Monday, 17 September 2012
Friday, 14 September 2012
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
History Of Horror Movies
History of Horror Movies
All horror movies aim to do one thing, produce a negative emotional reaction from the viewer. They relate to humans primal fears, eg. the fear of the unknown. This is why plots will most often revolve around things like; ghosts,cannibals,serial killers, zombies and demons. The first ever moving-picture revolving around horror was in the 1890's. It was shown in a 'silent short' ( a short film with no sound) created by Georges Melies. It was called 'the haunted castle'. When the period of talking pictures began in the 1930's, Universal pictures began to release a range of 'Gothic Horror' movies. Famous releases include 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein'. At this point horror also began to blend with the science fiction genre. During the 1950's and 1960's technology advanced, and so did horror. As people became bored of the gothic sub-genre, studios were able to create contemporary films that were able to relate to viewers fears in the way that the horror films plot could actually happen in real life. These related to illness, serial killers, cannibals ect..
All horror movies aim to do one thing, produce a negative emotional reaction from the viewer. They relate to humans primal fears, eg. the fear of the unknown. This is why plots will most often revolve around things like; ghosts,cannibals,serial killers, zombies and demons. The first ever moving-picture revolving around horror was in the 1890's. It was shown in a 'silent short' ( a short film with no sound) created by Georges Melies. It was called 'the haunted castle'. When the period of talking pictures began in the 1930's, Universal pictures began to release a range of 'Gothic Horror' movies. Famous releases include 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein'. At this point horror also began to blend with the science fiction genre. During the 1950's and 1960's technology advanced, and so did horror. As people became bored of the gothic sub-genre, studios were able to create contemporary films that were able to relate to viewers fears in the way that the horror films plot could actually happen in real life. These related to illness, serial killers, cannibals ect..
Monday, 10 September 2012
History Of Movie Trailers
History of movie trailers
What is a movie trailer?
A trailer or preview, is an advertisement for an up and coming feature film, it aims to attract viewers and persuade them to go and see the film.
The first movie trailers?
The term 'film trailer' originally comes from the fact that trailers were shown at the end of movies rather than at the beginning like nowadays. This practice was changed because viewers most often left the cinema at the end of a movie and didn't get a chance to see them. The first movie trailer was actually for a musical rather than a film. It was shown in a US theatre in 1913. It surprised everyone, newspapers called it "an entirely new and unique stunt"
The 1950's?
Until the late 1950's Movie Trailers were created and released by 'The National Screen Service'. Videos were very basic as technology hadn't advanced as much yet. Basic features would often include:
The arrival of 'new hollywood' spurred the movie trailer industry to dramatically increase and change. Individuals became well known for their work within the industry among these were;
Stanley Kubrick for his famous montage trailers, in particular 'Lolita, Dr. Strangelove'
Typical features of a 1960 film trailer would be:
Videos,DVDs and Bluerays?
A favored way of showing trailers is through videos,dvds and blueray. Viewers now most commonly see trailers at the beginning of a film they have purchased. It is more cost-effective and easier to do than adding trailers to the beginning of films being screened. The only issue is that viewers can 'skip' the videos they do not wish to see at home.
The motion picture association?
The Motion picture association of america (MPAA) states that film trailers not exceed 2 minutes and 30 seconds in length, however each major studio is given one exception to this rule per year. Nowadays there are no time restrictions concerning Internet or home-video trailers.
What is a movie trailer?
A trailer or preview, is an advertisement for an up and coming feature film, it aims to attract viewers and persuade them to go and see the film.
The first movie trailers?
The term 'film trailer' originally comes from the fact that trailers were shown at the end of movies rather than at the beginning like nowadays. This practice was changed because viewers most often left the cinema at the end of a movie and didn't get a chance to see them. The first movie trailer was actually for a musical rather than a film. It was shown in a US theatre in 1913. It surprised everyone, newspapers called it "an entirely new and unique stunt"
The 1950's?
