Sunday 13 December 2015

SCIENCE FICTION FILM IDEA

FILM IDEA :

Title: Human+Disease=Monster
Tagline: In order to defeat a Monster we created our own Monster
Logline: 1 Disease, 1 Monster, 1 Team, 1 Country.

Narrative/Storyline: A scientist who was working on an experiment to cure a disease which is killing a lot of people. But the experiment it self became a disease which turned that scientist into a huge, gigantic monster, 100 times the size of a human. There is a team of five brave, young people who are highly skilled and trained. The monster is so powerful and strong that it could destroy the whole United States of America. The team of five people are the only people that can stop the monster from doing that. Therefore, engineers created 5 different robots specific for each person in the team with the same power as the monster in order to defeat it. At the end there is a huge battle. 

One of the amazing movie called Pacific Rim has a very similar concept to my film idea. in Pacific Rim, Monsters or aliens came from beneath the sea bed and start destroying the city. Few people make a huge robot to fight the aliens. In the robot there are two pilots whose brains are synchronised so it easier from them to control the robot. My film idea and the movie Pacific Rim are nearly similar. This also fits into a science fiction genre, including alien invasion, futuristic technology, Robot and AI. 

The location of my film idea will be in America in 2020, so it will have a futuristic touch to it. It will have futuristic cars, buildings to make it look like it is set in the 2020. This will also make it look like a science fiction movie.

There isn't one hero/heroine in my film idea, there are 3 hero's and 2 heroine which are the team of five people who are highly skilled and trained. They would be targeted to a younger target audience as they are young characters themselves. All the hero/heroine go through a lot of difficulties when fighting against the monsters. Other characters that will be in the film are: the General who leads and helps this five people, and few other people who work in their secret office to help those five people to defeat the monster. 

This movie can be featured in 3D and there will be use heavy CGI as there are going to be monsters and robot shown in the movie and we would need to use heavy CGI for all that. There will also be extreme sound FX to create tension for the target audience when watching the movie.  

There will lots of film posters, trailers for the target audience which is a family will be able to see for marketing my movie and for our target audience to know about this movie.
 

INDEPENDENCE CASE STUDY

INDEPENDENCE DAY: CASE STUDY 

INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND:
1) This movie was by 20th Century Fox Corporation.
2) The distributor for the theatrical release in the UK for the movie Independence day (1996) is 20th Century Fox.

GENRE AND MEDIA LANGUAGE ANALYSIS: 
1) The movie Independence day (1996) fits into the sub genres of : alien invasion, thriller, technology and AI, also action as there were many plane and spaceship chases.
2) Independence day fits into all the above sub genres because there is a scene where the whole alien spaceship is into the earth's atmosphere, which shows alien invasion. There are also scenes which shows explosions of the famous buildings and monuments of New York city which shows thriller. There are scenes where they have shown a lot of future technology to defend them self from the aliens which show technology and AI. There are scenes at the end of the movie with plane and spaceship chases which also shows a bit of action.
3) The narrative clearly shows that Independence day fits into Science fiction genre because the whole movie is about alien invasion and how the mankind try to save the world from getting destroyed. The movie has scenes where they us a lot of futuristic technology and all of this tells us that this a science fiction movie.
4) The main character is Captain Steven played by Will Smith and David played by Jeff Goldblum, both these are the main characters in the movie. One is physically intelligent and the other was mentally intelligent and both of them work together at the end to deliver the virus into the mother spaceship so the shield on the spaceships on the earth will be disabled and the air-force would be able to destroy all the spaceship, also destroying the mother ship using nuclear weapon. Both the characters did this mission in a very funny way which makes the target audience laugh along with giving tension while there is action.
5) The costumes of the pilots and the use of the small spaceships and the props show that the movie Independence day  is a science fiction movie.

RELEASE DATES AND MARKETING CAMPAIGN:
1) The movie Independence day was released on the 9th of August in 1996 in the UK.
2)

This is the trailer of the Independence day movie and it seems very appealing to the target audience because at the start it looked like a normal day as Will Smith wakes up and goes out side to get  the newspaper but then he recognises that neighbours were moving out and then looks straight as sees a gigantic spaceship, which changes the mood of the target audience into tension. The text that was used was very attractive and makes the target audience want to go and watch the movie right away. The president's speech stands out really well as the you could only here the audio but see the different stuff going on the screen.
3) The main marketing campaign used for this film was its film poster as that is the first thing that comes up in Google as we search the movie Independence day. There are also two minute trailers on youtube.

