Sundance Film Festival
(park city)
- most important film festival in the US
- takes place every January
- 2010, introduced a new non-competitive showcase section for ones with micro-budget ('NEXT')
- out of more that 3,700 submissions, 120 are eventually shown at the festival
Toronto International Film Festival
(Toronto, Canada)
- 'charitable cultural organisation'
- sponsored by:
Bell
Visa
L'oreal
Royal Bank
- 40th anniversary
- runs from December not January
South By Southwest
(Austin, Texas, US)
- this is used as the 'post sun dance crowd of films'
- independent western US spirit
- this takes place in Maron for five days starting on the 15th for music
- film usually starts on the 11th of March till the 19th, so lasts much longer than the other events
- sponsors include:
ensurance
monsters
mazda
mcdonalds
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
(The Netherlands)
- this festival usually takes place every year in November
- sponsors include:
oxfam
devolkskrant
vpro
fonds21
- this festival usually focuses on documentaries (international and creative)
IDFA Bertha Fund
Venice Film Festival
(Italy)
- founded in 1932
- in 2015 it showed 100 films
- there are usually 2 awards given:
golden icon
silver icon
- this festival includes separate events:
Art Exhibition
Contemporary Music
Theatre Festival
Architecture Exhibition
Contemporary Dance
International Kids Carnival
Annual Venice Film Festival
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Friday 13 November 2015
Lionsgate
Lionsgate is a Canadian-American entertainment company. A lot of the films they distribute are from other companies such as Trimark Pictures and Vestron Pictures. The ownership of certain things depend on licenses which come with it. This company also ventures into television, record labels and video gaming. This means that each sector is able to help the rest. For example, with a film coming out they would usually produce a videogame afterwards if this film was successful.
Budgets and grosses
The Blair Witch Project
Production Budget: $60,000
Worldwide Lifetime Gross: $248,639,009
Paranormal Activity
Production Budget: $15,000
Worldwide Lifetime Gross: $193,355,800
Avatar
Production Budget: $237,000,000
Worldwide Lifetime Gross: $2,787,965,087
Production Budget: $60,000
Worldwide Lifetime Gross: $248,639,009
Paranormal Activity
Production Budget: $15,000
Worldwide Lifetime Gross: $193,355,800
Avatar
Production Budget: $237,000,000
Worldwide Lifetime Gross: $2,787,965,087
Recent Films
I do not go to the cinema that often but the last two films I went to see were Spectre and The Godfather.
Spectre:
Due to this film being the new bond film, and supposedly the last time Daniel Craig is beign bond there have been lots of different ways in which they have advertised this. The main reason I wetn to watch the film is simply that it is a bond film. There was also lots of anticipation for thi filmt o come out creating more excitement.
The Godfather:
I recently watched a screening of this film as I haven't seen it before and it was being played with a live orchestra. I was aware of this opportunity from word of mouth and sounded interesting. It was created into more of an event than a movie.
Spectre:
Due to this film being the new bond film, and supposedly the last time Daniel Craig is beign bond there have been lots of different ways in which they have advertised this. The main reason I wetn to watch the film is simply that it is a bond film. There was also lots of anticipation for thi filmt o come out creating more excitement.
The Godfather:
I recently watched a screening of this film as I haven't seen it before and it was being played with a live orchestra. I was aware of this opportunity from word of mouth and sounded interesting. It was created into more of an event than a movie.
Jennifer Lawrence
What would they bring to a role in a film?
Jennifer Lawrence has played lots of different roles although her 'claim to fame' would have been in 2012 until 2015, where she starred as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games. From this she became the highest-grossing action heroine of the year. After being cast for this she took part in many other films, usually playing an independent, strong women. Since 2012 she has created a name for herself meaning that by getting her in a film, it suggests that you had a large budget for the movie, but you are also able to use star marketing as she developed a large fan base especially around the age group of young teenage girls.
Jennifer Lawrence has played lots of different roles although her 'claim to fame' would have been in 2012 until 2015, where she starred as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games. From this she became the highest-grossing action heroine of the year. After being cast for this she took part in many other films, usually playing an independent, strong women. Since 2012 she has created a name for herself meaning that by getting her in a film, it suggests that you had a large budget for the movie, but you are also able to use star marketing as she developed a large fan base especially around the age group of young teenage girls.
