world cinema

act of killing

an indonesian documentary/drama about the genoicde that took place in 1960-65, the killers were tricked into thinking that a film depicting there killings was to be made, the crew took the killers to the spots where there killings took place and made them re enact them

budget- 1 million

cast- as the film is set as a documentary, no actors were used, however the killers featured in the film were infamous in indonesia, audience appeal would be for those who are either interested in the killings, those who appeal to documentaries, and those who lived through the time period

genre- documentary,drama, social commentary

box office- 722,714 in the first week, almost meeting its budget

certificate- 18, graphic reenactments of the killings

production companys- final cut for real, det danke filminstuit (denmark distribution)

marketing- traditional release across the world, as the film criticises the goverment in indonisea, the tactics for releasing the film were interesting, ip adresses to a corrupted server were given out to key film reviewers, invitation only cinema releases, black market dealers shipping coppies of the dvd to markets across the country, posters and stickers handed out to audiences- ended up being everywhere

release- 28th june 2013

reviews- incredible reviews, praised for offering an insight into one of the easts most covered issues, praised as being a perfect example of documentary film making.

(i joe casey did this)

UK Production

High-rise

Budget: £6.1 Million (approx $8million)
Stars: Tom Hiddleston
           Sienna Miller
           Jeremy Irons
           mainly unknown actors because its cheaper to finance as more popular actors demand more money. with unknown actors you become more immersed in the film as you don't associate them with being actors - simply people within a film.

Genre: Social commentary dressed up as a sci-fi, based on an interlectual book, so aimed at more of an interlectual based audience. The director is renown for social commentarys, the director has a cult following due to his previous low budget films, indie audience.

box office- released film on all formats, streaming, dvd, cinema, box office was 79,887

production-film4, british film institute recorded picture

certificate- 15- not neccesarily aimed at 15, just in terms of violence

marketing- limited edition posters were created, from 5 influencial graphic designers, three trailers released, all without music to expand on the athmosphere of the film, created a short film analysis with punk student magazine talking about the book and the film

release- 18 march 2016- on all formats

reviews- when it was released it had gross reviews due to its lack of narrative structure, pretentious, then few months later they realised the importance of the film as a social commentary, they changed the reviews.

US Blockbuster

Star Wars The Force Awakens

Budget: $306 Million
Stars: original cast members such as: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Warwick Davis
        :  also some famous actors new to the franchise: Simon Pegg, Ewan McGregor,
Genre: Sci-Fi
Box Office: $2.068 Billion
Production Company: Lucasfilm and Bad Robot Productions
Certificate: 12A
Marketing: In November 2013 (25 months before the cinema release), Disney released the first photo online and revealed that the R2-D2 used in the film was fan made.
In April 2014, they released the cast for the film in a photo, with a star-studded photo, creating excitement for fans
As production began in May, J. J. Abrams tweeted a photo of the first slate, peeking attention and teasing fans with snippets from the filming process
On the 21st May, Star wars released a youtube video promoting "a force for change",  a children's charity. Also, it promoted a competition, the winning fan would see the filming of star wars and also would feature in the film. The video also gave a sneak-peak of the new alien character for the film.
Bad Robot also posted J. J. Abrams response to the "leaked" images with a photo message to the fans, indirectly confirming that the Milenium Falcon would be in the movie.
In winter 2014, Disney released the fist teaser trailer however it showed no footage of the original cast, causing speculation among fans.
Teaser trailer 2 was released inn April 2015 featuring Chewbacca and Han Solo inside the Milenium Falcon, Han Solo had one line "Chewie we're home", sparking memes spreading across the internet and inspiring t-shirts featuring the line.
The cast appeared at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con, featuring a live-stream online picking up over 7000 shares on the internet.
During August 2015, Lucasfilm teamed up with 7 brands to promote the film. Covergirl and Max Factor ran YouTube video's promoting their new range of star wars make-up, whilst HP ran a promotional campaign asking artists to create and submit star wars related are for a chance to have their work submitted to a professional show and win a limited edition star wars HP laptop. Other companies also jumped into promotion for star wars - Tesco organised star wars themed events in store including teaching children how to wield a lightsaber, colouring in a cosmic master piece and taking part in a treasure hunt to win prizes.
On October 18th, the theatrical poster, full trailer and pre-sale tickets were released. The full trailer was more of a success than he previous two teasers, achieving 68,090,990 hits on youtube. however, the absence of Luke Skywalker in the trailer and poster was again, peaking the interest of fans and the media 'lapped it up', creating fan theories about what had happened to the beloved character.
Also, Facebook promotions allowed users to add a red or blue lightsaber to their profile picture allowing them to join "the light or the dark side".
Also, fruit and vegetables were packaged with star wars packaging.
Disney created "Force Friday" in September where they released all official star wars merchandise.

