body of lies case study

Body of Lies Case Study

Institutions
The production company for this film is Warner Bros, it was released in 2008 and directed by Ridley Scott. It was filmed in both the USA and Morocco, including locations such as Annapolis, Maryland, USA, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Rabat, Morocco and Casablanca, Morroco. The budget for this film is estimated at $70,000,000. In the USA, by 11 January 2009, gross profit for this film was $39,380,442. The film stars famous actors Leonardo DiCaprio (Roger Ferris), Russell Crowe (Ed Hoffman) and Mark Strong (Hani). It’s based on David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe). Although seemingly his allies, Ferris questions how far he can really trust these men without putting his entire operation - and his life - on the line.

Audience

The cast is has a high number or male actors and it seems to be very male orientated when you look at the advertisement. This tells the viewers that it is maybe containing lots of action and ‘boy’s toys’ very stereotypical. Normally when it is a male dominated film one of the men will be very attractive, this is something for the ladies I guess! The viewers would be mainly male as that is who the film Is genuinely aimed at, shown straight away with colour choice and male involvement. It looks quite a grown up film I guess, possibly aimed at the 16 and above area, with the mature start. It will contain offensive language and violent scenes.

Semiology/Location:

The Arabic man in the first scene uses Semiology when he points his finger as this symbolises a dictator or leader. The fact that he is speaking in a language other than English also shows a sense of secrecy and the film makers not wanting the audience to know things, this puts pressure on the audience to attempt to understand and they feel out of control and I suppose victimised as this is their country but they can’t understand or be in control.

There is a train rushing past which shows a sense of urgency and something bad about to happen, it also represents that time might be running out, I think the train going past is a good idea, you can hear that it is near to a popular busy place just by hearing a train, knowing there is connections to a lot of places from there. The climax is where the swot team begins to try and get past and there is a milk truck which shows how normal the street is even though something bad is about to happen. The milkman’s whistling is the start of the operation forming, it sends everyone into action, the plan is precise.

Codes/forms & Conventions of the thriller genre

The start frame of the film is quite plain yet effective. It’s a black picture starting with quiet soft music leading into deep bass music when the words ‘Manchester, England’ comes onto the screen. This gives off a sense of danger and uneasiness when reading it. The impact is good and strong. This also gives off that the area has been very much inflicted but racism or terrorism. Fear is brought over us just with these words and music, before we know anything it already has us alert and guessing.

Opening Annalysis- The Book of Eli.

The Book of Eli

At the start of the film it is a black screen, music starts to creep in creating tension into the unknown of what is behind the darkness, its almost the noise of a helicopter rotating or nature close up. There is then a flash of white and it transacts and fades into a wood with trees making the screen darker, the woods look oddly mystical and not really right, the camera is a little tilted so as if it is looking up at the trees to make the audience feel small and exhibited.

Shadows form all over the woods due to the trees. This is one key symbol of a thriller. It gives off with a message of danger and something is about to happen as it is in the dark and many things can be unseen. The trees look lifeless and empty, it looks cold and dark, like winter. The trees have no leaves, leaving you feeling desolated even though you are in a surrounded place. You feel watched as anyone could be behind them trees. The music changes from the black-white-trees when it hit’s the white screen it makes two thuds and then the music starts, louder and more upbeat, more curious when the trees come into view. Ash is falling off the tree’s the ash falling down also sends a message of danger as it relates with fire which is a little strange and a huge contrast as fire is hot and warm, when the rest of the place looks so dark and cold and airy, what is the ash trying to tell us?

The camera moves down, away from the light above making the screen a dull green colour all over. The camera moves right to the forest floor, a gun comes into view, something from the trees that have been falling falls on it to almost make it look like blood landing on the weapon. The shot doesn’t stop and hover at this, it carries on moving until a hand, naked, empty and lifeless comes into contact with the audience. You see the rest of the gun one side of the screen and then the start of the hand and body. This is quite a dramatic start and lets the viewer know what’s in store. You ask yourself, how did they did? Were they killed? Did the commit suicide? These thoughts run through your mind watching it.

