Insitution: The organisation/s that create media texts.
Genre: A way of categorising texts according to shared conventions.
Represention: The ways in which the world is re-presented to us by the media.
Audience: The people who buy/ consume a media text.
Ideology: The beliefs, ideas and value systems behind or reflected within a media text.
Semiotics: It is the study of signs and communication through symbols.
Narrative: Story/plot.
Narrative story: The straight forward story, from beginning to end, chronological order.
Narrative Plot: Events as they are presented to the audience by the author. Could start at the end and then rewind the story.
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Sweeney Todd - Title sequence by Richard Morrison...
Title Sequence finishes at approx 2.20 minutes.
The title sequence begins quite dark, it is set in the evening and the weather is quite bleak and raining, connoting the idea of something quite sinister or maybe evening representing the mood of one of the characters; run down and depressed. Blood then drips onto the window, as if the water turned into blood, giving the audience an idea that the film is quite dark and serious, shows that the film could be the genre of a horror or thriller. The old silhouette of a lady’s face with blood dripping down the outline and then running down the furniture connotes the idea that the film involves death or murder. Then the blood runs down onto a mechanism which makes the cogs turn, and then the blood gets in between the cogs meaning that the blood in making it work. It could be a connotation of the idea that there is a method to the way in which everything is working. The music starts quite slow and quiet, and then speeds up; when the name of the film is shown the music becomes louder and increases in speed. After, the screen turns into a clip which includes a mince maker, which connotes the idea of cooking meat. The meat then turns into more blood, the images movement becomes faster, maybe representing that someone or something is speeding up. Flames are then shown in the title sequence, connoting the thought of something burning or maybe cooking. The shot follows into pies, which the flame is still linked to in the background, representing meat pies cooking; blood is dripping down from the shelf in which the meat pies are positioned on; with the music still increasing even more in speed connoting something is getting faster, someone having to do something in a rush. The furnace in which the meat pies are being cooked in is then shut, the audience are able to see if looking closely that there are handprints on the door made from blood, being a connotation that this film could be to do with murder. Camera shot moves to a long shot image of an underground scene, blood running through the chambers into the sewage system, representing the idea of something needing to be cleaned, maybe showing something needs to be hidden. The music gets faster yet again during this clip, which could connote that the idea of something needing to be cleaned needs to be done fast. Scene then follows the blood running through the water supplies, the setting changes, a ship immerses through the fog and the film begins.
The title sequence begins quite dark, it is set in the evening and the weather is quite bleak and raining, connoting the idea of something quite sinister or maybe evening representing the mood of one of the characters; run down and depressed. Blood then drips onto the window, as if the water turned into blood, giving the audience an idea that the film is quite dark and serious, shows that the film could be the genre of a horror or thriller. The old silhouette of a lady’s face with blood dripping down the outline and then running down the furniture connotes the idea that the film involves death or murder. Then the blood runs down onto a mechanism which makes the cogs turn, and then the blood gets in between the cogs meaning that the blood in making it work. It could be a connotation of the idea that there is a method to the way in which everything is working. The music starts quite slow and quiet, and then speeds up; when the name of the film is shown the music becomes louder and increases in speed. After, the screen turns into a clip which includes a mince maker, which connotes the idea of cooking meat. The meat then turns into more blood, the images movement becomes faster, maybe representing that someone or something is speeding up. Flames are then shown in the title sequence, connoting the thought of something burning or maybe cooking. The shot follows into pies, which the flame is still linked to in the background, representing meat pies cooking; blood is dripping down from the shelf in which the meat pies are positioned on; with the music still increasing even more in speed connoting something is getting faster, someone having to do something in a rush. The furnace in which the meat pies are being cooked in is then shut, the audience are able to see if looking closely that there are handprints on the door made from blood, being a connotation that this film could be to do with murder. Camera shot moves to a long shot image of an underground scene, blood running through the chambers into the sewage system, representing the idea of something needing to be cleaned, maybe showing something needs to be hidden. The music gets faster yet again during this clip, which could connote that the idea of something needing to be cleaned needs to be done fast. Scene then follows the blood running through the water supplies, the setting changes, a ship immerses through the fog and the film begins.
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
What is the purpose of an opening title sequence?
In a idea of using an opening title sequence became increasingly common since the late 1950s, film title sequences have been a showcase for contemporary design and illustration. The title sequences of Saul Bass and Richard Morrison are among the best examples of this; they also inspired many others for doing the same for both in cinema and on television.
What type of film are we producing...
-The Genre: Horror/Thriller.
-The Setting: In an average home, then into the young boys room and then into the garden.
-The Characters: The young boy and the older sister.
-The Target Audience: The target audience in which we all decided to use would be young adults (17-23).
-The Setting: In an average home, then into the young boys room and then into the garden.
-The Characters: The young boy and the older sister.
-The Target Audience: The target audience in which we all decided to use would be young adults (17-23).
Writing A Treatment
A treatment is an outline of your initial ideas. It will help you to:
- Prepare you for writing your Evaluation
- Organise what you have to do
- Remind you of how you work explores media concepts
- Be more precise about what you want to explore and achieve
- The treatment should be written using the template below and you should also consider the Evaluation Questions that you will have to address once the title sequence is complete.
- Prepare you for writing your Evaluation
- Organise what you have to do
- Remind you of how you work explores media concepts
- Be more precise about what you want to explore and achieve
- The treatment should be written using the template below and you should also consider the Evaluation Questions that you will have to address once the title sequence is complete.
Writing a treatment: Todorov
Todorov, a Bulgarian academic, devised a way of looking at narrative structures according to the different stages of the narrative:
1 The equilibrium - the state of balance in the narrative, where we get to know the characters and their situation.
2 The disruption - oppositional characters are introduced and the story moves forward.
3 The recognition (of the disruption) - where the story develops, different events and characters become involved and more drama occurs.
4 The attempts to repair the disruption - where there may be a twist or climactic point.
5 The new equilibrium - the problem is solved and harmony is resolved, though things may have changed.
1 The equilibrium - the state of balance in the narrative, where we get to know the characters and their situation.
2 The disruption - oppositional characters are introduced and the story moves forward.
3 The recognition (of the disruption) - where the story develops, different events and characters become involved and more drama occurs.
4 The attempts to repair the disruption - where there may be a twist or climactic point.
5 The new equilibrium - the problem is solved and harmony is resolved, though things may have changed.
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