Monday, 15 December 2014

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Project:Poster making
Medium:Photoshop

This Poster was made on Photoshop.We first took a plain photo of the two subjects,Using a canon
dslr (60d).No external lighting was used during the shoot.All lighting was natural in a well lit room.
For research various posters of Men in Black was observed and I tried depicting the same.The Guns,\
Logos and text was added in post.A black and white filter was added to the actual Image.

Friday, 7 November 2014

                                                        Prelimanary task Number 2

Poster making: Recreating a poster of a movie
Software: Photoshop
Movie:GodFather

The movie chosen is The Godfather.The genre of the movie is Crime Fiction.
Props:
1.Cat
2.Cigars
3.Black suit
4.A rose

Background:I have two option for the background either to add one in post or to shoot the actual photo in a place with a vintage feel to it with old italian furniture
I am putting this here for the camera shots and the picture treatment and color.So when i am recreating the poster i have a poster to refer to


                                                             Research work On films
                                                                            Genre:Action Film

Action Movie :Jack Reacher

Main Characters:
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise):  Involved after the 5 deaths, Barr after recovering from his coma asks for Reacher. At first it seems like a hopeless task however with the help of Helen they both unravel certain situations and come to conclusion that it wasn’t Barr.
Helen (Rosamund Pike): District attorney’s daughter who is defending Barr who's been saddled with the apparently hopeless task of saving him from the death penalty.
Rodin (Richard Jenkins): District attorney who is the father of Helen’s, who gets involved in later events of the film.
Emerson (David Oyelowo): A detective in Pittsburgh who is featured several times with certain attacks throughout the investigation  carried out by Reacher himself. In the end we notice that Emerson is working for the man himself the Zec.
The Zec (Werner Herzog): Is the mastermind behind the whole attack of the killing of the 5 innocent citizens. However there was a reason for such an attack, to make it look like there were just there to kill how Barr did previously before the film in military. They only wanted one person dead who owned a building site company.
Charlie (Jai Courtney): He in fact is the killer of all 5 innocent murders, however he frames Barr. Works for the Zec and goes by all of his orders.

Barr (Joseph Sikora): Gets framed for shooting 5 people. Asks for Jack Reacher, which leads to Reacher investigating the situation and eventually leading to Barr being innocent. 

Plot:
When a sniper shoots randomly five victims, Detective Emerson finds evidence to incriminate the former paranoid marine James Barr. It is an easy case for the prosecutor Rodin, but Barr refuses to sign the confession and he calls Jack Reacher. When he is transported to prison in a bus, the other prisoners beat him and Barr goes to the hospital in coma.
The pacifist attorney Helen Rodin, who is the daughter of the prosecutor, decides to defend him but Jack Reacher is a former marine investigator that left the army and has become an unknown drifter. Out of the blue, Jack appears in the city and Helen invites him to work for her investigating the case. Soon he finds that the culprit is innocent and there is a conspiracy behind the murders. 

Mis.en.Scene
•Examples of Mise en Scene
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An example of when mise en scene is used is in the opening sequence with the props as bullets. The use of these bullets gives us an understanding of how there might be an involvement of these bullets within the film and demonstrates the importance to the storyline.
•Another example of mise en scene used is another prop with the machine gun being attached to the main character. It gives us the feeling that this character is a important but dangerous man. Reacher clothing gives off certain signals such as, his type of clothes being like soldier/assassin type of costume to show us that he is a form of authority and may have a hidden mystery behind it due to the assassin look.

Iconography:
Iconography is used with the main character Jack Reacher. Reacher is a fictional and protagonist of a series of books from Jim Grant.
A former Major in the United States Army Military Police Corps, Reacher was laid off at age 36, and roams the United States taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations. For example in the film Jack Reacher comes across as this with particular clothing and characteristics.
                                                 Camera Shots And Angles

Extreme Wide Angle
Wide Angle Shot
                                                    Extreme Closeup
                                                                     MidShot
                                                                 Bird EyeView
                                                                      High angle
                                                                         over the shoulder
                                                              Low Angle
                                  

Monday, 13 October 2014

                                   Research work

Genre:I am working on an action thriller.I chose this genre..I have watched a lot of different genre like horror,drama,musicals,fantasy,Science fiction,thriller..I have analysed horror short films usually visualised in the woods,at night or at quieter places.Suspenseful music and dramatic themes.An eg for a good horror movie is the evil dead which contains a lot of gore and blood and is set in the woods.The lighting is usally dim.The films feels mellow.In case of romantic comedy movies they are usually set where there are beautiful landscapes and a more friendly and casual enviroment.The camera angles are usually on a tripod and the camera motion is a lot more controlled and smooth.Which fits the scene.An eg for a romantic comedy is Valentines fay The make up for the actors in a more casual way.keeping things as real to life as possible.The music is smooth and has lyrics emphasizing on the concept of love and depending on the situation might set a happier or a a sad mood.Drama films usually concentrate on the story line with less humor.The camera angles are again very subtle and there isnt a lot of rapid camera movement for eg the kings speech.It showed the sequences of events that happen before the kings speech.I have always had more intrest in ac.

Saturday, 13 September 2014

                             Media Studies Project 

                                       Filming

 

Media Studies is a subject that i believe would allow me to express myself and my emotions Visually .I was inspired to learn Media arts  when i used to watch feature films,i was  memorized by such Amazing and larger than life Stories and how they were portrayed through Various camera angles,Music to add emotions and elaborate Dialogues,Filming has been a way to paint out my Emotions.I would like to learn more and one day present my ideas and stories out to the world .

I started making short films 2 years ago and i have been using software's like Adobe After effects for my visual effects and have worked on Hologram Vfx,Title sequences,High speed slomotion and Various other effects.Like 3d film tracking etc ,I have used Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro for making cuts and for my final rendering.I use magic bullets pro for color correction when necessary I Have also had a little bit of idea about Making Sound and i have had interests in Music production.Even though i am still learning but i have set up a little vocal recording system for voice overs and I have a little idea on using software's Like Fruity Loops for making beats but i am still a beginner at that .i Have directed two music Videos along with filming and editing them along with 1 short actual short film.

Brief
       I have chosen this brief because  i like filming and my preferred genre is action and scifi.I would like to do this project as i find it really interesting.


Main task:The titles and opening of a new fiction film (for a maximum of 2 films) 
titles should follow the institutional conventions of commercial Cinema.

Task:,Making a poster of your favorite Film
I made this in adobe illustration.A poster for the 2008 movie Batman Begins
I took a background image from Google images and i made the logo by tracing an actual logo of the film using rhe pen tool.I found rhis particularly easy to do .I added fonts from the software