Thursday 15 December 2011
Merry Christmas
This will be my last post of this year so have a lovely relaxing Christmas everyone & i'll see you in 2012!
Friday 9 December 2011
Time Plan
I have created this time plan in Edexcel to set myself targets for the completion of each task.
Tuesday 6 December 2011
The Plan
I now intend to create my own film trailer and have decided to choose a poster and a magazine front cover to accompany this. The remainder of my posts will detail all of the preparation and research for my project as well as ongoing evaluations and any changes I make to make the final product as successful as possible. All I know at the moment is that I intend to make the genre of the film a horror/thriller, taking care that it doesn't become to cheesy or cliched. Here is a brief plan to show what I have decided to do for my portfolio:
1. carry out research on my chosen genre including all the conventions of horrors and which ones willl most suit the given brief
2. continue research by analysing existing horror film trailers and poster and using my peers to help make decisions for my final product
3. decide upon a basic outline for a plot and decide upon characters, setting, costume and props to accompany this as well as considering who I wish to cast in the trailer
4. have fun creating costume and make up ideas and begin to take photos for the first draft of the poster and magazine cover
5. begin filming!
6. edit the film footage using various effects and transitions
7. create a piece of music to play over the trailer to create an atmosphere appropriate to the plot of the film trailer
8. ask my peers for their opinions to help me make my piece as convincing as possible
9. evaluate my overall portfolio including what I thougth went well, any changes I made and what I could have done better
I intend to write in more detail what I do as I reach each stage in the plan as it will more than likely change so I can fill my time in the best way possible.
1. carry out research on my chosen genre including all the conventions of horrors and which ones willl most suit the given brief
2. continue research by analysing existing horror film trailers and poster and using my peers to help make decisions for my final product
3. decide upon a basic outline for a plot and decide upon characters, setting, costume and props to accompany this as well as considering who I wish to cast in the trailer
4. have fun creating costume and make up ideas and begin to take photos for the first draft of the poster and magazine cover
5. begin filming!
6. edit the film footage using various effects and transitions
7. create a piece of music to play over the trailer to create an atmosphere appropriate to the plot of the film trailer
8. ask my peers for their opinions to help me make my piece as convincing as possible
9. evaluate my overall portfolio including what I thougth went well, any changes I made and what I could have done better
I intend to write in more detail what I do as I reach each stage in the plan as it will more than likely change so I can fill my time in the best way possible.
Thursday 1 December 2011
Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I believe my completed product keeps to many of the conventions of existing film teaser trailers. Teaser trailers typically last between 30 and 60 seconds and I kept within this timescale so my product would be less boring to watch. This timing added to the mystery of the teaser trailer and I feel if it went on any longer it wouldn’t have been as poignant or effective.
My piece also contains written text which is commonly found in teaser trailers, particularly those of similar genre.
I think my perception of the trailer for ‘Paths of Glory’ was very much different to the original. As I had a lack of resources I decided that it would be very hard to recreate a war scene and so kept it very simplistic with just costume and props for the character. Although it is still evidently a film about a war it has a much more eerie feel and could also be perceived as a thriller. This might also change the target audience slightly and could be a little deceiving as not much of the plot is given away in my teaser trailer.
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
I think my teaser trailer is much stronger than the poster. I think I could have put across the genre of the film slightly more for the poster as there is little evidence of it being set during the war.
I feel the two are a little mismatched and so for my main task I will make sure the ancillary texts are as well thought out and presented as the main product.
They will both have elements linking them together and the images will be taken during filming so the characters are recognisable to an audience and make a whole package as opposed to just the main product and a poster which could be used separately.
What have you learned from your audience feedback?
Most of my audience feedback was very positive and the effects I used on the film footage were commented on as being very successful in making it look authentic to the era. The soundtrack was praised for creating the right atmosphere however I should endeavour to create a more original one, perhaps composing my own piece rather than using existing ones and putting them together to form one soundtrack.
I should also attempt to include more action and give away the plot a little more. Although my trailer gets across that it is a war film, as an audience it is hard to understand any of the characters, their part in the film and what relation they have to the plot.
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
The technologies I used were limited and so for my main task I feel I should like to expand this to get the best possible result I can.
I used a Flip Camera to film the footage of the characters and bought it all together with Windows Movie Maker. This software allowed me to add effects to the footage such as ‘film age’ to make it more authentic to the genre and believable. I was able to add text in between the footage and transitions to make the piece flow. I could also crop the footage and slow the pace down, adding to the mystery and permitting me to select the best footage easily and keep it in time with the soundtrack.
The soundtrack was created in Audacity. I selected a variety of sounds from Clip Art and put them together using this software. I could also incorporate quotes from the original film trailer by downloading the video, converting it to an audio file and the cropping it appropriately in Audacity. This sound clip was then saved and imported into Windows Movie Maker over the visual aspects.
