Repertoire of Elements

Repertoire of elements are a list of things film makers think about when producing a new film. They are a list of things they will need in order to create a good film and to organised how everything will be handled. These elements are Characters, audience setting, themes, style iconography and narrative. The genre of each film has implications for the repertoire of elements as ideally you would want your film to be successful and actually represent the genre you are trying to depict.

For example, for characters, the directors would have to consider what characters to include in their films depending on the film's genre. In a horror movie, you would expect characters such as a victim or victims a villain/monster and survivors, in an action film, you would have a hero vs a villian which you would expect

Audience is all about the target market/audience. This is about who the filmed is aimed at which is usually young adults as that is where most money is made Again certain genres would appeal to certain people, romantic comedies would appeal to women whereas action or sports films would apeal more to men.

Settings is about where the film will be set in order to match the genre or the situation. Sc-fi films would often take place on a "different planet" ore in space simply due to match its genre and attract its audience.

Themes are how the genre is represented.For a horror film, for example, to be successful it needs to conform to some typicial themes such as purity vs. evil  alive vs. dead etc.

Styles is more about what makes your film belong in that genre. This involves lighting, costumes  and different camera angles to create suspense  or tension.

Iconography, its mainly about what makes your film stand out, in slaher films this would be a weapon of some sort which is sometimes used in the trailers to draw the customers in.

And narrative is about whether or not the film has a running narrative or does not. Mainly films do not but some like "The Great Gatsby" do.

Film Trailer Analysis

Film Title - The Town This trailer is very effective as from it, the audience are able to grasp the concept of the storyline. The slow start at the beginning builds anticipation because as a viewer, you want to know what's going on straight away so you can understand the whole situation but by controlling the pace of the trailer they are able to slowly feed the audience's anticipation until the trailer is at full pace. The use of different shots are also effective as some of the shots a montage effect allows the audience to gain information about the storyline and different scenes without giving away too much which leaves them curious enough to want to watch the film to see what happens. Also we are able to see the emotions of the characters in certain scenes which helps create emphasis and sometimes suspense. Another positive from this trailer is that the storyline is easy to comprehend which is pivotal as if your storyline is not understandable the audience will not respond well to it. The genre is also established early on in the trailer which avoids causing confusion to the audience.
The dialogue is also key here as from it we are able to establish that the film will be focused on two main characters and gives the impression they are both chasing the same goal. It also depicts that they have some sort of relationship with each other which may also attract a wider audience as relationships within action films usually do.
The mise-en-scene is also important as, the guns, masks, blindfold and settings help create the genre as without these things , we wouldn't know this was a heist/robbery action based film or why certain things were occurring in the trailer.

The Purge trailer analysis (Dystopian/horror Genre)

Beginning (0:04 - 0:25)

The beginning of the trailer portrays how the American world was perfect. The use of the sunset with the idealistic happy family silhouettes demonstrates this. A romantic scene was also displayed among one of the cuts which displayed heterosexual love and this could commute to the audience that it's a time where people are happy in their relationships.The scenes of the adults wearing casual clothes shows how relaxed and content they are with life which is accompanied by facial expressions such as laughter and smiles to show that they're happy. An establishing shot of the neighbourhood with the sunset shows that it's a peaceful time and it's a perfect world in their sight of the audience as well. The editing uses quite a few inter-titles to give facts about the perfect world that's being portrayed which is accompanied by the calm sound of the piano playing a few keys with a small interval each time it changes onto a different scene. The piano usually comes under the music genre for classical since classic music can be quite soothing and calm; making the audience feel that it really is a perfect world.

(0:31 - 1:10)

The start for this section shows the watershed. This is where there is a turning point in the plot. How everything that was once perfect; comes at a price (meaning there needs to be some sort of sacrifice). This is demonstrated through CCTV footage of clips with people getting killed; arson and gun shooting (linking the past event with what's going to happen to the present-day). The follow up scenes after the footage clips; links with the father's explanation to his son as to why the event happens (which is also letting the audience know as well). The son questions his parents as to why don't they kill anyone and his question becomes a voiceover for the next scene of (supposedly) his parents gearing up with weapons which creates a sense of irony since his parents respond with the answer that they don't feel the need to kill anyone.

The voiceover of the "annual report" for the purge occurs which then shows various side-view and front close-up shots for each of the family members gathered in the living room. Each face expressing a similar motion to the next. And in-between each shot of the faces is a establishing shot of different parts of the city, demonstrating how empty it is. It could've been seen as peaceful but the eerie sound from the report makes it creepy; making each scene a taunting-gesture to the audience that something is about to happen (making everything worse). There is loads of dip-to-black being used when the scene goes from a family member's close-up to an establishing shot of the empty city.

(1:52 - To End)

At the beginning of this section, it's the start of the build-up to the montage. The bass-sound creates a sort of heart-beat sound as it starts to build up. The bass sound is accompanied with choir-singing at a high-pitch. It starts off a bit quiet at first then as the inter-title comes up (sort of the marker for the start of the montage) the singing becomes louder throughout the whole montage. There's barely any words said but there's loads of sound effects such as a 'shhling' when seeing someone un-sheath a knife and gunshots.

At the end of the montage, the man says "everything is gonna be okay" and the woman responds that "nothing is ever going to be okay again" which is then followed up by a glitch noise for the inter-title then the title for the film comes up with the credits and social media.

There's a sense of polar opposite being demonstrated since at the beginning it was a perfect world and at the end everything goes wrong; with the families' ideal perfect world destroyed within one night.

Analysing Movie Website

I decided to  analyse the website of the film "Fast And Furious 6"

When you first enter the website, this is the option we see. This is because this is an international film and with films like this, English is not the main language so many big name movies have this option. Although web browsers like chrome have a translate option, not everyone uses chrome especially people from poorer backgrounds or countries.

This can also give it an unique selling point as people do visit film websites for more information and the content which usually influences their final decision on whether or not they go and see the film. Film websites are important and by offering different languages people from other countries it allows them to also get important information.

When you proceed on wards, the website then brings up this page with various links, from watching the trailer to buying tickets.. These links are very helpful to the viewers/customers as it helps direct them to what they are looking for. There are also social media links for example the Facebook page,and the YouTube pages on this website. Also the appearance of the website is vital, the picture is always constantly changing showing the viewers different images that hypes up the film even more making more people choose to go and see the film..

Analysing Film Poster - Iron Man 3