Inspiration

This film poster inspires us as it symbolises the unknown. We can't see the face of the person, giving it an air of mystery as we want to know who they are.
The words 'fear moves in' could also hint that the character looking into the window will be that fear.

Coursework Ideas

I have already established that I am going to create a film opening for my coursework. I will be working with Abbi on this. We haven't actually been given the specification yet but we have been thinking about some ideas.

• A Horror theme - Night time, mysterious characters, dark colours (eg, red, black, grey etc)
• A Romantic theme - Candle lit dinners, Romantic Setting (Countryside), nice and relaxing colours
• A Thriller theme - Cliffhanger, very mysterious, maybe makes the audience jump.
• A Mystery theme - Nothing to be exposed, scary to some extent.

Camera Angles and Editing

FoDefinitions of Camera Shots

Long shot: Shows the whole image, for example it would show a whole person, and not just their face or another part of their body.

Medium shot: If it was a person, then this would only show from the waist up. So it is only half the object.

Close up: This is where you focus on one part of the image, so basically it could just be of someone's face.

Shot reverse shot: This is where one character is shown looking at another character who would be off screen, and then it going to the other character looking back at the first original character.

High angle shots: This is where the camera is located high so it is looking down on the object in focus.

Low angle shots: This is where the camera is locarted low, and then it would be looking up to the object in focus.

Tracking shot: This is where the camera is placed on a track and then is moving but watching where it goes. For example, a bit like when you look out of your car window whilst in motion.

Pan: This is the horizontal motion of the camera moving. So for example, if someone was looking over some fields. They would start facung the left but after looking all around they would end on the right.

Tilt: A tilt shot is where the camera is only slightly looking up or down at the object in focus.

Definition of styles of Editing

Continuity: This is the consistency in a film or tv programme of characters and plot etc. For example if in an episode of eastenders, they cut between two scenes. Both in the same place but in one scene it was raining, but the other was not. When they are in the same place and at the same time. This would be bad continuity. Good continiuity would be if the weatehr was the same in both places.

Montage: This consists of a sequence of shots that are put together to condence narrative.

Transitions: A transisiton is how you get to one clipm to the other. This is where you must be careful on the continuity that you use. Wipes is a type of this.

Cross cutting/paralell editing: A technique used in which shots of two or more separate, usually concurrent scenes in interwoven.

Dissolve: Is gradual transition to one image to another.

Miss Frearson - Research

What impact does digital technology have on the uk film industry?

"Last year, less than 100 films (out of 505 released in the UK) accounted for more than 80% of the total box office generated. The good news is, audience for non-mainstream films is growing year on year. When cinema-goers know when and where they're being screened – so-called non-mainstream films like Brokeback Mountain, March of the Penguins, Closer, Volver and Pan's Labyrinth can attract large audiences."

This quote was taken from the Uk Film Council Site. My theory is that if this is true now, then if the digital technology allows digital distribution to come into play more then it means it will be cheaper to send out more films and it means that film industrys will be able to sell their films more and to make more money. This will obviously have a big impact on the industry.

Digital Screen Network basically means that with it, we can cut the prices of screening cost. It costs around one tenth of what a 35mm print does. It is a cheaper way to show films. This information was taken from; http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/dsn.

New Technology

How have new technologies allowed film institutions to target audiences?


Production

As new technology progresses, film companies have more ability to create bigger and more creative films. This helps them to appeal to a larger audience and expand their 'bullseye'. Things like HD cameras allow the filming to look better and create more advanced effects that will attract the audiences to go and watch the film.



Marketing

New technology, including social networking sites help the film companies to promote their new films. This means that the more advertising there is, the more people will know about the film and more people will go and see the film. This means that more money will go into the film so they make more money, and it also means that whoever created the film can have a bigger budget because they will have a bigger bullseye.



Distribution
Now that we have modern technology, it allows us to use more of digital distribution. This is cheaper and faster. There is a powerpoint on my blog which shows the advantages and disadvantages of digitial distirbution, and with modern technology it allows us to be able to achieve this because there are more advantages than dis advantages.




Exhibition
Exhibition becomes easier now because we have digital distirbution. It also becomes cheaper because of modern techonology.

How have new technologies affected the position of the consumer?

Now that there is new and more technology it allows the consumer to have more power over the film and whether it does do well. This is because they have the power on whether to go see it or not, because i they don't then the film won't do well.

Inspiration for Music

This music inspired me alot. For our film opening we want a suspence opening and we thought that some music like this would create the type of atmosphere that we want. The only thing with this music, is that we don't want it to be cheesy and with this it could be percieved that way. We also wouldn't be able to use this exact song because it would be copyrighted. We could though, get some music which resembles this.

Digital Distribution

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