Attack The Block

How Was The Film Produced: The film attack the block was produced buy Joe Cornish with Big Talk Productions, Films4, The Uk Film Council and Studio Canal. The film was shot in London in 2011 all around London with 5-6 weeks of Night shots.

What Is It Based On: The Film 'Attack The Block was based on and inspired by some of Joe Cornish's favourite films like E.T, Gremlins, Predator and Streets Of Fire. The Creatures are based on Joe Cornish's cat ( i think they look like the creatures from 'Predator' too) It was also based on how and where he lived in his childhood.

Any Problems That Arose In Making The Film: Joe Cornish had employed some first time actors which meant they might not know what it feels like on a set and also they might be under pressure o get it right and have to do some of the scenes again because they don't know what they are doing or forgot there lines. 

The Directors Views On The British Film Industry: Joe cornish thinks- "They take their role of championing films very seriously, and they're led by the heart. If they dislike something, they won't write about it, unless they really feel it violates one of their principles. But in Britain you get a lot of ho-humming and boiled sweet sucking and here you get commitment and passion, which I think is really cool." and also- "People don't come with any preconceptions. You can tell why some British film-makers who started in television enjoy working in America because people are a bit more accepting of you trying something different. This audience are able just to take this film as a film and not to have preconceptions of what Joe of Adam and Joe might do, not weighed down by any of that baggage. And they really dig it, you know. It's kind of really nice to talk to them as if I'm a film-maker. People here are really excited to have stuff in their town. In London, we're quite haughty. We feel we deserve them to come to us."

How They Saved Money and the Technology used: They didn't have a big enough budget to do 3D CGI Aliens so they used practical effects, old editing affects and a small amount of CG to remove detail instead of adding it. 

Any Issues With Film Rating, Any Controversy Surrounding The Film: The film rating was an issue for the public because throughout the movie the teenagers are friends and hanging around with a drug dealer and act in the movie as if the are stoned and also there is a lot of gore and violence and bad language whilst other parents say that the other message is to show teenagers to work together.  So there was controversy over if the film should be rated as a 15 or an 18.

The Film's Promotion: The film was promoted by Posters adverts and trailers and other methods of advertisement. Joe Cornish also did exclusive interviews with Film4 and there was the Premiere of 'Attack The Block' on the 4th of May 5 days before the film was released in the UK.

The Soundtrack (Include Information On The Soundtrack Creator And The Types Of Music They Referenced In Their Work): The soundtrack for the film was an original score composed by Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton of the popular electronic dance music group Basement Jaxx, and Steven Price except for the song played during the end credits ("Youths Dem Cold" by Richie Spice).

1. "The Block"
2. "Sam is Mugged"
3. "Round Two Bruv"
4. "It’s Raining Gollums"
5. "Tooling Up"
6. "Moses is Arrested"
7. "Tell Me I’m Dreaming"
8. "Throat Ripper"
9. "Rooftops"
10. "Moses - Ninja"
11. "Just Another Day"
12. "They Want Moses"
13. "Actions Have Consequences"
14. "Eat My Hat"
15. "They Fell Out of the Sky"
16. "I Need to Finish What I Started"
17. "Turn the Gas Up"
18. "Moses vs. The Monsters"
19. "Moses the Hero"
20. "The Ends" - Basement Jaxx

Music Video ColdPlay The Gaze

The coldpaly Music Video 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' starts of with a 'carefree' Look of him up against a post in a old establishment singing and carries on like this for 30 seconds and then you can see him let a little 'invitational' smirk out, after that it fades to the rest of the band playing their instruments with a 'catalogue' look to them as if they are serious about whats being said. The lead singer then goes and runs into a dark room where glowing paint is showing and the rest of the band still has 'catalogue' Faces but the lead singer has more of a 'carefree' and 'super-smiler' face while jumping around, after it quickly cuts to the lead singer going outside with a 'catalogue' face concentrating then when he is  on top of a hill the lead singers face turns into a 'super-smiler' and makes you fell happy, It cuts back to the dark room quickly then you see the lead singer with his 'super-smiler' face still and the rest of the band with 'comic' faces which makes you think they are all happy and this part of the song is happy too. The camera keeps cutting between the dark room and outside and showing them pulling 'super-smilers' and 'comic' faces and it ends with the drummer pulling a 'carefree' face. 

