Documentary uploaded youtube

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Research Diary for documentary

Draft 1- unedited (spelling mistakes)

My assignment was a documentary and the topic of interest was Skateboarding, i chosed this because it is a very interesting topic and i felt that this would be successful due to the knowledge the group has of skateboarding and its history, also we had skateboarders in our group to help us with the actual footage for our documentary.

The first day of filming, we film for 45 minutes getting a lot of footage for our intro and just general stock footage clips. we decded to film in the local park because that was were the skateboarder was comfortable with filming and also, we didn't have to travel far so it was easy for everybody and simple to get the footage and easy to carry the equipment, also the park where we filmed was quiet and large so a lot of the footage is quiet and not interrupted, this made the intro and the stock footage clips look even better because it was just us and nobody else. I think that a lot of the documentary is successful, such as the background music that we used, the interview we did and the stock footage we found i also think the clips we filmed of the skaters, when it all merged together it looked really good and professional.

We found difficulties due to some people not being in to film or work, so the people who were in had to do more work than what was expected, we had to adapt to the allotted amount of work given to us, this was a problem and dificult because we couldn't film some days, i feel this could have been done difently with some people taking more responsebility. Due to this, we had to give job roles to differently people and make it work, we had difficulties during filming when some of our crew were not in or available we had to ask someone to help us, or make do with what we had, which was very tricky when trying to film in some locations.

I feel our film making process came along rather well, soon as we got the brief we knew what we had to film, weere to film and how to do it. I feel this is what made our documentary succesful due to everybody knowing what they were doing. When everybody was in to film I feel we worked really well as a crew and a team helping and coordinating each other when filming or doing certain jobs. I feel this was a very successful part of the making of our documentary. Although I feel it was sucessful I think that The Director should have given job roles out and do a bit more to try and help us understand what we will be doing and take control, because of this some of the crew were doing 2-3 different job roles at a time including Editing, filming and hiring equipment which seems very unfair on certain crew members. I feel this could have been avoided by the director taking charge of his crew instead of letting someone else do it and having a bit of confidence with his team.

Our performince on set and when filming was ok, sometimes we would be very prepared to film and some days not as much and I feel by not always being propared it cost us a lot of time when filming which could have been put into filming better scenes or into the editing phase, what I would have done differently on the days when we wasn't as prepared I would have took charge of the crew and coordinated them a little bit better, by doing this I feel we would have finished filming faster and got onto editing quicker. During our next performance during film making I would like to change things after last time by taking control of situations a lot more and helping the team during there individual roles.

During filming, our team didn't agree on whether to keep the interview in the documentary although it speaks about Skateboarding and other topics, it's very tonge and cheek after I explained this would be good for the interview and the documentary they understood my reasoning and let me edit it in. This was a prime example of when our team and listeing skills came into play and were very good at discussing situations like this and come to a logical conclusion.

During filming I felt that when crew members weren't helping the team or doing any certain job, they could have asked what they could've done instead of standing there and watching us, I felt this was a flaw in our teamwork and next asignment I film on I will try my best to eliminate this from our working environment.

This has been my analysis of how i worked on set, I have wrote about things that went well during filming and pre/post production and i have also wrote about flaws when we was filming, and how i could improve them. I have also been very critical in this analysis which i feel is very good and very professional.

Plan

Plan for documentary-

Roles- Different ( interchangeable roles)

Topic of Interest- SKATEBOARDING

Locations- Manchester, skateparks

Final research

Interview notes:
asked about stories from her father who was in WW2
told stories ( shocking and funny)
not on camera but recording with stock footage over it.
add interviews on how it was for soldiers during the war.
This is good because it is easy to conduct and interview with this person because i know them and talk to them a lot.


Questionnaire
These are the answer that i conducting from a questionnaire that i asked 5 people.
How old are you?
10-21  (1)    22-30  (2)    31-55   (0)      55+  (2)

Are you from the Tameside/Manchester area?
Yes (5) No (0)

Have you experienced war first hand?
Yes (2)   No (3)

Is war a huge thing is our society and culture? 
Yes  (5) No (0)

Would you watch our documentary on War and the struggles of war in Manchester? If not, why?
Yes (3) No (2)
I am not interested in war documentarys (2)


Market Research is a huge thing for our documentary because i feel this is how we would thrive if we were on television. Posters and leaflets about our documentary would help it a lot, and handing them out and putting them up around the manchester and the local area would help get the popularity of the show up massively due to it being a manchester based documentary. I feel we would compete hugely with other documentaries depending on what channel it was on for example, if it was on BBC our documentary would be competing with a lot of documentary's such as Animal Planet, and because there is nothing similar on it would just be competing with documentaries in a whole.
I chosen that instead of my documentary being on Television, i have chosen to publish it onto the internet onto website such as 4OD due to them having a 'Shorts' that show a snippet of the documentary, i have chosen 4OD because of the target audience, i have conducted research into this by looking at other links and looking what television programmes are on it, such as Hollyoaks and RudeTube, these genre of television programmes are aimed at maybe a younger audience such as 16-35 due to the content of it, Channel 4 is very different with its content when compared with ITV and BBC.

