Film Openings

Pretty Woman

Genre; Romance

Conventions; Garry Marshall film. Setting of the scene is shown, theme song. 

Style of opening; Introduction to the plot and some of the main characters. 

Information in the credits; Film title, producers, actors and production companies like Touchstone Pictures and Silver Screen Partners IV.

Narrative of the film; Scene is set at a upper class house party, narrative spoken between the man that seems to be the main character and a group of men that could be his friends. 

Final Destination 3

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Fair ground at night time, screaming that brings a sense of fear at a fair ground and different rides. Gives an idea of something bad might happen at the fair ground. Clown faces and red devils. 

Style of opening; Title sequence

Information in credits; Production companies, producers, actors, title and editors.

Narrative of film; Sounds of people of the fair ground rides e.g screaming, very little talk between the group of friends.

Reservoir Dogs

Genre; Crime/Drama

Conventions; Theme song, use of adult language between the group of friends to show the age and content within the film.

Style of opening; Introduction to some of the main characters.

Information in credits; Production companies, producers and actors with images.

Narrative of film; Eight men are planning a diamond heist. The stealing goes wrong and the police are informed and coming to arrest them. The result of the police knowing is that the group of men argue and some of the men getting killed. The police arrested the men who were still alive and retrieved the diamonds. 

Pulp-fiction

Genre; Crime, Drama and Thriller

Conventions; Dialogue with shot/reverse shot. 

Style of opening; Definition of pulp-fiction.

Information in credits; Producers and actors.

Narrative of film; Simple location in a cafe. Immediately discuss the plot, indication to what might happen next.

The number 23

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Music builds using string instruments. Title shot down onto first setting.

Style of opening; Title sequence.

Information in credits; Producers.

Narrative of film; A man called Walter Sparrow reads a book called 'The Number 23'. Walter relates himself to the man in the book. There is no chapter 23 within the book. Later in the book Walter finds a address and goes to it, he soon finds out the 23rd chapter written on the wall. Turns out Walter was the person who wrote the book and was a killer and hands himself into the police.  

Evil Dead

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Bold red title on black background, trees in the font of the title. Choir music. Change in music half way through, tempo increases.

Style of opening; Title sequence.

Information in credits; Producers, directors, designers and actors. 

Narrative of film; A group of friends arrive at an old cabin to try and stop their friends heroin addiction, but what they don't know is that the cabin is possessed. A girl gets possessed resulting in many deaths of her friends.  

The Conjuring

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Newspaper articles with images of family members. Effect is black and white. Bold font, opposite to background colour.

Style of opening; Action and title sequence.

Information in credits; Directors, written by, producers, designers and music by.

Narrative of film; The Warren family are getting told about a doll called Annabelle that is haunted. There are paranormal activities that happen when the Perron family move into a house, resulting in family members dying, due to different families living on a women's land who killed herself due to sacrificing her son to the devil.

Se7en

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Film title is the first thing on screen. Newspapers, books and images of people. Bass music, spark sound made by string instruments. Font is white and bold.

Style of opening; Action and title sequence.

Information in credits; Directors, actors, designers and music by.

Narrative of film; Two detectives looking into the mind of an unknown serial killer. 

Evaluation of Preliminary Film

The things that I have learnt from the preliminary task is the different camera angles that we used, for example the shot/reverse shot and how to use them effectively. We also had to take more than one shot so we could use different views so see which one looked better, for example when Jo was opening the door we filmed a point of view shot and then we filmed a shot that was from the side of her. I also learnt that costume is important when filming because when we filmed on different days the actors were in different clothing, so it didn't give the same effect.
The preliminary task has helped me with my own project by making sure I use different camera angles and shots to make sure I get the best view, also leaving enough time for editing because the process can take a while. Making sure that I have the correct props and that actors are in the correct clothing.

