Without any research I will give my opinion of what the status' of the mediums of media are, for example which are seen as 'better' or 'worse', their levels of popularity and importance.
I think that film/cinema is regarded as the highest quality and 'best' medium, I would say this firstly because their is a direct fee to go to cinema, so people notice it more than TV license etc. Also, for example, if a film is released in the cinema it is seen as more mainstream and high-brow, whereas if a film is released straight to television, such as the version of Hamlet with David Tennant, then it is assumed it had a lower budget and not as popular actors/directors. Home cinema (dvds etc), I see as in between the two. Broadsheet newspapers are seen as very important and respectable, not so much 'better' just rather more serious, Tabloid newspapers are looked down at, mostly seen as being untrue, twisting and tacky, filled with celebrity garbage. I also feel that radio is not so much looked down at, just ignored, disregarded.
After doing some research I will post again.
Thursday 9 December 2010
Sunday 28 November 2010
Monday 22 November 2010
Inspiration.
For inspiration on characters, set, music, effects and style there are a few films me and Katharine looked at:
Sin City:
Sin City Movie Trailer from Casey Ochinang on Vimeo.
Kill Bill:
Kill Bill Trailer from Brendon Palmer on Vimeo.
300:
300 Trailer from Nevin Pontious on Vimeo.
Sin City:
Sin City Movie Trailer from Casey Ochinang on Vimeo.
Kill Bill:
Kill Bill Trailer from Brendon Palmer on Vimeo.
300:
300 Trailer from Nevin Pontious on Vimeo.
Problems.
This post should be one containing the continuity task that I worked on with Matt Armes and Katharine Wood, unfortunately my Imovie is messing up and I havent been able to convert it to an upload-able format. I am proud of this task and I hope to get it uploaded asap.
Blog Review.
I decided to look at and review the blog of an A2 student, Blaine Kenneally (http://blainekenneallya2media.blogspot.com/).
I spent about 45 minutes scrolling through his extensive posts and while this may sound negative I loved the way the posts were worded and they didn't bore me out, they we're packed with the right information and almost always accompanied by pictures. I particularly liked the video logs they did because they we're entertaining as well as enticing and informing. Its clear that Blaine has a crystal clear understanding of all the aspects of media, from his posts I can actually learn some things useful to myself as well as become passively involved in his journey through making his media pieces. It is also clear that Blaine is dedicated to his blog as it is constantly being updated and built upon. I recommend Blaine's blog to anyone, if you are unclear about something it can usually be demonstrated on his blog in an easier to understand way, also his ideas and concepts and entertaining and interesting.
I spent about 45 minutes scrolling through his extensive posts and while this may sound negative I loved the way the posts were worded and they didn't bore me out, they we're packed with the right information and almost always accompanied by pictures. I particularly liked the video logs they did because they we're entertaining as well as enticing and informing. Its clear that Blaine has a crystal clear understanding of all the aspects of media, from his posts I can actually learn some things useful to myself as well as become passively involved in his journey through making his media pieces. It is also clear that Blaine is dedicated to his blog as it is constantly being updated and built upon. I recommend Blaine's blog to anyone, if you are unclear about something it can usually be demonstrated on his blog in an easier to understand way, also his ideas and concepts and entertaining and interesting.
Props and cast
After talking through our plot and narrative me and Katharine Wood decided on the props and cast for our OTS:
The ' Femme fatale' who in our case is named 'Vee' has taken aspects from the conventional film noir females, for example the cigarette holder, adding that to our list of props.
Most of the male characters that we have planned out are fitting to the conventions of a film noir male, adding trilbies to our prop list.
Much like the gun in the extract of 'Killers' that we watched, me and Katharine Wood decided that we would include a signifier, after discussion about what this would be and how to translate the gun into our neo-noir theme, we decided to use tarot cards.
The costumes for our characters are going to be modern translations on the stereotypical film noir wardrobes, so we would need to find black seemed tights, a fur coat, large heels and jewellery and lipstick for out femme fetale. Also more regular clothes for the male characters, such as a suited character and a casual character.
