American Beauty notes2

The family are creatures of habit
Carolyn plays the same music everyday. We know this is it is questioned by her daughter who is bored by her mothers old taste in music but she is instantly put into her place by her mother. We get the idea that Lester has a routine every morning from the way he wakes up takes a deep breath then puts his slippers, has a shower then makes his way to work with his wife and daughter.

The family used to be close
There's pictures of Lesters daughter from times before smiling and laughing which is followed by a family picture where Lesters has one hand on his wife's shoulder and his other round his daughter showing how close they were. We also get told by Lester when he's talking to his daughter in the kitchen how they used to be close when he says "what happened we used to be pals?".


The Mise on scene suggests a dullness of life
Lester has a poor posture when sitting at the dinner table this could be because of boredom, being or lazy or a tiring day at work. Suggests a dullness again relating back too Lesters boring life.


Camerawork
Whilst eating the meal we get a feeling of dullness this is done by the boring conversations along with the slow camerawork. At the start of the meal they start in the next room on slowly zooming in on the table then stopping on Lester and Carolyn's faces. Then this mystery man appears and the use of a handheld camera is used to show this mysterious but weird guy watching over Lester and his daughter talking. The camerawork is jumpy and the can tell the difference in quality as he continuous to film Lester. 

Music
As with the camera work the music is dull as carolyn has picked her classical music to listen to a choice questioned by her daughter. It then cuts off whilst they talk which is followed by a slow mysterious sound is used to introduce the boy.

American Beauty notes

Trapped:From the moment we are introduced to Lester Burnham we are given an image of a man who is trapped. The first thing we see is him waking up too an empty bed showing his wife is already up and getting ready for the day ahead. He then gets in the shower and is shown behind the shower door, then watching his wife talking to the neighbours behind the window giving us this idea of him being trapped again. He is then rushed to the car where he sits in the back barely see able at first behind his wife and daughters seats.

His wife is in control: His wife seems to rule the household, she is the first one up as in the opening seen Lester has woken up too an empty bed showing she has somewhere more important to be. She is first dressed and out doing the gardening as Lester gazes out the window at her making conversation with the neighbours about her much he loves her roses. She drives the car to work and is the first one ready to go as she complains at how late Lester is making her.

Music: The music is slow, boring and repetitive like Lesters life. Changing a bit every know and then but only slightly this also mirrors Lesters life. The music is a motif which is used throughout the film.

Colours: The colours at the start are dull and boring when we are first introduced to Lester but when his appears the colours get brighter we see the red roses, blue window shutters and the orange door. When he gets too work he has a plain white shirt and black tie but his employee has a navy suit with a blue shirt and eye catching tie.

The Man

My first impressions of the man was homeless or low income this could have been from the the dull colours he was wearing which look worn in or the state of his clothes for example the patches at the top of his trousers. After a more in depth look at the man i noticed none of his clothes are worn in or a bad fit also the patches on his trousers look to be hand sown on. Also the trousers are casually rolled up more of a fashion statement then a poor fit, i also noticed his shoes are in reasonably good condition. He also has on a stylish well fitted shirt with a thick cardigan over the top only buttoned once showing it's being worn for fashion reasons not because of the weather. HIs beard is trimmed not just been left and his hair is covered by his hat.

Skins Episode 1

Tony

-Arrogant
-Cocky
-Sneaky
-Protective over his little sister effy
-Jack the lad mentality
-Thinks he can pull any woman
-Eccentric, bed sheets
-Takes pride in looks and clothing
-Wind up

This is England

This is England - a film set in the 80's directed by shane meadows and produced by warp films.

Warp Films

-Was set up in 1999

-Employing 14 full-time staff

-Produced movies such as Dead mans shoes, This is england and This is England 86

-Joint company with warp records

Shane Meadows

-Born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, UK on 26th December 1972

-He dropped out of school before his O-Levels

-In 1994 Meadows got his first taste of media industry when he volunteered his services for free in a deal that would allow him to borrow a camcorders 

-Using the camcorder Meadows put together a series of short films and after good reviews from friends he decided to arrange an event for local short film makers

-The event became popular and eventually became an international video festival called 'flip side'

-'Where's the money, Ronnie? was Meadows first short film too catch the attention of the media industry which lead to Meadows being given his first shot on a channel 4 series called 'Battered Britain' 

-From the money he made from the series he used to fund a film called 'smalltime'

-After smalltime many producing roles followed such as twenty four seven, Dead mans shoes, This is England, Somers town and many more

HOT FUZZ STORYBOARD

The Cast

The two main actors in hot fuzz are Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Pegg plays Nicholas Angel an all action police man who is forced from his much loved London because of his high arrest rate which is making his peers look bad to a quite town in the middle of nowhere called sandford. It's in sandford where he comes across PC Danny Butterman played by Nick Frost, he's a young police officer who takes an instant intrest in Nicholas Angel as he is exactly like the characters from the action movies he loves. The cast also consists of actors such as Martin freeman, Bill Nighy and Rober Popper.

Location

The movie starts in London briefly where he is getting infiormed about being transfered. Then it shows his journey to his new destination by using the underground and after that the movie is based in sandford, gloucestershire. They use different locations in sandford such as the police station, the pub, local supermarket and many more.

Stereotypes

The main steroetype shown in this film is the difference between life in the city and life in the countryside. In the city everything is fast and precise as is shown with the character of Nicholas Angel but in the country side it's the opposite, it's slower with no sense of authority which is shown by the character of Danny Butterman.

Directors

The movie was written by Edgar Wright and was co produced by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg.

Humour

It's a comical movie so humour was a big part of the film. Sarcasm and repition is used alot in the movie aswell as jokes using existing perceptions of the british police.

Camera work and editing

Close ups were used alot too show character reactions, mostly used on the main actors. Fast paced editing and montages were used too make boring clips more watchable.