CRITICAL RECEPTION:
1) IMDB rates the movie Independence day 6.9 out of 10 and in my opinion I think that this movie deserves this ratings.
2) The users of IMDB have rated this average of 6.9 out of 10 and it also shows that both male and female like this movie as both of these genders have rated this movie 7.2 out of 10 and it is also the highest ratings.
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BOX OFFICE SUCCESS:
1) The budget for making the movie Independence Day was 75 Million US Dollars.
2) Independence Day (1996) made $50,200,000 US
3) The total Domestic Gross of the movie Independence day is $306,169,268
4) Yes Independence day was a success at the box office as it made $306,169,268 only domestic gross.

STARS AND DIRECTORS:
1) The director has done many other films like Godzilla and 2012 and both of these films were in the same genre as Independence day.
2) The star of the movie Independence day was Will Smith who played the role of Captain Steven.
3) One of the famous film that Will Smith has been in is Men In Black (all series), it was also a science fiction movie as it shows aliens and futuristic weapons and technology.
4) The three  main stars: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman who played as the president of United States of America were shown in the trailer and the director and writer was mentioned at the end of the trailer in the credits.

AUDIENCE PLEASURES:
1)The specific aspect that the audience will enjoy about the movie Independence day is the concept and story of the movie. The way the director made this film a bit funny and had action in it makes the audience really enjoy the movie.
2) The first and the main scene was when the spaceship enters the world's atmosphere and the way the whole city goes dark which creates tension for the audience and that was on of the most thrilling scene in the whole movie. The second scene was when the buildings and the famous monuments of New York city was being destroyed by the spaceship and the way all the people in their cars or walking on the streets ran away as quickly as possible and that was one of the most thrilling scenes in the whole movie as well. The last ending scene where the plane fly right into the centre of the spaceship and destroys the whole spaceship, while the two main characters were escaping the mother spaceship from the space. This was and was meant to be the most thrilling scene out of the whole movie.
3) The role of Will Smith will be aimed at audience of male aged from 15-25 as he is been shown a brave young person who has a wife and a small son helps defend the earth from the alien invasion and also destroys them at the end. The role of Jeff GoldBlum was aimed at a target audience who are intelligent and love and are passionate about technology, aged from 30-50 and specially for male target audience.
4) The target audience of Independence day is 50% male and 50% female as from the ratings both male and female gave the same ratings to the film. this movie is target for people with a social class of ABC1 and have a earning of £25,000-£50,000. Their target audience would also like to watch adventurous, mysterious and thrilling movies in their spare time. Their main target audience would be living in places like UK, US,,Japan,China and India. Also their target audience must like to know about the current technology going on in the world al the time in their entire life as this movies shows lots of futuristic technology and weapons.

Thursday 17 September 2015


 This shot shows a Medium Close Up shot as the character's head and the shoulders is only visible. They have used the Medium Close Up shot to show the expressions of the police along with the background when they show Tom cruise as the police was trying catch him.

This is an Wideshot/Establishing shot as it is used to introduce the location of the alley as Tom cruise enters this alley way and this shows that Tom Cruise is trapped there. This shot also suggests the audience that the next shot will take place here.

This is an Medium Close Up as the character's head and the shoulder is only visible. This shot shows the expression on Tom Cruise's face as he is trapped in the alley way and he is surrounded by the police. This builds the tension on the audience slowly as everyone knows he is going to attempt to run away from the police.

Wednesday 9 September 2015

X -Man days of future past 



Language: The title and the font of the title shows that this film is Sci-Fi. The title "X-Man days of future past" suggest that this movie is futuristic. The font style of the title looks very futuristic, this shows that this is a Sci-Fi as it has got a metallic font style, as in the future there will new technology. The release date is in Summer and normally all the action and super blockbuster films are released.

Institution:The Film "X-Man days of future past" was directed and produced by Bryan Singer(for Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationMarvel EntertainmentTSG EntertainmentBad Hat Harry Productions,Donners' Company, Ingenious MediaDown Productions, Mel's Cite du Cinema), it was executively produced by Todd Hallowell, Stan Lee, Josh Mclaglen.It was commercially successful. This movie was written by Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Jane Goldman(story).
Cast of "X-Man days of future past":
Cast overview, first billed only:
Hugh JackmanHugh ...
Logan / Wolverine
James McAvoyJames McAvoy...
Charles Xavier
Michael FassbenderMichael Fassbender...
Erik Lehnsherr
Jennifer LawrenceJennifer Lawrence...
Raven / Mystique
Halle BerryHalle Berry...
Storm
Nicholas HoultNicholas Hoult...
Hank / Beast
Anna PaquinAnna Paquin...
Rogue
Ellen PageEllen Page...
Kitty Pryde
Peter DinklagePeter Dinklage...
Dr. Bolivar Trask
Shawn AshmoreShawn Ashmore...
Bobby / Iceman
Omar SyOmar Sy...
Bishop
Evan PetersEvan Peters...
Peter / Quicksilver
Josh HelmanJosh Helman...
Maj. Bill Stryker
Daniel CudmoreDaniel Cudmore...
Colossus
Bingbing FanBingbing Fan...
Blink
   

