After analysing the film poster i then went on to analysing the trailer to see if my suspicions towards the narrative and findings as to the aesthetics of what the poster has given to me. The production company Paramount is the first thing you see in this trailer . By watching the trailer i can investigate more into my case studies. In the official trailer a short film is made of a screening in Hollywood this is shown in 2009 giving a direct date as to when the the screening was allowing the audience to know that the film has been released and the queues. Footage of the public entering the screening and sitting down to watch the film. The camera cuts to the back of the cinema to show the audiences reactions to the film by doing this a great audience is lead to watch film as they see other peoples reactions to the film - two step flow. Night vision footage is used which is what is used in film to capture the footage by filming the audience in night vision it add's to the tension building in the trailer empathising its narrative. The trailer exaggerates the best parts in the showing an audiences reaction to parts of the film. No stars are shown on the trailer or anchorage this just leaves the narrative structure and quotes from reviews to appeal to an audience. This trailer highlights the conventions of the horror genre being released in October in the US add's to the film being realised all lie in the horror genre due to Halloween being in this month adding to the popularity of when audience who will see this film the tag line 'experience it for yourself' draws an audience in to put themselves to what they have seen via the audiences footage. No age rating is given to the audience allowing people to research and find out for themselves.
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Paranormal Activity (2007) - US Independent Film Trailer:
After analysing the film poster i then went on to analysing the trailer to see if my suspicions towards the narrative and findings as to the aesthetics of what the poster has given to me. The production company Paramount is the first thing you see in this trailer . By watching the trailer i can investigate more into my case studies. In the official trailer a short film is made of a screening in Hollywood this is shown in 2009 giving a direct date as to when the the screening was allowing the audience to know that the film has been released and the queues. Footage of the public entering the screening and sitting down to watch the film. The camera cuts to the back of the cinema to show the audiences reactions to the film by doing this a great audience is lead to watch film as they see other peoples reactions to the film - two step flow. Night vision footage is used which is what is used in film to capture the footage by filming the audience in night vision it add's to the tension building in the trailer empathising its narrative. The trailer exaggerates the best parts in the showing an audiences reaction to parts of the film. No stars are shown on the trailer or anchorage this just leaves the narrative structure and quotes from reviews to appeal to an audience. This trailer highlights the conventions of the horror genre being released in October in the US add's to the film being realised all lie in the horror genre due to Halloween being in this month adding to the popularity of when audience who will see this film the tag line 'experience it for yourself' draws an audience in to put themselves to what they have seen via the audiences footage. No age rating is given to the audience allowing people to research and find out for themselves.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Foreign Film : City Of God
Poster Analysis - City Of God
Trailer Analysis - City Of God
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Sunday, 21 October 2012
For My 1st Written Analysis Assignment:
For My 1st Written Analysis Assignment i shall be analyzing two scenes from the film Hobo With A Shotgun directed by Jason Eisener staring Rutger Hauer this film is about an ageing hobo ( Hauer) jumps from a freight car into a new city hoping for a freash start, he soon realises he has reached the end of the line finding himself trapped in urban hell full of murderers, rapists, prostitutes, drug abuse and corrupt cops. This film follows the story of the hobo clearing up the streets with a single shot gun against the evil crime boss the hobo is against everything to protect the streets justice.My question is:
How does the editing and lighting create tension in the ..................... scene from Hobo With A Shotgun?
(scene not yet decided)
How does the editing and lighting create tension in the ..................... scene from Hobo With A Shotgun?
(scene not yet decided)
Saturday, 6 October 2012
Critical Analysis - Alien
ALIEN:
The film Alien is a sci-fi horror film created in 1979
directed by Ridley Scott. It stars Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton and Ian
Holm as part of a crew in the spaceship ‘Nostromo’ where they are awoken out of deep sleep to an
distress signal from another planet this however was not the signal they wanted
to be woken up by but a deliberate awakening. The crew begin to equip for their
landing on the planet which the signal has been picked up from as they take a
bad landing on the planet once landing some of the crew disperse and decided to
investigate the area before towing back the broken down ship to earth what the
crew don’t know is that there is an Alien on the broken down ship which begins
to travel around ‘Nostromo’ preying on the crew.
