Cast and Crew members

Tom Bradshaw - Staring as Chester Wallace 

Ben King - As Location Manager and Assistant Manager

Lewis Healy- As Director and Vlog Master

Charlie Harris (Myself) - As Chief Camera Man

Location shoot at Hayling Island

On Friday the 23rd we went down to Hayling Island in Pourtsmouth to start filming. We Went out at 11:30 on the beach to start filming the scenes that we had planned from our story board.  We started by looking though our story board  to see which shot we should start on and how we should go along doing so.  

This is the beach in Hayling Island that we shooting our first scene in. We then started filming the first parts of  film following our storyboard. 

We ended up doing one of the shots of our actor walking down the beach at least 10 times because we wanted to make sure that we could get it right.

This is a behind the scenes photo of us filming the close ups that we need to make the audience feel awkward because of all the close ups of our actors face, eye and wind blowing in the wind. We used a tripod to get these closeup shots because we wanted a still and steady shot.

We would always watch the clips back on the L.E.D screen on the camera being able to see if the actor is too far away or close and to see if things are in or out of focus.

Then when we were done filming all the clips at the beach we went back to the grandparents house and starting to film the sections in where Chester moves to his Grandparents because his parents have just passed away.  We tried out different shot types like one were i was sitting in the car and I filmed looking through but It was hard because there was a bar in the way which the camera kept wanting to focus on. So I decided to go inside the car boot itself so I can get the actor opening the boot and taking out his belongings. 

We then started to film shots with the grandpa and him coming out of the car and then going into the  house.  We needed to do this shot a few times because most of the shots were out of focus or we would miss something that we didn't do in the clip before.  Then we entered the house with the grandpa saying 'Your room is upstairs on the left' which is our first sot

Transformers Age Of Extinction 

Production

Series History -  

-Transformers (2007)

- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

- Transformers: Dark of the moon (2011)

- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Transformers Age Of Extinction was Directed by Michael bay, and produced by Don Murphy.

Age of Extinction is the tenth highest-grossing film world wild as well as the highest grossing film of 2014.

The production Budget was $210 million .



Transformers released an app on May 8 surrounding the film available for iOS and Android devices, allowing users to access exclusive material such as character biographies, images, and interviews with the stars.

Distribution and marketing

Age Of Extinction cost no more than 3 - 5
million to market to Chinese moviegoers a big contrast to the $100 million prints and advertising spent in North America.

Transformers has a website showing videos, photos and facts about the characters. They also show that there is an app available for download. 

A website has said that ‘Iron Man 3,'” have catered to the Chinese market with local premieres, the casting of Chinese actors and even extra scenes shot specifically for that audience. But “Transformers” was clearly a joint effort from its Chinese and American producers from the start.
   
Transformers teamed up with Hasbro to be able to make Transformers Age Of Extinction toys for ages 5 +.  This is a good marketing technique to use because children will go and see the film and then they will want to play with the play as their favourite characters in the film meaning they will spend money in order to buy a Transformer toy.

Transformers was shown on  4,233 theatres all around the world. Released only in 3-D and IMAX 3-D, the sci-fi film accounted for approximately 57% of all screenings nationwide.  On 30th September 2014, the film was released on DVD, Blu-ray, in the USA and Canada, and 17th November in the UK. The film is also available to buy on iTunes at £9.99 for SD and £13.99 for HD.

Warner Bros

Films released by Warner Bros this  yeah.

- The Lego Movie

- The American Sniper

- Edge of Tomorrow

Name One Warner Bros film that is going to be released?

- Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

Name One Production company owned by Warner Bros  and a film they produced?

Top grossing film of all time.

- The Dark knight

An Example of a film distributed by Warner Bros.

- Harry Potter, a huge movie franchise, is a good example of how Warner Bros. has used vertical integration in order to maximise the potential earnings from productions.

Non Film producing/ distributing company owned by Warner Bros.

- Warner Bros. owns half of The CW Television Network.

Paramount Institutional Corporation

Paramount films released this year

- Interstella 

- Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles

Name One paramount film that is going to come out in 2015?

Paranormal Activity: The ghost Dimension is coming out in march, 2015 released by Paramount Pictures. 

Name One Production company owned by paramount, and a film they produced?

Plan B Entertainment which was founded in 2002 by Brad Pitt, Brad Grey and Jennifer Aniston. 

They have made films like Kick-ass2 and Troy for example.

Top grossing film of all time.

