My example of a good use of space in a film is this scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron
This use of space here is to show dominance and power in the character of Ultron.
This is done by having this shot seen below come in after Ultron has cut off the arm of the other character, Ulysses Klaw
This scene not only portrays ultron as a dominant character but also gives the audience a sense of his scale and size which again adds to this scenes portrayal of ultron as a large, scary and dominant character
this example of hair and makeup is from the Duchess (2008 ,directed by Saul Dibb) and I chose this example because the film is a period drama set in the late 18th century and the makeup artist would have to do a lot of research in order to get the hair and makeup as accurate as possible.
In Seven the use of lighting keeps the audience on edge and even in the happier scenes they are still relatively dark and dull. In this scene they are having a meal and they are laughing but it isn’t a bright scene and this reminds the audience that there is still darkness in the film and this is just a small distraction.
Seven :David Fincher (1995)
Set design
In the Zodiac, a lot of the film is shot inside the newspapers office where the 2 main characters work, I like how the film is focused on the paper rather then the police station like most murder related films. Also in the office there are papers scattered everywhere showing the chaos of the situation. During the scenes in the office the audience can be at ease knowing this is the safe environment and then it will skip to another murder scene
David Fincher
Costume
Alice wears a dress throughout most of the film which gives her a sense of vulnerability and allows the audience to sympathies for her.
I like the use of set design in this because it shows that the city that the fighting is going on is ruined by war and that the fires show that the fighting is still going on or recent, In addition the smoke also makes it so we can’t see into the distance which may project a feeling a doubt and fear of the unknown.
I chose this from ‘Schindler’s List’ (By Steven Spielberg, 1993) mainly because of this particularly memorable scene. Everything is darkness; except this young child walking through the Polish streets, a bright red figure clad against darkness. This is not just visually appealing, it also has significance to the plot because it represents innocence and brightness in a time of chaos and misery
I chose this example from ‘Reservoir Dogs’ (By Quentin Tarantino, 1992) because of it’s spectacular and innovative development of the fore and background. From the scene below, you can see that everything is well-balanced. The ‘victim’ of such is trapped in the foreground, with the villain in the middle; blocking the exit which we can see in the background. This unique positioning ensures that the audience can feel part of the audience as there is much perspective
In the panel showing that infinity war is the highest grossing movie. Making over 1$ billion showing the interest in movies of that structure. As well a similar trend can be seen with the rest of the movies of 2018 with superhero action movies like Black Panther, Deadpool 2 and Ant-man and the Wasp being in the top 10 of the box offices.
A thing that is the same about all these movies is there genre. With fan base surrounding the superhero genre and their expanded universe making people feel obliged to watch them if they have investment in the story told so far. As well since these movies are all action based it would draw in a large audience due to its usual lack of complexity making easy but entertaining to follow for any audience.
Another thing the 2018 box office shows is that most of the high grossing movies are made in the United States. This is due to the united states having one of the biggest and most technologically advanced movie studies in the world located in Hollywood. As well since the United States has the worlds largest economy an vast majority of the population would likely be able to afford seeing these movies. As well some of the movies lower down on the list are Chinese, which can be explained by china having the largest population in the world, giving its movies a population of over 1 billion to market to.
Overall the current box office of 2018 shows that there is a very specific and easy way to make a successful movie. However if you take that formula and utilise it to make your movie as good as possible like Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War did then it will make a much large profit with Infinity War becoming the 4th highest grossing movie of all time.
The Sixth Sense (dir. M. Night Shyamalan, 1999), has a clever use of color throughout the film. For example, whenever something bad was going to happen or ghosts were going to appear, red would appear in the scene in some way In this scene, when Cole goes into the tent, he sees the ghost of a young girl who was killed by her mother. The red tent symbolises that the ghost will come, making the audience already feel tense before it happens. The use of red throughout this film is very clever, as it is a subtle hint towards the ghosts appearing, as red is usually associated with danger.
I think that Planet of the Apes (dir. Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968) has an excellent use of makeup, and the level of detail that went into the apes’ faces was incredible, even though the movie was made in the 60s. Their faces were applied using a mixture of makeup and prosthetics, which would have taken a long time to apply. As there were many extras in the film, a lot of time would have been spent applying everyone’s makeup. More modern Planet of the Apes films use post-production effects for the large cast numbers, which is more efficient than applying each person with makeup. However, this doesn’t look as realistic as the prosthetics do, because CGI effects can start to look outdated.