I had to analyse two of the scenes from this film to my
choice, these two sequences are the opening sequence and the Chest buster scene. Analyzing on the mise-en-scene, sound and editing.
The opening sequence begins with a wide panning shot of
space as an establishing shot .As the film title dissolves over the shot a
menacing non diegetic soundtrack slowly fades in, setting up the films tone and
atmosphere. This suggests to the audience disequilibrium in the films plot.
The
title in this sequence is made from lettering compromising of basic geometric
shapes; this title is built up after each anchorage fades in and out making the
audience piece together what the title is. As this film is set in the future
this connotes the story line as they are on quest of discovery. A computer like
file opens up and tells the audience everything they need to know about
‘Nostromo’ and how many crew are aboard and what there course is ‘returning to
earth’ creating instant enigma codes as
to what they have done and why. A slow pulsating electronic non – diegetic
score is played to accompany a straight cut to a low angle shot where the ship
slowly passes over getting closer and closer which cuts to a interior shot from
inside the ‘Nostromo’ this establishes the setting signifying where the story
takes place. 
The mise-en-scene shows an industrial interior design of all dark
metal piping and laddering artificial lights shines through the metal grills of
the ships walls which is one of Ridley Scott’s directorial traits as used in
Blade Runner (1982) and Gladiator (2000). A dolly shot tracks through the
corridors the lighting in this shot has a red glow through the metal grills
connoting danger cutting to another significant room on the ship as it suggests
where crew members meet. This is the first room we see and the shot uses
composition of rule of thirds this shot shows a clear camera arches framing a
framing as a switch of interior design changes into a sterile area and more
resemblant of living quarters there is a coat positioned on the back of the
chair, this shot is has ambient lighting to show the fact that it’s not being
used as if it’s on standby the non – diegetic sound changes from passive and
soothing in tone to ominous and unnerving. 
The shot pans to the right as a shallow
depth of field focusing on a control panel with red and blue lighting showing
binary oppositions this used as we track down to the next shot of the darkened
corridor and a white background room this draws the attention to the ladders in
this shot and space suites giving a sign as to what they do and also a sign of
escape. There is a shot of a computer turning on this is the first movement we
see on the ship.
As the ships computer receives the distress signal the crew
are revived from there hyper sleep This is symbolic of giving birth as the
ships computer is called mother the pods wake the crew which is what a mother
does as it dominates them, in control. The non- diegetic sound changes from a
sinister score to a naturist sound. Kane arises from the pods as he is the
first to be born and is the first to die / give birth later on in the Chest buster
scene.
A tracking dolly shot is used to show the living quarters in
use with the diversity of crew eating at the table. A diegetic alarming noise
grabs the crew’s attention as they vacate the table and add costume of jackets.
The next scene I decided to analyse was the Chest buster scene
where the alien escape from Kane’s chest as he gives birth to the alien. This
scene opens up with a low angle exterior shot of the ship returning home accompanied
with a non – diegetic creeping pulsing noise like a heart monitor this
instantly gives us direction as to what this scene has to offer this then cuts
to an opening shot of the living quarters and the crew discussing what they
should do to Kane in the mise-en-scene we see food on the table and alcohol
informing the audience that this area is in use. This scene uses high key
lighting to fool the audience into believing that these parts of the ship are
safe to be as a sterile white is used unlike the corridors and exterior of the
ship. 
Diegetic noise is used as an alarm to gain the crews notice where we hear
Ash’s intercom telling the Dallas to come and see Kane however the whole crew
follow his lead a cut is used to the medical bay where the audience is
presented with a close up shot of Kane in pain in the mise-en-scene we can see
surgical tools this is so the audience knows that they are in the medical bay.
