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Forms and conventions of related media products
Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix
Release date: 12 July 2007
Box office: 939.9 million USD
Budget: 150 million USD
Poster
Magazine
Release date: 12 July 2007
Box office: 939.9 million USD
Budget: 150 million USD
Poster
Magazine
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZW7KXaXYk
Camera shots - At the beginning of the trailer there are lots of close ups of main protagonists. This is so the audience can properly look at the facial expressions in detail of the main protagonists, the facial expressions at the start of the trailer are full fear. There are not many establishing shots in the trailer, which does not show the change of locations in the film. This gives a sense of mystery on where the main protagonists are going in the movie. As special effects and CGI are used in the production of Harry Potter, camera shots needed and have been thought thoroughly so they look realistic. For example the tracking crane shot of the two Weasley brothers on broomsticks flying through the main hall causing trouble. This camera for this camera shot is placed in front of the two actors so the audience can look at the destruction left behind.
Sound - Throughout the trailer the diegetic and non-diegetic sound matches the shots. For example at the start of the film, the dialogue from one of the main characters says "theres a storm coming Harry" then goes on to say "just like last time." When the dialogue of "theres a storm coming Harry" the black screen cuts to two establishing shots of the storm. Then when the non diegetic dialogue says "just like last time" the shots become flash backs of what happened in the past. Also when the shots of flash backs the sound changes to diegetic sounds out screaming, which suggests that Harry Potter who is the main character can remembers the event very well.
Editing - For the first 15 seconds of when the trailer begins there is a very fast soundtrack which is matched with the fast paced continuity editing.
Ride Along 2
Release date: 22 January 2016 Box office: 124.6 million USD Budget: 40 million USD
Poster
Magazine
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfmmwdCHTg
Camera shots - The first shot of the trailer is an establishing shot of a city with high rise buildings. To Ride Along film fans who have watched the Ride Along 1 trailer this is a noticeable difference that supports the selling line of the official trailer of "training day is over." The Ride Along 1 film trailer began with a video game that suggests inexperience in real life and the film could be a joke like the first scene of the trailer. However in the Ride Along 2 film it starts with an establishing shot of a major city which suggests more experience and hopefully more action. About half-way through the film trailer, camera angles have been used to show dominance between characters. This can be seen when the smaller of the two characters, who is played by Kevin Hart, has high angle shots when he is speaking to the character, James Payton as he has less power. Towards the end of the trailer, fats continently editing is used when the sound starts to have a faster beat and more action is in the shots, so that the audiences attention stays with the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfmmwdCHTg
Camera shots - The first shot of the trailer is an establishing shot of a city with high rise buildings. To Ride Along film fans who have watched the Ride Along 1 trailer this is a noticeable difference that supports the selling line of the official trailer of "training day is over." The Ride Along 1 film trailer began with a video game that suggests inexperience in real life and the film could be a joke like the first scene of the trailer. However in the Ride Along 2 film it starts with an establishing shot of a major city which suggests more experience and hopefully more action. About half-way through the film trailer, camera angles have been used to show dominance between characters. This can be seen when the smaller of the two characters, who is played by Kevin Hart, has high angle shots when he is speaking to the character, James Payton as he has less power. Towards the end of the trailer, fats continently editing is used when the sound starts to have a faster beat and more action is in the shots, so that the audiences attention stays with the trailer.
Sound - The first minute and a half is just diegetic sound, which is predominantly dialogue that tells parts of the story line of the film. However the last part of the trailer, non-diegtic sound and sound bridges have been used used to give a more upbeat mood to the trailer as this is the part which the most amount of action is.
Editing - The first part of the trailer has lots of dialogue as it tells parts of the film, so fewer amounts of editing have been used because the scenes are long compared to the shots at the end. The start of the trailer is different to the end as the sound is more faster which means the editing becomes fast as there is more action, that entices the audience to go and watch the film.
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Final narrative
Name of film - TBD
Synopsis - A group of teens are in their last year of sixth from. They decide to rob some shops to finance university. But Luke ends up getting arrested for a year. At the end of his sentence they all meet up for a card game to welcome Luke back from prison, eventually they decide to rob a bank. The aftermath of the heist they all turn on each other after realising that there is a undercover police officer. It leads to a chase and a gun fight. Ultimately the officer survives and the gang leader gets sent to a mental institution.
Characters
Luke - He went to prison so that the others get away with the crime. His codename is the Jack of diamonds. He is friends with Tom and is why he is involved in the gang.
Rachel - She is the girlfriend of Tom and has been involved in the gang since they got together. She is the Queen of hearts.
Tom - He is the gang leader and arranged all these crimes. He believes he is ahead of the Police and will never be caught. He is the King of Hearts
Mike - he is Toms younger brother who is good with computers and is able to hack computers to ensure they don't get caught. his code name is the Ace of Spades
Zack - He was a friend of the group for a long time and was one of the first to get involved. His code name is the Jack of Spades
Will - he is an undercover cop who gained Luke's trust whilst they were in prison. Will isn't accepted by the group until Luke vouches for him. He is nicknamed the Red Jack
Detective smith - he is the officer who sent Will undercover as he thinks he can get them arrested. He is authoritative and doesn't like the group as they are all young criminals.
