Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Another media lesson.
In my last media lesson we was given a sheet about Joe Queenan's guide to horror film cliches. This tells us all about what is common and what to exspect in a horror film. We had to underline the most inportant parts of the paragraphs. This should help us when we start to decide what to put in our horror film.
Opening of Misery
I am going to anylyse the opening of Misery.
At the begining with no music, just the sound of a type writer. Then the main character reading what he has just typed up. Then the music starts, it starts of slow and quite and then when he lights a ciggarette, the music gets abit louder then stops. It then cuts to him getting snow of his car and throwing a snowball. This gets the veiwers confused as its not the normal opening to a horror. Its day time and day time isnt as scary as if it was night time. But then it goes to him driving the car and that's when the music plays. The music is very fast and cheery. But then the setting of having the only place in the middle of nowere, slightly change's it as noone else is around but him. The tention slightly builds when the snow is pouring down heavily and the car window is getting covered and it's slowly getting dark outside. Then his car suddenly goes of the edge of a cliff. Then the music stops and all you can hear is the sound of the snow blowing through the wind.
It then cuts to him sitting in an office with a women talking about 'misery'. This confuses you as youve just seen him go over the edge in a car. But then you no its a flash back as it cuts back to the car. Its slowly getting the story line out in parts. You then see someone rescuing him from the car. You immediatly no that something is wrong about it as he was in the middle of nowere and someone suddenly appears and gets him out of the car, puts the folder he had in their pocket and take him somewere. Now he is laying in a bed, and a women starts talking to him. It then goes onto an establishing shot of where he must be. It's like a small cottage. You no that their must be something wrong with this because their was no houses around. Their is slow quite music playing. This film is very slow into getting the story out but when it does unravell it get's really interesting.
At the begining with no music, just the sound of a type writer. Then the main character reading what he has just typed up. Then the music starts, it starts of slow and quite and then when he lights a ciggarette, the music gets abit louder then stops. It then cuts to him getting snow of his car and throwing a snowball. This gets the veiwers confused as its not the normal opening to a horror. Its day time and day time isnt as scary as if it was night time. But then it goes to him driving the car and that's when the music plays. The music is very fast and cheery. But then the setting of having the only place in the middle of nowere, slightly change's it as noone else is around but him. The tention slightly builds when the snow is pouring down heavily and the car window is getting covered and it's slowly getting dark outside. Then his car suddenly goes of the edge of a cliff. Then the music stops and all you can hear is the sound of the snow blowing through the wind.
It then cuts to him sitting in an office with a women talking about 'misery'. This confuses you as youve just seen him go over the edge in a car. But then you no its a flash back as it cuts back to the car. Its slowly getting the story line out in parts. You then see someone rescuing him from the car. You immediatly no that something is wrong about it as he was in the middle of nowere and someone suddenly appears and gets him out of the car, puts the folder he had in their pocket and take him somewere. Now he is laying in a bed, and a women starts talking to him. It then goes onto an establishing shot of where he must be. It's like a small cottage. You no that their must be something wrong with this because their was no houses around. Their is slow quite music playing. This film is very slow into getting the story out but when it does unravell it get's really interesting.
The Shining opening
I am going to analyse the opening minute's of The Shining
The first few seconds of it is really slow. The music that is being played at the begining is really slow to. This builds tentions as to what is going to happen next. The first few minute's it's just following a car. This really question's the reader as to why is it focusing on a car? Where is that car going? What is the relevance of it? When the camera is following the car it's tilted.And when it get's nearer to the car the camera goes back to being straight. When the title's start to roll, the music start's to get louder and more eary. It also changes at that point and then slowly get's back to the same music from the start. It then shows a hotel. the music change's to what sounds like women screaming. This builds more tention to why its focusing on the hotel.
It follows the main character round, and then cuts to a mother and her son talking about moving somewhere. Then back to the main character talking about him taking a job where is now. They then start to talk about the past. He says that a man came here with his wife and two children, and must have suffered some kind of mental breakdown and killed his family with an axe. This gives you the idea that something similar is going to happen to him. You no immediatly that he is still going to go ahead with staying their, even after hearing that. It cuts back to his family in their home and his son is talking to himself in the mirror, and has a flashback of blood pouring from lifts, and two twins, that youd take as the two children that were murdered by their dad. Then it's the son talking to a women as he must have passed out.
The first few seconds of it is really slow. The music that is being played at the begining is really slow to. This builds tentions as to what is going to happen next. The first few minute's it's just following a car. This really question's the reader as to why is it focusing on a car? Where is that car going? What is the relevance of it? When the camera is following the car it's tilted.And when it get's nearer to the car the camera goes back to being straight. When the title's start to roll, the music start's to get louder and more eary. It also changes at that point and then slowly get's back to the same music from the start. It then shows a hotel. the music change's to what sounds like women screaming. This builds more tention to why its focusing on the hotel.
It follows the main character round, and then cuts to a mother and her son talking about moving somewhere. Then back to the main character talking about him taking a job where is now. They then start to talk about the past. He says that a man came here with his wife and two children, and must have suffered some kind of mental breakdown and killed his family with an axe. This gives you the idea that something similar is going to happen to him. You no immediatly that he is still going to go ahead with staying their, even after hearing that. It cuts back to his family in their home and his son is talking to himself in the mirror, and has a flashback of blood pouring from lifts, and two twins, that youd take as the two children that were murdered by their dad. Then it's the son talking to a women as he must have passed out.
Horror Film Research
For my groups final piece, we have decided to do a horror. So i am going to research a list of horror films.
Psycho (1960)
The Alien (1979)
The Shining (1980)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
The Thing (1982)
The Exorcist (1973)
Saw (2004)
Psycho (1960)
The Alien (1979)
The Shining (1980)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
The Thing (1982)
The Exorcist (1973)
Saw (2004)
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
The Exorcist - opening scene.
In the opening its quite a dark scenery. Starts of outside at night time on a house with only lamp lights on outside the house. Then it goes onto a place that looks abit like Egypt. Doing this makes you question why they have gone from something spooky and quite to something loud and in daylight and hot. They find something and then it cuts back to darkness and back to the home.
Film genre's.
Their are many film genres.
Comedy
horror
sci-fi
chic flik
action
etc
In my group we have chosen to focus on horror, for our final piece.
Comedy
horror
sci-fi
chic flik
action
etc
In my group we have chosen to focus on horror, for our final piece.
Preliminary Task.
In my group we decided to have me walking into a classroom and sophie, lauren and emma throwing book's at me. Then for Sophie, lauren and emma talking about something in a corner. So for the start of our task, im walking down a corridor, then it cuts to emma saying ''shes coming!'' whilst running into the classroom. Then it cuts to me opening the door then it cuts to me walking in the classroom. Then at different angles it shows sophie, emma and lauren throwing various things at me. Then it focuses on sophie laughing. Then it cuts to me sitting by myself. This is all we could do as we lost some footage. But overall i found it turned out good.
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