Oz The Great and Powerful

0:01-Disney presents

0:02-A Roth films production

0:06-In association with Curtis Donen productions

0:13-James Franco

0:18-Film title Oz The Great and Powerful

0:24-Actors credit

1:00-Actors credits finish

1:01-Casting by John Papsidera

1:07-Make up designers

1:12-Visual effects

1:15-Music by Danny Elfman

1:19-Costume designers

1:23-Film editor Bob Murawski

1:27-Production designer Robert Stromberg

1:33-Director of photography Peter Deming

1:36-Executive producers

1:43-Produced by Joe Roth

1:53-Screen story

1:58-Screen play by

2:04-Directed by Sam Raimi

Sound/Effects

0:01-String instruments, soft and gentle sounds

0:08-Music becomes faster and more serve, increases in tempo

0:24-Music becomes ‘soft’ back to the starting sound

0:42-Music increases in tempo and becomes louder

1:00-Change in instruments for music

1:50-Another change in instruments, low pitch e.g drums

Shots

0:00-Opening scene of curtains opening to a stage

0:06-View is looking through the hallway to an open window

0:10-Magician, black cut out

0:17-Film title appears on stage

0:25-Scence of a stairway with man and women dancing

0:42-Monkey on a bike

0:55-Coins swinging through shot

1:25-Background scene of different objects e.g buildings, mill

1:35-Scenes of sunflower fields and sweetcorn

1:55-Clouds spinning at fast pace, confused expression

2:05-Magic ball with directors name in

2:11-Ends with smoke 

Constantine

0:19-W.B logo, morphs into ‘hellish’ colours and disintegrates

0:20-Village Roadshow Pictures

0:28-Vertigo DC comics’ logo

0:34-Caption 1, two sets of context

0:51-Establishing shot of desert, mountains and abandoned buildings. Interior is wide shot. Two men are crouching to find treasure.

1:02-Car which has a loud noise passes at a quick speed. One of the men falls through planks, using a low angle and underground shot.

1:15-Point of view shot

1:22-Shot, reverse shot of the man reaching into the hole.

1:37-Low angle shot of man clutching spear in his hands.

1:43-Rapid room onto a high angle shot looking down at him.

1:55-Wide shot of the second man watching the first man as he strides towards the camera.

2:04-Pan to follow the first man as he strides towards the road.

2:07-Wide shot of empty road, high angle and mid shot of guy on crushed bonnet

2:12-Close up of the second mans shocked face

2:18-Wide shot of the side of the car with dust and smoke

2:25-Slow zoom out onto the man on the bonnet, close up onto his arm with the bearing symbol, clutching the spear

2:35-Wide shot of the first man jumping away from the wreckage.

2:37-Film title in block white capitals, on a black background

2:49-Slow zoom onto steaming kettle, with a caption of Los Angeles

Shots and Sound/Effects

0:27-Wipe fast, fading out of each logo with smoke

0:35-Captions fade one by one and fade out to black

0:40-Straight cut into setting

1:45-All straight cuts

2:14-Shot reverse shot

2:39-Straight cut to black, letters have a spot light, shadows fading out

0:19-Sound builds, rubble noise, burning flames with parallel sounds

0:40-Wind, birds, dog sniffing and moving rubble

0:56-Vehicle moving with loud music, diegetic sound

1:01-Noise of snapping wood

1:35-High pitch, sustained note, muffled screeching by string instruments

1:46-Tempo increases to sharp cut out of music

1:49-Builds to climax then cuts out

1:57-Voices, breathing and foot steps

2:05-Car impact noises, sudden and shocking glass breaking

2:12-Second man rushing to scene of the accident

2:34-Instruments, voices singing (choir) builds in intensity

2:40-Man running away from car, leads into film titles and steaming kettle overlaps (sound bridge)

The Happening-M.Night Shyamalan

0:00-20^th Century company logo

0:16-UTV company logo

0:29-Spyglass entertainments

0:43-20^th Century fox presents (screen credit)