The crew surround Kane to empathize his illness and to gain the audiences focus
on Kane. Ash then walks through the center of the shot dividing the crew to him
and Kane, Ash’s costume is completely different to the crew as they have all
got some form of cream clothing on as a suggestion of uniform where as Ash is
in a blue outfit signifying he doesn't fit in and is not one of them. A close
up shot is then used again on Kane’s face to show his pain where he is asked ‘does
he remember anything about the planet’ to which he says ‘I remember some
horrible dream about been smothering ’ which cuts to Ash suggesting some form
of conflict between the two whilst he was unconscious. A cut is given to the
living quarters where the crew are participating on their last meal before retiring
to bed. Kane begins to fill his plate full of food again a cut is used back to
Ash watching Kane’s movements this happens throughout this scene creating a
clear guidance as to something is wrong between the characters.
A high angle
shot is used behind Kane while he suffers in pain this shows the audience
exactly where he will be positioned later on in the scene. Inter-cutting is used
between the two shots of Kane in pain and Ash clearly watching him suffer.
We
see Kane lay on the middle of the table with no Ash (doctor) to help him
overcome the pain in his chest where a blood splat shoots up and we then see
Ash getting involved in helping Kane. The alien disperses from Kane’s chest where
the aliens screech resembles the noise of someone giving birth as well as the amount
of blood covering the Alien the aliens tale is as similar shape as an umbilical
cord.Parker goes to kill the alien where as Ash tries to stop the killing letting the alien escape from the room cuts are used to show the split between the crew and Ash in Kane’s death and the Alien’s escape. As the alien retracts from the body the audience hears a non-diegetic noise faint heartbeat which passes from Kane to the Alien this is used as.
Monday, 1 October 2012
Critical Analysis of Club Scene In Trainspotting:
Critical Analysis of Club Scene In Trainspotting:
The scene begins with diegetic
sound of dance music being played in the nightclub the song is called ‘Temptation’
by the musical group ‘Heaven 17’ the title of the song may have dual significance
relating to the characters this being firstly due to the drug addiction and how
the heroin tempts them into relapse secondly it may relate to sexual temptation
as they are discussing their relationships and are at the club to pursue
females.
Renton played by Ewan McGregor is stood in front
of a portrait painting of the character Travis Bickle from Martin Scorsese
1976 film Taxi Driver where Bickel takes the law into his own hands by hunting down
criminals such as drug dealers this intertextual reference highlights Renton’s
drug addiction and how it can often lead to crime and violence. The portrait of
Bickel is pointing guns at Renton’s head from behind him almost like and execution
for his crimes. 
Another intertextual reference
relating to the night club is how it is decorated in a style recreating the
milk bar from Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. In this film a
gang of violent youths frequently partake in drinking milk laced with a variety
of drugs prior to committing brutal attacks. This again might be a reference to
the serious consequences to drug addiction. 
We see are shown a two shot medium
close up of two girls exiting the restrooms as they make there way to the
mirrors. As we know that Gail is reflecting about her dominative relationship
over spud. Which is why we are given this shot as mirrors represent reflection
and this is what Gail is doing in this scene. We are then given a similar shot of Spud and
Tommy openly discussing how Spud isn’t getting enough sexual pleasure from
Gail. We can see a contrast in location of the girls going away to the toilets
to discuss the matter and the males shouting it in the club.
We see the girl enter back into
the club where they approach the boys and ask ‘what are you talking about?’ in
sync where they are given a reply of ‘football’ and the question is then asked
to the girls and they say ‘shopping’ playing on gender stereotype because they
are both lying about what they were talking about as they don’t want to tell
each other what they are talking about when all four of them are talking about
the same matter.
We are given a point
of view shot of Renton, showing that he hasn’t got a girlfriend as he watches
all of his friends in envy. We are shown a couple being seductive to one
another which makes Renton envy’s and more desperate to find a partner for the
night. In this film we are given narration by Renton making it clear that this
is from his point of view which is what accompanies the shot type. Renton was
searching through the club looking for a partner using point of view shots of
other couples in envy where he spots Diane standing alone at the bar this
sequence is deliberately cut to the fast pace of the score creating a montage.
