Given that we are looking at the British film industry and how various factors have effected it, I decided to ask members of my family and some friends what they have watched roughly for the past month to work out if there was any trend to it, percentage of US/ UK films watched, ect.
Age: 14 Female
Twilight US Romantic Adventure
Madagscar 2 US Action Adventure
Made of Honour US Romantic Comedy
Over Her Dead Body US Romantic Comedy
Flood UK Thriller
Eagle Eye US Action / Adventure
Step Brothers US Comedy
Ink Heart US Adventure (fantasy)
Dead or Alive US Action / Adventure
John Tucker Must Die US Romantic Comedy
The Golden Compass US/UK Adventure (fantasy)
The Ex US Romantic Comedy
Iron Man US Action Thriller
Age 16 Male
Predator US Action Thriller
Dark Knight US Action Thriller
Ink Heart US Adventure (fantasy)
Eagle Eye US Action Thriller
Made of Honour US Romantic Comedy
Step Brothers US Comedy
Death Race US Action Thriller
Fast and Furious (4) US Action Thriller
Twilight US Romantic Adventure
Mr Deeds US Comedy
Age 16 Female
Mamma Mia US Musical Comedy
Dark Knight US Action Thriller
Fast and Furious (1) US Action Thriller
2 Fast 2 Furious US Action Thriller
Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift US Action Thriller
Age 17 Female
Twilight US Romantic Adventure
Definitely Maybe US/UK Romance
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Remake) US Adventure (fantasy)
Fight Club US Action Thriller
Unleashed US Action Thriller
Age 17 Female
X –Men US Action Thriller
X –Men 2 US Action Thriller
The Strangers US Horror Thriller
Babysitter Wanted US Horror Thriller
Saw 4 US Horror Thriller
Saw 5 US Horror Thriller
Final Fantasy: Advent Children JP Action Thriller (fantasy)
Bolt US Action Adventure (fantasy)
Sword in the Stone US Action Adventure
The Grudge 3 US Horror Thriller
Age 17 Male
Fast and Furious (4) US Action Thriller
The Shawshank Redemption Drama
007: Quantum of Solace US Action Adventure (Thriller)
Borat US Comedy
Age 17 Male
A Fish Called Wanda UK Comedy
Indiana Jones: Lost Crusade US Action Adventure
Monty Python: Meaning of life UK Comedy
Age 17 Male
Twilight US Romantic Adventure
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging US Romantic Comedy
Finding Nemo US Action Adventure
The Interpreter US Thriller
Hancock US Action Thriller (Comedy)
Iron Man US Action Thriller
Age 21 Male
Predator US Action Thriller
Dark Knight US Action Thriller
How to lose friends and alienate people UK Comedy
Sex Drive US Comedy
Marley and Me US Drama Comedy
Spirit ? ?
Wall.E US Action Adventure
Mirrors US Thriller
Pineapple Express US Comedy
Burn after Reading US Comedy
Max Payne US Action Thriller
Final Fantasy Advent Children JP Action Thriller (fantasy)
The Day the Earth stood still US Action Thriller
Age 47 Male
Twilight US Romantic Adventure
Ink Heart US Adventure (fantasy)
Eagle Eye US Action Thriller
Step Brothers US Comedy
Death Race US Action Thriller
Day Watch W Action Horror
Madagascar 2 US Action Adventure
Iron Man US Action Thriller
The Incredible Hulk US Action Thriller
Age 48 Female
Twilight US Romantic Adventure
Flood UK Thriller
Ink Heart US Adventure
John Tucker Must Die US Romantic Comedy
Over Her Dead Body US Romantic Comedy
Step Brothers US Comedy
Eagle Eye US Action Thriller
Made of Honour US Romantic Comedy
The EX US Romantic Comedy
The Core US Thriller
Iron Man US Action Thriller
The Incredible Hulk US Action Thriller
Incredibly under 10 films watched were British and of them most were comedies. It is an interesting insight into how little films from britain are consumed, with big budget american Horror / Action Thrillers seemingly being the most popular with teenagers, while comedys rise in the early 20's.
