Friday, 6 December 2013

Essay plan- Authorship


Authorship-Quentin Tarantino
Essay plan

1.Scene-The slaves are freed
Bar shoot out

Point- The style used in both scenes are very exaggerated. Similarly to a graphic novel, they use bright colours when showing blood and the violence is often unrealistic. The unrealistic effects remind the audience that the plot lines are not historically correct and instead are just fantasies. There is a reflecting shot showing Shoshanna and the Nazi sign creating a comparison between the heroes and villains.
Message- Do the effects make the story less serious?

2.Scene-KKK scene
Ending scalp scene

Point-The films challenge stereotypes of genre, however some conform more than others. The challenges genres include war and western. By not conforming to the stereotypes it makes the films controversial as they have serious plots and messages. Blaxploitation. The genres are challenged to add humour to the films and to again remind the audience that the revenge is just a fantasy. The scalp scene uses different angles to show the heroes in the film, however it creates empathy for the Nazi confusing the title of a stock hero.
Message-What is the result of making the films controversial?

3.Scene-Ending shooting
Cinema massacre

Point-The theme of revenge is a large part in Tarantinos films as a lot of his films are set during historical events. Themes used are adventure, prejudice, violence, religion and adventure. The revenge allows a CHN ending. The revenge is shown in such  way which creates sympathy for the villains in both films, but more in Inglorious Basterds as we do not see as much violence to the Jews.
 Message- Is violence the way for revenge and a happy ending?
Is it okay to cheer the death of the villain?

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Film 3rd December


Genre
Both dystopian 
Changes over time
Combine to make a hybrid 
V for vendetta more comic, effects
Sci fi
Thriller 
Code and conventions for audiences pleasure 

Cast
Sound

Outcomes: Get scenes to compare 
Collage/mood board of the key scenes 
Conventions of genre 
Which one conforms and why 

Comic book- v for vendetta scenes 
Fight scene 
Narrative-sacrifice to show they are strong 
Rebirth 
America 

Hybrid

Cups=genre container
Liquid=conventions 
Hole in the boundaries of the genre
Liquids change and mix together (conventions)

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

26th November

Mock- comparison of vfv and com
Essay STRUCTURE
key scenes 

Macro of clip-
Narrative-unresolved resolution
Hero dies-stock character, unusual for the hero to die 

Mesages-tomorrow suggests hope 

Representation- father role
Kee doesn't know what to so once then dies,woman becomes hopeless
Social class, dirty clothes 

Sequel idea- kee and the child are taken aboard the tomorrow boat and taken to the human project. The government come to the project to remove all immigrants to a 'camp' when they see the baby they take the baby from her and experiment on kee. and now have to make a decision whether to publicise the child or to keep it hidden due to it's ethnicity. In the end they reunite kee with her baby and publicise them to bring hope.

Style-how it links to the story
grey colour 
Style reinforces the atmosphere 
Dead world, no children therefore no colour
Through Theo's perspective-grey-depressed without children 

Theme of parenthood- 
Jasper
Kee
Miriam 

Theo-good guy, tragic&reluctant hero, an Everyman
Jasper-good guy, elderly martial arts master 
Kee-good guy,ingenue, damsel in distress 
Society-bad guy,space nazis,town bully(police)-immigrants,tycoon,fall guy
Human project-bad guy, fall guy
Luke-bad guy, town bully&fall guy 
Sid-bad guy, rake 

No because it has no clear beginning,middle and end. It also has a controversial plot. The characters do not conform to one stock characters therefore giving them a more realistic in depth personality. (No clear hero/villains)

Situational through line 

Video essay- key points
Narrative, chn 
Characters 
Post modern narrative

To what extent does vfv and com conform to chn?

What are the conventions of dystopian scifi?
Dark colours/black 
Technology 
Man vs technology 
Futuristic 
Suspense 
Action 
Cgi effects 

Total recall is more similar to v for vendetta as it was similar to the super powers that v gains in the film. There is also more action in total recall which is similar to vfv. 


Monday, 18 November 2013

18th October film

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Stylised dialogue, used for effect
A way of speaking which people don't use in real life
Emphasises the character 
Shows narrative 
Textual analysis of two films- have to have macro in common
2003 oldest film allowed
Only 1 Hollywood film 
A hybrid- appeals to a bigger audience
Hypothesis- 1.points of comparison
2.a judgement
3.an explanation as to why? 
Genre changes over time- fits to society 
Homework-presentation of our study 
Key scenes of the films- equilibrium,disruption&resolution
A pitch of my points, judgment and explanation
Bring two films in

Friday, 8 November 2013

8th November

Film1-how does the editing and cinematography effect the style of the film?
Slow pace music, sad,romantic?
Nature
The sun sets a happy emotion
The music becomes faster pace 
Clouds&thunder
Dark setting
Chase- suspense 
Train track-dangerous 
Jagged camera
Romantic to nature to a dog chase?
Style-uses cinematography with different angles to shoot the dog and person running
There is a lot of blurred shots hiding the identity 
Editing 
Aesthetics-how it looks
Style over substance 

Film2-how does the restricted narrative challenge the chn?
Cats
Romantic genre?
Hangover 
Dream state-other states of being -hyper reality 

Authorship study 
B movies 
Post modern conventions
Blacksploitstion




Tuesday, 5 November 2013

5th November film studies-


Film festivals
Allows people to break into the industry
Distributors can bid for films 
Sundance- American independent festival
Gives actors credibility 
(Lesson plan 2.1)

Hypothesis needs an argument
-comparison of 2 films 1independent,1 Hollywood,any time 
-explain why you agree or disagree 
-structures in thesis,point,conclusion 

"Genre changes over time" 
 Romeo and Juliet 1968
Friends with benefits 2011

Agree
Plots become more predictable and happy ending 
Classic Hollywood narrative 
Tragic death
Unrealistic both 

Appropriation- Hollywood maker stealing an independent idea
Formulaic
Hybrid
Demographic 

Children of men narrative-
Hero theo, Julian 
Damsel kee
Villain - everyone else 

Theo's perspective until he dies at the end 

Chn-does it conform to chn and for what purpose? 

No because the hero dies and there is an unclear ending as we don't know if kee is going to be safe or not, this also means that theo may of died without a cause
Gives a message that