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Conventions Of A Thriller
Monday, March 29, 2010
Conventions of a Thriller
I have devised a video about three different types of conventions within a thriller film. They all apply within our production.
Youtube will not allow me to embed the video so here is the link to the video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsobNoNJzOc
Quick Cuts:
At the beginning of the film we have the scene where grace is running away from the prospective shot of the killer. This is the scene where black and white was used and the heartbeat fades in and out. Quick Cuts are used to create tension, excitement and confusion as to what might be happening at the start of the chase. In reverse quick cuts aren't use to to create a calm or neutral feeling
Zooms, Pans, Low angle shots, High angle shots and Over the shoulder shots:
Prospective shots of the killer are the best to illustrate the purpose of camera angles, prospective shots are the most obvious shots because the camera is never on a tripod and you often get the unsteadiness of the camera wielders hand and this is similar to the movements of the head. A good example of this the shot is the final scene of Grace walking down the road and the killers prospective shot of him behind the lamp post watching her as she walks.
Mise en Scene:
When Grace gets up out of bed she looks at phone, this is a part of Mise en Scene. Mise en Scene can represent many different things and in this instance she uses the phone as an alarm in the morning. Typically teenagers use their phone for a lot of things. I use mine as an alarm in the morning and as its primary use to talk to others. The phone is used to represent the fact that shes a average teenager.
I have devised a video about three different types of conventions within a thriller film. They all apply within our production.
Youtube will not allow me to embed the video so here is the link to the video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsobNoNJzOc
Quick Cuts:
At the beginning of the film we have the scene where grace is running away from the prospective shot of the killer. This is the scene where black and white was used and the heartbeat fades in and out. Quick Cuts are used to create tension, excitement and confusion as to what might be happening at the start of the chase. In reverse quick cuts aren't use to to create a calm or neutral feeling
Zooms, Pans, Low angle shots, High angle shots and Over the shoulder shots:
Prospective shots of the killer are the best to illustrate the purpose of camera angles, prospective shots are the most obvious shots because the camera is never on a tripod and you often get the unsteadiness of the camera wielders hand and this is similar to the movements of the head. A good example of this the shot is the final scene of Grace walking down the road and the killers prospective shot of him behind the lamp post watching her as she walks.
Mise en Scene:
When Grace gets up out of bed she looks at phone, this is a part of Mise en Scene. Mise en Scene can represent many different things and in this instance she uses the phone as an alarm in the morning. Typically teenagers use their phone for a lot of things. I use mine as an alarm in the morning and as its primary use to talk to others. The phone is used to represent the fact that shes a average teenager.
Equipment List
Friday, March 19, 2010
Camera ; HD 10801, handycam
Tripod ;Manfrotto – 190 X B
Mircophone Rode
Tripod ;Manfrotto – 190 X B
Mircophone Rode
Casting
Casting
Killer Character – We are 99% certain we will be Using Jamie Fisher as our killer character who is going to be called The Hooded Figure. But as he had a busy schedule we drafted in Jacob O’Shea. His has a similar build to Jamie which is tall and Thin but muscular. Tall characters are very good as they look dominate and they can overpower people lot easier. Also by him being a thin build muscular build he has a mussels so he seem fit so he will not get tired so he will not fail in the quest of stacking Grace.
Female Character – We are not that certain who we will be using Grace Birchill. She is a typical blond girl so she seems vulnerable and also defenceless as she is going to be stacked while she is alone. She is also short so it emphases the fact that she is vulnerable.
Other characters – We should not be using anyone else but we might just have a few local people in the film as they go around doing there day to day life. We would like to have no one in our film because that would create a better atmosphere and at would give the allusion of isolation and desolation.
Killer Character – We are 99% certain we will be Using Jamie Fisher as our killer character who is going to be called The Hooded Figure. But as he had a busy schedule we drafted in Jacob O’Shea. His has a similar build to Jamie which is tall and Thin but muscular. Tall characters are very good as they look dominate and they can overpower people lot easier. Also by him being a thin build muscular build he has a mussels so he seem fit so he will not get tired so he will not fail in the quest of stacking Grace.
Female Character – We are not that certain who we will be using Grace Birchill. She is a typical blond girl so she seems vulnerable and also defenceless as she is going to be stacked while she is alone. She is also short so it emphases the fact that she is vulnerable.
Other characters – We should not be using anyone else but we might just have a few local people in the film as they go around doing there day to day life. We would like to have no one in our film because that would create a better atmosphere and at would give the allusion of isolation and desolation.
Thriller Target Audience
Friday, March 5, 2010
There are many different types of audiences and thrillers, and these all target specific people. Horrer thrillers such as The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village are targeted towards teenage girls and thrillers such as No Country For Old Men and Silence of the Lambs are targeted towards young males. The older classic thrillers like those from Alfred Hitchcock are targeted for Adults even though they are rated PG's.
Thrillers tend to be for people who like to work things out but sometimes it never happens until the end.
Our thriller appeals to those who enjoy the mystery. The twist at the start of film just before her possible death gets the audience to think because thev've seen part of the end of the film at the start. Our thriller is not made to strike horror into people but it's there to make people ask questions and to get thier hearts beating faster a few times. Our target audience 15-30 because we feel that anyone younger than 15 wouldn't be able to understand part of the ending being at the start. For anyone older than 30 we feel this film will not appeal to them because the film is about a young girl who attends college.
Thrillers tend to be for people who like to work things out but sometimes it never happens until the end.
Our thriller appeals to those who enjoy the mystery. The twist at the start of film just before her possible death gets the audience to think because thev've seen part of the end of the film at the start. Our thriller is not made to strike horror into people but it's there to make people ask questions and to get thier hearts beating faster a few times. Our target audience 15-30 because we feel that anyone younger than 15 wouldn't be able to understand part of the ending being at the start. For anyone older than 30 we feel this film will not appeal to them because the film is about a young girl who attends college.
Thriller Research/Production - Script
Script
Jessica running along a country path in with a perspective view of the killer chasing her.
Heartbeat noise linking in with music and blackout after every heartbeat whist Jessica is being chased
(Hand reaching out to Jessica.) Jessica: heavy breathing and shocked face.
Blackout/Flash back to the morning before the accident.
Jessica's mother: Jessica time to get up!
Jessica: Grumbles No, ergh
Gets up and goes to the bathroom, door closes fade out and then fades back when door opens, comes out of bathroom dressed.
Jessica goes downstairs and starts making breakfast
Jessica: looks at time oh! Grabs Jacket and puts on shoes "Bye mum!!"
Walks out of door up the pathway whilst being watched by killer
Jessica running along a country path in with a perspective view of the killer chasing her.
Heartbeat noise linking in with music and blackout after every heartbeat whist Jessica is being chased
(Hand reaching out to Jessica.) Jessica: heavy breathing and shocked face.
Blackout/Flash back to the morning before the accident.
Jessica's mother: Jessica time to get up!
Jessica: Grumbles No, ergh
Gets up and goes to the bathroom, door closes fade out and then fades back when door opens, comes out of bathroom dressed.
Jessica goes downstairs and starts making breakfast
Jessica: looks at time oh! Grabs Jacket and puts on shoes "Bye mum!!"
Walks out of door up the pathway whilst being watched by killer
14/1/10 Homework
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Audience – A gathering of people who are often public to watch or listen to something
Institution – An organisation or establishment built/created for a specific purpose.
Q – How many ways you can ‘read’ something produced by the BBC?
TASK - Go to the Doctor Who website.
Q. How can the audience engage with Doctor Who? How many different forms of ‘media’ are offered?
Well the obvious first piece of media is the big video displayed as soon as you enter the website. The video is a teaser that shows you many small clips of the upcoming doctor who series. You’ve also got small clips at the bottom of the webpage that introduce the new doctor e.g. the regeneration of the old to the new.
Convergence – This is the merging of two or more things. This makes the difference between types of media and different media industries.
Q. How would you usually watch an episode of Doctor Who?
Doctor Who is most commonly viewed through the living room TV.
Now think of the other ways you can watch an episode
SD (Standard Definition)
HD (High Definition)
Blue-ray
Even in cinema viewings.
What links these formats?
They all offer good quality viewing, unlike if you were to watch these’s movies illegally online its often the worst quality possible so there’s less MB’s to upload. Viewing HD on the internet for instance Eastenders on iPlayer will take a lot longer to buffer than if you were to view the same piece of media in SD.
They’re all digital, your fourth keyword..
Digital technology has led to increasing uncertainty over how we define an audience, with general agreement that the notion of a large group of people, brought together by time, responding to a single text, is outdated and that audiences now are ‘fragmented’.
Explain, in your own words, what fragmented means.
Fragmented is a piece of media that is scattered or out of place within its environment.
Key Points
In media studies we focus on ‘the contemporary’.
What does this mean if, for example, we are to study the film industry in Britain?
It would be to study the latest and newest in the film industry within Britain.
We are also keen to focus on convergence as a key agent of change. Why?
The world is constantly change and we need to keep up with everything that changes. For instance Avatar(2009) was suspended because they waited for technology to catch up. We know that technology is constantly changing and this brings new and different viewings for everyone.
Because it’s one of the most important things that’s happening now.
Q. How does the film industry 'converge' with the internet?
I wouldn’t say it converges, it does meet but in a bad way, piracy is the bane of the film industry. It affects the film industry badly.
We are finally interested in how things are changing.
Within the context of not only convergence, but also ownership,technologies and globalisation.
