Research of the Universal Studios

The ‘Big Six’ film studios•Universal•Buena Vista•Warner Bros•20th Century Fox•Sony / Columbia•Lionsgate

The word universal connotes global success, as if announcing to audiences that the films produced by this company have universal appeal and are recognised worldwide. The fact that the text 'Universal' has a gold rim around it suggests high quality; that the films produced will survive the test of time, reflecting the 'golden' age of Hollywood film production. The logo denotes that the sun shines behind the globe, which can also suggest that Universal is a beacon, a leading light in film production. The great films companied by the Universal highlight this such as Jurassic World and Fast and Furious 7. Universal Studios is one of Hollywood’s ‘Big Six’ film studios. It is an American film studio owned by Comcast. It started in 1912 by a German named Carl Laemmle Mark Dintenfass, Charles. O Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour. Comcast owns the Universal through the subsidiary NBC universal. The universal started off as ‘the little three’ smallest studios and then grew very successfully.

From the late 20s and early 60s, the main studio's were divided in to two groups, 'The Big Five' and 'The Little Three.' The Big Five:•MGM•Paramount•Warner Bros•RKO•Fox

The Little Three•Universal•Colombia•United ArtistsThe benefit of owning or operating the theaters' studios is that it ensured that the films would be distributed, no matter what the quality is. The way the studios maintained control over the film process is that they made the actors, producers, directors and writers under contract which put them in control. Then the antitrust began in 1938 which forced the studios to sell their theater chains and that was a good thing for the film industry because it allowed the government to reinstate the lawsuit if it had not seen a satisfactory level of compliance. When the end of the studio system had arrived in the early 60's, it was the beginning of the end of classic Hollywood which is now known as The Hollywood Golden Age.

Referencehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studioshttp://www.classichollywoodcentral.com/the-studio-system/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/

British Board of film classification

The British Board of Film Censors was established in 1912 by the film industry when local authorities started to impose their own, widely varying, censorship standards on films. The British Board Film Classification was set up in order to bring a degree of uniformity to those standards. The objective was to create a body which could make judgements that were acceptable nationally. To this end the British Board Film Classification has needed to earn the trust of the local authorities, Parliament, the press and the public. It must not only be independent, but be seen to be so, taking care, for example, that the film industry does not influence its decisions, and that, similarly, pressure groups and the media do not determine its standards. In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos and to give consumers information they might need about a particular film or video before deciding whether or not to view it, the British Board Film Classification examines and age rates films and videos before they are released.

However not all applications of films do get accepted, there are a variety of films that do go through the process of being a rejected film. If a central concept of the work is unacceptable (for example, a sex work with a rape theme); or if intervention in the form of cuts. However if the applicant(s) do decide to appeal, The British Board Film Classification offers a formal ‘reconsideration’ procedure which is open to any distributor dissatisfied with the rating made in respect of their work.

Another factor is cutting the rating, so it fits in the correct category, so If the submitted work is suitable for age rating, but only at a rating higher than that requested by the submitting company, the BBFC will consider whether a lower rating could be achieved through relatively minor or simple changes. If so, the BBFC may offer the submitting company a choice of accepting the higher rating or making defined changes to achieve a lower rating. Where possible, the British Board Film Classification deals with any issues raised in a submitted work through age rating at the appropriate category. In some cases, however, assurances, cuts or other changes (for example, the addition of warning captions) will be required as a condition of age rating, or as a condition of age rating at a particular category. In some circumstances a work may be rejected, i.e. refused an age rating at any category.

Their views on crime films.

BBFC Case Study: Fast and Furious 7 • Movie name: Fast & Furious 7• Date: April 1, 2015• Budget: $190 Million• Director: James wan• Rating: (IMDb) 7.3/10• Age: 12• Running time: 137 minute

• FAST & FURIOUS 7 is an action drama, in which the team are pursued by the brother of a criminal they have murdered, whilst they also try to retrieve a valuable computer chip.

• According to BBFC, Fast and Furious 7 got an age rating of 12. The difference between 12A and 12 is that 12A required and adult to accompany the children for the film. However, the age rating 12 means that the audience is strictly 12 and above. There isn't a lower age limit than 12 so the Fast and Furious is suitable for basically everyone on whom would be attracted which is probably mostly students aged 13/14 and over. The age certificate, is a simpler system for the retailer as it means they cannot sell items with the certain certificate to their customers.

