Film inspiration task

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Media Inspiration Task Jordan Griffin

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Media Inspiration Task

Jordan Griffin

• When deciding what to include in the trailer, I looked to various films/ TV shows and watched carefully for specific type of shots and editing techniques to implement in our own trailer.

• Cinematographic techniques such as the choice of shot, and camera movement, can greatly influence the structure and meaning of a film.

• The use of different shot sizes can influence the meaning which an audience will interpret. The size of the subject in frame depends on two things: the distance the camera is away from the subject and the focal length of the camera lens.

TV: Breaking Bad

• Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series.

• It is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. By the time the series finale aired, the series was among the most-watched cable shows on American television. The show received numerous awards and it entered the Guinness World Records as the highest rated show of all time.

• As Breaking Bad is such a critically acclaimed show, I thought that it was only right that I looked for inspiration from one of the greatest television series of all time.

Types of shot• This low angle shot is captured from the bottom of the barrel. It

brings life to the barrel and allows the audience to see what’s going on through the barrel’s perspective. In this scene, we see two characters looking down with one character ready to pour a chemical in it. The character’s facial expression is paired with the low angle which makes these two characters look dominant, aggressive, and potentially ominous.

• I wouldn’t like to use this specific type of shot in our trailer, but I would like to have something similar by placing the camera in the boot of a car. A character would open up the boot and look down. The camera would show the character’s facial expressions, and will identify what his emotions are in this current scene.

Types of shot

• This close up reveals a character pointing a gun. We cannot tell from this shot in particular but in this scene this character is pointing a gun at another character, making it in some ways a point of view shot from the other character’s perspective. This reveals what the character with the gun to his face is looking at but what he’s focusing on, as the background is blurred. Because it is blurred, the audience are given no choice as to what to focus on in this shot in particular. The effect of this shot gives us an indication of the most important element in the scene, the gun. A gun is universally recognised in crime shows/films as crime is paired with violence, it is an important theme in crime themes and they’re such lethal weapons, misuse of guns can result in murder. The focus on the barrel of the gun implies that something is going to happen, the audience and the other character in the scene is waiting to see if something will happen.

• I hope to use this shot for my group’s trailer, but when the gun is shot the muzzle flash at us and white out most of the frame, this is effective because it looks like the audience are experiencing it also.

• I would like this type of shot to be the last shot featured in the trailer. It would be the last shot to show the journey our main character has gone through, from being a good man to now a man who is pointing a gun and firing it directly at us.

Types of shot• This particular shot really got my attention. This shows the main protagonist turned

anti hero murdering an old associate. I really admired the editing technique of the different shades of red on the frame to show the blood splattering. The use of the over the shoulder shot is effective as the audience can get a feel of actually being there in the scene, we can also identify who is the character with authority and the power.

• This shot isn’t particularly hard to achieve for our trailer as it is a basic over the shoulder shot. It is the editing technique that may be challenging, or at least getting the splattered blood exactly compared to the original shot and making it as accurate as possible.

• I would like this shot to be used somewhere between the short montage of clips of the main character, Carl King committing many crimes to reveal the extent of how evil he is.

Film: Reservoir Dogs

Patrick Stewart as Macbeth

• Reservoir Dogs is an American ensemble crime film

• The film has become a classic of independent film and a cult hit. It was named "Greatest Independent Film of all Time" by Empire magazine. 

• Reservoir Dogs was generally well received, and the cast was praised by many critics

• The film was successful in the United Kingdom, grossing nearly £6.5 million

Types of shot• This is an iconic shot featuring Mr

Pink and Mr White pointing their guns at each other. Mr Pink is on the floor and therefore has less power than Mr White, who has the physical dominance and is in control, despite Mr Pink has a gun in his hand for his defence.

• I think this shot would look good in our trailer and I would like to include it towards the end of the trailer between Tenov, who would be on the floor, and Carl standing up. There will be a showdown between the two and this shot will be shown for a few seconds which will leave viewers guessing what happens.

Types of shot• This is a close up of Mr White

aiming two guns. Close ups are used to reveal emotion and we can see even with sunglasses on that he has a serious look on his face.

• I would like to include this shot in our trailer by having Tenov holding up and aiming two guns. The use of two guns as opposed to one should highlight the character’s traits, he isn’t afraid to use violence and one gun to him is not enough, he wants to inflict as much damage as possible on his target and two guns are obviously more effective than one.

Film: The Dark Knight• The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed,

produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan, based on the DC Comics character Batman.

• The Dark Knight is considered by film critics to be one of the best films of the 2000s and one of the best superhero films ever.

• The Dark Knight earned $534.9 million in North America and $469.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $1 billion. Worldwide, it is the eighteenth-highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing film of 2008 and the fourth film in history to gross more than $1 billion.

Types of shot• This is one of the first scenes we see in the film. Underneath the mask is

the joker, robbing a bank with other crooks he hired to help him carry out the heist. The criminals turn on each other and kill their ‘partners’ as they want to have a bigger share of money. The joker (pictured) is the mastermind behind it all and is the only one who walks away alive.

• I want to use this type of shot in our trailer to highlight the crimes that Carl King will commit, he won’t just go around killing people and selling drugs, he will be carrying out high risk crimes. The mask is also an important prop to use as Carl wants to hide his identity as a criminal, before he makes a name for himself.