Reearch and Planning: Certificate Research

 

The 12A logo stands for accompanied and 'advisory, 12A means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (eg someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.

The 12 logo is just for videos, DVDs and games. The 12A logo is for films only.

No-one under 15 is allowed to see a Certificate 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a Certificate 15 DVD or video game. Parents are warned that Certificate 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age, Certificate 15 films could include any of the following:
-strong violence
-frequent strong language
-portrayals of sexual activity
-strong verbal references to sex
-sexual nudity
-brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
-discriminatory language or behaviour
-drug taking

No-one under 18 is allowed to see a Certificate 18 film at the cinema or buy/rent a Certificate 18 rated DVD or video game. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.
Includes:
-very strong violence
-frequent strong language and/or very strong language.
-strong portrayals of sexual activity
-scenes of sexual violence
-strong horror
-strong blood and gore
-discriminatory language and behaviour

Research Target

Excellent effort Shanie - a great stasrt to this year's coursework portfolio! To improve your research further aim to revisit posts and make sure all of the following areas have been addressed: Genre Target Audience Characters Narrative Engimas Titles Camera Composition Sound Mise En Scene Unique Selling Points Pace of editing A really good start - well done!

Research and Planning: Horror Genre

Comedy-Horror
-Comedy-Horror combines comedy with traditional horror movie themes and characters. Because of the subject matter, Comedy-Horror films can cross over into the Black Comedy sub-genre. Comedy-Horror films aim to scare the audience, but also provide comical outlets that let the audience laugh at their fear.
-Examples: Beetlejuice, Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead.
-Teen-Horror
-Teen-Horror is a sub-genre that revolves completely around a teenager or a group of teenagers. Typically, these movies have a large cast and a clear hero or heroine. Teen-Horror films often play upon traditional teenage issues, such as dating and prom, and turn them into suspenseful and thrilling situations.
-Examples: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
-Monster-Horror
-A Monster film is sub-genre of Horror that centers on a struggle between human beings and a monster.Often, the monster in the film has been created in an “experiment gone wrong.” The monster usually serves as a villain, and the film portrays a hero or heroine that ultimately saves the world from the monster. Although these movies commonly fall into the Horror genre, Monster films have a long tradition within Science-Fiction and Fantasy film as well.
-Examples: Aliens, Godzilla, Creature from the Black Lagoon.
-Slasher
-Slasher film is a sub-genre of Horror film that revolves around a psychopathic killer. This killer stalks and murders his victims in extremely violent and memorable ways. Though it centers on a specific killer, the violence is what sets Slasher films apart from other horror films. A Slasher film will devote more screen time to portray murder and mayhem than a traditional Horror film.
-Examples: Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, Black Christmas.
-Supernatural-Horror
-Supernatural-Horror film is a sub-genre that includes ghosts, demons, or other depictions of supernatural occurrences. Often, Supernatural-Horror films combine elements of religion into the plot. Common themes in Supernatural-Horror films include the afterlife, the devil, and demonic possession. Unlike Religious Thrillers, Supernatural-Horror films are not limited to specific religious elements and can contain more vivid and gruesome violence.
-Examples: The Exorcist, The Ring, The Omen.
-Zombie-Horror-Zombie film is a sub-genre of Horror film that portrays mindless human beings who are raised from the dead. These films often include a Zombie invasion, and center around Zombies feasting on human flesh. The plot of a Zombie film then revolves around the struggle between the living, and the living-dead. Zombie film not only falls into the Horror genre, but Sci-Fi, Thriller, and Comedy as well.
-Examples: Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later.

Research and Planning - Grown ups Trailer Analysis

Grown Ups

Grown Ups is a 2010 American buddy comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Adam Sandler, starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script. The unique selling point of this trailer would be the famous and recognisable actors. 
   The trailer begins with a group of men who were friends at school and all played basket ball together, thirty years later their basketball coach dies and they all become reunited at his funeral. All but one of the men have a family. There families spend a whole weekend at the coaches house by the lake. They bond and share precious memories.
   Like a typical comedy the trailer shares some conventions of a comedy film. Firstly the typical setting for a comedy film like grown up is a well populated area. Which all the men come from before staying at the lake house.  It is important to capture medium shots so that the audience can see all of the characters facial expressions. During the trailer there is a scene where the mother in law notices a porch swing to sit on and as she announces that, that is what she will be doing all weekend there is a close up of her families faces, the do not look to impressed.
  Included in the film there is a character that everyone can relate to, you have the one who is picked on because of his weight,  the posh ones, who spend a ridiculous amount of money on what others view as pointless, the weird one that no one in the group understands, and a pregnant women. Having such a wide range of characters allows the audience to compare themselves to at least one of them. Creating a large fan base helping the film do well within the industry.
  

Research and Planning: Grown Ups 2 Film Poster Analysis

Grown ups to is portrayed as being a fun family friendly easy watch. The audience can suggest this by the way all of the characters are in funny positions looking like they are enjoying themselves and having a laugh. Grown ups 2 is a sequel from the first one (Grown ups) the fan base from the original film will want to see the second film after the success and popularity of the first therefore it will be successful within the filming industry.
 The audience can suggest that the film will in tail similar things from the first one because the men still look childish you can infer this from the way that they are positioned.
   The 3D title is also a main focus on this poster implying that this film will be bigger and better than the last, enticing more viewers. 
  The colours are similar to the Grown Ups poster (the first one). Inferring, fun, excitement and joy.

Research and Planning: Grown ups Film Poster Analysis

 

 

The Grown ups film poster instantly suggests to the audience that it will focus on both genders either separately or at the same time within the film, we can suggest this by the way that it separates the males and females in the poster.  A stereotype is included in the poster, the men are having fun and playing in a child like manner while the females are standing with defensive body language and looking stern. Linking with the females facial expressions is the quote on the poster 'some guys just need a little extra time to mature'.

A cliché of the comedy genre is the woman look after the men. As they are stereotypically seen as the mother figures throughout the film. The title grown ups implies the difference of the grown up men and grown up women. Grown up men mess around and act similar to their children when around their friends, on the other hand the women will have lots of children to look after. 

   The film title is placed in the middle to purposely separate the images and text, allowing there to be greater focus on the images/text, but neither counteract each other. They just simply sit next to each other without distraction.

   The use of the colour blue in the title links to happiness and fun which is shown through the male picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and Planning - Sherlock Holmes Magazine Analysis

Sherlock Holmes film poster connotes to the audience that the film is going to be mysterious because his body language does not give much away about the film. However, his body language does suggest that he is a main of importance, his suit clarifies this.
  The unique selling point for this poster is the picture of Sherlock Holmes himself. He is a recognisable character with a large fan base. This enables the film to do better than those films with not so big a fan bases.
  The colour of the text link with the image. The image is suggesting that Sherlock Holmes is in the cold, the colours of the text infer this too. Having the worlds 'World Exclusive' makes the audience seem as if it is really important and a must see.