This effected our opening as we ensured that we were following or subverting conventions purposefully. An example of this, is our choice of following the convention of a lawless society but subverting the idea of post modern conventions, like talking to the audience or using intertextuality to increase the chances of audience pleasures such as: recognition.
Saturday, 31 October 2015
'The Maze Runner' and 'The Matrix'
This effected our opening as we ensured that we were following or subverting conventions purposefully. An example of this, is our choice of following the convention of a lawless society but subverting the idea of post modern conventions, like talking to the audience or using intertextuality to increase the chances of audience pleasures such as: recognition.
'Divergent' as an influential film
I love the establishing shots during the title sequence because it allows the audience to get a clear feel for the setting and the issues within society. We think that we will do something like this during our title scene, but obviously we will not be able to produce a shot at the same quality level as this. Therefore, we will have to use local locations wisely to connote emptiness and lack of living.
This was effective because it was one of the influences for us using different shots during the title sequence, for example, the shot of the dead plant or the long shot at ground level highlighting the emptiness and creating a sense of desolate locations. Plus, from this research I have discovered that the font needs to blend in with the shot framing and colour, else it will appear unusual, unless this is necessary and for a purpose. So, we decided to use plain white font, similar to the font used in 'Divergent' because here it worked well and meant that we followed a Dystopia film example.
The Hunger Games (2012)
I have linked 'The Hunger Games' official trailer because it is a successful Dystopian film and the concept behind the narrative plot is influential towards our moving image. In my opinion, it is vital that we achieve thematic pleasures from the themes: hunger and innocence. This could relate to how two innocent teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death. Furthermore, I think that it is effective how they introduced the tone and particular events through a sub title which establishes the equilibrium of the film. I think that we will do something like this in order to educate the audience, but we want to produce this differently and in a creative manner. So as an example, we will either do a monologue or record radio takings to retrieve all of the information related to the context of our production ideas.
In response to our final production, we used a radio announcement which allowed the character as well as the audience to be aware of the latest news and threats that are taking place presently in our film.
Friday, 30 October 2015
Influential figures 1
I have uploaded this, however I will add videos of some of my influential Directors and Actors talking from YouTube. I will let you know from my production log whether this has been successful and when I have completed this.
All Time International Top 10 Box Office
All Time International Top 10
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures represent the total amount of money a movie has taken internationally over its lifetime.
| Released | Title | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2009 | Avatar | $760,507,625 | $2,023,411,357 | $2,783,918,982 |
| 2 | 1997 | Titanic | $658,672,302 | $1,548,943,366 | $2,207,615,668 |
| 3 | 2015 | Furious 7 | $351,032,910 | $1,162,986,161 | $1,514,019,071 |
| 4 | 2015 | Jurassic World | $652,198,010 | $1,018,130,015 | $1,670,328,025 |
| 5 | 2015 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens | $863,148,249 | $1,012,000,000 | $1,875,148,249 |
| 6 | 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $381,011,219 | $960,500,000 | $1,341,511,219 |
| 7 | 2015 | The Avengers: Age of Ultron | $459,005,868 | $945,700,000 | $1,404,705,868 |
| 8 | 2012 | The Avengers | $623,279,547 | $896,200,000 | $1,519,479,547 |
| 9 | 2013 | Frozen | $400,738,009 | $873,496,971 | $1,274,234,980 |
| 10 | 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | $245,439,076 | $858,600,000 | $1,104,039,076 |
Top grossing movies 1995-2016
Even though Action is the genre with the highest inflation adjusted gross, we are keen on creating a Dystopian Thriller. Within professional media it can be distributed into Cinemas with a low budget, compared to Actions and Science-Fictions that require a larger budget for special effects and other technologies like CGI. For example, Avatar.
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Dystopia Conventions
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We have decided that our protagonist will follow anti-stereotypes, for example he will be an anti-hero, connoting that he was forced into this position. Also, he will be more bothered about his survival, instead of the survival of the human race. Therefore, he would be divided into the conventional group 1.Nevertheless, we have decided to subvert the convention of sci-fi conventions as we are obviously not able to fund and use special effects to connote a futuristic setting or to create a space craft. Additionally, even though this is similar to the Dystopia sub-genre, it would distance our opening from a Dystopia Thriller.
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