Evaluation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_zPVwleIfo&feature=player_embedded

This is a link to where are Evalutation was put up on.

Kidulthood

Finally, the last movie i will be talking about is Kidulthood. The genre of Kidulthood is a gangster movie. 

Firstly, i am going to talk about the sound in the first 2 minutes of Kidulthood. To start of with non diegetic hip hop music starts playing as soon as the company ident appears which also gives the audience an idea that it's going to be a gangster movie. There is also diegetic sound used the way people are shouting and talking to each other. Again the dialogue used is slang to represent them as gangsters. There are represented negatively the way they disrespect everyone by swearing to get their attention which shows that its a harsh and mean area. But, this is what made the movie so realistic because gangsters won't act happy and cheerful. 

Again, their were many cuts used in the first two minutes to show the audience that there is alot going on at once. Many different angles were used to show the audience what was happening. There was also a guy texting someone on his mobile and another person giving away invitations to a party which.

The costume used in the first two minutes was the most important piece of the first scene the way it clearly shown the genre of the movie, the way that they were wearing hoodies and hats even at school. Many of the boys at the school had a crazy face on as though they were going to rip someone's head off the way everyone looked so serious which also made it realistic the way that none of them were happy. A guy and girl are also shown kissing in the scene before class and then shown a close up of the guy and he had a hat on which clearly shown he was a gangster too like the other's. 

Finally, i will talk about the editing used which were mostly fast showing that there was alot going on the way it went from a guy handing out invitations to a party to a person kissing a girl. There were also many close up showing people's serious facial reactions showing that they were up to no good and they were all gangsters.Everyone in that scene was shown as doing something different which shown it was a school full of gangsters.

Adulthood

The second opening movie sequence i looked at was Adulthood which was also a movie in the gangster genre. There were more examples of sound, editing, camera and mise en scene used in the opening sequence. 

To start off with i will to talk about sound which was used in the opening sequence which was hip hop music which related with the movie Adulthood as it symbolised the gangster genre. The artists who sing hip hop music are usually also gangster so it mixes in with the Adulthood opening sequence quite well. The dialogue used in the movie is slang which is how gangsters talk which makes the film more realistic because if they have posh accents it wouldn't sound so good.

Next, i will talk about the editing which were in the opening 2 minutes of Adulthood. Their were frequent cuts which appeared in the opening scene showing what was happening and which also shown what type of area it was which was quite clearly an urban area like South London. Their were also scenes which were in slow motion and some scenes which were a little faster to show you around to give you the idea that it was a crazy neighbourhood. Their were also a scene where it shown two different places which gave us the thought that it was a busy place and that alot of things were happening at once.  

Thirdly, i am going to talk about the camera techniques used in the first 2 minutes of Adulthood. Their is an estbalishing shot to show everything which was taking place in the scene. It was shown as a very dangerous area when their were medium shots showing people smoking and drinking alcohol would tell the audience straight away that it was going to be a bad neighbourhood.

The Mise en scene which was used in the movie Adulthood were mostly baggy clothing like long chains, baggy t shirts, hats, branded trainers e.g. nike, adidas, Hoodies and expensive jewellery to clearly state to the audience that they were gangsters. The weapons used in the scene also shown that they were gangsters the way that most of them carried a gun or a knife to protect themselves. Many of the characters in the scene were disrespectful to each other which shown they were mean people. This is shown when in the first two minutes someone is getting robbed and then gets shot on the leg.

  

Schedule/ Risk Assessment

Date: March 4th 2011
Location: My Bed Room
Potential Risks/Hazards: N/A
Level of risk: Low
Actions needed to minimise risk: N/A

Date: April 7th 2011
Location: Tunnel Shot
Potential Risks/Hazards:
Level of risk: Median
Actions needed to minimise risk: We are going to be using a fake gun in the movie, even though it is fake gun we wouldn't be allowed to use the gun publicly unless someone get the wrong idea and end up calling the police. If we do use the gun in a public area we will get permission from either the police or the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Date: April 15th 2011
Location: Tunnel
Potential Risks/Hazards: Fighting Scene
Level of Risk: Median
Actions needed to minimise risk: In this scene Obie will be punching around on a normal person when he's robbing the other guy.

Date: 31st April 2011
Location: Re- shoot any stuff which which needs to be filmed again
Potential Risks/Hazards: N/A
Level of risk: N/A
Actions needed to minimise risk: N/A

Introducing myself and my group

Hi, My name is Sohil. I am currently working on my AS media studies opening sequence to our movie.My favourite genre of movie is Comedy, Action and horror. My favourite movies are The Hangover, Scream 1-4, Taking of Pelham 123, Bad Company, Bad Boys and the Enemy Of The State. I am working on a gangster movie with my partner Shahroz who is the main actor in our opening sequence whilst i am filming the movie.

