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Understanding Genre

My definition of Genre is style. For example style of movies: thriller, action, comedy and romance.
style of music: rock, classical and indie.

Google's definition of "Genre". 

• A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Thriller.

This is a genre which have main elements of suspense or excitement. This makes the view have ideas of uncertainty. But main genres have sub-genres and thriller has many, here's a few examples: 

• Physiological thriller.
• Period thriller.
• Mystery thriller.
• Crime thriller.
• Paranoid thriller.

Iconography (symbols or images)  of a thriller:

• Shadows.
•  Confined spaces.
• Dim street lamps.

Narrative:

• A death (Suicide, pre-determined, accidental).
• Some being watched/followed.

Mise-en-scene:

• Lighting would be mainly dark but bright on points of interest.
• Colours mainly black and grey's.
• Clothing would depend on time and location. Usually dark alleys and strange and large buildings.
• Facial expressions typically scared with the victim and the villain would show a black expression.
• Camera angles and technique. Camera angles could be in a view of a security camera, and tracking could be used with shaking behind victim is running away from villain.

Themes of a thriller:

• Revenge.
• Isolation from the outside world.
• Slight chance of sexual perversion.

Representations portrayed in movies such as thrillers:

• Sexism (Girl have to be fragile and men have to be heroic).

The Dark Knight OTS Story Board

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The primary purpose of a storyboard is to know what you are planning before you take your shots.
It's easy to fault at continuity without a story board e.g first shot someones shirt is buttoned up, next shot back they're shirt is unbuttoned.
The storyboard is also a great function so you and everyone else around you knows what you are talking about with a small box of hand sketched image and small notes at the bottom incase of confusion.

My 10 ten films overview.

1 - Zombie Land
2 - The Green Mile
3 - The Dark Knight
4 - Super Bad
5 - 21 Jump Street
6 - The Dark Knight Rises
7 - Pick Of Destiny
8 - American Pie
9 - Inbetweeners Movie
10 - Fight Club

What i've learnt about my film selections.

• 7/10 films I've picked include some sort of comedic value to them. Which shows i enjoy  a laugh in my film and nothing too serious. 
• My top film ''zombie land''contains one of my favourite aspects of media..zombies. Plus the fact i have 5/10 films that contain extreme violence or some sort of violence i can recall. So violence is also something i enjoy in a film
• Batman is featured twice and i think i'm just a follower of the super hero ninja called Batman.

Number 1. Zombie Land

Zombie Land - 1.

As Earth has all the tragedies and scares like nuclear war, flooding and a new ice age; it gets attacked by zombies in a hilarious comedy.

As new strain of 'Mad Cow Disease' is released into the public, poor old lonely Jessie Eisenburg plans to track down his parents back in Ohio but encounters "Tallahassee" (Woody Harrelson) who is on his search for twinkies. The group becomes larger and they even discover Bill Murrays mansion in Hollywood.

I can't tell you how much I love this movie. I love zombies and comedy and it's a great mix together. But only lasts 88 minutes. Trailer here (requires Youtube access).

Number 2. The Green Mile

The Green mile - 2.

Based on a book this is the first truly moving and slightly unsettling movie I've blogged about in my top ten movies of all time. 

As Paul (played by Tom Hanks) is an officer at a cell block named "Green mile". He encounters many different types of people while working but he finally meets one he'll never forget. 

John Coffey is portrayed as a huge masculine black African American at the start but you slowly learn the story of his upsetting life.

Watch trailer here (requires Youtube access).

Number 3. The Dark Knight

The Dark knight - 3.

Second Batman movie listed down because nothing beats a superhero with no actually super powers except wealth. 

Staring Christian Bale the actor for Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Heath Ledger the actor for the nicknamed "Joker". 

This film has everything in it including suspense, action and slight comedy. As the Joker plans on making a bank robbery with a bunch of clowns as they all betray each other so they get a high ratio of the money, which is owned by the Mafia. But this only leads on to the mob bosses having to inform the rest of the mob that the rest of their funding has been hidden in a secret location so no further robbery's can occur. But this while being informed of this by a Chinese accountant the Joker storms through and offers to kill Batman for half of their money which he is in possession of anyway.

The rest of the movie is challenging to understand to say the least, but worth a watch even though it's a long movie (152 Minutes). 

