Mariya Sabir AS Media Studies

Q: Describe the planning process and what was involved: For the planning process of our Preliminary, I and Olivia made a film treatment which briefly explains the task planning and published on our blogs. Such elements of the film treatment were things such as character, synopsis, camera shots etc.  Q: How did the planning benefit you? Planning did help whilst filming as what props was needed for that specific scene, camera shots and other important elements from using the storyboard which we had created together. The dialogue was well implemented because Olivia and I produced a script for the characters to study from so that they knew what actions they had to perform and what they had needed to say. In conclusion, planning made a successful outcome as it was a good source of guidance. 

Horror/ Thriller Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television, having numerous subgenres. Thriller will often include elements of science fiction, mystery or horror. A thriller must incite to the audience strong emotions, suspense and tension. Horror is a genre of fiction which is envisioned to frighten or scare the audience. The main effects of a horror are to make people jump, feel nervous or on edge by something that is about to happen or already happened. A horror movie cannot be successful if it does not encourage fear into the audience and use a lot of it throughout the movie. Horror/ Thriller Film Associated Production Producers & Developers Warner Brothers Blumhouse Screen Gems Productions Company Logo Advertisements Company logo advertisements are usually shown at the beginning of film's, for example, the Blumhouse productions logo advertisement, the logo shows a dark corner of a room with one single light on the ceilin...

Name : Amaan Age : 16 Gender : Male Occupation (if applicable) : Student Subjects being studied (if applicable) :  Business Studies, Geography, ICT Favourite film(s) from the specified genre : ·                      Paranormal activity ·                      Insidious Reasons the specified genre appeals to you : "I like horror/ thriller films because I tend to find other genres quite boring and with horror there is a lot that goes and builds on" What you expect from the opening of a film from the specified genre :  "The lighting being quite dark, setting quite interesting and maybe creepy" Name : Maryam Age : 16 Gender : Female Occupation (if applicable) : Studen...

First plan  Working title: Abandoned Initial Storyline: Our idea was to start with a glimpse at the end of the film in the beginning and have the entire thing filmed on a handheld camera 1. Establishing Shot - an abandoned old people's home. 2. Medium Long Shot - A group of local teenagers are breaking in ahead of the character carrying the camera. 3. Medium Close-up - It then cuts to 3 girls who were with the big group previously, now on the stairs calling to the boys. The camera focuses on two of the 3 girls, the 3rd girl obviously filming. 4. Low Angle, Long Shot - Someone walks across the landing at the top of the stairs and heads into a room. Thinking it's one of their friends they follow him into the dark room, illuminated only by the single window with a streetlight directly opposite. 5. Medium Shot - The figure stands to face the window motionless as one of the girls approaches him and places a hand on his shoulder ready to turn him round, the figure then turns, r...

BFI Statistical Yearbook – Genre Information In order to amass quantitative data on the Comedy genre, we have referred to the BFI’s 2014 Statistical Yearbook as it is far beyond the scope of any survey that we could ever hope to conduct. In the BFI’s own words, ‘The Statistical Yearbook presents in one place all the available statistics on UK film and the UK film industry.’ Analysis As we can see from this survey the Thriller genre was quite successful in 2014: The Thriller genre grossed £58.5 million, accounting for only 5.6% of total box office. However, it did surpass other big genres such as family, horror and adventure. There were 71 Thriller releases in 2014 making up 10.0% of the total releases in 2014. Gone Girl was the second highest '18' rated classified film in 2014.  Significance Thriller films were quite successful with the British public in 2014. This shows that there is demand an...

Introducing to DSLR cameras DSLR stands for digital single-lens reflex  It basically means a camera with one lens and a mirror which reflects the light, where pictures are recorded on a digital card instead of film To get started best to use the automatic settings   Set the dial to the green automatic mode.   Make sure the lens is set to AF and not MF   Push the shutter button down halfway – the camera will automatically focus on the subject   Push the button down the rest of the way to take the picture Canon: outside of auto http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/ Exposure   Exposure is the amount of light a digital camera's sensor captures when a photo is a taken. Too much light results in a washed out  Aperture The aperture settings controls the size of the lens opening that allows light into your camera You can blur the foreground and background that bracket your subject (known as shallow depth of field)by ...

Media language refers to the ways in which meaning is created in media texts. Below are some of the terms we have been learning about in our AS Media Studies lessons: Establishing Shot: Two-shot: Point of view shot: Over the shoulder shot: High-angle shot: Low-angle shot: Canted-angle: Pan: Camera Establishing shot : The opening shot in a dramatic scene that establishes the disposition of people and objects in the mise-en-scène. As such it is usually a wide shot, and is likely to be followed by a succession of closer shots. Two-shot : A shot in which two figures appear in the frame. Point of view shot : A camera angle in which the viewer seems to see with the eyes of a character in the scene. Over the shoulder shot : A camera shot in which the subject of the shot is filmed from behind a person’s head and shoulders, which are framed to one side in the foreground. High-angle shot : ...