Audience research- i have conducted audience research into my documentary by doing questionnaires, i have come to the conclusion that my documentary is aimed at an overall age group of 22-55 which is great because it provides a large audience for my documentary to go off. Also by conducting a questionnaire it helps me understand who would watch by documentary and helps me understand more about my audience by asking them questions such as "Have you experienced war first hand?" The questionnaire that i conducted has helped me thoroughly because i understand the views of the audience. I feel my social class for the documentary is anybody from any social class, but if i was to narrow it down i would say middle class/working class, due to the content i am filming, such as interviews with working class family's, that means that the audience can relate to what the interviewee is saying about there family that was in the war or a relative of the interviewee.


Production research:
 I am going to be filming my documentary in and around the Manchester/ Tameside area. This is a great place to film because it has a lot of history when doing a war documentary. The Tameside is a massive place when it comes to war and the history of WW1 and WW2 such as the song 'A long way to Tipperary' and memorials of the fallen soldiers that went away to others countries during both wars.
I have chosen interviews with people who have had family members in the wars because they are specialists when it comes to knowing the person and understand the stories. i feel Tameside is a great place because its got such a massive history when it comes to the war and it fits perfectly with our documentary. Here is one example of a place i am going to film, this si a war memorial that i can get a lot of useful information on for my documentary as well as possibly an interview.

This is one of the places i am going to go to find more information about the war through leaflets and actually going in an looking at whats inside.

The memorial ia open mostly everyday which is very useful for long days which makes it very useful for me to go an talk to somebody, get information or get an interview from a professional.

Research notes

production
Linked - In, website that can help you hire a professional crew or director.
places in manchester
This helps production research

Marketing
Can contact marketing agency they will have information on the best marketing strategy for your type of documentary.

Audience-
certain audience depending on date and time.
Facebook pages
demographics
apply to people around the area
Facebook page


Market Research is a huge thing for a our documentary because i feel this is how we would thrive if we was on TV. Posters and leaflets about our documentary would help it a lot, and handing them out and putting them up around the manchester and the local area would help get the popularity of the show up massively due to it being a manchester based documentary. I feel we would compete hugely with other documentaries depending on what channel it was on for example, if it was on BBC our documentary would be competing with a lot of documentary's such as Animal Planet, and because there is nothing similar on it would just be competing with documentaries in a whole.

Audience research- i have conducted audience research into my  documentary by doing questionnaires, i have come to the conclusion that my documentary is aimed at an overall age group of 18-65 which is great because it provides a large audience for my documentary to go off.


Production research:
 I am going to be filming my documentary in and around the Manchester/ Tameside area. This is a great place to film because it has a lot of history when doing a war documentary.

This is one of the places i am going to go to find more information about the war through leaflets and actually going in an looking at whats inside

Pre production assignment

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwkxF0H_NJkDWGVROHUzLXROT2c/view?usp=sharing

TV PRODUCTION ASSIGNMENT

Ross Kemp on Gangs:

The documentary i am going to talk about is Ross Kemp On Gangs: The time this documentary would have took to make would have been many months due to it being filmed all over the world in rough and mostly third world countries, this would make it very difficult to film in bad conditions. Production would have took a long a long time because they would be trying to capture clips which would be difficult to film depending on the situation they were in. Deadlines are important to hit so all the work you do complete is on time and it makes working in a team efficient, also if you needed to finish filming in a certain country it would make the team work faster and more efficiently if they knew they had a deadline.

Funding: Funding for a documentary like this would have been fairly cheap when compared with other documentaries such as an animal planet documentary. It would have been cheap due to it not needing professionals or anybody who is specialist in a certain job for this type of documentary. Funding would have also been very cheap due to them only needing a camera crew and equipment to use and that's all, also they would have to pay for flights and accommodation but apart from that it would be fairly cheap to make. I feel it was given an allocated budget due to it being a never seen before look at gangs all around the world and it had never been done before also due to it being a 'one off' and very unique documentary it would have got the allocated budget.


The Music- that was used in this documentary such as 'COLORS' by ICE-T is a huge part in the making of this documentary due to the song directly linking in with the gangs in this particular episode. The music that thy use all the way through the series are directly linked with the culture of where that certain episode is based, For Example they would use a reggae soundtrack when they did an episode in Jamaica because it woks well for the documentary and fits in with their culture. In this certain episode they don't use any stock footage due to the documentary being hands on and actually going out and getting the footage for the documentary, Although in certain episodes thy will use stock footage such a videos of gangsters or guns, but tend to not use it a lot.


