Academy Award Nominations

Best film – Hannah Montana The Movie

Best Actor – Leonardo De Caprio

Best Actress – Miley Cyrus

Best Supporting Actor – Joseph Gordon Levert

Best Supporting Actress – Emily Osment

Best Director – Stephen Spielberg

Best Original Screenplay (script) - UP

Best Screen Adaptation – Winnie The Pooh

Best Cinematic Photography – The Last Song

Best Editing -

Best Special Effects - Avatar

Best Original Score (music) -

Best Costumes / Wardrobe – Hannah Montana The Movie

Best Title Sequence / Credits

Best Short (film)

Special Award for Services to the Cinema Industry, the motion picture business, the dream

factory, the movie world.

3. Think about these questions.

a. Which clip from a particular film would you never tire of seeing? When Jason Earles from Hannah Montana gets pecked in the face by an ostrich.

b. What trailers have you seen recently that really made you want to go and see the

film? – The Town

c. Can you think of any scenes from films you think should have been cut? Or can you

think of any entire film you think should have been banned? – The Human Centipede

d. Which of these features do you, in general, like a film to have:

1. a happy ending? yes

2. a complicated plot or a simple storyline? I like both

3. lots of action? Depends on the story line

4. a political or social message? social

5. totally naturalistic dialogue? Don't care

6. larger than life or true-to-life characters? depends on the story-line

7. (in the case of foreign films) subtitles or dubbed dialogue? I don’t watch foreign films

8. lots of close-up shots of people’s faces? If they are attractive

9. long sequences of desert, jungle etc.? No

10.a fair number of stars or a cast of unknowns’? stars

e. What can the cinema offer that the theatre can’t – and vice versa? Surround sound, and gold class

f. Which plays have you seen which you have also seen the film of? How did the two

versions compare? None

g. Would you let your ten-year-old son go off to Hollywood to be in a film, with or

without you there? Yes, with or without me, but i'd prefer to come

Match It Up

FILM	GENRE
The Simpsons	a thriller
FRIDAY THE 13TH	CARTOON
27 DRESSES	a historical film
WILD WILD WEST	a (Hollywood) musical
BRAVE HEART	a science fiction movie
MOULIN ROUGE	a war film
ARMAGEDDON	a horror film
BLARE WITCH	Epic/Historical
INDIANA JONES	a romantic comedy
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN	western
ALIEN	a documentary
THE GOD FATHER	ADVENTURE
LIFE OF JOHN BUTLER	a disaster movie
CASABLANCA	ROMANCE

Shot Types

Inspirational images for music video

Media Assessment

Film Type: Music Video (Gypsy & The Cat - The Piper's Song)

Synopsis:

For our media assessment piece, Jocelyn, Holly and myself are going to create a music video to the song The Piper's Song, by Gypsy & the Cat. The film is will depict a road trip in the life of three teenagers in the summer, and focus on the themes freedom, social bonding, and nature. It will be featured on beaches, at the currumbin rock pools, and in a meadow. The talent will be acting in a way that demonstrates the themes, being very fluid and peaceful. Costumes will be very casual, as most of the film will be shot at the beach, costumes will mostly be bikini's and summer dresses. However, pieces of material will be used to add effect. Overall, the music video will be very creative, relaxed and summery.

Target Audience - Young adults (15 - 25 year olds)

Idea - Calm, spiritual, imaginative video

Themes being used:

• Passion of the mind and the body
• Nature, Spirituality & freedom
• Social Bonding (Celebration / fun)
• Imagining

Ideas:

Setting - Burleigh beach, Currumbin rock pools, Meadows

Music - Gypsy & The Cat - The Piper's Song

Characters (talent) - Jocelyn Savage, Holly Miller, Isabella Laws

Props - Cars, beach towels, beach bags etc.

Costumes - Beach dresses, bikini's

Production Crew:

Jocelyn - actor, camera operator, producer, film editor

Isabella - actor, camera operator, sound designer

Holly - actor, camera operator, costume/set designer, director

Song Lyrics:

In the night see a face in the dark
In his face see a light shining gold
And this man, walks alone singing songs of victory
When he sleeps there’s a struggle and the light begins to fade

Heaven tells the past all he had was love and fear
He was stronger then all he had was love and pain
Then one day he found a stroke, evil tears run down his face
Another change good to buy good to buy

Where to run, are you there are you there
In the winter sun, he’s dancing in the wind
Where to run, are you there are you there
In the wilderness, look and you will find him

Another weeps a child sleeps his broken heart
A bleeding wine just passing time their horror shows
They’re at his grave at Valid creek where he began to see
The evil tide that proves that always good still within

