LO1, TASK 2 notes

LO1 Task 2

• Purpose- The purpose of my film is to entertain by creating spectacle e.g. basketball scene and create profit
• Genre- "Genre means type or category"- Daniel Chandler (3 sentences)  (How this connotes this genre)

1. Sci-fi
2. horror
3. action
4. adventure
5. family
6. romance
7. drama
8. fantasy
9. comedy
10. tragedy
11. documentary
12. Biography
13. Thriller
14. Anime

• Sub-Genre- Barry Keith Grant (1995) 'All genres have sub-genres.'
• Form- The form of product I am looking at is a feature film, I know this because it runs for... I know its a feature film

1. Online (Netflix)
2. Cinema
3. DVD, Blu Ray
4. Download (iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Prime)
5. Pirate Copy

• Style- Modern (reflects here and now, 21st Century) , Old fashioned (Set in the past) , Nostalgic  , Futuristic (Advanced technology, beyond 21st Century), creates 'verisimilitude' (Appears to be realistic)

• Content & Meaning- How is your narrative put together? what is it about? Denotations and Connotations e.g. I denote a red hart, this stereotypically connotes love.
• Todorov (1977) 'Narrative structures' (equilibrium: "balanced" "everything is fine") (Disequilibrium: "Unbalanced" "Problem" "Enigma") (Resolution: New state of equilibrium)  
• Kate Domaille (2010) 'Narrative types'
• Claude Levi-Strauss (1958) 'Binary oppositions' (contrast between two things(categories) ) dominant vs. subordinate (historical content that is reinsured back into movies).  
• Laura Mundey (1975) stated the theories of the male gaze, which suggests how males see female characters in movies.
• Production process

• Mise en scene (Everything within the frame)
• Location- Where the degesis is set? (How does my location fit into the diegesis, what does it bring to my narrative, what does it connote and does it encode verisimilitude)
• Costume/make up- prosthetics used. A costume is a piece of clothing you've been told to wear, where as clothes are worn of your own choosing (to make them look a certain way) (Compare the protagonist and the antagonist with each other)
• Props (property) - A prop is always something that is hand held. (examples of significant props used during my scene)
• Iconography- Icons that create stereotypical representations that become well know and recognised. (What these connote) 
• Colours/lighting- Colours are encoded to connote moods/emotions. There are two types of lighting: Low key lighting (This is anywhere where this are shadows(Usually in the disequilibrium part of the narrative. (What it connotes using examples?)))  and High key/ natural lighting (This is bright and well lit (What are the connotations of this lighting) 
• (What are the stereotypical colours used during my scene?)
• Gestures- This refers to the body movement of a character (What do they connote) How does that reinforce the genre (significant movement of characters)
• BASE ON STEREOTYPES DURING CONNOTATION
• Narrative
• Genre

What is in the frame

-Location and Iconography (2-3 examples)
-Characters and Acting gesture (protagonist and antagonist)
- Costume and Make Up (protagonist V antagonist)
-Props (2-3 significant props)
Lighting and Colour (high key or low key examples)

1. Pre Production
2. Production
3. Post Production

Sound

• Diegesis is the 'story world'/world of the narrative. How real the diegesis appears is linked to the
• Diegesis of the film, if the film shows verisimilitude   
• Diegetic- Ambient sound, dialogue, sound effect
• Non-Diegetic- Voice over, incidental music (music that is used to reflect the mood of the scene) 
• Dialogue- Mode of address (how the addresser speaks to the addressee)

1. Peer to peer- Informal, slang
2. Parent to child- Informal, calm
3. Teacher to pupil- Formal/teaching, giving instructions