Media Text Assignment
For this assignment I will be analysing a movie called ‘The Transporter 3’.
Firstly, the genre of the film is action/thriller as 70% - 80% of the film is fast moving.
The film uses a lot of camera angles that interpret the person or vehicle that is being filmed. For example, the camera may be placed at a close angle to make a person or vehicle look bigger because they are the main part of that particular scene, where as if a group of people, or more than one vehicle are filmed then the camera will be placed further away but may also be put close up for particular fight or chase scenes that will interest the viewer.
The music within the film is varied, if a scene is fast, such as the car chase, then club music will be played in the background. If a fight scene is taking place, then the music will be slow but very beaty.
The Colour of the film looks like its really high quality, I think they may have tweaked the contrast slightly and so there for, gives off a good effect. The film is good to view when there is this much colour in it.
Editing on the other hand is important, if your doing a fast paced film then in my opinion its important to get the editing perfect. I think they’ve pulled it off as the editing is really good, I like the way it flashes from one side of a room, to the other, keeping all voice and music sounds intact.
Computer graphics isn’t something that is used a lot in this film, its all mainly stunt work, but when graphics are used they are really realistic. For instance, a villain sticks his hand out the window of a car at the precise moment another vehicles window is inline with his, he gets his hand knocked off by the other vehicle. Another good example is when a fight scene is taking place in a garage and the villain falls underneath a raised car, when the transporter pushes the red button to lower the car it quickly crushes the villain.
The films movement is fast, most of the time. This is because the ratio of chasing to talking is 3:1. I think this is good to have as it kept me interested and I’m sure if anyone else watched it then it would keep them interested as well. The movement of the character in general has quite a lot af marshal arts involved, particularly in the fight scenes. This is good as it would suite both tastes, by this I mean it would suite people with interests in car chases and it would suite people who like marshal arts.
The Layout of the film is based on France and the surrounding countries. The transporter is raced and chased through different countries to get to the required destination. This I find is very interesting to watch and I’d watch other films like this which has the same sort of layout.
04/11/2009
Media 04/11/09
Media Project Proposal.
The story that I am trying to tell in the film is a recently abandoned college just out of town (RNC), that’s had mysterious paranormal activity. A few kids in their late teens early 20’s are drawn to the area when they find out about the strange disappearances of the night staff who have vanished and never been seen or found again, which is why the college shut down four months ago. In the hope of finding the answer to the disappearances, the group enter the abandoned property and spend a few hours roaming around; but it becomes clear that they may have a one way ticket to hell, quite literally. Will they survive or will they just be victims of another disappearance, only time will tell.
If I was making the actual film, the group would find out about the closure of the college and the strange disappearances in the local paper. 4 months on and the group decide to enter the property, in hope of finding the people that have vanished. They find a way in through an open metal gate and approach the front entrance to the building, they find a way in and explore the vast corridors, twists and turns. Dark is approaching, and the group decide to split up and each take on a different wing and floor of the property, so that they can cover more of the building at once, little do they know it will be the last sunset they see. It gets to about 12am and one member of the group who is sitting in the corridor of the top floor, starts to hear strange noises. He sees shadows at the end of the corridor and hears the lift starting up, that hasn’t worked for the past 4 months.
The special attraction of the idea is that its very local to get to, in terms of place, seeing as I live here. I also think that with the colleges old main building it would make the perfect setting for a horror film. Another place of interest which is possible to include, with good camera angles, is my house (54 Venns Lane). The house, like the main building; also has old characteristics which would be good to add to the film. In my opion, it has its spooky sides when the sun goes down for the night.
I want to do it because I like the idea, its not too over the top with ideas. Where as an action film would be quite hard to do in terms of content. There for the Genre that I will be working in is ‘Horror’.
In terms of technical resources, I would need a camera, a computer and a tripod. I think that by using a tripod you can get a lot more steady footage where as if you were holding it by hand. The technical skills that I would need to develop are, fast camera movements and some more editing skills on the computer.
The production resources that I need are the main building, two or three people as actors and generally the campus of the college as my props are already there. I’m talking mainly about the old stair cases, long corridors and the old fashioned lift near the old gym, the building has lots of twists and turns which is good if the actor is acting lost or trying to escape something. The big glass windows would make a very good short camera clip as it would add to the atmosphere of the building. My house could also act as a prop within its self, with its huge old fireplace, wooden front door and a creaky staircase. The exterior of the property being filmed at night would make a good film clip. My Project may be distributed as a Horror film which is advertised on a website.
In my opinion, the potential audience could range from late teens to late forties, which would be my initial age bracket. I could promote and publicise it by building a website to go with it and doing a radio advert as well.
The story that I am trying to tell in the film is a recently abandoned college just out of town (RNC), that’s had mysterious paranormal activity. A few kids in their late teens early 20’s are drawn to the area when they find out about the strange disappearances of the night staff who have vanished and never been seen or found again, which is why the college shut down four months ago. In the hope of finding the answer to the disappearances, the group enter the abandoned property and spend a few hours roaming around; but it becomes clear that they may have a one way ticket to hell, quite literally. Will they survive or will they just be victims of another disappearance, only time will tell.
If I was making the actual film, the group would find out about the closure of the college and the strange disappearances in the local paper. 4 months on and the group decide to enter the property, in hope of finding the people that have vanished. They find a way in through an open metal gate and approach the front entrance to the building, they find a way in and explore the vast corridors, twists and turns. Dark is approaching, and the group decide to split up and each take on a different wing and floor of the property, so that they can cover more of the building at once, little do they know it will be the last sunset they see. It gets to about 12am and one member of the group who is sitting in the corridor of the top floor, starts to hear strange noises. He sees shadows at the end of the corridor and hears the lift starting up, that hasn’t worked for the past 4 months.
The special attraction of the idea is that its very local to get to, in terms of place, seeing as I live here. I also think that with the colleges old main building it would make the perfect setting for a horror film. Another place of interest which is possible to include, with good camera angles, is my house (54 Venns Lane). The house, like the main building; also has old characteristics which would be good to add to the film. In my opion, it has its spooky sides when the sun goes down for the night.
I want to do it because I like the idea, its not too over the top with ideas. Where as an action film would be quite hard to do in terms of content. There for the Genre that I will be working in is ‘Horror’.
In terms of technical resources, I would need a camera, a computer and a tripod. I think that by using a tripod you can get a lot more steady footage where as if you were holding it by hand. The technical skills that I would need to develop are, fast camera movements and some more editing skills on the computer.
The production resources that I need are the main building, two or three people as actors and generally the campus of the college as my props are already there. I’m talking mainly about the old stair cases, long corridors and the old fashioned lift near the old gym, the building has lots of twists and turns which is good if the actor is acting lost or trying to escape something. The big glass windows would make a very good short camera clip as it would add to the atmosphere of the building. My house could also act as a prop within its self, with its huge old fireplace, wooden front door and a creaky staircase. The exterior of the property being filmed at night would make a good film clip. My Project may be distributed as a Horror film which is advertised on a website.
In my opinion, the potential audience could range from late teens to late forties, which would be my initial age bracket. I could promote and publicise it by building a website to go with it and doing a radio advert as well.
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