This is the storyboard I have made. My group helped me with ideas and had a previous draft before this which we have no improved on.
Production Diary
Day 1 (13th November)- Me, Aaron, James and Harrison all discussed and shared our individual pitches to each other and all decided on the best one to present to the class. We decided to present James' as his had the best story line. After we had presented we then decided a whole new idea which was to do a documentary and James started to plan the prezi for this.
Day 2 (14th November)- Our prezi was created for our documentary and we presented it to the class. Good feedback was given back to us for us to improve and we didn't get much criticism. With the feedback we then made a few changes to our storyline and then was discussed with Miss Brookes.
Day 3 (17th November)- Our group sat together and decided on all the improvements for our final film pitch. We then starting our sources we will be using in the film so Aaron created a newspaper article which will be used in our film. Me, James and Harrison also helped by giving him ideas.
Day 4- (18th November)- Today we began to plan our storyboard, these images show evidence of this.
Day 5 (20th November- Me, Aaron, James and Harrison started blogging for preparation for our film pitch.
Day 6 (21th November) - Aaron, James and Harrison have started to prepare the voice over. I have now completed the storyboard and our group are now filming our storyboard.
Day 7 (25th November)- We have all continued to plan and create our storyboard. Timings for each scene have now also been added and we are now ready to start making the storyboard video.
Day 8 (26th November)- Aaron, James and Harrison filmed the storyboard and also did the voice over for it. James was the voice over for the storyboard and Aaron recorded him. Whilst doing this Harrison was designing the wall for his cabin that we are using in our film.
Day 9 (2nd December)- Today we have continued to blog our progress and will soon be preparing our film as most of our scenes have no been filmed the previous weekend. I have also now uploaded the storyboard film and have given evidence of us planning our work.
Day 10 (4th December)- Today me, Harrison, Aaron and James have continued filming our interviewing at school in the drama studio. We have learnt about lighting and camera angles during this process and we are now starting to edit our film as our first draft.
Day 11 (5th December)- I have started to record the storyboard film and finish filming our last scenes of the film opening. Aaron and James have continued to edit our film and Harrison has helped me with the filming of the storyboard.
Day 12 (8th December)- Today we gave feedback to other groups film drafts and also got our feedback back.
Day 13 (9th December)- We used our feed back to improve on our film draft and i continued to edit our film. Aaron, James and Harrison were blogging whilst I was doing this.
Day 14 (10th December)- We have re-filmed our interview as from our feedback we realised our interview wasn't very good and we have added thing to our film so the interview makes more sense.
Day 15 (11th December)- I continued to edit our film whilst James has gathered videos to be added into it. Harrison has carried on producing the newspaper article which James also helped him with and Aaron has been listing our shooting schedule.
Day 16 (12th December)- We presented our film to Miss and got feedback on it which we used to edit our film in order to improve it. Me and Aaron both edited it whilst James and Harrison did the newspaper article and re-did the voice over.
Day 17 (15th December)- Today is our last day of making our film and we have made the last improvements to our film. Whilst I edited Aaron, James and Harrison continued to blog.
Day 2 (14th November)- Our prezi was created for our documentary and we presented it to the class. Good feedback was given back to us for us to improve and we didn't get much criticism. With the feedback we then made a few changes to our storyline and then was discussed with Miss Brookes.
Day 3 (17th November)- Our group sat together and decided on all the improvements for our final film pitch. We then starting our sources we will be using in the film so Aaron created a newspaper article which will be used in our film. Me, James and Harrison also helped by giving him ideas.
Day 4- (18th November)- Today we began to plan our storyboard, these images show evidence of this.
Day 6 (21th November) - Aaron, James and Harrison have started to prepare the voice over. I have now completed the storyboard and our group are now filming our storyboard.
Day 7 (25th November)- We have all continued to plan and create our storyboard. Timings for each scene have now also been added and we are now ready to start making the storyboard video.
Day 8 (26th November)- Aaron, James and Harrison filmed the storyboard and also did the voice over for it. James was the voice over for the storyboard and Aaron recorded him. Whilst doing this Harrison was designing the wall for his cabin that we are using in our film.
