Planning week 1

My idea would be coming from Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

In this film opening, most credits are diegetic and relates to the main character (Napoleon Dynamite) very well. It is simple and catchy.

In my film opening. I plan to take the basic concept of this opening using what i have available to me.

Genre: Comedy

The main story would be a guy who loves sport and doesn't want to study but then is forced by his parents to study hard to be a engineer. He lives in a boarding school. This would be expressed by having the background as a building in one of the scenes to express that this movie is set in a boarding school. Physics and maths textbooks and torn papers would be on the desk in another scene suggesting that he is forced to study in the engineer route and that he is stressed. I would make a laminated card with the main character name on it. Doing all of this would take about 50 seconds of the board and would tell most things about the character. This film opening would be based of my real life. The film title would be La Vie which means life in french.

Conventions of Comedy

The conventions for comedy film are based on the type of comedy you are doing however some apply to all comedies.

1.Settings are in a bright place usually where it is well populated
2.Camerawork is naturalistic and film in a way that shows that the main character is superior to all the other characters.
3.Sound is the most important things in comedy. Diegetic sounds like the dialogue has to be clear so that it could be laughed at. Non-diegetic sounds is also important. It is used to place emphasis on certain scenes.
4.The lighting is mostly bright because it creates a realistic environment. Most scenes are shot in daylight.
5. Props are another very important part of comedy. The props that hurt the main character are the memorable ones.This is especially important in slapstick comedy where situations are absurd and actions are vigorous and violent.
6.Characters are idiotic and used in comparison to "normal" people. Usually compared because they are smart but are socially awkward. The most noticeable trait is sarcasm.

Codes and Conventions of Teen Comedies - openings

Is Se7en a Thriller?

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Theory of scary films

How to make people scared in films

• Limit the information in the frame
• Guide them through the dialogue so it creates anticipation of whats happening
• the story is told outside the frame in the minds of the audience
• Tension often plays with the audiences fear of the unknown.

For example in Let the Right One In the audience is given just enough information to know what is going on. At swimming pool scene we an insert (a close of up on anything but an the actor's face) the shoes of one of the protagonists tormentors. 

The next time we see these shows is when they are seeing kicking through the water.

We know this is the boy being dragged through the water - obviously in distress and in retribution for his earlier bullying. We don't see the violence, but we are left in little doubt what has just happened.