Friday, 26 October 2012
Monday, 22 October 2012
Skyfall - interview/articles
interview with
Berenice Marlohe
article about 'Adele's skyfall hailed best James Bond theme song
in years' Oct 16, 2012
When it comes to "James Bond" theme songs, nobody does
it better than the Brits. (Apologies to Carly Simon, whose ballad for "The
Spy Who Loved Me" is an honorable exception.) Case in point: Adele's
"Skyfall," the first "Bond" song by a British artist in more
than 25 years, has been widely hailed as one of the best in the series.
"[Sony
Pictures] was interested in an artist who not only would be right for the
specific film, but who could harken back to the classic 'Bond' themes of the
'60s," says Jon Burlingame, author of "The Music of James Bond."
"Because Adele is one of the hottest artists in the world – and a Brit –
it was almost a no-brainer."
The
series' risqué silhouetted title sequences, which are just barely PG-13, have
featured memorable hits by British artists such as Tom Jones, Paul McCartney
& Wings, Sheena Easton, and Shirley Bassey.
The
template for the "Bond" song, established by composers John Barry and
Monty Norman, combines the twang of machismo guitar, plunges of orchestral
strings, blasts of brass, and a vocal somewhere between melancholic torch song
and tongue-in-cheek belter. Exhibit A: Ms. Bassey's "Goldfinger" –
the first of her three "007" songs – which was a Gold Record. The
brand-savvy "Bond" franchise has looked to "sounds that could
potentially get on the radio" ever since "Dr. No" in 1962, says
Mr. Burlingame.
In 1985,
that sound was Duran Duran, whose hit "A View to a Kill" came at the
height of the "Second British Invasion" of US radio. But when British
artists began to struggle in the United States, the film producers roped in
American acts such as Sheryl Crow, Garbage, and Madonna. The character of the
theme songs changed somewhat.
"The
contributions of the other recent performers – Tina Turner, Gladys Knight,
Chris Cornell, Jack White, and Alicia Keys – are done more in the style of
those individual performers than in the style of '007,' " says Bruce
Scivally, coauthor of "James Bond: The Legacy."
By
contrast, Adele's "Skyfall" earns its license to thrill by emulating
the classic "Bond" sound. In keeping with the tenor of Daniel Craig's
Bond, it's soulful and somber, sophisticated and seductive. One can imagine a
tuxedoed 007 listening to "Skyfall" while driving his Aston Martin –
or sky-diving with Her Majesty.
"It's
one of the most listenable and accessible 'Bond' tunes in a long time,"
concludes Burlingame.
Skyfall Synergy
Adele ---
a music video someone created and uploaded to youtube
OLYMPICS --
As early
as the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, this was a teaser trailer of james
bond and the queen to promote the upcoming skyfall movie
skyfall - info
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/ Skyfall
info on Internet Movie DateBase
Director: Sam
Mendes
Stars: Daniel
Craig, Helen McCory, Javier Bardem
Daniel Craig
(James Bond)
Javier Bardem
(villian)
Berenice Marlohe,
Naomie Harris (bond girl)
sky fall official
trailer on youtube
Thursday, 18 October 2012
skyfall - posters
007 posters --->
on the bus
on a billboard
official poster
Thursday, 4 October 2012
terminator 2 sweded
Mise-en-scene:
they have the props - guns, kitchen foil for the machine parts, terminators glasses
one of the characters tries to duplicate Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice
Sound:
they use add-on sound affects for the motorcycle, gun shots and background sounds
Camera:
they use lots of camera angles, close up, medium shot, long shot, pan shots, over the shoulder shot
Scream swede analysis
My group and I are making a swede of 'Scream' so I chose to look for swedes of 'Scream' on the internet so I could get some understanding of what scene we were going to do.
The swede shown on the right captures the famous scene of the girl picking up the phone and hearing a mysterious voice claiming to see her. The character is scared and starts to panic as she is looking for a way to escape the current place in which she is in. The masked character then comes out of no where and starts to chase her then finally kills her.
I think this swede is both funny and scary, not only does it show the fear of the character in the original movie but it also offers a more modern touch with the choice of music. I like that the masked character was chasing the girl for a while because it left us on the edge of our seats not knowing whether the masked character was going to catch up with the girl or not. The only thing I would have changed about this swede is the setting. I think that the room should have been a bit dark to show the mysteriousness in the scene.
However, my group and I plan to capture the fear just as the swede above did and I believe that this is the right swede for us to take notes from.
The
Hangover
Production
Jon Lucas and Scott Moore were the writers of the movie, they
had written the script after they went through a similar event to the movies.
After they had written the script they sold it off to the studio Legendary
Pictures. Once the studio brought it they rewrote the script adding different
scenes which may appeal to the audience and make it funnier. After the script
was complete they filming took 15days.
Distribution
This movie was distributed by Warner
Bros, which is a major company in America. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary
companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner
Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New
Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC
Comics. Warner owns half of The CW Television Network.
With all these links the movie Hangover was able to be recognised by many
people, this allowed it to be a great success.
Marketing
Statistics shows that the majority of
people who go to the cinemas are 15-23 year olds. The Hangover has bared this
in mind and made sure the movie appeals to that age group. Some of the audience,
which is 18+ drinks and may of have a similar or near experience to the movie
Hangover therefore this movie will appeal to them and they will want to see
this movie.
Exhibition
The Hangover was advertised on social
networking sites such as twitter and facebook, it was also advertised on
youtube. These are sites that people often visit therefore the Hangover enabled
the audience to engage with the movie.
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