research- audiences attracted to my genre.

I made a film on goanimate! of the different audiences who like rom/coms and why they watch them.
Rom/coms attract their audience with in the first few minutes by giving them something to laugh about, they relate to most of the audience by giving it the typical day to day storyline about love.


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research- rom/coms.

I did this on prezi, it is research into one of the films in my chosen genre- Angus, thongs and perfect snogging!

research- codes and conventions for rom/coms.

This slide is from slideshare and it shows the codes and conventions of my chosen genre Rom/Coms. It also lists a few rom/com films at the bottom giving people an idea to what rom/coms are.

A typical rom/com consists of boy meets girl, who then part due to a disagreement, the time apart then makes them realise how much they like eachother, they declare their love for one another and usually ends with a happy ending.

Rom/coms fit in with both Todorov's and Propps theories. The main characters in a rom/com are often include; a hero, prize, villain, sidekick, donor, dispatcher. In rom/coms the villain will do anything to split the hero and prize up, the others will try and prevent that from happening. A rom/com film that follow these characters functions would be Notting Hill-
William= Hero, Anna= Princess, Anna's boyfriend= Villain, Spike= Sidekick, Max= Dispatcher.

Rom/coms tend to use high key and natural lighting because it reflects the mood of the genre it also connotes the mood of the character for example low key lighting would be used during a disruption.

Usually a rom/com is set in a big city i.e New York, Paris or London, this is because it is popular with the audience and tends to have a busy atmosphere which connotes the characters busy lives. They are also rather relatable because of their familiarity, these cities are also well known romance cities which is also another reason why they are set in these places, people often go there for dates, engagements or to find love which is why they relate to the audience.

research- analysis of two film openings no.1.

Shot One, Two and Three- Mid shot of Mr.Incredible, Elastagirl, Frozone, these three clips show an interview with the three characters, the dialogue portrays the characters personalities. The filter shows that the clips are dated.

Shot Four- 'i'  Sign, with a light shining from it which draws attention to the audience showing the symbol of 'the incredibles'.

Shot Five- 'The Incredibles' title, shows the name of the film infront of a spotlight showing that it is an action film and it highlights the words suggesting that they are important.

Shot Six and Seven- A mid shot and a low angle shot of Mr. Incredible in his car wearing a suit showing he is a 'normal' person, it also shows his younger times as he could fit into his car properly.

Shot Eight- This shot shows the old woman reaching towards her cat in the tree, the tree next to her emphasises how small she is. You can also see Mr. Incredibles car in the background.

Shot Nine- This is just a shot of the neighbourhood where they live, it sets the scene.

Shot Ten- This is an over the shoulder shot of Mr.Incredible talking to the police, the first policeman seems pleased with him whereas the one behind seems rather confused and doubting. You can see the old woman has got her cat back suggesting Mr. Incredible ot it for her as he has changed his clothing.

Shot Eleven- This shot shows the four characters looking into the car implying something has happened to the car, it also shows how small the old woman is as you can only see the top of her hat and you can see the half of everyone elses body.

Shot Twelve- A low angle mid shot of Mr.Incredible shouting at the young boy in his car who wants to be like him as he is wearing a superhero outfit too.

Shot Thirteen- This is another shot from over Mr.Incredibles shoulder, it shows the young boys facial expressions he seems excited to be talking to Mr.Incredible. It also identifies the badge on his outfit implying he is a fan.

Shot Fourteen- This is a shot from the behind of Mr.Incredibles car which ends the opening of the film.

research- different film genres.

Me and my group decided to research into all the film genres so we can get inspiration from them for our opening sequence. We created a mindmap on paint with all the films we could find from our knowledge, dvds and google, all the films we found related to the four briefs given:

research- titles timeline, Splice.

We looked into the titles of Splice (2009), we had to watch the opening of a film and write down each title onto the timeline. We found 16 titles throughout including cast members, directors and producers. We also researched into the title desinger (Kook Ewo), lighting compositing (Jean-Charles Kerninon and Jonothan Cohen) and the studio (Warner Bros. Pictures)

preliminary exercise - final clip and evaluation.

EVALUATION

I thought my groups final piece was effective for the time we was given and the storyline was rather clear. Once filming we realised it wasn't as easy as we thought, so we set up two cameras and chose the most effective shot, this helped us a lot because we would get more done and film things on one camera we may have missed out on the other.

We planned our PE thoroughly, making post it notes, A3 posters and scripts for one another which we could learn ready for filming. We would film in our free periods and sometimes in dinners just so we could get it done quicker, most of our editing was done after school as it took us a long time to get our heads around the software.

The shots and angles we were provided with helped guide us through our filming because we knew what we had to include and to make sure we didn't miss any out we planned all the shots on our post-it notes before we started filming. 

The location was pretty simple, we needed a classroom where the first character would find the note and then a library where she would meet the 'mystery boy', so we thought we would use the new resource centre in our sixth form which has just been built and use it as a meeting place.
We didn't really have a set costume for our task as it was filmed as if the people were at school already so we just kept our everyday clothes on.

I think what we need to learn from filming this exercise would be to give ourselves more time to plan out the way we would film and what our storyline would be and that we didn't rush into things as we had to restart it a couple of times before we got the final piece. However, all in all I think we completed this to our highest standard and was very effective for our first time.