I believe my completed product keeps to many of the conventions of existing film teaser trailers. Teaser trailers typically last between 30 and 60 seconds and I kept within this timescale so my product would be less boring to watch. This timing added to the mystery of the teaser trailer and I feel if it went on any longer it wouldn’t have been as poignant or effective.
My piece also contains written text which is commonly found in teaser trailers, particularly those of similar genre.
I think my perception of the trailer for ‘Paths of Glory’ was very much different to the original. As I had a lack of resources I decided that it would be very hard to recreate a war scene and so kept it very simplistic with just costume and props for the character. Although it is still evidently a film about a war it has a much more eerie feel and could also be perceived as a thriller. This might also change the target audience slightly and could be a little deceiving as not much of the plot is given away in my teaser trailer.
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
I think my teaser trailer is much stronger than the poster. I think I could have put across the genre of the film slightly more for the poster as there is little evidence of it being set during the war.
I feel the two are a little mismatched and so for my main task I will make sure the ancillary texts are as well thought out and presented as the main product.
They will both have elements linking them together and the images will be taken during filming so the characters are recognisable to an audience and make a whole package as opposed to just the main product and a poster which could be used separately.
What have you learned from your audience feedback?
Most of my audience feedback was very positive and the effects I used on the film footage were commented on as being very successful in making it look authentic to the era. The soundtrack was praised for creating the right atmosphere however I should endeavour to create a more original one, perhaps composing my own piece rather than using existing ones and putting them together to form one soundtrack.
I should also attempt to include more action and give away the plot a little more. Although my trailer gets across that it is a war film, as an audience it is hard to understand any of the characters, their part in the film and what relation they have to the plot.
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
The technologies I used were limited and so for my main task I feel I should like to expand this to get the best possible result I can.
I used a Flip Camera to film the footage of the characters and bought it all together with Windows Movie Maker. This software allowed me to add effects to the footage such as ‘film age’ to make it more authentic to the genre and believable. I was able to add text in between the footage and transitions to make the piece flow. I could also crop the footage and slow the pace down, adding to the mystery and permitting me to select the best footage easily and keep it in time with the soundtrack.
The soundtrack was created in Audacity. I selected a variety of sounds from Clip Art and put them together using this software. I could also incorporate quotes from the original film trailer by downloading the video, converting it to an audio file and the cropping it appropriately in Audacity. This sound clip was then saved and imported into Windows Movie Maker over the visual aspects.
Final Product
My final piece is now complete :)
I used Windows Movie Maker to bring everything together in a sequence. My aim was to keep the trailer simplistic and eerie. I imported the video clips I had created and clipped them to make them shorter. I used an effect called ‘Film Age – Oldest’ which changed the video to black and white and gave the impression that the filming ewas authentic footage from World War One. I had short bursts of my video where the soldier was shooting and timed one piece with an explosion where the soldier fell back. I got an image online of a severed hand and did a slow zoom on it to create an eerie atmosphere, this too had the film aging effect on it. The text in between was a simple black background with white writing easing in slowly. I kept the fonts the same thoughout for consistency. To link each clip I used a fade in and a fade out.
Overall I am pleased with my final piece although I feel I chose a difficult genre and struggled to film it authentically and successfully.
I used Windows Movie Maker to bring everything together in a sequence. My aim was to keep the trailer simplistic and eerie. I imported the video clips I had created and clipped them to make them shorter. I used an effect called ‘Film Age – Oldest’ which changed the video to black and white and gave the impression that the filming ewas authentic footage from World War One. I had short bursts of my video where the soldier was shooting and timed one piece with an explosion where the soldier fell back. I got an image online of a severed hand and did a slow zoom on it to create an eerie atmosphere, this too had the film aging effect on it. The text in between was a simple black background with white writing easing in slowly. I kept the fonts the same thoughout for consistency. To link each clip I used a fade in and a fade out.
Overall I am pleased with my final piece although I feel I chose a difficult genre and struggled to film it authentically and successfully.
Soundtrack
I began work on the ongoing soundtrack for the trailer. I used Audacity to do this, a music software which allows me to crop and edit sounds before exporting it as an MP3. I used the following sounds from Clip Art:
- torture in the gallows – this is the main bulk of the soundtrack which I added other sounds to
- helicopter low – a sound relating to wartime
- war fireworks – another sound to set the scene of wartime & for dramatic impact
I also downloaded the original trailer and converted it into an audio file. Using Audacity I then cropped the soundtrack several times to create lots of individual quotes from the original film which I felt were most important. I used these in my final soundtrack.
The ongoing sound of ‘torture in the gallows’ is a very eerie sound which I thought very appropriate for my film trailer. It includes a low whirring sound and screams at regular intervals which depicts the horror of war and its pain as I would want it to for realism in my trailer. The phrase “are you saying that ore than half of my men will be killed?” along with the helicopter noise sets the scene gradually fading out. Further on I used the sound of an explosion for added drama, again relating to the film genre. To add to the mysterious effect I wished to give to the trailer I incorporated the quote “where in heavens name are they?” and following this a viewpoint which was controversial during the war, quoting “miserable cowards”.
