Monday, 30 January 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Conventions of a Romantic Genre
Narrative
The couple meet and fall in love, but there is someone who disagrees. There is a typical feud, and they break up.
The couple meet and fall in love, but there is someone who disagrees. There is a typical feud, and they break up.
Usual Characters
A boy and a girl. Usually the boy isn’t ‘good enough’ for the girl. The parents who generally disagree. The girl is usually the one who is wealthy.
A boy and a girl. Usually the boy isn’t ‘good enough’ for the girl. The parents who generally disagree. The girl is usually the one who is wealthy.
Themes
Love
Love
Settings
Somewhere romantic at some point. Always in well off areas.
Somewhere romantic at some point. Always in well off areas.
Costumes and Props
Dresses, Birds, Flowers, Calm/Sweet Music.
Filming/Editing Techniques
High key lighting, when things are good. Low-key lighting when things go wrong. Bright colours are used in the girl’s clothes, and the boy has dull colours. Lots of close up to show the expressions of their faces. A lot of 2 shots are used.
By Amelia O'Callaghan
Summary On Chosen Genre
After intensive research we have chosen to make our film using the 'Romantic' genre. We have chosen this genre due to easy accessible resources and we decided that genre's such as Horror or SciFi didn't interest the group and would be harder to make look realistic due to lack of resources.
By Amelia O'Callaghan
By Amelia O'Callaghan
Other Film Analysis's
http://asfoundationbonniemassey.blogspot.com/
http://asfoundationportfoliosophieduncombe.blogspot.com/
These are the others in my group that have analysed possible genres we could make our film on.
http://asfoundationportfoliosophieduncombe.blogspot.com/
These are the others in my group that have analysed possible genres we could make our film on.
Preliminary Task Video
By Amelia O'Callaghan, Bonnie Massey and Sophie Duncombe
Ideas PowerPoint
Ideas PowerPoint
This PowerPoint included our three main ideas for three different genre's.
By Amelia O'Callaghan, Bonnie Massey and Sophie Duncombe
By Amelia O'Callaghan, Bonnie Massey and Sophie Duncombe
Monday, 23 January 2012
Legally Blonde Opening
This film opening from 'Legally Blonde' uses credits similar to what we would like to use. Twelve seconds into the clip there is an effect which looks like the title is being 'written' on, which lasts for six seconds. Further more twenty seconds into the clip you can see that there are hearts above the letter "i" throughout the titles. We hope to include this within our opening as it helps enhance the conventions of a 'Romantic' genre.
By Amelia O'Callaghan
P.S I Love You (2mins)
Associated Institutions:
Warner Bros, Alcon EntertainmentTarget Audience: 15-28 year old women
Main Characters: Gerard Butler, Hilary Swank
The scene begins with a non diegetic soft, calm music, where the guitar is prominent. there is an establishing shot of a busy American Street. There is then a mid shot of a man and woman coming out of an underground tube station. The music is still playing and although the expressions on the characters face seem concerned the music keeps the scene calm and caring. The font on the opening credits is a modern, funky white font. We follow the man and woman through the street and they then go into a room which has red walls - representing love in the scene. The music eventually stops at 1min35 when the man begins to speak.
By Amelia O'Callaghan
Titanic (2mins)
Associated Institutions:
20th Century Fox
Target Audience: 16-30 year old women
Genre: Romance
Main Characters: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
The scene begins with soft, calm, non diegetic music. The clip then fades into a black and white establishing shot of the Titanic and varies characters, the scene, however, has been edited with a slightly yellow tinge - giving the impression of an historical view. The scene carries on fading into varies shot types of the ship and the characters waving. The opening titles are a traditional looking font, capital letters and white. The clip then fades to the ocean and the title 'TITANIC' appears in bold white font. The scene then again fades into a modern view of two ships in the water.
By Amelia O'Callaghan
Spiderman (2mins)
Associated Institutions:
Columbia, MarvelTarget Audience: 16-25 year old Men
Main Characters:
Toby Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco
The clip begins with a dramatic, fast music. The beginning is f animated spiders web, where the editing chooses to use quick/zooming techniques. The opening is modern and fast paced, fitting in with the music. The three main colours are grey/black and red, this clearly shows that the film is directed at the male audience.
By Amelia O'Callaghan
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
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