Equilibrium
It starts with the majority of the gang sat around a table playing poker, laughing as they have not met up in a year properly when they hear a car pull up. Then Luke arrives and everyone greets him and are happy to see him. Then he is followed by Will who is met with hostility as they don't know him or trust him. Luke vouches for him and they decide to trust Will and they continue with their game of Poker. This then leads to a convocation about how they are all struggling with debts and student loans as they haven't done any robberies since Luke was arrested.
This would then lead to a montage of them robbing shops and stores as they reminisce about the robberies. They then start to say they should do it again and whilst they are away from their universities they should do a few robberies to help them out. Then Tom decides that they should rob a bank. It then cuts to them finishing off their plan and running through it one last time.
Disequilibrium
Then it cuts to the aftermath of the heist and they are walking out of the bank when they suddenly hear Police sirens and the group all split up and agree to meet back at the safe house. It then shows most of them back at the safe house, with all the money they have stolen on the table. However, they realise that Rachel, Jack and Will are missing. They then realise that they have been arrested when Will arrives and tells them. Then Tom is very angry as his girlfriend and Brother have been arrested. Zach then gets very nervous and grabs some off them money and sprints to the door to leave when Tom shoots him. He then says that he knows that Zach was the mole as he believes that he had told the police everything. They then agree to meet up back there in a few days when they are sure its safe that they wont be arrested, they all agree to leave at different times and go in different directions. Will is the first to leave but he decides to hide to wait for Tom. This is when it is revealed that he was in fact the mole. He then decides to phone up Detective Smith and he let them know of his location and that he is going to lead them to Tom so they can arrest him.
Next to leave is Luke who is in a car with Zach's body so he can hide it. As he drives away Will reads the number plate to Detective Smith. A short while later Tom finally leaves and starts walking through town with will following him. After a while Tom notices that he is being followed by Will. This then leads to them having a wild chase. The chase ends in a car park where Will has Tom cornered as Police sirens are getting louder whilst they are speaking.
New Equilibrium
After a long argument between the two, Tom pulls out a gun and is about to shoot Will when you hear a door swing open and you see that Detective Smith comes around the corner and is able to shoot Tom before he shoots Will. It then shows Detective Smith and Will speaking together as the other police officers leave and detective Smith lets Will know that they arrested everyone other than Tom and that Will had done well whilst undercover.
Propp's 7 character types
Hero - At first the audience may think that Tom is the hero of this film but when they realise that Will is a officer they may see him as the hero, but ultimately it doesn't have a specific hero and is subjective.
Villain - At first they may think that it is Zach as they are led to believe he was the mole or they may see it as Tom as he killed his friend or due to the fact that he tried to kill Will when he knows that he was in fact the Mole.
Princess - This doesn't apply to this film
Princess' Father - This doesn't apply to this film
The Magical Helper - This doesn't apply to this film
The Donor - This could be seen as Luke as he gets arrested to prevent the other members of the group from getting arrested.
The Dispatcher - This doesn't apply to this film
Levi-Strauss and Binary Opposites
Good vs Evil - This can be seen from the conflict between the police and the gang as the gang are criminals as they rob a bank and the police officers are trying to prevent that. However, this narrative isn't that straight forward as the audience may want to sympathise with the gangs motives for robbing this bank.
Young vs Old - This is evident as the gang is comprised of students who are at university where as the police are older people. As the gang are against the police it shows that its young vs old.
Enigma codes
Characters
Luke - He went to prison so that the others get away with the crime. His codename is the Jack of diamonds. He is friends with Tom and is why he is involved in the gang.
Rachel - She is the girlfriend of Tom and has been involved in the gang since they got together. She is the Queen of hearts.
Tom - He is the gang leader and arranged all these crimes. He believes he is ahead of the Police and will never be caught. He is the King of Hearts
Mike - he is Toms younger brother who is good with computers and is able to hack computers to ensure they don't get caught. his code name is the Ace of Spades
Zack - He was a friend of the group for a long time and was one of the first to get involved. His code name is the Jack of Spades
Will - he is an undercover cop who gained Luke's trust whilst they were in prison. Will isn't accepted by the group until Luke vouches for him. He is nicknamed the Red Jack
Detective smith - he is the officer who sent Will undercover as he thinks he can get them arrested. He is authoritative and doesn't like the group as they are all young criminals.
Equilibrium
It starts with the majority of the gang sat around a table playing poker, laughing as they have not met up in a year properly when they hear a car pull up. Then Luke arrives and everyone greets him and are happy to see him. Then he is followed by Will who is met with hostility as they don't know him or trust him. Luke vouches for him and they decide to trust Will and they continue with their game of Poker. This then leads to a convocation about how they are all struggling with debts and student loans as they haven't done any robberies since Luke was arrested.
This would then lead to a montage of them robbing shops and stores as they reminisce about the robberies. They then start to say they should do it again and whilst they are away from their universities they should do a few robberies to help them out. Then Tom decides that they should rob a bank. It then cuts to them finishing off their plan and running through it one last time.