Heaven tells the past all he had was love and fear
He was stronger then all he had was love and pain
Then one day he found a stroke, evil tears run down his face
Another change good to buy good to buy

Where to run, are you there are you there
In the winter sun, he’s dancing in the wind
Where to run, are you there are you there
In the wilderness, look and you will find him

Thunder, thunder in the time
Thunder, waiting for a sun
Thunder, thunder in the time
Thunder, waiting for a sun
Tonight tonight see the sun

Where to run, are you there are you there
In the wilderness, look and you will find him
Where to run, are you there are you there
In the winter sun, he’s dancing in the wind

Where to run, are you there are you there
In the wilderness, look and you will find him
Where to run, are you there are you there
In the winter sun, he’s dancing in the wind

Production Crew

List the jobs done by the following members of the video production (creative team’)

1. Executive producer: Manages the time line, controls the budget

2. Writer: Takes the idea or concept and writes the script

3. Producer: In charge of the creative team, secures the service of the production crew,

prepares shooting schedules, on time and within budget

4. Director: Directs the performance of the cast and crew, tells everybody what to do, explains the production to technical crew, has the final say

5. Production manager: Tracks the progress of the production, make sure its running smoothly, and also on time.

6. Storyboard artist: Draw up sketches with the director

7. Camera operator: Work with the lighting director, shoot the scene

8. Sound technician: Ensure the dialogue and other sounds are properly recorded, supervise sound crew, correctly place microphones and levels of audio must be correct, involved in final sound mix

9. Talent: Talent are the actors, or the cast,

10. Editor: Finish of the production, cutting the footage to suitable length, adding music, graphics, editing and special effects

11. Define brief - Intention, purpose, target audience,

Pre-production

12. What is the purpose of the pre production stage? when plans of the shooting program are put into place

13. What are some of the tasks done in the pre production stage? scripting, scene breakdown, storyboard, shot list, casting, locations (equipment hire, catering, transport, informing people)

14. Why is the pre-production stage so important to the production process? Because sometimes they only have two days to shoot the film, so everything needs to be prepared.

15. What are three important things to remember in the pre-production process? These could be related to the stage in general or the work of those performing specialist roles: Making sure that you have a setting thats available, ????

Production

16. What is the production stage also known as? Shooting of the film

17. What are some tasks done in the production stage? lighting, camera options, sound

18. What are three important things to remember in the production process? These could be related to the stage in general or the work of those performing specialist roles. That the shooting schedule must be followed, safety issues

19. What does ‘continuity’ mean? Why is it an important consideration of the production stage? Making sure that certain objects and items are still in the same place

Post-Production

20. What is one of the major tasks completed in post-production? shooting the project, time management crucial, quality control (image, sound, performance)

21. What is the difference between an off-line edit and an online edit? offline is the rough cut edit and the online is the final cut edit

22. What are some of the tasks done by an editor? cutting footage and audio together

23. What task is done after an edit? What is the purpose of this task? the soundmix can be made, adjusts sounds so they are correctly balanced, final approval by executive producer

What makes A Movie / Types of Movies

Cinematography is like a visual psychiatrist

Cinematography is like painting light in the dark

Editing refers to creating rhythm Editing refers to the passing of time - some parts you may speed up for impact, some parts you might slow down (like in a horror film) Graphic relationships

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Types Of Movies

TITANIC

Genre: The genre of this particular scene is "Adventure / History / Romance"

Style of acting: The actors were were moving fast, especially after the boat hit the iceberg. A majority of the cast were rushing around, doing jobs, trying to minimize the damage, and a small portion of the "upper class" actors were just sitting around, trying to work out what was going on.

Props:

The steering wheel

The wine glass

The propeller

Lighting: Dark and cold, there was a blue haze over it. The lighting in the boiler room was warm, red, and hot, creating a sense of urgency and emergency.

Setting: The movie was set the Atlantic Ocean, where the original Titanic boat sank. But the scene was set in the boiler room, outside the boat where the iceberg was, the upper class rooms, and the upper deck where ice flew on to the deck. There was also brief moments underwater on the propeller.

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS

Genre: The genre of this particular scene is "Adventure / Action / Drama"

Style of acting: The main female actor was being very demanding, and witty. As well as being creative and talented, she was very concentrated and on task. The other female actors were acting like typical 'women', shrieking and ensuring the men are pleased.

Props:

The nuts

The material

The beads

The costume

Drums

Swords

Knifes

Lighting: The lighting was very bright throughout the scene. There was lots of colours that were very contrasted.

Setting: The movie was set in landscapes throughout China, however, this particular scene was set at a temple in China. The main actors moved throughout the rooms in the temple, as well as the courtyard.