Classroom notes

Film Studio

Objectives of the lesson:

1.To be able to indicate how films are produced and distributed.

2. To research and decide upon the film studio who will produce/distribute your film.

Starter: List as many film studios as you can.

-Disney Pictures

-Century Fox

-Universal Group

-Columbia Pictures

-Warner bros

-Pixar

-Lions Gate

-Spy Glass

-Lakeshore

-MGM

-Touchstone

-New line

-Paramount

-Happy Madison

-RKO

A film studio is a studio that produces and/or distributes motion pictures.

Niche=A small group of people with a particular shared interest.

There are six main studios operating in the modern industry:

-Walt Disney

-Paramount

-Universal

-Warner Brothers

-Sony/Columbia

-Fox

The distribution is in charge of getting the film to the audiences, that involves organizing for the film to receive an age certificate by regulation bodies, such as the BBFC and MPAA; an arranging outlets globally and DVD/television rights; arranging for prints of the film; marketing, publically and promotion of the film.

Analysis of the Foley sounding and recoring of the fight sequence.

This is our group fight scene. The ambition of the task was to produce a fight scene in which would have conventions in the film industry. So, to begin with we had to fill each member within our group with a role and me and Nicola was chosen as actors, Louise as the filmed and Claire helped us by creating sound effects at first. We, chose the narrative by group discussion and the chosen narrative: a youth in which was scary would attack a old grannie to try and rob her shopping which worked quite well as, it had the realism that would in turn be familiar and not so shocking within society as, the papers have similar stories.

Once, we finished shooting it was all a matter of time in which we had to edit, this was done on the apple macs so that we could source programmed such as, iMovie. We, choose to use iMovie as, we felt more confident with this programmed and this would therefore, produce a better outcome if we thought it did. Then, we finished shooting and had to present to the class. We then, as a class was told that we had to create Foley sounding for the fight scene with the food that he sourced which was vegetables, meat and nuts. With all the items we used we practiced so that the best outcome would be produced. Celery sticks implicated the sound of broken bones. Nuts cracking for a sense of cracking noises and bone movement.

Some of the Foley sounding sequence events that we did have to make and invent the so included: Picking up the shopping bag, snapping bones, opening a door, answering a mobile phone and walking down a corridor with no noise.

When creating some of the noises it can be suggested that we learnt it was a great help to have the footage available for viewing as, we could then view it whilst making the noise, which meant that the timing was perfected. This also meant that we could alternate as,  we could view before making the noise which meant that each noise was less time consuming. I felt that this added and adapted our organizational skills; meaning that we worked much better as a group as, it gave us direction.

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One could consider, that mixing two noises together gave a great outcome as, it added to noise effect meaning that it made the noise seem more cohesive to the footage, this was visible through the fight scenes such as, mixing meat slaps and crunching nut shells gave a realistic falling sound to hit the floor. This meant that those less indirect actions that maybe not noticed until the reviewing stage could have those background Foley soundings to make the fight look real and continues instead of an alternative of stop and go.

Previous to the Foley sounding we did improvise by making sounds. Claire made sounds for the fight scene in which turnt out rather well. Although, the sounds produced was good we did choose to use the vegetables to see how it could turn out; especially if we took this avenue within our own opening title sequence.

The editing process was completed on Final Cut; Nicola and Daisy completed most of the editing of the Foley soundtrack, which turned out rather well. We completed most of the sounds within the lesson which helped as, it meant most of the Foley sound could also be finished within that time and it re-shooting/sounding needed to occur we could time manage well.

Overall, I basically learnt some skills that will hopefully help us as a group to produce a great opening title sequence. The skills in which I learnt include: learning to work betters a team more cohesively, shooting skills as well as being able to film. In summary, I would say that what we produced worked well and if an opening title sequence with a fight scene as, a convention would be covered.

Kyle Cooper presentation

Kyle cooper presentation from Nicolavickery

Film Studio Research

Film Studio research task on Prezi

Mr Teddy Presentation

Call me mr teddy presentation from ThomasMadden96

Our group produced a presentation and delivered it to the class so that they could produce some feedback. The purpose was to see whether we could improve what we had previously just did in terms of the film idea and identifies the successes and make them a main focus. The presentation was delivered to all the peers within my class that was also creating a film for an opening title sequence.

The main focus that was picked out by the groups was our budget. It was deemed upon as rather ambitious and over confident although it was based on the film Get smart and they received the same budget to create the film and the same profit margins. There was a lot a suggestion that bothered a group they suggested that having two high-profile famous comical actors should be prevented as, they will both distract from the actual storyline.in our opinion we argued this suggestion as film such as ‘’Dumb and Dumber’’ had two comical actor and was a huge success. Therefore, with discussion the teacher decided also, having two comical characters was fine with our plot as, one was aiming to be a sidekick.

Some of the recognizable successes within our Film idea were the plot and the overall narrative as; it matched towards our target audience. Others also said the detail of the presentation was good as; it helped to further their understanding.

Overall, it was a success and we are planning to work upon all of the improvements so that we can make our film idea much more cohesive and well constructed.

The Game

(Image of the Game)

In Class Analysis of the opening title sequence for the game-

Style-

-Classical music makes it seem like the pace and flow is gradually the same throughout.

-The piano builds tension creating a sense of secrecy and that someone is going to get killed, as it seems that the climax is waiting to occur.

-Old fashion shots are juxtaposed by the ending of a modern society.

-The puzzle at the beginning breaks and looks like metal an indication of wealth.

Settings-

When? 1960's-1970's indication through the old images but could be an old memory through the change in setting.

-The beggining juxtaposes the end, old vs. new and city vs. countryside.

-Suggestion of someone’s house via the door entrance, the swimming pool and the wedding in an almost looking garden.

Thematic-

-Family descent, through the use of the walking away from the child.

-Innocence, the child seems corrupted by the dad’s loss of interest.

-Family disruption

-Evil

-Loneliness, no one seems to care for the child, he seems to be lonesome.

-Rich and wealthy. Through the indication of the house size etc.

-Identity, the dad seems to be hidden almost like he is hiding something.

Iconography-

-House holds secrets.

-Birthday cake, celebration, which doesn’t seem to be joyous for the child as the much needed attention the child desires seems to be abandoned.

-Old photo style much like a picture suggests something has happened to the child (died or kidnapped).

-Boat- the father gives the son a boat a suggestion that there is a divide and that dad wants to make it or him float away much like the boats purpose.

Narrative-

-Puzzle at the beginning of the title sequence suggests, that something is missing the main actors life and throughout the story that desired gap will become filled.

-The doorstep seems an upfront persona that he really doesn’t love his child but pretends to around people.

-The child may want revenge for being swept aside.