Friday, 26 November 2010
Storyboard Analysis.
We created a storyboard to allow us to break down the shots we will be using and allows us to advance our knowledge of what we want to happen in each shot. we have tired to link lots of intresting shots together in our storyboard so when our production is filmed we can acomplish it easily and with out limitations of what will look good when edited together.
Friday, 12 November 2010
Genre Theory
Is it timeless?
- No its open to historical change and historical constructs.
John Fiske
"Any one programme will bear the main characteristic of its genre: But is likely to include some from others. Ascribing is to one genre or another involves deciding which set of characteristics are most important"
Richard Maltby and Ian Craven
"The success of Hollywood is reliant on the combination of predictable elements with variation"
Auters and Iconography
Auters- a group of film makers that were considered to be particularly influential and artistic.
Edward Buscombe
"Felt that iconography was the best way to achieve generic definitions"
Rick Altman
" - Genre theory presumes that viewers pre read texts
- Viewers become passive voyeurs
- Genre will therefore be restrictive
- Does not acknowledge or allow for the hybrid (blending of genres)"
By understanding the different genre theory's it will ensure that we think about the correct methods to ensure that our genre is put across as best as it possibly can. However we also don't want to fall into the trap of giving people a presupposed idea of what our short film will be about before they have watched it.
- No its open to historical change and historical constructs.
John Fiske
"Any one programme will bear the main characteristic of its genre: But is likely to include some from others. Ascribing is to one genre or another involves deciding which set of characteristics are most important"
Richard Maltby and Ian Craven
"The success of Hollywood is reliant on the combination of predictable elements with variation"
Auters and Iconography
Auters- a group of film makers that were considered to be particularly influential and artistic.
Edward Buscombe
"Felt that iconography was the best way to achieve generic definitions"
Rick Altman
" - Genre theory presumes that viewers pre read texts
- Viewers become passive voyeurs
- Genre will therefore be restrictive
- Does not acknowledge or allow for the hybrid (blending of genres)"
By understanding the different genre theory's it will ensure that we think about the correct methods to ensure that our genre is put across as best as it possibly can. However we also don't want to fall into the trap of giving people a presupposed idea of what our short film will be about before they have watched it.
Friday, 15 October 2010
Representation through the genre
Hybrid- Comedy, Realism
What different groups of people do you have in your genre?
In our Genre there is a specific genre of teenage boys, the actors we will ask to participate in our short film will be around the age of 17-18 so will fit into the teenage bracket. our short film will be a hybrid of both Comedy and realism meaning we will have to introduce our characters very quickly as the audience need to be able to relate to them.
What are the common stereotypes?
The common stereotypes within our genre is a typical teenage boy so there are many stereotypes, our actors will have to be dressed in very fashionable clothes that most people are seen in so that there can be a stronger link between characters and audience. The guy must dress to impress the girl who will also be a character in our production. The boy will try to impress the girl but will fail this is also a typical stereotype
Are they traditional or modern representations?
Our representation will be fairly modern as the story line consists of a boy trying to get a girl, a more traditional approach would be a girl trying to obtain the boys attention. The typical representation of a teenage boy would be hanging around on streets drinking with his friends and having a good time. However we want to challenge this representation as we feel the short film will be more interesting and have a higher entertainment value.
What changes have there been in society which have impacted on the representations of your groups?
Many environmental factors have influenced the way teenagers are represented, For example the binge drinking culture our society has makes the typical stereotype change into drunken yobs that walk the street. The whole "hoody" culture also make teenagers look very intimidating as it looks as if they are hiding something, it also make young people look scruffy and as if they don't care about there appearance. There has been a lot of bad press towards teenagers over the past few years which build a negative stereotype however this isn't the case for all young people. So although our character is going against all the typical stereotypes our short film is aimed at people from the age 13-19 and i believe that they will relate to our character despite not following these conventions.
What different groups of people do you have in your genre?
In our Genre there is a specific genre of teenage boys, the actors we will ask to participate in our short film will be around the age of 17-18 so will fit into the teenage bracket. our short film will be a hybrid of both Comedy and realism meaning we will have to introduce our characters very quickly as the audience need to be able to relate to them.
What are the common stereotypes?
The common stereotypes within our genre is a typical teenage boy so there are many stereotypes, our actors will have to be dressed in very fashionable clothes that most people are seen in so that there can be a stronger link between characters and audience. The guy must dress to impress the girl who will also be a character in our production. The boy will try to impress the girl but will fail this is also a typical stereotype
Are they traditional or modern representations?
Our representation will be fairly modern as the story line consists of a boy trying to get a girl, a more traditional approach would be a girl trying to obtain the boys attention. The typical representation of a teenage boy would be hanging around on streets drinking with his friends and having a good time. However we want to challenge this representation as we feel the short film will be more interesting and have a higher entertainment value.
What changes have there been in society which have impacted on the representations of your groups?
Many environmental factors have influenced the way teenagers are represented, For example the binge drinking culture our society has makes the typical stereotype change into drunken yobs that walk the street. The whole "hoody" culture also make teenagers look very intimidating as it looks as if they are hiding something, it also make young people look scruffy and as if they don't care about there appearance. There has been a lot of bad press towards teenagers over the past few years which build a negative stereotype however this isn't the case for all young people. So although our character is going against all the typical stereotypes our short film is aimed at people from the age 13-19 and i believe that they will relate to our character despite not following these conventions.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Brief Production plan
Key:
Purple = Swap/ screen split
Green = Minute 1
Red = Minute 2
Yellow = Minute 3
Orange = Minute 4
Blue = Minute 5
Mind Maps
we have produce some mind maps so that we can brain storm ideas and get a feel for what we want to produce. we established an idea that we would produce a short film where two people would swap bodies but when we planned more we decided to produce a short film where one person will be filmed in 2 different situation but the same thing is happening to him just different reactions.
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