More key words – ownership and technologies are pretty straightforward however…
Globalisation means - The shift in media distribution from local or national to international and the whole world at once. Culturally, describes the process of ‘sameness’ over the world, typified by the availability of McDonalds in most nations.
Convergence
(Can be more than one way of converging.)
Definition again - Hardware and software coming together across media, and companies coming together across similar boundaries. This makes the distinction between different types of media and different media industries increasingly dubious.
1. Converging technologies – e.g your mobile ‘phone…
So what can the iphone do?
Make a list of the features…
Answer incoming calls and also dial numbers.
Browse the internet.
Listen to music.
Use apps such as games.
2. Converging media industries
News Corporation produce and distribute across several media. Find examples of their multinational media presence.
News Corporation Settles With Valassis Communications for $500 Million
http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_440.html
(Luhrs quote)
“We no longer live in a media world where TV, videogames, films, newspapers, radio, magazines and music exist separately.”
For this reason it is essential that you become aware of the impact of convergence on the film industry.
Institution – An organisation or establishment built/created for a specific purpose.
Q – How many ways you can ‘read’ something produced by the BBC?
TASK - Go to the Doctor Who website.
Q. How can the audience engage with Doctor Who? How many different forms of ‘media’ are offered?
Well the obvious first piece of media is the big video displayed as soon as you enter the website. The video is a teaser that shows you many small clips of the upcoming doctor who series. You’ve also got small clips at the bottom of the webpage that introduce the new doctor e.g. the regeneration of the old to the new.
Convergence – This is the merging of two or more things. This makes the difference between types of media and different media industries.
Q. How would you usually watch an episode of Doctor Who?
Doctor Who is most commonly viewed through the living room TV.
Now think of the other ways you can watch an episode
SD (Standard Definition)
HD (High Definition)
Blue-ray
Even in cinema viewings.
What links these formats?
They all offer good quality viewing, unlike if you were to watch these’s movies illegally online its often the worst quality possible so there’s less MB’s to upload. Viewing HD on the internet for instance Eastenders on iPlayer will take a lot longer to buffer than if you were to view the same piece of media in SD.
They’re all digital, your fourth keyword..
Digital technology has led to increasing uncertainty over how we define an audience, with general agreement that the notion of a large group of people, brought together by time, responding to a single text, is outdated and that audiences now are ‘fragmented’.
Explain, in your own words, what fragmented means.
Fragmented is a piece of media that is scattered or out of place within its environment.
Key Points
In media studies we focus on ‘the contemporary’.
What does this mean if, for example, we are to study the film industry in Britain?
It would be to study the latest and newest in the film industry within Britain.
We are also keen to focus on convergence as a key agent of change. Why?
The world is constantly change and we need to keep up with everything that changes. For instance Avatar(2009) was suspended because they waited for technology to catch up. We know that technology is constantly changing and this brings new and different viewings for everyone.
Because it’s one of the most important things that’s happening now.
Q. How does the film industry 'converge' with the internet?
I wouldn’t say it converges, it does meet but in a bad way, piracy is the bane of the film industry. It affects the film industry badly.
We are finally interested in how things are changing.
Within the context of not only convergence, but also ownership,technologies and globalisation.
More key words – ownership and technologies are pretty straightforward however…
Globalisation means - The shift in media distribution from local or national to international and the whole world at once. Culturally, describes the process of ‘sameness’ over the world, typified by the availability of McDonalds in most nations.
Convergence
(Can be more than one way of converging.)
Definition again - Hardware and software coming together across media, and companies coming together across similar boundaries. This makes the distinction between different types of media and different media industries increasingly dubious.
1. Converging technologies – e.g your mobile ‘phone…
So what can the iphone do?
Make a list of the features…
Answer incoming calls and also dial numbers.
Browse the internet.
Listen to music.
Use apps such as games.
2. Converging media industries
News Corporation produce and distribute across several media. Find examples of their multinational media presence.
News Corporation Settles With Valassis Communications for $500 Million
http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_440.html
(Luhrs quote)
“We no longer live in a media world where TV, videogames, films, newspapers, radio, magazines and music exist separately.”
For this reason it is essential that you become aware of the impact of convergence on the film industry.
Questionnaire
Monday, February 1, 2010
Kim Brenchley, Chris Ashwell, Alex Frost and Tyler Davidson
Questionaire
Question 1
What do you think a thriller is?
______________________________________________
Question 2
What type of thriller do you prefer? (Circle one)
Horror
Gangster
Sci-fi
Western
Comedy
Other, please ________________
Question 3
What is your favourite aspect of a thriller (circle)?
Characters
Setting
Costumes and Props
Narrative
Music
Other please state ________________
Question 4
Watch the opening to Vacancy that we have just shown you.
What is it about the opening of thriller that gets you interested and makes you carry on watching?
Question 5
In the clip you have just seen how do you know what type of thriller it is?
Question 6
what do you think a character or a building that is has a low camera angle shot would be??
Question 7
What character would you associate with these colours?
Black ________
Red _________
White ________
Green _______
Question 8
What wouldn’t you want to see in a horror thriller opening?
____________________________________________
Question 9
how do you find out about the recent releases of thrillers?
____________________________________________
Question 10
whats the best thriller film you have seen and why?
____________________________________________
Questionaire
Question 1
What do you think a thriller is?
______________________________________________
Question 2
What type of thriller do you prefer? (Circle one)
Horror
Gangster
Sci-fi
Western
Comedy
Other, please ________________
Question 3
What is your favourite aspect of a thriller (circle)?
Characters
Setting
Costumes and Props
Narrative
Music
Other please state ________________
Question 4
Watch the opening to Vacancy that we have just shown you.
What is it about the opening of thriller that gets you interested and makes you carry on watching?
Question 5
In the clip you have just seen how do you know what type of thriller it is?
Question 6
what do you think a character or a building that is has a low camera angle shot would be??
Question 7
What character would you associate with these colours?
Black ________
Red _________
White ________
Green _______
Question 8
What wouldn’t you want to see in a horror thriller opening?
____________________________________________
Question 9
how do you find out about the recent releases of thrillers?
____________________________________________
Question 10
whats the best thriller film you have seen and why?
____________________________________________
Brain Storming
Brain storming
• Type of film: Horror thriller
• Setting: Corpusty, graveyard, abandon area, light from the bottle bins (in Corpusty) the ford, Marriots way, Thurning, tower.
• Props of the villain character: knife or a weapon of choice
• Similar to, I Am Legend and Vacancy
• Shots of killer watching a young innocent girl
• Multiple killers?
• Killer has a weakness, and a symbol such as a tattoo which will be viewed when running.
• Title = Black Crow
Ideas from other media students – you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSaTaIvMTQ
• Piano music, also birds but then turns into tense music
• Panning of the landscape
• Use of computer typing and close up of computer screen words
• Mixture of black and white and colour
• Camera going through grass to find a phone
• Goes dark with only a lighter lite – blown out in slow motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJLABXpLOpc
• Different shots of two guys walking
• Typical villain – black hoodie
• Dialogue music is tense
• Twist being right at the start
• The title is very interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3cQeRG_xL4
• Starts with a chase and continually goes back to his memory of it
• Goes to dialogue
• Looking out through windows
• Tense music
• Slow motion
• Black and white
• Feeling of being watched
• Freezes with title at the end.
• Type of film: Horror thriller
• Setting: Corpusty, graveyard, abandon area, light from the bottle bins (in Corpusty) the ford, Marriots way, Thurning, tower.
• Props of the villain character: knife or a weapon of choice
• Similar to, I Am Legend and Vacancy
• Shots of killer watching a young innocent girl
• Multiple killers?
• Killer has a weakness, and a symbol such as a tattoo which will be viewed when running.
• Title = Black Crow
Ideas from other media students – you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSaTaIvMTQ
• Piano music, also birds but then turns into tense music
• Panning of the landscape
• Use of computer typing and close up of computer screen words
• Mixture of black and white and colour
• Camera going through grass to find a phone
• Goes dark with only a lighter lite – blown out in slow motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJLABXpLOpc
• Different shots of two guys walking
• Typical villain – black hoodie
• Dialogue music is tense
• Twist being right at the start
• The title is very interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3cQeRG_xL4
• Starts with a chase and continually goes back to his memory of it
• Goes to dialogue
• Looking out through windows
• Tense music
• Slow motion
• Black and white
• Feeling of being watched
• Freezes with title at the end.
A brief synopsis of the plot
A brief synopsis of the plot
Young girl named Jessica previously lived in the city and her and her parents moved to the country a year ago. They bought a house in countryside at a low price. In the year they have been there, there has been many weird occurrence, such as; things going missing etc.
The reason these are happening is that the land has been sacred for many years and was used for rituals. The house was then built and has been haunted ever since.
Jessica then finally gets chased by the cult and find the object that they worship, and then the cult die or move on.
Young girl named Jessica previously lived in the city and her and her parents moved to the country a year ago. They bought a house in countryside at a low price. In the year they have been there, there has been many weird occurrence, such as; things going missing etc.
The reason these are happening is that the land has been sacred for many years and was used for rituals. The house was then built and has been haunted ever since.
Jessica then finally gets chased by the cult and find the object that they worship, and then the cult die or move on.
Case Study - 2012
Chris Ashwell
2012 - 2009
Wikipedia – ‘There are a variety of popular beliefs about the year 2012. These beliefs range from the spiritually transformative to the apocalyptic, and centre upon various interpretations of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Contemporary scientists have disputed the apocalyptic versions.’
