, people that enjoy watching actions films would see this and be interested in the film as it grabs your attention as it combine with enhanced sound effects as explosions go off.
Christopher Nolan uses a the characters conversations from the film to narrate over the trailer, he makes a compilation of lines characters say to set the scene as it is a follow on from Batman Begins, he predominately uses the voice of the Batman and the Joker which the die hard fans would know who is talking.
In the trailer you get to understand that the Batman is actually Brue Wayne multi-millionaire, at first it makes the audience think he can be the Batman because he is rich and can afford it, but in theory does Christopher Nolan suggest to the audience that the rich can do as they please and are above the law ? Because what allows the Batman to go around beating up people even if they are criminals.
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Billy Elliot Analysis
Social Realism Analysis
Billy Elliot
Directed by Stephen Daldry in 2000 Billy Elliot, set in the north east in 1984-5 in the time of the coal miner's strike. Working with fairly unknown cast he sure drew the best out of them, this isn't your stereotypical social realism film, it is about an eleven year old boy that is pushed into boxing due to his dad being a boxing coach, although being a good boxer Billy wants to become a ballet dancer. The budget for Billy Elliot was £3million which is a fairly large amount of a social realism film that was released in September 29th 2000, but with the £3million budget the film managed to bring in a staggering £72,853,509 from the box office. Gary Lewis that starred as Billy's dad in the film also won Best Actor at Flaiano Film Festival.
Target Audience
The target audience for this film would be mainly a female audience of the age of 25-40 age group, from a working class, living in average homes. The audience would more than likely be employed and enjoy watching films at the cinema with female friends or having a 'girls night in' watching films with friends. The reason for it being based at a female audience because the female audience will have empathy for Billy.
Representation
In Billy Elliot he has a nuclear family, due to being classed as a normal family his father wants to retain their current reputation, this is why the father tries to steer his children into boxing which is a male dominated sport. Once Billy is in boxing and decides he would like to go into ballet his father doesn't like that because it is seen as a feminine hobby, also being set in the 1980's being a male but doing female hobbies such as ballet wasn't accepted at that time especially being set in the North East where as it would be in modern day society particularly in London. Billy's father also. wants to raise the both him and his brother up to become strong so they will go out to work and earn money for themselves and the family.
Analysis
From 10 seconds you hear the song Rocky theme song, this gives you the impression the boy is going to be very manly, it makes you think that the boy is going to be an amazing boxer, but the boy then gets knocked down straight away. So just through the use of music it has allowed you to create what you think the boy is going to be like.
At 44 seconds you see Billy Elliot standing next to the girls doing ballet wearing his boxing gear, the use of the boxing gears allows Ken Loach to show the clear distinct stereotype sports, that boys compete in brave sports and girls compete in sports that are ore fragile and require finesse. The stereotype is reinforced when shown at 1 minute, Billy's dad says 'lads do football, boxing or wrestling' .
Billy Elliot
Directed by Stephen Daldry in 2000 Billy Elliot, set in the north east in 1984-5 in the time of the coal miner's strike. Working with fairly unknown cast he sure drew the best out of them, this isn't your stereotypical social realism film, it is about an eleven year old boy that is pushed into boxing due to his dad being a boxing coach, although being a good boxer Billy wants to become a ballet dancer. The budget for Billy Elliot was £3million which is a fairly large amount of a social realism film that was released in September 29th 2000, but with the £3million budget the film managed to bring in a staggering £72,853,509 from the box office. Gary Lewis that starred as Billy's dad in the film also won Best Actor at Flaiano Film Festival.
Target Audience
The target audience for this film would be mainly a female audience of the age of 25-40 age group, from a working class, living in average homes. The audience would more than likely be employed and enjoy watching films at the cinema with female friends or having a 'girls night in' watching films with friends. The reason for it being based at a female audience because the female audience will have empathy for Billy.
Representation
In Billy Elliot he has a nuclear family, due to being classed as a normal family his father wants to retain their current reputation, this is why the father tries to steer his children into boxing which is a male dominated sport. Once Billy is in boxing and decides he would like to go into ballet his father doesn't like that because it is seen as a feminine hobby, also being set in the 1980's being a male but doing female hobbies such as ballet wasn't accepted at that time especially being set in the North East where as it would be in modern day society particularly in London. Billy's father also. wants to raise the both him and his brother up to become strong so they will go out to work and earn money for themselves and the family.
Analysis
From 10 seconds you hear the song Rocky theme song, this gives you the impression the boy is going to be very manly, it makes you think that the boy is going to be an amazing boxer, but the boy then gets knocked down straight away. So just through the use of music it has allowed you to create what you think the boy is going to be like.
At 44 seconds you see Billy Elliot standing next to the girls doing ballet wearing his boxing gear, the use of the boxing gears allows Ken Loach to show the clear distinct stereotype sports, that boys compete in brave sports and girls compete in sports that are ore fragile and require finesse. The stereotype is reinforced when shown at 1 minute, Billy's dad says 'lads do football, boxing or wrestling' .
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