Universal Studios was founded in 1912 by Carl Buttman. The parent company that owns them are NBC Universal. The parent company of NBC are comcast and general electric. Universal Studios uy the rights to distribute the films.
Films distributed by Universal Studios include :
Film: Johnny English Reborn
D.O.R: October 21st 2011
Budget: $45 million
Director/Stars: Oliver Parker/Rowan Atkinson - Dominic West - Gillian Anderson
Writers: /
Producers: Rowan Atkinson
Gross Revenue: $147,286,000
Distributor: Universal Studios
Film: Cowboys & Aliens
D.O.R: 29th July 2011
Budget: $163 million
Director/Stars: Jon Favreau/ Daniel Craig - Harrison Ford - Sam Rockwell - Paul Dano
Writers: Mark Fergus - Alex Kurtzman - Damon Lindelof - Roberto Orci - Hawk Ostby
Producers: Brian Grazer - Ron Howard - Ryan Kavanaugh (executive) - Alex Kurtzman - Damon Lindelof - Roberto Orci - Steven Spielberg (executive)
Gross Revenue: $171,240,551
Distributor: Universal Studios
Fast & Furious 5
Release Date: 21 April 2011 (UK)
Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan and Gary Thompson
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson
Production Companies: Universal Studios, Original Film, One Race Productions
Budget: $125 million (estimated)
Gross Revenue: $209,805,005 (USA 7th August 2011)
Sanctum
Release Date: 4 February 2011 (UK)
Director: Alister Grierson
Writers: John Garvin, Andrew Wight
Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Allison Cratchley and Christopher Baker
Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Wayfare Entertainment
Budget: $30 million (estimated)
Gross Revenue: $108,943,221 (Worldwide 19th October 2011)
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Monday, 7 November 2011
Big talks productions
Big talks productions
-Film and television Production Company
-Established in 1995 by Nira Park in London
-October 2008, BBC worldwide bought 25% stake in big talk
-1st television series in 1999 ‘spaced’
-Kenton Allen (joint CEO), Matthew justice (managing director), Simon Curtis (Executive producer)
Attack the block (2011)
-Directed by Joe Cornish
-written by Joe Cornish
-stars john Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Alex Esmai;, Nick Frost , Luke Treadaway
-6.8 rating
-released may 13th 2011
-Estimated budget $13,000,000
Gross $1,024,175 (as of 25th September 2011)
-Distributed by optimum releasing
Paul (2011)
-Directed by Greg Mottola
-Written by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen
-7.1 RATING
-Estimated budget $40,000,000
-Gross revenue $37,371,385
-Distributed by Universal Studios
Scott Pilgrim is The World (2010)
-Directed by Edgar Wright
-Written by Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright
-stars Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Keiran culkin
-7.6 rating
-Estimated budget $60,000,000
-Gross Revenue $31,494,270 (as of October 2011)
-Distribution =Universal Studios
Hot Fuzz (2007)
-Directed by Edgar Wright
-Written by Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
-Stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman
-7.9 rating
-Estimated budget $8,000,000
-Gross Revenue $23,618,786 (July 2007)
-Distributed Universal pictures
Shaun of the dead (2004)
-Directed by Edgar Wright
-Written by Simon peg, Edgar Wright
-stars Simon peg, Nick Frost and Kate Ashfield
-8.0 rating
-Estimated budget $4,000,000
-Gross Revenue
413,464,388
-Distribution= universal pictures
Monday, 3 October 2011
How mise en scene constructs the representation of age
The monarch of the glen clip starts with a group of men loading tools of hard labour into a truck. Their clothes suggest they are middle aged men who have been working for a long time. The men’s lack of enthusiasm shows their age too because perhaps a young, less experienced worker may be more excited.
The young girl claims she can drive and passed her test first time, however her body language when sat in the car suggests otherwise. She could not remember or didn’t know what a clutch and handbrake was and looked generally surprised when she started the car up. This shows how young she is because she’s not yet learnt to drive.
When the girl crashes her car her body language shows how shaken and nervous she is. She cowardly hides behind the older man she knows as if he was her father protecting her. Body language represents age in this scene because it shows how worried she is of being told off.
When the head teacher appears out of the car age is shown by the way he was dressed smart/casual whereas the younger characters were dressed more casually. When you think of a head teacher you assume he/she would dress very formal and the clothes he is in intend to make him look older to perhaps show his intelligence.