Monday 9 November 2015
DNA film productions
Dredd 3D
2012
Genre: science fiction action film
Director: Pete Travis
Writer: Alex Garland
Producer: Alex Garland
Budget: $45 million
Box Office profit in America: $41 million
Never Let Me Go
2010
Genre: adaptation of a dystopian science fiction novel
Director: Mark Romanek
Budget: $15 million
Overall profit: $9,455,232
Sunshine on Leith
2013
Genre: British musical
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Musical Director: Paul Englishby
Profit: $8,780,874 million
2012
Genre: science fiction action film
Director: Pete Travis
Writer: Alex Garland
Producer: Alex Garland
Budget: $45 million
Box Office profit in America: $41 million
Never Let Me Go
2010
Genre: adaptation of a dystopian science fiction novel
Director: Mark Romanek
Budget: $15 million
Overall profit: $9,455,232
Sunshine on Leith
2013
Genre: British musical
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Musical Director: Paul Englishby
Profit: $8,780,874 million
Main Genres Produced by the UK Film Industry Through the Last 30 Years
Costume/Period Dramas
Costume dramas have been very popular through out the last thirty years, these are dramas which try to accurately depict a specific period in time. The target audience for these types of films are usually female teenagers who would regard themselves to be in the middle to upper-class. Underneath are some examples of period dramas in the last thirty years.
- sense and sensibility
- the new world
- the portrait of a lady
- bleak house
- her majesty, Mrs. Brown
Social Realism
Another popular genre is Social Realism where directors use different everyday situations and make them more interesting and engaging. This has currently become very popular due to the fact that a lot of films can create this genre without a lot of money and still can still be really effective. Another reason why it is popular would be because of how relatable it is to 'ordinary' people. These are some examples of popular social realism films with low budgets but have still been popular:
- trainspotting
- frank
- human traffic
International Romantic Comedies
Another extremely popular genre of film would be 'RomComs', this is due to the interest that teenage girls have in them. The idea of finding the right person. These films are much higher budget and follow the same storyline with slight differences. It follows the thought to be 'idealistic' love story. These are popular examples which have been created in the last thirty years:
- pretty women
- notting hill
- you've got mail
- bridget jones's diary
Costume dramas have been very popular through out the last thirty years, these are dramas which try to accurately depict a specific period in time. The target audience for these types of films are usually female teenagers who would regard themselves to be in the middle to upper-class. Underneath are some examples of period dramas in the last thirty years.
- sense and sensibility
- the new world
- the portrait of a lady
- bleak house
- her majesty, Mrs. Brown
Social Realism
Another popular genre is Social Realism where directors use different everyday situations and make them more interesting and engaging. This has currently become very popular due to the fact that a lot of films can create this genre without a lot of money and still can still be really effective. Another reason why it is popular would be because of how relatable it is to 'ordinary' people. These are some examples of popular social realism films with low budgets but have still been popular:
- trainspotting
- frank
- human traffic
International Romantic Comedies
Another extremely popular genre of film would be 'RomComs', this is due to the interest that teenage girls have in them. The idea of finding the right person. These films are much higher budget and follow the same storyline with slight differences. It follows the thought to be 'idealistic' love story. These are popular examples which have been created in the last thirty years:
- pretty women
- notting hill
- you've got mail
- bridget jones's diary
Saturday 7 November 2015
Proposal Thriller Research
https://prezi.com/1lgys1dqd58g/edit/#55_30863873
1. At the very beginning there will be an establishing shot of a large, victorian house. There will be no movement in the scene as the camera pans slowly going from the right to the left showing the grand house. A postman will start to walk up to the house coming from behind them camera all the the same shot. The camera should be hand held creating the feeling of a point of view shot. it should then cut to an edit of the camera going up the steps at the front of the house from the point of view of the postman. The camera will pan fairly fast as if the actor was looking back on the entrance suggesting he is slightly on edge. As he knocks the door it should stay as the point of view from the postman but you will be able to see his hand knocking on the door. The door will open slowly with a man on the other-side (main male character). He will grab the package and slam the door shut. The scene will then go silent again. This is when the music will increase in volume. The music playing is classical music playing fairly quietly in the background. The sound of the postman's footsteps will be increase in volume making the scene more intense. So far, only fairly long edits have been used.
2. It will then cut suddenly to a dirty room showing a bed as it starts to pan around. On the far side of the bed there will be a girl curled up shielding her face as the sound of footsteps start to get louder. The door slams open as the main male character walks in with a tray of food. He will lay it down. The camera will zoom close onto the unappealing food. The names will then start to run on top of the food. Similarly to 'napoleon dynamite' at the start, I want there to be shots of different trays being put down and then the hands of the girl on the bottom side of the screen will take it and put the tray back empty. It will then be replaced etc... Music will be running over this showing the length of time that she has been there for and the repetition of the days.