Many religions believe that the year 2012 is that last year for the human race. They believe that the world will end and our race will cease to exist.
There has been a film based around this date called ‘2010’
Plot:
2009: American geologist called Adrian Helmsley goes to India to meet with a forma colleague, he learns from this colleague that neutrinos from a massive solar flare are acting as microwave radiation, causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase rapidly. Adrian fly’s to the US to the speak with the White House Chief of Staff (Carl Anheuser) who at first ignores him until he shows the data that alarms the Chief. He is then given a meeting with the US President (Thomas Wilson) and informs him that that this will cause a massive event natural disasters. They begin a secret project intended to ensure the survival of humanity but they only pick the most important people from around the world. Around 400,000 people are chosen they are given special passes to board ships.
2012: Jackson Curtis has a part time job as a limousine driver with 2 kids but has divorced his wife who is with another man, he’s also a writer. Jackson his two kids on a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park, here they meet what seems like a crazy man called Charlie who has his own radio show all about the apocalypse. He says that he has some plans or map all about the secret project of building these huge ships. As they return home the natural disasters begin to take place, a crack develops along the San Andreas Fault in California and earthquakes start all over the west coast. Jackson fears that it’s going to get a lot worse after the talk he had with Charlie so he decides to rent a plane just in case something happens. Los Andreas begins to fall and so Jackson collects the family and runs to the plain, they manage to get away just as Los Andreas falls into what is now the sea.
They decide to fly back to Charlie in the Yellowstone National Park to retrieve the map but Yellowstone begins to erupt. They only have a matter of seconds to get the map and drive back to the plane. They run to the plane but Jackson forgets the map so he has to run back to the van and get the map but the ground falls beneath the van and it looks like Jacksons falls as well but he manages to climb back up and they narrowly escape the meteors whilst flying the plane.
The map tells them that the ships are being made in China so the land in Las Vegas in search for fuel but they find the super rich man who Jackson drives for. He is with his family and a plane driver so they decide to hijack a plane and fly to china.
They arrive in the China with a crash that kills Sasha as he fly’s of the edge of the mountain. They are spotted by the Chinese and they take the Russians who posses tickets but leave Jackson and his family behind.
They get picked up by some Chinese civilians on their way to the arks but they have to brake their way in. Once they get in a drill falls into the cogs and jams the door from closing this then comes to the attention of the crew and they spot the intruders. The water begins to fill the ship and Jackson has to swim back and remove the drill as the water level increases. He manages to unlock the cogs and close the door and the ship is dragged out of the dock uncontrollably nearly smashing into Everest.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, developed and distributed by Columbia Pictures 2012 began development in Vancouver August 2008 and finished in January 2009.2012 launched with an estimated $65 million on its first weekend and then a $225 million at the worldwide box office on the opening weekend. The film has managed to gross $161,458,000 in the United States and Canada and $574,100,000 in international markets, for a worldwide total of $735,558,000. It was the 5th highest grossing film of 2009 worldwide.
Audience:
With this film I don’t feel it appeals to anyone of a younger age as I know kids tend to get scared at the thought of the world ending, well I did at least. I don’t think that older people really have an appeal for this movie as I asked my grandparents and they said it’s not really there type of film. The range that I feel this feel appeals to is 15-40.
4*/10*
They had all the money, actors and special effects they needed so how did they manage to screw this one up? Obviously they thought exciting moments were more important than developing deeper characters and that's why this story that had great potential stayed so shallow. The dialog was always cheesy and none of the 'hero's' in this film really showed any real emotions nor did they give any of those speeches that give the audience goose bumps. Another thing that really bothered me was that so much was almost going wrong the whole time. Every second of the film had a 'close call' which made the film seem totally unrealistic. Examples are planes taking off just before the runway collapses or driving just fast enough to not get hit by an explosion. This can be very cool if it doesn't happen 100% of the time and I have never seen a movie abusing this way of creating excitement to this extent. So to sum up: If you feel like turning your brain off and watching special effects and big explosions with a very shallow storyline then this movie is for you. But if you feel like watching a movie with a bit of depth then go and see something else.
Quotes from IMBD.com
I can relate to this author, they have put in too many thrilling moments and after the first couple its starts to get slightly boring however I fell that the quality of the effects has a counter balance to this. The explosions and close calls really keep you tuned to see what happens if the ‘hero’ escapes in time for instance.
7*/10
If you've seen Independence Day, Titanic, or any recent vintage of the well-worn disaster film genre, you will not be disappointed at all with any of 2012. Its 2.5 hour+ running time moves at a great clip, and there's enough science and pseudoscience running around to give the film a certain of-the-moment wonder and clarity. The many destruction sequences throughout the film are absolutely breathtaking to behold, and one wonders if Roland Emmerich starts every film imagining how he will destroy the White House. Like all of his other films (except for The Patriot) it has big names but no huge names and really is a blast to watch. It has just the right balance of action and melodrama, often, as with all good films of this genre, in the same scene. The audience I watched it with was laughing and cheering throughout, and I'm sure it will be the definitive event movie of the holiday season, critics be damned.
This author obviously enjoyed the film “The audience I watched it with was laughing and cheering throughout” when I saw the film there wasn’t any crowd cheers but there was a little laughter and this is what was good about the film. Even though it’s about the world ending it has a little light heartedness to make it less depressing than other films of the similar types.
Technological Advancement:
The effects here are similar to those of Avatar, the technology used was so good it really did give those ‘hold your breath’ moments at certain escapes scenes. The effects are what I reckon sold this movie for sure. It’s not every day that people want to go to the cinema to see the world ending, it’s a rather depressing matter for some. The story line was same old like the rest of the films the world is ending but the human race struggles to find a way to survive. The effects like the car driving through the middle of a falling building trying to navigate between pillars were absolutely stunning. The trailer shows this for definite, its spine chilling music and eye pleasing effects would make anyone feel bedazzled.
Many people from IMDB.com said that the storyline wasn’t the greatest and I think the production company may have known this too, there are many films out there like this. So they really had to flaunt their movie and they did this with the special effects. If you haven’t seen the trailer I recommend watching it. The effects looked so real it made the hairs on the back on neck stand on end.
2012 - 2009
Wikipedia – ‘There are a variety of popular beliefs about the year 2012. These beliefs range from the spiritually transformative to the apocalyptic, and centre upon various interpretations of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Contemporary scientists have disputed the apocalyptic versions.’
Many religions believe that the year 2012 is that last year for the human race. They believe that the world will end and our race will cease to exist.
There has been a film based around this date called ‘2010’
Plot:
2009: American geologist called Adrian Helmsley goes to India to meet with a forma colleague, he learns from this colleague that neutrinos from a massive solar flare are acting as microwave radiation, causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase rapidly. Adrian fly’s to the US to the speak with the White House Chief of Staff (Carl Anheuser) who at first ignores him until he shows the data that alarms the Chief. He is then given a meeting with the US President (Thomas Wilson) and informs him that that this will cause a massive event natural disasters. They begin a secret project intended to ensure the survival of humanity but they only pick the most important people from around the world. Around 400,000 people are chosen they are given special passes to board ships.
2012: Jackson Curtis has a part time job as a limousine driver with 2 kids but has divorced his wife who is with another man, he’s also a writer. Jackson his two kids on a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park, here they meet what seems like a crazy man called Charlie who has his own radio show all about the apocalypse. He says that he has some plans or map all about the secret project of building these huge ships. As they return home the natural disasters begin to take place, a crack develops along the San Andreas Fault in California and earthquakes start all over the west coast. Jackson fears that it’s going to get a lot worse after the talk he had with Charlie so he decides to rent a plane just in case something happens. Los Andreas begins to fall and so Jackson collects the family and runs to the plain, they manage to get away just as Los Andreas falls into what is now the sea.
They decide to fly back to Charlie in the Yellowstone National Park to retrieve the map but Yellowstone begins to erupt. They only have a matter of seconds to get the map and drive back to the plane. They run to the plane but Jackson forgets the map so he has to run back to the van and get the map but the ground falls beneath the van and it looks like Jacksons falls as well but he manages to climb back up and they narrowly escape the meteors whilst flying the plane.
The map tells them that the ships are being made in China so the land in Las Vegas in search for fuel but they find the super rich man who Jackson drives for. He is with his family and a plane driver so they decide to hijack a plane and fly to china.
They arrive in the China with a crash that kills Sasha as he fly’s of the edge of the mountain. They are spotted by the Chinese and they take the Russians who posses tickets but leave Jackson and his family behind.
They get picked up by some Chinese civilians on their way to the arks but they have to brake their way in. Once they get in a drill falls into the cogs and jams the door from closing this then comes to the attention of the crew and they spot the intruders. The water begins to fill the ship and Jackson has to swim back and remove the drill as the water level increases. He manages to unlock the cogs and close the door and the ship is dragged out of the dock uncontrollably nearly smashing into Everest.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, developed and distributed by Columbia Pictures 2012 began development in Vancouver August 2008 and finished in January 2009.2012 launched with an estimated $65 million on its first weekend and then a $225 million at the worldwide box office on the opening weekend. The film has managed to gross $161,458,000 in the United States and Canada and $574,100,000 in international markets, for a worldwide total of $735,558,000. It was the 5th highest grossing film of 2009 worldwide.