Day 9 (2nd December)- Today we have continued to blog our progress and will soon be preparing our film as most of our scenes have no been filmed the previous weekend. I have also now uploaded the storyboard film and have given evidence of us planning our work.
Day 10 (4th December)- Today me, Harrison, Aaron and James have continued filming our interviewing at school in the drama studio. We have learnt about lighting and camera angles during this process and we are now starting to edit our film as our first draft.
Day 11 (5th December)- I have started to record the storyboard film and finish filming our last scenes of the film opening. Aaron and James have continued to edit our film and Harrison has helped me with the filming of the storyboard.
Day 12 (8th December)- Today we gave feedback to other groups film drafts and also got our feedback back.
Day 13 (9th December)- We used our feed back to improve on our film draft and i continued to edit our film. Aaron, James and Harrison were blogging whilst I was doing this.
Day 14 (10th December)- We have re-filmed our interview as from our feedback we realised our interview wasn't very good and we have added thing to our film so the interview makes more sense.
Day 15 (11th December)- I continued to edit our film whilst James has gathered videos to be added into it. Harrison has carried on producing the newspaper article which James also helped him with and Aaron has been listing our shooting schedule.
Day 16 (12th December)- We presented our film to Miss and got feedback on it which we used to edit our film in order to improve it. Me and Aaron both edited it whilst James and Harrison did the newspaper article and re-did the voice over.
Day 17 (15th December)- Today is our last day of making our film and we have made the last improvements to our film. Whilst I edited Aaron, James and Harrison continued to blog.
Titles Task- The Conjuring
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T1: Directed By James Wan
From Start: 17 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T2: Writters
From Start: 24 Seconds
Duration: 3 Seconds
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T3: Producers
From Start: 28 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T4: Executive Producers
From Start: 34 Seconds
Duration: 3 Seconds
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T5: Director Of Photography
From Start: 37 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T6: Production Designer
From Start: 44 Seconds
Duration: 3 Seconds
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T7: Editor
From Start: 48 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T8: Actors
From Start: 1:14 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T9: Actors
From Start: 1:18 Seconds
Duration: 5 Seconds
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T10: Casting
From Start: 1:24 Seconds
Duration: 5 Seconds
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T11:
From Start: 1:29 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T12: Music
From Start: 1:35 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T13: A New Line Cinema Production
From Start: 1:39 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T14:
From Start: 1:45 Seconds
Duration: 3 Seconds
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T15: A James Wan Film
From Start: 1:49 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T16: Title of Film
From Start: 1:56 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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Titles Task- Psycho (1998)
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T1:
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment
From Start: 6 Seconds
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6 Seconds
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T2: Psycho (Title)
From Start: 12 Seconds
Duration: 7 Seconds
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T3: Vince Vaughn
From Start: 21 Seconds
Duration: 3 Seconds
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T4: Starring- Julianne Moore
From Start: 25 Seconds
Duration:
2 Seconds
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T5: Starring- Viggo
Mortensen
From Start: 29 Seconds
Duration:
2 Seconds
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T6: Starring- William
H. Macy
From Start: 33 Seconds
Duration:
3 Seconds
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T7: List of actors
From Start: 39 Seconds
Duration: 6 Seconds
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T8: Anne Heche (Actor)
From Start: 46 Seconds
Duration: 6 Seconds
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T9: Casting- Howard
Feuer
From Start: 52 Seconds
Duration:
3 Seconds
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T10: Music- Bernard Herrmann
From Start: 57 Seconds
Duration:
3 Seconds
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T11:
Music Producers
From Start: 1:02 Seconds
Duration:
3 Seconds
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T12: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
From Start: 1:07 Seconds
Duration: 2 Seconds
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T13: Editor- Amy E. Duddleston
From Start: 1:12 Seconds
Duration:
2 Seconds
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T14: Production Designer- Tom Foden
From Start: 1:15 Seconds
Duration: 5 Seconds |
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T15:
Director of Photography
From Start: 1:22 Seconds
Duration:
3 Seconds
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T16:
Executive Producer- Dany Wolf
From Start: 1:25 Seconds
Duration:
2 Seconds
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T17: Producers
From Start:1:31 Seconds
Duration: 4 Seconds
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T18: Screenplay- Joseph Stefano
From Start: 1:36 Seconds
Duration:
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T19: Director- Gus Van Sant
From Start: 1:41 Seconds
Duration: 7 Seconds
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The titles in this film opening are all in capitals and have a white, bold font. Many thrillers tend to use capitals and bold writing like this film. The titles are all animated the same on green lines to a black background. The music in the background is very tension building and has the effect of a thriller as the tension shows something scary or strange is going to happen. The use of black, green and white colours shows it isn’t a very uplifting film as they are dim, boring colours, although the use of green shows it as more of a thriller.
