Monday 16 January 2012
Thursday 6 October 2011
Monday 3 October 2011
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Sunday 2 October 2011
Adam Pyke's 20 Frame analysis of The Prestige opening scene
1.It begins with a panning shot of a pile of top hats in an empty forest, this puzzles the audience.
2.We then see another panning shot of a selection of bird cages containing canaries.
3. We ten see a man take a bird from one of the cages and begin to explain the 3 steps of a magic trick.
4.It then cuts suddenly to a shot of the main antagonist in an audience.
5. Another sudden change of shot shows us the protagonist as the magician leading the show.
6. It then cuts to a long shot from the audiences point of view with them applauding the magician as he reveals his trick.
7. It cuts back to the man holding the bird and continuing to explain the rules of a trick.
8.Cuts back to the magician and his assistant choosing audience members to participate in the trick.
9.The antagonist raises his hand and is chosen to come up to the stage.
10. We see the antagonist and a selection of other audience members inspect a large apparatus on the stage.
11.We see a close up shot of the antagonists face with a mischievous/sinister look on his face.
12.He then proceeds past the stage curtain unasked and claims to be part of the act, the beard on his face is then removed revealing him to be in disguise.
13.The camera cuts back to the magician removing his jacket as the apparatus on the stage discharges bolts of electricity.
14.The antagonist runs below the stage and sneaks his way past a blind stagehand.
15. Camera cuts back to man as he puts the canary in a separate birdcage.
16. Cuts back to the magician as he looks at his machine, backed by a bright light.
17.The antagonist looks at a water tank below stage and looks through the floorboards to see the flashing of the machine.
18. The man with the canary covers the cage with a cloth.
19. The magician is seen entering his machine while electricity continues to pass through it.
20.The man crushes the cloth with the birdcage beneath it as if there weren't one.
2.We then see another panning shot of a selection of bird cages containing canaries.
3. We ten see a man take a bird from one of the cages and begin to explain the 3 steps of a magic trick.
4.It then cuts suddenly to a shot of the main antagonist in an audience.
5. Another sudden change of shot shows us the protagonist as the magician leading the show.
6. It then cuts to a long shot from the audiences point of view with them applauding the magician as he reveals his trick.
7. It cuts back to the man holding the bird and continuing to explain the rules of a trick.
8.Cuts back to the magician and his assistant choosing audience members to participate in the trick.
9.The antagonist raises his hand and is chosen to come up to the stage.
10. We see the antagonist and a selection of other audience members inspect a large apparatus on the stage.
11.We see a close up shot of the antagonists face with a mischievous/sinister look on his face.
12.He then proceeds past the stage curtain unasked and claims to be part of the act, the beard on his face is then removed revealing him to be in disguise.
13.The camera cuts back to the magician removing his jacket as the apparatus on the stage discharges bolts of electricity.
14.The antagonist runs below the stage and sneaks his way past a blind stagehand.
15. Camera cuts back to man as he puts the canary in a separate birdcage.
16. Cuts back to the magician as he looks at his machine, backed by a bright light.
17.The antagonist looks at a water tank below stage and looks through the floorboards to see the flashing of the machine.
18. The man with the canary covers the cage with a cloth.
19. The magician is seen entering his machine while electricity continues to pass through it.
20.The man crushes the cloth with the birdcage beneath it as if there weren't one.
Jake- Casino Royale- 20 frame analysis
1- A black car pulls up to a building in the snow with a long shot and a stationary camera.
2- Camera changes to man getting out of car with a low angle shot and the man looking nervous.
3- Low angle shot of the man going up an elevator in the building.
4- High angle shot of man in elevator going up.
5- Camera shot of the elevator floor number going up. this adds suspense becuase it shows the man going towards his destination.
6- Man walking very fast down a corridor, builds tension becuase we want to know where he is going.
7- Man opens the door this his office(camera inside room) with a low angle shot, as he walks over to his desk the camera pans with his movement. As he gets to his desk the camera goes behind a chair as if to say there was someone there.
8- camera quickly turns back to man with a close up as he realises there is someone else in the room.
9- Bond speaks and camera turns to him with the other man unfocused in the right of the screen.
10- Camera changes to a closer view of bond as he continues talking
11- Cuts back to original man in a low angle show which makes him seem powerless and vulnarible.
12- Camera changes to both characters on the same level.
13- Man goes over to his desk opens the draw to reveal a gun, and then sits down and continues talking to Bond.
14- Changes to another low angle shot of man in desk taking his gloves off and talking to Bond.
15- Goes back to the Two characters on an even level as they continue talking.
16- Back to man in desk with a low angle show, continuing to show that Bond has all the power. Asks Bond if he is a cricket fan.
17- It then cuts to a flashback of a cricket game with spectators watching.
18- Close up of one of the cricket players catching the ball.
19- Long shot of the cricket batter awaiting the ball.
20- Bowler runs and bowls the ball at the batsmen who hits it for a 6.
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2- Camera changes to man getting out of car with a low angle shot and the man looking nervous.
3- Low angle shot of the man going up an elevator in the building.
4- High angle shot of man in elevator going up.
5- Camera shot of the elevator floor number going up. this adds suspense becuase it shows the man going towards his destination.
6- Man walking very fast down a corridor, builds tension becuase we want to know where he is going.
7- Man opens the door this his office(camera inside room) with a low angle shot, as he walks over to his desk the camera pans with his movement. As he gets to his desk the camera goes behind a chair as if to say there was someone there.
8- camera quickly turns back to man with a close up as he realises there is someone else in the room.
9- Bond speaks and camera turns to him with the other man unfocused in the right of the screen.
10- Camera changes to a closer view of bond as he continues talking
11- Cuts back to original man in a low angle show which makes him seem powerless and vulnarible.
12- Camera changes to both characters on the same level.
13- Man goes over to his desk opens the draw to reveal a gun, and then sits down and continues talking to Bond.
14- Changes to another low angle shot of man in desk taking his gloves off and talking to Bond.
15- Goes back to the Two characters on an even level as they continue talking.
16- Back to man in desk with a low angle show, continuing to show that Bond has all the power. Asks Bond if he is a cricket fan.
17- It then cuts to a flashback of a cricket game with spectators watching.
18- Close up of one of the cricket players catching the ball.
19- Long shot of the cricket batter awaiting the ball.
20- Bowler runs and bowls the ball at the batsmen who hits it for a 6.
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Thursday 29 September 2011
Treatment
Plot- 2 men in a garage one is held hostage(fugitive) on a chair handcuffed, the other in a suit(Authority agent not made obvious) holding a gun interrogating the man, man on chair keeps face out of view and blurred (possibly shot from behind the hostage). Cuts to flashback of man in chair earlier on strapping a gun to his body(blurred). cuts back, man on chair looks up at man in suit and grins sinisterly screen turns black and a single gunshot is heard.
Name of Film-
Characters- Agent in suit, Hostage (fugitive)
Props- Two Guns, Chair, Garage, Suit
Themes- Crime Thriller
Settings- Garage
Target audience- Late teens- Adults, interested in crime/thriller/action movies, Programmes- 24, The Wire, Sopranos.
Name of Film-
Characters- Agent in suit, Hostage (fugitive)
Props- Two Guns, Chair, Garage, Suit
Themes- Crime Thriller
Settings- Garage
Target audience- Late teens- Adults, interested in crime/thriller/action movies, Programmes- 24, The Wire, Sopranos.
Monday 26 September 2011
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