Horror Mood Board

I chose to include this image in my mood board as often there is a scene within a horror film set in the woods. It's a very typical location used in many horror films.

Also another typical location used in horror films are old houses, ones which often give the viewer a creepy or eerie vibe, like this one from the Amityville horror.

These two images show very classic protagonists in horror films. These being Frankenstien's monster and Dracula.

Thriller Mood Board

The image of two actors dressed as detectives. In thriller films there are often characters from this stereotype. Usually they are solving murders that are involved in the film or other events that are the focal point in the film.

Many thrillers include different protagonists. Often they are male but some films break conventions and use female protagonist.

There are many different types are antagonists, ones which are clearly mentally unstable to others and ones which aren't obviously unstable.

Here is a very famous actor for his roles in thriller films. Anthony Hopkins most notable character is Hanibal Lector.

Thriller films often have scenes which are filmed in alleyways, the use of such a location creates a dark and eerie feel to a film.

Romantic Comedy Mood Board

This is an image of a couple about to embrace in a kiss, I thought this was a good image to have in my moodboard. Also the actor in this picture is Colin Firth, an actor well reknown for his participation in romantic comedies over the years. This particular shot is from the film Love Actually.

The image of flowers is a stereotypical of romantic comedies. The symbolisim of the flowers are love which is further backed up by the choice of colour.

I decided to include these images of an engagement ring and bride and groom as another cliche of a romantic comedy is that there is usually some sort of involvment of a wedding, be this a protagonist's dream to get married or another charactor actually getting married.

I decide to include images of chocolate covered strawberries and a box of chocolates in my mood board because these items give off a romantic feel. These are also used frequently in the romantic comedy genre as they are ofcourse meant to be romantic.

There are pictures of couples in my mood board as these are part of the foundation of a romantic comedy as there is always a couple, but they are often single before meeting during the film. These two images are of a young teen couple and Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant. A descision behind this choice is as some films decide to use different age groups for their protagonists.

I chose to include the images of these two actors as they are in various romantic comedies. Colin Firth has been in many British romantic comedies, such as Bridget Jones' Diary , Bridet Jones' Diary: Edge of Reason and Love Actually. Whereas Jennifer Aniston has been in various American romantic comedies. Her titles include The Break-Up, He's Just Not That Into You and The Bounty Hunter.

 

These images are on my mood board as they are typical locations for romantic comedies to be set. Often they are set in the city but have scenes at a countryside location.

The reason this image is in my mood board is because hands symbolise unity and in romantic comedies there is always a couple who become united by the end.

180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is a guideline film making that instructs that two characters, or other elements in a shared same scene should always have the same right/left relationship to each other. The rule creates an imaginary line (axis) which generally the camera cannot cross. The camera can be in any position from one side of the line and the character or elements will have the same positioning relationship.

This diagram shows how the 180 degree rule works. When from the green side the characters appear in one way, but if the camera is moved to the red side the characters appear to switch places. The line shown is the line which the camera can't cross.

 Although some directors chose to cross this line and the shot can be taken from the other side, this is called a reverse angle. Although not many film makers use this as it can be confusing andf disorintating for the viewer.


Preliminary Task

During a media lesson I carried out a preliminary task. This task was filming a simple scene in which a student walks down a hallway, enters a classroom, sits down beside another student then passes an object to the other student. During this scene I used the 180 degree rule and used match-on-action. This task tested my knowledge of the 180 degree rule and other basic film making skills and putting them into action. After this task it enhanced my knowledge of the rule as it gave me the ability to practically work with actors and how cameras must be placed on the one side of the invisable line if a director wishes not to break the rule. But also this task taught me how a director can move a camera and show crossing the line if they want to break the rule, by showing the camera move it stops the audience from getting disorintated.