Size Of Crew- The size of the crew is situated between 2-3 people. It tends to be a small crew and personnel because of how dangerous it is. if it was a big crew on this type of documentary, i doubt a lot of filming would get completed. and it would be more dangerous if you was to have a big crew due to having to make sure the gangs don't attack the crew, Also filming may be different and not acceptable depending where you are in the world for example, a certain place in the world may not allow filming because of the culture it beholds and may see it as a threat if their are 5-8 people filming where they live. The cost of the personnel and team you bring all depends on how capable and professional they are about there job. For example you will pay more for a camera-man who will take risks when doing filming rather than on that wont take risks while working. It costs around $1200- $3000 or more to hire the smallest professional film crew per day. The more cameras, crew and equipment your story requires, the more expensive the daily filming costs will be.

Facilities
The facilities, equipment and cost would be very small due to it being a small crew of maybe 2-4 people, Although a very small crew it would be very experienced with cameramen who have done this kind of work before. As i explained in my last paragraph the equipment cost and crew would depend where the location is and how well trained the crew are.

Contributors
Yes, there would be many contributors in a documentary like this such as this such a gang experts, drug experts and weapon experts focusing on the main gangs and how they work, Contributors are a huge part of a documentary because it makes all the information fit together and helps to get a real understanding of how gangs work and how their trade works, also it helps to have professionals and specialists who know first hand what these gangs are like. These experts know the gangs and monitor them very closely so it would be very good to have somebody who is close to the gangs.

The Locations:
The locations for a documentary like this are a huge factor when making it. The locations are such a huge factor because the gangs are in such big locations and rough areas. This would be very dangerous when filming due to the crew not knowing these locations and it would be difficult when wanting to film because of the gangs and violence that is happening. The locations that have been chosen have been picked out for different reasons, For example one location might be more violent or may have a different gang controlling a certain area, They have also been picked due to if they was producing more violence than a different place. The risks that would have been taken would have been large due to all the places they did go having violence, guns and gangs everywhere. They would have to limit themselves and the crew from travelling to certain places because it may be too dangerous for them.

Copyright Clearances
I don't think it would have been difficult to acquire some copyright clearances due to it being such a huge series and documentary. They may have been some difficulties with the music, due to the music they used being from a hugely popular and successful artist which would have cost quite a lot to get a clearance for. The music they used as i explained before such as COLORS by ICE-T that was produced by SIRE RECORDS who are owned by WARNER BROS, due to it owned by a huge label, getting clearances from a record label like this would take time due to it being one of the biggest labels in the world.

OFCOM
They have section 7:Fairness, "That broadcasters must avoid unjust or unfair treatment of individuals or organisations and to make sure that facts have not been presented, disregarded or omitted in a way that is unfair" (Quote taken from OFCOM). There may be some rules that could have affected it such as violence and swearing that is included all the way through the documentary series. this would affect it because of factors such as the WATERSHED that doesn't allow certain material after a certain time of the day, E.G-Swearing isn't allowed before 21:00.

doc formats

Human interest: Ross Kemp On Gangs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM81_hI59Rs

The information is presented to you through interviews and a presenter (Ross Kemp) it has no fancy angles because it hasn't been made for that reason its been made to show the grittiness of gangs and the truth about them.They have chose to produce it this way to grab the audience attention and to show you what its like on the front line of the rough streets and towns of citys filled with gangs they almost show what its like to live in in these certain places perfectly. The effect is that it will show you that these certain places are real and very serious and its more likely to grab the readers attention if its showing the truth and telling the hard facts about the place instead of sugar coating it. This type of documentary is classed of a hybrid documentary with two different genres, For example Ross Kemp On Gangs is a hybrid and is classed as a human interest but also an investigative documentary. 

Political- ZERO:911 Documentary  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XRMrMdn0NQ

The information that is presented in this documentary is presented through interviews, dramatic technique, voice overs and interviews and a narrator. its produced this way because of it being such a huge an important documentary. It also does this because it wants to grab the audience attention with the videos of the Twin Towers for dramatic effect and wants the audience to remember that day. its also produced like this because it wants to tell facts and ask questions about September 11th. They also have produced it with interviews to get the opinion of more than one person and to get questions answered. The effect is that because that it is such a controversial documentary because it has such strong opinions of the white house and the president. 

How is the information presented to you? 

narrator

interview

voiceover

re-enactiment

dramatic technique

camerawork

presentor

investigate

reality 

The information is presented with a narrator who narrates most of the show. Its produced this way due to it being a reality show that is solely based on the people and their reactions. Its also produced the way it is because of the lightheartness and 'feel good' vibe of the show and isnt took seriously with dramatic music or camerawork. It hasnt included the things that the other documentarys have because its there for you to watch and get entertainment out of unlike the others that provide entertainment but are there more for a knowledge basis. Investigate: The information is presented quite like the human interest and political documentaries with lots of dramatic music, narration, interviews.camerawork and re inactments, i think it has produced it in this way because adding all these factors would make it eye catching and grabbing for the viewer, the effect of all these factors put together in one documentary makes it very controversial and such a big docmentary. They have also conducted interviews in this documentary to gain facts from professionals and people who have been in first hand situations.