I am very pleased with my soundtrack overall and just need to bring everything together in a sequence :)
- torture in the gallows – this is the main bulk of the soundtrack which I added other sounds to
- helicopter low – a sound relating to wartime
- war fireworks – another sound to set the scene of wartime & for dramatic impact
I also downloaded the original trailer and converted it into an audio file. Using Audacity I then cropped the soundtrack several times to create lots of individual quotes from the original film which I felt were most important. I used these in my final soundtrack.
The ongoing sound of ‘torture in the gallows’ is a very eerie sound which I thought very appropriate for my film trailer. It includes a low whirring sound and screams at regular intervals which depicts the horror of war and its pain as I would want it to for realism in my trailer. The phrase “are you saying that ore than half of my men will be killed?” along with the helicopter noise sets the scene gradually fading out. Further on I used the sound of an explosion for added drama, again relating to the film genre. To add to the mysterious effect I wished to give to the trailer I incorporated the quote “where in heavens name are they?” and following this a viewpoint which was controversial during the war, quoting “miserable cowards”.
I am very pleased with my soundtrack overall and just need to bring everything together in a sequence :)
Images
As my trailer can only include a small amount of media which I haven’t created myself I decided to create the slide which is seen at the very beginning of all trailers as opposed to using one from a search engine or existing trailer. I made this in Microsoft Publisher simply by using outlined text boxes, making it look as authentic as I possibly could. Here is my final image:
Following this I decided to create my idea of inserting an image of my character into an existing one of World War troops. I took a variety of images of the character in costume using a variety of shots for diversity and so I had a choice of what to use. I decided to use a long shot and used Macromedia Fireworks to colour the background all one colour. In Microsoft Publisher I made this background transparent and inported an existing image of the troops which was found on Google. I positioned my original image so it looked as believable as I could and then edited the brightness and contrast and made it grayscale in colour so it would blend in better. This still didnt look completely authentic so when I import the image into Windows Movie Maker I intend to put a video effect on it called ‘Film Age – Older’. Now my edited image is complete (see below)
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| final image |
Filming
Filmed my first piece of footage today for my preliminary task :) wishing I hadn’t chosen a war film as it is very hard to recreate but oh well. I’ve decided to keep it fairly simple and have footage of an individual dressed in soldiers attire shooting around with a close up on his face. I also experimented with a few mid shots too just for variety so I can see how it looks when I come to edit the piece. I intend for the footage to be silent and for eerie music and sound effects played over the top whilst a voice over is heard from the individuals point of view. I hope to blend the footage of the individual with some footage created from an Xbox game – Call of Duty. I would like to have the two on screen at the same time so in effect it gives two perspectives and shows the impact of war time. I have all the sounds I need including bullets, bombs, planes and screams. I would also like to incorporate a still image of a group of troops with the individuals face edited in for realism. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan :)
Poster
Research on Film
I chose to base my preliminary task on a remake of the film Paths of Glory, directed by Stanley Kubrick. I carried out some additional research on the film to assist me in the production of the poster and film trailer.
Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refused to continue a suicidal attack. Dax attempts to defend them against a charge of cowardice in a court-martial. The book was a minor success when published in 1935, retelling the true-life affair of four French soldiers who were executed to set an example to the rest of the troops. The novel was adapted to stage the same year by Sidney Howard, where it played on Broadway as Paths of Glory. The play was a flop because of its harsh anti-war scenes that alienated the audience, Howard was a WWI veteran and wanted to show the horrors of war. Stanley Kubrick decided to adapt it to the screen after he remembered reading the book when he was younger, purchasing film rights from Cobb’s widow for $10,000. Production took place entirely in Bavaria, Germany, especially at the Schleissheim Palace near Munich. The cast is predominantly men including actors such as Kirk Douglas, Raplh Meeker and Adolphe Menjou. The only female character in the film, a woman who sings “The Faithful Hussar”, was portrayed by German actress Christiane Harlan. She later married director Stanley Kubrick, and the couple remained married until his death in 1999. The film was released in January 1958 and premiered in Munich and Los Angeles. The film was considered a modest box office success, though it did earn Kubrick much critical acclaim. The release of the film and its showing in some parts of Europe was controversial, causing both active and retired military personnel to become offended. The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award under the category Best Film but lost to The Bridge on the River Kwai. The film also won a Jussi Awards’ Diploma of merit. In 1959 the film was nominated for a Writers’ Guild of America Award but ultimately lost. I then downloaded a copy of the poster as shown below to give me ideas.
I notice the colours are very dark with minimal amounts of writing. The props and costume in the poster show the genre of the film and as I don’t have such things to hand I shall create a poster which is less obvious perhaps with an element of mystery to it whilst still importing some elements of the war genre into it. The colour is minimal here apart from the effect of blood which I feel gives a dramatic impact to the poster.
I have also looked at the original film trailer for Paths of Glory and noted down some ideas. Here is the link for the film trailer. http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi76362780
These ideas are straight from the trailer and start to form a few ideas for my own trailer.