Disequilibrium
Then it cuts to the aftermath of the heist and they are walking out of the bank when they suddenly hear Police sirens and the group all split up and agree to meet back at the safe house. It then shows most of them back at the safe house, with all the money they have stolen on the table. However, they realise that Rachel, Jack and Will are missing. They then realise that they have been arrested when Will arrives and tells them. Then Tom is very angry as his girlfriend and Brother have been arrested. Zach then gets very nervous and grabs some off them money and sprints to the door to leave when Tom shoots him. He then says that he knows that Zach was the mole as he believes that he had told the police everything. They then agree to meet up back there in a few days when they are sure its safe that they wont be arrested, they all agree to leave at different times and go in different directions. Will is the first to leave but he decides to hide to wait for Tom. This is when it is revealed that he was in fact the mole. He then decides to phone up Detective Smith and he let them know of his location and that he is going to lead them to Tom so they can arrest him.
Next to leave is Luke who is in a car with Zach's body so he can hide it. As he drives away Will reads the number plate to Detective Smith. A short while later Tom finally leaves and starts walking through town with will following him. After a while Tom notices that he is being followed by Will. This then leads to them having a wild chase. The chase ends in a car park where Will has Tom cornered as Police sirens are getting louder whilst they are speaking.
New Equilibrium
After a long argument between the two, Tom pulls out a gun and is about to shoot Will when you hear a door swing open and you see that Detective Smith comes around the corner and is able to shoot Tom before he shoots Will. It then shows Detective Smith and Will speaking together as the other police officers leave and detective Smith lets Will know that they arrested everyone other than Tom and that Will had done well whilst undercover.
Propp's 7 character types
Hero - At first the audience may think that Tom is the hero of this film but when they realise that Will is a officer they may see him as the hero, but ultimately it doesn't have a specific hero and is subjective.
Villain - At first they may think that it is Zach as they are led to believe he was the mole or they may see it as Tom as he killed his friend or due to the fact that he tried to kill Will when he knows that he was in fact the Mole.
Princess - This doesn't apply to this film
Princess' Father - This doesn't apply to this film
The Magical Helper - This doesn't apply to this film
The Donor - This could be seen as Luke as he gets arrested to prevent the other members of the group from getting arrested.
The Dispatcher - This doesn't apply to this film
Levi-Strauss and Binary Opposites
Good vs Evil - This can be seen from the conflict between the police and the gang as the gang are criminals as they rob a bank and the police officers are trying to prevent that. However, this narrative isn't that straight forward as the audience may want to sympathise with the gangs motives for robbing this bank.
Young vs Old - This is evident as the gang is comprised of students who are at university where as the police are older people. As the gang are against the police it shows that its young vs old.
Enigma codes
This will be the mystery of who is the mole in the group. Later on after Tom kills Zach the audience will think why was Zach the mole and why did he turn on the group. Finally when it is revealed that Will is actually the mole then the codes will be who is going to survive as there is a long suspenseful chase.
Notes for the art of the modern movie trailer
Ways to transfix the audience apart from using quick edits?
- The turn line - When the music drops out for dialogue. This makes a hard turn for action, comedy or big music.
- The rise - Often follows the turn line and is the build up to the finale in the trailer.
- Hits - Its the fast beat and "boom" sounds that pumps the audience up.
- The button - This is the scare or joke that comes straight after the man title and is also used to end the trailer.
Soundtrack?
By using a soundtrack which the audience recognises, "it works every time" says John Long, a co-founder of an LA trailer production company.
An example of this was when the 2015 movie, Spectre had a well-known artist called Sam Smith make a song which was used for the films' official song as-well as been used in the official trailer.
By having a soundtrack that pushes the right emotional buttons, it can play with emotions of the audience. These emotions can begin with a feeling inspired at the start of the film to feeling heartbroken at the end. Many trailer production companies look at the film called "The David Gale" film on how they accomplished playing with the audiences mind.
Length of the trailer?
From the easier examples of trailers to the present day have changed a lot in terms of how long the trailer is. The "average length of a shot in a film have been shrinking every single year" which is down to "audiences absorb information faster" so by making a shorter trailer which gives about the same amount of information about the film but also keeps the audiences attention.
It is easier to make longer trailer than it is to make a shorter one.
By using a soundtrack which the audience recognises, "it works every time" says John Long, a co-founder of an LA trailer production company.
An example of this was when the 2015 movie, Spectre had a well-known artist called Sam Smith make a song which was used for the films' official song as-well as been used in the official trailer.
By having a soundtrack that pushes the right emotional buttons, it can play with emotions of the audience. These emotions can begin with a feeling inspired at the start of the film to feeling heartbroken at the end. Many trailer production companies look at the film called "The David Gale" film on how they accomplished playing with the audiences mind.
Length of the trailer?
From the easier examples of trailers to the present day have changed a lot in terms of how long the trailer is. The "average length of a shot in a film have been shrinking every single year" which is down to "audiences absorb information faster" so by making a shorter trailer which gives about the same amount of information about the film but also keeps the audiences attention.
It is easier to make longer trailer than it is to make a shorter one.
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