Initial Research into the habits of the British Film Audiences questionnaire
Gender
Male
Female
Do you have a small circle of close friends, rather than a large number of friends?
small
If you found a wallet would you
Keep it
Hand it in to a Police station or lost property
Take the things you find valuable and discard the wallet
In Norwich which cinema do you prefer to go to?
Odeon
Cinema City
Vue
Hollywood Cinema 1 cheap and dirrrrty ;P
Where do you mostly consume film?
On the internet or watching it on the computer
DVD
TV – broadcast, satellite and cable
DVD – hired
Cinema
Why do you mostly consume films in your chose medium?
Arggggg its a pirates life for me. (Its easiest to watch)
What is most likely to get you to go see the latest film?
A good review
The film having well known and or you favourite actor’s/ess’s
The film is your favourite genre
Like the look of the plot or are interested in the subject matter
Where are you to most likely to see, hear or go find about the latest films?
Word of mouth
TV interview
Online interview
Visiting cinema websites (listings)
Billboards, posters
Advertising in the cinema
Newspaper and magazine interviews and reviews
Trailers
Do you prefer films with a male or female lead actor?
Male
Why is this?
Fits in with more action films
Have you ever illegally downloaded a film or owned a pirate copy of a film?
yes
Is so why?
I’m always skint.
Do you prefer to watch films alone or with others?
alone
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Auidence Research questionnaire template
Initial Research into the habits of the British Film Audiences questionnaire
Gender
Male
Female
Do you have a small circle of close friends, rather than a large number of friends?
If you found a wallet would you
Keep it
Hand it in to a Police station or lost property
Take the things you find valuable and discard the wallet
In Norwich which cinema do you prefer to go to?
Odeon
Cinema City
Vue
Hollywood Cinema
Why do you prefer your chosen cinema?
Where do you mostly consume film?
On the internet or watching it on the computer
DVD
TV – broadcast, satellite and cable
DVD – hired
Cinema
Why do you mostly consume films in your chose medium?
What is most likely to get you to go see the latest film?
A good review
The film having well known and or you favourite actor’s/ess’s
The film is your favourite genre
Like the look of the plot or are interested in the subject matter
Where are you to most likely to see, hear or go find about the latest films?
Word of mouth
TV interview
Online interview
Visiting cinema websites (listings)
Billboards, posters
Advertising in the cinema
Newspaper and magazine interviews and reviews
Trailers
Do you prefer films with a male or female lead actor?
Why is this?
Have you ever illegally downloaded a film or owned a pirate copy of a film?
Is so why?
Do you prefer to watch films alone or with others?
Gender
Male
Female
Do you have a small circle of close friends, rather than a large number of friends?
If you found a wallet would you
Keep it
Hand it in to a Police station or lost property
Take the things you find valuable and discard the wallet
In Norwich which cinema do you prefer to go to?
Odeon
Cinema City
Vue
Hollywood Cinema
Why do you prefer your chosen cinema?
Where do you mostly consume film?
On the internet or watching it on the computer
DVD
TV – broadcast, satellite and cable
DVD – hired
Cinema
Why do you mostly consume films in your chose medium?
What is most likely to get you to go see the latest film?
A good review
The film having well known and or you favourite actor’s/ess’s
The film is your favourite genre
Like the look of the plot or are interested in the subject matter
Where are you to most likely to see, hear or go find about the latest films?
Word of mouth
TV interview
Online interview
Visiting cinema websites (listings)
Billboards, posters
Advertising in the cinema
Newspaper and magazine interviews and reviews
Trailers
Do you prefer films with a male or female lead actor?
Why is this?
Have you ever illegally downloaded a film or owned a pirate copy of a film?
Is so why?
Do you prefer to watch films alone or with others?
Monday, 25 January 2010
Primary characteristics and conventions of film noir: Themes and styles
Primary Characteristics and Conventions of Film Noir: Themes and Styles
The primary moods of classic film noir were melancholy, alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, disenchantment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt, desperation and paranoia.
