One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest- Milos Forman- 1975
Genre- Drama
I like this films poster as it is so simplistic and also really represents the era t was made/ set in. I also like the font and the font colour used in the trailer and how it was over-layed over the shots rather than stopping and starting again. This is something I'd be interested in doing to stop the titles from distracting the audience.
It's main character is played by Jack Nicholson who is well known for playing characters with some sort of mental problem, like in the film 'The Shining'. I think that this must have drawn a large audience in for being familiar with the actor and also knowing what to expect from both the actor and director as Forman is well known for specialising in Dramas.
This film focuses on investigating the minds of the socially deemed 'mental' this is something I think that I would personally find really difficult to create a story line around without it somehow being interpreted as insulting as it's not a very easy topic to come to terms with.
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Genre/Film research
Like Crazy- Drake Doremus- 2011
This film is a romance drama. Which is what i'd be quite interested in doing as a personal preference as a genre and also the fact that I do not need amazing actors nor do I need a massive budget, special effects or a specific set unlike if I was doing a western for example.
What I gather from watching the trailer is that the film relies on the story line rather than the glamorous Hollywood style that we are so used to seeing in cinemas now.
I do think however that in the trailer they did choose to give away too much of the story line, which I will be careful to try not to do.
This film is a romance drama. Which is what i'd be quite interested in doing as a personal preference as a genre and also the fact that I do not need amazing actors nor do I need a massive budget, special effects or a specific set unlike if I was doing a western for example.
What I gather from watching the trailer is that the film relies on the story line rather than the glamorous Hollywood style that we are so used to seeing in cinemas now.
I do think however that in the trailer they did choose to give away too much of the story line, which I will be careful to try not to do.
Genre/Film research
Monsters- Gareth Edwards- 2010
This sci-fi-Thriller-Drama film had a tiny budget of $800,000 (estimated) If I was creating this film in real life would be my sort of budget. This made me really look at this film and the sort of things I could create with a low budget.
The trailer for monsters isn't anything with a wow factor but it definitely gets you interested to watch it. It starts off slowly mainly focusing on the (I assume protagonist) taking photos, I really like the enhanced camera shutter sounds, I feel it made me seem closer to the action and also really made me focus on the minor features of the trailer. I feel like the trailer almost over-used titles. It felt like you didn't see enough actual action to be 100 percent involved as it was interrupted too often. I did however like the colour choice of the titles the pitch black background with the ice- blue lettering, I think it really suited the sci-fi genre.
I think the setting choice for this film- Mexico really helped the film by being able to get unusual shots of unique scenery. This is something I need to really think about with my home town of Hastings.
This sci-fi-Thriller-Drama film had a tiny budget of $800,000 (estimated) If I was creating this film in real life would be my sort of budget. This made me really look at this film and the sort of things I could create with a low budget.
The trailer for monsters isn't anything with a wow factor but it definitely gets you interested to watch it. It starts off slowly mainly focusing on the (I assume protagonist) taking photos, I really like the enhanced camera shutter sounds, I feel it made me seem closer to the action and also really made me focus on the minor features of the trailer. I feel like the trailer almost over-used titles. It felt like you didn't see enough actual action to be 100 percent involved as it was interrupted too often. I did however like the colour choice of the titles the pitch black background with the ice- blue lettering, I think it really suited the sci-fi genre.
I think the setting choice for this film- Mexico really helped the film by being able to get unusual shots of unique scenery. This is something I need to really think about with my home town of Hastings.
Genre/film research
Albatross- Niall McCormick 2011
I looked at this film due to the fact it has a female protagonist which as a female director I would be very interested in using. It also has a lot of qualities that I would be interested in using. For example, it is a British film with a very modest budget which is what my film would have to be, it is also set in a seaside town which it where I would like to base mine for the simple fact that I live in one so it would be a lot easier to use my hometown that to travel elsewhere to get some shots if I need to gain a few more shots- It would cost far too much in train fares/ Petrol money.
Albatross focuses on the representation of youth, in particular girls. This as a young female I can relate to a lot more than a very male dominated action film, so creating a film that I can relate to a lot more than a film that i'd create just to gain a wider audience would be a lot easier for me and I'd know exactly who my target audience was and how to get them to come and view my film.
I looked at this film due to the fact it has a female protagonist which as a female director I would be very interested in using. It also has a lot of qualities that I would be interested in using. For example, it is a British film with a very modest budget which is what my film would have to be, it is also set in a seaside town which it where I would like to base mine for the simple fact that I live in one so it would be a lot easier to use my hometown that to travel elsewhere to get some shots if I need to gain a few more shots- It would cost far too much in train fares/ Petrol money.
Albatross focuses on the representation of youth, in particular girls. This as a young female I can relate to a lot more than a very male dominated action film, so creating a film that I can relate to a lot more than a film that i'd create just to gain a wider audience would be a lot easier for me and I'd know exactly who my target audience was and how to get them to come and view my film.
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