Audience:
With this film I don’t feel it appeals to anyone of a younger age as I know kids tend to get scared at the thought of the world ending, well I did at least. I don’t think that older people really have an appeal for this movie as I asked my grandparents and they said it’s not really there type of film. The range that I feel this feel appeals to is 15-40.
4*/10*
They had all the money, actors and special effects they needed so how did they manage to screw this one up? Obviously they thought exciting moments were more important than developing deeper characters and that's why this story that had great potential stayed so shallow. The dialog was always cheesy and none of the 'hero's' in this film really showed any real emotions nor did they give any of those speeches that give the audience goose bumps. Another thing that really bothered me was that so much was almost going wrong the whole time. Every second of the film had a 'close call' which made the film seem totally unrealistic. Examples are planes taking off just before the runway collapses or driving just fast enough to not get hit by an explosion. This can be very cool if it doesn't happen 100% of the time and I have never seen a movie abusing this way of creating excitement to this extent. So to sum up: If you feel like turning your brain off and watching special effects and big explosions with a very shallow storyline then this movie is for you. But if you feel like watching a movie with a bit of depth then go and see something else.
Quotes from IMBD.com
I can relate to this author, they have put in too many thrilling moments and after the first couple its starts to get slightly boring however I fell that the quality of the effects has a counter balance to this. The explosions and close calls really keep you tuned to see what happens if the ‘hero’ escapes in time for instance.
7*/10
If you've seen Independence Day, Titanic, or any recent vintage of the well-worn disaster film genre, you will not be disappointed at all with any of 2012. Its 2.5 hour+ running time moves at a great clip, and there's enough science and pseudoscience running around to give the film a certain of-the-moment wonder and clarity. The many destruction sequences throughout the film are absolutely breathtaking to behold, and one wonders if Roland Emmerich starts every film imagining how he will destroy the White House. Like all of his other films (except for The Patriot) it has big names but no huge names and really is a blast to watch. It has just the right balance of action and melodrama, often, as with all good films of this genre, in the same scene. The audience I watched it with was laughing and cheering throughout, and I'm sure it will be the definitive event movie of the holiday season, critics be damned.
This author obviously enjoyed the film “The audience I watched it with was laughing and cheering throughout” when I saw the film there wasn’t any crowd cheers but there was a little laughter and this is what was good about the film. Even though it’s about the world ending it has a little light heartedness to make it less depressing than other films of the similar types.
Technological Advancement:
The effects here are similar to those of Avatar, the technology used was so good it really did give those ‘hold your breath’ moments at certain escapes scenes. The effects are what I reckon sold this movie for sure. It’s not every day that people want to go to the cinema to see the world ending, it’s a rather depressing matter for some. The story line was same old like the rest of the films the world is ending but the human race struggles to find a way to survive. The effects like the car driving through the middle of a falling building trying to navigate between pillars were absolutely stunning. The trailer shows this for definite, its spine chilling music and eye pleasing effects would make anyone feel bedazzled.
Many people from IMDB.com said that the storyline wasn’t the greatest and I think the production company may have known this too, there are many films out there like this. So they really had to flaunt their movie and they did this with the special effects. If you haven’t seen the trailer I recommend watching it. The effects looked so real it made the hairs on the back on neck stand on end.
Case Study - Avatar
Chris Ashwell
Avatar – 2009
Plot:
In 2154, the RDA corporation is mining Pandora, a planet that looks similar to Earth. Pandora is inhabited by the Na’vi, a blue type humanoid who somewhat resemble a tribal community. Physically stronger and taller than humans, they have blue skin and live in harmony with nature, worshiping a goddess called Eywa.
Human scientists created human-Na’vi’ hybrids called avatars, which are controlled by human who are genetically compatible with the avatars. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a young man who used to be a marine, arrives on Pandora to replace his twin brother who was murdered, the film doesn’t tell us much about his death just a line about how he was shot for the paper in his pocket. Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the boss of the Avatar Program, thinks that Jake is incompetent and that she doesn’t want him on her team and he isn’t going to help her in anyway.
Jake goes on this first mission with the biologist Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) which consist of them analysing and taking data from the trees in their avatar forms, the group is attacked by a large predator, Jake has to run from the predator where he hides in the roots of a tree but this doesn’t work as he make a run for it and has to jump of the side of a waterfall. Jake now has to try and survive in the jungle by himself, he is attack by a pack of Pandora dogs but he is rescued by Neytiri (Zoë Saldaña), a female Na'vi. Jake follows Neytiri wondering why she saved him and they end up on a log with a big drop on either side where the ‘Seeds of Life’ gather and sit upon Jake, Neytiri decides to take Jake back to the Hometree and tells her father it’s a sign. Neytiri is then given the task to teach Jake the ways of the Na'vi.
The Na'vi don’t know that Jake is actually undercover to try and make them move away from the Hometree because the RDA want to mine a resource called unobtanium, which the Hometree sits upon and very very big deposit.
The film progress’s and Jake is given three months to learn as much as he can, but Jake becomes to prefer the life of the Omaticaya and becomes a mate for life with Neytiri and betrays the Humans when he attacks a tree bulldozer destroying the cameras mounted on the top. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) finds out it was him and stops him from using the avatar. He then puts the plan forward to use fire power to destroy the Hometree. The ships are sent out to the tree and it is destroyed, the Na’vi find out that Jake knew what was going to happen and ban him and tell him he will never be one of them. Jake then takes it on as a personal mission to defend the Na’vi when he finds out that the Humans are going to destroy the Tree of Souls, the last place left for the Na’Vi. He tames the Toruk, an immensely powerful flying beast that only five Na'vi have ever tamed before and he then re-gains the trust of the Na’Vi.
The humans attack with a set up of huge bombs, the Na'vi fight back but suffer heavy casualties, among them Tsu'Tey and Trudy the plain pilot. As the Na'vi are on the verge of defeat, the Pandoran wildlife suddenly attacks the humans from the prayer than Jake did to the Tree of Souls, overwhelming them.
Jake destroys the bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls. Quaritch escapes in an Amplified Mobility Platform suit, finds the avatar interface pod where Jake's human body is located and attacks it, exposing Jake to Pandora's atmosphere. Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake, seeing his human form. With the attack repelled, Jake and Neytiri reaffirm their love.
The humans are expelled from Pandora, while Jake and his closest co-workers remain. Jake is seen wearing the insignia of the Omaticaya leader. The film ends with Jake's soul being transplanted into his Na'vi avatar.
James Cameron was the director of Avatar and Lightstorm Entertainment and began development in 1994. Camerons original idea was to start the filming after Titanic but Cameron changed his mind and decided that Avatar need better technology than what was there at the time. The film then began its remake in 2006 when the script was re-developed. The film was released on December 10, 2009 for the London premiere and December 18, 2009 for the United States. Avatar managed to grab a huge $3,537,000 from midnight screenings in the United States and Canada. The film then got $27 million on its opening day and $77,025,481 over its opening weekend in the United States and Canada this made it the second largest December opening ever just behind I Am Legend.
Audience:
James Cameron said so himself that his intended target audience is 8 – 80 and that he expects to get repeat viewings from those of a younger age. He said this because he compared it to one of his own experiences when he was young he went to see Doctor Zhivago three times in a row and he had to walk 4 miles every time to see the film, just because it was so visually appealing. I reckon this also applies to Avatar. Quote from Cameron “When you’re a teen and you see something you like it inflames your imagination”.
1*/10*
I had high expectations going into Avatar. Now I admit, it's probably stupid to go into any movie with expectations that are too high, lest they be crushed. However, even without high expectations, Avatar impresses only on a technical level, and on that level only. The story is very predictable, and as I watched this movie I was overcome with a feeling as if I had seen this all before in something in a made for TV movie on SyFy. This is pretty bad considering this is the same guy who made The Abyss and Terminator. I can only say that if you go see this movie, expect beautiful visuals... and a standard humdrum story that you've seen before if you follow any number of science fiction TV shows or just sci-fi in general. Oh, and if this is the 22nd century, why are they still using manually propelled wheelchairs?
Quotes from IMDB.com
10*/10*
I went with my two kids, one is 16 years old and my daughter 9 years old. Afterwards by the bus stop, we looked at each other, and in unison we knew and agreed, we had experienced something extraordinary at many different levels, an once in a lifetime moment. This is truly by far the movies of all movies. The only bad thing that I can say about this movie is I never wanted it to end, all from the jaw dropping scenery to the emotional computer graphics. I take a hold of you as I never experienced it in the theatres before.
I feel blessed and grateful, really honoured by the makers of Avatar, for letting us share this beautiful adventure, it is truly a milestone in motion picture history!
In some respect I agree with this author, the story was slightly predictable but nothing like what he said it was. The film didn’t feel like something I’d seen before and I’d gone in with high expectations and came out feeling like it had lived up to them high expectations.
Now this author I agree with, I remember the comment from my father “You don’t think you’re watching a animated cartoon, you feel like you’re watching another world.” The way it’s been produced; the graphics, storyline and dialogue makes it so real.
Technological Advancements:
This film by far to this date is defiantly the most technological advancement ever in cinematic development. The film was also produced in using Stereoscopy. (Wikipedia: “Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D imaging is any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image.”
Stereoscopy requires certain cameras in order to create the 3rd Dimension. Using these it can create two of the same images which are 6.35cm apart then using the goggles it can put these together to create the 3D picture.