Heroes (or anti-heroes), corrupt characters and villains included down-and-out, conflicted hard-boiled detectives or private eyes, cops, gangsters, government agents, a lone wolf, socio-paths or killers, crooks, war veterans, politicians, petty criminals, murderers, or just plain Joes. These protagonists were often morally-ambiguous low-lifes from the dark and gloomy underworld of violent crime and corruption. Distinctively, they were cynical, tarnished, obsessive (sexual or otherwise), brooding, menacing, sinister, sardonic, disillusioned, frightened and insecure loners (usually men), struggling to survive - and in the end, ultimately losing.
Storylines were often elliptical, non-linear and twisting. Narratives were frequently complex, maze-like and convoluted, and typically told with foreboding background music, flashbacks (or a series of flashbacks), witty, razor-sharp and acerbic dialogue, and/or reflective and confessional, first-person voice-over narration. Amnesia suffered by the protagonist was a common plot device, as was the downfall of an innocent Everyman who fell victim to temptation or was framed. Revelations regarding the hero were made to explain/justify the hero's own cynical perspective on life.
Film noir films (mostly shot in gloomy grays, blacks and whites) thematically showed the dark and inhumane side of human nature with cynicism and doomed love, and they emphasized the brutal, unhealthy, seamy, shadowy, dark and sadistic sides of the human experience. An oppressive atmosphere of menace, pessimism, anxiety, suspicion that anything can go wrong, dingy realism, futility, fatalism, defeat and entrapment were stylized characteristics of film noir. The protagonists in film noir were normally driven by their past or by human weakness to repeat former mistakes.
Film noir films were marked visually by expressionistic lighting, deep-focus or depth of field camera work, disorienting visual schemes, jarring editing or juxtaposition of elements, ominous shadows, skewed camera angles (usually vertical or diagonal rather than horizontal), circling cigarette smoke, existential sensibilities, and unbalanced or moody compositions. Settings were often interiors with low-key (or single-source) lighting, venetian-blinded windows and rooms, and dark, claustrophobic, gloomy appearances. Exteriors were often urban night scenes with deep shadows, wet asphalt, dark alleyways, rain-slicked or mean streets, flashing neon lights, and low key lighting. Story locations were often in murky and dark streets, dimly-lit and low-rent apartments and hotel rooms of big cities, or abandoned warehouses. [Often-times, war-time scarcities were the reason for the reduced budgets and shadowy, stark sets of B-pictures and film noirs.]
Some of the most prominent directors of film noir included Orson Welles, John Huston, Billy Wilder, Edgar Ulmer, Douglas Sirk, Robert
The primary moods of classic film noir were melancholy, alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, disenchantment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt, desperation and paranoia.
Heroes (or anti-heroes), corrupt characters and villains included down-and-out, conflicted hard-boiled detectives or private eyes, cops, gangsters, government agents, a lone wolf, socio-paths or killers, crooks, war veterans, politicians, petty criminals, murderers, or just plain Joes. These protagonists were often morally-ambiguous low-lifes from the dark and gloomy underworld of violent crime and corruption. Distinctively, they were cynical, tarnished, obsessive (sexual or otherwise), brooding, menacing, sinister, sardonic, disillusioned, frightened and insecure loners (usually men), struggling to survive - and in the end, ultimately losing.
Storylines were often elliptical, non-linear and twisting. Narratives were frequently complex, maze-like and convoluted, and typically told with foreboding background music, flashbacks (or a series of flashbacks), witty, razor-sharp and acerbic dialogue, and/or reflective and confessional, first-person voice-over narration. Amnesia suffered by the protagonist was a common plot device, as was the downfall of an innocent Everyman who fell victim to temptation or was framed. Revelations regarding the hero were made to explain/justify the hero's own cynical perspective on life.
