2. BRIEF
You are to produce a P
romotion
package for a new film, to include a
teaser trailer (DVD), together with two
of the following;
oA website homepage for the film
oA film magazine front cover, featuring
the film (A4)
oA poster for the film (No larger than
A3)
3. POST MODERNISM
A postmodern theorist that I have looked at is L
yotard (Jean-Francois) T
he
P
ostmodern Condition; H focused mainly on M
e
eta Narratives suggesting that we
must challenge these popular ideas and values present in the media and
describes them as ‘ideas of truth’ and that they are easy to deconstruct.
P
ostmodern texts embrace this idea and offer many alternatives and challenging
narratives. A film that does this is K B P F
ill ill, ulp iction and M
atrix.
Similarly another P
ostmodernist theorist that I have looked at is J
ameson
(frederic) who came up with the ‘pastiche’ theory which suggests that everyone
is over exposed by hyperrealism of our media and advertisement world, there is
no room for critique which therefore means all media texts become a copy of
previous ideas or pastiche. F example Satire or parody texts like T Simpsons
or
he
and F
amily Guy.
4. NARRATIVE THEORY
Propp- character types- Propps narrative theory was that all films had
the same typical characters;
oHero (protagonist) e.g. I am legend (2007) Will Smith
oAntagonist (bad guy/
nemisis) e.g.
oHelper (side kick) e.g. Dog
Zombies
oDam in distress e.g. Alice Braga and her son
sel
oFalse hero
And in some films Fem e fatal (dangerous women)
m
T
odorov – narrative structure- T
odorov suggested that all films had
the same three part story line;
E
quilibrium --> Disequilibrium --> Realisation --> New E
quilibrium
(Harm )
ony
(disruption)
(resolution)
L
evi-Strauss- B
inory opposites- when films show the divide in
opopsites ; for example in T
itanic (1997) the upper class passengers
on board the ship get to stay up the top of the ship and the lower
class passengers stay in the bottom of the ship.
5. GENRE
Genre is a term for any category, genre are formed by
conventions that change over time; as new ones form old ones
are forgotten.
B
ritish
Crime films and Dystopian films.
T two genres I will be researching are
he
6. CRIME GENRE- WHERE IT ORIGINATED
FROM
Crime films are made to mirror society, to show real
life events and ‘* satisfythe audience’s desire for
m hem underdog characters, and a fallible justice
ay
,
sy
stem M
’. any famous crime films have developed
from the 1920’s H
ollywood Gangster films about the
prohibited era which lead to social anarchy and
distrust in the government. T rebellion caused
his
films like Scarface (1983) and L
ittle Caeser (1930)
to be increasingly popular showing an in site into the
true ‘underworld kings’. T
hese movies portrayed the
Gangsters to be heroic figures that gain status
through illegal activity.
*quote taken from
http://thesocietypages.org/sociologylens/2012/04/29/evolution-of-crime-films-2/
7. CRIME FILM- NOIR
F noir- is a cinematic term to describe stylish
ilm
H
ollywood Crime films particularly those that ‘* em
phasize
cy
nical attitudes and sexual m
otivations’. F noir is
ilm
associated with films that have low key black and white
lighting which is typical for Crime F
ilms to create a
mysterious feel when something is happening in the film.
E
xample Sunset Boulevarde(1950) directed by B
illy
W
ilder.
Neo Noir- T neo-noir film genre developed mid-way into
he
the Cold W T new genre introduced innovations that
ar. his
were not available with the earlier noir films. T
here was
also a lot more violence than in earlier noir films.
E
xample Cape Fear (1962) directed by J L T
. ee hompson.
Quote taken from
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir
8. CRIME FILM TYPICAL CONVENTIONS
T
ypical conventions of a crime film include;
oViolence- fights, death, weapons e.g. guns, knifes etc.,
oM
usic that creates dramatic scenes and builds tension
oInterest in the opposite sex
oOver exaggeration of accent and dialect depending on the
location/
setting of the film
oL
ow, high key lighting to create a particular mood
oStrong, physical men
oCostumes and mise en scene depending on era and location of
wear the movie is set
9. Road House
(1948)Jean
Negulesco
TIME LINE OF INFLUNECIAL
CRIME MOVIES
Oceans Eleven
(1960) – Lewis
Milestone
Little Caesar
(1931)Mervyn LeRoy
The Untouchables (1987)Brian De Palma
Lock Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels
(1998)Guy Ritchie
The Wrong Man
(1956) – Alfred
Hitchcock
Killing Them
Softly (2012)Andrew
Dominik
Get Carter (1971) –
Mike Hodges
Reservoir Dogs (1992)Quentin Tarantino
Kill Bill (2003) –
Quentin Tarantino
10. DYSTOPIAN GENRE – WHERE IT
ORIGINATED FROM?