Because this film has been one of the most expensive to make you would expect them to market it very well and they have. An estimated 150 million dollars were used for marketing. The marketing would consist of trailers and teaser all over the web. This film was hugely anticipated and because of this I think it spread through mainly word of mouth. I heard about the film from my brother and he told me it was one of the most expensive films to make so I had to see for myself. Of course the thing that really promoted this film was its trailer. You could see just from your television how good the film looked and it really showed some parts of the moving which wanted you to see the rest.
I’ve seen this film twice, once in 2D and again in 3D. I was amazed by the visuals in 2D and just had to see it all in 3D and it was worth it! If anyone decides to buy a pirate copy or watch in online they are defiantly not getting the stunning visuals from what you get in the cinema and thus missing out completely.
Avatar – 2009
Plot:
In 2154, the RDA corporation is mining Pandora, a planet that looks similar to Earth. Pandora is inhabited by the Na’vi, a blue type humanoid who somewhat resemble a tribal community. Physically stronger and taller than humans, they have blue skin and live in harmony with nature, worshiping a goddess called Eywa.
Human scientists created human-Na’vi’ hybrids called avatars, which are controlled by human who are genetically compatible with the avatars. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a young man who used to be a marine, arrives on Pandora to replace his twin brother who was murdered, the film doesn’t tell us much about his death just a line about how he was shot for the paper in his pocket. Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the boss of the Avatar Program, thinks that Jake is incompetent and that she doesn’t want him on her team and he isn’t going to help her in anyway.
Jake goes on this first mission with the biologist Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) which consist of them analysing and taking data from the trees in their avatar forms, the group is attacked by a large predator, Jake has to run from the predator where he hides in the roots of a tree but this doesn’t work as he make a run for it and has to jump of the side of a waterfall. Jake now has to try and survive in the jungle by himself, he is attack by a pack of Pandora dogs but he is rescued by Neytiri (Zoë Saldaña), a female Na'vi. Jake follows Neytiri wondering why she saved him and they end up on a log with a big drop on either side where the ‘Seeds of Life’ gather and sit upon Jake, Neytiri decides to take Jake back to the Hometree and tells her father it’s a sign. Neytiri is then given the task to teach Jake the ways of the Na'vi.
The Na'vi don’t know that Jake is actually undercover to try and make them move away from the Hometree because the RDA want to mine a resource called unobtanium, which the Hometree sits upon and very very big deposit.
The film progress’s and Jake is given three months to learn as much as he can, but Jake becomes to prefer the life of the Omaticaya and becomes a mate for life with Neytiri and betrays the Humans when he attacks a tree bulldozer destroying the cameras mounted on the top. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) finds out it was him and stops him from using the avatar. He then puts the plan forward to use fire power to destroy the Hometree. The ships are sent out to the tree and it is destroyed, the Na’vi find out that Jake knew what was going to happen and ban him and tell him he will never be one of them. Jake then takes it on as a personal mission to defend the Na’vi when he finds out that the Humans are going to destroy the Tree of Souls, the last place left for the Na’Vi. He tames the Toruk, an immensely powerful flying beast that only five Na'vi have ever tamed before and he then re-gains the trust of the Na’Vi.
The humans attack with a set up of huge bombs, the Na'vi fight back but suffer heavy casualties, among them Tsu'Tey and Trudy the plain pilot. As the Na'vi are on the verge of defeat, the Pandoran wildlife suddenly attacks the humans from the prayer than Jake did to the Tree of Souls, overwhelming them.
Jake destroys the bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls. Quaritch escapes in an Amplified Mobility Platform suit, finds the avatar interface pod where Jake's human body is located and attacks it, exposing Jake to Pandora's atmosphere. Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake, seeing his human form. With the attack repelled, Jake and Neytiri reaffirm their love.
The humans are expelled from Pandora, while Jake and his closest co-workers remain. Jake is seen wearing the insignia of the Omaticaya leader. The film ends with Jake's soul being transplanted into his Na'vi avatar.
James Cameron was the director of Avatar and Lightstorm Entertainment and began development in 1994. Camerons original idea was to start the filming after Titanic but Cameron changed his mind and decided that Avatar need better technology than what was there at the time. The film then began its remake in 2006 when the script was re-developed. The film was released on December 10, 2009 for the London premiere and December 18, 2009 for the United States. Avatar managed to grab a huge $3,537,000 from midnight screenings in the United States and Canada. The film then got $27 million on its opening day and $77,025,481 over its opening weekend in the United States and Canada this made it the second largest December opening ever just behind I Am Legend.
Audience:
James Cameron said so himself that his intended target audience is 8 – 80 and that he expects to get repeat viewings from those of a younger age. He said this because he compared it to one of his own experiences when he was young he went to see Doctor Zhivago three times in a row and he had to walk 4 miles every time to see the film, just because it was so visually appealing. I reckon this also applies to Avatar. Quote from Cameron “When you’re a teen and you see something you like it inflames your imagination”.
1*/10*
I had high expectations going into Avatar. Now I admit, it's probably stupid to go into any movie with expectations that are too high, lest they be crushed. However, even without high expectations, Avatar impresses only on a technical level, and on that level only. The story is very predictable, and as I watched this movie I was overcome with a feeling as if I had seen this all before in something in a made for TV movie on SyFy. This is pretty bad considering this is the same guy who made The Abyss and Terminator. I can only say that if you go see this movie, expect beautiful visuals... and a standard humdrum story that you've seen before if you follow any number of science fiction TV shows or just sci-fi in general. Oh, and if this is the 22nd century, why are they still using manually propelled wheelchairs?
Quotes from IMDB.com
10*/10*
I went with my two kids, one is 16 years old and my daughter 9 years old. Afterwards by the bus stop, we looked at each other, and in unison we knew and agreed, we had experienced something extraordinary at many different levels, an once in a lifetime moment. This is truly by far the movies of all movies. The only bad thing that I can say about this movie is I never wanted it to end, all from the jaw dropping scenery to the emotional computer graphics. I take a hold of you as I never experienced it in the theatres before.
I feel blessed and grateful, really honoured by the makers of Avatar, for letting us share this beautiful adventure, it is truly a milestone in motion picture history!
In some respect I agree with this author, the story was slightly predictable but nothing like what he said it was. The film didn’t feel like something I’d seen before and I’d gone in with high expectations and came out feeling like it had lived up to them high expectations.
Now this author I agree with, I remember the comment from my father “You don’t think you’re watching a animated cartoon, you feel like you’re watching another world.” The way it’s been produced; the graphics, storyline and dialogue makes it so real.
Technological Advancements:
This film by far to this date is defiantly the most technological advancement ever in cinematic development. The film was also produced in using Stereoscopy. (Wikipedia: “Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D imaging is any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image.”
Stereoscopy requires certain cameras in order to create the 3rd Dimension. Using these it can create two of the same images which are 6.35cm apart then using the goggles it can put these together to create the 3D picture.
Because this film has been one of the most expensive to make you would expect them to market it very well and they have. An estimated 150 million dollars were used for marketing. The marketing would consist of trailers and teaser all over the web. This film was hugely anticipated and because of this I think it spread through mainly word of mouth. I heard about the film from my brother and he told me it was one of the most expensive films to make so I had to see for myself. Of course the thing that really promoted this film was its trailer. You could see just from your television how good the film looked and it really showed some parts of the moving which wanted you to see the rest.
I’ve seen this film twice, once in 2D and again in 3D. I was amazed by the visuals in 2D and just had to see it all in 3D and it was worth it! If anyone decides to buy a pirate copy or watch in online they are defiantly not getting the stunning visuals from what you get in the cinema and thus missing out completely.
Case Study - Eagle Eye
Chris Ashwell
Eagle Eye – 2008
Plot:
It all starts when the US have possible leads on terrorist in the Middle East but the lastest technology called DoD says that the mission to track these down should be aborted, however the president disagrees and decides to carry out the mission. It turns out the suspects were civilians and as a response to this suicide attacks begin.
Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) attends his brothers funeral, his brother used to be in the Air Force. Afterwards he goes to withdraw money from the bank and he finds that he now has $750,000. When he gets back to his apartment he finds lot of different types of weapons in his apartment, consisting of bombs and guns. He gets a phone call from a woman telling him he needs to leave his apartment or the FBI will cuff him in 30 seconds.
He doesn’t believe this woman and as a result the FBI burst in and cuff him. He is taken to a interrogation room and meet Special Agent Thomas Morgan (Billy Bob Thornton). The unknown woman rings him again and gives him instructions on how to escape. As a consequence he meets Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan).
The woman on the phone carries on giving them instructions to avoid the Chicago Police and FBI, the woman has creates a crystal explosive made into a necklace that is worn in a meeting in the White House and its triggered by the woman’s son playing his trumpet.
The woman finally reveals herself and they find out that she is actually a super computer who has the ID of everyone all over the world. The supercomputer is actually corrupt and trying to kill the president but she says it in a different way so that the two characters think that they are helping to save the US.
The film progress’s and there are many different escape scenes from the police, and it’s only until near the end they find out that the computer is corrupt and they try not to give it away. They destroy the Supercomputer but its plans continue to take place without the actors knowing.
Rachel is given the explosive necklace by an official who was also instructed by Ariia and Rachel is sent to the Capitol to watch the President's speech. Sam's (son of Rachel) class, whose performance was in the Capitol for the President's State of the Union Address. They begin to play. The trigger that will set off the explosive necklace is set to activate when Sam plays a certain note on his trumpet. Jerry gains entry dressed as a Capitol policeman and he’s not sure what to do to stop the performance so he fires his pistol into the air, but then Jerry is then shot several times by a Secret Service agent.