What we learnt in the lesson

In the lesson we learnt five different codes which are used to tell something to the audience. The hermeneutic code also known as the enigma code is the question which the audience will be thinking about what will happen next and want to find out the answer. The hermeneutic code was used to gain interest from the audience to make them want to watch more. Also, the hermeneutic code is used to attract the audience so that they would want to know what happens as the movie goes on which wouldn't make it boring for them to watch. e.g. Kidulthood which was the prequel to Adulthood really caught the audience's eye which is why Adulthood made such a huge income, all because the audience wanted to know what happened after Kidulthood.

Partial Answers was also another term which we learnt in the lesson which meant when there a little piece revealed to the audience about what was going to happen throughout the film then in it showing the audience what happens next at the end of the movie.

  

The third term we learnt was Equivocation which was a term to confuse the audience to keep them interested in the film. A good example of this was the Deputy Judy Hicks who was played by Marley Shelton. Now most of the audience would have thought she was the ghostface who was behind all of the murders in Woodsboro which would have made the audience think that it would have been to obvious to be her which lead the audience to be even more interested in the movie and then when the murderer gets revealed the audience will all be really confused and think why she was the one behind it all?

Jamming was the fourth term we learnt in the lesson which meant a problem that could never be solved.

Finally, the last code was called The Proairetic Code which is also known as the action code which means that it relates to any other scene or action which shows the audience that something else is about to happen.

Target Audience

When in the process of making a movie, target audience is the most important thing to know about. Whether it is horror, action or comedy. There will also have to be a specific audience who your movie will be aimed at. Target Audience is an important thing to know so that it will help you decide what should be included and what shouldn't .For example if it was a horror movie like Friday the 13th, the target audience will be aimed at adults or if it is a cartoon movie like toy story it will be aimed mostly at children. This shows us that there should always be a good understanding of what sort of content is suitable for what type of movie. The targeted audience for my movie 'Notorious Enemy' is people aged between 16-24 because they are the ones who are most likely to be interested in gangsters. I also thought that as youths i don't really think they would want to watch a comedy movie over a gangster movie. Some teenagers of young adults would be very scared of being in a situation where they are being robbed on the streets especially if a younger person  was trying to rob them. I'm sure anyone would feel embarrased and also scared if they were to be robbed by anyone whether they are younger or older. We tried to make this movie be as realistic as we could by someone getting robbed then trying to fight back to get his belongings back but then he dies. Which should tell the audience that it is best to report to robbery than trying to retaliate.

  

Storyboards

http://www.slideshare.net/Shahroz_ahmed/storyboards-7805080#

This is a link to our storyboards which helped us set out our movie and also helped us to remember the order of each scene and where we had to be at what time.

Location Shots

These two shots are the shots which are showing the location which was based in a tunnel and it also shows Arjun (at the back) walking past Shahroz (at the front) as Shahroz is about to take Arjun's mobile and wallet and kill Arjun.

This was a bedroom used to show Shahroz just waking up and noticing his wallet was empty which then gave him the idea to rob somebody to get some money.

Final Piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4rAK-WXBus&feature=player_embedded

Cast

Shahroz Ahmed

Shahroz is the main actor of the movie who the movie is all based around the way that he is the one committing the murder. He is the one who wakes up in the morning who notices he has no money in his wallet so he goes out and then decides to rob Arjun in the scene.

Arjun Johal 

Arjun is the one who plays the person who gets robbed and then murdered by Shahroz. Arjun is first shown walking through the tunnel but then gets forced to give his wallet and mobile to Shahroz and then they both fight and then Shahroz shoots Arjun.

Props and Costumes

Due to the fact that our movie genre is gangster we decided that wearing hoodies, hats and chains etc were the most suitable types of clothing to be used when filming our movie. Using this type of clothing made our movie look more realistic. We also got an idea from Adulthood which was to make it more professional and add a little more realism into our movie it was best to use weapons suck as a fake gun which was when Shahroz shoots Arjun.

 

Information about our opening scene

We had two ideas to our movie one in which was a little like four brothers the way that a relative dies and then the brothers are out to hunt and take down the murderers and then our second idea is about a guy who runs out of money so to earn money he goes out to rob someone and earns money after killing the guy and taking his belongings.

Idea 1

The first idea was more of a four brothers storyline the way a mother of four dies in a shop and then her four sons are out to hunt the murderer apart from ours is about someone's brother who dies and get murdered by a gang and then his brother is out to find the murderer. In our movie the murderer gets called in because the brother (Shahroz) wants to meet the murderer to get as much as he can out of the murderer so he will know if anyone else was involved. But just before Shahroz is about to get an answer a person shoots the murderer from the back. A flash back is also shown which shows you what happened in the scene where the brother gets murdered showing Shahroz's brother getting murdered and then just before the gang run off Shahroz manages to spot one of them and recognises him and then tries to hunt him down.

Idea 2

Again the genre of our movie is Gangster and it is a movie about a person that wakes up one morning and then notices that he is out of money so he won't be able to go out, which then leads to him ringing a friend telling him his plan on how to get money and then ends up murdering someone just to collect money.

Tuesday's lesson on Opening sequences.