Colour conations of the red building
, red lipstick , red coat which is all around Diane symbolises the lust , love
and danger of there relationship which peruses in this film. Which possibly
suggests danger for Renton caused by Diane as we find out later in the film
that she is underage and he has being having sexual relations with her. When Diane’s
black mailing come into play. Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Why I Enjoy Leon; the Profession and why it’s My Favourite Film;
Why I Enjoy Leon; the
Profession and why it’s My Favourite Film;
The reason’s I enjoy this film so much is because not only
does the techniques (camera angles , sound) that they use to help build a character
I feel it add’s to the story line when they use mysterious diegetic sound to
climax a scene it makes me want to watch the film as it builds my curiosity and
interest. Although I have watched this film many times I love how the film
begins tracking over the tree’s which symbolises the ending of the film when
Matilda plants Leon’s plant to develop into a bigger older tree. I really appreciate
how they have edited Leon thinking of rule of thirds when overlaying the
anchorage title whilst showing where the film is set ‘New York’. We know its
New York even if we missed the establishing shot as it shows the yellow cabs. When
Leon is first introduced we see him with a glass of milk and this follows him
all throughout the film I can relate to
this as I drink lots of milk each day and people say that Leon is my role model
for my milk drinking. When we are introduced to Leon on his first ‘Clean’ I really
think the way that the camera’s move with his client following his movement
from front and behind is aesthetically pleasing as it makes us feel like we are
involved with the scene and keeps us close with the characters.
I think that when we are introduced to Matilda at the top of
the stair case smoking a cigarette we know that she is too young to be smoking
and see her bruises it instantly tells you that something is wrong with the
family and the child, when Leon spots the bruise he immediately shows of his fatherly
caring side to the audience. I appreciate the way this film is developed with
use of camera angles especially when they use a high angle on Stan taking his
medication and clicks his neck I think this instantly gives away his character
and the noise used creates a shiver down the spine.
I think this film uses its camera angles so wisely showing
character connections between Matilda and Leon when training her to become a ‘Cleaner’
you can really tell that he wants to help Matilda and also you can see a caring
fatherly figure , when on the front cover we see ‘he moves without sound. Kills
without emotion, disappears without a trace’ you can see that he has broken all
rules to protect Matilda and help her on her mission to kill Stan and his team.
This film offers drama and climaxing straight away from the
start with use of music and amazing script writing, the first mission begins at
03:30 where we see Leon’s gun but we don’t see Leon till 04:55 this is what I love
about this film Leon is so hidden until the final where he fails and meet’s
Stan however he does kill Stan but himself also. I find this film very climatic
and on edge which keeps me watching all the time.
Information About Leon; The Professional:
Background information about the film Leon; The Professional:
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Leon The Professional is a french thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson and produced by Patrice Ledoux. This film was released in France on the 14th September 1994 however the film wasn't released to the UK until the 3rd of February 1995. This film was filmed in New York however some were done in studio's in the heart of Paris. This film stars cast members such as Jean Reno and Natalie Portman (her first film she ever stared in) and the lights of Gary Oldman.This film was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Gaumont Film Company.This film runs for a total running time of 110 minutes telling the story of Matilda played by Natalie a 12 year old girl who's half farther stores drugs for ex cops ; Stan (Gary) . “Leon” is based
around the story of a young teenage girl called 'Matilda'. Matilda's family run
into some bad business as her dad stores drugs for a two-faced cop
(played by Gary Oldman). When Stan (the cop) takes a visit to Matilda's house
to find that his stored drugs have been stretched he takes revenge on the
family and pay them a visit. The family is shot down during the break in,
Stan's team go on to find the drug's in the house whilst doing so they shoot
nearly every member of the family dead. However, Matilda has gone to the shop
and walks straight past her house down to Leon's room and begs for shelter.
