My Top 10 Films

This is my presentation on My Top 10 Films, which was one of the challanges that was given to me, In this you will see what films i like and why i like them. I used Prezi to make this presentation, At first i was a bit confused how to start the powerpoint but then i got used to it and i think i will use Prezi again.

Sweded Film Script

OUIJA

(FRONT PORCH)

Heather
what’s going on? 

Lydia
I just don’t wanna go out tonight

Heather
Are you sure you don’t wanna come? 

Lydia
I'm good. 

Go, go have fun (voice over)

(TABLE)

Heather
Never feel like even after someone you love has died there’s still a way you can talk to them

Matt
you want to talk to Debbie?

Heather
Yeah

(FRONT PORCH)

This is where Debbie died

(DINING ROOM)

Matt
I don’t think this is a good idea

Heather
As friends we've gathered hearts are true, spirits near we call to you

If you can hear us, Debbie I miss you

Jakey
Calm down it’s an old house

Josh
this is a joke

Matt
Come on you guys who’s doing that?

Heather
Sarah cut it out

Josh
I'm not pushing

Ish
It just spelt "hi friend"

Matt
Okay this is freaking me out, I’m done with this

(BEDROOM)

Lydia
I found something. I found something. I want to get this on camera... 

(Camera) I found something in my house,

 Weird things started happening as soon as I found the board (voice over)

(LOCKERS)

Heather
Debbie found the board in her house, she woke something up

(TUNNEL)

Jakey
is somebody there? 

(LOCKERS)

Jakey
this thing, it’s haunting us 

(INDOORS)

Heather
Hello? 

(Scream)

(TOILET)

Jakey
it’s coming for all of us (voice over)

So who's next? 

Matt
Mmmm

(OUTSIDE)

Josh
how do we stop this?

(LIVING ROOM)

Cam
you have to break the connection or it will keep coming for you

(INDOORS)

Heather
we have to play the game again, one last time (voice over)

Everyone
as friends we've gathered hearts are true, spirits near we call to you (voice over)

(DINING ROOM)

Heather
Can you show us a sign? 

(Scream) did you kill Debbie?! We’re done. We’re not playing anymore

Josh
it’s not even real ok? Cheers to them

Everyone
(scream)

Sweded film

In Media, We got set a task to do over the summer holidays, which was to create a Sweded film, which is a short film that you re create from a film that has already been made. in our group we have pick the trailer of the horror film 'Ouija'.

In our group we only have me, Ish and Adam, We have decided to use our friends to play a part in the film.

Props
As we are doing the film 'Ouija', We needed to create an ouija board. So i had a large piece of white foam board at home, which i cut in half and painted brown and used a stencil to create the letters on the board.

This is the original Trailer that we are going to re-create.

Generic Conventions

Camera and composition: 

In a film noir, there are many different types of camera angles and use of composition makes them more engaging to watch. In most Film Noir, a common camera angle is low shot and high. Film Noir is often distorted and uncomfortable to look at. There is a lot of close up angles and they use depth of field as well. Reflections, views and faces obscured through objects.

Mise-En-Scene:
Film noir locations used the everyday urban settings to make what was happening seem even more real to the viewer. Moved from crime movies only happening at the wrong end of town and dodgy areas to everyday locations. They showed a lot of rain and damp streets. low key lighting is used and high contrast images for example dark blacks and whites.

Sound:
In Film noir the music was very dramatic and the sound was meant to compliment the feeling of pessimism and foreboding that was reflected in the films. In film noir the main sounds you would hear are:

• Downbeat music (jazz)
• Heavy breathing 
• Sudden noises
• Voice overs
• Use of quiet and silence
• Sound effects and ambience of the city 
• Often grating music

Editing:

Most film noir's are non-linear, which means they start at the end and then tell the story in flashbacks. They are often shot in day and for night they often use filters as its cheaper. Jump cuts and juxtaposition may also be used. 

Narrative:
The narrative's of film noir have progressed over the year, however a main occurrence of the sam variety still come up. These are:

• Voiceover narration
• Fast forward and flashback
• First person narrative
• Convoluted ending
• Elliptical
• Good cop, Bad cop

Characters

In every film noir there is always a Everyman and a Femme Fatal, however there are other characters which are:

• The Villain
• The Henchman
• The Girl next door

The two main characters you need to know about is:

The Femme fatal is a very seductive and manipulative women, they use men as a tool to get what they want, also you will seen in a lot of film noir moves that they smoke a lot and wear red to get the mens attention.

The Everyman is normally the man who falls in love with the femme fatal and does whatever she wants him to do, which can end badly and the ones that get all the blame.

 

History and Social context of Film Noir

History and Social Context of Film Noir

After the war a lot of films arrived in France from Hollywood that they had missed during the war when the focus was on sending supplies for the war. French critics noticed that a lot of these had similar dark undertones and a negative sensibility. 
WW2 Influence
The threat of the Nazi's during the war cast a dark shadow over Europe. That is reflected in the pessimism, depression and hardship in Film Noir. A combination if the mood political and social factors led indirectly to helping to contribute to the evolution and characteristics of Film Noir.
How it started
German Expressionism
It's a technique that was extremely used in Film Noir. It makes use of heavily stylized sets, lights, shades and shadows.
Why Film Noir?
The French film critic, Nino Frank created the term 'Film Noir' for this body of work in 1946. Frank and Jean-Pierre Chartier wrote the two earliest film articles that described Hollywood crime dramas from the 1940s as film noir. Film Noir started off as a cheaply made 'B' kind of movie, re-using old sets and giving breaks to new or little known actors and directors. 


In Film Noir the characters they normally have in every film are

• The Everyman

• The Femme Fatale

• The Villain

• The Henchman

• The girl next door

They will always have 'The Everyman' and 'The Femme Fatale'  for example in 'Double Indemnity' the everyman is 'Walker' and the femme fatale is 'Phyllis Dietrichson'. 

Media and Me

This is my presentation about media and me. I was set this task to learn how to use emaze. Its a short presentation about me and how experienced i am with media. this was my first time using maze, i struggled at the start but in the end i got used to what i was doing.