World cinema production: Son of Saul (Saul fia)

Genre: Drama, War.
Budget: €1.5 million/ 280 million HUF 
Stars: Geza Rohrig, Levente Molnar, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Jerzy Walczak, Gergo Farkas, Balazs Farkas.
Box office: Opening weekend (USA) $37,930 (18th December 2015)
Gross (USA) $1,776,814 (13th May 2016)
Production company: Laokoon Filmgroup, Hungarian national film fund.
Certificate: rated R for violent content, and some graphic nudity.
Marketing: The trailer anchor the setting of the film, a concentration camp around 1944. Also it introduces the audience to the narrative of the film, he tries to have a boy, who he believes to be his son, buried by a Rabbi rather than in a mass grave. There is very little dialogue in the trailer.  Holocaust films are known to be heart touching.

 


Release date: (UK) 29th April 2016
Reviews:

• The Guardian, 5 stars, A stunning, excoriating Holocaust drama. 
• The Telegraph, 5 stars, Son of Saul will leave you too numb to weep. 
• Rotton Tomatoes, 96%, Grimly intense, yet thoroughly rewarding. Son of Saul offers an unforgettable viewing experience.

Awards: 
16 awards, 2015-2017.

• Academy Award for best foreign language film 2016
• Golden Globe for best foreign language film 2016
• BAFTA for best foreign language film 2017
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for best foreign language film 2016
• Satellite Award for best foreign language film 2016
• David Di Donatello for best european film 2016
• American Cinematographers Spotlight Award 2016
• Independent Spirit Award for best international film 2016
• New Yorks Film critics best first film 2015
• Guldbagge Award for best foreign film 2017
• Polish Academy Award for best european film 2017
• Cannes Grand Prix 2015
• Vulcan Award 2015
• Robert Award for best non-american film 2017
• Gopo for best european film 2017
• Golden Pram for best feature film 2015

Reflective analysis: storyboard

I chose 'lets eat' by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis for the music in the sequence to create a false sense of security, as the song does not relate to the sequence at all. This makes the audience think its going to be a cheerful sequence as the start of the sequence could be from any genre type. The mise-en-scene I used were used to show either; the person is normal (the kettle, making tea), or to pull the audience in (the bags). I used a lot of point of view shots (P.O.V.) in this, so you only see whats going on from their eyes. To show that they were point of view shots I tilted the camera slightly as this makes it seem more like its from their point of view. this did not work as well as I had hoped as it just looks like I could not work the camera well.
I originally wanted to film this but it became tedious the weather in the areas I wanted to film in wasn't good, the result of that was me and the actor were slipping on the mud a lot. An improvement that I could have done is edit the pictures at the start to look brighter to add to the false sense of security. This would also contrast with the pictures after the music stops as they would be darker.
I decided to not show the face of the character in the sequence, the intended effect of this is to draw the audience in as they would want to know who they are. I tried to do this by showing bits of their face, e.g. eyes in the car mirror, cheek when getting the shovel.
My original idea for this sequence was for it to have a linear narrative, by doing this I would have to do a cliched 'couple weeks later' so instead I decided to have a flashback of what happened to the body in the bag after you see it open. As I could not create a bag full of body parts, I had to get a picture of it off the internet. This is a disadvantage because I couldn't find one that had the same kind of environment behind, so it does not match.

Gang crime in the U.K. 2016

Gang crime in the U.K. 2016

London gangs filming themselves brutally beating and mugging teenagers to guard 'territory'

“We need to ask why somebody would want to do this in the first place,” he told The Independent. “Britain is a broken country with broken families. You’ve got ill-disciplined children in homes without an authority figure, their mums might be handling three kids. They don’t see the Britain that others see, they don’t see hope – they see a Britain where their role model is a drug dealer.”

“There has been no progress – 27,000 knife crimes last year is not making inroads. Children are carrying weapons to feel safe in their own neighbourhoods.”

kill bill vol. 2

In the first shot we see of the scene the camera is tracking backwards from a medium close up of a the bride in a church, the medium close up is used to show the emotion that she is feeling. This was created to start off by setting the scene and show that where the scene was and who the scene was based around. In the second shot we see a point of view shot from the bride looking out to a doorway with doors open and bright lighting coming in from outside the doors. The character looking shows the audience where they are walking to and where they are going, this is a way to set the scene and create curiousness towards the audience as it makes them also want to know what is out there. In the third shot, which is a reaction shot, we see the bride reacting to a pipe being played.  

In the fourth shot we see the door way with the woman exiting it. Using mid-shot and the rule of thirds. This is shot is important as it shows us where she is going. In the Fifth shot we see a Bill sitting outside playing a pipe with bride in the out of focus staring out away from him. This is shown using a low angle with a close -up of Bill and a long shot of the bride in the background. In shot six we see an eye-level, close-up of the bride’s face looking at Bill. This shows bride’s reaction to him being there. Furthermore, shows a clear representation to the audience that they both know each other and have a past.