Logo Drafts for CGI Productions

As a group, we decided to name our production, 'CGI productions' as it is the first initial of each of our names, Ceylan, Gideon and Ida. As our genre for our opening scene is crime, I thought that crime related images would suit our logo. For example, the gun. However, when we discussed on what our final logo should be, we thought that the logo with the gun looked unprofessional as it wasn't edited properly. Similarly, the logo with the shadows was also not favoured as we thought that it was more of a horror-looking genre typed logo. Therefore, in the end, we decided to use one of Gideon's edits as it is appropriate to our genre.

Our final logo

Hazards Persons who may be harmed

Property which may be damaged

Risks controlled already in place

Risk assessment low, moderate or high

Further action required to control the risk

Alcohol is needed for the disorderly woman.

Pedestrians, action and crew

Stean street, if the bottle shatters

When displaying the bottle, we need to make sure we are not using it in a violent way.

LOW We could perform this quick, so pedestrians are not worried about an actual drunk teenager

Crossing the road on a busy high street.

Action and crew n/a We will make sure to cross the road, once the vehicles stop.

MEDIUM ***

Walking on the canal path could be hazardous e.g. bikes, animals, or avoiding the water.

Pedestrians, action & crew

n/a All actors and crew will stay away from the water, to prevent a risk of falling into the water.

HIGH We could stay on the canal path for a shorter period of time, as staying for a longer duration of time could make risks likelier to happen.

Health and safety considerations

Prop list:For our prop list we will need:1. Alcohol bottle or can2. Backpack3. A phone, preferably a touchscreen4. Money5.Costume List:For our costume list for warren, we will need:- Jacket- Shoes/Trainers- Backpack- Trousers- Scarf- HeadphonesFor our mysterious figure, we will need:- Jacket- Jeans- Trainers- Glasses- Hand bag

The prop list consists of all the props that my my group and I will be using while filming our movie opening sequence. This helps us know what we need to gather when filming our opening as it is all listed below, which also improves the practicality partly. Furthermore, it makes it easier for us when filming as we have everything prepared and wouldn't have to make last minute decisions. However it also causes practicality issues as if we do not have some of the props for example clothes and a bottle, to provide ourselves with them could be quite expensive. To Create this prop list I used my story board to look at what props I would need to be using and I used Microsoft work 2010 for the platform to type it onto.

Analysis

Risk AssessmentUsing alcohol bottles could be a risk assessment for our group as we are all under the age of 18 and therefore, struggle to get served and hold in public so we cant be caught because the police could cause problems such as arresting. Furthermore, the public and our audience could ethically be effected as we have an alcohol bottle in our movie sequence.

Establishing shot of the locationOver the should shot of Warren walking on the canal path

Side shot of warren walking towards underpassLong shot of him approaching the underpass

Extreme long shot of mysterious figure approaching warrenLong shot of warren and mysterious figure in the same shot

Long shot of warren crossing the roadMid-shot of Warren walking on to Phillip Street, making a right

Side-shot of warren walking towards the end of the roadLow angle shot of mysterious figure appearing from the alley way

Close-up on mysterious figure placing his hand over warren’s mouthLong shot of warren being pulled into the alley way

Extreme long-shot of warren being dragged on the floor

Shot List

SCRIPT

It is set in the late hours of a school day, around 5/6 in the evening, and Emily has just left school after completing her detention. She is preparing to leave the academy… She prepares to walk down the canal, a cool yet quiet environment…She

calls her father but does not answer, so she decides to leave a voice message before she hangs up…Warren: ‘’Why aren’t you answering your phone… CALL ME BACK ASAP’’

At this point in the background, a woman is walking in a drunk way before turning around, stares at Warren and then turns back around into the direction, before disappearing. At this point warren is calling his dad, frustrated and is urgent he picks

up his phone.Warren: ‘DAD! GET BACK TO ME NOWWWWW!’

He comes out of the canal walk path, and drops his bag, then a huge figure with a green jacket, and in a disorderly fashion with black hair and around 5’10 tall approaches Warren, not saying showing

Warren is intimidated by the figure, and picks up the bag; and continues his journey.The figure turns around in the opposite direction, then disappears.

Warren calls his dad for the last time, and shouts down the phone at his father…Warren: THIS IS WHY I HATE YOU… IF I DISAPPEAR NOW, IT IS ALL YOUR FALUT…

He continues her journey pass the main road, onto a back-quiet road Phillip Street. He makes her way down Phillip Street, and turns around to check her shoulder. He hears an eerie noise coming from another source… He continues to check her surroundings before he continues her journey… Suddenly a black hand covers his mouth and suffocates him, and warren is forced to drop his belongings as he is pulled into an alleyway. He screams for help but then it fades out as the scene ends…