Film noir films (mostly shot in gloomy grays, blacks and whites) thematically showed the dark and inhumane side of human nature with cynicism and doomed love, and they emphasized the brutal, unhealthy, seamy, shadowy, dark and sadistic sides of the human experience. An oppressive atmosphere of menace, pessimism, anxiety, suspicion that anything can go wrong, dingy realism, futility, fatalism, defeat and entrapment were stylized characteristics of film noir. The protagonists in film noir were normally driven by their past or by human weakness to repeat former mistakes.
Film noir films were marked visually by expressionistic lighting, deep-focus or depth of field camera work, disorienting visual schemes, jarring editing or juxtaposition of elements, ominous shadows, skewed camera angles (usually vertical or diagonal rather than horizontal), circling cigarette smoke, existential sensibilities, and unbalanced or moody compositions. Settings were often interiors with low-key (or single-source) lighting, venetian-blinded windows and rooms, and dark, claustrophobic, gloomy appearances. Exteriors were often urban night scenes with deep shadows, wet asphalt, dark alleyways, rain-slicked or mean streets, flashing neon lights, and low key lighting. Story locations were often in murky and dark streets, dimly-lit and low-rent apartments and hotel rooms of big cities, or abandoned warehouses. [Often-times, war-time scarcities were the reason for the reduced budgets and shadowy, stark sets of B-pictures and film noirs.]
Some of the most prominent directors of film noir included Orson Welles, John Huston, Billy Wilder, Edgar Ulmer, Douglas Sirk, Robert
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Thriller film soundtrack ideas
Abysmo - The path
Taken from http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/
After looking through the site, we where looking for something similar to the Kasabien and Reservior Dogs theme we had researched.
Another strong track we are considering using is:
Hyperions Fate - Sunny Days Are Over
This was also taken from http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/
Taken from http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/
After looking through the site, we where looking for something similar to the Kasabien and Reservior Dogs theme we had researched.
Another strong track we are considering using is:
Hyperions Fate - Sunny Days Are Over
This was also taken from http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Thriller Audience research: graphs and report
The results from our questionnaire showed that the audience preferred mainstream films to independent films. When asked why they explained that mainstream films have good special effects, and normally have their favourite Hollywood actors. Our audience expected a mainstream film to have a ‘Hollywood’ cast and several big city locations. They also expected mainstream films to have professional, high budget special effects and big stunts. Our audience expected an independent film to have unknown actors, minimum worldwide set locations. They also expected independent films to have little special effects and big stunts, with more attention spent on plot, and a good soundtrack. Our audience expected a thriller films to have generally dark, urban damp locations and when asked about British thrillers they expected a location with tower flats, dirty urban streets, a working class/industrial setting. When asked about characters in thriller film they mostly expected the lead to be male, white and working class, with females normally being used as tools in crime. It is intresting that females preffered independent films more than males, this could be because males prefer a big comfy action film, whereas women a instresting plot with deep charaters. Males preferred action thrillers to all other sub genres, this could be eviendence for my earlier point. Whereas females preferred crime thrillers, this again evidence for my earlier point, that females enjoy a ingaging plot rather then an explosive action packed macho film.From the research we have concluded that from our sample the audience preferred a mainstream film; the passive hollywood blockbuster is popular for an audience who dose'nt want to be challenged, and wants to enjoy seeing their favourite actor/ess and special effects.
Shooting analysis 18/1/20
After school we shot the last few scenes we needed to do and we expect after one more session of filming we will have finished, and will have time to do any re shoots if necessary. Having needing a car for the scene Bens Dad whoi works for Mercedes, let us use a Mercedes for shooting. This was ideal as we where looking for a good car to shoot with as this is meant to be Christians’ car. The car was parked down a side street and we had the car for half an hour and managed to get all the shots we needed. Bens Dad was also on hand for some shots. There was the occasional problem of cars and people walking past but apart from this the shoot went well. We used the car headlights and street lighting to are advantage, creating shadows.
The car we shot with.
Monday, 18 January 2010
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