Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Sound track for 300 rise of an empire

1. History of Artemisia
2. Marathon
3. From Man To God King
4. Sparta
5. Artemisia’s Childhood
6. Suicide
7. Left For Dead
8. Fog Battle
9. A Beach Of Bodies
10. Fire Battle
11. Xerxes’ Thoughts
12. Queen Gorgo
13. Greeks On Attack
14. History Of The Greeks
15. Greeks Are Winning
16. End Credits

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Looking at film audiences


Looking at film audiences

 

You can analyse any text by seeing which gratifications it offers, and

this can help you understand why the text was

a) a mainstream or niche success

b) why it appealed to one specific audience and not another.

 

Uses and Gratifications
Blockbuster
Selfish Giant
Who is the audience for your film?
Primary and secondary audience
Niche or mass audience
Primary audience: 300 is a very gory thriller filled with extreme violence. For this reason the primary audience would be mid-teens, late teens and adults. These people would be general fans of the first movie therefore being interested in the second or are general fans of the thriller genre.
 
Secondary audience: This would generally be the friends of the primary audience and also people who are willing to give this genre a try.
Primary Audience: The selfish giant involves shocking scenes of domestic violence and constant bad language. For this reason the primary audience is mid-teens, late teens and adults. These people would generally be fans of intense dramas
 
Secondary audience: This would generally target the friends of the primary audience and also people who have a keen interest in TV drama.
Personal Identity
·         Finding reinforcement for personal values
·         Finding models of behaviour
·         Identifying with valued other (in the media)
·         Gaining insight into one's self
 Satisfies people’s violent tastes.
Identifies with the theme of war and may be able to identify with war veterans in a way.
 Identifies with lower class
Identifies with bully victims
Identifies with people dealing with the loss of a friend.
 Identifies with domestic abuse
Information
 (also known as surveillance)
·         Finding out about relevant events and conditions in
immediate surroundings, society and the world
·         Seeking advice on practical matters or opinion and
decision choices Satisfying curiosity and general interest
·         Learning; self-education
Gaining a sense of security through knowledge
Taken partially from history 300 comes Corley from the Spartans that lived in the time of ancient Greece.
 This film teaches us about the attitudes of the Spartan soldiers of that time and how they must have felt.
This is a true story about two boys living in lower class society.  This film shows exactly what is going on today in lower class society and how they live, their hard ships and problems that they have to confront.
Stealing copper is a real crime and young boys do risk their life trying to get money for their families.
Entertainment
·         Escaping, or being diverted, from problems
·         Relaxing
·         Getting intrinsic cultural or aesthetic enjoyment
·         Filling time
·         Emotional release
·         Sexual arousal
 Entertaining thriller filled with gore, action and a great plot. It is extremely entertaining due to the fast paced action and aesthetic enjoyment. There is a variety of themes such as, sex, gore,violence,revenge,power hunger etc.
Extremely entertaining the selfish giant is a wonderful emotional experience that will shock you, make you laugh and make you cry. It gives you and interesting insight into the world of the lower class. It holds themes such as , Violence, bullying, desperation, poverty etc.
Social Interaction and
Integration
·         gaining insight into circumstances of others; social empathy
·         identifying with others and gaining a sense of belonging
·         finding a basis for conversation and social interaction
·         having a substitute for real-life companionship
·         helping to carry out social roles
·         enabling one to connect with family, friends and society
There are tons of trailers that have been shared from YouTube onto Facebook. People are getting together with their friends to film their own reactions to the trailer due to the trailer being so intense.
People that do not usually talk to each other are finding a mutual interest in this film therefor they are speaking about it and forming a stronger  relationship
The selfish giant allows people to empathise with people that are that of lower class. If someone knows of someone who is much like the characters in the selfish giant they allow themselves to become closer to that person.
I myself have recently shared the selfish giant on tumblr( a social networking site) and have had people who I haven’t ever met before asking my opinion of the film.

 

Thursday, 6 February 2014

The selfish giant


A contemporary fable about two scrappy 13-year-old working-class friends in the UK who seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal, leading to tragic consequences.   

story line
An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor (Conner Chapman) and his best friend Swifty (Shaun Thomas). Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, the two boys meet Kitten (Sean Gilder), a local scrap dealer. Wandering their town with just a horse and a cart, they begin collecting scrap metal for him. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor emulates Kitten - keen to impress him and make some money. However, Kitten favors Swifty, leaving Arbor feeling hurt and excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. As Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event that transforms them all.     

certificate: 15     

Director:


Writer:

Stars:

 
 
7.5  rating out of 10

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

25 October 2013 (UK)
 

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,589 (USA) (20 December 2013)

Gross:

$10,531 (USA)(3 January 2014)
 
 


Trailer 3

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Trailer Breakdown



 Audiences reaction to trailer

Interviews with the cast of 300

COMIC-CON 2013 INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAST OF 300:RISE OF AN EMPIRE

Advertisement for 300




hunger swede




This is our swede for the hunger games. We planned on making more scenes however due to the weathers conditions we found this hard as we had little time to do it in.