Key Quotes:
“Would you like me to suggest what you can do with that promotion?”
“You can go to hell before I apologise to you now or ever again”
“Are you saying that more than half my men will be killed?”
“These executions will be a perfect tonic for the entire division”
“There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die”
“Where in heavens name are they?!”
“Miserable cowards”
Reviews
“Unquestionably the finest American film of the year…extraordinary achievement” Saturday Review
“Amongst the finest ever made…don’t miss it!” Coronet
Sound (ClipArt)
‘Tortured at the gallows’ *screams*
‘Helicopter low’; ‘large jet’; ‘jet landing’ ‘bomb explosion’; ‘war fireworks’ *war*
Costume
Soldiers’ helmet
Brown jacket/uniform
Gun/weapon
Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refused to continue a suicidal attack. Dax attempts to defend them against a charge of cowardice in a court-martial. The book was a minor success when published in 1935, retelling the true-life affair of four French soldiers who were executed to set an example to the rest of the troops. The novel was adapted to stage the same year by Sidney Howard, where it played on Broadway as Paths of Glory. The play was a flop because of its harsh anti-war scenes that alienated the audience, Howard was a WWI veteran and wanted to show the horrors of war. Stanley Kubrick decided to adapt it to the screen after he remembered reading the book when he was younger, purchasing film rights from Cobb’s widow for $10,000. Production took place entirely in Bavaria, Germany, especially at the Schleissheim Palace near Munich. The cast is predominantly men including actors such as Kirk Douglas, Raplh Meeker and Adolphe Menjou. The only female character in the film, a woman who sings “The Faithful Hussar”, was portrayed by German actress Christiane Harlan. She later married director Stanley Kubrick, and the couple remained married until his death in 1999. The film was released in January 1958 and premiered in Munich and Los Angeles. The film was considered a modest box office success, though it did earn Kubrick much critical acclaim. The release of the film and its showing in some parts of Europe was controversial, causing both active and retired military personnel to become offended. The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award under the category Best Film but lost to The Bridge on the River Kwai. The film also won a Jussi Awards’ Diploma of merit. In 1959 the film was nominated for a Writers’ Guild of America Award but ultimately lost. I then downloaded a copy of the poster as shown below to give me ideas.
I have also looked at the original film trailer for Paths of Glory and noted down some ideas. Here is the link for the film trailer. http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi76362780
These ideas are straight from the trailer and start to form a few ideas for my own trailer.
Key Quotes:
“Would you like me to suggest what you can do with that promotion?”
“You can go to hell before I apologise to you now or ever again”
“Are you saying that more than half my men will be killed?”
“These executions will be a perfect tonic for the entire division”
“There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die”
“Where in heavens name are they?!”
“Miserable cowards”
Reviews
“Unquestionably the finest American film of the year…extraordinary achievement” Saturday Review
“Amongst the finest ever made…don’t miss it!” Coronet
Sound (ClipArt)
‘Tortured at the gallows’ *screams*
‘Helicopter low’; ‘large jet’; ‘jet landing’ ‘bomb explosion’; ‘war fireworks’ *war*
Costume
Soldiers’ helmet
Brown jacket/uniform
Gun/weapon
Existing Poster Analysis
I carried out an analysis on the poster below so I had an understanding of what kind of hings work well and what don’t so I can apply this to my own poster.
I believe that the target audience for this poster is teenagers as it appears violent and dark from the appearance of weapons and the solemn expressions on the actors’ faces. The colours used also reflect this feeling of a dark plot. In actual fact this series of films are fairly light-hearted with the main comical character being Captain Jack Sparrow. This means that someone who didn’t know a lot about the films may have a different perception of the film seeing is to be purely of an action and violence genre.
The four main characters that are also the most famous in the cast list are all included on the poster with the main character a central focus point. This may attract people to watch or purchase the film when they see the names and faces of talented and well-known actors, keeping in mind a comparison of other films they may have seen with these actors in, therefore influencing them more. The costumes the characters are wearing and the poses they are photographed in gives more away about their role and enhances the fact that the main theme of the story is piracy. Each of the names of the big stars are written above them in red writing – perhaps symbolising bloodshed – to further sell the film and also provide more information in a simple and least off-putting way. The surnames of the stars are more likely to be remembered and credited and so these are written in larger capital letters to make them stand out.
Across the centre of the poster is the title of the film in large old script style lettering. It is written on a piece of parchment which combined with the text makes it appear more real to the era as this style of writing and material used is appropriate to the time period. This banner also acts as a divide between the two halves of the poster. The top half showing the characters is most prominent, particularly as mid-shots are used to make them appear larger and so facial expressions are clearly emphasised. Below the banner the appearance is much more faded and dark, with a montage of images relating to pirate life such as treasure, boats, weapons and the ocean. This gives a further insight into the film, and the image of silhouettes of men with weapons raised shows aggression and the genre of the film becomes clearer. In the very centre of the entire poster is the traditional pirate symbol which is most recognisable to people. It makes the theme an obvious certainty for viewers and this will help them understand the poster much more.
