Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Production Idea
We thought that an interesting idea for our film opening would be the use of text on the screen to show the messages on a characters phone or otherelectrical device. We've thought about the way this can be used to include the audience as they may feel more included in the conversation, as reading it and knowing the information others may not, makes them feel a part of it. Here is an example of roughly what we were thinking along the lines of...
1st December 2015
Today we discussed a rough plan and general overview for the way we wanted the opening of our film to include and the way we wanted it to look and pan out.
Technical Codes
- Most camera shots are fast paced and there are lots of close-ups to show the expressions on character's faces.
- Establishing shots are important because they show where the is taking place to the audience. Most commonly these shots are done from a high angle, such as a from a helicopter, as many chase scenes include things like this.
- Tracking shots are also a commonly used shot for action sequences and are very effective when used correctly and in the right circumstances. This is because they follow the scene, drawing in and including the audience, making them feel involved in the chase and action overall.
- Sound plays a huge part in what the audience feel and experience during the film. During the action any diagetic are, usually, amplified to make it more exciting.
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Example of an establishing shot for a chase
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Iconography for Action Movies
Visual Style:
Often dark colours are used, such as brown or black, to make characters seem more suspicious and mysterious as it can be seen as concealing their identity. However, the main protagonist or hero usually is shown in bright and light colours compared to everything else in the movie, making them stand out from the others and showing their importance.
Lighting:
Lighting is usually in scene lighting such as natural daylight, searchlights and street lamps. Characters faces are also normally illuminated to make them stand out compared to the surroundings and show their importance.
Props:
Props help us to identify the action genre furthermore because of the way they convey certain things we recognise. For example, guns help to connote danger and excitement at the thought of someone potentially being hurt and a fight breaking out.
Often dark colours are used, such as brown or black, to make characters seem more suspicious and mysterious as it can be seen as concealing their identity. However, the main protagonist or hero usually is shown in bright and light colours compared to everything else in the movie, making them stand out from the others and showing their importance.
Lighting:
Lighting is usually in scene lighting such as natural daylight, searchlights and street lamps. Characters faces are also normally illuminated to make them stand out compared to the surroundings and show their importance.
Props:
Props help us to identify the action genre furthermore because of the way they convey certain things we recognise. For example, guns help to connote danger and excitement at the thought of someone potentially being hurt and a fight breaking out.
Monday, 30 November 2015
Audience Survey
These are some results we have recently gathered from an online survey posted to Maddy's Twitter page. This survey, similarly to the other one we did, tried to gather information on what a wide variety of people from our audience would want in an action movie.
It shows that people typically prefer to see what is usually portrayed in the action genre, such as the fast-paced scenes, the antagonist (villain) being masked and mysterious and maybe even the protagonist (hero) having special powers.
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
24th November 2015
Today we have gathered quite a few results from the audience survey we did over the weekend. We will carrying on compiling them over the next week or so to have a final overview of what a wide variety of people in our audience may want. We also discussed a rough overview of what we want to do and where we might like to go with our production. We settled on trying to incorporate elements of action, such as fighting and chase scenes into our opening.
Audience Profiling
The audience we have chosen to focus on for our production is teenagers and young people, mostly between the ages of 12 and 16 years old. This is because our film will not contain any swearing and no extremely violent scenes. During our GCSE production, we mainly looked at the age group of 14 and above; however this time we decided to include the lower ages to see what they enjoy too, compared to the smaller group of just teenagers we had before.
A typical member of our target audience would generally be someone between our age range and would enjoy all kinds of movies. They usually enjoy doing other similar things to watching these kinds of movies, such as reading books or comics, playing video games, and using their imaginations in creative ways. They also tend to like action films that are definitely memorable and series' that are familiar to them and may focus more on either the story aspect, or the physically action side, depending on where they are in the age range and what the prefer and are like overall.
A typical member of our target audience would generally be someone between our age range and would enjoy all kinds of movies. They usually enjoy doing other similar things to watching these kinds of movies, such as reading books or comics, playing video games, and using their imaginations in creative ways. They also tend to like action films that are definitely memorable and series' that are familiar to them and may focus more on either the story aspect, or the physically action side, depending on where they are in the age range and what the prefer and are like overall.
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