Release Date: 18th December 2016
Reviews: The film achieved a high 4/5 star rating from the Guardian, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and 81% on Metacritic


Visual Effects:

• Industrial Light and Magic and LucasArts
• used a blend of physical sets
• green-screen
• highly detailed animation
• in set 2016, ILM released a visual effects reel, peeling back the digital layers to show fans how the final images on screen were pieced together
• Star Wars allowed ILM to push the boundaries of what is possible in character animation and visual effects, whilst combining cutting edge practical effects and physical sets
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creative project plan

• horror (ghost story)
• step-outline
• short film
• certified at 12 - aimed at teenagers

child playing with imaginary friend.

parents growing increasingly concerned 

ends with child playing a game with imaginary friend and a counter moves (imaginary friend moves it)

film music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ewQiU3q5jM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhMG7kCPGwk

textual analysis kill bill vol.2

The sequence opens with a shot showing the bride walking through a church as it tracks her movement with a mid-shot. This shot helps us to establish the setting and the mood of the sequence as we are able to see her content facial expression. Next it cuts to a long shot of the open church door, whilst diegetic music is playing. The cut to the door implies that the diegetic flute sound is coming from outside of the church. Also, through the door we can see a bleak view of the outside world, suggesting that her future is bleak. Then the shot cuts to a static, mid-shot of the bride, where we are able to see her heavy breathing suggesting she is becoming nervous and concerned by the diegetic sound of the flute. 

reflective analysis of horror sequence

short horror film

analysis of horror sequence

Deadpool

Why was Deadpool so successful?

The marketing Techniques which were used to promote Deadpool involved interviews. These were broadcast on channels such as 4Music. These interviews would have been shown in between shows on the channel. 

During December 2015, the ’12 Days of Deadpool’ were released, the first day promoted the first trailer for the film whilst the following 11 days showed different trailers. This caused a hype on social media about Deadpool, with an average of 10,000 to 20,000 tweets per day about the movie. Also, Deadpool (the character) featured in a testicular cancer advert which was well received and increased the profile of the movie further.

The casting was also a contributor to the movie’s success. Ryan Reynalds was cast as the main character ‘Deadpool’. Reynalds also starred in the superhero movie ‘Green Lantern’ in 2011. Also, he co-starred in the Rom-Com The Proposal.

Another factor towards the success of the movie is that it is under the marvel franchise which has a huge fan base. Marvel is incredibly well known and due to this, the film already had a wide fan base before promoting the film to a wider audience. Deadpool first featured in an X-men film in 2009. However although the character Deadpool has featured in a film before, this is the first time that Deadpool the comics had been made into a film. 

The budget for Deadpool was $58,000,000 and once released, Deadpool smashed the box office, making $260,000,000. The success in sales was due to the film being released on valentines day. As a hybrid of two genres, the film combines the traditional superhero action with comedy and romance, allowing the stereotypical man to enjoy his action film and women to enjoy their rom-com, during their  By including these genres the film was attractive to both male and female viewers. As it was released on valentines day and a popular celebration is to go to the cinema with your loved one, it allowed 

Train Spotting Group Analysis

The sequence opens with a long shot to reinforce that the setting is a nightclub. The loud, diegetic music shows that the setting is an upbeat environment in a nightclub. Also, the characters within the shot are placed very close together with low-key lighting, showing the intimacy of the club. There is also coloured lighting creates an almost 'trippy' feel to show the effects of the drug use which is shown throughout the sequence.

The next scene is a wide shot, which is used to show multiple characters around a bar, from the waist up and also we can see a significant amount of the background. In the mise-en-scene there is a board showing names of drinks and prices in the background. There are drinks named "Penis Enlarger" and "Pure Shag", showing the characters casual attitude towards sex, this is further emphasised through a couple standing below the board flirting and touching each other in a sexual way. 

Mark Renton is shown standing in front of a painting of Robert De Niro from 'Taxi Driver' in a wide shot. Mark is framed in the centre of the shot with others around him which could suggest that he is at the centre of the violence and drug use in the film and draws other people into that lifestyle as the character he is standing in front of in 'Taxi Driver' uses a lot of drugs and is violent, this could foreground the idea that Mark is a violent drug user. This puts him in a position of power as he has two guns painted next to him and gives him a sense of masculinity.

Subtitles are used to emphasise the loud volume of the music and the extreme party atmosphere as it is too loud to clearly hear the dialogue.