3. He will then stroke her face as the camera zooms up on her still sitting on the bed. The only light in this scene will be coming from a single hanging light so will give a fairly dark atmosphere. The man slowly walks to the door and shuts it hard after him. It cuts back to the girl who moves her head up quickly. The camera tracks her to the door then using an over the shoulder shot, shows her reaching for the door. Cutting now to a side view you see her pull out cottonwool from the hole in the door which means it is unable to shut properly. From the other end of the corridor is shoots her stumbling out of the room as the camera crosscuts to the man sitting upstairs watching television. The camera, as the edit is focusing on the girl, it lags behind creating a trippy, confusing effect. There will then be jump cuts shooting a homely scene with her running across at around mid to long shot. A close up of the man is then shown while panning slightly so he fills up half of the screen, on the right hand side the focus changes to the background as she comes up behind him.
4. The ending edit of the opening will be her raising a pan above her head while staring at him then just before she hits him it returns back to the establishing shot at the beginning of the scene. this is when the Title comes with loud dramatic music.
1. At the very beginning there will be an establishing shot of a large, victorian house. There will be no movement in the scene as the camera pans slowly going from the right to the left showing the grand house. A postman will start to walk up to the house coming from behind them camera all the the same shot. The camera should be hand held creating the feeling of a point of view shot. it should then cut to an edit of the camera going up the steps at the front of the house from the point of view of the postman. The camera will pan fairly fast as if the actor was looking back on the entrance suggesting he is slightly on edge. As he knocks the door it should stay as the point of view from the postman but you will be able to see his hand knocking on the door. The door will open slowly with a man on the other-side (main male character). He will grab the package and slam the door shut. The scene will then go silent again. This is when the music will increase in volume. The music playing is classical music playing fairly quietly in the background. The sound of the postman's footsteps will be increase in volume making the scene more intense. So far, only fairly long edits have been used.
2. It will then cut suddenly to a dirty room showing a bed as it starts to pan around. On the far side of the bed there will be a girl curled up shielding her face as the sound of footsteps start to get louder. The door slams open as the main male character walks in with a tray of food. He will lay it down. The camera will zoom close onto the unappealing food. The names will then start to run on top of the food. Similarly to 'napoleon dynamite' at the start, I want there to be shots of different trays being put down and then the hands of the girl on the bottom side of the screen will take it and put the tray back empty. It will then be replaced etc... Music will be running over this showing the length of time that she has been there for and the repetition of the days.
3. He will then stroke her face as the camera zooms up on her still sitting on the bed. The only light in this scene will be coming from a single hanging light so will give a fairly dark atmosphere. The man slowly walks to the door and shuts it hard after him. It cuts back to the girl who moves her head up quickly. The camera tracks her to the door then using an over the shoulder shot, shows her reaching for the door. Cutting now to a side view you see her pull out cottonwool from the hole in the door which means it is unable to shut properly. From the other end of the corridor is shoots her stumbling out of the room as the camera crosscuts to the man sitting upstairs watching television. The camera, as the edit is focusing on the girl, it lags behind creating a trippy, confusing effect. There will then be jump cuts shooting a homely scene with her running across at around mid to long shot. A close up of the man is then shown while panning slightly so he fills up half of the screen, on the right hand side the focus changes to the background as she comes up behind him.
4. The ending edit of the opening will be her raising a pan above her head while staring at him then just before she hits him it returns back to the establishing shot at the beginning of the scene. this is when the Title comes with loud dramatic music.
Sunday 1 November 2015
Thriller Research The Crying Game
1992 (up till four minutes)
Bright natural light through out the first edit
Famous song playing at the start, ‘when a man loves a women’
Extremely long edit of an establishing shot of a carnival
No atmospheric sound
Fast change in sound as natural/atmospheric sound is overlapped
Zooms into what are assumed to be the main characters
Keeping open shot until they are in the frame
Their voices are much louder than the rest
Camera pans and follows them walking still keeping extremely long edits
Natural top lighting
Using more of an open frame in parts making them merge into the crowds
Close-up on a mans face who has not been introduced
Her demeanour changes
All wearing light coloured 90’s outfits excluding the man who is only shown briefly at the fare
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