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The plan: We are recreating the famous Chicken scene from Charlie Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH Setting: We will use a classroom for the setting of the cabin and reception for when filming outside. We have done this because it is spacious and already comes with table and chairs. Cast list: Lewis (a member of the group) will play Charlie Chaplin because they have the same hair and Mr Roe (a teacher at the school) will play big Jim as they look similar. Costume: We will use a waist coat from my Dad for Lewis and he is already in smart clothes I have a big fur coat that we will use for the character of big Jim, we will also use a animal onsie for when Charlie turns into a Chicken. Props: We are going to use bacon for the cooking and a nerf gun instead of a shotgun. Hair/Make-up: Since most of the cast looks similar to the orginal cast we will only need to add a fake moustache to Lewis with most likely eyeliner.

Production Company - Annapurna Pictures (presents) Gloria Sanchez Production (in association         with) Distributer - Entertainment One Director - Oliva Wilde Cinemaphotographer - Jason McCormick Composer - Dan the Automater Editor - Brent White & Jamie Gross Stars - Lisa Kudrow

I have volunteered to help the Mathew Project in creating a none smoking campaign with a few of classmates. In is post I would like to document my experience in my first paid work. Our fist meeting: In the meeting we decided the role of everyone and came up with a rough story board. My role was Costume and hair and make-up. We decided to keep the story short as to not lose the attention of the younger target audience. We were going to flick between two perspectives, that of the smoker (cool) and the watcher (smoker looks silly). We also decided to include a skateboard to emphasise his lack of popularity. Our Second meeting: In this one we did a casting call for actors. We choose a classmates of our skater as he had a skateboard and the appropriate clothes. Over the next few meetings we travelled into Wymondham to film the video and then we edited the footage together but we thought a voice over would best suit the video. We also chose music that acted as a oxymoron to the situa...

I was not the biggest fan of Lion King growing up. For me it was ruined by a boy in my class who was obsessed with the film and used to run around pretending he was a hyena. But now that that boy is just a distant memory my love for the film has grown, as has my appreciation. I was highly antcipating the release of the new lion king, after seeing the new Aladdin revamp and loving it even more than the original (which is in my top 5 Disney film of all time). Me and my Mother were sat at the back anticipating this alleged film of the year. The Circle of Life music erupted into the cinema and filled our hearts with joy. My eyes started to well with tears, the music combined with the beautiful animation was overwhelming to the soul. Then they spoke... This remake takes everything that was good about the original and takes a big steamy dump all over it. I understand that the shots and animation where more realistic but if I wanted to watch some animals run about in the desert for 2 ho...

On Thursday the 19th of September me and my friends went to Odeon Cinema and watched IT Chapter Two. Me, not being much of a horror movie buff, had not seen the first film, however I feel that this did not effect my understanding of the story. So, there we were hands buried in the popcorn lips pursed around a straw gingerly sucking up our tango ice blast ready for the scare of a life time. Never in my life have I been so petrified and so much in hysterics at the same time. Watching the film in a cinema only bettered the experience, the audience laughed together and screamed together we came out feeling closer, like the characters in the film, because we had all gone through the experience together. This film gives an unique experience to the viewer like none other before it. A Horror film where you don't laugh at the poor acting or over dramatic facial expressions. This maybe be due the fact the main characters are now grown up so the idea of adults being scared by silly th...

Todorov's theory of narrative  Put the theory into practice through pictures using our own original idea of a stabbing. We used our peers for actors and the school quad for the setting.  The first shot, Equilibrium, shows a girl waiting for a friend after class. The costume shows that she is in a educational or professional environment. The hair and make up is subtle and natural suggesting to the audience that she is quite young. This second shot, Distruption, shows the arrival of a murderer disguised as a pupil at the school. T he setting, of a school court yard ,which would be a familiar setting to her given her costume, we did this to suggests that she has no reason to feel unsafe, but this is juxtaposed by the meaning over the shoulder shot of the murderer.    The 3rd shot, realisation, shows the boy pulling a knife out of his pocket. We chose the prop of a knife shows the sinister intentions of the boy and creates suspense for the audienc...

Beginning    ~  1) Equilibrium   ~   a normal for the Character(s)                                                                           ~  2) Disruption      ~    Something happens to disrupt the "norm" Middle            ~  3) Recognition    ~     Recognition of the disruption                                     ~   4) Attempt to resolve     ~     tries to fix the problem but usually doesn't                                                 ...