NOTES FROM PP ON PRE PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES!

What is a shooting schedule?
A shooting schedule is when you plan on shooting the documentary and when you plan to go to certain locations to films.

why is it important to have a shooting schedule?
it is important because if you didn't have a shooting schedule the plan of when to film would mess up and the filming may not get finished on time, also if the crew didn't have a shooting schedule nobody would know when to turn up for filming and when to go to certain locations to film the documentary.

How long does it take to get clearances for music/clips?
Their are many things you have to take into account when getting clearance for clips and music, for example you have to buy the copyright of the song from the record label firstly to avoid copyright issues. secondly you have to get licences for songs called a master licence that would let you use certain songs.

from the documentary look at the credits research the crew members e.g sound, camera and researchers what have they worked on before what qualification/experience do they have?

why is it important to get the right crew?
it is important because if its a documentary like Ross Kemp on gangs which involves danger when filming you will want your crew to be able to go into dangerous situations and still be able to film.

where do you get the money from to fund the documentary? how do you get the documentary funded?

how much is it to clear music or clips from other tv/film companies?
It depends, it can vary depending on who the record label is and who the artist is, it can be £100 to £1000.

where was the documentary filmed?

why do you need to get permission?

what do you think they had to do to get permission to films there?

from the documentary what equipment do you think might have been used?
Any specialist kit?

what are the cost of hiring things like this?

why is having the right kit important?

what archive or material from other films and programs have they used? who would they need to get the clearance from to use this footage?

have they used popular music, who would they have to get the clearance from?

what is clearance/copyright? and who do you pay for/get one?

who have they interviewed? were their any specialist advisors they needed to make the documentary?

what safety requirements? do you think they needed to put it in place?

what is the governing organisation for a show like this?

Video tutorial

Couldn't get to youtube, helen asked me to put in video tutorial folder in btec drive

Titled : TUTORIAL VIDEOS

Assignment 3 - Star Trek Into Darkness

Introduction 
Firstly i would like to explain what i am going to talking about today, firstly the film that i have chose to analyse for marketing purposes is Star Trek Into Darkness this was a very successful film in its own right by taking $467,381,584 at the box office this was a huge achievement for everybody who made the film, due to it being the 2nd film of the new generation of Star Trek more people wanted to watch it due to the first film being nearly as successful as the 2nd making $385,494,555 with both around the $150,000,000 budget mark. 

Synopsis:

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organisation  Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. 

Marketing and Success That was a brief synopsis of the film, the Director (JJ Abrams) marketed the film fantastically and in more than one way. One way was that they marketed the film was by the Director designing a quiz, the prize for answering a series of questions would be walk-on roles for two people in Into Darkness. This was such a unique way of marketing the film because it gave the audience and fans of the series to actually be in the movie, this idea had hardly ever been done before and i feel this was very successful for the films publicity. 
Another common but clever way that they marketed the film was through the internet. They did this by creating a URL that was a hidden link directing fans to a movie-related website. Even though this is used a lot because internet marketing of films is very common and useful it is still a great way to take advantage of the internet to market the film. They also used the internet for another marketing scheme, An international trailer was released on March 21, 2013, with an embedded URL revealing an online-only international poster. This is also very clever to do because it means to see the online-only poster you have too watch the trailer to find out the URL for it. 
Finally one of the most unique ways that they marketed the film was at the Super Bowl XLVII when there was a blackout in the stadium, they used this to their advantage and premièred a 30 second teaser trailer which helped boost the marketing for the film dramatically. The ways that this film was marketed was a huge success, they did many things viral and not viral that helped boost the film during the marketing faze.

I feel the producer used these techniques because they were so unique and so different when compared with normal marketing techniques/schemes used by big Hollywood films, for example, not many films would take advantage of the blackout at the Super Bowl and advertise their film but the producers (J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzma, Roberto Orci) used that as a tool and it was too their advantage. 
The fresh and new ideas that they shared for marketing was good because the original Star Trek didn't have many unique marketing techniques unlike Into Darkness that when marketing the film virally it allowed them to connect with their certain audience and give the audience what they wanted and that was teaser trailers and quizzes to do that could get them starring in the film.

Target Audience   
I feel as a fan of these types of films, that it doesn't have a particular audience and that everybody that loves Science-fiction films can watch the Star Trek series, much like the Star Wars series a lot of the audience will typically love this film because of the actors that are in it. I also feel that this film can link in with any social class and that anybody can watch it due to it because a science-fiction and it being not real. The gender you are typically depends on what film you're going to watch E.g- not many women will like the film if its filled with (sex, drugs, crime and profanity) but some will and the same goes for men, you won't find many men that will want to watch romantic films and 'chick flicks' but they're some. A film like Star Trek can appeal to men and women and i think that is a big selling point of the film, anybody can watch it and everybody will enjoy it. Many films either appeal to a man or a woman you normally don't get films that both genders can enjoy together. I feel this film appeals to everybody so well is because it gives viewer and the audience a sense of freedom when watching a film like this and lets the audience escape from normal life by watching such a huge Sci-fi film such as Star Trek. Obviously when it comes down to the target audience it can appeal to anyone but it also appeals to big fans of the original TV series and the other films that have been done over the years, also due to it having a huge fan following it appeals to people all around the world with anybody being able to watch it. 