• Cigarette Holder
• Trilbies
• Tarot cards
• Black seemed tights
• Fur coat
• Heels
• Large jewellery
• Lipstick
• Suit
For the role of Kevin, an ex-business man who was kicked down to the gutters and is now filled with revenge, we wanted a man in his 40's, with little or no white hair and a sturdy stature, capable of being somewhat scary or dominating looking.. For this we casted Kev, a friend if Katharines mum who we thought ticked the boxes well.
For the role of 'Champ', a rebellious teenager who turned from his childhood into a young man filled with hate, we wanted a 16-20 year old male, we were also looking for someone who had a rebellious kind of look about them. For this we casted Flynn, a friend of me and Katharine's who has a very 'punk' style and spike style hair.
For the all important role of 'Vee', the innocent mother turned bad-ass chick, we needed someone who could pull off being a motherly housewife and also kick-ass heroine. For this role we casted Katharines sister who we thought could do these parts well and also has children of her own that we could use for the mother scenes to make them easier to direct.
The ' Femme fatale' who in our case is named 'Vee' has taken aspects from the conventional film noir females, for example the cigarette holder, adding that to our list of props.
Most of the male characters that we have planned out are fitting to the conventions of a film noir male, adding trilbies to our prop list.
Much like the gun in the extract of 'Killers' that we watched, me and Katharine Wood decided that we would include a signifier, after discussion about what this would be and how to translate the gun into our neo-noir theme, we decided to use tarot cards.
The costumes for our characters are going to be modern translations on the stereotypical film noir wardrobes, so we would need to find black seemed tights, a fur coat, large heels and jewellery and lipstick for out femme fetale. Also more regular clothes for the male characters, such as a suited character and a casual character.
• Cigarette Holder
• Trilbies
• Tarot cards
• Black seemed tights
• Fur coat
• Heels
• Large jewellery
• Lipstick
• Suit
For the role of Kevin, an ex-business man who was kicked down to the gutters and is now filled with revenge, we wanted a man in his 40's, with little or no white hair and a sturdy stature, capable of being somewhat scary or dominating looking.. For this we casted Kev, a friend if Katharines mum who we thought ticked the boxes well.
For the role of 'Champ', a rebellious teenager who turned from his childhood into a young man filled with hate, we wanted a 16-20 year old male, we were also looking for someone who had a rebellious kind of look about them. For this we casted Flynn, a friend of me and Katharine's who has a very 'punk' style and spike style hair.
For the all important role of 'Vee', the innocent mother turned bad-ass chick, we needed someone who could pull off being a motherly housewife and also kick-ass heroine. For this role we casted Katharines sister who we thought could do these parts well and also has children of her own that we could use for the mother scenes to make them easier to direct.
Set.
For our filming we will need a few sets, the main set being a bar. Its hard to find a suitable bar willing to give up time to let us film there, but luckily my extended family living in wells-next-the-sea are very close with the owners of the sailing club which is the ideal set for what we want, and we can have as long as we need in it free of charge. It is a very old authentic cosy little bar, that when put into black and white (or whichever noir effects we choose) should work really well.
Oops.
Okay so THAT was my media concept board for the film noir OTS that I will be making with Katharine Wood. It is not yet a completed spread of our ideas but we have set in our minds what we want to do pretty clearly which hopefully my next few posts will explain some aspects of our plans more clearly.
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Me Myself and Media
My first two years or media was very up and down. We had a wide range of teachers and my levels of enthusiasm and effort dipped and soared over the years… Mostly dipped. I was very distracted and unmotivated in media but in the last few months I pulled up and worked harder and managed to pass with a C. I was expecting a C or a D due to my severe lack of…work. I know that I could have done a lot better.
A levels have given me a chance to turn over many new leaves and I have grown out of the naïve, arrogant, mindset of profundity that pulled wool over the eyes of my motivation.
A levels have given me a chance to turn over many new leaves and I have grown out of the naïve, arrogant, mindset of profundity that pulled wool over the eyes of my motivation.
Media is a subject suited to me and I to it. I take interest in many aspects of the media. mostly in computing, computers and the internet. The film and theatre industry captures my mind especially as it is a field I would like to become involved in.
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