Lewis Cowdry Film Studies

The social groups represented in Hacksaw Ridge are young males that were in the second world war. Also, older war generals that served in the fist world war. The film is in the war genre as it is a story based on a real person called Desmond Doss who served in the war. This is shown by using a young actor playing Desmond. Also, by the mise en scene, the costumes are those of the soldiers that fought for America in the war. the narrative in the film is mostly dialogue between characters though there are a few scenes in which the character of Desmond narrated what was happening.

Film: star wars a new hope. Production company: LUCASFILM Distributer: Director: George Lucas Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor Composer: john Williams Editors: George Lucas, Marcia Lucas, Haul Hirsch, Richard chew, T.M. Christopher Stars: Carrie Fischer, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness Notable related films: a new hope is the first original film in the star wars franchise which has many different directors such as George Lucas, JJ Abrams, Rian Johnson and more. Production notes: Anew hope used models and green screens to make some of the scenes in space. As the technology has advanced, the directors use CGI and different special effects to create these scenes in the newer films. Audience expectation: as a new hope is the first film made in the franchise people didn't know what to expect when they went to see it in the cinema. Though the film did have a lot of hype as it was one of the first films of this type to be released as film w...

Making of Narnia Exterior We used a forest in Wymondham which was local to us so it wasn't too long of a walk to get to. Although, it was very cold and quite frosty, this just added to the atmosphere we wanted for Narnia as it supposed to be winter time. We made sure that our actors (when they weren't being filmed) had warm coats on as we didn't want them to get too cold.  We chose to not do snow to make our Narnia as we thought it would create too much mess and it would be hard for us to get the snow in every angle we wanted to film. If we were to do snow, it would mean that we would have to limit what we could film as we would have to make sure snow was in every scene and cover a lot of the forest area which would mean a lot of time would be spent after cleaning it up. We also chose not to use a lamppost as there wasn't any nearby to where we were filming so instead we used a tree as we believed it would be more effective than just having a lamppost in the...

DIRECTING STYLE EXTERIOR SHOTS For our LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE scenes, I looked at multiple directors, each with their own distinctive styles. I specifically looked at Wes Anderson, as his warm hues and centralised characters create interesting final outcomes. These images show how we have used the warmer hues and tried to centralise the characters. The lighting also created this warmer effect as the sun had been setting. These images are stills from the first part of the scene, when the two characters - Mr Tumnus and Lucy are outside, and when they first meet. The camera work was important, as we wanted to capture the bewilderment on Lucy's face as well as Mr Tumnus' shock of seeing a human. The directing style itself had been quite simple, because I didn't want to over complicate it. As I also played a large role in creating the storyboards, it allowed me to direct each scene nicely. DID ANY OF YOUR STORYBOARD IDEAS CHANGE ON SHOOT? ...

After reading the script it is clear that it uses linear narrative, which is when a scene or story has a defined start, middle and end with no cutaways from that order. This is the traditional way of telling stories as it is straightforward to understand, which is especially helpful in Narnia, as it is a children’s story. Linear narrative is used to great effect in this scene to build audience engagement in the world inside the wardrobe, as it allows them to take in the new surroundings at a good pace, in the scene there are a lot of long drawn out parts which help ease the viewer into taking in the new environment. This is often used in films, one example could be Star Wars, every time they visit a new planet there are usually slower paced conversations or shots of the environment to help the viewer adapt from environment to environment. A theoretical effect we could use within our video is the Kuleshov Effect. An example of a location within the script where we could use thi...

COSTUME AND MAKE-UP          MR TUMNUS                                                                LUCY             Make up:                                                                     Make up:          Concealer                                                                      Lip tint           Eyeliner                 ...

List of the settings in our script : Narnia Alternative Universe Mr Tumnus' House Lampost Scene Frosty Forest The Wardrobe into Narnia Scene Images of potential settings that can work and reasons why : P lantation Garden -   The Plantation Garden is a Grade II English Heritage registered garden close to Norwich City centre, next to the Catholic Cathedral. The Garden comprises nearly 3 acres and its features include a Gothic fountain, flower beds, lawns, an Italianate terrace, ‘Medieval’ wall, summer-house, woodland walkways and a rustic bridge. It is an idiosyncratic garden, a haven of peace and tranquillity and a glimpse into a bygone age. Mousehold Hill - Mousehold Heath is an area of heathaland and woodland which lies in north east Norwich, England and a designated Local Nature Reserve . It is now mostly covered by broad-leaf semi-natural woodland, although some areas of heath remain and are actively managed. This location would be ideal for our scene of Na...