Wednesday 18 November 2009
Monday 16 November 2009
MOVIE PLOT / ASPECTS AND SIMILAR MOVIES
The genre i have chosen for my film The Contractor is action thriller. I chose this as there is a huge choice and great opportunity with this specific genre. The plot of our film will grab the audience and have different and immense impact's on them throughout the film.
The plot of the film is as follows. The hitman only known as 46 is a no mercy heartless brute who couldn't care less about who he may upset and how he may upset them. He was born and raised with no family and no friends for the sole purpose of assassination. He does his job quick, with extreme precision and painlessly unless requested to do otherwise. The start of the movie basically reinforces the amount of knowledge and skill that 46 has acquired through his upbringing . He receives a contract to kill a court case witness from an unknown client he does this with extreme style and precision. The next day it is all over the news which is good news for 46 as the deal is sealed and the payment is wired through to his bank. The himtan receives yet another contract however this one is much more tricky as he has to eliminate a very high up government worker. He accepts the contract and plans for the assassination. He manages to get there although something is not right. It is a decoy. The hitmans position is compromised and he has to make a quick escape. He ends up living off of the grid as he attempts to track down and kill the person who set him up.
SIMILAR MOVIES
HITMAN(2007)
Directed by Xavier Gens and stars Timothy Olyphant and Dougray Scott.
****'A spectaclar, action packed film' - Nuts
BOURNE TRILOGY(2002-2007)
Directed by Doug Liman.BOURNE IDENTITY(2002)and BOURNE SUPREMACY(2004)
Directed by Paul Greengrass.BOURNE ULTIMATUM(2007)
*****'blisteringly fast' - USA Today
PAY CHECK(2003)
Directed by John Woo.
'A rapid fire actioner' - Total Film
we expect box office takings to gross around about 85-100 million us dollars worldwide. Which is comparable with Hitman and Paycheck
The plot of the film is as follows. The hitman only known as 46 is a no mercy heartless brute who couldn't care less about who he may upset and how he may upset them. He was born and raised with no family and no friends for the sole purpose of assassination. He does his job quick, with extreme precision and painlessly unless requested to do otherwise. The start of the movie basically reinforces the amount of knowledge and skill that 46 has acquired through his upbringing . He receives a contract to kill a court case witness from an unknown client he does this with extreme style and precision. The next day it is all over the news which is good news for 46 as the deal is sealed and the payment is wired through to his bank. The himtan receives yet another contract however this one is much more tricky as he has to eliminate a very high up government worker. He accepts the contract and plans for the assassination. He manages to get there although something is not right. It is a decoy. The hitmans position is compromised and he has to make a quick escape. He ends up living off of the grid as he attempts to track down and kill the person who set him up.
SIMILAR MOVIES
HITMAN(2007)
Directed by Xavier Gens and stars Timothy Olyphant and Dougray Scott.
****'A spectaclar, action packed film' - Nuts
BOURNE TRILOGY(2002-2007)
Directed by Doug Liman.BOURNE IDENTITY(2002)and BOURNE SUPREMACY(2004)
Directed by Paul Greengrass.BOURNE ULTIMATUM(2007)
*****'blisteringly fast' - USA Today
PAY CHECK(2003)
Directed by John Woo.
'A rapid fire actioner' - Total Film
we expect box office takings to gross around about 85-100 million us dollars worldwide. Which is comparable with Hitman and Paycheck
SYNOPTIC TREATMENT
At the start of the film The Contractor it introduces the hitman as a main character, it demonstrates to the audience what the hitman does and how powerful he is. the start of the film is designed to grab the attention of the audience and to simply make them want to watch more and see more of what the hitman can do. The idea for the opening of the film we got from the all loved film series James Bond as the film starts with heart pounding action to get the momentum of the film flowing straight away.It is set in England in 2010
This film The Contractor is using new state of the art technology to create and immense impact on film industry. It is an action thriller packed full of suspense and action – with a believable and great storyline that is easy to follow making it an even greater experience. This film being released on January 1st 2010 is sure to help cinema tickets sell out and even more so to sell out when released on DVD and Blue Ray, prove will be shown in statistics. The film itself is epic and unique but with ideas from other films just to give it the extra the extra step towards the shier level of excellence that it has achieved.
The film will have a certificate of 15 with mild violence. The director that this theme would best suit is Quinton Tarantino as if you have seen some of his work you will realise how it blend’s with the themes. This film in its own way is unique with ideas from the film Hitman as there is the same situation in the way that it starts with a fine sense of equilibrium and eventually you watch as it Crash and Burns – and also takes ideas from other movies in the action thriller genre category.
The film has a sense of irony, this has a great impact on the audience as the life of someone who he is only identified as number 46 is very dangerous who hunts and executes people for a living when this backfires and he finds out that he is getting hunted himself by mercenaries ordered by a member of the government who for the publican excitement and others we are later to mention who it is - hunted the hunter. The film will start with 46 doing his day to day routines when the equilibrium is broke as he is set up, as the film progresses 46 runs into trouble from people trying to kill him, this sets the momentum of the film. He then tracks down who has set him up and deals with him. This is a great theme to stand by as it can have immense storyline’s and cutting edge scenes that will be greatly admired by the public.
