Doctor Who

Primeval Essay

Coming up the mountain

Coming Up the Mountain

 

After he was born (1948) Ron McCallum became blind. He highlights and explains how he is able to read, he also celebrates the progression of clever tools and adaptive computer technologies that make it possible. With their help, and that of generous volunteers, he's become a lawyer, an academic, and, most of all, a voracious reader.  

 

Scriptwriter Andrew Stanton (Toy Story, WALL-E, Finding Nemo) explains what makes a good story.

Some Girls Recreated Analysis

Some Girls Recreated Analysis

I was placed in a group and we filmed and edited the some girls clip as a recreation which we felt represented the topics well. We chose to use youtube to find a clip from a tv drama which displayed bullying and embarrassing moment.s for teenagers so it would be easy for us to create in school with the props we had. We decided to use the Some Girls clip in which there are two friendship groups one of which is more portrayed as the typical popular group compared to other groups within typical teenage school years which are quiet and shy. In the clip one of the characters from the more quite group called Saz has found out that the ‘blondies’ who the popular group are being refered to as due to the stereo typical thoughts that come with teenage girls with blonde hair in popular groups. This group have taken her diary and make her beg to get it back which is seen as bullying and also embarrassing for her which is a clear representation. Before recreating the clip we made a story board in which would help us to recreate the video and allow us to have a greater understanding of what we needed to do to create the clip. In this story board we drew out the scenes that we would be filming and the different camera angles we would be using. When recreating the clip we made it so that we used exactly the same camera angles as what are used in the original clip.

Before recreating the some girls clip as a group we created a story board which helped us decide how we was going to film the clip and what camera angles we would be using. We also wrote about the tone of voice we would be using for the particular part we are filming.

 

Firstly, we began by filming the starting scene of the video which is a typical introduction to the clip to make the clip easily recognisable. The clips starts with a low angle which is continuous where we filmed  following  the footsteps of the two characters; this would be a 20 second frame and uneditied to be fluent. In would then go into an upper tilt in which would show the authority of the ‘blondies’. and make us realise they were an important characters in the clip. We would also be using non-diegetic music in this section which will be the same music which is used in the original clip to make the clip seem interesting. The music will add emphasis and tension to the clip making the viewers more engaged in the clip and be more intrigued to see what will happen. It also makes the audience more suspicious and gives an idea that the girls are coming to confront the ‘blondies’.

The tilt camera angle of when Saz is begging for her diary back adds emphasis to how desperate she is to get it back and the blondies just laugh at her which represents how they are bullying her. The camera also flicks between the two friendship groups which make it seem more dramatic about how they are confronting each other and it also lets us see which of the two groups have more power. Upwards tilts have been used when showing the ‘blondies’ which conveys the two shy girls looking upward to the blonde girls because they are bigger and more powerful than them. The camera angles make the audience understand the clip more and make it more entertaining to watch especially when we see how the camera shots for the ‘blondies’ such as the upwards tilts make them look like they have more authority, whereas with the other friendship group other camera shots have been used such as downwards tilts which conveys they have less authority than the blonde girls.

Within the final section of the clip we see one of the blonde girls telling Saz that they are going to get the diary published and called ‘fifty shades of weird’ which represents embarrassing moments for her. Furthermore the blonde girl speaks in a very sarcastic tone which emphasis how the ‘bondies’ are taking the mick out of Saz because of her diary and how teenage life can be seen in teenage dramas. This also shows which out of the two groups are more powerful and which group has the most authority which sets higharchy in the clip. When the blonde girls walk off at the end of the clip a long shot has been shot to show them walking away. This conveys that they have been the most powerful between the two groups not giving Saz her diary back.

 

Disability

Representation of disability from Craig Osborne

FILM4About the company
Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four Television Coporation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. The company's first production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears which wss released in 1982.

Upcoming film - The Selfish Giant

The selfish giant stars Sean Gilder, Siobhan Finneran, Lorraine Ashbourne, Steve Evets, Elliott Tittensor and talents newcomers Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas. Produced by Tracy O'Riordan.

Backed by the BFI Film Fund and Film4, and developed with support from both Film4 and the BFI, The Selfish Giant is a Moonspun Films production. After premiering at Cannes in the Director's Fortnight in May 2013, it will be released in the UK by Artificial Eye on November 15th.

Plot:
The selfish giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Abour and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own niehgbour hood, the two boys meet Kitten, a local scrapdealer, and begin to emulate Kitten by becoming greedy and exploiative, tension soon starts to build leading to a tragic event which transforms them all.

Press Reactions:

The Guardian
"Barnard's storytelling is heartfelt and passionate, fluent and supremely confident and this is a heart-wrenching movie with some stunning set pieces." - Peter Bradshaw

The Telegraph
"So hauntingly perfect is Barnard’s film, and so skin-pricklingly alive does it make you feel to watch it, that at first you can hardly believe the sum of what you have seen: the astonishingly strong performances from her two young, untutored leads; Barnard’s layered script; Mike Eley’s snow-crisp cinematography that makes the streets of Bradford shine. [...] like Ken Loach's Kes, the film knells with myth: we get a keen sense of an older, purer England buried somewhere underneath all this junk, from the early wide shots of horses in meadows, idling belly-deep in morning mist, to the extraordinary, almost wordless final sequence that hints at redemption and reincarnation. The Selfish Giant is cinema that tells an unsure nation who we are." - Robbie Collin

UNIVERSALAbout the company: Universal Studios is a American motion picture studio, owned by Comcast and it is one of the six major movie studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Founded in April 30, 1912. (1912-04-30).....

Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, and Jules Brulatour. It is the oldest movie studio in the USA and it is also the fourth oldest in the world that is still in production.

On May 11, 2004, the controlling stake in the company was sold by Vivendi Universal to General Electric, parent of NBC. The resulting media super-conglomerate was renamed NBC Universal, while Universal Studios Inc. remained the name of the production subsidiary.

Four of Universal Studios' most popular films of which achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film made at time:
Jaws(1975)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial(1982)
Jurassic Park(1993)
Despicable Me 2(2013)

Revenue: US$4.239 billion (2011)
Operating income: US$27 million (2011)

Upcoming Film - OldBoy

Oldboy is an upcoming 2013 American thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Mark Protosevich. It is a remake of the 2003 award-winning South Korean film of the same name.

It stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. Due to be released on 27th November 2013.

Plot: Joe Doucett, an advertising executive is kidnapped and held prisoner for twenty years in solitary confinement. After he is suddenly released, he goes on a mission to find the person responsible for his imprisonment, later discovering that his life is still caught in conspiracy and torment.

Some Girls Clip Analysis - Represntation

Within the clip of Some Girls the represntational issure of embarrassing moments and bullying between the two 'friendship' groups are presented. Within the clip, the camera angle of high and low tilts are used to portray the authority of the 'bloodies' and the little power the other friendship group have. This camera angle makes the characters seem taller having power,along with the dietic sound of the characters with the specific idiolect enforces the pwer the 'bloodies' have speaking in third person to make them seem important compared to the other girl begging for her diary back using first person to highlight it is her that is begging for her work back.

Moreover, the use of the theme song at the beginning conveys that the TV Drama is based in a school and four girls 'surviving'. The music is upbeat and a girls voice which reinforces that fact even more that it is based on the characters due to the linking in with the filming of the charcters coming together to start the first scene. The characters coming together is shown within a pan movement which take in the whole surrounding presenting the girls range og backgournds yet are able to come togethe due to schooling.

When intoducing the 'blondies' the subject has been panned upwards which takes in a phyiscal image of the characters from toe to head which makes the veiwer feel they are infact unauthoritive to these girls and allows them to relate this situation to their schooling.

During the scene when the girls are at the bus stop begging for her diary back the director has made the editing has a clean cut shot switching from friendship good highlighting the tension and the arguement that the girls are not getting anywhere with therir pleading so respond to getting on their knees which is an action which symbolizes begging clearly to enhance there desperation to get what they want.  
  

Sound

Sound

Camera Editing

Long Shot

Long Shot
A long shot contains a landscape image which gives us a more specific idea of the setting and allows us to see what the surroundings look like. Also a long shot may also show us where something is going to happen or take place.

High Angle

High Angle
 We usually see this in films where the camera is at eyeline with this shot the camera is looking down at the subject. I also makes us suggest things from which we may see in the shot. Furthermore by using a high angle shot it makes the scene feel more dramatic and makes it seem like the character is talking to someone at a high level.

Mid Shot

 

Mid Shot

This is a mid shot that the director usually uses to capture the aduience and allow them to feel more personal to the character.  

Wide Shot

Wide Shot

 In a wide shot we see the whole scene. This gives us detail on the shot and allows us to see exactly what is going on.

Two Shot

Two Shot

This is a shot of two people. We see this being used in interviews, or when two people are in the camera shot. These shots are good for seeing two peoples relationshop between subjects. Both characters will have an equal amount of screen so you get too see clearly what both characters are feeling. Furthermore it is good for movement or action and it is a good way to follow the interacting between two people without getting distacted or confused as you are able to see both the characters at the same time.

Low Angle

Low Angle
  A low angle shot is a shot taken from a low angle, anywhere below the eye line looking up at something.

Canted Angle

Canted Angle
  This suggests an imbalance or instability in the scene often used in horror movies. A point-of-view shot if ofted used to create this image and normally a hand held camera is used to create this.

Master Shot

Master Shot 
This is often used to show a whole scene. It includes all the characters in the frame and is mostly seen as a long shot.

Establishing Shot

Establishing Shot
  We usually see this shot as a very wide shot and it is usually used for the first shot of a new scene and designed to show the audience where the main part is taking place.

Aerial Shot

Aerial Shot
An aerial shot means taking the photo from an elevated position. It is often taking from a high position such as a crane, plane or a helicopter.

Point Of View

Point Of View
A point of view shot shows what a character is looking at (represented through the camera). it usually shows the character looking at something, seeing a reaction, or seeing what someone is looking at. This shot is often used in the film editing and sometimes we see this shot being taken over the shoulder of the character who remains visible on the screen.

Close Up

Close Up
The close up shot is often taken of a certain feature of part of the photo and takes up most of the frame. We usually see slose ups taken of peoples faces and are often used for showing detail and emotion.

Over the Shoulder Shot

Over The Shoulder Shot
This shot is taken from behind a person who is looking at the subject. The person would often still be in the shot. The shot helps to figure out the position of the character and get a sense of what they are looking at from the other persons point of view and to see how they are looking at it. We often see these shots during conversation or alternating between different characters.

G322 Mark Scheme (2011) from Armthorpe Media