Genre Documentary

Genre Documentary

Genre Lesson

In this lesson, we were working in pairs and we had mini printed versions of film posters and we had to chose which genre we thought it came under, we had a sheet with a range of different genres to help us and remind us of the genres that the films may fit into.

The genres above are: Western, Horror, Melodrama/Weepers,Comedy, Action, Guy Films, Musicals/Dance, Thriller/Suspense, Crime&Gangster, Science Fiction, Film Noir, Great Chick Flicks, Fantasy, Romance, Disaster, War, Children/Family and Animated, however hybrids such as romantic comedys are not mentioned. 

Batman Dark Night

 This is one of the many film posters analysesd, and i decided it was a a mysterious althgough it's not on the list and that it was a guy film,  i judges this from the main character himself and also the background with the orange and bats flying from the sky, which is not quite blue.

Dr DoLittle3

The above movie poster came across to me as a comedy film, as it clearly indicates comedy with the animals in the poster and a monkey dressed in clothes which you don't often see, however i also thinnk it also falls into the Family/Childre genre.

Creep

Lesson on Genres.

GENRE

Analysis of 'Silence Of The Lambs'

This film opens with a shot of scenery in a dull and dismal atmosphere with only the colours black & white, with an eerie non-diegetic soundtrack in the background setting the scene(for the duration of 29-40 seconds).

As the credits are being listed frame by frame the camera frame moves lower and lower gradually and the speed slows down even more when the film name is revealed. As the credit appears again the frame is originally zoomed out as a female character heaves herself up a hill with the aid of a rope, as she approaches the top the camera moves away from her. As she reaches the top there's a mid angle shot of her breathing heavily of exhaustion. 

Consecutively she runs out the frame on to the woodlands, the next shot is a tracking shot following the actress, however the tracking pace does not equal the speed of the actress as she is slowly moving away fro the camera resulting in a long shot; the frame is on screen till she fades away into the mist.

The following shot is a close up of her face as she runs(match-on-action), although the eerie music is still present the volume is high and low at different points, and now the soundtrack also consists of simply the treading of her trainers, birds in the distance and her breathing. The scenery around the actress is dull and uninviting; this may suggest the isolation of the setting and highlight a negative image.

Soon she reaches a climbing flame and then she climbs over the climbing frame which then suggests that it's part of a training of some sort; a tracking shot is taken moving around the character climbing up the frame, this may be to create the idea that she is the main character, and too emphasize on her struggle.Later we learn that she in fact carrying out a training as a male character that has the appearance of a trainer approaches her and tells her to see someone in their office which results in her running the way she came from.

The next scene happens to still be the woodlands but  she passes a tree that has 'pain' 'hurt' 'agony' 'love-it' nailed on the wall, creating a harsh and strict atmosphere.

After she reaches a building that appears to be where a training institution is located. Once she is inside the building she is greeted by a fellow trainee, and another further on which enlightens us on her characteristics that she is a sociable character that has friends.

On her way to see the person whom called her she gets into a lift with men wearing red t-shirts, which singles her out as she is the only female and wearing a completely different colour. Two men are also looking down at her one either side perhaps indicating she doesn't fit in or suggesting a patriarchal that all men are higher than women.

She is then in an office waiting for someone, while she looks around the shot tracks around with her, suddenly we see a close up shot of her face, this shot is used to show the reaction she makes to something she has seen.

The next shot immediately shows the audience what had caught her eye it turns out to be disturbing pictures and clippings of newspapers on his wall, while we see this a mysterious soundtrack is also played in the background to create tension.

When the shot is back on her face, it's taken from the side also showing the man she came to see not in focus, but quite obviously watching her. 

Analysis to Opening of 'What lies beneath'

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The opening titles are displayed in a dark and gloomy setting, apart from the beginning which is Dream works. 

The second credit is 'image movers' which is presented my a fast moving train heading towards the center of the camera angle which creates a mysterious atmosphere itself.

After several long seconds The frame above is shown that repeatedly states 'Dream Works', and also shows 'Twentieth Century Fox' presents; Although there is nothing that obviously gives away the movie genre the colour still creates a mysterious atmosphere. Next the 'Image movers' production credit frame is shown.

Finally the most awaited: the title of the film is revealed.

This opening suggests the theme of this movie may be a mix of mystery and general thriller as in the opening itself we see two scenes that shock us. It creates a thrilling atmosphere that makes the audience wonder what's going to happen as the story of the film is yet to be revealed. 

As the credits flow whilst an eerie non-diegetic sound is played in the background which creates  the setting to be gloomy. All of a sudden the actress' face appears and startles the audience as the shot is taken from above as she lifts her face out the water, as if she's been suffocated. This establishes the character as the main character of the film as it begins with her and is only focused on this particular character.

Then immediately after you can hear the diegetic sound of the actress' breathing heavily and coughing, and at the same time the camera slowly zooms in on the actress; this alerts the audience and grabs their attention.

The four consecutive frames above show the sequence of when the actress switches on hairdryer then it switches off straight away so she switches on the power and gets electrocuted.. These four shots are shown in a flash which shocks the audience, and the actress herself and makes us wonder what will happen next. 

Half Term Study 2

Do some research on a successful film director who has directed some Thrillers:

The film director i have decided to study is