Leon kindly lets her in and she soon discovers her neighbour’s true profession,
being a cleaner (a Hitman). Once this secret is revealed Matilda wants to take
her revenge on Stan and his team and asks Leon to train her to become a
cleaner. Leon tries to keep Matilda out of trouble unsuccessfully when
Stan's team notice there was a 3rd child (Matilda). Stan's team build up
information about Leon and who he works for until a whole swat team goes after
them where Leon can't physically take down a whole SWAT team and takes them on shooting a member down he puts the mask on and exits down the stairs as an 'injured cop' however Stan shoots him to his surprise Leon pulls the rings on his grenades and blows himself and Stan to pieces leaving Matilda to continue school and live her life with no regrets.
This is where Leon's boss 'Tony' works and sets up the work for Leon and also takes on Matilda on her offer . This is where Leon asked his boss to look after all his money and if he didn't survive to get Matilda into school and give her his money.
71 97th Street ,
Upper Estate Side
New York.
This is the famous staircase we see Matilda first meet Leon whilst she smokes a cigarette and this is also the case where Leon put's on a cop disguise and walks past all of Stan's team to exit the building.
Hotel Chelsea,
222 West 23rd Street,
New York
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Luc Besson: Leon: The Professional
Brian De Palma:Scarface
Brian De Palma was notoriously known for his suspense and crime thriller films main titles include Scarface , Mission Impossible and Untouchables. Brian's reputation began to progress in the 1970's in Hollywood. One of his major successes towards his career was the film titled 'Scarface' which was released in 1983 on the 9th of December. The film Scarface is based around a drug dealing business which is ran by a Cuban refugee the film is set in the heart of Miami. Scarface received a mixed critics response due to the harsh use of graphic violence used in scenes and foul language however this film had gained over $4.6million in its opening weekend this film was a hit. It drew so many people in to see this shocking crime thriller. In america the film was given and X rating for the violence used which was then cut to rating R after Brian convinced the box office that the film is showing an actual portrayal of the real-life drug underground. Brian then asked if he could release the directors uncut he was refused until studio executives couldn't tell the difference between the three cuts. He was aloud to release them in theaters with an unproved 'R' rating. Scarface yet again is another one of my favorites for showing the reality to the underground and giving us and insight to other cultures and how the illegal drug business can raise and collapse. I feel the way in how the movie is climaxes towards the end is amazing the build up of the characters is done to its best. And the end scene just shows how good Brian De Palma's work is. I give this film *****
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Robert Rodriguez:
Robert Rodriguez, is one of my favourite film
directors not only does his film making interpret hidden meanings and has
comical values it he shows a lot of representation through his way of producing
the film. When using his knowledge of cartoon making which helped his
films stand out a mile. Films such as Sin City and Planet Terror. Both films
are filmed in a unique style where he uses hard lighting in effect to create
the Chiaroscuro effect. Sin City was released in 2005 this film uses
colour and it's representation in a very unique way although most of this film
is in black and white there are scene's which will show colour such as deep red
this draws out the sexy female that Robert Rodriguez tries to create this
colour is not only used with female cast but also on the front of the DVD case.
By using this effect helps draw out hidden meanings such as their emotion as
red is related to; love,compassion, blood, death e.c.t
Robert uses this carefully as he wants to keep the film noir effect this is why
he keeps the colour to a minimal and only uses this on certain characters
such as the 'Yellow Bastard' played by Nick Stahl .Robert uses this on
the main character 'The Yellow Bastard' . This is to
draw out all of Robert Representatives to help the audience
understand his film the way he wants them see the film he does this by manipulating them into taking
in the colours. Robert was very cleaver when using this technique he used it
carefully and simply but by doing this he raised his stakes in the film
industry when Sin City flew in the film world and was shown all over the world
due to high demand. The way in which Robert created the films added his
influence of his passion in cartoons. Once the film was released it was highly
noticed for how abstract it was to others out.
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