The visuals of this film are state of the art with great technology just to make the film and its characters more gripping. With a realistic story line this film itself really does not have any weaknesses and will be film of the year as the public will utterly love the unique storyline and film aspects.
The strongest aspect of the film is the storyline - the storyline is one of the main things to think about in a film so that the audience will know , who the people are - so what character they play and how they are and how they will react to thinks, where they are - because it is important to know where the film is based, as in some countries there are struggles - and these struggles would be understood more, and the time - the time of day, week, month and year are all extremely crucial for the film to enable maximum impact in a specific genre and in the film The Contractor EVERYTHING is nailed right down to perfection.
With help from the series game Hitman it has made the plot of the film The Contractor just shier genius using the theme of betrayal to widen the impact of the public’s feelings of the film. It has really given the extra edge it needed for the utter brilliance that it has achieved.
This film The Contractor is using new state of the art technology to create and immense impact on film industry. It is an action thriller packed full of suspense and action – with a believable and great storyline that is easy to follow making it an even greater experience. This film being released on January 1st 2010 is sure to help cinema tickets sell out and even more so to sell out when released on DVD and Blue Ray, prove will be shown in statistics. The film itself is epic and unique but with ideas from other films just to give it the extra the extra step towards the shier level of excellence that it has achieved.
The film will have a certificate of 15 with mild violence. The director that this theme would best suit is Quinton Tarantino as if you have seen some of his work you will realise how it blend’s with the themes. This film in its own way is unique with ideas from the film Hitman as there is the same situation in the way that it starts with a fine sense of equilibrium and eventually you watch as it Crash and Burns – and also takes ideas from other movies in the action thriller genre category.
The film has a sense of irony, this has a great impact on the audience as the life of someone who he is only identified as number 46 is very dangerous who hunts and executes people for a living when this backfires and he finds out that he is getting hunted himself by mercenaries ordered by a member of the government who for the publican excitement and others we are later to mention who it is - hunted the hunter. The film will start with 46 doing his day to day routines when the equilibrium is broke as he is set up, as the film progresses 46 runs into trouble from people trying to kill him, this sets the momentum of the film. He then tracks down who has set him up and deals with him. This is a great theme to stand by as it can have immense storyline’s and cutting edge scenes that will be greatly admired by the public.
The visuals of this film are state of the art with great technology just to make the film and its characters more gripping. With a realistic story line this film itself really does not have any weaknesses and will be film of the year as the public will utterly love the unique storyline and film aspects.
The strongest aspect of the film is the storyline - the storyline is one of the main things to think about in a film so that the audience will know , who the people are - so what character they play and how they are and how they will react to thinks, where they are - because it is important to know where the film is based, as in some countries there are struggles - and these struggles would be understood more, and the time - the time of day, week, month and year are all extremely crucial for the film to enable maximum impact in a specific genre and in the film The Contractor EVERYTHING is nailed right down to perfection.
With help from the series game Hitman it has made the plot of the film The Contractor just shier genius using the theme of betrayal to widen the impact of the public’s feelings of the film. It has really given the extra edge it needed for the utter brilliance that it has achieved.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
History of trailers / films
History of trailers / films
The first trailer shown in a U.S. movie theater was in November 1913, when Nils Granlund, the advertising manager for the Marcus Loew theater chain, produced a short promotional film for the musical The Pleasure Seekers, opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. Loew adopted the practice, which was reported in a wire service story carried by the Lincoln (NE) Daily Star, describing it as "an entirely new and unique stunt," and that "moving pictures of the rehearsals and other incidents connected with the production will be sent out in advance of the show, to be presented to the Lowe’s picture houses and will take the place of much of the bill board advertising." Granlund was also first to introduce trailer material for an upcoming motion picture, using a slide technique to promote an upcoming film featuring Charlie Chaplin at Lowe’s Seventh Avenue Theatre in Harlem in 1914. Up until the late 1950s, trailers were mostly created by National Screen Service and consisted of various key scenes from the film being advertised, often augmented with large, descriptive text describing the story, and an underscore generally pulled from studio music libraries. Most trailers had some form of narration and those that did featured stentorian voices.
In the early 1960s, the face of motion picture trailers changed. Text less, montage trailers and quick-editing became popular, largely due to the arrival of the "new Hollywood" and techniques that were becoming increasingly popular in television. Among the trend setters were Stanley Kubrick with his montage trailers for Lolita, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick's main inspiration for the Dr. Strangelove trailer was the short film "Very Nice, Very Nice" by Canadian film visionary Arthur Lipsett. In 1964, Andrew J. Kuehn distributed his independently-produced trailer for Night of the Iguana, using stark, high-contrast photography, fast-paced editing and a provocative narration by a young James Earl Jones. His format was so successful; he began producing this new form of trailer with partner Dan Davis.
