The Core.

1) How is the fact that this is a disaster film foreshadowed in the opening of the film?


 The film is showed to be a disaster film from the start. There is hints that are given. Such as natural disasters occuring and important and clever people being picked out and hired for the misson to the core. Also people are randomly fainting and falling over in the street, which suggests something is wrong and needs to be solved.




List the 8 main characters.
2) The main characters are: Doctor Josh Keys, Serge Leveque, Conrad Zimsky, Ed Brazzelton (nicknamed Braz), Theodore Finch (nicknamed Rat), Robert Iverson and Rebecca Childs (nicknamed Beck).


How is sound and editing used to create tension and drama during the spaceship landing scene?
3) The sound and music caused alot of tension during the spaceship scene. When the connection is lost on their misson to the core, the music speeds up and gets higher. The cuts between the inside of the ship and the outside get much more frequent. The crew soon begin to realise what is happen, this is when panic and chaos is shown. Once everything is safe and the space ship lands safely, the music slows down rapidly and the cuts aren't as often.


How is sound and editing used to create and ellipsis after the team first meet?


4) The sound is in the background, mainly. The editing creates the ellipsis which speeds up to give the audience the thought of time passing quickly.


How are two of the following used to create tension and drama during the lightning storm on rome?
- sound, editing, camera work and Mise-en-scene.5) The scene of the natural disaster (lightning storm) there is a lot of sound, such as people talking (dialogue) and  noises from the tv in the cafe (at the start of the scene). Once the tv turns off, the light goes off, which also causes tension. The music starts, and eventually gets faster and faster. The music increases during all the chaos in Rome. There is a huge ammount of editing. Such as the lightning storm itself, the destruction of the coliseum and the cafe which was shown previous during the scene.

Avatar Research

Your task is to research 3 marketing strategies used to promote the film Avatar.

 

1 -

The website is huge, its bigger and better than the majority of film websites. Its clearly set out and has special features. On the site navigation it has the following:

Videos, Images, About, Downloads, Video Games, Toys, Mobile, News and Music. The website advertises the new release with horurs of extra features. There is also promotions, such as chances to win money. There is games based after the film to play online for free.

 

2 -

Ubisoft created most of the avatar games for the website and for sale. Ubisoft also oragnised and held the avatar press conference to promote it worldwide.

Panasonic launched exclusive blu-ray DVD pack. They have had a long involment in Avatar, from its development.

Coca-Cola helped promote avatar and they advertised on there products. Coca-Cola Zero’s global partnership with avatar comes as a result of the brand’s ability to quickly identify the unique and celebrate the extraordinary.

 

3 -

Avatar is one of the worlds most promoted films in history, with its more than successful grossing of over 2 billion. The director James Cameron appeared at San Diego Comic Con in 2009 to promote the film along with main actor Sam Worthington.

The Mist - Production. Second Draft.

The Mist is an american horror film based after the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Its stars Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurie Holden. The film is directed and produced by Frank Darabont, who is familiar with adapting novels to films. The plot is based around a violent storm, which appears to be normal for the area. As the film moves on the residents notice an unusual mist coming towards their lake, it later spreads over the whole town. When the main character David Drayton (Thomas Jane) takes his young son to the local supermarket, monsters emerg from the white mist, taking lifes and leaving David and many others in the supermarket fighting for there lives. Not only do they have to battle the monsters, but also the mental religiously crazy Mrs Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden). The film has emotional aspects and an ending which shocks everyone that watches it. I chose this film because its definitely one of my favourites. I love Marcia Gay Harden's performance, and i think she completes the film.The director and screenwriter Frank Darabont is famous for directing many other films such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and most recently the tv show The Walking Dead. Frank Darabont agreed to make the film with Dimension only under the rule that no matter what they wanted to do with the film, they couldn't change the planned ending, the ending being extremely shocking which made it much more popular. The budget of the film was 18 million US Dollars but grossed over 57 million US dollars at box office. The running time is rougly 126 minutes and the US release date was November 21, 2007.

The film received mixed reviews at box office release. In the UK it was rated 15, with a gore rating of 8. The Production company for the film was Dimension. The Cinematography was done by Rohn Schmidt, and the editing was done by Hunter M. Via.








Cast/Characters

Thomas Jane is the lead role in The Mist. He is most well known for his role in The Punisher, and later on The Mist. He currently stars in a tv series called, Hung. In The Mist he plays David Drayton, a devoted father and husband to his son and wife. He works as an artist and is successful at it. He is shown to be a kind soul, who works only to help others.











Marcia Gay Harden plays is the villain in The Mist. She is most famous for her breakthrough role in "The First Wives Club" (1996). She plays Mrs Carmody, who is known as the "local nut". Mrs Carmondy is a woman of strong belief in christian views, to the point of insanity. She is the main antagonist in the film. She gains many followers throughout the film, while getting many killed. She is dubbed "annoying" for viewers and is eventually killed, but with  devastating consequences to follow.









Laurie Holden plays Amanda Dumfries. She is more well known for being a human rights activist, than an actress. Her character Amanda is a young, married teacher who becomes friends with David (Thomas Jane) and his son, while being trapped in the local supermarket with them. Her efforts of become friends with Mrs Carmondy (Marcia Gay Harden) are just met off with insults.