All text which is more longwinded is positioned at the very bottom of the poster in small writing which is only legible up close. This stops people looking at a large prominent bulk of text and being put off instantly from the poster, which could also have an effect on the amount of people who view the film itself. The writing appears very separate and is written in a modern type in white colour, different to the theme of dark colours and red.
Overall the poster provides the correct information about the film and also an insight into its genre. Although the poster makes the film appear very dark and sinister it is actually fairly comical – this could be shown more on this poster.
Research on Directors
I carried out research on 8 big directors to gain an insight into what I need to do to make my teaser trailer successful.
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985), best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality, Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles’s long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as “the ultimate auteur.”
In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two separate British Film Institute polls among directors and critics, and a wide survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, and historical retrospectives calls him the most acclaimed director of all time. Well known for his baritone voice, Welles was also an extremely well regarded actor and was voted number 16 in AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Stars list of the greatest American film actors of all time. He was also a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor and an accomplished magician, starring in troop variety shows in the war years.
Here are just some of the films he directed:
1955 Confidential Report
1955 Moby Dick Rehearsed (TV movie)
1952 Othello
1950 The Miracle of St. Anne (short)
1949 Black Magic (uncredited)
1948 Macbeth
1947 The Lady from Shanghai (uncredited)
1946 The Stranger
1943 Journey Into Fear (uncredited)
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
1941 Citizen Kane
1938 Too Much Johnson (short)
1934 The Hearts of Age (short)
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose his subjects, his slow method of working, the variety of genres he worked in, his technical perfectionism, and his reclusiveness about his films and personal life. He maintained almost complete artistic control, making movies according to his own whims and time constraints, but with the rare advantage of big-studio financial support for all his endeavors.
Kubrick’s films are characterized by a formal visual style and meticulous attention to detail. His later films often have elements of surrealism and expressionism that eschews structured linear narrative. His films are repeatedly described as slow and methodical, and are often perceived as a reflection of his obsessive and perfectionist nature. A recurring theme in his films is man’s inhumanity to man. While often viewed as expressing an ironic pessimism, a few critics feel his films contain a cautious optimism when viewed more carefully.
The film that first brought him attention to many critics was Paths of Glory, the first of three films of his about the dehumanizing effects of war. Many of his films at first got a lukewarm reception, only to be years later acclaimed as masterpieces that had a seminal influence on many later generations of film-makers. All of Kubrick’s films from the mid-1950s to his death except for The Shining were nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes, or BAFTAs. Although he was nominated for an Academy Award as a screenwriter and director on several occasions, his only personal win was for the special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Even though all of his films, apart from the first two, were adapted from novels or short stories, his works have been described by Jason Ankeny and others as “original and visionary”. Although some critics frequently disparaged Kubrick’s work, Ankeny describes Kubrick as one of the most “universally acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era” with a “standing unique among the filmmakers of his day.”
Here are some of the films he directed:
1999 Eyes Wide Shut
1987 Full Metal Jacket
1980 The Shining
1975 Barry Lyndon
1971 A Clockwork Orange
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1962 Lolita
1960 Spartacus
1957 Paths of Glory
1956 The Killing
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Knight Grand Cross (Italian pronunciation: [fedɛˈriːko fɛlˈliːni]; January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993), was an Italian film director and script writer. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century.
Written and directed
• Luci del varietà (1950) (co-credited with Alberto Lattuada)
• Lo sceicco bianco (1952)
• I vitelloni (1953)
• L’amore in città (1953) (segment Un’agenzia matrimoniale)
• La strada (1954)
• Il bidone (1955)
• Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
• La dolce vita (1960)
• Boccaccio ’70 (1962) (segment Le tentazioni del Dottor Antonio)
• 8½ (1963)
• Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
• Histoires extraordinaires (1968) (segment Toby Dammit, based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Never Bet the Devil Your Head”)
• Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (1969)
• Satyricon (1969)
• I clowns (1970)
• Roma (1972)
• Amarcord (1973)
• Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)
• Prova d’orchestra (1978)
• La città delle donne (1980)
• E la nave va (1983)
• Ginger and Fred (1986)
• Intervista (1987)
• La voce della luna (1990)
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.
Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person’s gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside “icy blonde” female characters. Many of Hitchcock’s films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or “MacGuffins” meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock’s films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon.
Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain’s Daily Telegraph, which said: “Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else.” The magazine MovieMaker has described him as the most influential filmmaker of all-time, and he is widely regarded as one of cinema’s most significant artists.
Directed:
1976 Family Plot
1972 Frenzy
1969 Topaz
1966 Torn Curtain
1964 Marnie
1963 The Birds
1940 Rebecca
1939 Jamaica Inn
1930 Murder!
1931 Mary
1931 The Skin Game
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн Sergej Mihajlovič Ejzenštejn; January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the “Father of Montage.” He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1927), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). His work profoundly influenced early filmmakers owing to his innovative use of and writings about montage.
