Evaluation of G321 foundation portfolio project - the opening two minutes of a new film

Im our media product we have adopted many different shot types, editing and sequencing from other existing mediea products we did this as we have evidential proof that these existing techniques have been used, ending up with a great impact on the viewers of the media product we have used shot types such as close - ups and ellipsis we used these especialy in the genre that we choosen, this being action thriller, to creat alot of suspense making the film accurate in its aim to thrill and the ellipsis to creat tension and quick pase action. we used sound effects as gunshots to make the movie more realistic and a suberbia naibourhood to creat a sense of eqalibrium that is gradualy shatterd through the film. We used music such as heavy metal, this enables the film to astablish the rough and toughness of the movie. The mise-en-scene in the first two minutes diplays as tranquility and peacefullness this creats a sense of synister actions such as killing harmless people. The sequencing used creats tension as it starts moderatly slow and builds up more and more through the 2 minutes of the opening. We used technical aspects such as slow motion which creats the effect of things slowing down, for example why the charecter is shot it slows down which makes the viewers feel the impact of a near end or slowing of the heart or mental state. we changed things from the expected genre aspects such as the lack of graphical violence we have in our media product as most viewers of the genre expect more than less.

In our media product we have represented a series of social groups and two of them are displayed in the first two minutes of the film. one of them is a 'lone wolf' this is the hitman he i known as a lone wolf as he has no social skill and no intension of interaction with the rest of the world. the only thing he knows and knows well is how to assasinate. the onther interaction into the world is his clients who give him instructions and information of what they want doing. The other one that is presented is a civillian, in the film these are represented as poeple who lead a normal life but if people dont like them enough that they want them dealt with then they will become the hitmans business as a target.

The media institution to most lickley to distribute to our media product wouldbe tentieth century-fox film corporation, as they distribute to many other films and tv series that generalise in the action thriller genre.
Films such as:

Hitman (2007) Directed by Xavier Gens

This film also has a similar story line to our product which shows that the chance that twentieth century-fox would distribute to our film.
The audience that our media product is aimed at is ranges from the age of 15 to young adult as the certificate is 15 with it having mild violence and thrilling action whith tense moments. As these aspects of films attract such poeple but not so much the older audience.
There are many things that i have learn that has extended my knowlage of the media indutry, such as the filming part, i have lernt many thing such as the shot types and names and the impact that cirtain shot types will have on the audience. For example an ellipsis shot will create tension and fast pass actions, and can also be used to show a series of events that are happend over time. The editing techniques i have used have lernt me to create seemless transitions and a fluent media product.
From the preliminary task from start to finish through the progression of my knowlige knowing that for single scenes there can be many different shots and shot type that you may want or need to experement with to get the right impact and mood towards the audience.

DETAILED TREATMENT

In the film I have made I have constructed a series or meanings and feelings that have a simple purpose to have a specific impact of the genre i have chosen for my film.

The scene starts in black and white with the camera looking at the alarm clock with the time on the clock suggests he is in a rough state as it is in late morning, this also may give us the idea that something has gone wrong and creates tension. This has an impact on the audience as it will put them in a position of wanting to know what has happened and what is going to happen.



When the character walks into the bathroom there is a black and white transition to colour and a blur effect that the camera automatically made when the light is turned on. This shows that the character is not focused and puts the characters feelings into perspective.






when the victim steps out on the balcony there is a camera viewing from and unknown characters sniper scope that is aiming at the victim. this creates allot of suspense as the audience automatically know that something bad is going to happen.

At the end of the opening there is a scene where the victim is killed, this is done with the camera following the victim which then reveals the killers hand pointing a gun at him but still hiding his identity. there is a non-dietetic heartbeat sound which helps to make suspense.

StoryBoard

Camera Maps

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

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.

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.