When the two males go in for a chat the room they are in is very old fashioned and very masculine. The oak tiles represent an old country side house thus not looking very modern. This shows that the two males have taken their conversation into a grown up room. Going into an older room adds more seriousness to the situation making the audience feel young and worried, like the 16 year old girl feels. The alcohol also shows that the room is not intended for children and creates a more grown up mood. Brandy is a very strong drink normally acquired by men rather than women therefore this drink gives the room a much more masculine vibe.
The young girl shows the audience her true age in the situation where she didn’t get her way and was asked to leave. “I hate you!” was what she said to the man, who up until now she didn’t get her way was very happy with. This is usually the sort of language children acquire and use in situations when they have lost control with their emotions. Her body language of her running off into her room and slamming the door showed anger and frustration.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
How sound helps to construct the representation of disability
At the beginning of the clip there is no real sound track it just goes straight into dialogue. The reason for having no sound track is because this could make the situation look less awkward than the program wants it to look, therefore at the beginning all the audience hears is dialogue.The dialogue between the three characters is usually unfinished because the subjects they are talking about are to awkward to talk about for long.
The sound of the locking of the door has been enhanced to show the audience how insecure the boy is about having the door locked. The opera music being played from the car is diegetic and is the opposite to how the dad is feeling. The music is a fast happy beat, but the dad is feeling anxious and not so happy. It reminds the audience of how the dad is feeling about his sons disability and the situation he is in in the flat.
The sound bridge between the non diagetic sound track played from the scene of the dad in his van over to the lad in the bedroom with the girl helps create a mood of seduction. When he mentions hes never been touched like that, the music playing makes you feel sympathy towards him. when the sound track is playing when the dad is in the van it too makes you feel sympathy for him and his sons disability. The harmonica is being used to play this sound track as it makes the scene seem sad and gives the clip a much slower pace.
The sound of the locking of the door has been enhanced to show the audience how insecure the boy is about having the door locked. The opera music being played from the car is diegetic and is the opposite to how the dad is feeling. The music is a fast happy beat, but the dad is feeling anxious and not so happy. It reminds the audience of how the dad is feeling about his sons disability and the situation he is in in the flat.
The sound bridge between the non diagetic sound track played from the scene of the dad in his van over to the lad in the bedroom with the girl helps create a mood of seduction. When he mentions hes never been touched like that, the music playing makes you feel sympathy towards him. when the sound track is playing when the dad is in the van it too makes you feel sympathy for him and his sons disability. The harmonica is being used to play this sound track as it makes the scene seem sad and gives the clip a much slower pace.
Editing - construct the representation of disability
Transitioning from the woman to the disabled boy then up to his father helps make the audience feel the awkwardness between the three. Showing all the charectors faces separately emphasizes the awkwardness they are experiencing around the young boys disability.
Match on action is used when the father picks his son up out of his wheelchair, this makes the action look more realistic, a seem-less action that draws the audience into noticing that the young boy has genuine problems with standing up.
continuity editing is used throughout the clip to keep the clip smooth running and easy for the audience to establish how awkward the situation is because of the mans disability.
The eye line match from when the shot is of the boy sitting in bed too the girl locking the door emphasizes to the audience the boys sense of insecurity and worry. If the boy was not disabled he would perhaps not be this cautious and the woman would not have felt as awkward about locking her door.
Shot reverse shot is used in this clip because it shows how fast the pace is between the two characters and it makes the audience feel like the two characters are trying to respond quickly to clear the awkward silence that there has been around the boys disability.
The cross cutting between the boy in bed and his dad in his van represents the boys disability because it is showing how nervous his dad is because of it. Without this cross cut the audience may not be aware of why the dad is so fidgety for because it could look like a different situation in the clip, but it shows that the two are linked.
The use of the series of jump shots speeds the clip up of the father sitting in his van and shows the actions he has performed in that time, from playing the radio, to playing with the windows and honking the horn. This again shows how nervous he is about his son not being in his comfort zone and having someone else look after his son and his disability.
Match on action is used when the father picks his son up out of his wheelchair, this makes the action look more realistic, a seem-less action that draws the audience into noticing that the young boy has genuine problems with standing up.
continuity editing is used throughout the clip to keep the clip smooth running and easy for the audience to establish how awkward the situation is because of the mans disability.