Until the late 1950's Movie Trailers were created and released by 'The National Screen Service'. Videos were very basic as technology hadn't advanced as much yet. Basic features would often include:
- Key scenes from the film being advertised
- Descriptive text telling the viewer about the story line
- Text that was shown was extremely large
- Most, but not all trailers had a voiceover describing the story line
The arrival of 'new hollywood' spurred the movie trailer industry to dramatically increase and change. Individuals became well known for their work within the industry among these were;
Stanley Kubrick for his famous montage trailers, in particular 'Lolita, Dr. Strangelove'
Typical features of a 1960 film trailer would be:
- Textless
- Edited through montage
- Quick editing
- Very similar techniques used in TV
Videos,DVDs and Bluerays?
A favored way of showing trailers is through videos,dvds and blueray. Viewers now most commonly see trailers at the beginning of a film they have purchased. It is more cost-effective and easier to do than adding trailers to the beginning of films being screened. The only issue is that viewers can 'skip' the videos they do not wish to see at home.
The motion picture association?
The Motion picture association of america (MPAA) states that film trailers not exceed 2 minutes and 30 seconds in length, however each major studio is given one exception to this rule per year. Nowadays there are no time restrictions concerning Internet or home-video trailers.
Friday, 17 August 2012
My Chosen Text Type
Music Promo
What is a music video?A music video is a short film or video sequence that accompanies a piece of music, most often a song. Music videos are often created with the intention of using them as a marketing device, to promote the release of the song and increase sales. Music videos are often called 'promos' because of this intention. Occasionally music videos are termed 'short form music videos' so that you are able to distiguish them from full length movies that contain musical pieces. One of the first full length films to be based around music was Disneys 'Fantasia', released in 1940. It was a animation based around classical pieces of music
The first music promos:At first, in times as early as the 1920's music would accompany films and would so be labelled 'visual music'. However in years to follow technology developed dramatically allowing the first music promos to be filmed.Queens Bohemian Rapsody (1975) is generally regarded as the first ever music video, although there were some videos of artists before that.
Top of the pops:In the UK the TV program 'Top of the pops' was extremely important when it came to the promotion of music videos.It dramatically increased the competition between bands and record labels due to the fact that the shows producers had strict limits on the amount of of videos it could use. A good video would mean that the songs sales would increase, in addition viewers would demand to see the video again the following week allowing for more promotion.
The 1980's:In the 1980's video producers started using sophisticated effects in their videos, it became increasingly common for videos to have storylines or plots. It is thought that Michael Jackson the first artist to use the concept of 'short film' in his music videos. This is shown in his popular songs, 'Thriller', 'Beat It' and 'Billie Jean'.
Controversy:Due to the commonly cencourous approach to music videos it was extremely unncommon for videos to contain any controversial content. However this changed when music video producers realised that they could use controversy as a form of promotion. They would produce videos that would be banned or edited, this resulted in viewers being curious and talking about the song, thus increasing sales.The first producers to do this were 'Duran Durans - Girls on film'. Madonna is also another artist that owed her success to controversy, her videos were perhaps the first to be prevocative.
IT era:
Nowadays you can watch music videos on mute, due to their aestetic value. It is now not uncommon for a viewer to be more interested in the visual qualities of a film rather than the audio qualities. Crtics often say that producers will now focus more on the quality of the video rather than the quality of the song as now videos affect sales most. In fact, if an artist released a song in 2012 without a video, i strongly doubt it would be able to get anywhere in the chart. Videos now focus on sexual appeal and effects rather than the song.
What is a music video?A music video is a short film or video sequence that accompanies a piece of music, most often a song. Music videos are often created with the intention of using them as a marketing device, to promote the release of the song and increase sales. Music videos are often called 'promos' because of this intention. Occasionally music videos are termed 'short form music videos' so that you are able to distiguish them from full length movies that contain musical pieces. One of the first full length films to be based around music was Disneys 'Fantasia', released in 1940. It was a animation based around classical pieces of music
The first music promos:At first, in times as early as the 1920's music would accompany films and would so be labelled 'visual music'. However in years to follow technology developed dramatically allowing the first music promos to be filmed.Queens Bohemian Rapsody (1975) is generally regarded as the first ever music video, although there were some videos of artists before that.