The first trailer shown in a U.S. movie theater was in November 1913, when Nils Granlund, the advertising manager for the Marcus Loew theater chain, produced a short promotional film for the musical The Pleasure Seekers, opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. Loew adopted the practice, which was reported in a wire service story carried by the Lincoln (NE) Daily Star, describing it as "an entirely new and unique stunt," and that "moving pictures of the rehearsals and other incidents connected with the production will be sent out in advance of the show, to be presented to the Lowe’s picture houses and will take the place of much of the bill board advertising." Granlund was also first to introduce trailer material for an upcoming motion picture, using a slide technique to promote an upcoming film featuring Charlie Chaplin at Lowe’s Seventh Avenue Theatre in Harlem in 1914. Up until the late 1950s, trailers were mostly created by National Screen Service and consisted of various key scenes from the film being advertised, often augmented with large, descriptive text describing the story, and an underscore generally pulled from studio music libraries. Most trailers had some form of narration and those that did featured stentorian voices.
In the early 1960s, the face of motion picture trailers changed. Text less, montage trailers and quick-editing became popular, largely due to the arrival of the "new Hollywood" and techniques that were becoming increasingly popular in television. Among the trend setters were Stanley Kubrick with his montage trailers for Lolita, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick's main inspiration for the Dr. Strangelove trailer was the short film "Very Nice, Very Nice" by Canadian film visionary Arthur Lipsett. In 1964, Andrew J. Kuehn distributed his independently-produced trailer for Night of the Iguana, using stark, high-contrast photography, fast-paced editing and a provocative narration by a young James Earl Jones. His format was so successful; he began producing this new form of trailer with partner Dan Davis.
GENRE CONVENTIONS
GENRE CONVENTIONS
By definition, works of a given genre follow, more or less, the conventions of that genre. The American screenwriting teacher Robert McKee defines genre conventions as the "specific settings, roles, events, and values that define individual genres and their subgenres." These conventions, always fluid, are usually implicit, but sometimes are made into explicit requirements by publishers of fiction as a guide to authors seeking publication.
Screen writers have to ensure that their stories conformed to the guidelines—the closer the conformity, the greater their likelihood of being published. The publisher, for its part, is trying to meet the desires of its readers, who often have strong and specific expectations of the publisher's stories. Such "made-to-measure" writing is genre fiction in its purest form.
Most fiction writing, especially of novel length, does not conform so tightly to the conventions of a genre. Indeed, there is no consensus as to exactly what the conventions of any genre are, or even what the genres themselves are. Writers, publishers, marketers, booksellers, libraries, academics, critics, and even readers all may have different ways of classifying fiction, and any of these classifications might be termed a genre. It is beyond doubt that readers have preferences for certain types of stories, and that there are writers and publishers who try to cater to those preferences, but the term genre remains amorphous, and the assigning of works to genres is to some extent arbitrary and subjective.
By definition, works of a given genre follow, more or less, the conventions of that genre. The American screenwriting teacher Robert McKee defines genre conventions as the "specific settings, roles, events, and values that define individual genres and their subgenres." These conventions, always fluid, are usually implicit, but sometimes are made into explicit requirements by publishers of fiction as a guide to authors seeking publication.
Screen writers have to ensure that their stories conformed to the guidelines—the closer the conformity, the greater their likelihood of being published. The publisher, for its part, is trying to meet the desires of its readers, who often have strong and specific expectations of the publisher's stories. Such "made-to-measure" writing is genre fiction in its purest form.
Most fiction writing, especially of novel length, does not conform so tightly to the conventions of a genre. Indeed, there is no consensus as to exactly what the conventions of any genre are, or even what the genres themselves are. Writers, publishers, marketers, booksellers, libraries, academics, critics, and even readers all may have different ways of classifying fiction, and any of these classifications might be termed a genre. It is beyond doubt that readers have preferences for certain types of stories, and that there are writers and publishers who try to cater to those preferences, but the term genre remains amorphous, and the assigning of works to genres is to some extent arbitrary and subjective.
shooting script
Shooting Script – The Contractor.
Scene 1
The alarm goes off and wakes up the victim. he gets up with a hangover from the night before and stumbles to the toilet. when he turns the light on he is almost sick and dives for the toilet.he then stumbles back to the bedroom and walks out on his balcony. he the victim walks back in and the killer of the victim fires a shot on his shoulder. he stumbles onto the floor in agony he makes his way downstairs and out side where he makes a run for his car. as he fiddles with his keys the killer appears right behind him and executes him.
(Credits role)
Scene 1
The alarm goes off and wakes up the victim. he gets up with a hangover from the night before and stumbles to the toilet. when he turns the light on he is almost sick and dives for the toilet.he then stumbles back to the bedroom and walks out on his balcony. he the victim walks back in and the killer of the victim fires a shot on his shoulder. he stumbles onto the floor in agony he makes his way downstairs and out side where he makes a run for his car. as he fiddles with his keys the killer appears right behind him and executes him.
(Credits role)
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