Areas to Analyse
Sound
Shot types
Mise-on-scene (lighting, costume, props, location, make-up, hair)
Editing (transition, shot reverse shot, match on action)
Representation (character)
Length of each shot and number of shots used
Titles, credits, institutional references (film logos)
Narrative (how are you you being introduced to the narrative)
Genre spicific codes and conventions
length of trailer
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Thursday 12 May 2011
Top 10 movies of all time
(from IMDb)
Avatar: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Titanic: Adventure/Drama/History
A boy and girl from differing social backgrounds meet during the ill-fated maiden voyage of RMS Titanic.
The Dark Night: Action/Crime/Drama
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.
Star Wars - Episode 4: Action/Adventure/Family
Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
Shrek 2: Animation/Adventure/Comedy
Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres
E.T.: Adveture/Drama/Family
A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home.
Star Wars - Episode 1: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Two Jedi knights uncover a wider conflict when they are sent as emissaries to the blockaded planet Naboo.
Pirates of the Carribean - Dead Mans Chest: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.
Toy Story 3: Animation/Adventure/Comedy
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Spider-Man: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.
(from IMDb)
| Rank | Title | USA Box Office |
| 1. | Avatar (2009) | $760,505,847 |
| 2. | Titanic (1997) | $600,779,824 |
| 3. | The Dark Knight (2008) | $533,316,061 |
| 4. | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) | $460,935,665 |
| 5. | Shrek 2 (2004) | $436,471,036 |
| 6. | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | $434,949,459 |
| 7. | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) | $431,065,444 |
| 8. | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) | $423,032,628 |
| 9. | Toy Story 3 (2010) | $414,984,497 |
| 10. | Spider-Man (2002) | $403,706,375 |
Avatar: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Titanic: Adventure/Drama/History
A boy and girl from differing social backgrounds meet during the ill-fated maiden voyage of RMS Titanic.
The Dark Night: Action/Crime/Drama
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.
Star Wars - Episode 4: Action/Adventure/Family
Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
Shrek 2: Animation/Adventure/Comedy
Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres
E.T.: Adveture/Drama/Family
A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home.
Star Wars - Episode 1: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Two Jedi knights uncover a wider conflict when they are sent as emissaries to the blockaded planet Naboo.
Pirates of the Carribean - Dead Mans Chest: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.
Toy Story 3: Animation/Adventure/Comedy
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Spider-Man: Action/Adventure/Fantasy
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Teaser Trailer:-
- no narrative
- shorter length
- shorter length of the shots them selves
- selling the director and the other films that he has produced
- a sligtht narrative to build up an understanding of the characters
- longer length
- longer length of the shots them selves
- slower transitions between shots (more time to reflect on what has happened in the shots)
Areas To Analyse
- Camera angle, movement and position
- Sound
- Editing
- Mise en Scene
- Narrative
- Titles
- Institutional references and logos
- Number of shots and the length of each shot
- Character representations
Difference between the Two
A teaser trailer is a truncated version of a theatrical trailer intended to entice the audience about an upcoming movie and to begin hype on major films.Theatrical trailers (or as you called the movie trailers) are film advertisements for films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown; they are commonly known as previews of coming attractions.
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