Directed:
• 1923 Дневник Глумова (Glumov’s Diary) (short)
• 1924 Стачка (Strike)
• 1925 Броненосец Потёмкин (The Battleship Potemkin)
• 1927 Октябрь «Десять дней, которые потрясли мир» (October: Ten Days That Shook the World)
• 1929 Старое и новое «Генеральная линия» (The General Line aka “Old And New”)
• 1930 : Romance sentimentale (France)
• 1931 Да здравствует Мексика! (¡Qué viva México! released in 1979)
• 1935 Бежин луг (Bezhin Meadow until 1937)
• 1938 Александр Невский (Alexander Nevsky)
• 1944 Иван Грозный 1-я серия (Ivan The Terrible, Part I)
• 1945 Иван Грозный 2-я серия (Ivan The Terrible, Part II)
• 1946 Иван Грозный 3-я серия (Ivan The Terrible, Part III)
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪŋmar ˈbærɪman]; 14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as “probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera”, he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential film directors of all time.
He directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television, most of which he also wrote, and directed over one hundred and seventy plays. Among his company of actors were Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were set in the landscape of Sweden. His major subjects were death, illness, faith, betrayal, and insanity.
Bergman was active for more than six decades. In 1976 his career was seriously threatened as the result of a botched criminal investigation for alleged income tax evasion. Outraged, Bergman suspended a number of pending productions, closed his studios, and went into self-imposed exile in Germany for eight years.
Directed:
2003 Saraband (TV movie)
2000 The Image Makers (TV movie)
1997 In the Presence of a Clown (TV movie)
1995 The Last Gasp (TV movie)
1993 Backanterna (TV movie)
1992 Madame de Sade (TV movie)
1986 De två saliga (TV movie)
1986 The Making of Fanny and Alexander (documentary)
1985 Dom Juan (TV movie)
1984 After the Rehearsal (TV movie)
1984 Karin’s Face (documentary short)
1983 Hustruskolan (TV movie)
1982 Fanny and Alexander
1980 Fårö-dokument 1979 (TV documentary)
1980 From the Life of the Marionettes (TV movie)
1978 Autumn Sonata
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Misfits (1961), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston to Oscar wins in different films.
Huston was known to direct with the vision of an artist, having studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris in his early years. He continued to explore the visual aspects of his films throughout his career: sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. In addition, while most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, making his films both more economical and more cerebral, with little editing needed.
Most of Huston’s films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting a “heroic quest,” as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed or “destructive alliances,” giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his themes also involved some of the “grand narratives” of the twentieth century, such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism and war.
Before becoming a Hollywood filmmaker, he had been an amateur boxer, reporter, short-story writer, portrait artist in Paris, a cavalry rider in Mexico, and a documentary filmmaker during World War II. Huston has been referred to as “a titan,” “a rebel” and a “renaissance man,” in the Hollywood film industry. Author Ian Freer describes him as “cinema’s Ernest Hemingway,” — a filmmaker who was “never afraid to tackle tough issues head on.”
Directed:
1987 The Dead
1985 Prizzi’s Honor
1984 Under the Volcano
1982 Annie
1981 Escape to Victory
1980 Phobia
1979 Wise Blood (as Jhon Huston)
1979 Love and Bullets (uncredited)
1976 Independence (short)
1975 The Man Who Would Be King
1973 The MacKintosh Man
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 Fat City
1971 The Last Run (uncredited)
1970 The Kremlin Letter
1969 A Walk with Love and Death
William Wyler
William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, starring Walter Huston and Mary Astor, “sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness.”
Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a “bona fide perfectionist,” whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance, “became the stuff of legend.”[1] His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of “Hollywood’s most bankable moviemakers” during the 1930s and 1940s.
Directed:
1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1968 Funny Girl
1966 How to Steal a Million
1965 The Collector
1961 The Loudest Whisper
1959 Ben-Hur
1958 The Big Country
1956 Friendly Persuasion
1956 Producers’ Showcase (TV series)
1955 The Desperate Hours
1953 Roman Holiday
1952 Carrie
1951 Detective Story
1949 The Heiress
1947 Thunderbolt (documentary short) (as Lt Col William Wyler)
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
1944 The Fighting Lady (documentary) (uncredited)
1944 The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (documentary)
1942 Mrs. Miniver
1941 The Little Foxes
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985), best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality, Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles’s long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as “the ultimate auteur.”
In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two separate British Film Institute polls among directors and critics, and a wide survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, and historical retrospectives calls him the most acclaimed director of all time. Well known for his baritone voice, Welles was also an extremely well regarded actor and was voted number 16 in AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Stars list of the greatest American film actors of all time. He was also a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor and an accomplished magician, starring in troop variety shows in the war years.