Elements of our Opening Sequence
Characters
Sophie
Vale: Interviewer
James
Grimley: Psycho
Aaron
Beard: Neighbour
Harrison:
Kidnapper
Location
Harrison’s
garden and cabin
Drama
Studio
Narrative/Plot
An
interview will take place with a man of 30 who is recovering from living in his
kidnapper’s cabin for 15 years when he was just 15 years old. Throughout this
film opening we will show evidence of the conditions the man lived in and talk
about how the psycho was found. We imagine the man as a psycho because the
conditions he lived in turned him mental.
Genre
Our
genre is a documentary. Although it comes across as a thriller we are showing
the life of the psycho in a documentary and then interviewing them.
Themes
Real
life events
Professional
Voice-Over
Direct
and Indirect Interviews
Reenactment
Film Opening Analysis- Unspoken
I would give this film opening a low level 4 as it only shows some levels of excellence. The titles are used appropriately according to institutional conventions and the editing of the titles have been produced well. Each title blends in well with each scene and has interesting conventions. Also a variety of shots have been used to show key details and sound effects have been used appropriately for example the rustling of the paper in the bag. It is made apparent that the film opening is a mystery/crime and not too much is given away which makes it more interesting.
Film Opening Analysis- The Visitor
I would give this film opening a level 4 as it shows some level of excellence. Titles are used appropriately and the titles are effective make it seem like more of a horror. I also liked the close up shots as it gives the impression that the girl isn't human and may be in fact a spirit. The shots of her fading away also gives this impression. I found this opening interesting because it doesn't give too much away like a trailer and leaves on an interesting cliff hanger which makes you want to watch further. The sound was also good with the whispering in the background which makes it more sinister and scary. The higher volume at the end of the film opening makes it more jumpy. Overall I'd give 55 out of 60 it has shown level 4 criteria.
Self Evaluation of Prelim Task
1) Who did you work with and how did you manage the task between you?
I did my prelim task with Deborah and James Grimley. We managed our task together well as we all agreed on the way we were producing each scene and all worked together taking turns to use the camera to film them. Each of us had a character to play and we improvised our characters so we all had an input in the way the characters were presented.
2) How did you plan your sequence? What processes did you use? What theories did you try to take in to account?
We thought of all our different ideas and wrote them down then decided as a group what we thought was best. What we chose to do was by far the best option out of all of them. We used a storyboard to plan out each scene as well and labelled how each of the camera shots were going to be used. We took into account the narrative theory when planning out prelim.
3) What technology did you use to complete the task, and how did you use it?
We used a video camera to film our prelim and an iPhone. The iPhone was used during a scene where Deborah was texting the drug dealer. This was a good example of a close up shot.
4) What factors did you have to take into account when planning, shooting and editing?
When planning we needed to make sure the scenes were the right genre and as it was an urban teen drama we needed to make sure we made it seem like a typical urban teen drama. When shooting we planned out how long we were going to film each scene then when editing we were able to cut out scenes that were too long or when we had stopped acting. When editing, we also made the scenes flow by creating transitions within each scene.
5) How successful was your sequence? Please identify what worked well, and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently? What did others say about your production?
