Shoot/Production Of Our Film

On Friday the 23rd a group of three and I went off the Hayling Island (next to Portsmouth) to shoot our short opening for our film. The reason for going down to Portsmouth area was because we wanted to shoot down on the coast. This was because this is different to the usual idea of shooting in a built up area. Also the coast is often used in lots of indie films. We stayed at a member of the groups house, (Ben King) because they lived right next to the coast and this is the reason for us going to Hayling Island.

We started shooting early hours of the morning so that we had maximum shooting time before the tied came in to far. We realised straight away that we would need to shoot these shots over more then one day due to the fact we could not finish our shots before the tied came in. We found when filming on the beach there where many problems. For example, because it was so bright, we were unable to visualise on the camera wether the shots we in/out of focus. This was another reason why we needed to go back to the beach; we found when looking through the shots on a computer some of the needed shots where out of focus. Another problem was found in the lighting. Due to the sun being out, it meant the subject was saluted. However this in some cases worked in our favour because the shots where quit interesting.

We then had to shoot our shots for a different scene. This took place in the house in which we where staying. This shoot was much easier; we had everything we needed with us so we could easily review the footage while filming. We try a variety of different shots to achieve a more intriguing sequence. For example, in this image we where trying to get a nice POV from inside the trunk. In my opinion this shot came out very well because its makes the character look isolated and alone. In this scene was the only bit of dialog from this shoot. However, this bit of dialog was no longer then a few words because we thought dialog doe not look very good when we attempted it.

Group Roles In Our Film

All members of the group will take part in the editing.

Lewis Healy - Director

Tom Bradshaw - Staring Actor

Charlie Harris - Chief Camera Man - Supporting Actor

Ben King - Assistant Director/Camera Man - Supporting Actor

Tranformers: Age Of Extinction

Production:

This film is the 4th of a long running series of films that have made profits in the millions.
-Tranformers
-Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
-Transformers: Dark of the Moon
-Transformers: Age of Extinction

- Budget: $210 Million

- This explosive Sci-Fy Action was Directed  by Michael Bay - Renowned for his action packed, explosion filled films.

Production Companies
-Paramount Pictures
-Hasbro
-Di Bonaventura Pictures
-Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production
-Ian Bryce Productions


Distribution:

-24 official app promoting the film, and a number of video games. (Game appealing to a young audience - like the film)

-A variety of companies promoted the film, for example, Oreo promoted the film through a marketing campaign.

-Had a P&A Budget of $100million - North America and 4million - China

Distribution Companys:
-Columbia Pictures
-Paramount Picture Entertainment
-Solar Pictures
-Cocinsa
-United International Pictures
-Huaxia Film Distribution company (Distributed in China)

Exhibition:

- The film generated domestically $245million and on is opening weekend alone made $100million and earned world wide $1billion

- The film is also available to buy on iTunes at £9.99 for SD and £13.99 for HD.

20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox is a production company that is a part of the big six. This means it is one of the main/most successful production company.

Three Fox films from 2014
- Gone girl
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Taken 3

One Fox Film Coming Out Next Year
- Avatar 2

A production company owned by Fox
- Sky TV
- 20th Century Fox Television

Top Grossing Fox film of all time
-Avatar

-20th Century Fox is vertically integrated, producing and distributing it's films for both theatrical and home release.

-Fox Uses its own distributes companies, for example 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment release the films for home release.

Paramount Institutional Study

1. Three paramount films from 2014.
- Intersteller
- Transformers Age Of Extinction
- The Gambler

2. One Paramount Film Coming Out Later This Year.
-The SpongBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water

3. One Production Company Owned By Paramount, and Films They Have Produced.
- Plan B Entertainment:
- 12 Years A Slave

4. Top Grossing Paramount Film Of All Time.
- Titanic
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon

5. Example Of A Film Distribution By Paramount.
- Transformers: Age of Extinction

6. Non Film Producing/Distributing Company Owned By Paramount.
- Paramount Hotels and Resorts.

7. Other Media companies owned by Viacom.
- MTV
- Channel 5
- Comedy Central

8. Why is Paramount pictures considered a major film studio?
- They a considered to be this because they are a member of the big five, and are also vertically integrated.

