The clip first starts with a close up on two people, there then is a new entrant which is a midshot, however it then turns into an over the shoulder shot, you could see this by either by Bianca looking at them both or Tony being in charge of Whitney. The hooped earings on the women shows that they are not very upper class, more lower class, and also you can see that by the clothes, they arenot very fashionable and looks like they haev't got a lot of money to spend on them. There is then an effective close up of Bianca looking into the mirror and being sick, you can hear it behind the door which shows how she is very traumatised. There is then a close up of the door handle when Tony is trying to get into the bathroom, it shows he is desperate to get in there. When looking around you can see how the decorating is very bland which could also show they are a lower class family, the bathroom looks quite grotty. Bianca is then made the focus as she is running across the hallway from Tony, the camera focuses on her in a midshot with Tony shadowing behind, which could show how is in charge because Bianca is scared of him, then the mid-shot scene in the bedroom with Bianca and Tony you can see how Tony is towering over Bianca as she is sitting down on the bed, as if he is shadowing her. The sound iof the lamp smashing has great effect as it's loud and could show hhow she feels right now, smashed/broken into peices. There is then the close up of the argument between the two adults, again the camera is places over Tony's shoulder to show how he shadows Bianca as he is in charge, they do a close up so you can see the facial expressions of them both while shouting at each other. There is no background music at the moment which makes their voices stand out more as the audience won't get distracted by the music.

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Let The Right One In Essay.

Let the right one in.

Let the right one in is a Swedish romantic horror which is directed Tomas Alfredson. The films main character is a young boy named Oskar who gets tormented and bullied at school, throughout the film he becomes friends and lovers with a vampire who recently moved in next door to him. It is set in western Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. When Oskar is away from his classmate bullies in a safe place, his home, he plots what he want’s to do to them, he reads the murder enquires in the newspaper, and he then collects them and sticks them into a scrapbook, this could show it is special to him as he has keeping them safe.

The use of mise en scene is very important, as this makes shows the viewers how the actors feel, it sets the scene as if the character is feeling unhappy the film will be very dark and the music will be low however if they character is feeling better about themselves the music and settings will be enlightened.  The film begins with dramatic music; this is to set the scene it represents Oskar’s mood, it shows the viewers he feels very low, the surroundings around him are dark and cold as it has been snowing, this could represent how Oskar is feeling, the icy snow for his heart, as we see he keeps cuttings of murders this could show he doesn’t have a heart and doesn’t care about the deaths.  The snow could also represent his feelings, throughout the whole film it’s there, the weather can determine whether Oskar is happy or not, when it’s the sky is dark he is unhappy, he doesn’t like his life and he feels very down, however when the sky brightens up he has cheered up, this is shown when Eli says that she will be his girlfriend and also when Oskar starts to stand up for himself against the bullies, I think it’s very clever how they do this because both cases involve Eli in making the scene brighter and happier however she is completely the opposite to that.In the film there is not a lot of special affects, if any, this is because the film is a low budget however I think that’s what makes the film more realistic, just a simple outside scene in the snow can set the atmosphere. Because of the low budget they had to show the characters feelings in simple ways for example the way they dressed, you can tell they are not very expensive, some just rags, this could show what they were in the 1980’s with not much money, we can tell he is not well off from his small flat, the clothes Oskar and Eli wear are very dark and mutual colours at the start of the film, this shows their mood however when they become more comfortable with each other and become close their moods change and so does the colour of their clothes,  it’s not a large difference as they didn’t want to completely change Oskar’s appearance just when Oskar and Eli are together Oskar starts to wear colours like red, orange and pink, personally I think red represents blood and anger but in this way they have used it to show happiness.

In the film the camera work was used very effectively, with a low budget they did as much as they can and it worked very well. It is quite simple as because of the low budget, no special affects and it being a horror they needed to make it simple for the audience as it would have drawn the realism out of it. Whenever something frightening or sickening happened the shot would go to a close up, however the violence would be shown off-screen, for example when Oskar is being whipped by the bullies you can’t actually see what’s happening, but after you see the cut on Oskar’s face. As well as the close up’s there were many long shots also, when Eli is in the tunnel saying ‘help me’ however it does go to a close up when she pounces on her target. There was also a lingering shot of his fathers friend, shown just in his sandals and socks in the snow.

The music and sound in the film is one of the most important factors, it sets the mood, if there is a sad or creep scene there will be low dramatic music however whenever the mood is enlightened it goes much more cheerful and high. It brings a lot of tension to the scene, it can build up a point in the scene, the music gets louder and louder at one point until it completely stops to draw us in, this is what happens in most films, it draws us in as we know something is going to happen and in this film it is used very well. At the end of the film also music is used from the audio player, the music was quite upbeat, for the film anyway, Oskar was dancing/exercising in the water, then when the bullies walked into the swimming pool area it was still on until when one of them kicked it into the water, this could be seen as they were putting a stop to the happiness as the song was quite a happy song, they were now going to make his life misery once again. The use of sound was also used very well, when the bullies are telling him to ‘squeal, squeal like a pig…’ Oskar talks to himself quite a lot, when he is out in the courtyard ‘fighting’ with the tree, he repeats the saying, pretending the tree is his bullies he is standing up too, he does this to show he can stand up for himself, however he cant, at the beginning of the film, he wants to a brave tough man who can stand up for himself, however he is just a small weakened boy until Eli comes along.

