Thursday 2 May 2013

1. In what way does your film use, develop or challenge forms of conventions of real media products?

Well, with our film being a post apocalyptic horror, our film is pretty much in the same mould as 28 Days Later. In 28 Days Later, Jim, the main character is walking around a deserted London centre, which usually is very busy. In Immunity we see shots of empty town centres too, but without a character for the majority of it, unlike 28 Days Later.

Immunity-28 Days Later

1.Here is one of two production companies. We named it "Horizon Productions". For this we used a students piece of art from college. We then edited it slightly by putting the title on the logo.

2. In the next screenshot you see, they're two people sat in a living room watching the news unfold regarding the riots. We filmed by slowly zooming in on the television which added a fuzzy effect once it had zoomed in fully. We also put in the opening credits in this shot because there isnt a lot going on other than the rioting.

3. The next shot is probably my favourite shot in our film. It is a shot of an empty town centre showing traffic lights. Its my favourite because it also shows the emptiness right at the far end of the shot rather than just the close up of it. Because we filmed this on an early Saturday morning it is a dark shot which adds a bit of suspense. We want the red traffic lights to suggest that everything has come to a stand still.

4. In this next shot, it shows a car which suggests that it has been dumped since it has its doors open. The shot may suggest that life may still be left, however with the car in a dumped state it indicates that somebody has tried to make a quick getaway regarding the zombies or the riots.

5. This is what has happened after the riots. With a load of broken glass, rubble and a load of other rubbish. Again the dark colours make the film more negative.

6. In the next one, it shows a dog walking a across with the camera panning across from left to right. This dog suggests that there maybe some life left, however as far as we know the dog or the animals could be the infection. Again, the darker effects make the film and scene a negative feel.

7. This shot show some swings swinging, however there isnt anyone there to force them to swing, again does this suggest that there was life here moments ago? Or was it just the heavy winds forcing them to swing.

8. In this shot, we see the character for the first time. We filmed this using an extreme long shot of the survivor/character walking across a field with a jumping effect, to suggest that time is passing by. We did the jumping effect because the scene otherwise would be rather dull and boring.

9. Rather simple, yet in my opinion seems quite effective. Cameron and Calum worked hard on trying to find the right font and editing techniques to make it look as professional as possible. We find the resulting product rather pleasing.

28 DAYS LATER

1. As you can see or the screen grabs, both of the films used riot shots in the opening sequences. These help establish whats going on in the film.

2. The title in 28 Days Later although maybe plain, but i find it quite effective again, simply because it gives us a creepy sort of atmosphere towards the film.

3. We considered a similar type of opening to introduce our character in Immunity, however we felt it would be too similar. In 28 Days Later, Jim who is the main character wakes up in a hospital bed, waking up, walking out of the hospital and seeing London in a deserted state and having no idea whats been going on.

4. In this shot, he explores the streets of London, finding and collecting money and food and drink to help survive. In Immunity we did something similar by filming empty streets and town centres etc.

5. Shows a long shot of a car dumped, very similar to ours which is more of a close up. There are also more vehicals in this shot.

6. Shows a close up a of headline on a newspaper insisting that London has been evacuated.

7. Another long shot of London centre, showing off the emptiness, suggesting that London has been wiped out.

8. A medium shot of Jim in a dark staircase. This helps the suspense build as Zombies maybe around. I would say that none of our shots really compare to any of ours shots, as our are totally different.

9. Comparing the 9th screen shots the two films, 28 Days Later obviously looks more exciting and scarier. However 28 Days Later had a budget to work with as we didnt.

In conclusion, I believe that the Immunity opening sequence was a success considering the tools and equipment we had on offer compared to films such as 28 Days Later. I feel our film had suspense which we could carry on working with throughout the film. We used various camera angles and editing techniques to give our film a tense atmosphere. I feel our ending to the opening sequence makes you want to watch it to the end.

28 Days Later is a lot scarier than ours, Immunity has a more tense atmosphere instead. However, both films are hugely similar in terms of the rioting scenes both films have. 

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