In a hearing after the chaos Ariia caused, the Secretary of Defense urges that another supercomputer should not be built: "sometimes the very measures we put into place to safeguard our liberty become threats to liberty itself," he cautions them. Ethan posthumously receives the Medal of Honor and Agent Morgan posthumously receives the Commendation Medal, while Jerry, injured but alive and well, receives the Congressional Gold Medal. The film ends with Jerry attending Sam's birthday party. Rachel thanks him for attending, which her ex-husband had never done, and kisses him on the cheek. She then tells Jerry that she's glad he's there. He then responds, "Me too", and the movie ends.
Audience:
I think this film appeals to a wide variety of people. I would say that it appeals to everyone but the younger people won’t be able to understand. This film is one that throws you off balance in all directions, it’s one that you watch and constantly have to work out what happening in order to understand so I would say the initial target audience for this film is 14- 40.
Quotes from IMBD.com
8*/10*
In the plot of Eagle Eye, there are elements taken from the books written by William Gibson, the video game Portal and movies like Enemy of the State, I Robot and a long etcetera. But, in spite of that, I had a very good time watching this movie. There's no doubt it's unoriginal but the movie has an enormous energy that takes possession of the spectator so the final experience is very entertaining. The action scenes are very well filmed : they are exciting and they feel realistic.The movie has a good tone because it never stops entertaining. The actors also did a good job. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Chiklis and Rosario Dawson bring a lot of enthusiasm to their characters. I'm usually against the lack of originality but, there are some occasions in which, that fail is redeemed with a lot of good elements. Eagle Eye is one of that cases. I can easily recommend this movie. I had a very good time watching it and it did not bore me even a second.
This author is bang on target! A truly great film! The action scenes are shot extremely well but you can argue that Shia LaBeouf performs well in all the movies he plays particularly in Transformers his action shots are awesome. It really does take the aspect of a thriller film, keeps you on the edge of your seat and keeps you guessing throughout the whole film.
1*/10*
Terminator was good. but why do it again with "that guy from transformers" and poorly? i apologize for using blatantly simple, crude language to express this movie, but that is exactly what this movie is. it starts from what seems to be a interesting political thriller into yet another mediocre scifi about how technology will get out of our control, but with so many plot holes you end up feeling completely numb with all the running around and explosions happening. shia is the next ben affleck. the moment our b list stars are in circuit city and the computer reveals itself, i immediately thought "...are you serious?" i mean who wrote this script? In the end rosario dawson simply sticks a metal rod into the giant "eagle eye" that was just unsuspectingly dangling in front of her, and that stops the super intelligent AI completely.. i don't even want to get into why they didn't do something about that earlier. and the whole fiasco about putting the crystal on the lady and the sonic trigger in her son's trumpet.. whoever programmed Aria is retarded and whoever wrote this script is on the same level of IQ as the computer. only props go to billy bob thorton for killing himself, like he should do in every one of his movies.
I know this is my opinion but this author is completely wrong! The way he put it sounds like this film has been made on an extremely low budget and have employed cheap actors to create this fantastic film. Well he/she is wrong. Busy scenes have been executed with maximum smoothness and extreme care, this isn’t work of a 1* film!
Budget spent on this film was $80,000,000 now that’s a lot of money for a film that I hasn’t seen advertised anywhere but perhaps that was just me. The film managed to reach a total gross revenue worldwide of $178,066,569.
Now in my opinion I don’t think this film was marketed very well at all, I personally didn’t know this film was even out until my sister brought me the DVD and said you might like this. I was sold as soon as I saw Shia LaBeouf was the leading actor. Once I had seen the film I was so surprised I hadn’t seen it advertised anywhere, not even on TV.
Technological Advancements:
The film uses an even balance of animated scenes and real scenes but it does use a lot of explosions and collisions which to the standard they used must have cost a lot of money. The technology used to achieve these standards must have been the latest for 2008. Even the technology to ensure that everyone is safe when the stunts are happening e.g. wires. I reckon if this film had been released in 2009 and was put a year ahead the film would be very visually appealing. This film wasn’t produced in 3D and was produced like most other films.
Eagle Eye – 2008
Plot:
It all starts when the US have possible leads on terrorist in the Middle East but the lastest technology called DoD says that the mission to track these down should be aborted, however the president disagrees and decides to carry out the mission. It turns out the suspects were civilians and as a response to this suicide attacks begin.
Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) attends his brothers funeral, his brother used to be in the Air Force. Afterwards he goes to withdraw money from the bank and he finds that he now has $750,000. When he gets back to his apartment he finds lot of different types of weapons in his apartment, consisting of bombs and guns. He gets a phone call from a woman telling him he needs to leave his apartment or the FBI will cuff him in 30 seconds.
He doesn’t believe this woman and as a result the FBI burst in and cuff him. He is taken to a interrogation room and meet Special Agent Thomas Morgan (Billy Bob Thornton). The unknown woman rings him again and gives him instructions on how to escape. As a consequence he meets Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan).
The woman on the phone carries on giving them instructions to avoid the Chicago Police and FBI, the woman has creates a crystal explosive made into a necklace that is worn in a meeting in the White House and its triggered by the woman’s son playing his trumpet.
The woman finally reveals herself and they find out that she is actually a super computer who has the ID of everyone all over the world. The supercomputer is actually corrupt and trying to kill the president but she says it in a different way so that the two characters think that they are helping to save the US.
The film progress’s and there are many different escape scenes from the police, and it’s only until near the end they find out that the computer is corrupt and they try not to give it away. They destroy the Supercomputer but its plans continue to take place without the actors knowing.
Rachel is given the explosive necklace by an official who was also instructed by Ariia and Rachel is sent to the Capitol to watch the President's speech. Sam's (son of Rachel) class, whose performance was in the Capitol for the President's State of the Union Address. They begin to play. The trigger that will set off the explosive necklace is set to activate when Sam plays a certain note on his trumpet. Jerry gains entry dressed as a Capitol policeman and he’s not sure what to do to stop the performance so he fires his pistol into the air, but then Jerry is then shot several times by a Secret Service agent.
In a hearing after the chaos Ariia caused, the Secretary of Defense urges that another supercomputer should not be built: "sometimes the very measures we put into place to safeguard our liberty become threats to liberty itself," he cautions them. Ethan posthumously receives the Medal of Honor and Agent Morgan posthumously receives the Commendation Medal, while Jerry, injured but alive and well, receives the Congressional Gold Medal. The film ends with Jerry attending Sam's birthday party. Rachel thanks him for attending, which her ex-husband had never done, and kisses him on the cheek. She then tells Jerry that she's glad he's there. He then responds, "Me too", and the movie ends.
Audience:
I think this film appeals to a wide variety of people. I would say that it appeals to everyone but the younger people won’t be able to understand. This film is one that throws you off balance in all directions, it’s one that you watch and constantly have to work out what happening in order to understand so I would say the initial target audience for this film is 14- 40.
Quotes from IMBD.com
8*/10*
In the plot of Eagle Eye, there are elements taken from the books written by William Gibson, the video game Portal and movies like Enemy of the State, I Robot and a long etcetera. But, in spite of that, I had a very good time watching this movie. There's no doubt it's unoriginal but the movie has an enormous energy that takes possession of the spectator so the final experience is very entertaining. The action scenes are very well filmed : they are exciting and they feel realistic.The movie has a good tone because it never stops entertaining. The actors also did a good job. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Chiklis and Rosario Dawson bring a lot of enthusiasm to their characters. I'm usually against the lack of originality but, there are some occasions in which, that fail is redeemed with a lot of good elements. Eagle Eye is one of that cases. I can easily recommend this movie. I had a very good time watching it and it did not bore me even a second.
This author is bang on target! A truly great film! The action scenes are shot extremely well but you can argue that Shia LaBeouf performs well in all the movies he plays particularly in Transformers his action shots are awesome. It really does take the aspect of a thriller film, keeps you on the edge of your seat and keeps you guessing throughout the whole film.
1*/10*
Terminator was good. but why do it again with "that guy from transformers" and poorly? i apologize for using blatantly simple, crude language to express this movie, but that is exactly what this movie is. it starts from what seems to be a interesting political thriller into yet another mediocre scifi about how technology will get out of our control, but with so many plot holes you end up feeling completely numb with all the running around and explosions happening. shia is the next ben affleck. the moment our b list stars are in circuit city and the computer reveals itself, i immediately thought "...are you serious?" i mean who wrote this script? In the end rosario dawson simply sticks a metal rod into the giant "eagle eye" that was just unsuspectingly dangling in front of her, and that stops the super intelligent AI completely.. i don't even want to get into why they didn't do something about that earlier. and the whole fiasco about putting the crystal on the lady and the sonic trigger in her son's trumpet.. whoever programmed Aria is retarded and whoever wrote this script is on the same level of IQ as the computer. only props go to billy bob thorton for killing himself, like he should do in every one of his movies.
I know this is my opinion but this author is completely wrong! The way he put it sounds like this film has been made on an extremely low budget and have employed cheap actors to create this fantastic film. Well he/she is wrong. Busy scenes have been executed with maximum smoothness and extreme care, this isn’t work of a 1* film!
Budget spent on this film was $80,000,000 now that’s a lot of money for a film that I hasn’t seen advertised anywhere but perhaps that was just me. The film managed to reach a total gross revenue worldwide of $178,066,569.
