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The film I have chosen to research is Divergent. Released in 2014, Divergent is a Sci-Fi/Action film released by Lionsgate and is set in a dystopian future where the world is separated by two military factions at war with each other. The film was produced by Douglas Wick, who was responsible for producing other films such as The Great Gatsby, Stuart Little and The Craft. The role of the producer in a film is a person who oversees the film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of the film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing and editing and arranging financing. The primary target audience for Divergent was teens to young adults, mixed gender who like action movies. This is apparent because the film is mainly composed of young adult leads, which connotes power and independence, something that people at this age crave to achieve. Watching Divergent may cause this targ...

Demographic chosen: Under 10 Year Olds First Example: Toy Story Toy Story is cg-animated Pixar aimed at a target audience of under 10 year olds. This evident because of the style of animation. For example, the animation of the film is bright, colourful and displays a diverse series of characters and settings. More specifically, the colours characters are vibrant and exaggerated, making reference of the films lack of realism but also in order to keep the target audiences attention as children have low attention spans. Also showing the vast collection of locations from Andy's bright and colourful room, emitting hope, enthusiasm and wonder to Sid's dark and eery room, breeding feelings of control, loneliness and chaos, gives the audience a sense of variety and stops them from getting bored scene to scene. Second Example: How To Train Your Dragon How To Train Your Dragon is another example of a film made for this target audience. Evidence of this is depicted through its intriguing,...

What is a Shooting Schedule? A project plan of each day's shooting for a production.  It is normally created and managed by the assistant director, who reports to the production manager managing the production schedule. Both schedules represent a timeline stating where and when production resources are used.   What is a Location Recce? Refers to a pre-filming  visit to a location to determine its suitability for shooting,  i ncluding access to necessary facilities and assessment of any potential lighting or sound issues, and is closely related to location scouting. What does Copyright mean? The exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material. What is public liability? A type of insurance for businesses of all sizes, across a variety of industries. It covers you if a client or member of the public claims they have been injured, or their p...

In my opinion, the most significant change is green screen. The first green screen or "travelling matte" was created in 1940. It was first used in the Larry Butler film The Thief Of Baghdad. The invention of the green screen allowed an easier and cheaper way to place actors in a certain location without having to build a set or travel somewhere. For example this scene from Doctor Strange where Strange and Mordo are fighting the background of the scene is created with green screen. It impacted the way of how movies were produced because it allowed the production to be cheaper. This would allow the distributors to spend more money on things like marketing for the film, which would benefit how much profit the film would make because it would increase the chance of people seeing it. It also allows films with considerably lower budgets than Hollywood movies to still look professional and confidently made. Furthermore some of the most influential and famous movies of all time such ...

                                           Remake Chosen: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011) The budget of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes was $93 million, which is considerably bigger than the original Planet Of The Apes' budget ($5 million). The film and its sequels were produced by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Rupert Wyatt and produced by Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. The film stars James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinko. The film was Hollywood produced, explaining its high budget. The film was mainstream, with it winning many awards. The films received the 12A certificate because the film has scenes of violence and torture. The film is part of a franchise with 2 sequels.

Studio films are films made by major Hollywood films with big budgets. Studio films have high production values. Multinational media conglomerate - Studio that owns companies across a range of various media platforms (e.g. Disney). Means they can use all the companies to promote and market a film. Called vertical intergration . Cross platform strategies are used to appeal to a full range of potential audiences. Independent films are films with smaller budgets and sometimes as a result, lower production values. (e.g. Juno, Roma). Independent production companies can secure funding for private investors but usually funded by art agencies, such as the British Film Council. Independent Films - Release: Horozontal integration is when a conglomerate uses smaller independent compamies to help with marketing and distribution. Independent Films rely heavily on critic revies in Newspapers, magazines or online publications.

 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory 1. This movie was directed by Tim Burton. This affected the original source material of the film because Burton is an auteur director who has uses similar themes and elements in his films, such as the use of gothic suburbia, isolated characters and grand, surreal imagery. 2. This movie was developed by Warner Bros. This would allow the movie to have bigger production budget than Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory budget because Warner Bros is a big Hollywood production company and is more successful than the previous company. 3. The film was developed by Hollywood which would give it much bigger recognition as Hollywood films normally do better than England based films. 4. This was a studio production. This means the film would look more professional as the last film was an independent and, as result of, this looked cheap. This would allow the film to look more polished. 5. The film was produced in 2005. Because the film was produced during thi...