On Tuesday we learnt about many things which relate when it comes to opening sequences such as a company indent eg Walt Disney Pictures. We also went over the pieces of the beginning of any movie which is what is clearly shown to the audience in the first two minutes. Such as the director, who the movie is starring, the producer and usually it has like a thirty second clip showing the main character showing maybe who he is or shows us what he does or sometimes doesn't even show us much about the character such as in the movie "I Am Legend" when it shows Will Smith having a shower and getting dressed, It has completely nothing to do with the actual story behind it all which leaves the audience thinking that the movie might just be boring. But when it all kicks in then the audience start to know a little more about the movie and then would want to know even more. Also in the lesson on Opening Sequences we learnt about the hermeneutic code which are narrative nigmas that are questions with no answers which then makes the audience want to read more, These are used more often at the beginning of movies such as in i Robot. The Proairetic code was another part we also learnt which is an action that leave the audience trying to figure out what the outcome will be within a problem or arguement in a movie. This creates suspension and tension because none of the audience will know what is going to happent next.

Script

(Shahroz wakes up on bed with a alarm, he opens his eyes and looks on the ceiling. Shahroz sits up and checks his wallet and its empty.)

Shahroz says: Shit
(Shahroz stands up and looks towards the window, as he's looking towards the window he's also stretching and after that Shahroz takes a shower. Once Shahroz is out of the shower, he gets changed and wear his clothes in his room.)

(Next Shahroz calls his gang friend on his phone.)
Shahroz: “Yo homey, where are you”

“I’m thinking to rob someone today brother”

“Mans haven’t got enough money”

“I’ll meet you tonight then init”

“Yeah, we’ll have enough by then”

“Alright safe”

(Shahroz hangs up and wears his cap and walks out of his room.)

2nd Scene

(Shahroz is walking in the alleyway and he gets Arjun in a headlock, who's was initially walking past Shahroz. Arjun gets Shahroz of balance and punches Shahroz but then Shahroz punches Arjun back two times. Shahroz grabs Arjun from the neck)

Shahroz says: "Hand me all your money" 

(Arjun gives Shahroz his wallet and Shahroz walks off and goes back to Arjun) 

Shahroz says: "Give me your phone as well" 

(Arjun hands him his phone. Shahroz looks down at the phone while Arjun punches Shahroz again)

 Shahroz says: "You Little Shit" 

(Shahroz pulls out a gun from back and shoots him. Argun goes down with pain and Shahroz runs away.)

Four Brothers

The genre of the movie “Four Brothers” is action and is the same genre as my group are doing for the opening scene of my movie. In the first couple of seconds it shows a two shot, where it has two cars pulling up and it shows a lady pulling up out of one and does not show who is in the other. There is then a close up when is shows the lady is stopping the car and then is about to get out. A medium close up is then used showing the lady opening the door to get out of the car. The other car is then shown using a close up which clearly shows us that something is about to happen or go wrong. The next camera shot which gets shown is an over the shoulder shot showing who the lady is talking to and then a two shot is used half way through what she is saying to the boy. Another two shot is then used showing the lady and the boy talking to the man behind the tills telling the man to call the police. After that it shows an establishing shot showing us that it is an off licence little shop also showing us that the man is getting on the phone to ring up the police. There is then another two shot showing the lady to say stop or put down the phone in a gesture because the boy is apoligising. Another over the shoulder shot is then used showing that the lady is pretending to look serious so that the boy is shown as being very sorry. Then a medium close up is then used showing the boy and the lady talking again. Another over the shoulder shot is used when the lady is telling the boy off for attempting to shoplift, another over the shoulder shot is used after that showing the boy’s reaction’s which is also a reaction shot. There is then another two shot where the boy is saying “I wont steal anymore sir” again showing his reactions showing us that he is very sorry and nervous. There is then another wide shot being shown when the lady tells the boy to get out. There a close up when the two robbers bust down the door and put a gun towards the man behind the till. There is a close up of one of the robbers lips when he shouts “now” showing that he wants the money from the till. There is then another over the shoulder shot on of the robbers putting a gun towards the man behind the tills. There is then a two shot showing the man grabbing the money and the gun that is being aimed at the man. Before the man behind the tills gets shot it showing a reaction shot of him with his hands up which signifies he surrenders and then he gets shot.

The mise en scene used in this extract are casual clothes and other bits of clothing like the skull hat that the boy is wearing and the balaclava the two robbers are wearing this signifies that they are both robbers. There are also guns used. The lighting used in this scene is from a normal light bulb. The acting throughout is very serious and some bits where it shows that they are scared. There are then lights coming from the gunshot when the two robbers find the lady and shoot her.

The sound used is There is diegetic music that starts playing in the first car that pulls up. Serious dialogue is used almost throughout the extract and then there is a scream showing that the lady is scared. The gunshot is a non diegetic sound where it shows the gun is being fired when a light starts flashing through the window.

The only editing techniques I really found in this extract from “four brothers” were the cuts because there weren’t much types of editing used within the first five minutes of the extract.