Examples of Different Angles

Low Angle

These are two examples of low angle shots from the trailer for Taken 2. The first clip gives the effect that he is a dominant character looking down on someone. The effect in the second one creates the impression of distance between the grave and the man, showing how far away from him the body is.

High Angle

These two clips are examples of High Angle Shots from the trailer of The Pact. They both give the effect that the character is helpless and are inferior in the shot. It makes them look small and weak. This adds to the effect of the fact they seem powerless and not in control.

Extreme High Angle

These two clips are examples of Extreme High Angle Shots from the film trailer Men in Black 3. The effect of these is to make the city look huge and daunting and to show how far down it will be if you fall.

Arial Shots



These two clips are examples of Arial shots from a Film called Contraband. The effect of the first clip is to show you the size of the city and to make you feel lost with in hundreds of miles squared of city. However the second clip shows how even though you’re small you still can be found.


Crane Shot

Above are two examples of Crane Shots from Wrath of The Titans. The effect of these is to give an Arial view shot from a camera mounted to a crane of the mise en scene. This also gives the effect of emptiness of the surroundings putting a huge space between the characters and normality.

Canted Angle

Above are two examples of canted angle shots from the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The effect of these is to show slightly confusing/ funny/ twisted things that happen in the film or things that make you think 'wow that was weird'

Level Of Framing

Here are two examples of different levels of framing from the film 21 Jump Street. The effect in the first clip is to emphasise the object (the bag) and make you focus in on it as you are the same height as it. In the second clip you are the same height as the bike crash making you focus directly on that as oppose to anything else. It also helps you empathise better for the rider involved.

Examples of different Shots

Mid Shots

These two examples of  mid shots are both from the Sweeny. They are both of the main two characters. The effect of this in the trailer is to introduce you to two of the main characters.

 

 

Medium Close Ups 

 

Here are two examples of medium close ups from the film Batman - The Dark Knight Rises.The effect of this is to show an important conversation which takes place in the film between these two characters.

 

 

Long Shots

 

These two clips are examples of long-shots from the film Hangover.

The effect of these is to show the group of people and some of the antics that go on in the film.

Extra Long Shots

 

These are two examples of extra long shots (ELS) from the film The Dictator
The first clip was used to achieve the effect of a security camera in the lobby in the hotel. They used ELS so they could fit the whole lobby in. However the second one was made to look like it was the view of a spectator in the crowd.




Close Ups

 

Above are three examples of close up shots from the film American Beauty. The first clip uses the close up to add to the mystery of the young boy as he is a strange character. The second clip contains two close up shots, both used to add to the effect of an intimate relationship occurring.

 

 

 

Medium Long Shots

 

These are two examples of Medium Long Shots from the film The Inbetweeners. These are used to create a distance. For example in clip one it is used to create distance between reality and their thoughts. In clip two it creates distance between the girls and the lads.

American Beauty

Summary of 2 Scenes From American Beauty

5 Favourite

5 favourite metal Songs

Asking Alexandria – Not the American average

Bring Me the Horizon – Chelsea Smile

Bring Me the Horizon – Diamonds aren’t forever

Bullet for My Valentine – Your Betrayal

Asking Alexandria – A Prophecy

5 Favourite Films

A knight’s tale

Hunger Games

Missing Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Transformers – Dark of the Moon

The Damned United

5 Favourite Tv Comedy Programmes

A Question of Sport

Family guy

South Park

American dad

Al Murray Pub Landlord

Mission Impossible

British and American Film Industries

A summary of the American and British film industry would be that the Americans own 90% of the industry with only 6 main producers:

·         Warner Brothers – owned by the conglomerate Time Warner – made sex in the city, inception, harry potter, the dark knight rises..

·         Paramount – owned by the conglomerate Viacom (who also own MTV and Nickelodeon) – made the jackass films, mission impossible and Shrek.

·         20^th Century fox – owned by the conglomerate News Corp ( who also own sky, the sun, fox etc.) – they made avatar, ice age, A team …

·         Walt Disney – owned by the conglomerate The Walt Disney Company ( who also own Disney land, Pixar, Disney channel …) made pirates of Caribbean, Narnia, toy story …

·         Columbia pictures – owned by the conglomerate Sony Corporation (also owns Sony records, Sony music, Sony computers…) made men in black, girl with the dragon tattoo, 21 jump street…

·         Universal pictures – owned by the conglomerate GE (general electric) ( also owns RCA films) made Ted, Safe house, Bourne films

The American film industry is dominated by 6 major studios each owned by a conglomerate. The film studio is only a subsidiary. This makes it an oligopoly as there are only a few firms in the industry. Some of the American conglomerates use vertical integration for example news corp. This is where they own more than one step in the supply process, e.g. producing the film, marked using another subsidiary and putting trailers on another subsidiary. However some use horizontal integration. This is when they own several stages in the supply process e.g. when the produce films and games about the films on the computer and phones.

The British film industry has no conglomerates and owns much less of the industry. The main ones are:

·         Big talk Pictures – made Paul, Shaun of the dead, Hot Fuzz

·         Working Title Films – made the boat that rocked, about a boy, Billy Elliot, Bridget Jones

·         Film 4 (subsidiary of channel 4) – made This is England, East is East

·         BBC Films (subsidiary of BBC) made – the damned united, the boy in the striped pyjamas

·         Eccose Films – made Mrs Brown, Charlotte Grey

·         UK Film Council (government owned and funded by the lottery) – made woman in black, kidulthood and adulthood

Calvin Klein - Female Gaze

She has her legs open as a come on gesture, and is striking a pose to make herself look attractive. The product is appealing to women and they like what they see but the image appeals to the men as the girl is highly attractive with a nice figure and good breasts. She looks sexual like she has just finished and is still sweaty. The photo is in black and white therefore shows no colour and is adding another effect to the photo and makes it more sexual. She is modelling for Calvin Klein underwear and is wearing a sexy product which entices the buyer to aspire to look like her. Also men may buy it for their wives/ girlfriends so they look nice and to turn them on. Eva Mendez is a top American actor and has been picked to model for Calvin Klein as she is tremendously good looking and sells the product well.

