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Big Fish Storytelling Big Fish is a movie purely created using the writers imagination. Unlike other movies which are based on true stories Big Fish is a story told by the main character (Edward Bloom). He told his son past stories in his childhood which were all truthful but over exaggerated. His son believed all the stories of past were just to entertain him. This made him frustrated with his Dad as he just wanted to hear the truth. The stories he told made him and his dad fall out as Will had enough of his dad not being around. He was fed up of him not being there and then telling all these stories which Will thought were lies. He basically called him an awful dad and stopped talking to him for three years. After three years had passed his mum phoned to tell him his dad had made a turn for the worse. He and his girlfriend immediately flew out to him to be there for him. However him and his dad still have problems at this point. During his stay with his dad his condition worse...

My week with Marilyn During a double media lesson we watch 'My week with Marilyn'. I personally thought the movie was interesting to watch and find out more about the way Marilyn acted when on and off set. The film was set around Colin Clark and his first movie job. He was the third assistant director and had to look after Marilyn during the later parts of the movie when she was arriving late to shoot the certain scenes. During the time they spent together Marilyn and Colin both realised they like each other. They went on a date together where the two of them kissed. During this time Marilyn was married but she realised and had found out her husband didn't love her. One night Marilyn asked for Colin to come over and look after her as she was feeling ill. They slept together and in the middle of the night Colin was awoken by a screaming Marilyn. At this point Marilyn asked for a doctor and claimed she was pregnant. After this point Marilyn and Colin didn't see each ot...

We were set the task of creating a small animation. After creating the animation i have decided that i would much rather stick to film than animation. We took around 70 photos which lasted just longer then five seconds. This shows me that i would much rather focus on film than implimenting animation into my coursework. I looked at several other stop animation artists such as Jan Svankmajer who has created many movies through stop animation. Personally i don't like the way in which it is filmed. I believe the genre of film doesn't fit in well with a real life movie but when used in movies such as wallace and gromit it looks really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptIx-osJS98

Today we were told to find an image off of google and write what we thought the movie would be about from the image. We chose this image here and as shown above the plot we went with was based of off the cardboard man. We decided that he was made out of Christmas present boxes and he would come to life as everyone went to bed. He would then go on an adventure to find someone like him to have as a friend. His emotions change throughout the movie and that is highlighted in his face. When he finds his friend the movie would fade out.

Forest Gump Film Opening - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7voy1vit6Y How much of the plot is introduced in the opening two minutes? Absolutely nothing is shown to do with the plot in the opening. This opening is unique in comparison to other films as it shows a feather floating down from the sky and eventually falling at his feet. If you have previously seen the movie you would know that the feather represents him and his life. It resembles the ups and downs through the movement it takes. It's also white as that is the colour suite you always see Forest Gump wearing. How many key characters are there? Forest  Gump is shown towards the end of the opening when the feather falls at his feet. However it is not made clear that he is a key character as there is no dialogue or indication to make this clear. Is there much dialogue? Within the opening two minutes of the movie there is no dialogue at all which is unique in comparison to most other movies. Movies usually have dialogue...

What was the task? The task we have been set by Mr Cole is going to be completed over the half term and we have been told to put together the opening two minutes of a film. It needs to include the following things; a lady/man aged 50+, on a bus/train, a spade, a streetlight, bright clothes. The plot line we come up with has to include them ideas which includes the setting, cast, costume, prop and lighting. What elements of mise-en-scene were given? Mise-en-scene is placement of props on stage to give a realism effect or a purpose to give a scene a more realistic approach. we were given: a 50+ year old adult, colourful clothing, spade, streetlight and a bus or train. this was all chosen at random and it is very hard to link in but the art is that you can make anything with any mise-en-scene elements as it shows originality and creativity. Initial plot ideas We first thought of filming on a bus as we had to include a bus or train in the video opening. instead we decided to film ne...

I had a list of nine aspects that are all key parts throughout the movie. They are the following; Make sure people get it Using dialog Introduce a character Starting at the beginning Give an induction of genre Creativity and originality Introduce a setting   Use variety of camera shot angles Titles and credits I had to order them in level of importance during the opening two minutes of the film. Personally I believe making sure people get the movie plot is the most important. The opening two minutes could be the decider to whether or not they want to watch the rest of the movie. So personally I believe this is the most important. For me the second most important I think introducing a character is very important to the movie opening. If someone sees the key character and gets to know them at the start they will be more addicted to the movie. All others can be placed in any order dependent on personal preference.

Preliminary Exercise: On Thursday last week we completed our preliminary task: A continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in the chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. Demonstrate match on actions, shot/reserves shot and the 180-degree rule. Technically, what is the 180 degree rule in the context of this task? The 180° rule is when two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another.When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a revers   What is match-on-action? Cutting on action or matching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action. A common example is a man walking up to a door and reaching for the kno...