British film case study- The Worlds End

The Worlds End

Budget- $20 million

Stars- Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman. Audienece appeal of Nick&Simon the film was the third part in the 'cornet to trilogy'.

Genre- Comedy/Sci Fi. Typically British as it is based on the idea of a group of men going on a pub crawl (known as a British thing). Has the appeal of comedy mixed with Sci Fi.

Box Offfice- Worldwide profit of $46'089'287. Opening weekend profit of $8,811,790. Marketing cost of around $10 million

Production company- Working title films

Cerificate- Any fans on the previous films in the trilogy Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Plus ay fans of the other actors in the film such as Martin Freeman. Simon Pegg was also just previously shown in 'Star Trek into Darkness' Which was a box office success. 

Marketing- Trailers shown on TV in breaks and at cinemas show the appeal of the comedy in the film and also the Sci Fi aspect. Also shows the running jokes from the previous films in this 'Cornetto trilogy'. Posters and merchandise shown throughout shops, on billboards and in cinemas.  The marketing cost would be around half of what the full budget cost was on top. Around $10 million on marketing alone.
Release date- July 19th 2013. Most people off from school on break, this would bring in a wider range of audience as families, children and teens would be able to go to the cinema to see these films.
Reviews-  On the reviewing website Rotten Tomatoes they reviewed the film at 89% and showed the audience rating at 76%

Philomena

Philomena -> Multiplex Cinema's.

• Elements of Comedy and seriousness would attract a wider range of an audience
• Big Actor/actress names such as Judy Dench and Steve Coogan
• Award winner, advertises that fact.
• Fair amount of showing times, not as many as blockbusters.
• Based on a true story and book, would attract people that have read the book.
• Would be screened in main screen cinemas
• Made profits of near $15 million. Not as much as a typical blockbuster

Aims and Context- Charlene, Sarah & Alex

Aims and Context

• The genre of the film I will be making with my group will be a war tragedy. 
• The basic outline of the film will be that it starts with a woman crying at a gave, then we shall add in some flashbacks of the woman's life with the man who had died in the war right up until she gets the letter about his death. It will end with with her at his grave, same as the beginning scene.
• Most of the middle section of the film will be flashback to an an emotional subject such as he life with her boyfriend until she gets the letter from an army officer about his death.
• This film will be a short film.
• In comparison to other films it will be similar to 'Dear John' and 'Forest Gump'.

FM1 Film Analysis Coursework - Stephen Kings It, Marsh house scene.

How does the use of cinematography and mise-en-scene create suspense in the Marsh house (01:43:55 to 01:48:04) sequence from Stephen Kings It?

By this point in the film Beverly has returned home to Derry, to the house that she grew up in with her father. This is also the same house that Beverly had her first encounter with Pennywise the dancing clown. The scene starts off with a long shot to panning of the surrounding area. This is to show the viewer where the setting is and how quiet street

which is non typical convention of the horror genre. This is a contrast to the earlier scenes in the film that are shown at Beverly's home as previous, the streets would be busy with young children playing. At the beginning of this scene I felt like it was just going to be completely normal scene without anything making me feel scared, I was wrong. When the camera pans to a low angle shot of Beverly we see the mise-en-scene of what she is wearing. She is in a pink top with a floral blazer and a purple skirt, this portrays her as quite innocent. When we consider the fear she went through as a child with Pennywise the clown, she now appears as a normal grown up woman.

As Beverly stands at the front door of the house we then see a close up shot of the side of her face which is as eye level. It has a shallow focus of the door bells at this point. It then cuts to a close up shot of the door bells, the camera slowly moves down until we clearly see the name 'Marsh' written on the doorbell. We then see a close up shot of the old woman when she comes to the window. When she stands at the window we can see a symbolic aspect of mise-en-scene which is a representation issue of religion as there are upside down crosses either side of her face. As the two characters look at each other it is shown through an eye line match shot. This is to show that the two women looking at each other without physically seeing them look at each other. When the old woman comes to the door it is shown through a medium long shot. This shows the mise-en-scene of the woman's clothing which is all black. This could be to show that she is dangerous as the colour black is most commonly known as a way to issue a warning. It makes her appear threatening and that she is not to be trusted. As the two characters are talking at the doorway it cuts twice from an over the shoulder shot of Beverly to and over the shoulder shot of Mrs Kersh. It is confirmed that Mrs Kersh could be threatening as when we get another close up shot of the name tags on the door bells it now clearly says 'Kersh'. As soon as I saw that I realised that there really was something suspicious about this woman and that something bad was about to happen. This built up the suspense for me as I now thought that Beverly was about to walk into a trap.