Dystopia is the opposite of utopia; instead
of the perfect world it is a world that is
frightening
and
very
undesirable.
T
ypically a Dystopian world has had some
man made
catastrophe,
such as
dehumanisation, totalitarian governments
and environmental disasters, that has
resulted in the world/
human kind
struggling for survival. A novel by J
ack
L
ondon called ‘The Iron Heel’ has been
described as the earliest modern
dystopian, which was written in 1908.
T earliest Dystopian film that I have
he
come across is called ‘Metropolis’ (1927)
11. DYSTOPIAN FILMS TYPICAL
CONVENTIONS
o T antagonists are almost always much more powerful
he
than the protagonists. Consequently, dystopian tales often
become studies in survival.
o Dehumanisation of society
o T environment plays an active role in dystopian depictions
he
o Propaganda is used to control the citizens
o
Information, independent thought, and freedom are
restricted
o Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
o T natural world is banished and distrusted.
he
o T society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
he
*http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson926/DefinitionCharacteristics.p
12. 1984 (1956) –
Michael Anderson
INFLUENCIAL
DYSOPIAN FILMS
Punishment Park (1971)Peter Watkins
The Matrix (1999)The Wachowski Brothers
Metropolis (1927)ritz Lang
Doomsday
(2008)Neil Marshall
The Trail
(1962)Orsan Welles
Blade Runner (1982)Ridley Scott
Equilibrium
(2002)Kurt Wimmer
The Purge (2013)James Demonaco
The Hunger Games
(2012)-
14. LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING
BARRELS (1998) ~DIRECTED BY GUY
RITCHIE~
The main title comes up at the end of the
trailer. Once again the text is quirky and
all on different levels. After the title has
been on the screens the ‘ O’ s start to fall
out of the ‘ Lock Stock’ this could be
depicting the plot of the film and how
there plan falls apart.
Genre: British
Crime,
Comedy,
Thriller
The titles used in the trailer are to
introduce the four main characters. The
text is in a quirky font and not in a straight
line that could be used as the characters are
not the smartest in the film and puts the
comedy edge on it. The text is also in red
which connotes blood, which is typical in a
crime film.
15. KILL BILL VOLUME 1 (2003)
~ DIRECTED BY QUENTIN TARANTINO ~
The titles used in this movie trailer are really interesting; I like the way that with each
title comes a different black ‘ slash’ mark which looks like a samari sword mark, hinting
at the violence that is featured in this movie. I also like the comic book style effect that is
has. The colour scheme depicts the famously, iconic jumpsuit that the bride (Uma
Thurman) wears.
16. From the start of the trailer violence is shown which is
what Quentin Tarantino is famous for. The finger on the
gun trigger close up shot is used to show this and the use
of the bullet transition connotes murder and death.
The main character known as The Bride is introduced by
this shot of her bum as she walks through the airport. This
shot is used to show the male gaze theory of everything
made for men, by showing her bum the audience sees the
attractive side of her.
The second shot of the bride is her face, from the side,
from this shot we can tell she is blonde, blondes are
typically known for not being very smart which is the
complete opposite for this movie. Thurman is dressed in
all black which could suggest that she is on a mission and
17. GET CARTER (1971) ~ MIKE HODGES
When we first meet the main character, he is
on a train with luggage which connotes that he
has or is travelling somewhere. It also suggests
that he is a normal, average person.
The second shot of the main character he is
looking directly at the camera and has a stern
face on which could suggest that when he has
arrived at wherever he is traveling to he has
had some bad news.
In this shot we see our main character fighting
with a women. This depicts that this film has
violence in it. Our main character is fighting
with a women which isn't politically correct