You then see the camera move over the body, a fully clothed male, his arm above is head, head slightly tilted to the camera as if to watch us as a view past. In the distance out of focas is an animal, a skinny cat I think, I makes an meow purring noise that gently echos a little, more and more light gets withdrawn as we travel over the body. When the camera fixes on the man hiding in a tree stump, the audience can not see him at first which makes you think why are we focusing on this part of the wood why not the body? It then moves to a close up so all the audience can react to what is being seen.

The cat runs up to the body and starts to almost lick or wanting to eat it, its so skinny and weak, you can see its bones, makes you wonder what is really happening in this forest. This also shows that the man is defiantly dead. You see it getting closer and closer, to as gas mask, you hear a low breathing noise as the camera is drawn to this, you see the breathing of the person, up and down. He is holding an arrow, it goes into a point of view shot, the persons looking at the cat. The shot is then brought back to a close up of the sharp end of the arrow. This is impacted with the use of light and music, its dark all around the arrow with only specs of light. Its creates fear and tension waiting and knowing what is going to happen.

This is a very successful thriller opening, it does tell you what is happening in some ways but also really does make you think and guess, why are they even in this forest? Why a cat? Did he kill himself or was he killed? Was the gun planted next to him? You feel watched and terrorised. Wanting to watch more is key and this defiantly does it.

Thriller Opening- Day of filming

We filmed on Thursday 17th November as planned, everything today has gone very smoothly. We arrived at our desired location at approximately 8.45. I really enjoyed the day. We had some issues with the speech part at the end because Liam and Ed couldn't manage to keep a straight face for very long! But this is all part of the filming process and it wouldn't have been so enjoyable without our comical parts!

Thriller Opening- Basic Storyboard

Click here to view my groups first storyboard

Here is our groups storyboard, as you can see it is very basic and the sketches are not really challenging, but its enough for us to follow. We have planned out all the different shots and what part of the location we will be using for each. \I think as we know what we are doing to quite a high extent it will run very smoothing on the day of filming which i am looking forward to, our location is perfect and its really starting to come together now.

Thriller Opening- Stuff to complete before filming

We have decided to film most probably next tuesday with permission from Alex Kennedy and his family as it is their house.
We've got quite a lot of stuff to sort out before then, finding props and costumes, maybe visiting the location so all of our team are familiar with it and we can practice where and how the shots will be taken, as we need to us a room inside it will be interesting to look at which one would best for our opening.
We will be looking at the swimming pool to see which window also to use in that building.

Thriller Opening- Name Ideas

We think its time we should start thinking about names! We are having a group discussion about possibilities and reasons why they should be used. We don't want it to be an obvious title and have a spooky edge like most thrillers. Most thrillers have a name that make you fear the rest of the film right from the start such as 'Taken' this gives us an idea into what could happen, it's rather obvious.

Evaporation

Hunt the Hunted

The Delivery - Delivery of pizza and news of the girl in the house, this creates tension and is obvious enough to know the kind of things its about, but less enough to want to know more. 

Hunt the Hunted

Apprehension 

The finding
The last lane

Thriller Opening- First Screening Questionarre

Media Questionnaire.

Please Circle Selected Answer

Do you think our opening uses typical thriller conventions?

Yes/No

Did you like our opening overall?

Yes/No

Did you attach to our story line right away?

Yes/No

Did you feel it was a thriller straight away?

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Did you think our location was appropriate?

Yes/No

Did it make you want to watch more?

Yes/No

Do you think this is successful so far?

Yes/No

Do you think the effects used were effective to create the atmosphere needed?

Yes/No

Do you notice the error with the paper delivery bag?

Yes/No

Do you think we should speed up the bit near the swimming pool when we watch her?

Yes/No

Gender?

Female/male

Age?

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How many faults did you note during the whole sequence?

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What did you feel when watching it? E.g. fear/voyeurism

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What things could we make better?

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What things did you like?

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Any ideas into possible names we could have after watching the first 2 minutes?