When Beverly steps into the house it is shown through a medium long shot. As the two characters walk towards the living room of the house the camera pans to follow them. Once inside the house Beverly goes into the bathroom to freshen up. It cuts to the bathroom and we get a high angle shot of her standing over the sink. It slowly zooms in towards the drain in the sink. When I was watching this part it built up the suspense for me as I was now expecting something to happen, as Pennywise is commonly known throughout the film to come from the drains. This reminds of the film Psycho as when the woman is getting stabbed in the bath tub you get to see the blood going down the drain. I think this is very similar to this film as in an earlier scene Pennywise speaks to Beverly through the drain in the sink. He inflates a balloon out of the drain until blood splatters all over the bathroom as well as Beverly. Beverly quickly puts a plug into the drain to fill the sink up with some water, it is only a small amount of water in the sink in this shot. We get a clear high angle over the shoulder shot of this. It then cuts to a close up of Beverly's face. She closes her eyes and try's to calm her self down. Just as she is calming down we hear Pennywise shout to her but as she opens her eyes it is just Mrs Kersh. When I heard that voice of Pennywise shout it felt like it made my heart jump for a moment. It then cuts back to a close up shot of the sink, it is now full of water. This was the point I started to feel slightly uneasy, preparing to cover my face with a cushion. I just knew then that the old woman would be Pennywise.

It then cuts to an extreme close up of the two tea cups on the table. This is to show that there is just tea in the cups. It zooms out to a medium long shot of Beverly and Mrs Kersh sitting in two pink chairs opposite each other. The mise-en-scene of Mrs Kersh's house appears stereotypical of what you would expect an old woman's house to look like in that time period. Just by the mantle piece there is an ornament there that looks like a porcelain clown. This could be a foreshowing of the fact that the old woman is really just Pennywise in disguise. It cuts to a close up shot of  Mrs Kersh as she is drinking from the tea cup. The sound of her drinking from the cup makes me feel physically sick. When watching this scene I have to put that part of silent! Once she had stopped drinking from the cup you can see that her chin is wet and dripping and her rotten black teeth. That sound and the way she looks afterwards is completely disgusting. For me this builds the suspense even more as I know that the reveal that Mrs Kersh is actually Pennywise was soon to come.

It then cuts and the camera zooms into a close up shot of Beverly's face as she looks down into the tea cup. Then shows a close up of the red blood like liquid that is now in the cup. The use of blood at this point reinforces the threat that at any moment a safe and secure miss-en-scene could become disrupted by a convention of the horror genre. This seems to be Pennywise's way of letting Beverly know that it is actually him. As Beverly realises that there is now blood in the tea cup she throws it down onto the floor and it smashes. Mrs Kersh kneels down to pick up the broken pieces of the tea cup the camera slowly zooms in towards the back of her head. The voice of Mrs Kersh changes to that of an old man. It cuts to a close up of Beverly's face, the camera zooms in towards her. When the camera zooms in it gives the feeling of entrapment and really shows the fear that Beverly is feeling at this point. When Mrs Kersh looks up to no longer be Mrs Kersh but Beverly's dead father, this again reminded me of the film Psycho. When I saw his face I thought there was a similarity between him and Norman Bates in the film Psycho.
As Beverly goes to run out of the house it is shown through a Medium long shot. The camera then pans to follow Beverly as she runs to the door and to show that her dead father (Pennywise) is chasing after her. In re-watching this film at this point I did not feel as scared as I thought I would. Where as when I watched this as a child I distinctly remember being terrified of this Mrs Kersh who had now become Beverly's dead father. I used to get really scared at the thought that my father would come back to me when he died looking like that.

The camera then zooms in as her 'dead father' grabs her shoulder to try to stop her from leaving the house. When she runs into the street the mise-en-scene of it looks just as quiet and peaceful as it did before she went into the house. The camera pans to follow her running into the middle of the road and looking back at the house. In a Medium long shot we see Pennywise is standing at the door of the house laughing at Beverly. It shows a close up shot of Beverly to show her anger as she looks at Pennywise. This is an eye line match to show that the two characters are looking at one another. Once Pennywise has gone back into the house we hear a horn beeping. It cuts to a long shot of a van driving towards Beverly. Beverly jumps out of the way, the camera pans to follow the van to show that it sways and does not hit her.