- Titanic 

- Transformers : Revenge of The Fallen

- Transformers : Dark of the Moon

An Example of a film distributed by paramount

- Shrek the Third

Non Film producing/ distributing company owned by Paramount.

- Nickelodeon Movies

Other media company owned by VIACOM

- Channel 5

Why is paramount pictures considered a major film studio?

Paramount Pictures are considered to be a major film studio because they produce and distribute there own films meaning they own all the cost's (vertical integration).

What genres, styles and types of films does Paramount Pictures produce.

Films like Transformers and GI Joe is all to do with special affects and action and adventure. They have also produced films like Star Trek, World War Z and Interstellar.

How successful are Paramount as a major film studio.

They have films like Titanic and Transformers which are both in the top 5 grossing films with Titanic having over 2,000,000,000 world wide.

Paul Hunt 10 stereotypes.

Pitiable and pathetic - Elephant man.

Victim of violence - Wheelchair using Blanche, victimised by her sister in what ever happened to baby Jane.

Sister of evil - Doctor No, (from James Bond) which has two false hands.  

Atmosphere - Freak Show. All the baddies have disabilities. Like the Joker with the scars of on his face and that his pure white skin colour because he fell in acid. 

Super Crip - Sully from Avatar who has no legs, but yet he is still powerful.

Laughable - Forrest Gump. Funny but yet still has a disability.  

Vengeful and bitter- Captain Hook

A non sexual - Marlon Brandon disabled veteran from 'The Men'

 

Can't partake in every day life-  Deaf people in 'Children of a lesser God'

Disabilities

ADHD - Percy Jackson in 'The Lighting thief' has dyslexia and has ADHD as well.

Autism - Raymond has autism and adheres to strict routines and shows very little emotion. 

Representation of age in E.R

The young boy is represented to be weak and venerable by the use of mese-en-scene because of all the tubes and the clothing that the young boy is wearing. He is also represented to be smaller and weak because of the high angle over the shoulder shot which is looking down at him in the bed, which makes him look like a young stereotypical boy.

However the boy is also presented in a counter stereotype manner with the use of mine-en-scene because the boy is completing sudoko which is normally for older age people. He is also a counter stereotype because of the language that he uses like " muscle biopsy" which young people wouldn't normally use and how the doctor is also asking questions towards the boy which shows that he knows  more than an actual doctor. 

The sequence ends with the diegetic sound of the heart monitor which then speeds up as soon as the boy start to talk about his mother. This represents him again as vulnerable and dependent on grown ups. At this point they swap roles again because the doctor is consoling the younger boy.

The cross cutting from the hospital bed to the waiting room is an example of juxtapositioning.  The abrupt cut from the boy who has a life threatening disease but is not complaining to the young boy who is loud and screaming because he got bitten by a gerbil has the effect of making you feel more sorry for the original youth.

Old age is represented to be confused and weird in this clip as an old age w omen who is sitting in the waiting room just for the air. This is a stereotype of  old people because they are seen to be confused as this is shown in the waiting room when an old lady is asked why she is here and she replies with ' Im just hear for the fresh air'. This shows that she is weird and doesn't know what is happening because normally a Hospital isn't the nicest smelling place even when people who have injuries and diseases around you.

   

Film4

'The Spirit of 45'

When you first visit "The spirit of 45 website you greeted with many different facts and links to click about the film it self.  

On the website (http://www.thespiritof45.com) it first shows you where you can see the film at straight away so it can show you were your nearest cinema is on a map. It also shows you how you can buy the DVD online. It also shows you different website that you are able to buy it off like amazon and Dogwoof DVD shop.

They promote the film by giving you the opportunity to be able to fill out a survey with some of your details like your age and if you have any siblings which then comes up with information on what you would have been like in 1945. This makes you more interested in the overall outcome of the film.


Captain America - The Winter Soldier 

Marvel have produced merchandise for The Winter soldier such as belts, jumpers (different sizes) and plushes that are available for purchase on the website. You are also able to see interviews with some of the actors like Anthony Mackie who plays Falcon and to bet able to see what there opinions and roles are on the film as well as the main characters and what they are called and what they do in the film. This shows you more information about a certain character that you might not already know.

On the website they also promote an app/game witch gives you a long straight to the app store to the download page.  

There are links that allow you to download wallpapers for your phone or computer with a different variety or styles.

You also get to see behind the scenes of when they were shooting the film and getting to see the production.  On the website there is also a comments section where you are able to have discussions about the film and your opinions with others. 

Website- Here

Interviews - Here

Old age positive and negatives 

Youth positives and negatives.