Audience:
In my opinion I think that the target audience for the movie "X-Man days of future past" would be people aged from 12-13 to 35-45. I would think that this movie is for 70% male and 30% female because there is more of action in this film which male would love more than female.The main reason why this movie would be aimed at male because the main hero is male and normally females are not for action film. I think this movie will be aimed for greater number of people aged between 12/13 - 25 as there is more action and they have the use of new technology and the movie looks more futuristic.  

Representation:
The film poster of the movie "X-Man days of future past" shows that the film is futuristic. Firstly you see an image of a man who is in a sitting posture in the air but nothing beneath him which shows improved technology which will happen after 50 years, so this shows that its futuristic based film. Secondly in the background you could see few men flying across the sky with a highly modified suit which can make them fly, this also makes it look futuristic. Lastly, you could see a spaceship flying across which shows that there is new transportation as there is new is technology and all of this shows that this is a futuristic based film which concludes that this movie is a SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE!  

Saturday 5 September 2015

Predators (2010)
Director: Nimrod Antal

1)

  •  The sub-genre that the movie Predators fit into is aliens, horror and adventure film because the movie shows that few people have landed onto another planet and they are being hunted by aliens as they are called predators.
  • The mercenary Royce,the military Isabelle, the Russian soldier Nikolai, the San Quentin criminal Stans, the Sierra Leone militia Mombasa, the drug lord Cuchillo, the Yakuza Hanzo, and the doctor Edwin were awaken in free fall but they succeed to open their parachutes landing in a jungle. Soon they discovered that they were on another planet and they are preys of the aliens in a deadly hunting game, and they need to join forces to destroy their predators and survive. 
  • The setting of Predators was linked to the science-fiction genre as they characters in the movie landed on another where aliens were. The way the movie was directed showed that it was horror because the aliens were to pop out from anywhere which scared the audience. Lastly the setting of the movie was on another planet which made Predators an adventure film.
  • Characters in Predators was linked to the science-fiction genre because all of the characters that landed on another planet were the best worriers and they had the strength to destroy the aliens as they were their predators.
  • The theme was alien invasion as the worriers were getting hunted by the aliens on their planets as preys. This movie was set in another planet which shows that this movie is adventure film. 


2)

  • Directed my Nimrod Antal. Production Company; Troublemaker Studios & Davis Entertainment.
  • Cast :

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Topher Grace...
Alice Braga...
Walton Goggins...
Oleg Taktarov...
Laurence Fishburne...
Danny Trejo...
Louis Ozawa Changchien...
Mahershala Ali...
Mombasa (as Mahershalalhashbaz Ali)
Carey Jones...
Tracker Predator (as Carey L. Jones)
Brian Steele...
Derek Mears...


  • Tree production released Predators on July 9 2010
  • The budget of making the film Predators was 40 Million USD.  The Movie Predators made a total profit of $52,000,688.
  • Black Reel Awards 2011-Best supporting actor

  • Golden Schmoes Awards 2010 - best sci-fi movie of the year

  • IGN Summer Movie Awards 2010 - Best sci-fi movie

  • Scream Awards 2010 - Best science fiction movie

I think that the target audience of the movie Predators is for people aged 12 to 35 and 70% male and 30%female 

Monday 29 June 2015

1.Terminator Genisys 

Genre:
Terminator Genisys is a science fiction movie. It looks really futuristic because they show robots and robots haven't came out now. This could be possible in the future. In this movie there is a mixture of futuristic and new advanced technology.

key Conventions:
The key conventions are that this movie shows robots which makes the movie futuristic and they also use a various types of new technology. The colours are mainly blue and grey which shows that it is futuristic.




2.Monsters: Dark Continent

Genre:
Monster: Dark continent is also a science fiction movie because it shows that their are aliens in the movie which also makes it look like futuristic.

Key Conventions:
The key conventions of this movie is that there are aliens that are monsters which makes it look so futuristic and they have also used a vary new type of technology.





3.The Prototype

Genre:
The movie Prototype is also a science fiction movie because the main person in the movie turns into a robot. This makes the movie look very futuristic.

Key Conventions:
In this movie there are robots and they have used a variety of new technology to fight the robot which makes it look really futuristic.