ONLINE REVIEW
"That being said? I LOVED this movie. I even capitalised it I loved it so much. The play between the characters, the more human version of Spock, the absolutely delightful "Scotty" (although his sidekick is one of those throwaway characters I dislike) as well as a much better crafted plot this time made for a completely enjoyable movie. The action is intense, the friendship deepened between the characters, the twists and turns are a bit predictable at times, but that is reminiscent of the franchise as a whole. I am already excited for the next movie. I tremendously respected and appreciated the ties in this movie to the elements that make Star Trek great - strong story line, deep connection to the characters and a philosophical element. In some of the older Star Trek episodes the moral/philosophical element can be oppressively heavy handed."

As you can see although it got bad reviews, it had many people giving good reviews due to it being a modern day Star Trek film and people actually enjoying it, It is much a love or hate film, this review is a perfect example of a fan enjoying this film. Many of the reviews have been very negative about the director and the actors they employed, but this review brought positives on the director and the actors.

Comparison-  The Simpsons
The Simpsons was already a massively anticipated film due to it being such a massive series spanning for a 30 year period and still going. Fox probably didn't need to make such a huge marketing campaign.   They boosted the marketing by offering a competition for a lucky contestant to have a cameo in a Simpson’s episodes. They also did something that had never been done before for the marketing of a film, convenience stores throughout America were sent Kwik-E-Mart branding, even Kwik-E-Mart products in store, to transform their storefronts temporarily and promote the movie at the same time.

Conclusion 
Although the film got an overall great response from most Star Trek fans, it got criticized for not sticking to its roots, and i feel that, that although a successful film  by not sticking to its roots and going away from everything that made Star Trek the successful franchise that it is today was a major flaw in the film. Also it was heavily criticized for being too modern (too much explosions, guns and fighting) when Star Trek isn't about that its about how humans advanced through technology and many fans didn't like that, adding to this many critics thought that many oof the characters was not played to their full potential, E.G- Kahn played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Overall it is a very unique film on and of the screen, with its marketing techniques and the way it connects with the audience. 

Audiences

• Audiences-
• People with a specialist interest
• Fans of a particular genre 
• people from (rich) rural backgrounds 
• people from urban/urban class backgrounds
• middle aged/older
• 18/30 male/Female 
• teens(girls)
• teens(boys)
• Pre-teens

What does marketing tell you about the film industry?

The marketing campaign of certain films tell me that the film industry has got more complex and will go into depth with the marketing campaign

the Warriors- Assignment 3

What the film is about-
In 1979 a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down to kill them.

Does the film have a strong following?
Yes it does, with many people still watching and purchasing copies of the film, it has its very own movie site made by fans of the film with detailed explanations of the casting, plot, news, production and tie-ins to the film. 

Reactions to the film- 
There was many reactions to the film, a wide range of criticism towards this film due 

2nd Assignment

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwkxF0H_NJkDcWN3S3lzNW5ha3c/view?usp=sharing

Magazine Article: Assignment 2

The Warriors (1979) based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Soloman Yurick is one of the most popular and influential films of its time made and distributed by Paramount Pictures although not a large budget, especially for its time like films such as Star Trek The Motion Picture having large budgets (40 Million - 50 Million) it really had something to prove. They used a lot of actors that were not big stars and who hadn't starred in big films because the director (Walter Hill) wanted to capture an original and gritty look on gangs in New York City. Walter Hill who directed the film also Co-Wrote the screenplay which gave him and David Shaber (who also wrote the screenplay) a lot of freedom with the production process of the film. Walter Hill had been a successful writer for most of the films he had been employed to work on, although directing 2 unsuccessful film made it very risky for Paramount Pictures to take on a film like this due to the nature of the film and the budget it had. The film is an Action/Crime/Thriller that stands out to the rest, unlike the other films in that certain genre the gritty and tough nature of the film is what makes the film great, with real gangs from New York playing roles in the film you got a sense of what it was really like to be in a gang when you watched this film also during the 1970's gangs was a huge culture especially in big cities such as New York I feel this also give the film an extra push when it came to advertising because a gang related film, especially of this kind of nature had never been done before so I feel it helped the film get more exposure. The scenes in this film didn't require a big budget due to them not having to use any CGI or special effects because it isn't incorporated in this type of genre. The film proved successful and the audience loved the grittiness and reality that the film showed on camera in fact it was so successful it took over $3.5 million in its opening weekend and proved a hit for many years. Like the classic type of Action/Thriller it didn't need to incorporate any other type of genre like Sci-Fi to make more money, all together it made over $22,490,039. 

