Me and My Movies: Fantasy Films

By Ashleigh Darlington

Fantasy:Fantasy films are films with imaginative and different themes, that involve magic like Harry Potter for example or supernatural events, make believe creatures or exotic fantasy worlds. I think the reason that Fantasy is my favourite genre is because of how different it is and because it is a make believe world they can have literally anything in them with lots of out of the ordinary events happening with characters that you wish existed. I like how they are invented lands that are in a way made real when there is a film made about it. Sometimes fantasy films overlap with other genres such as science fiction or horror, depending on what type of fantasy they are going there. Although Fantasy is my favourite film genre there are quite a few fantasy films that I don’t like this is because I think that it depends on the person as everyone has a different fantasy. I also think most

The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn Part2

Director: Bill CondonMain Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner Year of production: 2012Film Duration: 115 minutes 12A

Following on from Breaking Dawn Part 1 after the birth of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) daughter Renesme, Bella is now a new born vampire who is learning to use her abilities and bring their half human, half vampire daughter up. However they have to protect their daughter from the Volturi due to false allegations and the Cullens do this by gathering together other vampire clans to make sure that they protect the child.

I think I am mainly attracted to Fantasy genre films because I like how imaginative and different they are and I find them very exciting and like how different they can be. I like in particular how there is a romance element in this film and it is an unconventional romance which I prefer as it is something different, making it more interesting. Out of all the Twilight’s this is my favourite one as I think every new film they make is better than the one before it, which is good so that they can keep their fans still watching.

Star Theory:The reason I watched Breaking Dawn Part 2 was because I have watched all of the others as it was a saga however the first time I seen the first twilight advertised trailer as well as the genre and the way it looked, I also was interested and wanted to see it because of the 2 main actors, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as these are two actors that I really like. I think that Star Theory really is right and I think that the popularity can increase if you have chosen a well known and liked star to play one of the roles especially if you get more than one. So I think this helped to why it was so successful, also due to the fact it was a book. The film carried over its fans from their books as they had become best sellers. So there was a lot of excitement when people found out that they was bringing films out.In my opinion star theory helps to expand a films target audience as there could be someone that loves an actor that is in a film in the cinema but not particularly usually like that type of genre but still watch it as I have done this a few times and it has made me change my mind on that genre as every time I have done this I have ended up liking the film after watching it. So I think that all film makers should try aim to get big stars to play the roles in their films as it would really pay off for them.

Film 3: Toy Story 3Director: Lee UnkrichMain Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack Year of production: 2010Film Duration: 103 minutes

In this film the toys owner Andy is all grown up and is leaving for college, when his mum suggests she throws away his toys he insists they are kept but put in the attic, however the toys are mistakenly delivered to a day care centre right before Andy leaves. So it is now up to Woody to convince all the toys that it was in fact a mistake and they wasn’t abandoned, so that they will all return home with him. This is a kids film as well as fantasy and family as when children go to watch this film they will be with adults there for more people will be watching the film meaning that the film we get more money. The budget for the film was $200 million and the box office takings were $1.063.171.911

Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in day care where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.

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Film 2: TedDirector: Seth MacFarlene Main Stars: Seth MacFarlene, Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis.Year of production: 2012Film Duration: 106 minutes 15

As the result of a Christmas wish made from a lonely child, John Bennett’s teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John’s side ever since. But as John has grew up this friendship is tested when Lori, Johns girlfriend of 4 years wants more from their relationship and this includes her wanting Ted and John to see each other a lot less than they do. Fantasy genre based films are always mixed with another genre, which is why there are so many different types of fantasy films and in this case with this film it is also a comedy, so it also appeals to that audience as well, it also has popular cast members in it too. The film was released in the US and distributed by Universal Pictures.They had a budget of $50.000.000 and they earned $539.815.487 from box office.

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Media Literacy is a repertoire of competences that enables people to analyse, evaluate and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms. Media Literacy involves recognition of media texts so that things such as films get acknowledged. This plays a big part on how successful a move can be as it needs to be advertised in order to get noticed and become popular because if no one knows about the film then it wont get watched. The main way I find out about films is because of trailers on TV I think they are the best way of advertising a film as it captures a wide audience range and shows clips from the actual film so you can see what it is like more. Other forms of advertising are billboards, magazines, web applications, blogs, word of mouth, social networking sites, etc. Some media texts are made by individuals that work alone for themselves or their family and friends, however most of them are produced and distributed by groups of people usually for commercial profit.

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