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Anything else or questions?

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Thriller Opening- Dress code for Tuesday 15th Nov

We are filming the first bit of our film tomorrow, the start where the girl is playing on the lawn in the past when she is alive. I will be wearing socks pulled up and at different levels to represent innocence, lace up shoes with one lace undone again to represent innocence. I will be wearing dungarees as this is a typical thing for a small child, and my hair in bunches.

Thriller Opening- Where to buy the costumes

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/ - This is the link to a well known charity shop Oxfam. We have decided it would be a good idea to get props and costumes that we don't already have hold of from a charity shop, this will be a good cause and help some people out when also being  our supplier of the things we need. I belive we can find what we need from a charity shop, cheap prices and clothes we wont be afraid to get messes resolves a problem for us. I will be the person in charge of the costumes and props, but my teammates also want to buy from here or another charity shop.

Thriller Opening- Music

Click here to see information about finding our music
Here is our groups final piece of music for our thirller opening

We looked on various websites that allow downloading of free music, but after a group disscussion we decided to create our own. With an apsiering DJ in our group it was the perfect opportunity to create something fresh, new and unique and use skills we had in the group. We used a softwere called 'Garage Band' to create this and it took around 2 hours to finish the piece to how we want it. I am excited about using this music as its completely our own! take a listen from the second link above :)

Thriller Opening- Characters List

Click here to view our characters list

My team mate has wrote about that characters we are including in our opening. We chose to use a child in it because i think it always add to the creepiness and fear factor if they are possessed and not normal because people have a lot of emotional attachment to cute kids.

We needed to have a delivery to make an excuse for someone to come to the house so we picked a pizza delivery boy as they would delivering at night.

The father has to be in it to make it creepy about the unknown girl upstairs...He reacts uncertain and scared byt the information deliverd by the piza delivery boy about his daughter being upstairs, even tho she is dead.

Thriller Opening- Synopsis

Click here for the Synopsis of our thriller opening

I am very happy with the idea that my group have come up with, it is exciting and spooky and I'm even a bit scared to be in it! The idea of using a child was introduced by me as i think this is always a key way it engage involvement from all ages of audiences. Younger generations will connect as they are closer to the young persons age, and the age of the delivery boy. Older ladies and gentlemen will connect with it due to the fact that most would know what it feels like to be a parent and the thought of a lost, dead or possessed child is often creepy and petrifying. I believe we have got the balance right. We will have this as an 18+ movie, meaning it's probably going to contain alot of gorey stuff and abusive language not sensible for younger people.

I think the idea we have, mixed with the setting we are filming it in will create a very successful opening to our Thriller using typical thriller conventions. We have a sense of sleepy hollow in our opening, the way it's set in the middle of nowhere creates the perfect atmosphere and tension. 

Game Show Idea

We are having two areas for our games show. A obstacle course, and then a series of questions. The questions will be held inside a building and the obstacle course is outside, on top of clear blue water, this is taking inspiration for such game shows as 'Total Wipeout' and 'Who wants to be a millionarre' The more questions you get right at the start for the game, the easier the course is at this end. This is aimed at families and will be shown on a competitive TV station at 7.00pm. Our color scheme is blue and red, this is to represent danger and peace, peace once you get to the end of the course and win a lump sum of money depending on your success, and danger to make people fear the unknown of the outside course. Inside is a red theme when the questions are being asked to put the contestants under pressure and blue outside, a little contrast and calmer, knowing the end in insight, this is probably the opposite to typical game shows, as they would put the danger at the end.
Our game show hosts are going to be John and Edward Grimes as we think they are a very typical favorite for families of all ages, they are comical and right for what we want. They will be dressed in opposite the color of there base, one will be outside wearing red and commentating the contestants on there way around the course, and the other inside asking the questions wearing blue.