In comparison with...

Star Wars: A New Hope 
Star Wars remains one of the most financially successful films of all time. The film earned $1,554,475 through its opening weekend ($6.05 million in today's terms), building up to $7 million weekends as it entered wide release ($27.2 million in today's terms).  It replaced JAWS as the highest-earning film in North America just six months into release,eventually earning over $220 million during its initial theatrical run ($856 million in today's terms). Star Wars entered international release towards the end of the year, and in 1978 added the worldwide record to its domestic one, earning $410 million in total. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)#Box_office 

George Lucas used actors that were not very well known apart from a few like Harrison Ford who he had previously worked with. He didn't do this for any particular reason apart from he thought they would fit the role he created the most, normally this wouldn't be very good for the sale of the film if the audience didn't know many actors that starred in the film but this time it didn't, in fact it made the film more popular due to not only the idea being new but also they wanted to watch these actors they had never seen before. 
George Lucas being the director who also wrote the screenplay, he again like Walter Hill had more freedom with the production process of the movie. George Lucas and his team presented the idea to big film studios around Hollywood, After United Artists rejected to budget the film, Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz presented the film treatment to Universal Pictures, the studio that financed American Graffiti (Another George Lucas film); however, it passed on its options for the film because the concept was "a little strange", and it said that Lucas should follow American Graffiti with more consequential themes. Lucas said, "I've always been an outsider to Hollywood types. They think I do weirdo films." Another reason the film was rejected "because it was science fiction, and science fiction wasn't popular in the mid-'70s." Kurtz said that "what seems to be the case generally is that the studio executives are looking for what was popular last year, rather than trying to look forward to what might be popular next year." Quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)#Development
George Lucas had done some successful films before Star Wars: A New Hope such as THX 1138 also a Sci-Fi movie and American Graffiti which was one of the most successful movies of its time this helped bring sales up of the film because they know about the Director and if his films are going to be good and a success. 
This film is a Sci-fi and unlike no other, George Lucas founded Industrial Light & Magic specifically to create the ground breaking visual effects needed for the film, The special effects that they used was way ahead of its time and truly special. Unlike The Warriors it involved a lot of different genres such as Action/Adventure and sometimes even a thriller it incorporated these to try and appeal to a bigger audience, like in the quote " Sci-Fi wasn't popular in the mid-70s" Sci-Fi needed something to push it to a wider audience and other genres did that and helped it gain more gross when it came to showings at the Cinemas. 20th Century Fox was in charge of distributing the film which again means funding was available to market the film worldwide.

In conclusion both films had its ways to both promote there films and some had bigger budgets which made them sell a lot better due to better equipment and facilities, although Star Wars sold a lot more and had a higher gross than The Warriors they both did equally well when it comes to how enjoyable the film is.
Many factors can influence the making of a film such as the budget and special effects, in this case a budget did effect The Warriors because it was such a low  budget so it couldn't provide the best movie material although a tremendously shot film for such a small amount of money. Star Wars was again, on a very low budget with just $11 million George Lucas made it work and it turned out brilliantly and is named one of the best films to have ever been made. Following the release of the Special Edition in 1997,Star Wars briefly reclaimed the North American record before losing it again the following year to Titanic. In total, the film has earned $775,398,007 worldwide (including $460,998,007 in North America alone). Adjusted for inflation, it has earned over $2.5 billion worldwide at 2011 prices, making it the most successful franchise film of all time.

In 2005, Paramount Home Video released the "Ultimate Director's Cut" DVD of The Warriors. Aside from a remastered picture quality and a new 5.1 surround remixed soundtrack, the film has been re-edited with a new introduction and comic book-style sequences between scenes. In July 2007 the "Ultimate Director's Cut" was released onto Blu-ray. Although it doesn't say how much it earned adding this great film to Blu Ray would have made money on sales. 

Editing suite/Editing Software

Editing software:
Hardware:
Capture Card, E.g- Black magic capture card- makes the video into really good picture
Audio mixer- Mixes and edits the audio
Broadcast Monitor


Software:
Editing software: Sony vegas, Adobe and FCP

History of Hollywood

Questions:

1] Give one reason why the film industry settled in California?

They didn't have the terrible winter weather of the East. There was no rain and it was much warmer so you could work outside all year.

2] What was the name of the first synchronised sound and dialogue movie and in what year was it released?

The Jazz Singer is the first feature-length motion picture with synchronised dialogue sequences was released in October 1927.
3. What years are given for the GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD? 

1927-1948 are the Golden ages of Hollywood

4] What were the names of the five big studios?

I] Metro-Goldwyn Mayer

Ii] Warner Brother studios 

Iii] Paramount 

Iv] Disney 

V] Pixar 

5] Give a reason why the films of the New Hollywood were seen to be controversial

They find the ' New Hollywood' controversial because of all the violence, blood and gore that was included when compared with the 50s, 60s and 70s 

assignment redone

Homework 2

On Final cut pro I did a range of editing techniques to improve the video to make it look good and worth watching.

