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The document outlines a pitch for a teaser trailer about a group of friends who are together at a house when a stranger knocks on the door. It describes the genre as British social realism and notes the setting will be a contemporary house. It discusses using diegetic and non-diegetic sound, including background music and its pacing. Camerawork will primarily use close-ups and medium shots to introduce characters in the main room before cutting to a hand slamming the door. Editing will use continuity initially and then cut quickly to the door slam for tension.
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This document discusses customer-oriented selling and how organizations can implement it. It explores different types of customers and how salespeople should understand customer needs. The document suggests that customer satisfaction should be at the core of all business decisions. It also discusses how leadership styles, quality management principles, and psychological climate in the workplace can influence customer-oriented selling. Creating an autonomous and supportive environment for employees can help mold their conduct to better serve customers.
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Snitch is an action crime film that follows two men, Dave and Simon, who turn to crime to make money after falling on hard times. When a heist goes wrong, they must escape the police who have surrounded them. The film takes conventions from classic crime films by using fast editing and shots to create tension and uncertainty. It also draws from typical crime film plots, characters, settings, and iconography like guns and blood to immerse the audience in the criminal underworld.
Media Language Investigation
The document analyzes the media language techniques used in horror film trailers and movies, including Saw films. It discusses the use of cinematography including close-ups, establishing shots, panning shots, and handheld camera work. It also covers the use of sound including changes in music to create tension, conventional horror film sound effects, and references to other films. Mise-en-scene elements discussed include normal and isolated settings, masks, and props. Editing techniques like quick cuts, captions, and changes in pace are also analyzed.
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The document outlines a treatment for a supernatural thriller film called "The Walk". The film will tell the story of two brothers whose lives change after one is killed in gang violence in their London estate. The ghost of the dead brother will try to piece together what happened and get revenge. The opening sequence will depict the violent killing in slow motion and later show the ghost walking through the park where he died. The filmmakers provide details on the planned location, props, storyboards, sound design, production schedule, and target audience.
Short film analysis
This document provides summaries of three short films:
1. "Post-it Love" is about two shy office workers who express their romantic interest in each other through posting pictures made of post-it notes.
2. "The Fly" follows a getaway driver waiting outside a bank robbery who is tormented by a fly as he waits for his crew to return in three minutes.
3. "5 Films about Technology" introduces stereotypical characters representing different types of technology users through interviews in a realistic, comedy film style.
Media language investigation
The document analyzes the trailers for three horror films - The Woman in Black, Paranormal Activity, and Fright Night - across four categories: cinematography, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene. For each trailer and category, the analysis identifies conventions and techniques used that are common in horror genres, such as close-ups, fast editing, ominous music, dark lighting, and isolated settings. The analysis shows how visual and audio elements in the trailers build tension, fear, and a sense of impending danger to effectively promote the films as horror stories.
Darknightanalysis
The document summarizes the opening scene of the film "The Dark Knight". It discusses the plot twists, multiple storylines, and misleading elements that create suspense. Technical elements like camerawork, editing, sound, and costumes are analyzed for how they build tension. While most conventions are followed, the criminals wear unusual bright colored masks. The opening is rated exciting but could provide more context after the robbery starts.
Dark Knight Analysis - Thriller
The document summarizes the opening scene of the film "The Dark Knight". It discusses the plot twists, multiple storylines, and misleading elements that create suspense. Technical elements like camerawork, editing, sound, and costumes are analyzed for how they build tension. While most conventions are followed, the criminals wear unusual bright colored masks and the first character killed is not a blonde woman as would be expected. Overall the summary finds the opening exciting but thinks more context could have been provided.
Insidious 2 - Research
The document provides an analysis of the editing, mise-en-scene, camera shots, sound, representation, genre, narrative, and ideology presented in the first two minutes of the film Insidious. Key details include the use of continuity editing and straight cuts for a seamless depiction, low key lighting implying a horror genre, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds, focus on single subjects in simplistic frames, and the introduction of stereotypes around vulnerable female characters seeking help in horror films.
Media language investigation
The document analyzes three horror movie trailers across four categories: cinematography, sound, mise-en-scene, and editing. For each trailer, the analysis identifies conventions used in that category to create tension and establish the horror genre. Close-ups, establishing shots, and changes in camera movement are discussed for cinematography. Elements of sound design like non-diegetic music and ambient noise are examined. Settings, costumes, and props are considered for mise-en-scene. Editing techniques like fast pacing and fades are identified. Overall, the document analyzes how these filmmaking elements come together in movie trailers to effectively convey horror and build suspense for the audience.
