Loglines

Today we looked at loglines. Loglines are one or two sentences that breifly summarise a film. My own logline is:

In 1970's New York an ex-cop is absorbed into a life of organised crime after the murder of his family.

This idea has been influenceed by classic crime movies such as The Godfather or Scarface.

Genre

This entry is to explain genre. The genre that i have looked at is the action genre, the six main features of this are:

Setting- Remote locations- Daylight a lot of attention is given to the characters- Night- Stealthy

Themes-violence,torture,revenge,suspense

Characters-Hero-Strong says few words- loner- Villain- lots of allies-overconfident

Props-guns, cars explosives, hi-tech equipment

Narrative/Plot-1 hero goes after villain usually wins

Style-Stunts,Explosions, Shakey camera shots, fast paced cuts.

A film that demonstrates this is Casino Royale (2006) starring Daniel Craig as James Bond 007 on his first mission. The film was directed by Martin Campbell with key scenes involving a chase through a construction site, a horrific torture scene and a nail-biting car chase.

Logline: Everyone has a past. Every legend has a beginning. On November 17th, discover how James...became Bond.

GCSE Film Studies

This blog is a working record of the stages involved in the production work as a part of GCSE Film Studies. I will show the work I have done.