Here are just some of the films he directed:
1955 Confidential Report
1955 Moby Dick Rehearsed (TV movie)
1952 Othello
1950 The Miracle of St. Anne (short)
1949 Black Magic (uncredited)
1948 Macbeth
1947 The Lady from Shanghai (uncredited)
1946 The Stranger
1943 Journey Into Fear (uncredited)
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
1941 Citizen Kane
1938 Too Much Johnson (short)
1934 The Hearts of Age (short)
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose his subjects, his slow method of working, the variety of genres he worked in, his technical perfectionism, and his reclusiveness about his films and personal life. He maintained almost complete artistic control, making movies according to his own whims and time constraints, but with the rare advantage of big-studio financial support for all his endeavors.
Kubrick’s films are characterized by a formal visual style and meticulous attention to detail. His later films often have elements of surrealism and expressionism that eschews structured linear narrative. His films are repeatedly described as slow and methodical, and are often perceived as a reflection of his obsessive and perfectionist nature. A recurring theme in his films is man’s inhumanity to man. While often viewed as expressing an ironic pessimism, a few critics feel his films contain a cautious optimism when viewed more carefully.
The film that first brought him attention to many critics was Paths of Glory, the first of three films of his about the dehumanizing effects of war. Many of his films at first got a lukewarm reception, only to be years later acclaimed as masterpieces that had a seminal influence on many later generations of film-makers. All of Kubrick’s films from the mid-1950s to his death except for The Shining were nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes, or BAFTAs. Although he was nominated for an Academy Award as a screenwriter and director on several occasions, his only personal win was for the special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Even though all of his films, apart from the first two, were adapted from novels or short stories, his works have been described by Jason Ankeny and others as “original and visionary”. Although some critics frequently disparaged Kubrick’s work, Ankeny describes Kubrick as one of the most “universally acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era” with a “standing unique among the filmmakers of his day.”
Here are some of the films he directed:
1999 Eyes Wide Shut
1987 Full Metal Jacket
1980 The Shining
1975 Barry Lyndon
1971 A Clockwork Orange
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1962 Lolita
1960 Spartacus
1957 Paths of Glory
1956 The Killing
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Knight Grand Cross (Italian pronunciation: [fedɛˈriːko fɛlˈliːni]; January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993), was an Italian film director and script writer. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century.
Written and directed
• Luci del varietà (1950) (co-credited with Alberto Lattuada)
• Lo sceicco bianco (1952)
• I vitelloni (1953)
• L’amore in città (1953) (segment Un’agenzia matrimoniale)
• La strada (1954)
• Il bidone (1955)
• Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
• La dolce vita (1960)
• Boccaccio ’70 (1962) (segment Le tentazioni del Dottor Antonio)
• 8½ (1963)
• Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
• Histoires extraordinaires (1968) (segment Toby Dammit, based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Never Bet the Devil Your Head”)
• Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (1969)
• Satyricon (1969)
• I clowns (1970)
• Roma (1972)
• Amarcord (1973)
• Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)
• Prova d’orchestra (1978)
• La città delle donne (1980)
• E la nave va (1983)
• Ginger and Fred (1986)
• Intervista (1987)
• La voce della luna (1990)
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.
Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person’s gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside “icy blonde” female characters. Many of Hitchcock’s films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or “MacGuffins” meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock’s films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon.
Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain’s Daily Telegraph, which said: “Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else.” The magazine MovieMaker has described him as the most influential filmmaker of all-time, and he is widely regarded as one of cinema’s most significant artists.
Directed:
1976 Family Plot
1972 Frenzy
1969 Topaz
1966 Torn Curtain
1964 Marnie
1963 The Birds
1940 Rebecca
1939 Jamaica Inn
1930 Murder!
1931 Mary
1931 The Skin Game
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн Sergej Mihajlovič Ejzenštejn; January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the “Father of Montage.” He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1927), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). His work profoundly influenced early filmmakers owing to his innovative use of and writings about montage.
Directed:
• 1923 Дневник Глумова (Glumov’s Diary) (short)
• 1924 Стачка (Strike)
• 1925 Броненосец Потёмкин (The Battleship Potemkin)
• 1927 Октябрь «Десять дней, которые потрясли мир» (October: Ten Days That Shook the World)
• 1929 Старое и новое «Генеральная линия» (The General Line aka “Old And New”)
• 1930 : Romance sentimentale (France)
• 1931 Да здравствует Мексика! (¡Qué viva México! released in 1979)
• 1935 Бежин луг (Bezhin Meadow until 1937)
• 1938 Александр Невский (Alexander Nevsky)
• 1944 Иван Грозный 1-я серия (Ivan The Terrible, Part I)
• 1945 Иван Грозный 2-я серия (Ivan The Terrible, Part II)
• 1946 Иван Грозный 3-я серия (Ivan The Terrible, Part III)
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪŋmar ˈbærɪman]; 14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as “probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera”, he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential film directors of all time.
He directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television, most of which he also wrote, and directed over one hundred and seventy plays. Among his company of actors were Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were set in the landscape of Sweden. His major subjects were death, illness, faith, betrayal, and insanity.
