Friday, September 29, 2023

Preliminary Exercise 5: Analyzing Genre



 A  genre is a specific type of music, film, or writing. To learn the types of film genres based on their key components, conventions, and technical codes that are known and expected by audiences. Organize a film based on its setting, mood, characters, and tone. ect... So audiences know what they like or want to see and producers know what kind of movie they're making or putting out. Four film genres are action, horror, comedy, and drama. A subgenre is a smaller genre within a larger genre 




Thursday, September 21, 2023

Preliminary Exercise 4: Analyzing Mise en scene

Mise en scean is the arrangement of elements in a story like the; composition, sets, props, actors, costumes and lighting. The assignment is to learn how the elements of mise en scean influence the visual messages within the frame of our film. The name of the movie is Barbie, the genre is fantasy comedy. A groped of girls are shocked when they see a really big life size Barbie doll. Some of the props were dolls the little girls were dressed in a drown dress it was very bright outside. One of the feelings was sadness when she realizes being just "Barbie" is not something she wants to be anymore.


Section B 

 

General Information of Film 

Film Title :Barbie  

Media Institution Name : Mattel  

Film Studio (s) :  Warner bros, picture  

Director : Greta Gerwig  

Year released :  2023  

Genre and sub-genres : Comedy , Romance  

Cost of production (Budget) (1mark): 145 million  

Box Office: 1.438  billion  

A brief synopsis of the film. Three lines max. in your own words. : 

Barbie and ken are living in a perfect world when barbie finds out she not as perfects as she thinks. she has to go to the real world to find out what's wrong with her and finds out the humans playing with her in the real world are sad . Barbie and ken travel to the real world when she finds out everything is different than her world and men rule everything, she soon learns to love it and everything thing that it offers  

 

 

 Section C 

Score: _____/56 marks 

Setting 

Definition: the environment of a movie 

 

Setting is the platform and the mood of  a movie 

 

Message its paradise 

 

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence:fun, happy and pink 

 

Location (Where and geographic description): its all happy and pink and towards the beach 

Time Period: 2023 

Time of Day: daytime 

Culture/moral values of the setting:suburb 

Job title: n/a 

 

Acting 

Definition: to fake something 

 

The acting is faking emotions for entertainment 

Messages: some things arent as what they seem, difference 

 

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: shocking 

 

Character portrayed: barbie 

Character appearance: (Tall, short, skinny, muscular, male, female, attractive, etc.) feminine 

Character actions: holding her leg 

Facial expressions and body language: scared 

Voice quality/ tone: shook 

Job title: n/a 

 

Set Design: Décor and Props 

Definition: background 

  

Set-design (décor and props): cars and houses 

Message: barbie house 

 

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: happy 

 

Décor: (Example red and black checkered floors, yellow walls, modern furniture, old shabby curtains, etc.) the plants, the cars and the pink 

Props: 

Job title: n/a 

 

Costumes, hair and make-up 

Definition: looks 

 

 

The costume preppy 

 

The hair and make up is classical 

Message: the movie 

 

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: different barbies 

 

Costumes: the dresses 

Hair: sleek 

Make-up: girl makeup 

Job title: n/a 

 

Lighting 

Definition: the setting 

 

The lighting is romantic 

Message romance 

 

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: intamite 

 

Light Direction: left 

Light Source: moon 

Light Quality: dark 

Job title: n/a 


 

 

 

 

 

Composition 

Definition: how everything is set up 

 

 

The composition is: bright 

Message: fun 

 

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: leaving barbie land 

 

Framing Balance: car and road 

Depth of Field: far 

Focus: Barbie and ken 

Job title: n/a 

 

Color 

Definition: shading 

 

The color is pink 

Message: girly 

 

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: villa 

 

Dominant Colors: pink 

Meanings of colors: happy , bright 

Job title: n/a 

 

 

 

 

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