Firstly I looked at the clips then compared them to the sound to try and get an idea of what ii can do and what will fit with certain scenes.

Secondly I cut some clips down to make them look better but not only that, I did this so any part of the clips that I didn't want I could just get rid of and make the video look a lot smoother.

Thirdly I reversed some clips so that they play the other way E.G a road going forward then I reversed it so the camera looked like it was going backwards to give it a better effect.

Finally I pieced all the clips together to see if they played smooth and looked good and thankfully they did

Script

INTRODUCTION:
Firstly the genre i have picked is Western. I would like to start by discussing the typical and generic conventions of westerns shown in classic films such as True Grit (1969) and A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) these conventions are things such as the hero normally being lonely and an outcast from villages and groups, Westerns are normally set in the wilderness, forest's, mountains and deserts to present savagery, also westerns being set in the wilderness could indicate what the hero is like. Typical conventions can also be props such as-

• Guns in holsters
• Cowboy hats
• Horses
• Hero looking for revenge or justice 

The two films I am analysing will be The Good The Bad And The Ugly (1966) and The Lone Ranger (2013) although 47 years apart, i believe they have things in common and differences between them both. 

Both films are similar in a way that they both include typical conventions of western films, E.G- They both have the generic western setting (somewhere hot and in the wilderness). They both include a hero and the villain which is very noticeable who is who if you was to watch both scenes. 

They're contrasts between each films, E.G The good the bad and the ugly doesn't implement the Native American's into the film unlike The Lone Ranger that shows them as anti-heroes who fight the enemy and the hero. The Good The Bad And The Ugly was very different when compared to 'normal' westerns back then due to them all using the Cowboys and Indians' storyline. When compared with the Lone Ranger that uses both the The settlers and the Native Americans as Heroes and villains you can see the how complex westerns are when compared with the John Wayne/Clint Eastwood era of western films.

CAMERA ANGLES:
The camera angles in The Good The Bad And The Ugly in this certain scene are very simple but work very effectively due to it being a being tense and dramatic scene with no speech from the characters. During a part of the scene the director implements 25 shots only showing close ups, the director uses the close up camera angle to show how the 3 characters are feeling not only by their muted expressions but also does it in a meaningful way. In another part of the scene they use over the shoulder shots to show the space in the scene and the spacial relationship between the 3 characters. The camera angles that are used in this is where the generic conventions of a western really come into play because they use some of the most simple and easy camera angles a director could ever use and camera angles that are so common when thinking of a western but yet so effective.

When compared to the Lone Ranger it has very complex camera angles, unlike my first film which is a typical western, a typical western film will have many easy camera angles such as a medium shot,wide shot, close ups and extreme close ups (sometimes on the guns or just the eyes). All though both films transition shots, The Good The Bad And The Ugly does fast and slow transitions depending on where you are in the scene, and in parts of the Lone Ranger they hardly ever transition and then in some scenes transition a lot, as you can tell the ways that western films are made has been changed a lot just by the camera angles that are being used.

The Lone Ranger uses camera angles that are very different when compared to my first film. In The Lone Ranger they use medium to long shot to emphasis on the action that they have put into this certain scene, they use a range of different camera angles but tend to transition from the medium to long shots. In one scene their is a fight going on from a distance, as the first characters shoot it transitions to the characters being shot on there horses then transitions to a medium shot of the first characters again it tends to do this to show both characters emotions and to show the audience what is happening in a very simple but effective way.


SOUND:
The sound that both films have in the scenes are very much different. In The Good The Bad And The Ugly they have a quiet, eerie scene that the director created with the type of sound that was put in, although not many sound effects, the background music makes it very tense and atmospheric which makes the viewer enjoy the scene even more, the effect it has on the viewer is very large due to it incorporating generic conventions of a western movie with the added background music which the audience enjoys thoroughly. The background music which is very well known also stops and starts when on certain bits of the scene to add tension and excitement for the audience

The Lone Ranger includes different types of sound including background music and actors speaking as well as sound effects such as explosions, trains and guns being fired. Although the background music isn't being overpowered or been played to loud when watching the film it still has a huge part on how it makes the audience feel when watching the scene, it has such an influence on how it makes the audience feel because it fits perfectly with the sound effects as well as with the actors who speaking during this scene, due to it all fitting in sequence perfectly and so well it makes the audience feel even more excited with all these aspects added.

LIGHTING:
The lighting off both films are very different during the two scenes. Firstly The Good The Bad And The Ugly is about mid day in a hot, open place with little shade, this is such a typical place for this type of scene to be filmed in due to it being in the middle of nowhere which would indicate that they're no rules in that part of the west. They chose to do the scene in this type of lighting due to it making the scene look a lot better than if they did it at night, as well as it helping the three characters show more emotion in there faces. The effect it has on the viewer is large due to the lighting helping the audience understand the scene and the background setting around the characters.

