film unit 01.05.20

Lights, camera, action!                                                     01.05.20
LO: to explore the use of setting & colour in films.

 starter: quiz score: 100%

why might a director use these settings in their films?

  • an isolated house in a rural area
  • a big city for an action film
  • a small seaside town for a romantic comedy 
  • a range of different countries for an action adventure
  • a large modern science laboratory for a sci-fi film
these can be used because they include realistic connotations of what you expect to find in those different genres of films. e.g the isolated house for a horror film fits the genre because it has links to being haunted and scary , therefore is perfect for a horror film.

why would the director choose these different colours in their films?

  • blue and red for a new superhero
  • a black suit for a villain
  • bright colours for a comedy film
Again many people should be able figure out which genre the film is from the colour and setting if it is done properly. because it needs to have specific links and connotations that can be instantly recognised to a genre. a black suit  is a world-recognised trait for a villain, so if you were to put a character in a black suit , we would be able to recognise them as the antagonist or a suspicious person.

questions
1. where does the action take place? ancient greece in trouble
2. why do you think it takes place there? because the place needed a hero and the film is about the best hero in ancient greece.
3. when and how does the setting change? it changes whenever something goes wrong that Hades had planned.
4.how does the setting affect the characters an how they behave? the characters are usually either sad or angry when they are in the underworld or near Hades.
5. how could you tell where the story takes place? it was introduced as ancient greece at the beginning, but also it had recognisable landmarks and style of buildings from Greece in the setting, like the acropolis.
6. could the story be set in a different place? why? it depends, if you wanted it to be the same film just in a different place it wouldnt quite work because the whole story and characters are from that place. but if you wanted to do a modern version based on the film but not the same, then you could set it in a different place.
7.can you tell when the film is set? same answer as 5
8. what clues are there that may tell us whether it is set in the past future or present? the introduction
9.why do you think certain colours were used? so we can identify the place, time and characters as how the directors want us to see them.
10. are there any colours associated with characters? Black/blue - Hades  white-pegasus pink/purple - megara  bronze/yellow - hercules
11. how important are the colours in the film? pretty important because you wouldn't be able to identify people as easily
12. how would the film be different if it were in black and white? i'm not sure because you wouldn't be able to see difference between good and bad but you would still be able to understand the theme of the film.

what each colour connotes:
black- horror scary
red - danger, blood or love
pink- love
brown - adventure, jungle 
grey - old, silver 
white- pure, sci-fi

get creative challenge-
sci-fi:the sacked scientist's old lab room (sacked for testing virus vaccine on innocent people).               
 lab with blood tests everywhere. needle and syringe holding neon green substance. walls covered with pictures of test subjects, two dead one covered with blood, the other as white as a sheet.
HELP ME written in blood on the walls. worksheets with dried blood smears on them. coffee cup half empty a pair of tongs left in it. a rusting cage is in the corner of the room, human sized. there are rats dead in the sink and they hear screaming. an old tape recorder is found on the table in a pool of scrunched up paper and dirty syringes.

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