Clearly this dramatic decrease in british productions consumed co-insides with globalisation through cinema and likely big budget CGI films. As most british films are funded either through American sources or limited budget british company backed (Film 4, ect), the capacity to make a mainstream film that can compete with big budget pictures isnt likely
Friday 20 November 2009
Tuesday 17 November 2009
evaluative comments of filming
Pros:
- The overall filming was of a good standard.
- The construction of lighting and effects without editing was really good, the POVs were brilliant aswell.
- I utilised the nightvision function in some places (its actually for low budget cams, quite effective)
-I also improvised alot when I was forced to look at how the film was going to run and ended up changing the entire atmosphere that I had orginally intended to create in the end at one point.
Cons:
- Time management could be better, at times I was behind the rest of the class in terms of filming. I think this was rooted to the location of the school ,which at first seemed an accessable location revealed itself to be a bit of a pig near the end
-One possible chance of filming never happened due to confusion in arranging time and place (dont ask) =/
-Early Storyboards werent as clear as they could have been leading to some confusion when directing.
- The overall filming was of a good standard.
- The construction of lighting and effects without editing was really good, the POVs were brilliant aswell.
- I utilised the nightvision function in some places (its actually for low budget cams, quite effective)
-I also improvised alot when I was forced to look at how the film was going to run and ended up changing the entire atmosphere that I had orginally intended to create in the end at one point.
Cons:
- Time management could be better, at times I was behind the rest of the class in terms of filming. I think this was rooted to the location of the school ,which at first seemed an accessable location revealed itself to be a bit of a pig near the end
-One possible chance of filming never happened due to confusion in arranging time and place (dont ask) =/
-Early Storyboards werent as clear as they could have been leading to some confusion when directing.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Thursday 5 November 2009
Casting, props and costumes
Since got much to post recently worth remembering this 5th of November i thought i’d explain some minor notes to do with Casting, Props and Costumes
Casting : In terms of casting for the filming I decided to prioritise actors over how easily they were to get hold of rather than on whether or not they had massive acting experience. That said originally when attempting to get someone to play the Antagonist there was alot of problems with availability, however the eventual person we found to play the part, Grant, was really good, and I think both actors filled the roles well.
Props and costumes: In terms of Props and Costumes there were actually very few. Our main props were the peices of paper the protagonist was rummaging through ( simply peices of odds and ends we could find around the classroom chosen) and the handmade obsessive collage of the protagonist, which was actually really creepy. Thanks to Amy for the pics and Megan for allowing it to be made, it really added to the psycho-ness of our antagonist. Finally the costumes were simply black shirts, ties, plain black trousers and a simple white top for the protagonist.
Casting : In terms of casting for the filming I decided to prioritise actors over how easily they were to get hold of rather than on whether or not they had massive acting experience. That said originally when attempting to get someone to play the Antagonist there was alot of problems with availability, however the eventual person we found to play the part, Grant, was really good, and I think both actors filled the roles well.
Props and costumes: In terms of Props and Costumes there were actually very few. Our main props were the peices of paper the protagonist was rummaging through ( simply peices of odds and ends we could find around the classroom chosen) and the handmade obsessive collage of the protagonist, which was actually really creepy. Thanks to Amy for the pics and Megan for allowing it to be made, it really added to the psycho-ness of our antagonist. Finally the costumes were simply black shirts, ties, plain black trousers and a simple white top for the protagonist.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Final filming session
Looking at the camera shots took Monday, I decided to re shoot them in the media classroom, using a different actor because our previous one was too difficult to get hold off when needed. In that session that spanned both Monday and Tuesday evenings we covered the entire classroom scene and had some really good shots. I also took some point of view shots of Megan climbing the stairs. With that filming session over I hopefully have the shots I need to begin the editing stage.
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