Monday, 23 January 2012
I Have decided to do a Magazine!!!!
I have recently viewed some classmates magazines and have decided this would be a better course of action for me.
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Genre
All three of the films I have analysed are in almost the exact same genre. Each one focuses on football, fighting and of course hooliganism. The casting for all three of the films is again almost identical. The main characters are Jack the lad cockney look a likes. And along with this there is a disproportionate amount of shaven headed thugs running around, popping in and out of fight scenes.
As for costume, this can vary depending on where the football team is from. Some of the football firms choose to wear nice, but still chavvy clothing such a burberry hats. Others choose full tracksuits, but the most noticeable of all attires is the main character in green street. This man wears a trench coat with a tracksuit underneath.
The setting for each film again is quite similar, set in various big cits known for football violence. All films feature London and most away games to teams such as Manchester united, set in Manchester. All the fight scenes are either in city centres, for example the opening scene to Green Street in London, deserted wasteland like in Rise of the Footsoldier after they disembark a train. And finally near pubs that the football firms use as a base of operations.
Green Street's plot is about a young American university goer who stumbles into a world of excitement, drinking, fighting and of course football. His life is transformed, and he feels alive. Matt Buckner the American student ends up being one of the top members of the Green Street Elite (the westham football firm). All is well and he loves the football and the fighting until things get serious and another football firm ambushes them and almost kills some of the GSE. This makes things real for the firm and they decide to have one last fight to end it all, in this fight the leader of the GSE is killed whilst luring the opposite firm away from Matt Buckners family who have turned up to "save" him.
Rise of the Footsoldier's plot is very interesting, and follows a young, headstrong Carlton Leach as a footsoldier in the ranks of the ICF. He eventually leaves football hooliganism but stay well within the criminal world, and going a more serious criminal gang. He works his way up through this seedy underworld and becomes one of the most feared criminals in the country.
The Football Factory follows the boring life of Tommy Johnson who hates his boring life and uses the football fighting as an escape. Tommy gets badly beaten, and starts to wonder if its all really worth it. In the end he decides that it is. Tommy gets arrested and beaten, wins some, loses some, but carries on fighting with the firm hroughout.
The music in all three films is always building up to some sort of climax. It adds to the xcitment and pinical of the fights.
As for costume, this can vary depending on where the football team is from. Some of the football firms choose to wear nice, but still chavvy clothing such a burberry hats. Others choose full tracksuits, but the most noticeable of all attires is the main character in green street. This man wears a trench coat with a tracksuit underneath.
The setting for each film again is quite similar, set in various big cits known for football violence. All films feature London and most away games to teams such as Manchester united, set in Manchester. All the fight scenes are either in city centres, for example the opening scene to Green Street in London, deserted wasteland like in Rise of the Footsoldier after they disembark a train. And finally near pubs that the football firms use as a base of operations.
Green Street's plot is about a young American university goer who stumbles into a world of excitement, drinking, fighting and of course football. His life is transformed, and he feels alive. Matt Buckner the American student ends up being one of the top members of the Green Street Elite (the westham football firm). All is well and he loves the football and the fighting until things get serious and another football firm ambushes them and almost kills some of the GSE. This makes things real for the firm and they decide to have one last fight to end it all, in this fight the leader of the GSE is killed whilst luring the opposite firm away from Matt Buckners family who have turned up to "save" him.
Rise of the Footsoldier's plot is very interesting, and follows a young, headstrong Carlton Leach as a footsoldier in the ranks of the ICF. He eventually leaves football hooliganism but stay well within the criminal world, and going a more serious criminal gang. He works his way up through this seedy underworld and becomes one of the most feared criminals in the country.
The Football Factory follows the boring life of Tommy Johnson who hates his boring life and uses the football fighting as an escape. Tommy gets badly beaten, and starts to wonder if its all really worth it. In the end he decides that it is. Tommy gets arrested and beaten, wins some, loses some, but carries on fighting with the firm hroughout.
The music in all three films is always building up to some sort of climax. It adds to the xcitment and pinical of the fights.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Green Street
The third and final film I analysed was Green Street, this is the most popular of the three. The opening scene in this film is a group of rowdy wisecracking cockny lads walking up the stairs intoo a train station. They are cearly football fans as they are chanting, and are kicking a can around like a football. They soon bump into rival fans and exchange some heated words. This then turns quickly into a fight, with a flurry of camera movements, they are out on the street mid brawl. Props are used to make the fight more brutal such as bollards and phoneboxes. The general misse en scene of the clip leads towards a confrontation of some sort. It is a very eary place in the train station, with trains passing for creepy effect. The opening fight scene finishes at 2:25 with a man being knocked out, and the sound of sirens rapidly approaching.
