What I plan to do next....

In my lesson today my teacher called me up to talk about my media blog, after discussing how far behind I am from everyone else from lack of posts I wrote down all that I am planning to add.

~ Notes on red riding hood and Mohulland drive notes
~ Double Idemnity and The Killers notes
~ Update my narrative pictures
~ Film noir audience sheet
~ Lighting pictures

I plan to get all of these points done by at least next week.

Analysing music for psycho.

Here is an example of music from the film 'psycho', when you want to establish that something is deeply insane, evil, or unnatural you can use a series of sharp, screeching notes on any string instrument.This would be used before or during a murder scene, due to the sharpness of the notes you can imagine this music being used to signify a stabbing.

This is a perfect way for our OTS to produce tension.

Key conventions of film noir titles

The title of a film noir is often representations of what the film is like;




- here is an example of a film noir cover from the 1947 film born to kill, the title alone lets you know it's going to be violent as it has the word 'kill'. The first thing that stands out for me on this cover is the title 'born to kill', the colour is blood red and it's in a font that looks like it could have been written by hand. It looks as if the title 'born to kill' has quotation marks either side, this could indicate that the sentence is said during the film.










- In class we've been analysing the 1944 film noir Double Idemnity, here is the cover of the film. The first thing that stands out for me is the title 'Double Idemnity' it's also blood red but however this title doesn't look like it's been hand written. This is a simple front cover with who we can only assume as the femme fatale and hero however it stands out. What also stands out is the hero holding the gun while hugging the femme fatal, and considering that we know most film noirs end with the femme fatal dying we assume that's what the hero is planning to do.

Certificate of films.

The UK's film certificates are decided by the BBFC (British board of film classification) and has been since 1912. The BBFC rates released films, and rated videos and video games that fit the criteria of the video recordings act 1984, which was discovered in August 2009 to be something that can't be forced until the act was re-enacted by the video recordings act 2010.
~ Here are the age certificates that you'll find on films, they will let you know what age the movie is suited for ranging from U (suitable for anyone) and R18 (the most restrictive of the cinemas)
~ Toy story is an example of a U film, suitable for ages four and over it's set within a positive framework and reassures.
~ Harry potter is an example of a PG film, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.







~ Avatar is an example of a 12A, mature themes are acceptable. But their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.

~ The inbetweeners movie is an example of a 15, no theme is prohibited provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds. However after seeing this film in the cinema I was surprised this wasn't a 18 considering the language and sex scenes.





~ Ju-On: The Grudge is an example of an 18 horror film, there are no levels on theme, language, nudity or horror.