It cuts to a close up of Beverly as she looks back the house, we hear the laughing of Pennywise. it shows a long shot of the house which is now boarded up with wood. Beverly is now shaking with fear, as she looks down it cuts to a medium shot of her from the waist down to show a yellow balloon come from beneath her. The balloon begins to bounce down the road. To show this the camera zooms out slightly and moves upwards to a high angle shot. Beverly becomes out of focus as the camera moves upwards until she is no longer in the shot. The scene then ends with a black fade out.



The Shining 'Come play with us Danny' Analysis

The Shining is a representation of the typical horror convention of an isolated setting. The three members in the family are stuck in this hotel, alone for an extended period of time
This scene commonly known as 'come play with us Danny', begins with Danny riding a tricycle through a long corridor. In this first corridor the camera seems to be tracking Danny but at a distance. This is to show the surrounding area, the emptiness of the corridor and the length of it.
The mise-en-scene use of the corridor could be a way of striking fear into the viewer. This may possibly be due to the commonly shared nightmare of long corridors. Showing this could actually invoke hidden or new fears for the viewer. At this point in the scene the non-diegetic sound of high pitched music is slowly building up. This makes me begin to feel anxious as it gives the sense that something frightening is to happen soon. The mise-en-scene of Danny's clothes in this scene and in others reminds me of the film Chuckie. The clothes the two characters wear and the tricycle used are both extremely similar. Due to this I feel the fear I had from watching Chuckie.
The camera follows Danny shot through the different corridors from and over the shoulder shot. The camera follows Danny closely causing me to feel entrapped and like I am there with Danny going round the corridors. Just as Danny does ride round the corner to witness the two girls there is a sudden non diegetic slam of a low pitched sound. At that point I did have a little jump of fear. The scene is lit with artificial light but is surprisingly high key. As the typical lighting for the horror genre is low key lighting. When Danny stops and sees the two girls the non-diegetic music stays at a constant eerie low pitched sound. We then get a point of view shot of the two girls when it shows them as they were killed in the hotel with an axe on the floor next to them. This can possibly be seen as a foreshadowing of the weapon Jack later uses to try and kill his family. This is shown through a long shot so we are able to fully see the girls and the surrounding area. The quick flashes we see of the two girls lying dead made me feel quite scared. My heart rate quickened. Throughout the film and in this scene there is a constant use of the colour red. This represents the danger and blood shed of the film. This is also another typical convention of the Horror genre. To intensify the fear we get a reaction shot from Danny to show just how terrified he is at this. He covers his eyes with his hands. When he removes his hands from his face, he sees that the two girls have gone. For the rest of this scene the camera stays at a tight shot of Danny. I found this scene to be rather scary, the high and low pitched non-diegetic music intensified the feeling of fear for me. But this was not the the most scary scene I saw in this film.

Hanna

In the first scene of this action film it fades in then pans to establish the setting. This also shows the vast emptiness of the surrounding area. It uses edit cuts to show other places within the setting to give the viewer an idea of where this setting actually is. It then cuts to a panning movement across a woodland area. In this we get to see Hanna standing between two trees hunting the animal. We see that Hanna is in focus but the tree closest to the camera is out of focus to give us a sense of distance. This also shows that Hanna is the main focal point in this scene.
We then hear the enhanced diegetic sound of the arrow being shot at the animal. When the animal begins to run I can feel it's fear as it runs for it's life. Especially when we see the pint of view shot from the animal as it is running. Through this we also hear the non diegetic sounds of Hanna and the Animal running through the snow.
This then cuts to the animal slowing down and staggering to the ground. When I see the animals legs shaking and its cry's of pain and fear it makes me feel very upset. I feel sorry for this animal and almost feel it's pain. We get another point of view shot from the animal looking up to Hanna when she is about to shoot it in the heart. This shows Hanna as powerful and dominant. The predator.

This view of power towards Hanna soon changes. The camera zooms towards Hanna so the audience does not see that her father is behind her. During the fight between Hanna and her father it is a constant close up shot of the two. This makes me feel like I am almost involved in this, trapped in the fight. Hanna's father slams her to the ground, just as she did to the animal. We see a low angle shot of her father. The view of power has now shifted.