The link below is to the analysed clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t35plA4mRRs
The link below is to the analysed clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t35plA4mRRs
The Football Factory
The next film I analysed was "The Football Factory". This film believe it or not could be considered even more violent than Rise of the Footsoldier. The opening scene starts with some up tempo music, which seems to be building up to a climax, with the image of many scruffy trainers marching purposely in one direction. The next thing I noticed was the rest of the clothing worn by the gang. There is burberry and a few smart jackets, but these people are still obviously violent, and the tracksuits and trainers give away their true nature. Then the fighting breaks out firstly by a teenager being knocked unconscious, and a gas grenade being thrown into a pub. Once people begin to make for the exit the gang charge and beat, stamp and kick anyone that comes out. Camera angles are used a lot in the fighting section of the introduction to show who has the power, and dominance. This is done simply by the more powerful of the fighters looking down onto the other, with the ones being looked upon generally being on the floor.
This shot of the film really shos the true nature of what the football factory is all about. In the forefront of the picture a man is being headbutted, and tens of people are scattered in the background, stamping, kicking and punching. This image captures the carnage of the film perfectly.
Below is a link to the Scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYPbdBAbcDo
This shot of the film really shos the true nature of what the football factory is all about. In the forefront of the picture a man is being headbutted, and tens of people are scattered in the background, stamping, kicking and punching. This image captures the carnage of the film perfectly.
Below is a link to the Scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYPbdBAbcDo
Rise Of The Footsoldier
The type of image I am trying to create in my introduction is captured perfectly by such films as Green Street, The Football Factory and Rise of the Footsoldier.
The very first image in Rise of the Footsoldier shows a dead man on a cold morgue table, this is quite startling and draws in the viewer. The camera angle in this first scene is shot from above showing that the body's are powerless.In the first two minutes of Rise of the Footsoldier one minute fifty to be precise the film jumps head on into the violence and fighting that runs throughout. This fight scene continues until two minutes fifteen seconds into the film. This is a superb introduction as it grabs the audiences attention straight off the bat. This is the type of grabbing power I would like my introduction to have. Again the use of clever camera angles show who is in control in different areas of the fight. The use of swearing in the first two minutes also gives the viewer an idea of what the film is like, and gives a general idea of the tone. The misse en scene also gives a good idea to what the film will be about, by the props used one example of this would be a brick that is thrown at the opposing side. Another point on misse en scene is the clothes the fighters wear and the location of where the fight is. The location of the fight is in a sort of alley, which even before the fight breaks out seems ominous and slightly daunting.
Below is a link to the scene.
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8678717113165740071
The very first image in Rise of the Footsoldier shows a dead man on a cold morgue table, this is quite startling and draws in the viewer. The camera angle in this first scene is shot from above showing that the body's are powerless.In the first two minutes of Rise of the Footsoldier one minute fifty to be precise the film jumps head on into the violence and fighting that runs throughout. This fight scene continues until two minutes fifteen seconds into the film. This is a superb introduction as it grabs the audiences attention straight off the bat. This is the type of grabbing power I would like my introduction to have. Again the use of clever camera angles show who is in control in different areas of the fight. The use of swearing in the first two minutes also gives the viewer an idea of what the film is like, and gives a general idea of the tone. The misse en scene also gives a good idea to what the film will be about, by the props used one example of this would be a brick that is thrown at the opposing side. Another point on misse en scene is the clothes the fighters wear and the location of where the fight is. The location of the fight is in a sort of alley, which even before the fight breaks out seems ominous and slightly daunting.
Below is a link to the scene.
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8678717113165740071
Planning and research for coursework film!
The type of film I would like to make is an action packed gang culture type film. A film that captures this exactly is "Green Street" and another is "Football Factory". Football factory's opening sequence is a fight scene and is very violet. The opening immediately grabs the attention of the audience.
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Examples Specific To Genre
My genre is Indie, this means I will be looking into these types of magazines. These magazines normally focus on music, bands, and typically indie fashion.
My first example of an Indie magazine is: "INDIE" magazine.
My first example of an Indie magazine is: "INDIE" magazine.
This is the cover of "INDIE" magazine, and the way the model is dressed reflects the indie style and tone of the magazine. The type of texts that the header is in is big and bold. This helps the magazine stand out, and is eye catching.
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