Thriller Opening- Location And Pictures

Click here to view pictures of our location

My teammate has collected some pictures of our location which is located just outside of Reepham. Its a large house with a long, flowing driveway. It is an old building with lots of windows. On the property it owns a indoor swimming pool with glass panelling windows, we will be using this in our opening. This is just such a perfect location for our thriller and i cannot wait to start working here! We will be using the outside garden to film a short clip for the start of our opening. We will film when there is bare minimum daylight but not complete darkness. Its is quiet and secluded. Perfect!

Thriller Opening- Costumes, Props and Objects

We are not using many props in our thriller opening, which is quite easy. We will need to have a pizza box,   a teddy bear, a bicycle, a ball/Frisbee and a hose.

We need to have a pizza box due to he fact that one of our main characters will be a pizza delivery boy, he will have to have a pizza to deliver so we need to get hold of a pizza box which should be fairly easy to get hold of.

The teddy bear will be for the child character we are having where ever the child is standing, the teddy will be by her side hanging holding one hand lopsided almost dead like. I think it just adds the extra innocence to the child character.

The hose is to create rain if it isn't already raining, it will be sprayed over the pizza delivery boy as he is going up the driveway, we believe this will create tension and add to the typical horror convections.

A bike is purely for a mode of transport for the pizza delivery boy as he pedals down the driveway.

A ball/frisbee is purely for the use in the first clip we are having of the young girl playing, we are doing this  to make out that she has died in a indirect way.

We won't need to be to dramatic with our costumes. The young girl will be wearing a loose nightgown to add the the fact that she's young, innocent and also adds again i think typical thriller convections. We will get this from a charity shop. The pizza boy will have a cap on his head, wearing a polo shirt and some jeans, this will be easy to get hold of, our actor will just wear his own things because he has all of this. The actor playing the father will need to have a tank top over a shirt, some jeans and glasses, our actor for this part is also supplying these from his own wardrobe.

We will be using make-up, hair gel and hairspray in the making of our characters, i have all the equipment for this and it will be minimal but effective in the light and for the camera.

'Vacancy'- Opening scene analysis

What makes Vacancy successful in terms of its genre?

Vacancy is a thriller. Thrillers normally combines alot of usage of shadows and darkness- very clever with the lighting, voyeurism- the sense of being watched or followed for the audience, fear- creating the atmosphere and dramatic feel, illusions, a thick, hard hitting storyline such as kidnapping, entrapment, isolation and deception. Typical characters that are in a thriller are a victim, a detective/a hero, a bad guy/a killer and possibly the victims family. I think the opening of Vacancy covers's this typical nature of thrillers very well. As soon as it starts you feel more and more tense, and fear creeps in as seconds pass.

To start, the people included in the production of the film are used to create the opening atmosphere. The subtitles are a keep point in creating tension right at the start for this film. The music is a low bass tone and the writing represents blood with its trailing down effect. All the names move around creating confusion and drama to such a simple task. The only criticism i do have is that the subtitles task for to long! It gets boring after a while and the tension of wanting it to start is high! Above the low noise is a obvious ticking. This really gets your heart pumping, the thought of time running out, slipping away. Being on a time limit is never nice, being in a rush to do something. It creates suspense and wonder into what it could be. When the title of the film emerges there is a low thud of a noise in the background to increase the tension of the word 'VACANCY' which is in capitals. The credits go on for 2minutes 51seconds. This is far to long, even though it is quite snappy with each person. The first sight of the characters there is the sound of a cracking radio, radios that are not clear with signal are always a spooky, fearful sign i think.

I didn't find many negatives to this opening but here is the few i came up with. It is very, very dark making it hard to see and define much, although the director is very clever with the lighting usage it still is dark. After the exaggerated duration of the opening credits the car journey also lasts a long time, maybe a little to long talking about the same thing! The two characters conversation about going the wrong way makes this car journey at the start very dull, but outlines key facts.. they are lost, this is always a scary situation. There is quite a chunk of the driving that uses no speech, to create tension and an uptight atmosphere.. as if waiting for something to happen. There is a part where they use an apple as a prop, and talk about it. This has no relevance to the scene or that moment in time so this annoyed me, being pointless. Although the lady cuts here self when cutting the apple.. and bleeds. This could indicate whats going to happen in the latter part of the film, here getting killed? Badly hurt?

