TWITTER

This is my Twitter account.

At the beginning of the term we were asked to create a Twitter account and follow people and institutions that were relevant to our media work. Some of the things I follow include 'Screen International', 'Sony' and 'Film London'. By having a Twitter account it has enabled me to keep up to date with what is going on in the world of media, moreover it helps me with my ideas and getting inspiration. According to Alan Rusbridger 'Its a highly effective way of spreading ideas, information and content'. Twitter would also be an effective place to market my film opening as it is often 'where things happen first'. There are so many users that are able to re-tweet and like posts that your work would just get spread around, all the while you would be gaining more followers who had an interested in your ideas.


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ANALYSIS: DEADPOOL

Deadpool was made in 2016 and directed by Tim Miller. It is a mainstream American superhero film, however it is clear from the beginning of the film that it is a comedy as the subtitles are being mocked. For example, the characters are named as 'a hot chick', 'a moody teen', 'a British villain' and the film being presented as 'some douchbag's film', clearly telling the audience what they already believe about the people in this film and who worked on it. This makes the film very lighthearted and also draws you in because it is different from every other film. Very early on in the opening of the film we see that the production company is Twentieth Century Fox in association with Marvel. This credit is being presented in white, bold text and in the background is a man screening with wounds to his face, this shows the audience that it is an action film as well as comedy.

The mise-en-scene of the opening of the film is either frozen in time and the camera is going round the car filming what is going on, or its as if the camera is going so fast around the scene that everything around it seems to be going incredibly slow. The camera pans around the air-borne car capturing the absolute carnage inside of itand captures all the bodies inside of it. The camera also captures a magazine with Ryan Gosling on the front cover with the caption 'sexist man alive!' who is playing the character of Deadpool in this film, making it very humorous. 

All diegetic sound is cut off in the opening sequence and is replaced by a very calm, classical song which completely contrasts with the destruction that is going on around them. This highlights the comical factor of the film and making it very entertaining.
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ANALYSIS: MARC RIBOUD

This photo is called, 'The ultimate confrontation: The flower and the bayonet'. The girl in the picture is a woman named Jan Rose Kasmir, who at the time was an American high school student. Riboud was taking part with other anti-war activists while he took this picture of Kasmir. For me, this photo symbolises peace and innocence as all that the girl is holding up is a flower which is something very delicate and non violent. She has a look of forgiveness in her eyes. Kasmir is not shown to be aggressive or using force even though she is stood up to many men who are portrayed as having more power than her. The army men all have the same expression on their face, looking straight through her and all dressed in the same uniform which in a way makes them almost robot-like. Moreover, the uniform that they are in is all black which is very plain and sinister with a hard helmet on too. This contrast completely to how the woman is shown as she is unique and on her own, dressed in light cloths carrying a symbol of peace. On a denotative level, this photo only offers us a young girl holding up a flower to a group of men holding weapons. However, on a connotative level the flower shows delicacy, forgiveness and the girl symbolisis hope.

RESEARCH: THE ART OF THE TITLE 3

This is my Art of the Title on the film 'Fury'. Throughout the opening of this film, there is a red filter over the images. This highlights to the audience that it is a very dramatic and tense film which also holds a lot of seriousness. The genre is also signalled through the dull, gloomy music that hovers in the background. Towards the beginning it is a piano with what sounds like wind chimes giving it an eerie sound. It then develops into the sound of drums and people chanting which creates a lot of tension. The titles are presented in the clip as white font in bold text which contrasts very well with the red and black in the background. There are a lot of flashing images and lights, this gives the audience the idea of a war scenario which means the audience is able to have more of an idea of what the film is going to be like. The credits all appear in the centre of the screen; this draws the audience’s attention to it more. The main title of the film ‘Fury’ appears half way through the opening sequence. It is in a much bigger text and in the colour red to make it stand out from the other credits. It is a Qed International Le Grisbi Crave Films production. The mise-en-scene of the film is set in the War. This is illustrated as it has my shots of weapons, army men, trenches and tanks. This film has a wide audience range but I feel it stands out most to young adults.

THE BUSINESS OF FILM ONLINE COURSE

During the half term, I used the website Futurelearn to gain more knowledge on my understanding of the film industry. By doing this course it shows I have interest in film, as well as it being extremely useful to me as it helped me with what is needed to produce a film and all the stages it requires.  
This course has helped me gain experience in how to start my own film opening as it gives you advise on how to market the film to a particular audience and the ways of selling a film.

                                                                                                           

RESEARCH: AUDIENCES

This is my Piktochart on audiences

RESEARCH: THE ART OF THE TITLE 2

This is my Emaze presentation on GODZILLA