Treatment (by Lewis Herd and George Jennison)
The document proposes a 1-2 minute film titled "Purgatory" to be filmed at night along a road. It will follow a teenage boy who believes he is being stalked as ambient sounds and music build tension. His increasing paranoia will be shown through jerky camera movements and distorted sounds. The film aims to portray themes of isolation, mental instability, and the protagonist's failure to get help from his disconnected phone. It will end on an ambiguous note with the boy receiving a threatening message after calling emergency services from a phone booth.
Guy riche research
Guy Ritchie is an English film director known for crime films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. The document discusses how Ritchie establishes genre and tone through consistent stylistic elements in his film openings. These include music, camerawork, fonts and mise-en-scene that set the period and convey information about characters. Ritchie's openings across different films have recognizable similarities that signal to audiences they are watching one of his movies.
Task 4 - Research into 6x Film Trailers - Shaun of the Dead
The trailer uses several techniques to appeal to audiences. It introduces the main comedic actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to attract fans. Though set in a small English village, the trailer adopts conventions of American action films. It employs a British voiceover and quirky music to set a comedic tone, while using intense music, sound effects and intertitles to convey horror elements and build suspense. The fast pace and transitions toward the end showcase intense action scenes to engage audiences.
Our Thriller Film
The document outlines a narrative for a thriller film opening. It begins by showing a man relaxing at home before going upstairs, where screaming is then heard. He comes downstairs with blood on his hands. Later, he is seen changing out of his robe into a suit, revealing he was not who he initially seemed. The film aims to confuse the audience and leave them with questions. It will target teenagers and young adults with complex ideas and murder. The opening will be filmed in a week using common thriller conventions like music, lighting, and shots to create mystery and tension.
Media Q1
The media product uses many conventional forms and conventions of the crime thriller genre. The locations, costumes, props, characters, plot devices, sounds, camera techniques, editing, titles, and credits are all highly conventional. However, it challenges some conventions by showing the victim in a non-sexualized way and revealing the killer's identity very early through an extreme close-up. While most conventions are followed, some are broken to create a similar effect of mystery around the killer's motives rather than their identity. Overall, the piece draws heavily from genre conventions to create a sense of realism and familiarity for the audience.
Conventions of genre film trailer credited by Camie
The document discusses film trailers and analyzes the trailers for the films Inception and Law Abiding Citizen. It notes that the Inception trailer uses a slow, beating soundtrack that increases tension and suspense. It features first-person narration and fade-in/out shots of film scenes. Symbols like black suits and guns imply suspense and action. The Law Abiding Citizen trailer also starts with a rating before showing the protagonist on a roof with mellow music. It includes shots of violence and escalating action scenes of police and weapons as the music intensifies, implying danger and threat. Both trailers effectively establish the genres through conventions like costumes, music, and visually exciting scenes.
Max and aimee evaluation
The document provides information about a student film project including the genres of drama, comedy and crime. It lists the actors and provides a one sentence synopsis about a group of teenagers hanging out in an alley when a girl cuts through and something happens that they will never forget. It also discusses the filmic conventions and techniques used to develop the narrative, introduce genre conventions, and create enigma and continuity in editing. Post-production technologies like Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro were utilized.
6 films
The document provides an analysis of the camera and sound techniques, conventions, and mise-en-scene of several thriller films, including Psycho, Secret Window, Inception, The Dark Knight, Se7en, and Panic Room. It examines the effective use of camera angles, shots, music, and sound design in key scenes to build tension and portray violence or unease. It also analyzes how the films establish conventions like isolation, mystery, and mental instability through the settings, costumes, and performances.
Analysis of trailers
The document discusses and compares the trailers for the horror movies Paranormal Activity and Scream. It analyzes the cinematography, pacing, sound design, and other technical elements of the trailers. Key details that indicate the movies are horror genres are also described, such as the dark atmospheres and scenes of danger. The document also provides brief plot summaries and production details for each film from IMDB.
Film pitch 2.0
The film pitch proposes a mystery thriller about a teacher at a school where students have gone missing. The teacher sets up a camera and discovers a strange creature in the school. As he tries to investigate the disappearances and stop the creature, no one believes him, especially his wife. When he tries to prove it with footage, the evidence is destroyed. His obsession with solving the case and his wife leaving him leads him to kill himself. The film is proposed to be produced by Blumhouse Productions, directed by James Wan, and star Leigh Whannell and Shawnee Smith.
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The document discusses the conventions and purpose of title sequences in films. It explains that a title sequence introduces the audience to the characters, establishes the tone and genre of the film. Key information like the director, producers, executive producers, and those who worked on sound, music, visual effects, and main actors are typically included in the title sequence to give credit and context to the audience before the film begins. The colors, backgrounds, and other design elements of the title sequence also aim to reinforce the genre established by the film.
