1st April

Q1. What were the aims (purpose) of the script & 9 key frames? 500 words 

Outline the purpose of the script which was to create a disruption or resolution scene for sequel or prequel for [which one of your films?] that explored  of your MACRO . The purpose of the 9 Key Frames was to select key moments in the script that would be filmed to construct [your MACRO study] through [discuss your decisions regarding location, costume, props, character] & camera angle/shot types 
Q2. What codes and conventions (genre, character & narrative threads, how films use mise-en-scene, camera & sound to create meaning), identified in the textual analysis essay were used in thescript & 9 key frames? 500 words

Analyse & make connections, what aspects of genre & narrative/character threads did you continue in you prequel/sequel?  

Examine the links to your textual analysis MICRO points in your essay - reflect on how this influenced your decisions for your script scene & 9 key frames (Terminology: mise-en-scene, location, costume, props, actors, camera angles, composition, shot type] used meaning from your film analysis
Q3. How was the location report used in the construction of the 9 key frames? 500 words 

Explain the connections, how scouting & reporting for locations was used to create the 9 key frames or revisions to the script, what influences did it have on your ideas for the script or vice versa?

 Q4. How successful was the script & 9 key frames in achieving the aims (its purpose)? 500 words

Justify the strengths & weakness by being critical of your work, reflect on it's success as a sequel/prequel (look again at the as films we have seen) suggest improvements

question 1-
David-
The purpose of the script was to create either a disruption or resolution scene (I did a disruption scene) for a prequel film (I did the film Harry Brown).

Rebecca-
The aim of the script was to show a disruption of the sequel of One Day

Benn-
 I decided to make a disruption to the film and called it Stakeland 2: Evolution (As the genre is evolving).

question 2- 
David-
I used the conventions of a hybrid genre thriller-drama 


Benn-broke conventions

Codes and conventions

Conventions in your macro

Blood is not a theme

A theme is an idea 

As an audience member you need blood to tell it's a horror film because it is a convention of the genre. 

A convention has to be something that is repeated and recurring. 

Racism towards black people, Quentin Tarantino style films. 

I also colour graded the 9 key frames to match the dark mood I wanted to convey for a thriller drama. 

What he used, how he made it. 

 I changed the composition, colour 

I layered my photos to make it look dystopian, and that was by cutting my actor out and putting them in a hospital.

25th march

"Film censorship is motivated by fears about audiences and technologies" Discuss this statement in reference to the concerns expressed about uncensored and unregulated video content in Britain in the early 1980s.

Piracy - no check on certificate

Devalues technology and film 

Developing technology allows people to pirate them and steal 

Longer lasting videos- lower cinema attendance

Illegal but video certificates can not be checked when at home 

Censorship- graphic violence, rape, pornographic sex scenes 

Censored movies- can't see at the movies, made the popular to see what the fuss was about 

Being told it's bad by Margaret thatcher, Conservative party 

The human centipede 2- censored 

People might act upon it

Clockwork orange- rape as violence, teenage character 

Morally wrong 

Government- censored films but they hadn't watched them 

Upper class protecting working class

Nanny state- treated like children 

Moral panic

Scape goat

Low budget- more realistic 

Remove phalic images 

Nudity 

"Lesbians and homos"

Teddy boys 

Years later the wild one was allowed to be shown 

1971- scandal movies

The director had death threats to his family so he withdrew clockwork orange from being shown in England 

Video nasties horrific enough to seized by  the police 

Moral panic- introduce classification 

News- links disasters to films 

Technology; home video 

Political; conservative government sought to protect by putting age regulations and restrictions 

Mortality, video nasties- censorships

Social; riots against Margaret thatcher, so they waited for campaigns against video nasties to step in, Mary whitehouse 

Media, scape goat, moral panic 

Economic;cinema attendance declined, low budget made for a niche audience 

Modern day, horror films which were censored have now been remade as society has been exposed and therefore are more lenient- Texas chainsaw 

Influential to the film industry 

Case studies;

Texas chainsaw 

I spit on your grave 

Evil dead 

Driller killed 

Dawning of the home video age

Format Wars:

• Beta- best picture 
• VHS-plays longer 

Cinema attendance decreased after VHS was introduced, as people could keep the film and watch multiple times.
Attendance dropped in the 1960s due to television.
Censorship became more liberal at the time the conservative party were in power.

Advantages to censorship;
Protection of minors
Protection of information/ national security
Promotes good morals
Suitable age limits.

PDE Plan.

21st of March

READ THE QUESTION

Homework- 
3. The dawning of the home video age - format wars (VHS and Betamax) and the moral panic about the uncensored Video Nasties and unregulated video content and move to regulation of film in the home.

70s

Political-

Chancellor cuts on spending

Ugandan dictator-tribute money to Britain 

Africa master of Britain 

Miners demand more money 

Overtime ban 

Priminister- cut down on electricity 

Recession 

Electricity ban means cinemas would've had to shut early.

3 day working week.

Exhibition - Which films are shown, where and the experience (Box Office numbers/cinema attendance of the early Blockbusters & emergence of Multiplexes).

Hype influenced cinema attendance, during this time. As it gave people a new experience and something to do, this applies to teenagers especially as their parents were sorting debt from the recession and using their money to provide for the children. Apart of the hype is the merchandise, which would be unlikely to have large sales as people did not have as much excess expenditure. This means that there would be less hype and therefore a lower cinema attendance.

PDE categories

Production:

• Test screenings
• FX Studio
• Legal
• Producer/Writer
• Artists and designers

Distribution:

• Marketing
• Youtube/imeo
• Web distributor
• Film lab
• DD
• Merchandising
• Distributor

Exhibition:

• Youtube/imeo
• Web distributor
• Cable/Satellite T
• DD
• Film subscription service 
• Multiplex Cinemas