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.
Film: Enemy At The Gates
Year:2001
Genre: War Thriller
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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.
I chose ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’ (By Joel and Ethan Coen, 2001) as an excellent example of composition. The whole film uses clever angles and framing, but this particular scene stands out to me because of the rhythm and perspective. There is an aspect of leading lines which draws the audience in immediately, and a strong balance across the scene. The line across the table is an interesting concept because it physically separates the two characters; Ed and Doris across from each other
I chose ‘I, Frankenstein’ (By Stuart Beattie, 2014) because i think the makeup designed was incredible. It looked realistic enough because it was not too deformed or warped to look entirely fake. It is meant to disgust the audience because that is the whole plot behind the character, which is an interesting concept because it adds more depth and development to Frankenstein
Star Wars, May 25 1977, George Lucas
In the Star Wars movies but specifically in the original you can see a range of uses of make-up and prosthetic’s especially in the Mos Eisley Cantina scene. The uses of this can be seen through as all the aliens look realistic and make-up creates realism to an unbelievable and the look carries on till today unlike the prequels where the use of CGI aliens looks unrealistic as it hasn’t aged well like the other practical effects what gave off real movement from face features such as Greedo’s antennas what are able to move thanks to prosthetic’s in the mask. As well the hair being messy for everyone except for both Tarkin and Leia what is done to show separation of the people at the top of the galaxy compared Han Solo or Luke who are scruffy as they come from the less strict and political part of the galaxy.
Logan Noir, February 17 2017, James Mangold
Even though filmed in color, James Mangold did it in a way for it to work in black and white. For the noir edition they had to re-grade it and time shot by shot. This was also obviously done as way to relate as an inspiration of trying to be western film and how its based off a comic that is in a bleak future.