At the end of this sequence while Hanna is lying on the floor the camera then zooms upwards to show Hanna lying next to the animal she has just killed. Hannah is left helpless and defeated, just like the animal.

Cold Mountain

The scene began with a Extreme long Aerial shot - this was used to establish setting and shown us that this man had traveled far, which made us want to know where he was going.

The shot tilts to show us this man's footprints, and doesn't reveal his face until the end of the shot due to the silhouette - which makes him shady and mysterious. 

We can tell that he's been traveling in the cold for a while due to his exhaustion and the frost in his beard, this makes us want to know what is so important to risk the cold environment, and it's not obvious where he's come from and where he's going.

In the parallel cut edit, it shows us that he's separated from his wife, which makes me feel sympathetic toward him - and that they long for each other because of the voice over which is reading the letter to us. This is also shown in the way that the voice over starts just before the cut, and he looks up, as if he's listening to her voice.
The low key lighting in this shot is to show her loneliness and distress.

In the next cut we see a dead deer, which has been frozen to death which shows how dangerous the environment is and are foreshadowing for the deaths that are about to happen. 

This is mainly Low key lighting, made of natural light from the fire and little fill light - this is to give the contrast of the background, which has been illuminated blue to show the coldness. The closeness of the warmth and cold shows that in this setting you're never far away from danger.
Two new characters join the shot quite abruptly due to the darkness of the environment, and they are wearing all black clothing which is commonly known as evil which signify's that they are not to be trusted. They also arrive on the shot on horses, which shows their  dominance, power and control over these other characters. 

The guy above is seen unlit unlike the other characters, and the fact that he's hiding behind a rock could show that he's cautious and untrusting of the two men that arrived out of nowhere - we see most of the shots of the characters around the fire from his point of view. The close up shot allows us to see the fear and his emotions of the other characters.

I feel like the shot where the two characters get shot is the strongest shot, as it affects you emotionally. I felt shocked when the two characters were shot - this could be due to one of the characters (Right) acting childlike and oblivious to what was going on around him, we could see this as he was smiling still when they made him cover his face. We feel empathy for this character, as well as the other character (left) as he act's like his father, and looks after him. The childlike manner of the Right hand guy makes us think of him much younger than he actually is.

After a jump cut, the next shot is of two women who are talking about the war - the woman above is mostly seen from the camera behind objects (Above). This could show her distance from the other character and her distress. The change of time from night to day could show that the evil's past, and that they're safe for a while. 

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

Film critic Tom Carson stated "in a just world The Lone Ranger would end with the bird on Depp’s head croaking 'nevermore'". 'The Lone Ranger' is considered by many to be a 'dull' film and much longer that need be. Therefore one of the main reasons why the film is a box office failure. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has said "I think that they were reviewing the budget not the movie". If this was the case, one would not blame the critics as it has been estimated that the movie will lose Disney around $150m.

 'The Lone Ranger' was a popular TV series in the 1950's, for anyone who watched the series when it was aired the release of the recent film would have been quite exciting. As for the younger generation not so much. Due to the fact The Lone Ranger TV series was aired around 60 years ago it's not that hard to believe that not many would have ever even heard of The Lone Ranger before the release of the film. For the younger generation it just appears as another bad western.

With the remake of 'The Lone Ranger' Director Gore Verbinski was not sure of the main or target audience. The film is not really for kids but was said to be 'too Disney' for adults. The film is much longer that it needed to be causing it to drag on. However some actually blame the critics for 'The Lone Rangers box office failure. Actor Johnny Depp who played the role of 'Tonto' in the film believes that the reviews were written seven to eight months before£ the film was even released. Due to Jonny Depp’s many successes in several films, film critics now simply assume and want that whatever film he plays a main role in must be a blockbuster. This puts pressure on any film and its cast to be a blockbuster.

'The Lone Ranger' was a box office failure for several different reasons but the main reason is simply that the younger generation know not of the 1950's TV series therefore do not really understand the background to the film. Also most youth don't tend to be a fan of western films.

Rob Zombie's Halloween

Rob Zombie's Halloween

-Threatening situations
-Dissonant music
-Familiar terrain
-Crazed individual
-Feeling of helplessness
-Contrast the known with the unknown
-Serial killer
-Misunderstood situation
-Helpless innocent
-Innocent saved
-World made safe again