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First Idea My first idea, which is the one I didn't go along with, was to base my opening sequence around Action movies. I was only able to come up with only one example for this one as a lot of Acton intro's are based in big cities such as New York. My first example is the opening sequence to Die Hard with a Vengeance, which shows scenes from a sun rise in a city - which was possible to do in Kings Lynn. Although I didn't get very far with this idea, I still had the target audience planned. Mainly, my target audience was people between the age of 15 to 40 and mostly male as action is stereotypically seen as 'manly' - however, not always the case as female audiences have been known to see an action more than men in some cases. Secondary Sources for my First Idea My second idea for an opening sequence was to make it a horror, and base it around movies that where both new and old as this will capture the diversity of all horror movies. My targ...

Tvzetan Todorov came up with the theory that all of the fictional environment should begin with a state of equilibrium. An equilibrium is where every opposing thing is calm and of no disruption. This equilibrium is then disrupted or suffers some sort of disequilibrium. This cycle continues to where someone recognises the disruption and attempts to repair. If the disruption is repaired, we would then reach a new equilibrium. Vladimir Propp came up with the theory that all narrative feature's a set of "stock characters". These are comprised of: A Hero A False Hero A Villain A False Villain A Donor A Helper A Princess/ Prize A Father/ Role Model A Dispatcher and, A Victim Claude Levi-Strauss created the theory of binary opposites. The meant that there was a constant creation of conflict or opposition that propels a narrative. The narrative could only end on a resolution of the conflict. These binary opposites could be: Visua...

High-key lighting aims to reduce the lighting ratio in a scene, it can also be used to set a upbeat mood in Movies/ TV Shows and Photography. High-key lighting also know for not presenting shadows. Between 1950 to 1970, high-key lighting was achieved through multiple light sources lighting a scene, this resulted in a uniform lighting pattern with very little modelling. However, now we use hot light sources to achieve a more efficient fluorescent soft lights which are similar to the original ways. Some examples of High-key lighting would be, Guardians of the Galaxy as it is a Fantasy and Sci-Fi movie and Star Trek as it is also a Fantasy and Sci-Fi TV Show. Low-key lighting usually only uses the Key light to illuminate the subject. This creates a shadow which makes the product look more realistic. This type of lighting is often used in Movies/ TV Shows that are trying to convey realism. For example, a TV Show like Sherlock or EastEnders would show shadows as it is what we...

Three point lighting is the three separate positions of the lights that allows the photographer to position the lights how they desire whist simultaneously controlling the shading and shadows that are on the subject.  The photographer can control the intensity on the light and its radius by opening and closing the lights "barn doors". In a group, we explored Three-Point Lighting and how it an effect images and emotions. Here are our examples. The Key Light is usually the lightest out of the three, this means it provides the most detail to the subject. The Fill Light has a medium intensity and fills in all gaps of shadows left by the Key Light, this is so that the light is even across all of the subject's face.  The Hair Light illuminates the back of the subject so that they stand out from the background.

Settings The film setting is the location in which the movie, tv show, photoshoot etc. was produced. Using a location is a separate but similar way of filming on studio sets. Some movies make up a location using green screens and others use a (usually well known) real life place. Shooting of location makes the product have great "realism". Depending what the audience is seeing on screen, the location can manipulate their thoughts. For example, this picture of house makes the audience feel threatened and scared as it is severely un-kept. Props (property) Props are used by actors on stage or set and can be a range of different objects to heighten or convey different things to the audience. A prop is considered to be anything movable or portable usually distinct from the actors, scenery and costumes. For example, these props are chosen for an action movie to convey danger to the audiences. Costume, Hair & Makeup The way a person looks instantly det...

Adobe Premier is a non-linear editing system The operation of it has shortcuts Spacebar is to play and pause Arrow Keys, tap or hold to advance Command + z = undo, this is a shortcut I used when I made a mistake. The most common mistake I make on Premier Pro is mis-cutting/ over-cutting some footage. Command + x = cut, this shortcut is to get rid of unwanted footage or audio.  Command + c = copy, this shortcut is to copy any selected things and is later followed by Command + v = paste which pastes the things you've just copied. find out what z and v do without using command I = in, O = out Z is the zoom tool V is the select tool Command + shift + 4, this is a form of screen grabbing whatever you want (similar to a screen shot) and will save to the MacBooks background. We first started by adding the bins and started up the project. We sorted through the footage and found the what was useful and what wasn't. After, we added the music audio and m...

Ctrl + R = Rulers Ctrl + alt + Z = Step Backwards Ctrl + Shift + Z = Step Forward Ctrl + T = Resize/ Reshape/ Move Control + Spacebar = Zoom in tool Alt + Spacebar = Zoom out tool Ctrl + Alt + R = Refine Edge dialogue box Ctrl + Alt + 3 = Detail Panel