Working Title and Warp Films - The Culture show Notes

The Culture show - October 2009
Mike Goodridge was talking about what you call "Tent Pole films". These are basically films which have a lot of action in them, they could be sci fi. These are also what we call "Four Guadrent", it means it can appeal to men, women, children and OAP's. This means that they have a very wide audience. He also goes on to say how Middle ranged films are going to start becoming in trouble, because audience's are becoming more focused on who is in the film, rather than what is in the film.
Tim Bevan (Working title films) says that it is easier to sell a comedy film or a scary film rather than to sell a drama film or a thriller. This is because a comedy or scary film sells itself, because a lot of people go to the cinema to relax (Escapism), and don't particularly want to go and watch a film where they will have to really think about. He also talks about having a bulls eye. This means the more risk's you take on a film, the smaller your bulls eye will be. For example, having a simple script, with huge actors in, and a massive amazing set would have a big bulls eye. Because it is more likely to strike big. On the other hand, spending a lot of money, on a sophisticated script, with no big actors in is taking a big risk which means the bulls eye is smaller, because it is less likely to strike big.
Lord Puttnam is a film director who stopped because he felt that he was boxed in on what he could and couldn't do. He didn't like the idea of Securitasition, which is where you bring a star to a film even though they might not fit the role completely.
Sandra Hepbrum says that there needs to be some more thoughtful films around, and that since the credit crunch Box Office's money and income has increased, again because of Escapism.

Film Network
Shane Meadows is a film director from Warp Films. He says that he never realised that he had a routine to creating films. He says that having big actors in a film doesn't tell the story, so therefore shouldn't help. He also found it cheaper to buy cars off ebay than to rent them. This is a way of keeping down costs down, so he is lowering the risk's in the film and making the bulls eye bigger. He also said that he works more around the actors than they do for him, because he thinks his relationship with the actor's is very important. He use's very little lighting as well, which is again, cutting cost and also make's it look more realistic. He also directs film's on sets that are already there, e.g "This is Enlgand".

Working Title & Warp Films

Working Title and Warp Films

Preliminary Task Evaluation Questions - Magazine Cover

1.) Again, i worked with Abbi on this task. We managed this by me taking charge of the actual front cover, and for Abbi to do the contents page, also with a bit of help from each other so our idea's go into each one.

2.) We planned this by creating a two page plan just talking about what we are going to do on each of the pages, and then also a quick plan just to have an idea of what kind of layout we want on each of the pages.

3.)For this task we used a digital camera to take some pictures which we could use on our magazine, and also photo shop so we could then edit the pictures and upload them on to the magazine. Photo shop is also the program we used to create the actual magazine cover and the contents page.
4.) When creating this, the main factor we had to take into consideration is colour scheme's and the fonts we used, because i did one page, and Abbi did the other, so we had to make sure that we used the same colours and theme's because if we didn't the two pages wouldn't work together. We did this by having a plan of the colours and fonts we were going to use.
5.) Our Magazine cover went well, because in the end they fitted well together and if they were actually in a magazine, i think that both of the pages would work well together and not look strange. The one thing we would consider more next time was time limit, because we spent too much time on taking the pictures and not actually leaving us that much time for creating the magazine itself.
6.) From doing this task it has allowed me to explore photo shop, as I had never used it before. it has allowed me to learn about it so in the future when it comes to my actual coursework, i will no what to do and not be using a completely new program to me.

Preliminary Task Evaluation Questions - Film

1.) For the preliminary task, i worked with Abbi. We took it in turns to film, and then direct. We did this so both of this could get a chance to both jobs and see who was best at doing what for future reference.
2.) We planned the sequence by creating a storyboard for each shot we were going to create. We also just wrote a small script so we knew what each two character's can say so it could all move smoothly while filming. Our insipiration came from what we had seen from other people's video, and seen what they had done.
3.) For this task we used a Video recorder, a tripod, and just the sceneary. We got the cameria from the school libary, and the tripod was used to shoot from different angles and heights.
4.) When shooting this we had take into consideration the background of all our shots incase they happened to change, because this would make it bad continuity. We also had to do this with the set because otherwise again the continiuity would be bad, and would make the whole film not very professional. We Also should of took in considertation the 180 degree line. We completely forgot about this, and broke the rule for it, but didn't have time to re shoot it, but if we was to do it again we now know what to do.
5.) Our film worked really well. The shooting was fairly quick, and also when edititng it together the contitinuity was really good. The thing we needed to approve was just the 180 degree line with the over the shoulder conversation.
6.) Now we know that we need to think about things more, and t0 remeber the 180 degree line!

Magazine Annotation

The Magazine cover used was one of Janet Jackson from a Vibe Magazine.
The Magazine follows the regular ordinary trend for magazines, for example It has mast heads, many cover lines, images, a bar code, date and a price. It also has a strapline, a three colour pallette and a only 3 fonts.
The target audience for this magazine would be women, and the three colour pallette suits this audience well because it is all pinky, and peachy colours, with the ocasional white, blue and black.
The cover lines entice the audience because for a start they are in a nice font which draws the audience in and grabs their attention. All of the coverlines are suitable to what the magazine suits for. For example, this looks like a music magazine and all of the colours have something to do with music. This magazine must be designed for people with a subscription or people who get it reguarly, because the picture is half covering up the mast head, so the readers must know about the magazine and what it is called before hand.
From looking at this magazine i have learnt that using colours that are similiar works well because it is only different shades, and that the coverlines must be relevant to the type of magazine.