The Use Of Props, Settings And Colours Loose by S1mba feat KSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZH3K2KHzfk The song has a relaxed, summer feeling to it, so music video matches it. The setting of the music video is a mansion, showing connotations of wealthiness, which the viewer would not be surprised by this because of S1mba wearing chains and watches and expensive designer clothes throughout the video, so they would naturally assume he can afford it. One shot of the video shows S1mba and KSI standing next each other at the party. S1mba is wearing a red shirt which is a convention of grime/rap music videos, that they use bright colours to stick out and Loose falls into the category of rap/grime. However the chorus of the song conveys the idea that the song is R&B, making the song a fusion of the two genres. The music video also follows the conventions of R&B because it is set at a house and R&B are typically set in houses, perhaps to allow the audience to be immersed into t...

TIM BURTON Timothy Edward Burton is an American Filmmaker, animator and artist. Burton was born in 1958, in Burbank, California. As a preteen, Burton would make short films in his backyard using crude stop motion animation techniques or shooting on 8mm  film without sound. His interest in stop motion can be seen later on his films like Frankenweenie and The Nightmare Before Christmas. In his early career as an animator, storyboard artist, graphic designer, art director and concept artist on films such as The Fox And The Hound, Tron and The Black Cauldron. His first theatrical release was Pee Wee's Big Adventure, a family-friendly, adventure film with a light hearted tone, which is very different to the rest of Burton's work. Burton is best known for is use of Gothic Suburbia and his weird concepts and world building, along with a common use of characters that feel isolated. One of his most famous films is 1989's Batman. The film shows Batman unintentionally cause the creati...

 1) Auteur Theory is the idea that the director is the only one responsible for the outcome of the film and has full creative control.  2) The term Auteur is French for "author".  3) Tim Burton: His films usually follow the same creative themes and stylistic features. They are normally set in gothic suburbia's with characters that are isolated. The films normally seem stylistically grand in setting.  Christopher Nolan: His characters normally feel detached from their environment. These characters deal with self-doubt and moral ambiguity. His themes are about fear, sacrifice, chaos and pain with dark and somber tones due to heavy issues. Guy Ritchie: Most of his films fit within the crime genre. In particular they look at the underbelly of society and the dodgy dealings that take place in the city. Most of his films also have narration.

Film - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Todorov's Narrative Equilibrium - Sweeney Todd arrives in London with Anthony and meets Mrs Lovett. He wants revenge on Judge Turpin, the man that took his wife and child. Disruption - Adolfo Pirelli finds out who Todd really is and to keep his identity safe, Todd brutally murders Pirelli. Recognition - Todd realises that he likes the feeling of killing and he becomes a serial killer with the help of Mrs Lovett and plots to kill the judge. He also finds out that his daughter, Johanna , is alive and hopes to taker her from Judge Turpin. Repair - Todd kills the judge but finds out that his wife lived and Mrs Lovett didn't tell him. He then kills Mrs Lovett. New Equilibrium - Todd is murdered by Toby after he finds out Todd killed Mrs Lovett. Anthony runs away with Todd's daughter. Propp's Character Theory Hero - Sweeney Todd Is the main character of the movie and defeats the villain. Villain - Judge Turpin Opposes Todd...

Film Chosen - Iron Man A - (Genre Theory)  Iron Man is in the action/adventure genre. It meets the expectations of the genre because throughout the film there are various different action set pieces such as explosions, fight scenes and chases, all filmed with fast paced camera movement and shots and scored with intense and gripping music. This is stereotypical of most high budget, action block busters it. It subverts the expectations of the genre by depicting the protagonist (Tony Stark) at the beginning of the film as completely unlikable. He is a drunk, misogynistic and is selfish. However his character progresses throughout the film to become the likeable Tony Stark that we know from modern day marvel movies. This is is different because the majority of heroes in superhero movies in the time period Iron Man came out were your stereotypical all good protagonists with not a lot of depth. This shows that Iron Man is transgressive of the stereotypical conventions of superhero movies...

  Name of the film chosen: The Dark Knight   1.       What genre is it? Action/Thriller     2.       What are the expectations of this genre? In your answer you can refer to ·        Use of colour ·        Setting ·        Lighting ·        Use of stereotypes/stock characters ·        imagery ·        Camera movements ·        Sound effects ·        Transitions/edits ·        Dialogue   One of the expectations of the genre is the setting. Most superhero movies in the modern day have either sci-fi settings (e.g. space or a futuristic world) or are set in well-known landmarks to create interest from different audience members. This is done to keep th...

Action Movie       The Dark Knight