2) The invasion of aliens is the fears people have in the society which is addressed in the movie.
3) The advanced huge aliens spaceship which is an advanced technology which does not exist in real life.
4) Will smith is the main character in the movie and he will appeal to the audience because of his fame and also, he has featured in sci-fi films such as After earth which was also starred by Jaden Smith.
5) The iconography of spaceship fits into the movie because the spaceship is outer space and also, it is an advanced technology as it has not been made or seen in real life.
Release date and marketing campaign
1) 9 august 1996
2) It is rated 6.9 out of 10 which suggests a decent movie in the society's opinion.
3) Independence Day is the sort of film that's best appreciated on a big screen, preferably a massive great plasma television that is so huge you had to cut the roof off your house and get airlifted in by helicopters just to get it in the living room.
Box office success
1) 817 million
2) 50 million
3) 75 million
4) Yes, it was a succes in Box Office.
Stars and directors
1) The day after tomorrow and 2012. They are similar because its about the world ending. 2) Will smith 3) I am legend and After earth. I am legend is similar because it involves dystopian characters. 4) The directors and the writers are mentioned at the end of the trailer.
Audience pleasures
1) The battle at the end. An action code for them to enjoy.
2) The invasion of the aliens. Enigma code which makes the people think "Why are they here? What going to happen?" The Aliens attacking the world which is also an enigma code to make the audience think "How will they comeback and defeat the aliens?" Also , the battle between the humans and the aliens which is an action code which people will be entertained by.
3) Will smith appeal to audiences that want to be a hero.
4) Age: 15-35
Social class: A-B class
education: Science
job: something mechanical due to the advanced spaceship
Live: Rich areas
They probably enjoy playing gun games
Wednesday 4 November 2015
The Martian
Genre
Sc-Fi Drama
Narrative
The storyline is clearly shown on the trailer. Matt Damon (the main character) was left on the planet Mars by his team because they thought that Matt Damon was dead. Later on, Matt Damon sends a video message to his crew about him still being alive. Then his team organise their journey back to Mars to bring back their team member that they left on Mars.
Character
The character is a typical Hollywood Sc-Fi. His team are willing to do everything it takes to go back to Mars and bring back their member that they left from Mars. The main character is: strong, determined to fight for his own life, fearless, brave and is fighting for his life to survive on the Mars until his team arrive back to Mars. He is waiting for his team to save him so he is relying on his team to get back as quickly as possible.
Iconography
The iconography of this movie is that there are: spaceships, advanced technologies, explosions, planets and how Mars actually looks like. These iconographies are all related to the genre because the setting of the movie is in the space which is definitely Sc-Fi.
Setting
From the trailer, I can tell that this movie's setting is in the Mars. It is a setting where you would use for Sc-Fi films. As Mars is the setting, it connotes that this movie is a Sc-Fi film.
The Spectre
Genre
Action
Narrative
The storyline is clear as it shows us that in this movie, James Bond is on an adventure teaming up with a cooperative agent's daughter to find and eliminate the bad people. Also, he meets a beautiful widow in Rome. James Bond covertly intercepts a secret meeting in which he uncovers the existence of the sinister organizer SPECTRE.
Character
The character is a British actor that plays in movies that are involves violence and brutality. In this movie, he is on a journey to find a cooperative agent's daughter. Then he finds her and teams up with her to find the bad people. The main character is: strong, smart, fearless and brutal which signifies that this movie does belong to the action genre category. He is brave enough to be alone and fight lot of enemies which shows how much love he has for his daughter.
Iconography
The iconography of this movie are: Car chasing, Car drifting, guns, explosions, elaborate clothing, hot ladies and lot of running. The iconography emphasises action because in action movies, it usually involves these iconographies. This movie should belong to action genre.
Setting
The trailer of this movie shows that the settings of this movie is in the mountains and cities. The setting is in the city suggests that this a action movie because the iconographies of this movie usually happens in cities rather than other places.
The Sinister
Genre
Horror
Narrative
The storyline of this movie is that a family move into a house. A house that previous families lived and died brutally. When they start to settle in the house, they started to eventually hear noises and sounds in their house. The dad (Ethan Hawk) found a box in his attic. Inside the box, was a lot of tapes. The dad watched the tapes and watched how the previous family died in the same house that they are currently living in. Later on, he finds more tapes about all the families that lived in the house. He watched how all the families died. Then, the kids that killed their families previously started to appear in the house but the dad never saw them; Only the younger kids were able to see them. One night, the dad went out his garden and eventually saw the boogie man that got the kids to kill their own families. So after that, they moved houses. They moved to a big house. After they settled in the house, the dad goes in to new houses's attic. He somehow found the box full of tapes again after he burnt them in the old house. But it was too late because his daughter was possessed by the Boogie man. Then, the dad, the mum and the son was killed by the daughter.
Character
The character is played by Ethan Hawke who is american and who is 44 years old that gives his care and love to his family. The mum is a typical British actor. In this movie, they move into a house full of demons that killed the families that lived in the house. Then they move when they started to get too petrified. But in the new house, it was the same. The Boogie-man followed them. The family were killed in that house. The dad plays as the main character that takes care of his family and protects his family. The character is: strong, fearless at first and he is a dad that tries to protect his family. He finds out all the scenes that happened to the families before in the same house.
