I chose the Cinderella (By Kenneth Branagh, 2015) dress for my example but although it is simple, it is elegant and reflects the simple beauty of Cinderella which Branagh is trying to get across. It also uses soft and pastel colors which pictures innocence yet beauty
This scene from the Godfather(dir Francis Ford Coppola , 1972) is famous because the low key light immerses the characters in darkness and this suits the world of the film , in fact , this film earned the cinematographer , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Willis the nickname the ‘Prince Of Darkness’ due to his work on the film . I believe that the lighting in this film helped to make it as distinctive as it is.
My favourite films are usually within the genres of horror, sci-fi and action. Romance, drama and musicals never really interested me as the plots are usually boring or too predictable to get stuck into. However, a movie in the genre of all three really surprised me to be rather enjoyable and that was “The Greatest Showman”. Although a lot of action and stunts were involved in the movie, which i found really impressive, the plot was also very creative and managed to really draw in an audience. Despite being based around the musical theatre production of Barnum, there was a lot of originality included with the characters and i found this movie highly enjoyable and entertaining. I also think the soundtrack for this movie is one of the best by far.
My favourite performance in the movie was “Rewrite the Stars” performed by actors Zac Efron and Zendaya, as the song was not only catchy but the trapeze art was amazing and the way they both worked together in this scwas absolutely stunning. Many impressive moves were shown specifically by Zendaya and the fact she learned trapeze art specifically for the film made the scene even more impressive and it really makes you appreciate the amount of work and passion that goes into a movie.
I have chosen the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars (dir. George Lucas, 1977) as an example of a well designed set. This is because lots of detail has been put into this, and lots of time must have been spent creating the individual switches and buttons. Also, the slightly dirty look of the set helps to immersive the viewer into the movie, as it makes it look more realistic and used. Part of what makes this cockpit look so good is the fact that it was all built and used in the movies, rather than only building half the set and having the rest added in during post production.
The example that I chose was from Lord Of The Rings (By Peter Jackson, 2001) , which was filmed in New Zealand. I chose this because the location was interesting enough to allow the audience to be transported into the atmosphere and world of the film. It is also not too complex and uses basic ideas to seem realistic enough to the audience
i chose this example of set design from the Matrix ( dir Wachowski siblings , 1999) because it fits into the distinctive world of the film and it has the green color pallet that the film is quite famous for , this particular example helps to immerse you in the world of the film and it creates a distinctive mood as you are watching it.
Activity 2
Battleship Potemkin
| Director | Sergei Eisenstein |
| Date of release | December 24 1925 |
| Genre | Soviet Silent Film |
| Category of film | Historically Significant Film, Odessa Steps Sequence led to inspiration of many marches in other films. |
A Bugs Life
| Director | John Lasseter |
| Date of release | November 14 1998 |
| Genre | Animated Comedy Adventure |
| Category of film | Mainstream, carrying off the success of Toy Story. |
The Shape of Water
| Director | Guillermo Del Toro |
| Date of release | December 1 2017 |
| Genre | Romantic Supernatural |
| Category of film | Art Film |
The Seventh Samurai
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Date of release | April 26 1954 |
| Genre | Samurai Drama |
| Category of film | Historically Significant Film, Remains a very influential film as it is regarded as the most copied and remade film. |
The Breakfast Club
| Director | John Hughes |
| Date of release | February 15 1985 |
| Genre | American teen comedy |
| Category of film | Historically Significant, seen as one of the best takes on American teen drama. |
The Wizard of Oz
| Director | Victor Fleming |
| Date of release | August 12 1936 |
| Genre | Musical Fantasy |
| Category of film | Historically Significant, first fil ever in colour. |
Once upon a Time in the West
| Director | Sergio Leone |
| Date of release | December 21 1968 |
| Genre | Spaghetti Western |
| Category of film | Mainstream, was carrying off the success of the Dollar trilogy. |
Deadpool 2
| Director | Dave Leitch |
| Date of release | May 15 2018 |
| Genre | Action Comedy |
| Category of film | Mainstream, carrying off the success of the original and R-rated superhero films. |
Submarine
| Director | Richard Ayoade |
| Date of release | March 18 2011 |
| Genre | Coming of Age Comedy |
| Category of film | Art Film |
Love Simon
| Director | Greg Berlanti |
| Date of release | March 22 2018 |
| Genre | Romantic teen Comedy-Drama |
| Category of film | Art Film |
Fitzcarraldo
| Director | Werner Herzog |
| Date of release | March 5 1982 |
| Genre | Adventure-drama |
| Category of film | Art Film |
Alphaville
| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Date of release | May 5 1965 |
| Genre | Sci-fi noir |
| Category of film | Historically Significant, influenced many things. |
Manhattan
| Director | Woody Allen |
| Date of release | April 25 1979 |
| Genre | Romance Comedy |
| Category of film | Historically Significant, library of congress made it culturally significant as one of the most funniest movies ever. |
Toy Story
| Director | John Lasseter |
| Date of release | November 5 1995 |
| Genre | Comedy Adventure |
| Category of film | Historically significant, first feature length film to be completely computer animated and first feature film from Pixar. |
Knowledgeable- Has a wide range of all specific knowledge to the subject while also being able to understand terms.