The Gaze Advert Review

On the Lynx Advert it shows a young boy who is revealing the top half of his body to us with a 'Practical' expression which then turns into a 'Chocolate box' expression as well as also turning into a chocolate man after spraying the Lynx that try to make us think that chocolate is a fun and good looking smell. As the advert continues it shows him walking confidently down the street and he is breaking pieces of his body off and giving them a piece of him witch shows that everyone loves chocolate so why wouldn't you want to smell like it at this point he still has a 'chocolate box' expression, While he's walking down the street girls pull 'Seductive' expression at him because they think he smells so good. It then moves onto him in a cinema with two girls eating the chocolate ears that he has with 'seductive' expressions on their faces and this could also indicate that if you smell good girls will want to be with you. After That he goes on to make people laugh because he's made out of chocolate and this could show that with the Lynx product people will think you are funny and they all pull 'Super-Smiler' expressions afterwards. And finally at the end he walks past a gym full of girls all pulling 'seductive' expressions whilst clawing at the window witch makes you think you will be 'irresistible' as the advert says.

Working Title

1. Who were the co-founders of Working Title?

Working Tile was co-founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. In 1992

PolyGram became the company's corporate backer. Radclyffe left Working Title, and

Erc Fellner, a fellow independent film producer, joined the company.

2.When was the company founded?

The company was founded in 1983 and in 1992 PloyGram became the company's 

corporate backer.

3.Where is Working Title based?

It is a british company based in London

4. Who are the co-chairpersons of WT now?

The co-chairpersons of Working Title are now Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

5. What awards have Working Title won?

They have one a various amount of awards but the main ones are 26 BAFTA's and 6 

OSCARS.

6.How many full time staff does WT employ?

they emply full time 42 people

7.What is working Title’s philosophy?

They aim to make European films feature to a worldwide audience.  

8. List 5 box-office hits that Working Title have made?

Shaun Of The Dead, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Hot Fuzz, Nanny McFee,Bridget 

Jones

9. List 5 flops that Working Title has made?

The Shape Of Things, The Guru, O Brother Where Art thou?, Fargo,

10. What is Richard Curtis’ relationship with Working Title?

He has made several films with Working Title.

11. List 2 famous directors that Working Title have worked with?

Edgar Wright and Stephen Daldry

12.What is Hugh Grant’s relationship  with Working Title?

They have worked on a few films, particually Bridget Jones

13.Find out about the Coen Brothers (films, genres, status) and what do theyhave to do with 

Working Title?

The Lady Killers, The Man Who Wasn’t there and No Country For Old Men, they

produce films that are of American/western films, and are famous for it. Theyhave done a 

question and answer session with Working Title Films.

14.Who owns 67% of Working Title films? When did this happen? Why didthis happen?

Universal Studios (Working Titles Parent Company) owns 67% of Working TitleFilms, 

Working Title did this so that they could become worldwide yet remain toa European 

audience as well.

15. List two of Working Title big blockbuster films and find out their budgets?

The first Bridget Jones Dairy film made $10,733,933

(US Dollars)

 on it’s openingweek, being shown on 1611 screens worldwide. They also made Jonny 

English

which took over $3,000,000 (Us Dollars) on it’s opening weekend. Showing to

1552 screens worldwide.

16.What genre of  films is Working Title most famous for?

 Many comedy films have been produced through Working Title and I would say this 

would probably their most famous genre.

17. What other genres do Working Title films like to make?

The have many genres of film ranging from Comedy and Romance up to big blockbuster 

Thrillers and Horrors.

18. Find out as much as you can about WT2 (when established, films made, budgets, 

awards)?

Working Title are an independant production company that we're founded in 1999, some 

of their most famous films would include Shaun Of The Dead and Billy Elliot. Their 

Headquarters are established in London, they also have two other locations including 

Ireland and Los Angeles U.S.A.

19. What information can you find out about Working Title through their web page?

You can find a varied amount of things, such as their up and coming movies, trailers and 

news.

20. Find out one other interesting fact about Working?

The company also released a modernised version of the children's novels, The 

Borrowers in latter stages of 2011.

The Gaze Definitions

Chocolate Box: half or full-smile, lips together or slightly parted, teeth barely visible, full or three-quarter face to camera. Projected mood: blandly pleasing, warm bath warmth, where uniformity of features in their smooth perfection is devoid of uniqueness or of individuality.

Invitational: emphasis on the eyes, mouth shut or with only a hint of a smile, head to one side or looking back to camera. Projected mood: suggestive of mischief or mystery, the hint of contact potential rather than sexual promise, the cover equivalent of advertising’s soft sell.

Super-smiler: full face, wide open toothy smile, head thrust forward or chin thrown back, hair often wind-blown. Projected mood: aggressive, ‘look-at-me’ demanding, the hard sell, ‘big come-on’ approach.

Romantic or Sexual: a fourth and more general classification devised to include male and female ‘two-somes’; or the dreamy, heavy-lidded, unsmiling big-heads, or the overtly sensual or sexual. Projected moods: possible ‘available’ and definitely ‘available’.

