My favourite
film I have watched this summer 2015 is probably Jurassic World. I really
enjoyed the Jurassic Park films so I went to the cinema to see if this film was
as good as or even better than and in my opinion it was a lot better. It is my
favourite film of this summer 2015 for a number of reasons, one being that the
dinosaurs were a lot more realistic because technology has improved a lot since
the Jurassic Park films were released. I enjoyed this film because it did not
take long to get into the action and the main part of the story. I was worried
that this film would be too similar to the Jurassic Park films, however the
story was very different, because the scientists at the park had created a new
species of dinosaur using a mixture of different dinosaurs DNA. This made the
film exciting because it was unpredictable of what this dinosaur could do. My
favourite part of the film was when we found out that the dinosaur was part
raptor so the raptors, which were trained by the main character, turned against
the humans but then near the end they helped the humans take down the dinosaur
because they realised that their trainer had looked after them and had a real
connection with them. I think that this part added emotion to the film, which
is another reason why I enjoyed the film because it wasn’t just an action film,
it had a number of different moods which included a few funny parts and also
sad parts as well as exciting parts. I think that this film is my favourite
film of this summer because it was a very clever story line and was written in
a way that there will be a sequel, the acting was very good as they obviously
had to pretend the dinosaurs were there, it was an amazing action film and I
cannot wait for the sequel.
Sunday 27 September 2015
Thursday 24 September 2015
Colombiana
Colombiana
Colombiana is an action thriller film starring Zoe Saldana. In this clip it shows a woman (Zoe Saldana) in a prison cell who escapes her cell to kill another inmate and then gets back into her cell so that nobody suspects it was her. One of the first camera technique we see in this clip is a low angle on a prison guard which is done to show that they are supposed to be in charge of the prisoners and are powerful over them. Throughout the clip there is low lighting which creates a scary or tense atmosphere which is enhanced by the non-diegetic music, added at certain points in the clip, which also adds suspense. We see the main character put on a black cat suit which could show colour being used to symbolise death and mystery as in the clip she kills another prisoner and she is sneaking around the jail whilst the guards are unaware of what is going on. The clip has many cuts which make it seem more fast paced and the parallel editing shows what is happening in different locations. It shows that what the woman does affects what happens in the other scenes, e.g. when she turns the cctv camera around, this makes the police officer watching the cctv react and think that something must be wrong. There are also many close ups used, for example there is a close up of a warning sign for a room with electrical equipment and the woman goes in there with a cup of water so you can guess what she is going to do. Then there is a close up of the water slowly dripping into the machine which is done to show how much time the woman has got to carry out her plan and makes it more intense. When the machine short circuits we hear diegetic noise of it shutting down and this lets the audience know that her plan to turn the machine off so that she can crawl through the fan has worked. In the scene where she is climbing through the giant fan/propeller there is parallel editing done where in the other part there is a guard going to turn it back on after her trick with the water made the machine short circuit. This is done because it adds tension as you do not know whether she is going to get through on time. At one point in the clip, the woman jumps off a roof and grabs on to the ledge so that she doesn't fall. This scene is edited in slow motion which makes us focus on the action and makes it look more exciting or dangerous. After this she is hanging off the edge and there is a low angle on a prison guard who is looking for her over the roof. This is done to emphasise how close they are but she is still not seen. As the action in the film increases, the music gets faster and louder which makes it more fast paced and like she is running out of time to get back to her cell before she gets caught. When she is climbing back over the ledge there is close ups on her feet as she is slipping and struggling to get back up the building, however she manages to do it which shows her strength. The close up is done so that we concentrate on her feet so we think she is going to fall but then you feel a sense of relief when she manages to gain control and get back onto the roof. Throughout the clip there is parallel cuts and this is done to show us how the main characters actions are affecting the actions of the other characters in the parallel scenes. For example when she kills another prisoner, there are parallel scenes to show her trying to get back to her cell without being caught and the prison guards running around frantically as they are clueless as to how and who killed the prisoner. Before she kills the other prisoner there is a close up on her gun. This is done to show the audience what is going to happen and so we can’t see anything else, so that we focus on the gun. There is also a point of view shot where she has got back in to her prison cell on time and the guards are going round making sure all other prisoners are still in their cells. We see what the guards see, which is the woman lying down on her bed with her normal clothes back on.