0:51-Background: blue sky with white clouds, clouds are moving at a fast pace

1:05-Blinding edge pictures production

1:11-1^st acting credit is Mark Wallberg

1:18-Film title: The Happening

1:24-2^nd actor credit Zoey Deschanel

1:30-3^rd actor credit John

1:35-Betty Buckley

1:40-Ashley

1:42-Breslin

1:46-Casting Credits

1:51-Costume designer

1:57-Music by

2:03-Co producers

2:09-Edited by Buff

2:12-Production designer Oppwell

2:26-Director of photography

2:35-2:24-Executive producers

2:48-Produced by Sam

2:54-Written, produced and edited by M Knight

3:07-Establishing shot of people in central park. POV shot of dog and man in the park. Pans to follow which leads to wide shot

3:13-Caption Central Park 8:33am

3:14-Low angle shot of sky scrapers and trees

3:18-Wide shot of 2 girls sitting on a bench

3:33-POV shot, rapid pan to long shot, focuses on people in the distance

3:39-Camera slowly zooms in

3:50-close up of girl and people walking backwards

4:05-Shot/reverse shot

4:13-Dog runs back to frozen owner

4:15-2 shot of girls on the bench

Music/Sounds

0:16-Fox music

0:31-Faint wind

0:44-Wind comes louder

1:03-Wind is made up of a harp, violin and piano

2:08-Repetition of string and piano instruments

2:54-Three instruments, music builds, develops the theme and the volume and tempo increase

3:17-Introduction to background noise of children/voices, sustained long sounds. Wind is sinister/haunting

3:30-Background noises and dialogue. Use of layering

3:35-Screaming, wind, dog barking/howling and dialogue

4:45-Sound of spike into neck

Transitions

0:15-Fades to black

0:30-Fades to black

0:43-Fades to black

Titles fade in and out, with center frame

2:54-Straight cut to black

2:58-Sound Bridge

3:14-Jumpcut 

Media in your life

How I use media;
I use media in many different ways on different media levels. I mostly use media on new technology like an IPhone, IPad and a laptop. I use my phone for most things like texting, social networking sites and downloads.  The social networking sites I use are; Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. I use social networking sites to keep in contact with friends and can also find out news around the world that is happening. I also use my phone and IPad to download music apps like ITube and YouTube.
Another media form I use is TV. I use a TV to watch On Demand and Sky Movies, music channels and different episodes like Catfish.
I don’t normally read newspapers or magazines. If I do read a magazine it is normally about fashion like ‘In Style’. As soon as I get a notification on my I have an instant reaction to look at it, to find out what the message is about.

How the media affects me;

The media doesn't have a big affect on me, but I do like to have some sort of media form around me like my phone. I like to know what’s going on around the world and with other people. I tend to use my phone more than I watch the TV because I have my phone on me at all times. Different types of media can have a negative impact because sometimes it can be a distraction from getting work done.

I think I could live without some sort of media for a few days but not for a very long period of time. It isn't the most important thing in my life.  

Preliminary Task - Script

Jo is walking down the corridor of K block, when she hears a muffled scream/noise from inside of one of the rooms. The Jo enters and looks around the room to see if she can find anything and then starts to search the room. She hears a knocking from a cupboard, she opens the door to find another girl (Jemma) tied up. Jo starts to untie her when someone comes behind Jo and puts a blindfold over Jo's eyes.

Jo is walking down the corridor of K block
Jo hears a muffled scream/noise

Reaction shot of when Jo hears the scream

Close up of the door handle when Jo starts to open the door

Another person is already filming from inside the room to see Jo's reaction

A POV shot of Jo looking around the room

She hears another muffled sound of 'Help'

A panning shot of Jo searching around the room to find where the noise is coming from
Jo hears a knocking sounds from inside a cupboard
POV shot of Jo opening the cupboard door and of the Jemma sitting on the floor tied up. 
This leads to a confused reaction shot
Jo frantically asks the tied up person (Jemma) questions, to see if the person that tied her up is still here
Jo looks around the room to see if anyone else is in the room (POV shot)
Jemma; Just untie me
High angle shot of Jo and Jemma and the untying of Jemma
POV shot from Jo then a blindfold gets put over her face
Camera goes black from the blindfold