Seductive: similar to the cool/level look in many respects - the eyes are less wide, perhaps shaded, the expression is less reserved but still self-sufficient and confident; milder versions may include a slight smile.

Carefree: nymphlike, active, healthy, gay, vibrant, outdoor girl; long unrestrained outward-flowing hair, more outward-going than the above, often smiling or grinning.

Practical: concentrating, engaged on the business in hand, mouth closed, eyes object-directed, sometimes a slight frown; hair often short or tied back.

Comic: deliberately ridiculous, exaggerated, acting the fool, pulling faces for the benefit of a real or imaginary audience, sometimes close to a sort of archness.

Catalogue: a neutral look as of a dummy, artificial, waxlike; features may be in any position, but most likely to be with eyes open wide and a smile, but the look remains vacant and empty; personality has been removed. (Millum 1975, 97-8)

You can find the word definitions from: http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/gaze/gaze11.html

Representation

In media we were given a task to look at pictures of men and women and told to write down what we thought about them. Eg- 1.Who they are 2. what they do 3.whats there story, then we were told who they were, what they do and there story and this showed us how different they are to how they present themselves or how we see them and overlook them.

Image 1

Image 1: My thoughts on this image were that the man was some sought of street actor who had no job and needed money. My other ideas were that he was just homeless on the streets or he had little money and cant afford "normal" clothes.

Reality: He works at Doug Bihlmaier and he designs and has input on what the shop looks like and what they sell in the shop.

The cloths he is wearing are not far from the cloths he wares normally, the shoes are worth $340 and the patches on his trousers are neatly sewn together and all the clothes look ironed and fit well showing that he is not homeless and just has a different style to others.

This image really shows how we don't know people just by looking at what they wear and are doing at the time and actually they just have a different lifestyle to you that suits them and they feel comfortable with. I think the expression - "Never judge a book by its cover" - is a good way of describing this.

Image 2

Image 2: My thoughts on Image 2 were that he was a respectable well dressed person who could be a lawyer, professor or an lecturer who is payed well because he is in smart clothes and he also looks like he is reading something in court or to someone. He also has a well shaved face and neat hair and looks like a well trusted and respectable man.

Reality: The mans name is Ted Bundy and he is in court representing himself for the crimes he committed, he used his looks and respectable looks to lure women into giving them a lift back to there homes but he actually took them away and killed them, he has killed over 30 women from ages 4-40. He decided he knew enough about serial killers that he would defend himself in court but he ended up going to prison for a while then he got the death sentence because he killed so many women and children.

This just goes to show that even if people look respectable and well dressed with a good lifestyle that you cant trust anyone and that you never know what they could do or be and they will treat you.

Image 3

Image 3: My thoughts on image 3 were that the woman in the picture is a actress or model for a cloths company and my other thought was that they might be a cross dresser. I thought this because of the way they dress. But they could just have a different style to everyone else, or they were "weird" and just mixed all there clothes together.

Reality: She is a wealth woman who worked for vogue for many years of her life and was a big inspiration in the fashion world as she had lots of input and knew famous fashion designers who she would help promote there clothes and watched there shows and had front row seats at all of them. Unfortunately a few years ago she passed away and is now know as one of the worlds most famous fashion designers and here different style of dressing is gone with here too. She also never wore the same outfit twice.

But once again this goes to show that she also has a different lifestyle and that just because she mixes lots of clothes together that she isn't "weird" she just has a different style and way of seeing thing than you or anyone else does and that she can be unique and live her life and dress the way she wants and also influence people doing so.

The Bourne Legacy

In the summer i went to see The Bourne Legacy, the reasons i wanted to see this film was because of the story and the plot were interesting and it was filled with action and adventure which is always good in films because it puts you on the edge of your seat it also looked like a fast pace film that you have to concentrate to fully understand making you want to watch more. It is also part of a series of films that i have watched which made me want to watch this one so i know the whole story to all of them.

The advert to the film had very fast pace music which made it sound fun and exciting to watch, thought the film there is lots of action which keeps you interested and makes you want to learn more about the characters in the film and why they are fighting.

In the film there is action and adventure but there is also a bit of romance between the main characters who get to know each other thought the film, this will interest a large audience to because they will want to find out what happens to them and to see if they can actually be together or if they get Separated.The film also uses good fast pace fighting and chase scene in the advert to make it look interesting and to appeal to the general audience of the film.

When i was watching the film i found that there was lots of action, adventure and romance but between them the film was quite boring and not as much fun as it looked on the adverts and the posters for the film, there was also a few moments in the film where no one talked for around about 10m and they just played the chase scene.

After watching the film i think that it was good but not as good as the adverts made it sound and look, and i think they could of used less action and explained the film more and what they were doing in it and why.