Josh May Unit 1

Verisimilitude - how real the world of the story appears to the audience - is it believable Diagesis/ diagetic world - The world the film takes place in Juxtaposition - placing one object next to another to create meaning Narrative theory - theories that categorise narratives and find features common to them Popular narrative theories "cinema is a set of universal rules, a set of relations that could be described as the grammar of film" Levi strauss' Binary opposition - Narrative tension is based on opposition or conflict. this can be as simple as two characters fighting, but more often functions at an ideological level. - Good Vs Evil Get out: White Vs Black  Rich Vs Poor  Elitism Vs Impoverished Old Vs Young  Bad Vs good  Wrong Vs right  Criminal Vs Police  Bourgeoisie Vs Proletariat Female Vs Male  Weak Vs strong   Vladimir Propp The Hero The Villain The helper The princess or prize Her Father The Donor The false hero The dispatcher 8 cha

Post-production - what takes place after the film has been filmed an example is editing and sound mixing Production - this is actually making the film and an example is the the shot types used Runner - someone who gets all the tea and coffee on the set Editor - they edit the film and take all the clips and place them together Independant  film  Independent film is one made outside of the hollywood studio system The six major hollywood film studios are often referred to as the 'big 6'. these command a significant market share, and the budgets tend to be much bigger than those of an independent film The Big Six  - Paramount - warner brothers - 20th century fox - Universal - Colombia - Walt disney Set text Bait - An indépendant Uk film released in august 2019 Described as a 'no budget film' it was directed by Mark jenkin also wrote and recorded the score. which distributor picked up bait in the UK ? - the BFI Where did they see it initially

commission script Spec script - writing a film out of own want Pre production The project is green-lit - Financing is confirmed - Principle cast members, directors and cinematographer are set - screenplay is finalised - The script is storyboarded - Locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects are identified - an extremely detailed schedule in produced - sets are constructed - the crew is hired - financial arrangements are put in place and a start date for the beginning of principle photography is set - there will be a read through of the script Production The shooting of the film  Involves a camera crew, lighting, sound, directorial (including first assistant directors, second assistant director as well as the director) runners, location crew, security, drivers, stunt crew, actors, 'talent', caterers, rushes runners. producers and line producers not necessarily on set - often stay behind and coordinate from the productio

Conglomerate - one huge company that owns a lot of subsidiaries Nowadays, companies can also exhibit their films via online video on demand services such as Netflix and Youtube  Frozen released in 2013  had a budget of $150,000,000 and went to gross $1,276,480,000 worldwide Frozen.diseny.com How does it digitally advertise the film? The website digitally advertises the film through advertising the film and products from this company on the website selling them the film and all the add ons to this film how does it cross promote Disney products? It cross promotes disney products by using the platforms it has to further promote itself such as promoting disney + on the frozen website Frozen has Instagram pages for the film on Facebook and on Instagram it also has a page for frozen broadway They have different platforms to reach a wider audience it make the film appeal to more than one age demographic Traditional advertising The marketing campaign