Many positives were taken from this opening, their ability to creat such an atmosphere in a short space of time is brilliant. They use light to direct the audience's view, onto particular things and objects, i find this very clever. The music is intimidating for the viewer, this is good when watching a thriller, you want to be scared and feel vunerable why else would you watch them? The lack of information given to us in the opening is good i think beacuase it makes us want to watch on, find out whats going on, and leaves us feeling uncertain about the forthcoming events. It makes your mind ask lots of questions and make your own idea of whats going to happen. I couldnt work out there releltionship, between the two characters. Alough the male had a wedding ring on his finger. They were argueing and very snappy. They could have been family or married, or maybe just very good friends, or even two people who dont particually want to be there with eachother but have no choice. The camera angles and way it's filmed makes us feel like we are intruding on their relletionship. Not ment to be there. Beacuase of there argueing its not normally something we get to see or witness, and not many people would want to show themselves argueing with eachother. There is a short shot of the map they are reading, we don't get a clue of where they are from this shot so that gives off a sence of isolation, in a dark forest not knowing where they are going.

I think if the directors incorporated street lamps along the road; only a few. It would make the scene a little brighter and easier to watch, and street lamps are often used in thrillers as they access dull light and look good for shadows. Over sholder shots are used quite a few times, this type of shot i always find intimidates the other character. Makeing the other seem bigger and more powerful.

The conventions i spot in this opening are, mystery, faulse starts, lights- car lights are the only form really, voyerism, water- only drinking water but its always used as something scary in thrillers, you expect punishment. Also there is one major convention, when the strange man comes to the window of the garage, beacuase the female character screams it makes the whole audience jump with intimidation.

All in all i think this opening scene is of a very high standard, incorporating many conventions and using them wisely and somewhat indiret like the water only being in a bottle. The sence of panic, isolation and rush brings together an amazing start to this film, the faulse starts mean faulse hope for the viewer, this attracts the audience as we can believe our own story lines. The intensity of the whole scene makes this very successful in the thriller genre.

'No country for old men' - scene analysis

This is a very tense scene felt by the characters and audience. It's very uncomfortable to watch with its uneasy atmosphere and strange situation.

The scene opens with a extreme wide shot of the location. A desolate, uncertain, empty and open place that combines fear with the unknown. It's situated in a desert like place, all you can see in the right side bottom corner of the shot is the small garage with one car, a few dead trees, and a sign that is gently making a screeching noise, with the word 'texaco' written on it. I think that they have put dead trees in the shot to symbolise the emptiness of the place, to scare people a little i guess. The colors are very neutral, nothing dramatic, very boring and bland. A little bit sepia toned. You can hear a engine in the background, maybe a plane, and then the squeaking sign. I think these are noises making it feel even emptier than it looks, its not alive.

The shot lasts for about 5 seconds and then switches to inside the garage, its going from a light open space to a dark, contained small inside. This is a real contrast in such a snappy shot. The first sound i hear is slow moving footprints. Creating a dramatic atmosphere in the small space. There is a man behind the desk, looking down. Behind him is a small window letting in light. Kind of an escape route. About the window are some parts for cars or something, that are in the shape of loops. Right near his head, this is done on purpose to make the character seem more vulnerable and unsafe. It symbolises being hung/hanging.

After three seconds the first piece of speech is said. Simple small talk, and no eye contact between the two characters. The sound of his voice almost fills the space with its depth and tone. Staying on one level, no emotion shown in his speech. The man behind the counters voice is a little more emotive and not as deep or fierce. They finally make eye contact after 18 seconds of speech. This is due to the fact of the conversation taking a turn and the customer almost takes charge of it, asking a question. It turns to a over the shoulder shot from the man behind the desk. The over the sholder shot from the character who seems to be the victim is used to make the bad guy seem bigger, more intimidating and to incinuate power across the scene.