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

300 facts

OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
http://www.300themovie.com/



Release date:
 7 March 2014(UK and USA)

Country:USA, Bulgaria

Language:English

Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. (presents) (as Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Legendary Pictures (presents)
  • Cruel & Unusual Films
  • Atmosphere Entertainment MM
  • Hollywood Gang Productions

Distributors

  • InterCom (2014) (Hungary) (theatrical)
  • Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2014) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment (2014) (Canada) (theatrical)
  • Warner Bros. (2014) (Germany) (theatrical)
  • Warner Bros. (2014) (Singapore) (theatrical)
  • Warner Bros. (2014) (USA) (theatrical)       
Filming location

  • New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria
     
  • Red Studios, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
PRODUCTION BUDGET
The original 300 had a production budget of $65 million and grossed over $456 million worldwide. . The film debuted in theaters March 9, 2006. The budget for rise of an empire will be 110 Million USD.

My block buster film (300 Rise of an Empire)



Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.   

Storyline

After its victory over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army, bases its strength on its fleet, led by admiral Themistocles. Themistocles is forced to an unwilling alliance with the traditional rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta whose might lies with its superior infantry troops. But Xerxes still reigns supreme in numbers over sea and land. Written byGargantuan Media

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay)
rated 15
 

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

group diary for our swede

Our group decided to go with my idea for the hunger games. We have all decided on our roles and figured out the location,props and selected our key scenes.Filming will take place this Thursday. Key filming points will be primmer assembly hall, back field and forest. 

Monday, 27 January 2014

My idea for a swede

The Hunger Games Sweded

For my idea i felt the hunger games would have been a good idea for  sweded film. Firstly we have woodland and open fields around which is the main set for the hunger games.For the reaping the school wouldn't be too bad. Costumes are simple and so are props. Weapons can be made from card and clothes can be plain but similar to the characters.

The only challenge will be getting extras which would be needed however it would be easy if we just went around as asked. as many as possible. I feel that it would be easily pulled off and because of the popularity of the hunger games people would most likely want to watch it.


props:

  •  bow and arrow
  • swords
  • microphone
  • back packs
  • fake blood
costume:
  • waterproof jackets
  • trousers
  • boots
  • formal wear
  • effie costume


Although the costumes are extremely simple katnis wears a blue dress for reaping and you would need formal wear for the stage. the stage would most likely be filmed in primmer.

WHAT IS MOVIE SWEDING

The summarized recreation of popular pop-culture films using limited budgets and a camcorder. The process is called sweding. Upon completion the film has been Sweded. 

Origins: In the Michel Gondry film BE KIND REWIND, the character Jerry accidentally erases the videotapes at Mos Def's rental store, and the pair remake all the movies themselves. These versions become popular with customers, who are told they take longer to arrive and cost more because they come from Sweden. Hence, the films are referred to as 'Sweded'.

-http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sweded


INTRO TO THE FILM INDUSTRY


Intro to he film industry





The Top 3 Films of 2013 

1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2. Iron Man 3
3. Despicable Me 2

3D Releases of 2013

Epic
Frozen
Walking With Dinosaurs
Dead before Dawn
The Great Gatsby
Texas Chainsaw
47 Ronin
Horrid Henry The Movie
Monsters University
Gravity
Free Birds
Thor: The Dark World

The Most Downloaded Films in 2013

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2. Django Unchained
3. Fast and Furious 6
4. Iron Man 3
5. Silver Linings Playbook
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. Gangster Squad
8. Now You See Me
9. The Hangover Part 3
10. World War Z

Iron man 3 sweded



i chose this last video because of how well it was put together.I love the fact they didn't need decent props just something that looks roughly similar and still pulled it off.This gave a humorous appeal to it. I also like how they used used the props and the sound.Sound was good because they did it all themselves and  i really enjoyed that.

300 SWEDED



although this was not accurate i found this swede extremely cleaver and i found the acting wonderful. I particularly loved the exaggeration that they used.Although i personally wouldn't want to do this one i enjoyed it.

Thursday, 23 January 2014

The Hunger Games swede



i loved this swede due to how accurate it was. I loved the fact they managed to get so many people to contribute and wear costumes. If i were to choose a film to swede it would be this one because i feel it would be fun and easy to pull off.