Bergman was active for more than six decades. In 1976 his career was seriously threatened as the result of a botched criminal investigation for alleged income tax evasion. Outraged, Bergman suspended a number of pending productions, closed his studios, and went into self-imposed exile in Germany for eight years.
Directed:
2003 Saraband (TV movie)
2000 The Image Makers (TV movie)
1997 In the Presence of a Clown (TV movie)
1995 The Last Gasp (TV movie)
1993 Backanterna (TV movie)
1992 Madame de Sade (TV movie)
1986 De två saliga (TV movie)
1986 The Making of Fanny and Alexander (documentary)
1985 Dom Juan (TV movie)
1984 After the Rehearsal (TV movie)
1984 Karin’s Face (documentary short)
1983 Hustruskolan (TV movie)
1982 Fanny and Alexander
1980 Fårö-dokument 1979 (TV documentary)
1980 From the Life of the Marionettes (TV movie)
1978 Autumn Sonata
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Misfits (1961), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston to Oscar wins in different films.
Huston was known to direct with the vision of an artist, having studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris in his early years. He continued to explore the visual aspects of his films throughout his career: sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. In addition, while most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, making his films both more economical and more cerebral, with little editing needed.
Most of Huston’s films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting a “heroic quest,” as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed or “destructive alliances,” giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his themes also involved some of the “grand narratives” of the twentieth century, such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism and war.
Before becoming a Hollywood filmmaker, he had been an amateur boxer, reporter, short-story writer, portrait artist in Paris, a cavalry rider in Mexico, and a documentary filmmaker during World War II. Huston has been referred to as “a titan,” “a rebel” and a “renaissance man,” in the Hollywood film industry. Author Ian Freer describes him as “cinema’s Ernest Hemingway,” — a filmmaker who was “never afraid to tackle tough issues head on.”
Directed:
1987 The Dead
1985 Prizzi’s Honor
1984 Under the Volcano
1982 Annie
1981 Escape to Victory
1980 Phobia
1979 Wise Blood (as Jhon Huston)
1979 Love and Bullets (uncredited)
1976 Independence (short)
1975 The Man Who Would Be King
1973 The MacKintosh Man
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 Fat City
1971 The Last Run (uncredited)
1970 The Kremlin Letter
1969 A Walk with Love and Death
William Wyler
William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, starring Walter Huston and Mary Astor, “sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness.”
Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a “bona fide perfectionist,” whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance, “became the stuff of legend.”[1] His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of “Hollywood’s most bankable moviemakers” during the 1930s and 1940s.
Directed:
1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1968 Funny Girl
1966 How to Steal a Million
1965 The Collector
1961 The Loudest Whisper
1959 Ben-Hur
1958 The Big Country
1956 Friendly Persuasion
1956 Producers’ Showcase (TV series)
1955 The Desperate Hours
1953 Roman Holiday
1952 Carrie
1951 Detective Story
1949 The Heiress
1947 Thunderbolt (documentary short) (as Lt Col William Wyler)
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
1944 The Fighting Lady (documentary) (uncredited)
1944 The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (documentary)
1942 Mrs. Miniver
1941 The Little Foxes
Preliminary Task
Before I delve into creating my final piece of coursework I am going to do a preliminary task. This will include me carrying out research on existing directors; analysis of an existing poster; and creating my own poster and teaser trailer for a remake of an existing film. I will update my blog with each decision and piece of work that goes towards this including images, video links and evaluations.
A2 Media Studies Advanced Portfolio
This blog will contain all the work and information on the progress of my Media Studies Portfolio at A2 level. I will upload images and explain ideas and decisions made regarding my coursework, with the specification being as follows:
I must create a promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer, together with two of the following three options:
• a website homepage for the film;
• a film magazine front cover, featuring the film;
• a poster for the film.
I have yet to decide on the two other types of media I will use for my coursework, but at the moment I am most interested in doing a poster for the film as this is what I will be more comfortable and familiar with. I intend to present my coursework in a variety of medias including PowerPoint presentations, podcasts and of course my wordpress blog.
I already have some ideas in mind for a storyline for the teaser trailer but will write more about this when I am confident that these are achievable.
ttfn :)
I must create a promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer, together with two of the following three options:
• a website homepage for the film;
• a film magazine front cover, featuring the film;
• a poster for the film.
I have yet to decide on the two other types of media I will use for my coursework, but at the moment I am most interested in doing a poster for the film as this is what I will be more comfortable and familiar with. I intend to present my coursework in a variety of medias including PowerPoint presentations, podcasts and of course my wordpress blog.
I already have some ideas in mind for a storyline for the teaser trailer but will write more about this when I am confident that these are achievable.
ttfn :)
Hello
Hello and welcome to my new blog in which I will present all of my A2 Media Studies research and coursework. I originally used a WordPress blog however it didn't allow me to do all that I wanted to do. Therefore the next few posts will have been transferred from WordPress.
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