Risk-takers- Will take risks by either following the source or changing the original source to fit the purpose.
Communicators- Willing to talk to others to improve your work or advice is general for the subject as a whole.
Reflective- Will check over work, to check mistakes or to see if there is something what does not work in the final piece.
Balanced- Will have a balance of ideas by not having too much or too little or two genres what will not work together.
Open-Minded- Will take outside ideas from others as well as bringing in outside issues from what affects you personally and include it into your work.
Thinkers- Someone who comes up with many ideas and is creative with those ideas.
Inquirers- People who have interest in the subject and will learn the skills to learn independently.
Caring- Someone who will be consider others wellbeing and may incorporate that into their work.
Principled- Someone who is respectful and will accept the blame where they went wrong and will handle the consequences if good or bad.
The current top 10 shows a lot for a formula of success for a film. The main thing shown from all these movies is the market for action films is very popular with all films in the top 10 having some type of action included into the film. With this part incorporated into the film, its guarantee for a success as the film doesn’t even need to have good review scores or audience scores to gain profit such as Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom what has both an average critic review and audience score around 50% on rotten tomatoes. However it helps this film and any other film on the list what comes from an existing film franchise like Marvel or Jurassic park. A major example of this is Tang Ren Jie Tan An 2 (Detective Chinatown 2) what gained a $400 million more than the original film at the box office.
Another formula for success what is shown from the top 10 is the studios attached to the films with 4 films distributed by Disney what also shows that they use a good part of the film budget on marketing. A key for a successful movie is to put a good amount towards marketing as it cost an estimated $140 million for both the marketing of Avengers:Infinity War and Black Panther as examples. While also the the fact Disney is involved with these films is enough to sell to different market audiences such as families as there image alone is enough to promote their movies. So a good studio backing a movie is a very helpful to make a profitable movie.
Licensing helps movies as 4 movies have the use of marvel comics characters what further proves that source material helps a movie. The reason for this is it brings an existing fanbase with the material used for the film what will give the film an audience before the films release. With 4 films based on comic books while Ready Player One is based on a book what was a bestseller in 20 different languages, what helps internationally at the box office with using an original source.
Knowledgeable:
This will help in Film Studies as having extensive knowledge on a film can help you understand the intent of the creation of a film better.
Caring:
Helps people to fully share ideas more securely
Risk-Takers:
This will help in Film Studies as taking risks can result in creating above average content that perhaps no one else was willing to do.
Communicators:
Allows us to relay ideas and give constructive feedback
Inquirers:
It will help in Film Studies as there are so many ways to interpret film, and questioning the reasons for certain directive decisions can help find out the director’s, and your own, interpretation.
Principled:
It will help in Film Studies that when you come to make your own content you are most likely to stick to your messages and values.
Balanced:
It helps you to make a neutral decision on your ideas when opposing others and makes you less biased.
Open-Minded:
It helps as it leaves you welcome to all ideas and lets you embrace ideologies whether you agree or not.
Reflective:
It helps in film studies as the more reflective you are, the more you want to retry mistakes and be as honest as you can with your work