See trailer here (Requires access to Youtube).

Number 4. Super Bad

Super Bad - 4.

Once again Jonah Hill (playing Seth) and the new one Micheal Cera (playing Evan) star in an amazingly funny film. Based on the lives of the writers themselves.

As Seth and Evan both apply to Dartmouth university only Evan is accepted. But between them there were no worries about them missing each other around. But when Seth gets paired up with Jules (played by Emma Stone) she invites him to a party happening later that night where both Seth and Evan will be attending with a extra called Fogell (played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse). Fogell obtains a fake ID with a famous name McLovin which means they can now abuse this fake ID to get their hands on alcohol later on for the party to raise their "respect".

On this list this is the fist time i can say i own this on DVD myself. But truly is a great film filled with great laughs.

Watch the trailer now (requires Youtube access).

Number 5. 21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street - 5.

Based on a 1987 television series, 21 Jump Street is an action, comedy thriller film in my eyes.

Morton Schmidt who is described as a "not so slim shady" (Which is a great description of the actor Jonah Hill with blonde short hair) is bullied through out high school by his now, new best friend Greg Jenko (Played by Channing Tatum) in a police training center.

Then paired up after failing to read out a criminals Miranda Rights, now in a high school drug bust operation.

Anyone who enjoys movies or comedy's should watch this no matter what. 

Number 6. The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises - 6.

As Batman (in my eyes the greatest ever superhero created) has to once again save Gotham city from the evil Bane with half his face covered by some medical advancement. You get to once again see Batman rise, fall, and rise once again just like in every other Batman movie but feel the suspense and thrill. If you haven't watched the past films in the trilogy you may struggle to understand but still worth watching. 

Number 7. Pick Of Destiny

Pick Of Destiny - 7.

As young JB (Jack Black) become a rocker and is abandoned by his religious family from Missouri,  Kickapoo. He seeks fame and fortune and a companion who teaches him to rock even harder then before. Then searches for the most mystical and majestic pick in the history and man and devil.

As a fan of Jack Black and his band Tenacious D i find this great film with funny and pretty good songs through out the film with comedy and upsets. It's a great film unless your not into your comedy's.

In my eyes it's a very good seven

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Number 8. American Pie

American Pie - 8.

Teen Comedy American Pie was created in 1999 and written by Adam Herz.

I find sexual immaturity amazingly hilarious and so i can understand why American Pie is such a great movie in my eyes.

As an Eastern European girl is stripping on webcam for a not so popular guy in school he is peer pressured in showing her to the world doing her strip by the famous character in my eyes "Stifler". This film is a must watch as you see a pact made between a group of friends all attempt to lose the virginity before they graduate. 

Hilarious in my eyes but can understand why some people may not agree.

Number 9. Inbetweeners Movie

Inbetweeners Movie - 9.

The amazing series of the Inbetweeners had finally got a movie.
As a fan of the British series "The Inbetweeners" i was excited to see this film because, the last series has been finished with out any hope for a next. 

The Inbetweeners was a comical British series about four teenage boys in sixth-form trying to get high in the popularity ranks, but only with failure around the corner. 

We got to see Jay, Simon, Neil and Will go on holiday to a less than respectable hotel in Marlia. 

With Neil's simplicity, Jays immaturity, Will's maturity and Simon's love losses they have a great trip to Marlia, where obviously Simon's not so ex-girlfriend is also staying. 

We have the same four hilarious guys who were doing A-levels back together again, all with their own problems...except Neil.

Pretty funny but for me it's hard to recall any moments where i look back and still laugh.

So i think number nine is pretty respectable.

Number 10. Fight Club

Fight Club - 10. (1999)

Even though fight club is a great movie and should be watched by everybody, i'd only put it at number 10. Even though it has a great plot and a weird messed up story line, i found it hard to put it any higher. The film was directed by David Finch but was originally a novel by Chuck Palahniuk in 1996. Fight Club failed to meet expectations of the studio at the box office but was cited as one of the most controversial films of 1999, later Fight Club found success in the DVD release and was stated as a cult film. 

As Brad Pitt meets Edward Norton. They form 'Fight Club'. A club where guys intend on beating the living day lights out of each other while placing bets on who's going to win.

I'm sure everybody's familiar with the quote "The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club" and for that alone it goes in my top ten at number 10.