Claude-Levi Strauss was a French pronunciation, the write of ‘Let the right one in’ he was born on the 28^th November and died on the 30^th October 2009. His focus was binary opposites, for example, good v evil and happy v sad, he believed that everybody had a total opposite to the other, we can tell this by the film, Oskar could be seen as a good lad however bad also because of the newspaper cuttings and the knife under his bed, although you can see that he is bullied, these are bad and they could of pushed Oskar into the position he is in, keeping a knife under his bed for the safety against the bullies.

Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp was a Russian Soviet formalist who was born on the 29^th April 1895 and died on the 22^nd August 1970. His theory was that every person has a role, these were, the hero, the villain, the donor, the princess, her father, the helper, the dispatcher, and the false hero.  I think most of these roles are Eli and Oskar, for example Eli being the false hero as she helps Oskar however she has committed many murders and Oskar being the helper, although he doesn’t do much to help he does keep check on Eli.

Tzvetan Todorov was born on March 1st 1939 and is living in France to this day from 1963. He is a Bulgarian structuralism linguist publishing influential who worked on narrative from the 1960s onwards including writing books and essays about literary theory, thought history and culture theory.

The Soloist

The Soloist.

The film was released on the 24^th April 2009. It is an DreamWorks production. The film is based on a true story, chronicled by LA Times writer Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), a columnist searching for a human interest subject to write about.

 It’s a true story. 117 mins dreamworks. Budget- $60,000,000 (estimated) $9,716,458 (USA) (26 April 2009) (2024 Screens)

The storyline; In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez more than his face from a recent bike accident was his pressing need for story ideas. That is when he discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill, homeless street musician who possesses extraordinary talent, even through his half-broken instruments. Inspired by his story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about Ayers and attempts to do more to help both him and the rest of the underclass of LA have a better life. However, Lopez's good intentions run headlong in the hard realities of the strength of Ayers' personal demons and the larger social injustices facing the homeless. Regardless, Lopez and Ayers must find a way to conquer their deepest anxieties and frustrations to hope for a brighter future for both of them.

Summarising the key points from production notes.

*DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures Present In Association with

StudioCanal and Participant Media A Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment Production

In Association with Working Title Films “The Soloist” starring Jamie Foxx, Robert

Downey Jr, Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander and LisaGay Hamilton.

*Based on the book about Steve Lopez.

*Rated PG13.

*Present a fresh cinematic view of LA.

*After spending time watching Nathaniel and Steve together, Foxx and

Downey also latched onto the fun at the centre of their unusual relationship,

something that really came across when they were on set together.

*
42% of the homeless say they have an addiction to drugs or alcohol.

 

Film Making

Understand Film Making.

The idea;

Inspiration- ideas for films are everywhere they could be complex or very simple for example just a small conversation between two people can give out a lot of ideas.

 Producer- even if many people have the same good idea it’s the producer who makes the final decision; they decide what the film is going to be about.

Director- the director makes the film happen; they take all of the ideas and put it onto the screen.

Writer- the writer also takes all of the ideas, they then write about them and make the main characters, they write the story of the film.

Treatment- the writer then writes the treatment, this is a one page description of the main story and the characters.

Development Finance;

Pitching the product- this is where the producer uses the pitch and treatment to get as money as they can to develop the script.

Production Companies- the producer approaches film production companies for development money.

Sales Distribution Broadcast- the producer can offer money for the future sales and broadcast rights to the film if in return there is money for the script.

Script Development;

Synopsis- first of all the writer produces a synopsis and they and the producer agree on what they like of the key scenes and events in the film and what they don’t.

Drafts- part of the writer’s fee is the conditional of delivery of the first draft, this can sometimes be one of the hardest things to do.

Final Draft- when everybody is happy with the final draft it is locked off there maybe only a few drafts or a lot, when it is finalised the writer is paid.

Packaging;

What is packaging?- the producer and writer work together to package the script together into a full commercial proposition ready for financing.

Detailed Budget and Production Schedule- they do this to make the film into a proper business proposition, the producer must know how much it will actually cost to make it.

The complete package- when the package has been completed.

, they then get to see what people think of it.

Finance;

The market-  They can be anywhere in the world, to make sure the film investment is secured.

Pre-sales- The produce can make money from ‘pre-sales’ from selling the rights to the film before it is even made.

Green light-  When all the essential funding is finished and the insurance is secured, the film gets the ‘green light’

Pre-Production;

The kick-off meeting- When all the heads of department are hired they then start shooting script is circulated and the pre-production begins in earnest.

Production design- The production designer plans every aspect of how the film will look, they then hire the designers for each building part.

The production unit-The 1^st ad, the line producer and the production manager make up the key logistic triangle of the production.

Shameless Series 1, Episode 1.

How are sexuality and regional identity represented in this episode?

I think Ian's life is really hard, he has to act like a different person as he doesn't what his family knowing he is gay, he has to fake his personality, basically he can't really live his life happily, the way he hides himself being gay is by having posters of girls up in his bedroom to give of that he's into girls just like other teenage lads. A way we see he is gay is because of how emotional he is- when he is crying in his bed,  this is quite feminine for a sterotypical gay. because he doesn't feel right when a girl is sexual with him and also Lip knows he is gay.

Pauls Blogs.

Pauls Blogs;

Audience participation cast answers audience questions.

Teaser

Fans of working title films- Simon Pegg fans

Document production

Main actors- featured

Behind the scenes, cast and crew- connection with audience

What the film is about-conscious of spoiling the plot

Incentive to watch the film

Extras on DVD-bonus features, want to buy DVD.