Film Studies

Throughout trainspotting we see a dull colour pallet, fast paced music fast paced camera shots. This is what makes trainspotting so well known and what made it such a success because although it deals with problems in society like a Social realism typically does it added really unrealistic things to the verisimilitude of the film whichade it more intresting which definitely made it more intresting and enjoyable. If for example you compare it to something like Fish Tank a social realism film based around a similar group in society to the cast of trainspotting coming out a little over ten years later Trainspotting does the same thing but it is alot more enjoyable. Fish Tank can get very boring and just makes you feel depressed about the world throughout the film through the lack of music and just constantly realistic situations. However Trainspotting makes the audience laugh continuously throughout the entire film although still makeing us feel sorry for the characters and makes us think...

Discuss how important cinematography is in establishing strong responses from spectators to a key character in La La Land - must refer to a scene! In the scene "what could have been" We see the shot pan out on Seb and the lighting brightens and we see the background to be the restaurant from Mia and Sebs first encounter. The shot then cuts to a smiling Mia centre screen in the blue dress she originally wore in that scene making it clear that this is a flashback or Mia's imagination changing how they went about things for a happy ending. The fact that she is the only thing visible makes it easier for the audience to identify that this is replicating that scene which makes it easier for the passive audience members which a low budget in dependent film wouldn't. Then we see an over the shoulder shot where we see Mia observing what we have already seen when Seb loses his job but makes us feel more connected to Mia as both Mia and us the spectators are working out that t...

I think Winters Bone relies upon social context in the scene where Ree and Teardrop are pulled over by the police starting from one minute into the clip. The lighting is very low key to show that the reality of this is very dark and when you know that the context of the film that is an independent neo-realistic film based on real life problems and filmed in the actual area that this is quite sad and depressing. it also tells us the scene is going to be quite dark and makes it quite scary and intense which adds to the fact a cop is there and foreshadows some conflict may take place and pulls the audience in. It is a mid-shot with a hand held camera which can be annoying for some passive audience members as high budget films would use tripods here. We are then shown a mid-shot of Teardrop facing away from the police man with shadows on his face making him look dodgy. we then see a close u of a weapon in teardrops hand which enhances the idea some form of conflict will take place. We then...

When we started to plan our film we came up with a really good initial idea as we strted with messed up fairytales which led us to a messed up version of Alice in Wonderland. For inspiration we looked at a game revolving around a twisted alice in wonderland story and used lines to create the script. We looked for creepy music and sounds to add in. We also agreed what we would need for props and costumes and by the end of the first week had planned it all out ready for filming. The first day of filming was okay we got a bit filmed but struggled to film the second part as we didn't really know or have anywhere to film. Our next two lessons we didn't have the opportunity to film due to missing members. So by the final week we had lost hope for our film as we needed to edit but had barley done any filming. However we decided if we finished all our theory work that day and got all the film on the computers I could go home and try to do something with the footage. So our next les...

Alice In Wonderland Syndrome; Synopsis Alice is stuck, paralysed in her own head. Her memories, her trauma, her wonderland, it haunts her and corrupts her mind until she falls into nothing. Her old "friends" are back, from her past, her old childhood to hopefully bring her back and save from the "hero's of her mind", but things are quite...peculiar. Its and old joyful scene and atmosphere, a tea party, and Hatter is there, so is Rabbit but its not the same, why? Her eternal fear and conflict is growing and is becoming more violent, present, she can't stay for more than 5 minutes or she she will become more bad, over powered, even finished. She wants to get better, she has too, its what the councillors say and want right? Or is it the opposite is it better to be crazy? Who benefits from her madness? Its her own narrative of her own madness and conflict its all in her destroyed head, or is it? Her own wonderland is destroyed, its over, broken. Not even the spe...