narrative Theory (point 25)

Todorov's narrative Theory

Todorov in 1969 produced a theory which he believed to be able to be applied to any film. He believed that all films followed the same narrative pattern. They all went through stages called the equilibrium, disequilibrium, acknowledgement, solving and again equilibrium.

There are five stages the narrative can progress through:

1. A state of equilibrium (All is as it should be.)

2. A disruption of that order by an event.

3. A recognition that the disorder has occurred.

4. An attempt to repair the damage of the disruption.

5. A return or restoration of a NEW equilibrium.

In our film we used these stages to build our film as following:

1-      Each character lives its own world as normal he is working on his blog and she is working on her music.

2-       Suddenly, he gets a writing block and she gets rejected, therefor, both characters’ lives in a state of emotional crash and disappointments.

3-      The recognition was when he knew that the girl was his new inspiration and he blogged about that.

4-      Repairing the damage was when he asked her for a drink and asking for help and she asked him if she could sing his poems.

5-      The return or restoration of a NEW equilibrium happens when she dies and then he gets bake to his blog with her inspiration.       

Check lest (point 23)

Check lest 

1-Music: music is our main focus in the film. We need to make sure that the opening song attracts the target audience as well as the rest of the songs in the film.

2-Quirkiness: we decided to do our special opining scene. The quirkiness is going to be in the way of showing the titles.

3-Colours: we are using colours based on our mood bored. The colours and the lighting will be used are going to be quiet and comfortable to look at.   

4-Shots: we are going to use different shots from different angels like a shot through the glass while using cups to tap on it.      

Story synopsis (point 24)

Story synopsis

Our film will be about a depressed poet suffering from writer’s block, he receives numerous messages from his blog followers urging him to upload new content. He searches for new inspiration until he finds it in the form of a girl he hears singing on the beach. He doesn't know the girl but he manages to take a quick picture of her.

He writes about his new found inspiration and starts to search for her. In the meantime the singer is seen struggling to find a venue for her to play at. While searching online foe potential places she finds a blog of poems and tries to turn one into lyrics for her new song. The two finally meet one day by chance and their meeting sparks creativity in both of them. The poet receives a message from the singer where she asks him to come and see her concert where she plans to sing his poem.

However, while he gets ready for the date she is seen crossing a road not paying attention, checking her phone. A car is seen driving up the road coming closer and closer. Then everything fades to black.

The final scenes show and empty microphone stand on a stage and then a blank computer screen and the hand of the poet closing the laptop.

Our ident (point 22)

Our ident :

ident search (point 21)

One of the idents that we are going to use in our film is Fox paintbrush Productions ident as shown in this link :

audience research (point 17)

The audience research that I have made is basically I asked people what types of films they enjoy watching and what attracts them to a film. 

       
This is my work.. enjoy ^_^

institutions search (point 20)

Production Company

Indian paintbrush Productions

A major American film production company focused on the finance, legal, and development side of producing and makes independent films with wide recognition.

The reason we chose this company is because it’s an experienced company in producing some of the best independent films like The Grand Budapest Hotel and Labor Day

Distribution Company 

20th Century Fox Company

The 20th Century Fox Company is another major American film studios that is located in Los Angeles. This company supports the talents of the youth and helps in developing them. We chose this company because we thought it will be useful for us to improve our popularity.

Exhibition Company

 Independent Cinema Office

The national organisation for the development and support of independent film exhibition in the UK. It aims to organise events for cinemas, festivals and film society staff, distribute films that would not otherwise find an audience. We liked this company because we admired the way that they deal with the films and the films makers to help them become well known in the indie scene. 

audience categories (point 19)

The categories of the films are divided into several sections like age, gender, interests and how much time they spend in watching movies.

The movie that we are planning to make is going to attract mostly girls between the age of 15 and 25, who spent more than 40% of their time in cinemas or downloading films from the internet. Moreover, it’s will be more interesting for people who likes to be on track with the latest fashion.

perfect audience member (point 18)

9 shots analysis (point 14) take 2

9 shots analysing from the movie Slumdog Millionaire

The first row from left to right:

1         1-The smoke and the look in his eyes made me relies how much scared and tired he was. Even though it’s acting, but the effect gives it the sense of reality.

2-      The lighting from behind in this shot made me feel that something important is about to start.

 

3-      I liked the idea of having someone to inspire you, like this girl. She was his inspiration.

Second row:

 

1-      I liked the look on their faces. It tells that they underestimated the boy and now they are shocked.

 

2-      The overall shot of the stage is where the biggest event in the movie happens.

 

3-      This picture shows the main concept of the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”

 

 

Third row:

 

1-      I liked the determination of the main character.

 

2-      In this picture, even that he was telling the truth. They kept torturing him.

 

3-      This is what I like to call the breath holding shot, because the movie starts after it.  

remake task (point 9)

This is our remake task 

justifying my choices (point 16)

To make the mood bored related to my genre. I chose a pattern of colours which is familiar with the independent films. The general colours are quiet and peaceful colours, with a touch of bold colours in dome shots to explain the feeling in that scene.

 Another choice is the musical theme. The pictures of the guitar and the girl who is playing the guitar is a sign which is related to our genre. And the rest of the pictures describe some of the scenes that we are planning to include in are film. Like the car for example, is going to be the end of the story.         

mood borde (point 15)

The mood bored I made is a combination of the colours, shots and the main story of our film. As it shows. It’s going to be a musical film with some sad scenes and other joyful scenes.

9 key screen shots (point 14)

My 9 key screen shots

The smoke and the look in his eyes made me relies how much scared and tired he was. Even though it’s acting, but the effect gives it the sense of reality.

This picture shows the main concept of the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”

 

The lighting from behind in this shot made me feel that something important is about to start.

 

The overall shot of the stage is where the biggest event in the movie happens.

In this picture, even that he was telling the truth. They kept torturing him.

 

I liked the idea of having someone to inspire you, like this girl. She was his inspiration.

I liked the determination of the main character.

 

I liked the look on their faces. It tells that they underestimated the boy and now they are shocked.

This is what I like to call the breath holding shot, because the movie starts after it. 

Textual analysis point 13

Textual analysis point 13

The opining of the movie “ Dirty dancing “ starts with a black background with music going on. The music used express the love and the passion for dancing. It’s also the kind of music which makes you want to dance. It gives the feeling and the desire to listen and to watch the rest of the movie.

The dark lighting in the opening gives a sense of depth in the movement and the emotions of the dancers. Also the slow emotion attract the audience to focus more in the details of each scene. Moreover, changing the shots between the dancers doesn’t give the audience a chance to be board of the slow emotion. It actually attracts their attention more.

In the editing part the harmony between the picture and the music is coordinated. There is a presided rhythm which makes it easier for the viewer to stay on track. In addition, the font and the used colour suits perfectly with the background colours. The combination of pink and grey makes it nice, easy and clear to read.

For the filming, the opining relied on zoomed and focused shots. You can see close ups on the dancers themselves to follow the dance movements. Also they used three basic shots in the opining which are Arc shot, hand held shot and focus pull shot. All of the previous shots were meant to express the passion of dancing to the audience.  

    

graphic breakdown (point 12)