Sunday 20 September 2015
Horror Film
30 Days
of Night
30 Days of
Night is a horror film about a town in Alaska where during the winter they have
30 days of darkness and are invaded by vampires who plan to destroy the town
and its people. The film stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Danny Huston In
the main roles and it is directed by David Slade. In the beginning of the film
a creepy man comes to town and cuts off all types of communication and
transport from the townspeople, stopping them from leaving or contacting
anybody. He then warns them that they’re all going to die and that “they’re coming”
but he will be saved by them. However, when the vampires arrive nobody is safe.
For 30 days the very few survivors of the attack are stuck hiding out in an
attic, planning how to defeat the vampires whilst they roam the town looking to
destroy any remaining life. I think that this film is not a very scary horror
film but it is very gory. I did enjoy this film slightly because the ending was
good and the story was different to other vampire films but I personally do not
like horror films.
In the film the creepy man at the start destroys all forms of transport in the town, including the husky dogs. In this scene the dogs are barking with teeth showing so are obviously distressed and probably trying to warn off the intruder, then there is a close up on a knife so you know that something bad is going to happen. This could also be interpreted as a foreshadowing of what the vampires do to the humans. There is also a scene that uses an aerial shot that moves forwards so that you can see the devastation caused by the vampires. In this view you can see a lot of blood because the town is covered in snow, so the contrast in colours emphasises the suffering of the town and the people. As well as this there is use of diegetic sound throughout the film, for example when the survivors are hiding in the attic you can hear people still screaming outside. Although you cannot actually see what is going on, it is clear that something dreadful is happening. In the film the vampires have very dark or red eyes, which could mean that colour has been used to show that they are evil as the colour red is usually associated with danger and blood.
Overall I think that this is an average film with a good use of camera techniques and sound etc. but I do not think that it is scary enough, it is more gory and there are some parts where you have to look away from the screen especially with the added sound effects which make it even more horrible.
Sunday 13 September 2015
Jurassic World Box Office Success
Jurassic world
Jurassic world was released in UK cinema on 11th
June 2015 and was a box office success worldwide. It has made a new world
record for the biggest opening weekend worldwide making £524.1 million beating
the previous record of £483.2 million held by Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows part 2 [http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Jurassic-World-About-Beat-Another-Record-Held-By-Avengers-72140.html].
It is also the highest grossing film of 2015 so far and is in 3rd
place on the highest grossing films of all time. I will be discussing how
Jurassic world became a box office success and how success of a film is
measured. The success of the film is measured by how much money it makes from
ticket sales and how long it runs for.
Jurassic world became a box office success for a number of
reasons. I think that one of the main reasons for the film’s success is the
rise in ticket prices over the years. It may have only placed 3rd on
the highest grossing films ever because the ticket prices are higher this year
than they have been for films released in other years. Another reason for the film’s success could
be that the male lead is played by Chris Pratt who is a popular actor and became
more well know after starring in Guardians of the Galaxy and voicing the main
character in The LEGO Movie, which are both very popular films and were only
released in the year before Jurassic World was. The success of this film was
probably because of the success of Jurassic Park, as the fans of this would
have probably wanted to watch Jurassic World to see how it compared to the
original. Another reason for the success of the film is the huge marketing
campaign, with the director and lead actors/actresses doing interviews and
speaking about how much the first film had influenced Jurassic World and that
the trailer was shown in the adverts before “blockbuster” [http://www.thewrap.com/inside-jurassic-worlds-t-rex-sized-marketing-triumph/]
movies such as The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies, Furious 7 and Avengers:
Age of Ultron.
To conclude I think that Jurassic World was a box office
success because of the amount of advertising and marketing and the fact that it
is linked to Jurassic Park which was very successful at the time it was
released in cinemas.
REFERENCES
http://www.thewrap.com/inside-jurassic-worlds-t-rex-sized-marketing-triumph/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films
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