Use, Delevop or Challenge
- 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Technical Approach Film Techniques Using Your Research Your Production – Use, Findings – Note typical Develop or Challenge generic conventions Titling – colour, font Most films had a very We decided to go for a style, over image or simplistic title style, black simplistic title sequence, black, timing, credits background with font. with a black background presentation etc Some, however did have and simple white font. This images. Timing of the titles links to the dark nature of were approximately 2-4 the film and simplicity of seconds apart. the people involved. Camera Movement Panning and tracking We used a panning shot (panning, tracking, shots were often used. to show the pub and its crane shot and Panning shots were used close tie to Crystal Palace crabbing etc) to show the location of the FC, giving the audience a film, and tracking shots hint of it being a football showed the location from hooligan film. We used a the view of the main tracking shot to show the character. Close-ups were single mother’s reaction very prominent too, to the character and her showing the dark side of distaste toward him. We the character(s). used a close-up to show him smoking, showing substance abuse which is a theme of many films in the genre. In a mid close- up with a train in the background, we made sure we filmed an estate to show the area and the ties to crime and hooliganism. Framing of Shot Close-ups were used a lot We used a close-up to (CU, MLS, ELS etc) to mainly show smoking. follow the convention of Long shots showed the smoking and used long location and gave a hint shots to try and show the to where the film is set. audience where the film Shots were shown of the is set, i.e the pub, again character walking and linking to substance showed his whole body, abuse. We showed the showing his strong posture main character walking and clothing. and used different shots to show him to give the audience a feel of whom he is.
- 2. Camera Angles (high Angles varied throughout We used both high and and low angles etc the films I studied, Rock ‘n’low angle shots to show a Rolla had quite low shots, range of techniques we whereas Snatch had very have learnt. We used a high angled shots to show high angle on the the power the robbers tracking shot to show the had over the people they characters powering were stealing from. figure over the single mother, to insinuate he is better than her, and make the audience realise he is the main man. Selection of mise-en- Colour in all the films was We used the conventions scène including colour, very dull and cold, blacks of using dark colours, with figure, props, lighting, and greys especially visual costume very dark and objects, location and in Rock ‘n’ Rolla. However, with us filming on a setting; snatch had quite vibrant cloudy day to make the colours, which I think was environment seem cold. used to show the dark The main character was humour the film almost always seen fully contained. The figures to portray his presence. were in the middle of the We filmed it in an urban screen to show their area to follow many authority. It was mostly set conventions of poor in urban areas and quite people in gangs on underground places such council estates, to as in Lock, Stock. reiterate the harshness of the whole film. Editing directions Cuts in the film were made We made regular cuts in (Match cuts, jump cut, regularly and within the the film to follow many reverse shots – cutting same time frame. Titles conventions of other films. rthymn etc) usually came up roughly Our titles were roughly 3-6 2-4 seconds apart with seconds apart and real footage in-between regular. We didn’t use the titles. Jump cuts were any jump cuts or match quite rare, however, the cuts, which again was titles in Smokin’ Aces similar to other films. contained them, but not in the actual footage of any films. Films didn’t have many match cuts as such; the closest may have been in Snatch, where the characters were titled in colour from the footage within the film.
- 3. Sound techniques Most of the films in the We had a monologue to (diegetic, non genre contained a follow that convention. diegetic, silence, monologue. This gave the This was to give the dialogue and music audience more audience more info etc information about the about the character as character and their way feedback suggested we of life, such as in Rock ‘n’ needed to. Music was by Rolla. Music was from the Kasabian, a pop rock rock genre and was band with lyrics to follow always quite upbeat. Very what the film is about. little silence as a result. Little silence aswell. Actor’s positioning and Actors were nearly always We followed many movement in the centre of the conventions, such as our screen, to make sure the main character always attention of the audience being centre of attention, is on them. The actors such as the pub scene were always seen as being where we deliberately superior to others in the placed him in the middle shots, whether that is from of the 3 characters. He height, speech or even was very straight in his use of weaponary, such as posture and was towering in Snatch. Actors moved in his presence when the very assuredly, very strong, single mother walked by. such as in Lock, Stock. Our film did challenge the convention of having a white main character. We decided to show the change in culture in the country, where people from different backgrounds are now seen in the same light as white people.