Now in my opinion I don’t think this film was marketed very well at all, I personally didn’t know this film was even out until my sister brought me the DVD and said you might like this. I was sold as soon as I saw Shia LaBeouf was the leading actor. Once I had seen the film I was so surprised I hadn’t seen it advertised anywhere, not even on TV.
Technological Advancements:
The film uses an even balance of animated scenes and real scenes but it does use a lot of explosions and collisions which to the standard they used must have cost a lot of money. The technology used to achieve these standards must have been the latest for 2008. Even the technology to ensure that everyone is safe when the stunts are happening e.g. wires. I reckon if this film had been released in 2009 and was put a year ahead the film would be very visually appealing. This film wasn’t produced in 3D and was produced like most other films.
Case Study - I am Legend
Chris Ashwell
I Am Legend
Information:
Directed by Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend was released in 2007 in the United States and was a big hit with the public. It managed to reach the largest box office for a non Christmas film ever in December. The film is set in New York 2012 where Robert Neville (Will Smith), who is immune to a virus that’s turning everyone within New York into zombies. Three years prior to the event a cure to cancer was made by a doctor called Alice Krippin (Emma Thompson) but the virus quickly mutated and became airborne this then began a huge worldwide infection that killed 5.4 billion people which was 90% of the world’s population.
There were 600 million survivors but only 12 million were completely immune to the virus and the rest were turned into zombies with the appearance of baldness and paleness with traits such as over aggressiveness, they were called ‘Darkseekers’. Robert Neville (Will Smith) stays in New York after the evacuation of Manhattan to try and find a cure for the virus. As his wife and daughter enter a helicopter to be evacuated, chaos breaks out and people begin to jump onto another helicopter that rears out of control and smashes into the helicopter with his wife and daughter on with a huge explosion.
Then throughout the film you see many different signs of loneliness, for example; when he goes into the video shop, he’s set up all the manikins to look like a real life situation and he even talks to them as if they were real. When he kills his dog after she gets bitten and infected by another zombie dog he goes to the video store and begins to cry and begs for the manikin to talk to him showing desperation and loneliness.
With help from Warner Bros., I Am Legend began development in 1994 and then started the production in 2006 in New York. Most filming was done in New York and with a $5 million scene of Brooklyn Bridge and was the most expensive scene ever made at that time. I Am Legend quickly became a massive hit and produce a lot of money, earning $256 million in the US and $329 million internationally, making a grand total of $585 million.
The reason why I Am Legend manage to earn so much money was the fact that it appealed to a vast array of audiences, it wasn’t a gory bloody film so it wasn’t classed as an 18 but a big enough thrill to be classed as a 15. When I saw this film in the cinema I notice there were higher aged people than I first anticipated and as I watched the film by the end I could see how it appealed to everyone! This film showed a lot of emotion; that between him and his dog, the zombies and if you’ve seen the alternative ending the zombies even show the emotion called love. There was also a book which this film was based around and it was called ‘The Omega Man’. Many people may have already read the book and this could have also lead to the success, a prime example of this is Lord of the Rings the books were a huge success and thus was the film.
Audience:
This film is appeals to many but I feel that the films main target audience comes from a range of 15-45. This is because when I saw the film I was 15 and really enjoyed it and when my father saw the film he was around the 40’s and he said that he enjoyed it. Also I get the idea of who was in the cinema when I was there and as I mentioned before there were ages there I didn’t expect.
Quotes from IMDB.com
6*/10*
This film could easily have filled 2.5 hours of content. Why did it only last 1.5? I want more back story. I want more character development, especially toward the end. I want to know more about what happened, and how Will Smith's character is dealing with it. In short, I just want MORE.
All in all, this film left me feeling a lot like I did in Spider-Man 3: A lot happened, but none of it was really EXPLAINED.
It's a shame, really, because the concept is golden... and Will Smith's films usually feel quite epic and full. I'll definitely pick up the novel... hopefully it will give me the depth that I want.
As you can see from this review the author liked the film but he felt they could have added a lot more to it. Personally I feel that 2.5 hours would have been to long however I agree that they could have gone into a lot more detail. The storyline for this was very rich and I agree with this author and it is “golden”. A few things just scraped the surface like the emotion he showed to the manikins, they could have shown a lot more at these and shown more meaning behind his loneliness
Basically this film changes the main character COMPLETELY, deletes EVERY OTHER character from the novel, ends with Neville being a hero rather than an ANTIHERO, contains a dog in a completely changed way from the novel, and ADDS all other characters completely NOT in the book. Also, Neville's family is killed in a helicopter crash in the film. In the book, his wife returns from the dead as a vampire and Neville visits her in the mausoleum nearly every day. He longs to be with her. His daughter too dies from the plague of the disease.
Read the novel. Skip the movie.
If this had been called anything other than "I Am Legend" I would have given it maybe 3 stars to begin with...but since it stole he namesake of a great, great novel only to let me down more than The Lost World did... 1 star. Rent it if you are THAT bored sometime...
As for this author you can see he is very strong with his opinion and feels that the movie is rubbish. I haven’t read the novel but by this review I feel that I want to read it because it sounds very different to the movie when he says “Also, Neville's family is killed in a helicopter crash in the film. In the book, his wife returns from the dead as a vampire and Neville visits her in the mausoleum nearly every day.” This author though is very biased towards the novel rather than the film and it is his own opinion.
Technological Advancements:
Back in the 1920’s the first TV was made but TV’s were a rare thing to have in your house unless you were really rich and could afford one but compared recent years, now just about everyone has a television and has become somewhat a mandatory element to have within your home. Trailers are being broadcast on our TV’s to get people aware of the most recent and upcoming films. Cinema’s themselves advertise new films before the actual feature is shown and cinema is now a lot cheaper than it used to be so more people are going to watch a new film they saw advertised on TV.
I remember first seeing the film advertised on TV and when I saw it I knew I had to go see it. There was also a lot of talk about it at school which gave me even more reason to see the film so we could all talk about it the next day. Billboards placed around Norwich also advertised the film and created a lot of hype for it. Also the internet played a huge part of the advertisement, seeing as I spend a lot of my time using the internet I noticed a lot of adverts for the film on various different website such as YouTube.
The internet has been a huge technological advancement over the past years, video streaming has become a huge success with all the new speeds offered by you ISP (Internet Service Provider). Everything used to be ‘Dial Up’ which deals with perhaps tops 1MB/s speed but now we have ‘Broadband’ and top at the moment is around 20MB/s which is a huge difference between Dial Up and Broadband. It has allowed the live streaming of videos and there’s no need to leave your computer on for a certain amount of time whilst you wait for your video to buffer, you can now just go to the video click play and watch it right away from the comfort of your sofa.
There are many websites out there that are purely set up so you can see the latest trailer for an upcoming feature film. A very popular website which most people will have heard of is YouTube, YouTube is a video sharing website where you can upload your own videos for your friends and everyone around the world to see. You don’t need to register in order to watch videos so you can just navigate to the page, search for what you want and then watch it. Organizations can set up their own ‘channels’ where they can upload there latest trailers or music videos, allowing and extremely easy way to gain some knowledge of the latest films.
However the internet brings a catastrophic downfall for the film industry. There’s a vast array of illegal pirated films out there on the internet. These illegal websites are slowly but surely sapping the economy from the film industries. It’s too easy to just Google search a film you wish to see and with no more than five minutes you can find the film online.
With less and less people deciding to go to their nearest cinema to watch the film it’s having a big impact on film industries. They need the film to do well so they can earn enough profit to cover all the initial cost of making the film and paying all the actors, but pirated movies are stealing all this money from the industries. If you think for every person who watches the pirated movie instead of the official movie they are losing around £5 for every person. One in five UK internet users claims to have downloaded a pirated copy of a movie, according to research by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Along with all these pirated films instead of live streaming them we can now also download these films with the improved ISP speed as I said before. There’s no need to go out and by the DVD anymore because people can just download them for free. This is seriously affecting DVD sales all over the world. This is another way of which piracy is affecting the industry, less DVD sales = less money and the future of films is slowly but surely fading away.
According to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ‘nearly half of downloader’s consider it acceptable to download movies before they are released on DVD or video, and the vast majority have no objection to downloading a movie after it is released on DVD or video. Downloader’s also said that they would download more movies if it took less time, something likely to happen with the wider adoption of broadband’.
I Am Legend
Information:
Directed by Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend was released in 2007 in the United States and was a big hit with the public. It managed to reach the largest box office for a non Christmas film ever in December. The film is set in New York 2012 where Robert Neville (Will Smith), who is immune to a virus that’s turning everyone within New York into zombies. Three years prior to the event a cure to cancer was made by a doctor called Alice Krippin (Emma Thompson) but the virus quickly mutated and became airborne this then began a huge worldwide infection that killed 5.4 billion people which was 90% of the world’s population.
There were 600 million survivors but only 12 million were completely immune to the virus and the rest were turned into zombies with the appearance of baldness and paleness with traits such as over aggressiveness, they were called ‘Darkseekers’. Robert Neville (Will Smith) stays in New York after the evacuation of Manhattan to try and find a cure for the virus. As his wife and daughter enter a helicopter to be evacuated, chaos breaks out and people begin to jump onto another helicopter that rears out of control and smashes into the helicopter with his wife and daughter on with a huge explosion.
Then throughout the film you see many different signs of loneliness, for example; when he goes into the video shop, he’s set up all the manikins to look like a real life situation and he even talks to them as if they were real. When he kills his dog after she gets bitten and infected by another zombie dog he goes to the video store and begins to cry and begs for the manikin to talk to him showing desperation and loneliness.
