OpeningEG1: Outlaw Josey Wales

Outlaw Josey Wales

( Clint Eastwood, 1976 )
PRODUCED BY: Warner Bros. Pictures

DISTRIBUTED BY: Warner Bros. Pictures
BUDGET: $3.7m

BOX OFFICE: $31.8m

IMDb RATING: 7.9







Company idents :

WB Warner Brothers Pictures, Malpaso Company.





Less important stars

Main star revealed on own

Clint Eastwood is mentioned in the credits before the title of the film is revealed and after , however Clint Eastwood directs the film and plays a main role so he'll credit himself highly, and all the stars are credited in capitals. The opening sequence starts with the transition fade in from black from the titles to the start of the opening scene, and then reveals the main character, Josey Swales, and his family, he has a son and in the two shots we see the relationship between the father and son, this is called exposition where we're revealed information about the characters, and in this opening sequence there's a tragic incident where a mob of cowboys burn down Josey's home with his son and with still inside which sets the storyline for the rest of the film. There's some extreme long shots that have been used to establish the area and time period for the film, and this low angle over the shoulder shot shows the vulnerablility of Josey because he's lost everything and these men have power over him at this particular time.

  




Close-up

   This close up is used to show the character's emotion and so the audience watching can get the sense of how he's feeling.
  

 

Then after Josey joins these men there's an ellipsis through scenes as it shows the cowboys growing over time in these scenes non-digetic music is being played and it audio bridges from scene to scene over time until this sequence comes to and end where it fades out from the blue filter into the normal camera.



Over the shoulder shot




 

High angle two shot

These two shot types are both showing the power these two characters have over Josey and the vulnerability of Josey, it also shows the relationship between the two characters. Also in the scene the 180 degree rule is used when the characters are cummunicating, and it's a long scene but instead of doing a long take and bore the audience lots of small takes are used using a variety of camera shot type to keep the audience interested.

OpeningEG5: The Violent Enemy

The Violent Enemy

(Don Sharp , 1967)

PRODUCED BY: Group W ,  Trio Film

DISTRIBUTED BY: Monarch Film Corporation (II) (1968) (theatrical), Odeon Entertainment (2006) (DVD)

IMDb RATING: 6






Ident 2 •Monarch Film Corporation Cinema distributor

Takes:



Ident 1 distributer •Odeon Entertainment DVD distributor



Longer takes are used in this as it's an older film and longer scenes are more common in old film whereas in today's world they'll be much more shots taken and variety in each scene .

Editing:

Also the camera will come across shaky at time as they didn't have the technology that's used today to keep the camera stable, for example film makers use tripods to keep the camera stable now and other methods which won't have been used when this film was made, and there wasn't much of an open sequence as it cut straight in to revealing the character no narrative enigma used , good exposition however to establish the time period and location, the sound and editing is very poorly done compared to films that are produced today.

FINAL CUT EXPRESS: 1ST IMPRESSIONS

I thought Final Cut Express was easy to come to adjustments with and i picked up quickly , it's a good way to make films and putting shots together because of all the many tools it has to offer and these would benefit the quality of the film to assist us to gain higher marks when it comes to our coursework.

SHAUN OF THE DEAD SWEDE

We worked in a group of 5 to make our swede, and chose to do a swede of Shaun of the Dead because it was a film we all knew well and thought it was possible to swede it and that we could get hold of the props needed and the locations around school were possible to film each scene. The scenes we chose were good as they are well known scenes from the film, however we could of chosen a larger variety of scenes to make it more interesting. also the camera shots the we chose weren't planned well so we could of improved on them and chosen more shots instead of doing long takes which we did.

Because in the long takes the audience could loose interest whereas if we did a large variety of quick take showing different camera angles then this would of kept the audience interested more.

The stability of the camera could of been improved also we could of done this by using the tripod to give a more steadier shot.

In this scene we could of thought about the mise-en-scene much more as the background doesn't look at all convincing.

Also in this scene we could of used much more variety of camera shots , for example a close up on the character's faces to see their reaction and their emotion to what they've just seen, and also a low angle shot on them to show their vulnerability and the opposite for the zombie character but with a high angle to show the power of the zombie and to make the audience feel uneasy.

I think overall we needed to of planned it much better and organised it more because the scenes didn't really come together and you couldn't follow the story.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

S Media Studies - G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media Marking Sheet – Video Task Candidate

RESEARCH & PLANNING	LEVEL 1 (0-7)	LEVEL 2 (8-11)	LEVEL 3 (12-15)	LEVEL 4 (16-20)
	Low                                             High	Low                                              High	Low                                                    High	Low                                                           High
Research into similar products and a potential target audience	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting, storyboarding	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Care in presentation of research and planning	Minimal	Basic level	Good level	Excellent level
Time management	Very poor	Not good	Good	Excellent
Contribution (where relevant)	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
EVALUATION	LEVEL 1 (0-7)	LEVEL 2 (8-11)	LEVEL 3 (12-15)	LEVEL 4 (16-20)
	Low                                             High	Low                                              High	Low                                                    High	Low                                                           High
Understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Ability to refer to choices made and outcomes	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Understanding of development from preliminary to full task	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Ability to communicate	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Skill in use of digital technology/ICT in evaluation	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
Contribution (where relevant)	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent
CONSTRUCTION	LEVEL 1 (0-23) in any	LEVEL 2 (24-35) in some	LEVEL 3 (36-47) in many	LEVEL 4 (48-60) in most
(creative use of technical skills)	Low                                              High	Low                                              High	Low                                                    High	Low                                                           High
Holding shot steady	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Framing shot appropriately	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Variety of shot distances	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Appropriate material for task	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Selecting mise-en-scène	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Editing for meaning to viewer	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Varied shot transitions, captions and other effects	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Use of sound with images/editing	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Using titles appropriately	Minimal evidence	Basic ability	Proficient	Excellent
Contribution (where relevant)	Minimal	Basic	Proficient	Excellent