I don’t believe our prelim was as successful as we hoped for. Although what worked well was the use of hoodies and a gun to present an image of urban. Our alleyway scene and the interview scene with the 180 degree shot were scenes that worked best in our prelim. If we could start our prelim again and do it differently we would include a scene of a close up of the door handle when Deborah goes for the interview and to make the whole storyline more realistic. The comments that were given for our prelim were mostly positive. They commented on the good music, our different shots and transitions and how it was a clear story.
6) What have you learnt from completing this task? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing the rest of your foundation coursework, do you think?
I have learn a lot during making my prelim. I have a better understanding of camera shots that I could use next time and I think lighting that could be included would improve my prelim. Seeing other peoples prelim’s, I have also learnt how to make scenes more interesting with different effects and I now have a better knowledge of music that can be played in the prelim. One other major point that I have learnt is you don’t need to give away too much in a small scene therefore you can make it more interesting by leaving a cliff hanger.
Representation
Definitions
Representation- The way in which people, events and ideas are presented to the audience.
Stereotypes- Media institutions use stereotypes because the audience will instantly understand them.Stereotypes are thought of as a 'visual short cut'. They are used so frequently that we believe they are normal or true.
Archetypes- The ultimate stereotype.
Counter-types- A representation that challenges the typical stereotype of a person, place or group of people.
Gatekeepers- Any person who is involved in a media production with the power to make decisions about what the audience are allowed to read, hear and see or not see. For example a newspaper editor has the final say on what is shown in the newspaper, the pictures shown and the title's of the different pieces.
Media Moguls- A media proprietor or media mogul refers to a successful entrepreneur or businessperson who controls, through personal ownership or via a dominant position in any media related company or enterprise consumed by a large number of individuals.
Media Consumers- Media consumption or media diet is the sum of information and entertainment media taken in by an individual or group. It includes activities such as interacting with new media; reading books and magazines; watching television and film; listening to radio; and so on.
When analysing representation we have to take into consideration the following things:
Who? (Is being represented? Is the preferred audience for the representation?)
What? (Are they doing? Is their activity presented as typical (normal) or atypical (abnormal)? Do they conform the genre expectations or other conventions)
Why? (Are they present? What purpose do they serve?)
Where? (Are they? How are they framed? Are they presented as artificial or natural? What surrounds them? What is in the foreground? What is in the background?)
Theories
The Male Gaze- Developed by feminist, Laura Mulvey describes how the audience, or viewer, is put into the perspective of a heterosexual male. Mulvey believes that women should enjoy the attention of attracting the gaze, and put themselves in positions to be looked at. The concept of ‘the gaze’ is one that deals with how an audience views the people/person presented. Mulvey states that in film women are typically the objects, rather than the possessors, of gaze because the control of the camera (and thus the gaze) comes from factors such as the as the assumption of heterosexual men as the default target audience for most film genres.
Richard Dyer- Richard Dyer’s Star Theory is the idea that icons and celebrities are constructed by institutions for financial reasons and are built to target a specific audience or group of people. Dyer’s theory can be broken down into 3 sections:
Representation- The way in which people, events and ideas are presented to the audience.
Stereotypes- Media institutions use stereotypes because the audience will instantly understand them.Stereotypes are thought of as a 'visual short cut'. They are used so frequently that we believe they are normal or true.
Archetypes- The ultimate stereotype.
Counter-types- A representation that challenges the typical stereotype of a person, place or group of people.
Gatekeepers- Any person who is involved in a media production with the power to make decisions about what the audience are allowed to read, hear and see or not see. For example a newspaper editor has the final say on what is shown in the newspaper, the pictures shown and the title's of the different pieces.
Media Moguls- A media proprietor or media mogul refers to a successful entrepreneur or businessperson who controls, through personal ownership or via a dominant position in any media related company or enterprise consumed by a large number of individuals.
Media Consumers- Media consumption or media diet is the sum of information and entertainment media taken in by an individual or group. It includes activities such as interacting with new media; reading books and magazines; watching television and film; listening to radio; and so on.