In the seventh shot we see a close up, high angle, of Bill playing the pipe looking away from the bride. Again, showing they have a past. There is a series of reverse shots between shots six and seven this is to build tension and make it clear to the audience that this is an uncomfortable situation because they feel awkward and uncomfortable. In the eighth shot we see the bride leaning away with her back towards the man again. This shot is a medium shot and the bride is on the left side of the shot. However, on the right hand side the shot is empty. This is known as negative space. This was put in the shot for a reason to show that the relationship between the two characters is negative and is also a contrast to their relationship as it isn’t empty and they once had something there. In the ninth shot we see the brides face side on as the camera tracks her in moving closer to bill.

 

 

 

US Independent film: Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Budget: $4 million. Not really a lot for a film.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, lover on the lam. Range of genres to appeal to multiple fans of different genres could be interested to go and see this film.
Stars: Rooney Mara (Academy Award Nominee), Casey Affleck (Academy Award Nominee), Ben Foster. As on the posters it shows what the awards that the actors are nominated for it shows that there acting in the film is good so people will want to see the film. 
Box Office: $26,419. Not a lot. Probably because of the mixed reviews.
Production Company: Sailor Bear, Parts and Labor, Primary Productions.
Certificate: Rated R for violence. Restricts audience to older, an older audience seem to be the target audience.
Marketing: No tag lines found. Not much on social media, target audience is older and may not use much social media. 




Release Date: 16th August 2013. During the holidays so lots of people have time to go and see it. Audience is restricted by the R rating. a film with a r rating has n audience as they are usually more mature and explore more mature topics.
Reviews: Empire-An initially captivating but finally trying attempt at resuscitating the glory-glory days of the ’70s by a talented director who needs to find his own voice.
Common Sense Media-Parents need to know that Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a stylized, atmospheric indie drama that's part Western, part relationship drama. Chronicling the intense romance between an outlaw and his bride, the movie has been compared to both Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands, and you can expect a fair amount of gun violence and on-screen death.
Mixed reviews towards this film, which is probably why there is no profit from this film, as some people look at reviews to decide if they want to see the film or not. Most reviews are negative.
Awards: 

• National Board of Review (NBR) award top ten independent films
• Palm Springs International Film Festival, directors to watch David Lowery

Aims and context

Unrated

Waking up, getting ready, eats breakfast.  

Gets shovel and bags from garage. 

Drives away. 

Gets out walks towards field/lake, buries the bags. 

This repeats multiple times, different locations.

Upbeat music. 

Singing along in the car.
Can't hear them.
Last time bag gets opened. 

Item inside. 

Music goes when the bag falls open/is wet.

Only sound is the digging.  

Slams door, cuts to black.
Only sound is car driving away.
carries bag and shovel away, then back without the bag (mystery)

Camera attached to shovel when walking to and from, waving around as they are walking.
Shot of inside garage.
Camera facing up from the floor, facing from inside hole on the last bag.
Shot(s) in mirror of car.
Do not see full face.
Shot of feet walking before/after the shovel shot.
Point of view shot for the last bag.
Aimed at an older audience as not much gore is shown in the sequence

Modern day.
This is one of the opening scenes of a longer film.
Serial killer- the publicity that they would get now.
Inspiration: The difference between the publicity the two pairs of lovers get in badlands and natural born killers.
Not a Lovers on the lam film

UK Production: David Brent: Life on the Road

David Brent: Life on the Road

Budget: Can't find 
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Doc Brown, Rob Jarvis, Abbie Murphy
Box Office: $5,511,343
Production company: BBC Films, Entertainment one.
Certificate: 15. Restricting the audience. Already has a fan base as it was a TV show before a film (spinoff).
Marketing: Three posters, two tag lines "The Boss is back" and "I'm a friend first, boss second, probably an entertainer third." Clips of the film and adverts were put on social media to try and get a younger audience as well as the pre-existing audience. The clips that were put online were of jokes to give a taste of what is in the film.




Release date: 19th August 2016. Holidays, lots of people could be gone to see this but as it is rated a 15 it restricted the audience to either older families or older fans of the show.  
Reviews: The Guardian-At its worst – some weak gags about fat people, a couple of moments where Brent’s too stupid for his back story – it’s small, shabby and outdated.
Empire-David Brent has experienced all manner of humiliations – accidentally headbutting a potential secretary, getting fired on camera, the grunting majesty of The Dance – but as he wanders through this fitfully funny big screen resurrection you feel sorry for him for an entirely new reason. Slough’s premier chilled-out entertainer has been denied his perfect ending.
Variety-Should have no trouble connecting with the original show's sizable fanbase.
Reviews are mostly negative towards this film, but the film sill got $5 million in profits. This may be because Ricky Gervais is a well known comedian, there were songs that helped promote the film, and the original tv series fan base would want to see it as they watched the show.