analysis of a production company which makes thrillers

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer






This company is arguably most famous for making all of the James Bond action thrillers.
The lion that roar's can connote that the film can scare the audience like a roaring lion would. Also the sound of the lion roaring can suggest that the content within the film could have a lot of tension building scenes/ sounds which thrill the audience.
The company shows the variety of genre's of films they make by changing the lion to a character within a film they've made. For example, when they made the cartoon Tom and Jerry, the changed the background from black to a royal blue and they made the writing more simple to match the audience who usually watch it.

UP

The above image is from the film 'UP'.  

The character is aimed at younger children. This is shown through many aspects such as, the age of the character. He is a young typical boy, who enjoys exploring and adventure, this means the target audience are able to relate to the character as they are in the same age range.  Some other aspects used to draw in target audience would be the props and costume. The costume is co-ordinated and gender neutral, meaning girls and boys can be attracted to the character. The props help to show their characteristics and what type of person he is. For example, he has a lot of wilderness badges, this shows us how he is ambitious, children may want to mould themselves around this character. The lighting in this image, shows the personality of the character, it is bright and lights up the whole area the character is in, this makes him look like friendly and approachable. 

Beauty and the Beast

The opening sequence in Beauty and the beast uses conventions of childrens films, such as a voice over. The voive over tells the audience the story of one of the main characters, to show the audience what the film is about. The stories moral is already been shown, as the film is about judging other people before getting to know them for who they are. Credits at the beggining are minimal as children get bored quickly and dont tend to pay attention to the opening credits as much as the cartoons. the moral of the story isnt onlly being told by the voice over but also shown using images on stain glass windows to put across the genre of fantasy as the setting is a castle.

Story board, Shot list and Timeline

Here is the first half of or story board. It continues before the title *Leaving RedCloud.

This is the second half. 

1. Shot: Establishing shot

    Info: Panning through space, narrator talking over top. Comes in from a black screen. 

2. Shot: Establishing shot. 

    Info: Zooming into planet while the narrator speaks. 

3. Shot: Mid shot of aliens. 

    Info: Slowly zooming in as narrator introduces the character.

4. Shot: Close-up

    Info: Quick cut to the talking character. 

5. Shot: Cuts to another screen, Long shot. 

    Info: Writing at top. Zooming through the clouds and stops at title.

6. Shot: Mid-shot of room and 'Government aliens'. 

    Info: 180 degree rule of the conversation. Changes to Close-ups.

7. Shot: Establishing shot. 

    Information, still shot, then planet explodes and cuts off fast. 

8. Shot: -

    Info: Rewinding some footage. 

9. Shot: Close-up of hands. Mid shot of people fighting. 

    Info: Shooting lasers from fingers. 

10. Shot: -

      Info: Paused image of fight. With text over the top "PAUSE".

11. Shot: Close-up

      Info: Title floating in 'clouds'. Music playing. Then it ending. 

Our shotlist :

Our timeline:

Time used in the three lessons of filming

First lesson: we will be filming the characters speaking in the first couple of sequences
setting: green room - black background with stars (space theme)
shots: mostly mid shots and some close up
props: table, cups, biscuits, small paper mache planet

Second lesson: we will be filming the fight between the characters (aliens)
setting: green room- space theme - red clouds above the characters
shots: establishing shot to show the action and mid shots
props: none

Third lesson: filming random shots to help expand the rewind of the story in the beginning of the sequence when editing.
setting: space theme (green room)
props: undecided

Titan AE

Titan AE

How do sound and music represent:

Character - The music makes the characters seem tough and resilient, it also helps to convey the emotions that would be associated with the loss of a home planet.

Narrative - The sound effects from the beginning of the clip are broadcasts warning of a threat to the planet which then happens accompanied by appropriate sound effects of destruction. The music helps to give an idea of the narrative as the music is dark, tense and fast paced.

Genre - The genre is Sci-Fi/ Action this is evident by the use of sound effects, such as blasters, explosions and spaceships. The music also helps emphasise this by sounding electronic and being quiet and tense.

What atmosphere is created by the music?

A dark and moody atmosphere is created by the music which fits the theme of the film.

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget opening titles.

The credits are presented in a very typical 'inspector gadget' style, to represent the genre of the film. A lot of people would have grown up with inspector gadget, therefore will recognise some of the aspects, such as the gloved hand, and the dog. The colours used in the opening credits, are dark, apart from some of the objects that are flying around the screen around the writing. The effect of the dark background with the objects being lit up, creates the sense of a torch being shone, which is one of the stereotypical props used in films like inspector gadget, as it is a detective film. Inspector gadget also has comedy aspects, which is shown straight away, this will keep the younger target audience entertained. The use of the inspector gadget theme tune will allow the older generation to relate to it, and the younger generation will be kept engaged, as well as this it is quite catchy and includes the name of the film, meaning they are drawn in even before any characters are shown.