The scene in the Lone Ranger is at night which instead of showing emotion in the characters faces like The Good The Bad And The Ugly, it helps us to identify more things in the scene which would create an exciting atmosphere that daylight maybe wouldn't be able to create. Due to it being a very violent scene, the dark lighting fits perfectly with what is happening in the scene. I think they made the scene in dark lighting to excite the audience and to make it even more dramatic, also the contrasts between lighting all the way through the scene are big in this part of the movie, even though its dark due to it being at night in certain bits of this scene they make it look even darker in places like the forest to not only make the movie look better but also to represent the characters that are in the forest at that certain time.

CONCLUSION:
In conclusion the heroes are very noticeable due to how they look, how they portray themselves and how they act around certain characters, for example in The Lone Ranger the hero is noticeable by the actions he takes to stop the villain and also how he treats characters around him. In The Good The Bad And The Ugly the villain is noticeable on how he treats certain characters and how he portrays himself in certain scenes.

The typical storyline in the 1950's was cowboys and Indians because that's what people was used to growing up watching/reading and it had such a big audience due to actors such as John Wayne playing these "righteous, independent, tough, white cowboy" roles to help defend the "helpless villagers" against "evil, brutal, savage Indians" people don't want to see that because a lot of the story lines are repeated and simple, they would rather watch something that includes other genres like The Lone Ranger because they can expect more from a film like that.

I think The Good The Bad And The Ugly doesn't present Indians as villains because it was so generic to do so back then and during the 1960's the genre was dying fast and needed something to revamp the genre, they decided to not include Indians in and due to it being very different and it made millions because it was a breath of fresh air for fans of the western genre. Adding to this they don't want to see these type of films with this type of plot because it generalizes Red Indians as evil characters and to stereotype somebody as evil because of there heritage or skin tone is very racist and is not done because of that.
It think the Lone Ranger includes both because they wanted the film to attract the younger and older audiences of western films, they also included both because it had hardly ever been done before.

Also the camera angles that they used in The Good The Bad And The Ugly like the close ups of the guns are very typical to do as well as the cutting close ups of the face/eyes before the inevitable final draw because it builds up slow tension that excites the viewer.

Film Genre

• Hollywood tend to make generic films in certain genres E.G- feel good comedy's are produced every year in America. 
• Smaller, less funded independent film company's will challenge the generic type of genres because they have more freedom with what they make. 
•   The British film industry don't tend to do films such as science fiction due to them not having the accessibility's that hollywood have like special effects. 
• Generic Conventions ( cowboy hats, gunslinger) 

•  Extreme close ups

•    Characters

Tend to be men looking for revenge or justice

Typically Cowboys fighting with Red Indians

Types of Editing

Never Back Down
Types of Editing-

• Fast cuts to show everybody's reaction around the scene.
• Slow motion during parts of the fight scene to show dramatic effect.
• Large amount of straight cuts during this part of the scene because it needs to focus on more than one character.
• Fast editing was a large part of this scene (due to it being a fight scene) it built up action/excitement and made the scene more enjoyable for the viewer.
• Cuts from a fast arc shot to a slow motion close up shot was a big part of editing during this scene. 
• High wide shot tp show how many people there is in a small building. 

Sound in Film

Saving Private Ryan-

        Diagetic Sounds-

• People Speaking 
• Bricks
• Wood
• Foot steps
• Crying 

Non Diagetic sounds- 

N/A

Shaun of the Dead-

      Diagetic Sounds 

• People speaking
• Records
• Cups
• Cutlery 
• Tin cans
• Basket
• Toaster
• Plates 
• Doors smashing 
• Shovel
• Cricket Bat 

Non-Diagetic sounds- 

• Music for effective 

Reservoir Dogs

       Diagetic Sounds-

• Footsteps
• Talking

Plenary

3 things i have learnt-

• They used to use a blue screen but it wasn't very good for darker skin tones so they decided to use a green screen instead
• How to pan and do it effectively to make a scene look better.
• 3 light sources on one set. 

      2 things i'm not sure about-

•  How to use the operation systems 
• How to operate the lighting

     1 thing i already know- 

• 3+ camera depending on the size of the set 

Homework- Shadows

Unit 26 Film and Cinematography

Mise-En-Scene

Locations/sets
Furniture/furnishings
Costume
Facial expressions
Gestures
Props
Lightings

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

• Housing Estate - Very neat and tidy
• "Pasteltown" - Flat colours - Green,lemon,pink
• Box like houses and lawns (all similar) 
• Gothic on hill (ruin) 
• Gardens - Beautiful animal and bird shapes, flowers 
• Edwards appearance - pale face, dark eyes, Scissorhands 
• His facial expressions - simple emotions, pleasure, surprise, confusion
• Bright lights, shadows 

DIRTY HARRY

• Smartly dress (suits)
• Professional in his line of work, enjoys what he does
• Uses 44 Magnum, hotdog, guns he uses 
• Very serious 
• Sociopath (wicked), dry sense of humour