9. What genres, styles, and types of films does Paramount Pictures typically product?
- The produce big, action driven, blockbuster films that are successful that occupy a large percent of the film market. (around 10%)

10. How successful are Paramount as a major film studio?
- I  Paramount are a successful film company because theyMake a huge amount of money. For example, Transformers: Age of Extinction, is in the top three growing films of 2014.

11. Give some examples of media convergence shown by paramount.
- They have produced things like tv channels, apps to promote there films like the Transformers game to attract an audience.

12. How do Paramount Distribute their films?
- Because they are vertically integrated, they distribute most of their blockbuster films themselves.

13. What, for you, are the major differences between Paramount and Film4 Productions?
- The Main difference, in my opinion, between Paramount and Film4 productions are that Paramount are a major production company that produce large blockbuster action based films, while Film4 produce indie films that are usually low budget, drama films.

Paul Hunt's 10 stereotypes of disability

1. Pitiable and pathetic - The Elephant Man













2. Victim/object of violence - Whatever Happened to baby Jane - Wheelchair-Victimised by her sister

3. Sinister and evil - Doctor No from James Bond

4. Atmosphere - Dick Tracy - diabled people just there as a 2d image to create a sermon atmosphere.











5. Super Cripple - Reach for the Sky-Phyisicaly impaired








6. Laughable - Forests Gump-has learning difficulties

7. Having a chip on their shoulder - Candyman - needs a prosthetic arm so takes their anger it out on others








8.  A burden - Gattaca - In-Valids who are not genetically perfect.









9. Non-sexual - The Men -
Disabled veteran unable of worthwhile relationships.










10 Being unable to participate in daily life - Children of a Lesser God-Abpout the absence of disabled people in everyday life

Famous People/Characters with Disabilities

Albert Einstein
The Mathematician/Physicist who had a learning disability and did not speak until age 3. He had a very difficult time doing maths in school. It was also very hard for him to express himself through writing.

Dare Devil 
Crime fighting superhero who is blind.









Raymond Babbit
Autism - Rain Man








Danny Glover 
Had dyslexia, school labeled him as retarded. Also suffered epilepsy.

Becky from Glee
In Glee the character, Becky has down syndrome 













Warwick Davis
A staring actor that has Dwarfism

Film4

-This is the website homepage links to: trailer purchase on VOD (iTunes) purchase DVD (includes 7 hours of extras) About the film screenings & DVD alternative view interviews/archives timeline.

My 45

-They promoted this film by making and interactive quiz that when finished will tell you what you would be like in 1945.

-They asked questions like, what your name is, age is and even how many bedrooms your house has.
Click here


X-Men First Class - Digital promotion:
-20th Century Fox released a promotional app on the app store for free. This included a interactive magazine featuring facts about X-Men and 1960. This magazine included pictures of characters like JFK and Magneto. It also includes audio and video clips of scenes from the film. It function like a print magazines in where you have to literally flip the pages, but that's where the similarities end. Each page features super imposed images of the film's mutants interacting with real life figures from the time period. Click here 

Representation of age in E.R

       Youth is represented in a number of ways in E.R. For example, the camera is used to make the boy seem weak and vulnerable by the use of a high angle shot, looking down on the boy. this makes him seem like a stereotypical young boy who in this case is very vulnerable. Mise-on-scene also does this by the use of props. The boy is surrounded by medical equipment including noise tubes to reinforce the boys invertible death. This also includes the makeup they have used for the boy. His eyes seem restless and his face is very pail, again stereotyping young people as weak and vulnerable. However, the dialog contradicts this when the boy says, "So it worked?" This suddenly changes our out look on the boy. It represents youths as wise and well educated seeing as he is showed to be as cleaver as a doctor.  The Mise-en-scene is also used as a counter-steriotype by the use of props. In this case they is completing a sudoko. This shows the boy is intelligent and unlike other stereotypical youths.
         The sequence ends with the sound the sound of a hart monitor beeping in the background as he starts to talk about his mum. This represents youths as dependant on the parents.
         The abrupt cross-cutinto the waiting room shows a jux-to-position from a calm medical room with a boy talking about his invertible death to a winy stereotypical boy with a small bit. This shows the maturity of the other boy.
         Old age is represented in this sequence as lonely. This is shown but the use of dialog. We see this when an old woman is sitting in a waiting room and is asked why she wants to be treated and the old lady responds, "No, I'm  just here of the hospital air." This represents the elderly as insecure and lonely.

Representation Of Age