The woods is where Conor and I will film one of our scenes and we think that the
chase scene would be most effective in this enviroment because there are alot of
things that could go wrong in a chase scene and being in the woods incorporates
them all for example getting flung into trees or jumping over a log these two
add a bit more action to these scenes. You could also have him falling over a
stick this grabs the audience attention and makes them ask the question is he
going to get caught . I think though that me and Conor are going to use the
glimpse of the heroic charcter jumping over the log because we feel like theat
could be the shot where the audience start to relate the charcter to a hero. We
also feel that we will shoot the small scene in the day obviously we feel that
will get the greatest effect. We would also like to shoot this particular scene
in the rain . We've discussed it and we came to the conclusion that if it was to
rain we would add excitment to the scene because of the conditions.
In this
scene i feel like we could use transport to our advantage. As we see in other
films such as The Bourne Identity and James Bond we see a train scene where
somebody is maybe tracking somebody on the train then follows them off or as
they walk off they take them with them and lead them to the villanous
charcacter . I feel like this could be effective in our film but i have not
concluded wether i could use this scene as at the end or another small clip in
the middle i personally feel that this scene would be more effective at the end
where the villanousor heroic character could amke a witty catchphrase which
could leave the audience on the edge of there seats wondering what is going to
happen and how this will effect the heroic character.
Sin City, also
known as Frank Miller's Sin City, is a 2005 American crime thriller film
written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is a
neo-noir based on Miller's graphic novel series of the same name.
The
film is primarily based on three of Miller's works. The Hard Goodbye: About a
man who embarks on a brutal rampage in search of his one-time sweetheart's
killer, killing anyone, even the police, that gets in his way of finding and
killing her murderer; The Big Fat Kill: Focuses on a street war between a group
of prostitutes and a group of mercenaries, the police, and the mob; and That
Yellow Bastard: Follows an aging police officer who protects a young woman from
a grotesquely disfigured serial killer.
The film stars an ensemble cast
including Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Benicio del Toro, Carla Gugino, Rutger
Hauer, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke,
Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis and Elijah Wood
Trailer
Analysis
The trailer begins, like the other trailers, with
a distribution logo ‘Dimension Films’ and ‘Troublemaker Studios’. Troublemaker
being relevant as founded by Robert Rodriguez and also director of Sin City. As
the trailer builds up there is a non-diegetic, mysterious and slow music which
also sounds action based. There are a few banging sounds which can connote guns.
The shot of Marv dissolves to an image of a woman, where there is colour
illustrated. There is then a quick, long shot of two police cars; the shot
doesn’t look real, almost as though it’s a cartoon reflecting back to the
narrative being unrealistic. The cars are outside, where we realise that it is
night, this can connote crime as depicted in the dark so nobody can
witness.
The shot fades to black where we see another mid shot of a
female character, where the background is misty, connoting an eerie sense. The
character looks innocent as she is wearing crosses that stand out. The character
is small compared to the majority of the shot indicating her innocence further.
The dissolve transition may indicate that the separate stories interlink with
one another. There is a mid shot of the dependent looking girl, which zooms in
to her face as the woman says ‘’helpless little girl’’ signifying her
vulnerability further. Additionally, she looks younger than most of the other
characters being portrayed, signifying her purity in comparison to them. There
is a close up shot of a sword, which indicates further the significance of the
weapons to the story. There is the indication to the rain again, which is a
common motif within the ‘Sin City’ products that I have analysed highlighting a
suppressive feel to the atmosphere. We see Marv again, where the camera slowly
pans up him. The camera then cuts to a character holding a gun, which then
quickly cuts up him, perhaps indicating that he is a distorted figure within the
film. The camera focuses on his face for a while, with him looking directly at
the camera, giving him a fierce and dominant persona.
There is then a
line up of shots containing the actors and their name. The writing is a similar
font to the ‘Sin City’ sign at the end of the trailer. The writing is red, and
looks abraded; some of the letters look as though they are gun shots. The
deformation effect to the writing suggests a portentous indication to the film.
There is then a few action shots, one where there is a female character, who
throws a weapon, she is wearing dark clothing and has a leg showing, suggesting
that she may be a seductive figure, like a lot of the other women, in the
trailer, are indicated to be. There is a cartoon version of two characters
previously shown in the trailer accumulating to the reflections of Miller’s
comics. Additionally there is an unrealistic shot of a character with a yellow
substance on his hand.
