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
The current standings for the box office as of now are:
The majority of films that are on this list are considerably reliant on special effects and the genre of action, which would imply the industry has noticed they have become a good investment, following the successes of superhero movies, most notably the Marvel franchise.
This may be to do with a struggle to entice people to visit the cinema, as there are so many platforms that allow you to watch movies with relatively more convenience. This also has made the mass audience a lot less open minded on welcoming unknown content, which at home they can turn off immediately, unavailable when at the cinema.
Therefore, it can be argued people are now adamant to visit the cinema, which studios have started to try and bypass by choosing to create adapted content, or continuing on franchises of older movies.It offers people a secure choice that when they see it advertised, they resonate with it and are more willing to see it.
This can be proven significantly with the current standings on the box office, with 8 either being a sequel of a created movie, or an adaptation on original content. This solidifies the modern intent of film creators, but is sadly detrimental to the film culture as a whole. It is unlikely this generation will be remembered upon as a time of cinema classic that it had the potential to be, with our modernized technology and communication.
The Box office top 10 movie includes: Blank Panther ($700,059,566), Avengers: infinity War ($678,815,482), Incredibles 2 ($605,633,025), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($416,282,080), Deadpool 2 ($318,468,882), Mission: Impossible – Fallout ($216,135,337), Ant-Man and the Wasp ($215,410,791), Solo: A Star Wars Story ($213,765,754), A Quiet Place ($188,024,361), Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($165,261,099).
All of these films have the genre of action in common. The movie plots in which there is a villain creating a situation for a hero to solve is involved with the majority of these movies. Another thing in common is that these movies have all been adapted to having sequels and some are even franchises such as Avengers. These types of action movies could be popular due to famous stars being casted, CGI and special effects. Special effects also reduce the price it costs to produce these movies due to the explosions being unreal, whereas movies back in the day would cost fortunes to fake a real explosion. Due to the price costing less to produce the films, it means that highly known actors can be made more for their appearance due to the budget expansion.
Due to most of these films being sequels, or belonging to a franchise, it holds a promise to the fans that they will see more of the plot if they stay interested. Many famous actors are involved in the films such as Chris Pratt: in the Jurassic World movies and Chris Hemsworth who stars in Avengers: Infinity War. These actors are capable of attracting a wider audience.
In conclusion, most successful films have wide view ranges due to multiple factors: Actors drawing in certain audiences, impressive special effects, plots that draw you in and belong to a franchise for the audiences to stay involved.
Spike Lee
I think that Spike Lee is wrong because I don’t think that you do have to be a member of an ethnic group to be able to direct or be part of a film. I think that if you enforce it then by extent you’ll have to say that you can only make films that address something about a certain racial or ethnic group if you belong in that group and I think that that is a bad idea as it’ll essentially only draw lines between different communities. I think that if you are going to do a film about a sensitive topic you should do your best to do the research about it and try to not manipulate things even if they might be more profitable
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