Annya's A-Level Media Blog // Mr Halsey

The Lives We Live By Annya Ranshi LOCATIONS INTERIOR INT. LOCATION #1 - DAYTIME Inside a house. In the kitchen area/hallway. INT. LOCATION #2 - DAYTIME Inside an office setting INT. LOCATION #3 - DAYTIME ELLEN’S HOUSE. Hallway and bedroom. INT. LOCATION #4 – MORNING TIME Inside a doctor’s office. EXTERIOR EXT. LOCATION #1 - DAYTIME Street corner, urban environment. EXT. LOCATON #2 – DAYTIME Park bench, open park setting. FADE IN FROM BLACK INSTITUTIONAL LOGO (_____) APPEARS ON SCREEN, SLOW ZOOM OUT TEXT ON SCREEN: 4 INTERTWINING LIVES DISSOLVE TO: INT. LOCATION #1 – DAYTIME Protagonist- RAYE – walks into the location. She walks through the door into the kitchen. RAYE picks up the mail and looks through the pile. She drops all but one on the table and opens it. RAYE (excited expression, reading the letter aloud) Dear Raye… RAYE sto...

Costume What will your characters wear? What is the costume supposed to communicate to the audience? How does this link to your Statement of Intent in terms of creating representations? My characters will be dressed like teenagers, wearing branded clothes, sports brands, and casual wear. The extras,depending on who they are, will wear clothes according to that in order to achieve a sense of realism. It will link to the representations as they won't really subvert stereotypes in terms of the way they dress but instead with their story line. Lighting How will you light your trailer? Day or night? Interior or exterior? If outside, can you use streetlights, shadows, reflected sunlight or other creative techniques to achieve the lighting style you want? If inside, experiment with creative lighting techniques using windows, blinds, artificial lights, phone flashes and more. The lighting will vary from day to night, depending on the intensity of the scene and the actual event in th...

1) Research: Film trailer analysis  Film trailer 1: Narrative and genre How is narrative and genre communicated quickly and clearly to the audience? The narrative is communicated through the music and the different types of editing used such as jumpcuts and tracking shots. The music and sound effects used heightens the tension as it is uncomfortable and commonly used in thrillers, so this is an example of repetition and difference. The audience recognises the conventions such as eye contact and facial expression of the characters which communicates their moods and personality in the situations.  Film trailer 2:   Mise-en-scene What do you notice about the use of mise-en-scene to create meanings for the audience? Think CLAMPS. There are mainly establishing shots which communicate the genre of the film and where the film is going to take place. because there are a lot of overhead shots we can interpret that this is going to be an action film along with the ...