Ideas
Two Characters One is a Lonesome
Character who is on his own on the run from a villainous character who could be
after something such as money i think we would also incorporate a chase scene as
the picture below i think that a chase scene in a film could be effective as it
gets the audience interacting in the clip and make them want to see the film to
know why the character is being chased and if the other character catches him
what will he do and why was he chasign him in the first place.
I have picked this picture because firstly it
incorporates a chase scene which is very important to the trailer i want to make
but not only that they are both wearing suits which i think is the route i want
to take our film down where you can tell that maybe one is a buisness man and
the other is more of a gangster with a suit so you cant tell the difference
between them and what role they will play in the film.
I also want to add
a scene where maybe the more heroic character in the trailer is on some sort of
transport in a race against time i think adding that will involve the audience
as it will get them thinking will this heroic character make it in time to this
destination or will the villanious character catch up to him and what will he
do.
In the trailer i think we should start with some soft music then as
the trailer goes on we build the music up until around half way where the music
reaches a climax with a dramatic scene we then lower the music tension as the
trailer finishes off.
Brief Overview of Oceans
11 Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 American
comedy-crime caper and remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper film of the same name.
The 2001 film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and features an ensemble cast
including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy García, and
Julia Roberts. The film was a success at the box office and with critics.
Soderbergh directed two sequels, Ocean'Twelve in 2004 and Oceans Thirteen in
2007.
Analysis of
Trailer Music- throughout the
trailer they have the same upbeat music i think with our film we may start more
tensley .
The trailer starts off with a comedic joke in an interrogation
this is effective as straight away the audience relate to that genre and know
what the film is about. They also incorporate Warner Bros and Village roadshow
pictures so we know straight away what companies have helped them out. The
interrogation also gives a back story.
It then gets heated and the music
tenses up this adds a different dimension to the film. After being released from
prison, Danny Ocean George Clooney breaks parole and travels to Los Angeles to
meet up with his former partner in crime and close friend Rusty Ryan Brad Pitt
to propose a scheme he has in mind. The two go to Las Vegas to pitch the plan to
wealthy friend and former casino owner Reuben Tishkoff Elliott Gould. The plan
consists of simultaneously robbing the Bellagio,
The Mirage, and the MGM
Grand casinos. Reuben's familiarity with casino security makes him very
reluctant to get involved, but when he begins to think of it as a good way to
get back at his rival, Terry Benedict Andy García, who owns all three casinos,
Reuben agrees to finance the operation. Because the casinos are required by the
Nevada Gaming Commission to have enough cash on hand to cover all their patrons'
bets, the three predict that, on the upcoming night of a highly anticipated
boxing match, the Bellagio vault will contain more than $150 million
The red writing reminds the audience of the previous installment of the film.
Brad Pitt gets a call a call from a character in the previous film who the crew robbed from. this gives the audience an idea as to what the story line will be about.
Within the film there are many unique selling points as there is an a list cast which includes the likes of George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
the phone call and the ransom is serious as Pitt's car explodes.
When Pitt is on the phone the camera is filmin over the shoulder
This is the poster for the film Killing Them Softly:
Again white bold writing on the black background following all the conventions of crime posters.
Brad Pitt is clearly the main selling point as he is the only character on the poster and his name is above the others by the film title.
No film release date for the film.
the gun indicates the film genre.
Names of the other actors underneath the character.
Cannes film festival award recognition on the film poster which could indicate to the audience how good the film is. Cannes is a globally recognised film festival.
For my trailer this year I will be working with Conor Redmond, our genre is going to be crime/theft type film that follows such films as the oceans 11,12,13. Within our trailer we will try to make it similar to the conventions of the oceans films trailers, as they gained critical acclamation globally. We have looked at these trailers already and we have noted some of the conventions that these trailers follow. Will need to have plenty of action scenes such as fights and chases, there will most likely be very little gun fights as there isn't much of those in this series of films. All that we know is that there will be some kind of ransom that this pair of professional thieves have to pay of off and they will pull a major robbery that will give them the money to pay it off. Another thing I noticed in the trailers is that there were some funny punchlines in the trailer which my self and Conor will most likely try and add into our trailer.