The eye line match from when the shot is of the boy sitting in bed too the girl locking the door emphasizes to the audience the boys sense of insecurity and worry. If the boy was not disabled he would perhaps not be this cautious and the woman would not have felt as awkward about locking her door.
Shot reverse shot is used in this clip because it shows how fast the pace is between the two characters and it makes the audience feel like the two characters are trying to respond quickly to clear the awkward silence that there has been around the boys disability.
The cross cutting between the boy in bed and his dad in his van represents the boys disability because it is showing how nervous his dad is because of it. Without this cross cut the audience may not be aware of why the dad is so fidgety for because it could look like a different situation in the clip, but it shows that the two are linked.
The use of the series of jump shots speeds the clip up of the father sitting in his van and shows the actions he has performed in that time, from playing the radio, to playing with the windows and honking the horn. This again shows how nervous he is about his son not being in his comfort zone and having someone else look after his son and his disability.
Camera analysis of monarch of the glen - representation off age
A strong way in where the camera shots in monarch of the glen represent age is where the 16 year olds age is revealed. As soon as the audience is made aware that she still goes to school there is a dramatic increase in the number of low angle shots. Low angle shots of other characters give the audience the feeling of being her and her age, making you feel smaller and less powerful than the adults around you.
After the young girl crashes the car the camera is a two shot. It is a medium close up of the two males but a close up of the 16 year olds face. This shows the height difference and makes the girl look very young and innocent as if she’s hiding behind her father. When the camera returns to the head teacher it is a medium shot. The camera pans from the girls face up to the man then down to her again, this shows the audience how small she is thus representing how old she is.
When the two males go into the office the camera is moving on a dolly very slowly to show the audience how grown up/masculine the room is. This camera movement is best suited for this scene because the audience cant help but notice the objects such as the drink glass and desk, this represents the males age.
In the young girls bedroom the camera tilts down from her photos, then down to her hand written note. This is done to show her typical girly bedroom. It reveals her pink coloured wall paper perhaps making her out to be a typical feminine child. The camera slowly pans right to show her teddy bear. The bear also shows how young she is. The camera panning to the right and moving away from the note and bear, give the audience the feeling that she is moving on and leaving all of her past behind her.
The camera zooming into her photo represents age because it is a picture of her when she was allot younger. The audience can see that the girl looks unhappy and perhaps wants to go back to the time that is in her picture.
The camera being physically outside the building makes the audience feel like the girl who feels like an outcast.
when the older lady enters the room the camera shot is a medium long shot, this enables the audience to see what the woman is wearing. The grey cotton jacket makes the lady look far older representing that she is possibly to old to be her mum but still looks as though she has the maternal instinct and has treated the young girl like her daughter.
The camera zooming into her photo represents age because it is a picture of her when she was allot younger. The audience can see that the girl looks unhappy and perhaps wants to go back to the time that is in her picture.
The camera being physically outside the building makes the audience feel like the girl who feels like an outcast.
when the older lady enters the room the camera shot is a medium long shot, this enables the audience to see what the woman is wearing. The grey cotton jacket makes the lady look far older representing that she is possibly to old to be her mum but still looks as though she has the maternal instinct and has treated the young girl like her daughter.
As media key concept
These are the four main media language types that we have discussed and today which i will go through later on in this post, these four are the critical things that actually matter to having a successful review.
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Sexuality
Religiouse identity
- Cinematography - This is the way a camera shot is taken, there are many ways in which the camera angle can cause a different reaction towards the audience, typical camera angles are birds eye view, close up and mid shot.
- Editing - This is done to clips already shot and recorded, editing ensures that the clips are good to use and run smoothly over using transmissions.
- Sounds - sounds play an important role in media, they can change the mood of the audience very quickly. If you was to watch a horror movie without sound, you would rarely find yourself being scared. Sounds give the audience awareness of something about to happen also letting you in to weather or not a scene is going to be happy, or sad. Non diagetic means when the characters can not hear the music/sounds. Diagetic means when the charectors can hear the music.
- Mise en scene - This word literaly means "put in scene", this refers to almost everything that goes into the composition of the shot, including the composition itself,:framing,movement, of the camera and charecters, lighting and makeup.
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Sexuality
Religiouse identity
- The final concept is Audience and Institution which we will be tested about the whole film industries relationship to each jobs such as exhibiturs and producers.
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