When analysing representation we have to take into consideration the following things:
Who? (Is being represented? Is the preferred audience for the representation?)
What? (Are they doing? Is their activity presented as typical (normal) or atypical (abnormal)? Do they conform the genre expectations or other conventions)
Why? (Are they present? What purpose do they serve?)
Where? (Are they? How are they framed? Are they presented as artificial or natural? What surrounds them? What is in the foreground? What is in the background?)
Theories
The Male Gaze- Developed by feminist, Laura Mulvey describes how the audience, or viewer, is put into the perspective of a heterosexual male. Mulvey believes that women should enjoy the attention of attracting the gaze, and put themselves in positions to be looked at. The concept of ‘the gaze’ is one that deals with how an audience views the people/person presented. Mulvey states that in film women are typically the objects, rather than the possessors, of gaze because the control of the camera (and thus the gaze) comes from factors such as the as the assumption of heterosexual men as the default target audience for most film genres.
Richard Dyer- Richard Dyer’s Star Theory is the idea that icons and celebrities are constructed by institutions for financial reasons and are built to target a specific audience or group of people. Dyer’s theory can be broken down into 3 sections:
- Audience and Institutions
- Constructions
- Hegemony (Cultural Beliefs)
Juno Practise Task
You are editing your own footage, how did the filming go?
I think our filming went well as we used the time wisely by using one and a half lessons to complete the Juno task to the best of our ability. Some issues did occur during filming though as it was difficult to get the angle right and know which way to face. As you can see in the video I'm going in the wrong direction to the original Juno video. Although I think the timing of the runners was successful and also when we panned up towards the telephone wires.
Was your storyboard accurate?
My storyboard was accurate as we wrote about the positioning of the shots which were the same as the original Juno video. We also wrote about the timings which helped us know how long to video each scene for. Our drawings of each scene were also recognisable so we knew exactly what to do for each scene.
What were your strengths and weaknesses in the group?
The strengths within the group were being able to label how long each scene was meant to be recorded for and we gave ourselves a few seconds extra for each scene for any editing needed. We also had weaknesses within the group as some of the scene weren't recorded in the right direction and the camera wasn't also very still.
Did you get all the footage you wanted?
We filmed enough scenes with plenty of time within each scene to get enough footage for our task. We also knew which scene we wanted to stop filming at and made sure we did each scene that worked towards that end point.
What technical skills - camera and premiere - did you learn?
I learnt that during filming you can track left to right or right to left. I also learnt about certain shots such as long shot, mid shot and close up. Tilt up and down was also an obvious skill. All these skills were used to complete our Juno task.
How does it compare to the original?
Our Juno video didn't go as well as we wanted it to as we needed to do a lot of editing by slowing our clips down to make it in time to the original video and some of the angles and direction of our scenes weren't to their full potential as they didn't match the Juno video.
What went well - What I learnt - What I will take with me to the next production
I think the communication between the group went well as we planned and organised what we needed to do and all agreed on the same things such as who was Juno. Choosing me to be Juno was a good choice as I had the same dark hair to match the original Juno video and we used the right clothing to make us look the same. I also learnt what to do better next time which was to check the timings of when we come into the scene and when to finish the scene etc.
Mise En Scene
This is a French term meaning of what is put into a scene or frame. It is also visual information in front of the camera to help people learn what the film is including.
5 Elements of Mise En Scene
- Setting and Props
- Costume, Hair and Make Up
- Facial Expressions and Body Language
- Lighting and Colour
- Positioning of Characters/Objects within the frame.
Lighting
High Key Lighting- Often seen in romantic comedies and musicals. It avoids all dark areas in the frame to present an even lighting pattern. Everything looks bright with little to no shadow at all. High-key lighting has little dramatic effect itself.
Low Key Lighting- Often seen in horror movies and thrillers, the pattern has both bright and dark areas in the frame. the use of low key lighting makes a horror scarier as you cannot visualize everything that's about to happen. it also creates a strong contrast to unnerve the audience.
