Thursday, 18 December 2008

Advantages and disadvantages of a genre.

An advantage of a genre is you can know weather it's your type of film.
A disadvantage of a genre is you could predict what will happen in the end.

Style of a war genre

For cinematography they would use long shot , close up , panning , tracking , high angle , hand held , mid-shot and point of view.
For Mise en scene they would use dark lighting to show fear and brightness to show success. 

Narrative/plot in a war genre

A group of soldiers go to save someone who has been kept hostage by the enemy army.
A group of soldiers go to another armies base to assassinate somebody. 

Props from a war genre.

Guns.
Armor.
Knifes.
Tanks.
Planes.
Ammunition.
Grenades.
First aid kit.

Characters of a war genre

Soldiers.
Hostages from the public.
Medical helpers.
Tank drivers.
Plane flyers.

Themes of a war genre

Revenge.
Honor.
Bravery.
Betrayal.
Failure.
Accomplishment.

Setting of war genre

Any country.
War field.
Ghost town.
Trenches.

Genre

The genre i have chose to do is War , this will be a movie such as 'Saving private Ryan' or 'Black hawk down' the six key areas i have chose to do are setting , themes , characters , props , narrative / plot and style.

Working Logline

A young man in South London robbing a bank finds himself choosing between jail or the army.

Tuesday, 16 December 2008

iNTRODUCTiON

This blog is for keeping track of my film studies work and i will put work i do in the future on as well