With help from Warner Bros., I Am Legend began development in 1994 and then started the production in 2006 in New York. Most filming was done in New York and with a $5 million scene of Brooklyn Bridge and was the most expensive scene ever made at that time. I Am Legend quickly became a massive hit and produce a lot of money, earning $256 million in the US and $329 million internationally, making a grand total of $585 million.
The reason why I Am Legend manage to earn so much money was the fact that it appealed to a vast array of audiences, it wasn’t a gory bloody film so it wasn’t classed as an 18 but a big enough thrill to be classed as a 15. When I saw this film in the cinema I notice there were higher aged people than I first anticipated and as I watched the film by the end I could see how it appealed to everyone! This film showed a lot of emotion; that between him and his dog, the zombies and if you’ve seen the alternative ending the zombies even show the emotion called love. There was also a book which this film was based around and it was called ‘The Omega Man’. Many people may have already read the book and this could have also lead to the success, a prime example of this is Lord of the Rings the books were a huge success and thus was the film.
Audience:
This film is appeals to many but I feel that the films main target audience comes from a range of 15-45. This is because when I saw the film I was 15 and really enjoyed it and when my father saw the film he was around the 40’s and he said that he enjoyed it. Also I get the idea of who was in the cinema when I was there and as I mentioned before there were ages there I didn’t expect.
Quotes from IMDB.com
6*/10*
This film could easily have filled 2.5 hours of content. Why did it only last 1.5? I want more back story. I want more character development, especially toward the end. I want to know more about what happened, and how Will Smith's character is dealing with it. In short, I just want MORE.
All in all, this film left me feeling a lot like I did in Spider-Man 3: A lot happened, but none of it was really EXPLAINED.
It's a shame, really, because the concept is golden... and Will Smith's films usually feel quite epic and full. I'll definitely pick up the novel... hopefully it will give me the depth that I want.
As you can see from this review the author liked the film but he felt they could have added a lot more to it. Personally I feel that 2.5 hours would have been to long however I agree that they could have gone into a lot more detail. The storyline for this was very rich and I agree with this author and it is “golden”. A few things just scraped the surface like the emotion he showed to the manikins, they could have shown a lot more at these and shown more meaning behind his loneliness
Basically this film changes the main character COMPLETELY, deletes EVERY OTHER character from the novel, ends with Neville being a hero rather than an ANTIHERO, contains a dog in a completely changed way from the novel, and ADDS all other characters completely NOT in the book. Also, Neville's family is killed in a helicopter crash in the film. In the book, his wife returns from the dead as a vampire and Neville visits her in the mausoleum nearly every day. He longs to be with her. His daughter too dies from the plague of the disease.
Read the novel. Skip the movie.
If this had been called anything other than "I Am Legend" I would have given it maybe 3 stars to begin with...but since it stole he namesake of a great, great novel only to let me down more than The Lost World did... 1 star. Rent it if you are THAT bored sometime...
As for this author you can see he is very strong with his opinion and feels that the movie is rubbish. I haven’t read the novel but by this review I feel that I want to read it because it sounds very different to the movie when he says “Also, Neville's family is killed in a helicopter crash in the film. In the book, his wife returns from the dead as a vampire and Neville visits her in the mausoleum nearly every day.” This author though is very biased towards the novel rather than the film and it is his own opinion.
Technological Advancements:
Back in the 1920’s the first TV was made but TV’s were a rare thing to have in your house unless you were really rich and could afford one but compared recent years, now just about everyone has a television and has become somewhat a mandatory element to have within your home. Trailers are being broadcast on our TV’s to get people aware of the most recent and upcoming films. Cinema’s themselves advertise new films before the actual feature is shown and cinema is now a lot cheaper than it used to be so more people are going to watch a new film they saw advertised on TV.
I remember first seeing the film advertised on TV and when I saw it I knew I had to go see it. There was also a lot of talk about it at school which gave me even more reason to see the film so we could all talk about it the next day. Billboards placed around Norwich also advertised the film and created a lot of hype for it. Also the internet played a huge part of the advertisement, seeing as I spend a lot of my time using the internet I noticed a lot of adverts for the film on various different website such as YouTube.
The internet has been a huge technological advancement over the past years, video streaming has become a huge success with all the new speeds offered by you ISP (Internet Service Provider). Everything used to be ‘Dial Up’ which deals with perhaps tops 1MB/s speed but now we have ‘Broadband’ and top at the moment is around 20MB/s which is a huge difference between Dial Up and Broadband. It has allowed the live streaming of videos and there’s no need to leave your computer on for a certain amount of time whilst you wait for your video to buffer, you can now just go to the video click play and watch it right away from the comfort of your sofa.
There are many websites out there that are purely set up so you can see the latest trailer for an upcoming feature film. A very popular website which most people will have heard of is YouTube, YouTube is a video sharing website where you can upload your own videos for your friends and everyone around the world to see. You don’t need to register in order to watch videos so you can just navigate to the page, search for what you want and then watch it. Organizations can set up their own ‘channels’ where they can upload there latest trailers or music videos, allowing and extremely easy way to gain some knowledge of the latest films.
However the internet brings a catastrophic downfall for the film industry. There’s a vast array of illegal pirated films out there on the internet. These illegal websites are slowly but surely sapping the economy from the film industries. It’s too easy to just Google search a film you wish to see and with no more than five minutes you can find the film online.
With less and less people deciding to go to their nearest cinema to watch the film it’s having a big impact on film industries. They need the film to do well so they can earn enough profit to cover all the initial cost of making the film and paying all the actors, but pirated movies are stealing all this money from the industries. If you think for every person who watches the pirated movie instead of the official movie they are losing around £5 for every person. One in five UK internet users claims to have downloaded a pirated copy of a movie, according to research by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Along with all these pirated films instead of live streaming them we can now also download these films with the improved ISP speed as I said before. There’s no need to go out and by the DVD anymore because people can just download them for free. This is seriously affecting DVD sales all over the world. This is another way of which piracy is affecting the industry, less DVD sales = less money and the future of films is slowly but surely fading away.
According to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ‘nearly half of downloader’s consider it acceptable to download movies before they are released on DVD or video, and the vast majority have no objection to downloading a movie after it is released on DVD or video. Downloader’s also said that they would download more movies if it took less time, something likely to happen with the wider adoption of broadband’.
Notes on 'Berlinale Keynotes Film 2.0 is cinema toast?'
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Movies inspire and awaken people they also educate but anger some. Changes that are taking place in technology and new generations of people we are moving into Cinema ‘2.0’. Moving into a period with big changes, a film can become an experience where we can participate in the film. The film industry is changing as well, based on the concept of calibration. Viewer becomes user.
Why is this occurring?
Four big drivers:
• Web 2.0 – Very different from the .com period, access through the ‘things’ such as phones and media players. Concepts of screens are changing. Not very far from having actors in your living room through being holograms.
• Broadband – HD films on the internet, something that is happening today. New web you can browse the physical world e.g. GPS. True multimedia no longer looking like cartoon character but the real deal.
• XML – Not for presentation but for collaboration and computation, the internet is becoming a giant global computing. Enriched with services. Building communities around videos e.g. ratings
• Peer to Peer File Sharing – Open source anyone can access and change.
The next generation there is no longer fear of technology to them. Watching less TV, come home and turn on the computer. Generation now process content differently. The internet now their world. Kids are now changing everything that will affect the future. Kids now know more about this than their parents. Kids want freedom and choice they want to customise everything. A generation that wants to have Fun, Speed and Innervations. New blog created every second of every day.
Collaboration Cost – Greater than the cost of boundaries of cooperation. Rise of the internet and companies evolved into networks. Cost dropping so much that Peers can come together. 150,000 open source application projects. Creating our own content not the internet creating it. Box office revenues are declining and the people who visit the cinema are declining and people who watch films are home are even declining! However Video games are on the rise. People are watching films on their own personal media systems.
What is a film is changing, 3 minute film. People can now create their own dashboard on top of their games. Welcome the future because the future will soon be the past.
Why is this occurring?
Four big drivers:
• Web 2.0 – Very different from the .com period, access through the ‘things’ such as phones and media players. Concepts of screens are changing. Not very far from having actors in your living room through being holograms.
• Broadband – HD films on the internet, something that is happening today. New web you can browse the physical world e.g. GPS. True multimedia no longer looking like cartoon character but the real deal.
• XML – Not for presentation but for collaboration and computation, the internet is becoming a giant global computing. Enriched with services. Building communities around videos e.g. ratings
• Peer to Peer File Sharing – Open source anyone can access and change.
The next generation there is no longer fear of technology to them. Watching less TV, come home and turn on the computer. Generation now process content differently. The internet now their world. Kids are now changing everything that will affect the future. Kids now know more about this than their parents. Kids want freedom and choice they want to customise everything. A generation that wants to have Fun, Speed and Innervations. New blog created every second of every day.
Collaboration Cost – Greater than the cost of boundaries of cooperation. Rise of the internet and companies evolved into networks. Cost dropping so much that Peers can come together. 150,000 open source application projects. Creating our own content not the internet creating it. Box office revenues are declining and the people who visit the cinema are declining and people who watch films are home are even declining! However Video games are on the rise. People are watching films on their own personal media systems.
What is a film is changing, 3 minute film. People can now create their own dashboard on top of their games. Welcome the future because the future will soon be the past.
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