Calvin Klein - Male Gaze

He is trying to appeal to males to sell Calvin Klein boxers. He has oiled himself up to try and get a shine on his muscles. This is a possibility or he is sweaty and could possibly have just had sexual intercourse. His body is also tanned and very toned. He is breaking the fourth wall by looking straight into the camera and trying to connect with the viewer and to create a relationship. He has a tattoo that could be covered with makeup but is left to look aggressive and hard. He is giving a suggestive look to the camera to try and entice the viewer. The advert would appeal to women who may buy the product for their husband/ partner; this is because of the image used. He is holding the bar above his head to that he can flex his muscles and look more appealing. The product is appealing to men however the image appeals to women and to gay men. The background is red which shows love, passion and aggression.

The Gaze – Forms of the gaze

The spectators gaze – The viewer (us) looking at the object (actor/actress in a film)

The intra-diegetic gaze – People looking at each other in a text

The look of the camera – works best in a scene where a character is on their own. The camera will, look up and down a character or focus on a body part

The direct address (or extra diegetic) to the viewer – the actor looks at us. It’s called breaking the fourth wall

What it does: It creates a relationship and tells us it (the film) isn’t real)

 

Representation

 

Representation *1 – The man

 On first impressions alone when I look at the man having not met him he looks like a tramp. He has a long beard and long hair and is smoking. This is the classic appearance of most beggars in Leicester. This could suggest the man is homeless and is in fact a beggar. He also has patched up trousers that are too short and his shoes are scuffed. He may have a drug or alcohol problem that may have led to him being in debts and homeless.

This is in fact a very wealthy interior designer who works for Ralph Lauren. His ‘scuffed’ shoes are £200+ and his patched trousers that are too short are his choice of fashion and style. His shirt and jacket are new and look ironed. His trousers aren’t dirty, they are clean and ironed.

Representation *2 – The mad Lady

Personally this lady looks crazy and out of place in the picture. She looks strange with her multi coloured outfit on and stood in front of some dull grey council flats. She looks like she is on the way to some sort of fancy dress party and or could be wearing it for a bet. She looks and elderly lady and looks very ‘unique’ to be kind. Also her hat looks like a miniature umbrella that has had paint spilled on it.

This in fact is a very well thought after lady who is on first name terms with many different fashion labels and is gifted top clothes/ dresses and jewellery to publicise. She does this when she is in newspapers and magazines wearing their clothes.

 

Representation *3 – The Businessman

The man in the picture (right) looks like a manager of a business. He looks well dressed in a smart casual suit with no tie which suggests he is high up in the business or even owns the business. In my mind he looks aggressive and intimidating due to his facial expression in the photo. He looks very trustworthy and in the photo looks like he is reading some cheques which again suggests business man.

However this man happens to be a mass murderer up on charges in court for killing over 30 people. The suit was provided by the state which makes him look appropriate in the court of law. He used his good looks to draw people in, get them to meet him and then kill them. This very much proves you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover!

Reprisentation of me

If I had to do a representation of myself I would say it very much depends on what I look like on the day. E.G. whether I have my hair gelled or not etc, what I am wearing etc.

I would say sometimes I look scruffy, for example when I ride my BMX or skateboard I look scruffy sometimes with holes in my jeans or older t-shirts on that I don’t mind getting muddy and ruined. Also I imagine myself to look slightly like a skater. I think this because of the type of trainers, jeans, t-shirts I wear and also the types of brands I wear. E.G. Element, DC, Flip, Es, heathen etc… are all skate brands.

However sometimes I look smart like when I wear nice clothes that look good. Also when I wear my Dr Dre Beats Studios it may make me look smart and like I have a job and I am hard working so that I can afford nice things like new phones, iPods etc. I think I may look spoilt with my nice things but I know I buy everything myself with money I earn from working.

Ok go 'this too shall pass'

Some university students set themselves a challange/ project to accomplish whilst they were at uni. They created a chain reaction of sequences which led to a knock on effect of something else happening. Like when dominoes bang into one another. This is a truely phenominal video is incredible and created a big talking point as to whether it was filmed all in on go or whether bits were cut together. This controvasy shouldnt draw away from the remarkable sequences that happen.

The Hunger Games

This is the official trailer for The Hunger Games. I first watched this film in the cinima when it came out, since I watched it twice on the airoplane and enjoyed it every time I watched it. The trailer flicks between the start and end of the film which I feel adds to the effect and pourtrays cleaver advertizing. I believe is a very good film and I would recomend watching it.

Bad Signal (Hadouken)

Hadoukens new song released on 2012 released only 2 monthes ago. Here is the official song "Bad Signal" Here is a link to the website for ticket info and tour dates. Also all there songs are available for download off the website..... >>>> http://hadouken.com/ <<<<

Danny Macaskill Way Back Home

This is an awsome video about a rider who spent some of his spare time whilst he was at university riding his bike. His name is Danny Macaskill, he became brilliant on his bike and decided to make some videos with his friends. He does some crazy tricks on his bike and amazed the world with his vedeo "way back home." He is a great role modell for people to aspire to be and to achive the things he does whilst studying at the same time.