Film Production

Retro Girls- 4 schoolgirls end up enemies.
The genre for this film is urban and drama. This is a cross between Kidulthood and Sket. The title for this film is Retro Girls. This film will appeal to the core cinema going age group of 15-25 because of the violence and strong language that would be in it and also the modern slang language would be involved to attract a bigger audience. The setting for my movie is a park named Rectory Park and estates in northolt and a School. The story is based around 4 best friends named Rhianna the popular stereo typical pretty girl of the gang, then you have Megan, who is the dumb one that you would least except to get the boy, Keisha the brave one with a lot of attitude and the last girl is Rebecca who is the smart one that thinks of the possibilities and consequences but tags along with the girls. There are 4 girls with 4 different lifestyles,who are best friends until there is a new boy named Connor , that they all want. As head girl of the group of best friends named Rhianna, is not happy that Connor goes for someone other then her but one of her best friends named Megan. The group of girls end up not being friends with Megan and she gets the shock of her life when all her friends turn against her.

Film Posters and Trailers

The key conventions on this film posters is
-central image
-title
-social network
-production blurb
-cast/directors
-release date
-tag lines
-institution tags+ certification


The central image attracts the audience with the colour scheme that is there. Such as the fire in the background and the colour of the writing. Also the central image might attract the audience because there is just one person on the cover to show that she is the main character of this movie.
The title might attract the audience because there's was a book that inspired the films of the hunger games so it will attract an audience because people would of already heard about the hunger games on the radio or YouTube and other social networks that can connect to the media. The social network might attract the audience because of twitter, facebook, Youtube etc. Also it might attract an audience because it is a way to connect to different networks about The Hunger Games There are fan bases and websites around so there is no average age for a Hunger Games fan. The cast might attract the audience because they have seen them all around on billboards and on adverts also because they had a successful film for the first one everyone would know who they are.

Key conventions for this trailer is 

-age ratings

-fast pace editing

-institution tags

-title

-release date

-text on screen

-social networks

-non digestic

-Music that communicates the genre and feel of film

-mise-en-scene

As you could see at the beginning of he trailer there was the age ratings so people could know what age it was for.  Then there was non-diegestic music that the charcaters couldnt here so people could see how professional and serious the screen was. Then there is fast editing to show small snippets to show tag lines and audience what's its about. The release date is on the screen because people now a days dont listen to voice overs because movies don't that any more. Mise-en scene is through out the film to show that the theme they are going for us futuristic. At the end the title is displayed and the social networks are as well to show people that there are other ways of connecting to the hunger games such as fan sites and channels etc.

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

I choose the Hunger Games: Catching Fire because I've watched the first movie and the movie I  am analyzing. I say this because its a remarkable movie that has a lot of ways to analyze and pick out things to infer on. Also the story line has an amazing effect on people and got people engaged in it too.


Institutional Background

The production company behind the movie is Lions gate and Colour Force and they helped to make the film also Lions gate Home Entertainment.

No Brand Loyalty

The film I am researching genre is adventure and sci-fi.  I say this because its basically about what would happen in the future and its a long journey that doesn't end. Also in the trailer you can see guards dressed in futuristic clothes and covered in all white to signify that its sci-fi kind of movies nd you can infer from that its a linked to the genre. The movie has a sequel and a third movie coming out this year because the Hunger Games was originally a book then writer brought out three books such as Hunger Games, Hunger Games:Catching Fire and Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Therefore the producer has planned on bringing all of the movies that were books. In all the movies its based on a girl named Katniss Everdeen that took part in a game show where she has to participate with 12 other contestants but the only unfortunate thing is that they are all young from 10-17 .

It's all a matter thing
The hunger games was released on the 22nd November 2014.

Trailer

Teaser

Its a social thing

The reviews for this film is quite poor to be honest. One review said it was a long,boring and awful film. Another film review said it was a disappointing ending and bad perfromance . The other review said its a waste of money and it doesn't deserve high ratings because its confusing and hard to understand.


Risky business
The original budget for this film was $130,000,000 (estimated). For the opening weekend that got $161,125,000 with 4,163 screens. The gross in the usa is $161,125,000. The worldwide gross is currently $424,668,047.