Iconography
The iconography of this movie are: Creaky doors, weird scary sounds, clumsy people, scary real tapes, dark, a weapon and a demon that haunts everyone. These iconographies fit into the genre 'Horror' because in horror films, the iconography would usually be the same.
Setting
The setting of this movie is in a haunted house that is basically a grave because the previous families that lived there, were killed. The house is dark more often which emphasises killing and scary.In the garden, there is a tree where one of the families were strung.
Tuesday 22 September 2015
Summer Research Project
The movie 'The Martian' is a SC-FI action and adventure movie based on a person that was left in Mars when him and his crew went to Mars for a mission but his team thought he was dead so they left him in Mars. Later on, Matt Damon sends a video message to his team saying 'he is still alive'. Then his team plan a journey back to the Mars which is 254 million kilometres. His team were very delighted that they found out Matt Damon was still alive. Matt Damon is the actor that is starring in the movie 'The Martian'. This setting of this movie is in the Mars which is in space and is extremely far away.
This movie is produced by Drew Goddard and Andy Weir. This movie is directed by Ridley Scott who directed this movie. The main stars of this movie are Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Kristen Wiig. This movie is still not published yet but I predict that this movie is going to be a big hit especially seeing the rating of the which is 8.7 and this really makes me think that when this movie comes out, it will be a big hit. Especially the DVD when it comes out.
The Target audience for this movie is probably going to be from 12-30 because its set in space and lot of people love movies that are set in space. This movie is going to be watched by male more than female because males tend to like SC-FI movie especially if its set in space. The other movies people will want to watch if they watch this is The Gravity and Insterteller.
Tuesday 15 September 2015
Wide-shot
Long-shot- This angle was chosen because it showed me walking into the building clearly.
Long Shot- The angle was chosen because it makes me look less dominant and weak.
Long Shot- This angle was chosen because it makes Damani more dominant and strongerthan me because it was from below.
Wide Shot
Medium Close-up
Close-up- This angle was chosen because it perfectly showed the "gun" being pulled out.
Over-the-Shoulder
Medium Close-up - This angle shows Damani smiling just after he shot me. It also makes me look weak because he is looking down on me.
Long Shot
Thursday 10 September 2015
Tuesday 8 September 2015
Language
From this movie poster, I can tell that this movie is SC-FI because the image shows a man in space standing on earth. The title is faded and large and not many movie posters titles are faded. It also shows the producers and directors. Also, shows movie cast. The colour blue behind the man is mostly in SC-FI movies.
Institution
The production company is Falling Sky Entertainment. The distributor is Anchor Bay. They distributed the movie to cinemas and then released it to DVD. On the poster, It shows producers and directors names and it also shows a website. The director is Richard Schenkman. He was the one that directed the movie. The writer of this movie was Jerome Bixby.
Audience
This is a PG certificate so that suggests a wide target audience. This movie would probably be suitable for males instead of females because SC-FI films are mostly watched by males. Males are more likely to buy this movie than females.
Respresentation
There is no representation of females because males are stereotypically judged as a better scientific person. This shows that not many females are in SC-FI films. This shows that females are stereotypically not scientific than males.
Thursday 2 July 2015
For the first template, All the 3 images were Bill Gates. I chose Bill Gates because I know which words best describes his lifestyle. I chose the word 'Rich' because we all know that Bill Gates is the richest person in the world. He approximately receives more than 70 billion pounds. Another word I chose was 'Professional' because He made the device 'Apple' which is very popular. E.G. Iphones, Macbook and Imac. Apple has been widely purchased worldwide. Another word I chose was 'Famous' because he is the richest person on earth and also produced a world wide selling device.
For the second template, I chose the same words but different images. I chose the word 'Trust' for a haircutting image because everyone who gets their haircuts by the barbers, they always will trust the barber to cut the way the person wants it to be. For the second image, 'Trust' captions it very well because it shows two best friends. The reason why I think the word 'Trust' goes with the image is because friends always will trust one another to either keep secrets or anything else. For the last image, I chose Arsene Wenger (Manager of Arsenal) because the fans of arsenal always trust and have faith in Arsene Wenger because they want him to get the team to win cups.
Brief narrative: Set in London, a group of Destiny's plan to take over the world. Currently being ruled by the millions. They want to take it over because they want the food suppliers.
I think our Science fiction film would be successful because it includes good side fighting the bad side. Also, the film includes millions dominance but not for so long when Destiny's (woman monsters) took over and dominated the planet. Literally took over for food supplies. Also, other reasons why I think our film would be a successful Science fiction film is because it is futuristic.
The movie "Avengers: Age of Ultron" is based on Super heroes that save the world from the villains so this would be a Comic super hero genre as it is based on Marvel heroes. The main purpose of this movie is that the marvel superheroes save the world from villains that try to ruin the earth and kill people.
Key Conventions
Conventions for this futuristic and you know this by watching buildings and technologies in the movie. This movie has a moral in it, if you kill 1 , you affect the whole population. Target Audience
The target audience for this movie is probably a family movie or a teenager movie. I think this is teenager movie because its a superhero movie and many teenagers love movies about superheroes.
Jurassic World Genre
The genres for this movie are thriller, adventure movie and SC-FI. This movie is SC-FI because the movie is about dinosaurs that were extinct million years ago.