The shot is a long shot which zooms in on Spud and Tommy into a close up. This allows us to listen to their intimate conversation they are having about sex and the lack of sex they are having due to their girlfriends control. The camera shot is a high angle shot making them look weak and  inferior. 

As it cuts to the next shot, there is another reference to 'Taxi Driver' in the girls bathroom and the shot is tracking the girls moving to the sink in a mid shot. There is also other women shown walking in front of the camera during the shot showing that the club is a busy place.

Next, there is a low-angle mid-shot of their girlfriends showing that they have authority over the men, this reinforces the girls dialogue saying that they won't allow their boyfriends to have sex with them as "watching them suffer is too much fun". This also contrasts with the low-angle shot of the men shown seconds before as it reinforces the idea that the women have power over the men.

In the mise-en-scene, the bathroom is painted pink, showing femininity as it is a female area and also, the female characters are talking about intimate subjects in there, this illustrates the closeness between the characters and also again, the casual attitude towards sex.

The bathroom scene cuts, ending with the dialogue "useless motherfucker" and the next shot opens with tommy shouting "useless motherfucker, that's what she called me". Here we can tell through his language and his dominant position in shot that he is angry and dominant over Spud as he takes up more space in the shot and also he is placed higher up, almost shouting down to Spud. "useless motherfucker" was said differently as Tommy said it aggressively and his girlfriend said it casually, this shows that she is being insulting towards him and he feels upset by her insult, again reinforcing that she has power over him.

The next shot is an eye-line close up of Mark and we again see him standing in front of the Taxi Driver painting, he is shown as nervous as he is looking around to see the others before he decides to move, smoking a cigarette to calm himself. The shot cuts to other people, so we are seeing the action from Mark's point of view. The shot then cuts back to looking at him in a mid shot and we see him drinking a pint, mimicking what we have just seen others do in the club when we were watching through his point of view. 

The next shot tracks Mark's movement through the crowd of people dancing in the club from multiple perspectives including Mark's perspective. The tracking is made up of multiple shots which are short in duration and they are also shot with handheld cameras. This makes us feel involved with the film as we are watching him move from the perspective of other people within the nightclub.

The next shot cuts back to the bar, again with a mid-shot at a wide angle. In this shot we see the same couple laughing whilst the man is putting his hand down the woman's top, again reinforcing the intimate nature of the nightclub.

The shot cuts back to the handheld camera in a close-up of Mark, we see he is looking at something.

The next shot we see a couple kissing whilst taking drugs in a two-shot close-up. This shot lasts for two seconds which conveys the quick, erratic behaviour which you would expect to see with party drugs. And then the shot cuts back to a mid-shot with Mark in the right of the frame and a couple kissing which takes us the centre and the left if the frame. The couple have red lighting on them which could be seen as symbolising love and passion, however the red light is not on
Mark, suggesting that he could be a loner. The idea that he is a loner would reinforce why he was stood in front of Robert De Niro's character from Taxi Driver as he was a loner in that film. 

In the next shot, the camera pans around mark with a mid-shot, whilst zooming in on him slightly. This shot duration is around 4 seconds long which is double the length of the shots building up to this shot where we can clearly see that Mark is focusing on something. 

The next shot we are looking at Diane from Mark's perspective in a long-shot, and as it is from his perspective we are able to see what he is looking at in the previous shot. Diane is leaning on the bar, alone in the background of the shot, however there is someone in the left of the shot in the foreground however the camera is focusing on the background, not the foreground and the other person in the shot is blurred showing the depth-of-field. 

 showing looking at something in a  him looking building up to the appearance of Diane. In a median shot the camera is focused directly on Diane with a white light shining on her this shows how important she is. It cuts between a close up shot of Mark staring at her while she looks bored and disinterested in her shot. As she walks away the light is still on her show he is still watching her as the camera is still tracking her.

There is a two-shot of her with another man who speaks to her and then a median shot of Mark showing through his facial expression that he may be jealous. The camera stops for a duration of time to focus on Mark's emotion.

As she is leaving there is a long shot with the large red building as a background. There is a lot of the colour red in it with the background, the door and her coat. Red is often used to symbolise love and this shows love leaving. 

This cuts to a slightly wider shot which includes the club's title "volcano" this parallels what is happening. Mark is moving around a lot showing his nerves. This contrasts Diane who is calm and walks strait on showing she has made up her mind. There are close together showing that there are comfortable around each other.

It cuts to a two-shot close-up showing both there faces on either side of the screen looking at each other. The scene uses symmetry showing romance between the two characters.