Costume- The obvious purpose of costuming is to dress an actor according to his/her character. Lawyers wear suits, nurses wear scrubs and a policeman would wear their police's uniform. Costume is also used to create the theme of the film.
Film Language- Opening Scene of The Vow
Describe In detail
S etting
T heme
I cons
N arrative
C haracters
T extual analysis
Setting- This is set in the car of two people. They stop at a stop sign by deserted garages in the middle of winter, in the snow. The snow is used as the reason why the truck didn't break in time and crash into the red car. It is also set at night so the couple have more privacy with less people around. The car is in a building sight which may explain why there was a truck and why the truck driver wouldn't have expected a car to be there, especially at night.
Theme- The car is still running when they stop. making an engine noise in the background, which conveys it isn't a typical romantic moment. But the snow surrounding them makes it more romantical. The sound of the truck starts to get much louder than the sound of the car engine and then ruins the moment as they crash.
Icons- The snow, car, truck and seatbelt. As you learn throughout the film, the girl wouldn't have been thrown out the car if she didn't take her seatbelt off during her romantic moment.
Narrative- This film is based on a women, Paige (Rachel McAdams) who loses the memory of her husband, Leo (Channing Tatum) after she and her husband are in a traumatic car crash. Paige is first in a coma and wakes up to be told she has severe memory loss and throughout the film Leo works to win her heart back. Paige wakes up believing that she is still inlove with her first love Jeremy although she has a husband who she doesn't know exists. After she has recovered from her trauma she makes a brave decision to go and live with Leo although to her, he is a complete stranger. Leo then fights a lot of battles to try and win her back.
Characters-
• Leo
• Paige
• Jeremy
• Rita Thornton (Mother of Paige)
• Bill Thorton (Father of Paige)
Narratives for 'The Prestige'
Enigma Code
- Who is the person narrating?
- What is the magic trick?
- What is the purpose of the little girl watching?
- When is the film set?
- What is the purpose of the budgie?
- The budgie in the cage
- Magic wand
- The stage
- Tank of Water
- Low lighting
- Man picks budgie out the cage- what's he going to do?
- Curtain raises above the magician
- Two men have a bust up
- Man walks into electric field
- Man gets stuck in water tank- will he escape?
Action
In this image we are in the school grounds outside hopkins. We have used this corner as it shows that I was caught at a dead end as I couldn't get through the doors. You can tell by our body language we are at battle as the gun is pointing towards me and I'm surrendering with my hands up. Although the lighting could have been dimmer to make it look like more of an action as you'd expect high key lighting to be in a more happier film. The picture has been taken at an angle to show the height differences and present it as more of an action where people are constantly moving where as if it was upright it would look less upbeat. The helmet also presents that the girl had previously been trying to escape on a motorbike. The use of Ben's army hat shows a serious act was taken place as they needed the most professional people to track down this person.
Family
The setting of this image was outdoors on the school field on a summers day. The fact that it is sunny creates a brighter, happier image to show it to be more like a family photo. The theme of this image was family and to show this we had the dad carrying the daughter reaching for the bear that had got stuck in the tree. Although you can see what they are doing, the angle of the picture could have been directed at their faces to show the expression of the daughters face as she reaches for the bear and the dad directing the daughter. Icons in this image included the bear, this bear shows that it is a young girl that lost her bear in the tree.
Semiotics of 'if i stay'
Semiotics- The study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.
Connotations- An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
There are four boxes in this poster that represent the face of the girl in the film 'if i stay'. The rest of the boxes show different scenes throughout the film that give us a clue as to what it is about. The title of the film itself isn't included in the boxes but is in fact underneath with other information.
The use of the four boxes to show the girls face show that in one of the boxes the colouring is more bold than the other three boxes which are more faded. This may be because of the story of the girl being in a life or death situation so the faded boxes suggest her when she was losing her life and the bold box tells us that she was fighting for her life. The faded boxes take over the bold box which shows how serious her battle was. The stories told in each of the other boxes show love between the young boy and girl and also the parents of the girl as each couple hold each other. But then a juxtaposition is shown when an ambulance is in one of the images showing us that something terrible had happened.
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