The role of the BBFC

The BBFC on Prezi

Evaluation of seven film opening

In the first 3 minutes of the film Seven, it is made clear the genre of the film is thriller. This is because of the jumpy sketchy titles and how they quickly appear then disappear. We can also tell this through the use of the metrodome and then the music. This is because the metrodome causes tension and curiosity as it the the primary noise we hear then how it changes to the morbid eerie music that begins to play as the scene changes which also indicates it as a thriller as the scene is of graphic photos and its dull morbid colors  The first scene hooks the viewer as the fast paced shots cause a lot of suspense. It causes a lot of questions such as 'who's making the book?' 'why is he making it?' 'did he kill those people?' this makes the viewer continue watching it to find this information out. The scene with Morgan freeman sitting in bed also helps to hook the viewer into watching the rest as it raises some interesting questions. Through this we can tell he will be a key character in the film but does not tell us his name or anything about him the only thing we know is he is in a modern american city due the traffic noise and the style of room he is in however we do not have a clear view of where the other person is situated.

Preliminary Exercise (Finished Piece)

Our preliminary exercise didn't exactly go smoothly. Firstly we could not agree on an opening shot but we eventually decided how to approach it and how we wanted it to go. I did make a little error that none of us noticed until the editing stage but it is only minor.I enjoyed using the editing software the school has to offer but I was more than disappointed with the quality of camera provided.

Codes and Conventions in Media

Codes and Conventions in Media

Codes:

Media students identify three categories of codes that may be used to

convey meanings in media messages:

TECHNICAL CODES, which include camera techniques, framing, depth of field, Mise en scene, editing,  lighting and sound;

SYMBOLIC CODES, which refer to objects, setting, body language, clothing and colour.

WRITTEN CODES in the form of headlines, captions, speech bubbles and language style.

Conventions:

Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something, and in the case of media texts, they are generally accepted patterns of code that communicate a particular message.

There are general conventions in any medium, such as the use of quotes in a print article, but conventions are also genre specific. For example, in Westerns fights scenes are generally shot from a low angle, the setting is usually dusty and desolate, and even the sounds used within the scene are conventional, such as castonettes, or some sort of whistle. 

Main exercise

Main exercise

The main titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

My group consists of:
Aimee Griffin - http://asaimeegriffin.blogspot.co.uk/
Tania Pais - http://astaniapais.blogspot.co.uk/
Scott Marriott - http://as-scott-marriott.blogspot.co.uk/