You get an idea of the characters, the man behind the till wears light, sensible clothing. Typical of citizens around the area. The customer wears all black, and a leather jacket, supplying us with a 'bad boy' image of him. Light also gives us more information into the characters, it is used well but simply. When the second character enters the light seems to become darker, and the man behind the counter has a window behind him.. light is a way of showing the good guy i think. It represents who's the threat and who's the victim in the scene. I also notice that behind the shopkeeper, who i believe from the start is the obvious target/victim is a product containing a bright yellow smiley face. I think this is to contrast the issue of insecurity and almost mock the situation in hand. When its such a gripping scene the yellow smiley face is almost out of place and does attract the eye because of this.

Little sounds make the whole scene more uptight and filled with tension. The uncrumbleing of the wrapper is a key part for the dangerous stares and intensity. There is silence with the voices and a close up shot of the wrapper, this is a good effect as its the centre of attention meaning nothing exciting is really taking place i guess. Also the chewing the man in black makes, as though its intimidating the other charcacter.

All of this tells us who is what to be honest. Its very clear right from the start. The person who is working at this garage in the middle of nowhere already seems under threat just from the location. His lightness around his charcater portrays goodness, a victim in his own space. It indicates that for the rest of the film somethig unpleasent will happen to this vunerable character. The tension is strong through the whole scene, I love the way the director has done this with such small ingreidients and ideas.

Our final AS prelim task

This is our preliminary task. We wanted to incorporate alot of different camera angles into a short, simple scene. We named this 'Confused'. We used a person trying to open a computer screen in our college, viewing the reactions of other people in the room, then a dramatic increase in speed to outline the fact that the person couldnt open it. We made the dramtic impact but using shorter, snappier camera shots and the involvement of music in the scene. I think the impact of the whole scene mixes well with our contrast and variety of different shots.

We had a few problems during filming, mainly down to me. The fact we filmed two days in a row i didn't wear the necessary clothing on the second day meaning, we either had to start fresh with a new outfit or wait until the next allocated filming session with the correct clothing. We waited, therefore missed an hour of filming. Also I found being filmed rather amusing and wasn't enjoying the camera attention. I don't think i will be acting in our next film!

I really enjoyed the editing of our piece. Choosing the music and which shot to put where, i liked it being very organised and precise the the overlapping of the shots. I am very happy with the result and the way we worked as a team, even if tension occurred a few times down to the fact we were all quite dominant and wanted to take charge!

All in all, a really successful task! Had alot of fun and it was good to start getting to know how to use a camera, tripod and tracking dolly.

Representation- Play doe models

Representation- Why my model represents me.

I have made the hair colorful and wild beacuase i think i am quite a happy, confident and sometimes crazy character. I used pink as the main color as it is my favorite color, so it makes sense. I have curly hair but i wanted to have to curls on my model as i belive it shows a wild side to a person, big and full, the type of person i am. It also looks quite silly, i would say i'm like that in myself. The hair is probably the biggest part of my model and the piece of it that i done first. The black strands represent the ratio of saddness and anger to my happiness, which isnt much compared to the color. I have also dont the hair strands long beacause thats how i want my hair and thats a big part of me, the way I look. I have made the lips have pink lipstick on the face of my model, also eyebrows, this shows that i am a girly-girl and love make-up, i also care about my image. The face looks neat, which is me in a way, i am an organised charcater who doesnt like mess. The neatness and attention to detail on the face shows this. The heart in one eye socket, show that i am quite a open person and have alot of feeling and emotions, that i cannot hide when they are there. Also meaning that my family and friends are really important. Other things i love are included in my representation. The eyes are normally known as a 'window to your soul' i took this into account and this shows people looking into me, the type of person that i am, and that im not afraid to show it!
The other eye socket contains a music note, i cannot play an instrument but music is a huge part of my life, listening and singing. I love the way you can get lost in it hence why it is on one of the main parts of my face, one big part in my life. I have shoes attached to my model, high heels, beacause i love the way they add height and alot of confidence to a person once wearing them. Also it represents my love for fashion and the way people and myself look. The laptop is probably the silly part of my design, i spend alot of time communticating with family and friends on the internet and listening to music, i cannot imagine my life without a computer now, which is quite sad. I think this is quite a good representation of myself. I have highlighted key areas and intrests in my life and put them into my model. I think some of the parts are very obvious to what they mean and stand for, other parts require some thought and time to take in. I wanted to make some of the parts simple to read, beacuase in a way i am like this beacause of how open i am with people, but other places more reserved and quite, like how i can be and come across to stangers. I have attatched a paint brush to the top of the model, this is representing that i am a creative person and a lover of the arts, it is a big part of my life, hence why it's situated at the top. It is coming out of my head/brain to show that it in my thoughts alot as i am doing very creative subjects at A-level so i have to think about that alot.