Conventions of Title Sequences
Opening title sequences list the key production members and cast over visuals and sometimes music to establish the film's atmosphere. Common conventions include listing the production companies, director, producer, executive producer, top billed actors, and movie title either over a blank screen or during the opening action. The aim is to set the character, setting, genre, or mood for the film.
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The document discusses improvements made to a trailer based on feedback from a survey. It links to the survey and annotated vox-pop explaining changes such as improving sound quality and syncing audio and video better according to feedback that sound was the main issue. The survey responses showed most rated the trailer effectiveness as ok or not effective and all wrote sound could be improved. Comments on the final trailer from Facebook and the band were positive.
Changes in music consumption
Technological changes since the 1970s have affected music consumption. Stereo music centers gave way to portable music players like the iPod and smartphones like the iPhone, allowing people to listen to music anywhere. New ways of accessing and purchasing music like online streaming services have also impacted how people listen to and obtain music.
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Diamond productions
A man with a mysterious past was experimented on years ago and now kidnaps people who work for the company responsible, hoping to learn more about what was done to him and seek vengeance. As the film progresses, the disfigured and angry man's life story is revealed while he loses his temper with the kidnapping victims while trying to find answers about who experimented on him in the past.
Abbie luke milton_pitch
The film follows Jennifer, a woman with schizophrenia, as she becomes obsessed with resurrecting her deceased husband after his death. She deteriorates mentally under the guidance of her psychiatrist Dr. Palmer. The opening title sequence will be a black and white montage from Jennifer's point of view, showing her scribbling and performing strange rituals in an attempt to resurrect her husband, without explicitly revealing her goal. The sequence was inspired by the openings of Se7en and The Exorcist.
Target pitch dt av as
A film production company called Lighter Productions is working on a film called "Target" about a highly skilled hitman who is given targets by his mysterious boss. The hitman is tasked with killing a group of drug dealers. However, his final target is unexpected. The title sequence will follow the hitman receiving a photo of his first target, a drug dealer going about his morning routine, before the hitman sets out to complete the job. Influences on the film include the movies "Hitman", "Wanted", "Pulp Fiction", and the "Bourne Trilogy".
Sam music video
The document discusses the evolution of music videos from the early 2000s. The 5th generation iPod was introduced in 2001 with some music video capability. YouTube launched in 2005 and allowed free access to most music videos. iTunes was also launched around this time to allow people to download music for a small fee. By 2010, YouTube had started playing ads before videos to generate revenue. Myspace was launched in 2003 for musicians to upload and share their MP3 work.
Chase and status presentation
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Chase and status presentation
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Universal records
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Triumph of the will
Leni Riefenstahl directed Triumph of the Will in 1935 to document the 1934 Nazi party rally in Nuremberg. Though Riefenstahl claimed it was objective, historical records show she collaborated closely with Hitler and the Nazi party to shape the film's propaganda message glorifying Hitler and Nazi ideology. The documentary uses film techniques like dramatic music and lighting to construct a preferred, propagandistic reading that positioned viewers to embrace Nazi messages of German power and unity under Hitler's leadership.
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This document discusses different forms and conventions used in documentary filmmaking, including the use of verbal language such as overheard exchanges and testimony. It also outlines six modes of documentary defined by Bill Nichols, including poetic, expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, and performative. Finally, it examines the relationship between reality, the mediation process of filmmaking, and the representation of reality in the finished documentary text.
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British social realism
- 1. Pitch for our Teaser Trailer Synopsis: A group of friends together when suddenly one day a stranger knocks on the door…
- 2. Genre The Genre for our chosen film is British Social Realism.
- 3. Misc en Scene Setting: We have decided that the setting for our trailer is in a house. Costume and props: Contemporary costumes Props including: drink, drugs, cars,
- 4. Sound Diegetic and non-diegetic We are going to have background music which then pauses when the camera stops scanning for each character. All the music will stop when the hand slams on the door of the house at the end of the trailer, apart from a very quite part of music to add to the tension.
- 5. Camerawork As the majority of British Social Realism films they use a majority of shots and techniques. We will use mainly close-ups and medium shots when filming the characters in the main room. We will then have a a quick, short cut to the hand slamming on the door. In the main room the camera will pan across the characters and will pause over each person while their name will appear on the film (which we will edit in).
- 6. Editing The trailer will include continuity editing at the beginning of the film, when the audience is introduced to the characters. We will then have a quick cut to the hand slamming on the front door to add tension among the audience.
- 7. Editing The trailer will include continuity editing at the beginning of the film, when the audience is introduced to the characters. We will then have a quick cut to the hand slamming on the front door to add tension among the audience.