Sheida-GCSE Media

Friday 6 January 2012

Script-Teaser 1

INT. ROOM - DAY
Renee sitting on the sofa infront of the window, having flashbacks.

Friday 18 November 2011

Overview of shots
Mesmorised girl- to show the computer screen and the facial expressions of the actors is hard so we used reflection to show the expression but included the side of the characters head in the shot.

The shots were achieved by considering the lighting, camera positioning, background and what was going on in FRONT of the camera all depending on the scenarios.

For our assignment it would be useful to use some of the techniques that we learnt and used for each shot.

Monday 31 October 2011

Synopsis.

Melody Davidson (Aishah Kibria) is a 15 year old girl who has recently been getting into alot of arguments with her mother. One evening Melody's close friend drops her home but refuses to come in. Melody's mother becomes angry and tells Melody that she cannot hang out with hre friends as she does not approve of them. Melody becomes overly depressed with the constant arguments and attempts to commit suicide by taking an over dose of tranquillizers. The suicide fails and Melody ends up in coma. Melody's spirit is trapped on earth, meaning she hasn't died nor is she alive.

Renee DiNozzo (Humaira Chuhan) , Melody's close friend, finds out about what has happened but she also has her own problems. Renee is stuck in an stressful relationship but she doesn't know it is also about to become a dangerous one. She spends her days thinking of the arguments and abuse she'd get from her soon to be ex- boyfriend.

Daniel Kaul (Karuhn Nahar) becomes obsessed and controlling over Renee; the relationship becomes too much for Renee so she decides to break up with him. Although Renee doesn't know that Daniel suffers from mental disorder. Daniel sees no point in Renee being alive if she's not going to be with him, so he comes up with a plan to kill her. As Melody's ghost can not be seen, she follows and finds out everything.

At this time Melody is still in hospital and still in a coma. She suddenly has a quick flash of Daniel picking up a knife and suddenly wakes up.She decides that saving her friends life is more important than anything else so she goes to see Renee and helps her get away from daniel safely. Whether Renee gets away from daniel and survives is left open.

The Submarine: After viewing.

Voiceover and narrative
Submarine makes very extensive use of voiceover. The use of voiceover in films is sometimes criticised, as there is a feeling that a film should rely on the visual narrative and the narrative conveyed in the dialogue.

-What effects do you think are achieved by having Oliver speak directly to the audience through voiceover?
It makes the audience to familiar with Oliver's attitude and the way HE sees life from his own point of view and not just a deep voiced man who tells the audience ABOUT Oliver- making the audience want to get to know him (to watch the film).

-Do you think there is a gap between what Oliver says about himself and the reality that we see on the screen? If so, what effect does this create?
As the film is from Oliver's point of view, the audience are told about everything that goes on and how he feels throughout the film. Therefore I don't think there is a gap between what Oliver says and what we see because his thoughts and actions match.

Richard Ayoade

Richard Ellef Ayoade.
Born June 12, 1977 in Whipp's Cross, London, UK.
Acted in 16 titles.
Written 11 titles.
Directed 8 titles and 3 music videos.
Been part of the film crew.
Executive producer in 1 title.

-What sort of feeling and impact can music video have and what effect could a music video-style sequence achieve in a film?

Music videos are directed in a way so that the the song lyrics fit into what is shown on screen. So music videos have a big impact on movies, Varying the expressions between each scene and the songs played meanwhile.

-Can you think of other films which feature extended montage sequences that are quite like music videos?

-The Last Shadow Puppets - 'My mistakes were made for you'
This music video and song would fit into a romance scene. Although it is past tense bits of the song, for example 'About as subtly as an earthquake, I know. My mistakes were made for you' would go with a scene showing a relationship that has fallen apart.

Thursday 13 October 2011

Film Institutions/production companies.

>Paramount Pictures

American film production and distribution company.
Founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor-making it America's oldest existing film studio.
In 2006 Paramount became the parent of Dreamworks SKG.
The company does not have one particular widely produced/Distributed genre.
Has distributed 6664 Movie/Animations.
Has been a production company for 2763 Movie/Animations
Miscellaneous company of 262 old and upcoming films.
Revenue (2011) : $1.2 billion
Operating income : $300 million

>Universal

American film production company founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle.
On May 11 2004, the company was sold by vivendi Universal to General Electricity, parent of NBC.
The company does not have one particular widely produced/Distributed genre.
Has distributed 138 Movie/Animations.
Has been a production company for 62 Movie/Animations.
Miscellaneous company of 72 films.