Top of the pops:In the UK the TV program 'Top of the pops' was extremely important when it came to the promotion of music videos.It dramatically increased the competition between bands and record labels due to the fact that the shows producers had strict limits on the amount of of videos it could use. A good video would mean that the songs sales would increase, in addition viewers would demand to see the video again the following week allowing for more promotion.
The 1980's:In the 1980's video producers started using sophisticated effects in their videos, it became increasingly common for videos to have storylines or plots. It is thought that Michael Jackson the first artist to use the concept of 'short film' in his music videos. This is shown in his popular songs, 'Thriller', 'Beat It' and 'Billie Jean'.
Controversy:Due to the commonly cencourous approach to music videos it was extremely unncommon for videos to contain any controversial content. However this changed when music video producers realised that they could use controversy as a form of promotion. They would produce videos that would be banned or edited, this resulted in viewers being curious and talking about the song, thus increasing sales.The first producers to do this were 'Duran Durans - Girls on film'. Madonna is also another artist that owed her success to controversy, her videos were perhaps the first to be prevocative.
IT era:
Nowadays you can watch music videos on mute, due to their aestetic value. It is now not uncommon for a viewer to be more interested in the visual qualities of a film rather than the audio qualities. Crtics often say that producers will now focus more on the quality of the video rather than the quality of the song as now videos affect sales most. In fact, if an artist released a song in 2012 without a video, i strongly doubt it would be able to get anywhere in the chart. Videos now focus on sexual appeal and effects rather than the song.
Friday, 6 July 2012
Other Students A Level Media work (Graded A)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hll-thWi7Y0&NR=1&feature=endscreen
The Killers - Mr Brightside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTg4BY7E6xo&feature=related
Like a g6 - Far East Movement
The Killers - Mr Brightside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTg4BY7E6xo&feature=related
Like a g6 - Far East Movement
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Pudding Bowl
Plot
The film in set in the 60's, it involves a family of a mother, son and daughter. The main character is the daughter, a young girl who fantasises that she will one day become one of the beautiful celebrities she idolises. It starts by the young girl cutting out pictures of the women she idolises and glueing them in a scrap book, her elder brother is annoyed that he can't go out and play with his friends and so makes a plan to distract his mother and run out. He does this by pouring glue all over his little sisters hair, her mother sees the glue and is furious, blaming the girl for what has happened. She proceeds to tell her "No more long hair!" and puts a pudding bowl on her head and cuts of her long hair. The girl runs of and finds a pair of black tights and tries to replicate the long dark hair of a woman she admires. After doing so she imagines that she is the woman and sneeks off to find her brother, she then steals his bike and her brother and friends chase after her. You see a clip of a beautiful woman riding a bike being chased by men throwing flowers in admiration, this is what she is imagining.
GenreI'm unsure as to what the genre of the film is. I think that it is most likely a comedy due to the humour of the girl robbing the boys bike and what she imagines. I feel as though it differenciates its self from any other comedy film because comedy is not shown obviously throughout.
Narrative
The narrative of this film is linear, due to the way tension develops and continues to build towards the end, you are continually thinking 'what is going to happen next?!'. In addition the film is open ended, i often dislike this in films however i feel that it works well for this one. I like how it ends on a positive note, the girl has had a bad thing happen to her but the film ends on her having one-up on her brother laughing and smiling.
CharactersThe main character, the young girl is typical of her age. She admires 'grown-up' women and longs to have the attention that the celebrites in her scrap book get. Again the brother, who is portrayed as 'the bad guy' in the film, is typical of his age also, although you are lead to dislike him i think he acts just like any other boy. He prioritises his friends and will do anything to get out and see them, its a typical spiteful brother and sister relationship.
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