Hi to all followers and worshippers, this is the first blog in which I will introduce myself. Hola, I am Oscar (known to most religions as Pablo). This blog will be taking you through the media project which (in groups) we will work on during the next two months.
Currently, we have not made a start on our projects; although for now it seems we may be working on the horror genre as it appears to be the most popular amongst most of the people in my group. I'm not too sure on what I would like to do though!
This is Pablo signing off. Until next time!
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Monday, 29 March 2010
on a more serious note
our coursework is basically to create an opening (roughly 2 minutes of length) of a fictional 'film'. We are to decide on what genre we will base our opening on (horror, crime, etc.) and will add elements that we have learned so far (camera shots/angles, mise-en-scene, etc.)
Sunday, 28 March 2010
a crime thriller..ish
In the lesson on monday we came up with the idea of going for the crime thriller drama sort of genre (although it was just three of us, Chelsea wasn't in but she seemed to be cool with it today). We also thought it would be good to approach it as if it were an Arthouse film, as these films are more creative and original than those of Multiplex.
Eve suggested the idea of an interrogation scene, which we then decided to include flashbacks as the accused dude is talking (the flashbacks would show the interrogatee getting ready for doing what he is accused of, or they would hint at what he's done or something like that..we had not fully decided)
This would be using the method of reverse chronology (similar to the style of the film The Usual Suspects, as that had the scenario of a man being interrogated and the film played out in 'flashbacks')
We thought the target audience would probably be men aged 20-50 (ish) - the crime/thriller genre is mostly dominated by males. We were also given the task to devise a questionnaire with questions regarding our chosen genre, which will hopefully give us some helpful information on typical conventions of crime/thrillers/drama.
Eve suggested the idea of an interrogation scene, which we then decided to include flashbacks as the accused dude is talking (the flashbacks would show the interrogatee getting ready for doing what he is accused of, or they would hint at what he's done or something like that..we had not fully decided)
This would be using the method of reverse chronology (similar to the style of the film The Usual Suspects, as that had the scenario of a man being interrogated and the film played out in 'flashbacks')
We thought the target audience would probably be men aged 20-50 (ish) - the crime/thriller genre is mostly dominated by males. We were also given the task to devise a questionnaire with questions regarding our chosen genre, which will hopefully give us some helpful information on typical conventions of crime/thrillers/drama.
Saturday, 27 March 2010
The Questionnaire
And so here is a sample of the questionnaire we handed out to several unsuspecting students in school for them to fill out
1. Do you enjoy watching crime thrillers?
If yes, why?
2. Name your favourite films of the genre?
3. What do you like about them?
4. Are there any particular crime cliches you like?
5. Are there any particular actors/actresses you like which star in films of this genre?
6. What is a favourite 'twist' of yours from a film you have seen?
7. What kind of setting do you like?
8. What sort of music do you like in a film of this genre?
9. What kind of opening would grab your attention?
10. Do you prefer being shocked/surprise by a film, or knowing what's going to happen?
1. Do you enjoy watching crime thrillers?
If yes, why?
2. Name your favourite films of the genre?
3. What do you like about them?
4. Are there any particular crime cliches you like?
5. Are there any particular actors/actresses you like which star in films of this genre?
6. What is a favourite 'twist' of yours from a film you have seen?
7. What kind of setting do you like?
8. What sort of music do you like in a film of this genre?
9. What kind of opening would grab your attention?
10. Do you prefer being shocked/surprise by a film, or knowing what's going to happen?
Friday, 26 March 2010
Pablo & The Gang
oh ya my group consists of Sophie, Chelsea D, Eve and me of course the Mighty Pablo
a picture of the group
Chelsea, Eve, Sophie and me
a picture of the group
Chelsea, Eve, Sophie and me
Thursday, 25 March 2010
continuity exercise - what's it all about man?
Yo tis been a long time since the great me has posted anything so I have many things to update on.
Hola mi gente!!
Starting with the continuity exercise then.
Each group had to obey the 180 degree rule - a rule which states that a camera should be placed somewhere inside 180 degrees on a particular side of an 'invisible line' of a shot containing two people filmed in sequence - and insert a use of a match-on action.
Picture illustrating it
The story of this very short film is as follows:
Myself and Eve are in a mad asylum of some kind. She is a crazy person and I was an analysist dude or doctor or someone of that kind taking notes. Anyway, we are both sat opposite each other and here is a script which is pretty much what happens (may be some difference in what we actually said):
EVE: The elephants flew out of the window over there.
OSCAR: (sarcastically) Yes of course, I saw them the other week.
EVE: (getting angry) Are you patronising me?
OSCAR: No. *gives her random puffy toy to calm her down*
OSCAR: Look, there's one now
EVE: Are you sure?
OSCAR: Yes..
EVE: *gets up, screams loudly and runs off*
Yer it's plain whack but you know, whatever! The simple handing of the toy will be the match-on action.
Hola mi gente!!
Starting with the continuity exercise then.
Each group had to obey the 180 degree rule - a rule which states that a camera should be placed somewhere inside 180 degrees on a particular side of an 'invisible line' of a shot containing two people filmed in sequence - and insert a use of a match-on action.
Picture illustrating it
The story of this very short film is as follows:
Myself and Eve are in a mad asylum of some kind. She is a crazy person and I was an analysist dude or doctor or someone of that kind taking notes. Anyway, we are both sat opposite each other and here is a script which is pretty much what happens (may be some difference in what we actually said):
EVE: The elephants flew out of the window over there.
OSCAR: (sarcastically) Yes of course, I saw them the other week.
EVE: (getting angry) Are you patronising me?
OSCAR: No. *gives her random puffy toy to calm her down*
OSCAR: Look, there's one now
EVE: Are you sure?
OSCAR: Yes..
EVE: *gets up, screams loudly and runs off*
Yer it's plain whack but you know, whatever! The simple handing of the toy will be the match-on action.
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