Character Task

For this task we had to create a character in depth, by thinking more about their story, background and behaviour.

 

 



Name: Roy Marshal

Age: 36

Nationality: American

Profession: Engineer, ex-pilot

Marital Status: Widow

 

Roy is a quite held back person, who prefers to listen rather than voice his opinion. He's not hot headed and doesn't get angry but, even though he's quite everyone listens when he talks and he takes control of the situation even if it's not his intention. He is a born leader with peoples' respect though he doesn't normally take charge. Roy didn't come from a rich background but is still well educated, with good grammar and vocabulary. They rarely swear and have a low pitched voice.

 

As a person they are very knowledgeable and experienced, their life has been a course of challenges  which they have overcome. They have had to deal with the passing of their wife which has left them unhappy and pessimistic. They have become quiet and feeling to toll of day to day living without their other half. Roy is beginning to lose his will to live and his grief is starting to consume him, his outlook on life changes. He shuts himself off from the world and is now untrusting of others though in the past he was selfless, generous and sensitive to others.

 

The character is very traditional and is not interested in the modern era. He listens to old records and read a newspaper. He is pleased by the simple things in life and is not obsessed with technology or social media. They played American football in school and loosely follow the sport. He was brought up as a Christian and has a strong tie to his religion. 

 

Their past is very complicated they finished school and went straight into the RAF to train as a pilot and learn skills as an engineer. After spending about 10 years serving his country Roy left the RAF. He sets up a garage and meets his wife, a childhood friend, in next 8 years he marries and buys a house before his wife dies in a car crash.

The house becomes his main hobby as he renovates it into their dream house, its old, large and in the country. He lives there alone apart from his German Shepard who is his only companion and best friend.



Analysing Soundtrack

Horror
Music is used to build up tension, it normally starts of rather quiet with long pauses between the sounds. The use of staccato helps create an atmosphere which can escalate and increase in suspension as the mu gets louder, quicker and more dramatic. Some soundtrack use a piano to create an eerie feel to the listener. They are distinct, cold sounds which fit with the generic features of horror, its important the music creates suspense so the watcher anticipates something scary is to come.

Western
All western soundtracks have a similar sound to classify that genre. There's typical a use of traditional instruments like cowbells or a acoustic guitar. They traditional have lyrics and are rather upbeat linking to the action in the genre.

Sci-Fi
All the soundtracks were bold, dramatic and loud. They use a orchestra to make the music seem to surround us a create a new world, which is important for sci-fi is set normally on a different planet. The music is very large scale to empathise the importance of the setting.

Romcom
This genre has typically used popular songs that are upbeat and have lyrics. To create a happy mood and make the watchers feel good. The use of famous, known songs is important as it makes it relatable and they are normally pop songs because everyone knows the words.

Film Language - Genre

I filled in this grid to help understanding of what makes up different genres and start thinking about what genre I would like my opening to be and therefore what I should include.

Opening Sequence Planning - Content

Diamond 9

What I think is important to include:
I chose to put creativity as most important because the openings that interest me most in films have to be different and that is what makes people watch on. Introducing characters and setting is always fundamental to openings but doing this in an unusual way is what makes an opening stand out to others. I put ensure you audience gets it at the bottom because if you explained the whole story in the opening 2 minutes nobody would watch till the end. There has to be some confusion to intrigue a viewer into watching on.




What the exam board thinks is important to include:
I thought use a variety of camera angles would be more important to the examiner because it shows a level of skill and thought to filming. I moved ensure your audience gets it higher as well because that can demonstrate a well thought and planned plot and showing where the storyline is going. Demonstrating creativity was a lot lower as this would be less important as long as you shown certain skills. Use dialogue is at the bottom because there doesn't have to be any for the opening to be good  and at a non-professional level dialogue can lower the quality of the end result.

The Finest Hours Trailer

Walt Disney Pictures has released a new  trailer for director Craig Gillespie’s upcoming disaster drama The Finest Hours, which is based on the book of the same name by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias and the true story of the 1952 Pendleton rescue mission.

Submarine - Final Cut and Evaluation

 

 

The Submarine opening was a lot more difficult to recreate than I first thought as smaller details were really the parts that made most difference and made the clip better. Obviously certain restrictions meant it was harder to add this extra level of detail and therefore restricting the end project. These things being funding, time, choice of actors and location. Which if we would have had more time ways could have been found around problems. To improve I would have liked to spend more time designing the settings especially in the bedroom as key items were missed. I think what was in our control was done well for example the editing we had a large range of sounds to choose from so were able to find the rights one to fit with the original. Overall I feel the project went well and will definitely help when doing our own opening.

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Breaking the fourth wall is when an actor directly talks to the audience or camera, this can be used to encourage audience participation. Also its used in Submarine in the opening sequence.