Preliminary- So far

We started filming our preliminary task yesterday. After drafting camera shots, angles and position of the characters. I am confident everything is going to plan. We are making sure to film each shot more than once to account for any mistakes, camera shake or in our case laughing!! I'm sure it will look alot better once we have added sound and put everything together, I think the editing is what I'm looking forward to the most. I find working with my group quite easy and natural, we all get along well and if we keep this up our prelim is going to be successful.

Camera Angles

Panning Shot- The camera moves from side to side, normally used in vast spaces to get an idea of the actions and situations of the scene.  


Tracking shot- A shot that moves forwards and back to follow the characters actions and outline key elements and details in the scene.

Sideways Track Shot- Used to follow a character around a scene and moves left and right on the character.


Tilt Shot- This shot is most known for being used to influence the object of power within a character or the opposite, show vunerability and lack of power in another character. The more powerful the person the more the camera shot would be tilted up. The lesser the power of a character the more the camera would tilt downwards on them. 

Arc Shot- Works with dialogue heavy scenes in a shot-reverse-shot way which allows to show the reactions of the character as the conversation progresses.

Crane shot- The director follows the actions of the scene with a vertical movement of the camera.Zoom shot- Works on the same basis as a tracking shot.

The Gutarist- Magazine annalisis

After studying the magazine 'The Gutarist' I believe i have found out alot about the type of person who would read this magazine. My teacher set us a task to look into the type of life the target audience of our magazines would live. We looks at things like what they would eat for breakfast, whats types of sport they would play and even things like where they would want to be living.
I took a little while to go through the magazine and look at pictures, of people and objects, to see if i could find out a little more about the type of person.
There were alot of pictures of older men, not really many women, men with beards, wearing leather, looking very much into their music and instrument.
The type of person who would read this magazine would most probably eat a bacon roll for breakfast, i think this because they would be on the move alot, staying out late and its easy just to stop at a local cafe for an bacon roll in the morning, very English and very simple. You could say quite a manly breakfast to have.
I think my target markets transport would be something like a a big bike, a Chopper or Harley. Something along those lines, this is in keeping with their image of a 'rocker' or that sort of person. Wearing leather and have beards on their bike.
The place i think they would most like to live would be in a city because it would be close to music gigs and music shops, I think they would crave the hustle and bustle of the city life, maybe a terrace house on the outskirts of the city centre of a flat. Very near all the business that city life contains.
Their type of drink would defiantly be beer or ale, a real hearty English drink for the older man to enjoy in a typically English pub with typically English people. I visualise them spending afternoons standing at the bar socialising with people and drinking.
The type of music that they would listen to would be work of other guitarists and rock music. I can tell this by the image of the people in the magazine.
If they were a vegetable they would be a chili. This is because they would be a very loud, confident person, not afraid to stand out and be different, a little crazy and leads quite a daredevil, carefree life.
Sports, they wouldn't really involve there selves in, they'd much prefer being on there own playing a guitar or up the pub.

They would have tattoos and piercings, with beards and scruffy hair. Not to fussed about there appearance, they would wear tribute tee-shirts and ripped jeans. Leather coats would also be another frequent piece to wear. The magazine is aimed at people from the age of around 40-60ish. This is my opinion.