My Sweeded Film

Sweeded Film: Titanic

A sweded film is a film which is summarised in a few scenes, made on a limited budget or none at all, with no props and shot on a regular camera (even a phone). Upon completion the film would have been sweeded. We decided to chose the film Titanic to adapt, this is because it is a very well known film and can be easily understood with no props or suitable scenery. We selected 5 important scenes that we summarised, and combined them together then added the correct music.

Sweeded film example:

Analysis of our sweded film:

Our sweded film is made up of five different scenes. The first scene out of the five is the poker scene, it is the scene when Jack wins two tickets to go aboard the Titanic ship. We decided to chose this scene because it is the scene that starts their journey on the ship. The second scene we chose to film is the scene where we see Jack and Rose meet for the first time on the ship. We chose this scene because it is a large indicator of the main focus of the film. After this scene, we chose one of the most significant scenes in the movie, the scene by which Rose and Jack are standing on the tip of the ship. This scene was chosen because it represents the Titanic movie, it is also the face of many film posters and is featured in most of the trailers that advertise the film. The fourth scene that we filmed was the scene where Jack and Rose are being separated due to the boat sinking. This scene is significant because it demonstrates the love between the two characters, it is also signifiant because it takes place during the main point and focus of the film, the sinking of the ship. The last scene that we filmed for our sweded film was the scene where Rose tells her grandchild about her experience on the ship, and her history with Jack. We chose for this to be our last scene because it sums up what happened in the film, it is also one of the last scenes in the original film and therefore we chose to close our film with a similar ending. Overall i think that our sweded film sums up the original film by using short, significant scenes with little props to demonstrate what the film is about.

Conventions of a Thriller

Sub genres of a thriller

Sub genres of a thriller:

-Action Thriller

A film where there is a focus on the action, it is more common in movies than novels due to the visual appeal of expolisions and violence. They deal with semi-realistic storylines, and the majority contain terroists, crime fighitng etc.

e.g. Jason Bourne/ the Bourne series 

-Crime Thriller

This subgenre focuses on crime.

 e.g. Sherlock Holmes

-Disaster Thriller

In this subgenre usually a natural disaster takes place, then the anatgonist is trying to stop the disater and save the world or, just save theirselves or even loved ones.

e.g. 2012

-Medical Thriller

This subgenre is usually used for medical purposes, a typical plot is hwere a deadly virus is leaked to the public and the antagonist is trying to save the human race from this tragdey.

e.g. Contagion

-Legal Thriller

These films usually involve the protagonist, being the lawyers, who has to fight a case that threatnes their client. The film will surround a court case being fought in and outside of the courtroom.

e.g. Erin Brockovich

-Mystery Thriller

These films are both mysteries and thrilers. These films are described to be quite ‘fast-paced’, with the protagonist trying to prevent another serious crime with no legal help.

e.g. Sixth Sense

-Religious Thriller

This subgenre mixes the myths of religion and history into an action packed mystery. There are historical or religous object involved, with differet groups of people after these objects.

e.g. Davinci Code

-Romantic Thriller

These films mix love and thrilling storylines, ther majority were once novels made into films. The plot follows a relationship between two lovers, with tension and secrets.

e.g. Red Riding hood

-Spy Thriller 

This subgenre focuses on adventures of field agents or ex-agents. They invlove the villain/villains in an organsed group, witht the agent being the protagonist who is helped by an agency. 

e.g. James Bond

-Supernatural Thriller

In these films, there are normally inhuman elements that are introduced. The characters have supernatural abilities or is set in a supernatural background. The antagonists usually try to help these inhuman people.

e.g.The X Files

Editing Techniques

Editing Techniques:

Jump cut-  

A 30 degree jump in the action that moves a scene forward by a split second, this helps the conversation to flow or make the action move forward.

Slow motion or montage- 

A series of shots used to condense time, can be used well with sound (usually music), can sometimes add comedy to a scene.

Split screen- 

Can show two things going on at the same times in different locations, it also shows different perspectives and tell us that the two scenes are connected.

Wipe, fade, dissolve- 

All transitions that link one scene to another.

Still/freeze frame- 

Used to show characters facial expressions and motivations alongisde a non-diegtic voice over, also used to demonstrate the significance of particular moments or scenes.

Rhythmic editing- 

Used to cut something in time with the music e.g. action films, the faster the music, the faster the cuts.

Quick cuts- 

Used to speed up the action.

Shot reserve shot- 

Used to show a conversation by cutting between characters.

Cutting on action/ match on action- 

A quick cut that shows movement, allowing a scene to progress e.g. catching something, running, or opening a door.

Cut away/ the Kuleshov effect- 

When you take away the middle shot and replace it with a different shot, this changes the meaning.

Flash back- 

Used to show the past or a characters motivations.

Match cut- 

Used to cut from one scene to another through matching the action, used as scene transitions.

Sound bridge- 

A piece of sound that links two scenes together, one way doing this is by hearing the sound before you see whats happening in the next scene.

Pace- 

A film can be a fast pace or a slow pace, it could be used to build suspense (slow), slow pace films focus on dialogue. Fast pace films (action).

Camera time- 

The amount of time the camera spends on a particular character to show their importance.

Camera Techniques

Camera Techniques

Wide shot - 

This shot is one by which the subject takes up the majority of the frame. It also shows the subject’s surroundings.

Close up-

In the close up shot, a certain feature or part of the subject takes up most of the frame. It is most commonly used to show detail and emphasise the characters facial expression.

Medium close up-

A shot that shows the face and shoulders. It is halfway between a mid shot and a close up.

Over the shoulder shot- 

This shot is done from behind the shoulder of the person looking at the subject. This is used to indicate the position of each person.

Point-of-view shot- 

This camera technique shows a view from the subject’s perspective. The subject whose point of view it is is usually made obvious.

Tracking shot- 

This type of shot is commonly used to make it seem like the subject is being followed. It can be done in several ways; most commonly a camera is mounted onto cart, which travels along tracks.

Tilt-  

This is a vertical camera movement in which the camera points up or down from a still position. It is often used to give a character more power than another.

Pan- 

The panning camera technique is popular within filmmaking. It is a swivelng camera movement done by moving the camera from left to right, usually on a tripod in a fixed location. Similarly to a tracking shot, a pan is most commonly used to track the subject’s movement.

Three point lighting

Three Point Lighting Adds Dimension :
The goal of 3 point lighting is to create the illusion a three-dimensioned subject in a two-dimensional image.
While you can create dimensions in a number of different ways, there's no doubt that using light and shadow can create a powerful affect, and helps accomplish 3 point lighting.

Types of lighting-
The Key Light: This is the main light used in a film 













The Fill Light: The purpose of this light is to fill in the shadows by the key light. preventing them from getting too dark.














The Black Light: This is used to separate the subject from the background.














Scrims are designed to reduce the light without softening it, natural density gels can be used to do this.

Introduction to Cameras and Filming

Rule of Thirds

'High Heels' Poster analysis

'Sherlock Holmes' Poster analysis

'Children of Men' Poster analysis