Stare in their eyes
The director that directored the film was Francis Lawrence. Francis Lawrence normalky directs action, adventure movies such as I am legend, costantine, the hunger games Mockingjay . Also his career has been directing music videos such as britteny spears , jennifer lopez etc. In this film the main star is katniss everde who is played by Jennifer lawrence. She plays heroic, brave and curious character through every single one of the films. The main star (Jennifer Lawrence) has starred in many movies for example silver linings playbook, american hustle, x-men:first class and many more. All of the films are drama based related and thats why I think film producers might want her because shes good at playing in a dramatic film that is also thats got 2 or 3 genres to the movie. The stars, directors and writers are mentioned in their trailers and film posters,

Assignment 2: Genre and NCIS

Ouija(2014)

Genre
Horror

Narrative
The story line for this film is that there is a girl named Debbie and she finds a ouija board mysteriously in her house. All of sudden she dies from the bad spirits that came out of the board. Then her friends find the same ouija board and they think they can communicate to Debbie through it but get a shock of their life when they find out its not calling Debbie its inviting bad spirits.

Character
The characters are close friends and they had a friend called Debbie and they are typical american teenagers,just hanging around with their friends and chilling. There are 3 girls and 2 boys.
In horror films there is usually a joker that never takes it seriously,there is always a heroin or hero who tries to be courageous and solve the problem, and the rest of them are usually curious,terrified and are depending on one of the friends to do most of the solving and figure out what has happened.

Iconography 
There are loads of iconography in this typical horror film with poltergeist,dark lighting, eerie sound effects, loud tension, gore,blood ,fire, dolls, a scary ghost, writing on the wall and tragic injuries. All these are typical sources you would normally see in a horror film and this will link to the narrative that its a typical teenage american horror film.

Setting 
Even though its a 3 minutes long trailer it shows the setting of a creepy,eerie and huge house to show that something obviously bad is going to happen. Also it being based in a huge house shows its a horror movie because horror movies are not usually based in a shopping mall. Normally in small quiet areas where no one will be there to see or hear what has happened.

Spring Breakers(2012)

Genre

Crime/Drama

Narrative

The story line for this film is there are 4 girls that are in college and Spring break is coming up. They want to do something different for spring break so they decide to rob stores,get money, party all night and take drugs. This shows its a american crime/drama film because its intense and a dramatic film.

Characters

The characters in this film are well known actresses that have featured in many movies. Also there is one girl in the group of friends that doesn't want to go through it because they think of the consequences but because they are all close friends ,that would do anything for each other she goes along with the girls. There will always be a very aggressive one that will do the dirty work in the group and the girls won't question what she does. 

Iconography

There is a majority of iconography of this film such as guns,knifes, robbery, parties,drugs, police, money, gangstas, arguments, strong language and sexual references. All of these make up for that its a crime/drama.

Setting

The trailer to this film is only 2 minutes long but I can see that the girls were in hotel because of them being poor then it went to a different location in Miami on a beach with loud music and loads of young teenagers dancing and having fun. Also it shows how they are on a tight budget by going to a open party where there a loads of people there.

Maleficent(2014)

Genre

Fantasy

Narrative

The story line to this film is that there is a iconic villain is living in forest with all her army and Sleeping beauty meets her in the forest and she becomes friends with her until Sleeping beauty's father finds outs and threatens her and her army to stay away but that then leads to a fight. This is a tense,fantasy movie.

Characters

In this movie there is obviously a villain because its based on a fairy tale but in a modern version. Maleficent is a strong,brave and cunning women who doesn't stand down. Then you have Sleeping beauty who is a beautiful ,pure heartened and oblivious young lady who has a over protected father who is the King of the kingdom and is a friendly girl.

Iconography

There is loads of iconography for example sound effects, special effects and  magical creatures. This shows how the genre is linked.

Setting

The setting is set in a medieval kingdom/forest to show how its very magical and mythical. Also its set in a whole big kingdom where there is creepy woods where it looks like no one goes. It stays in the same location because it shows how the story and the places are connected to each other.

Final Piece