Reaserch into age certificates-Miss Georgiou

Age certificates

The BBFC (British Broadcasting of Film Classification) is the organisation that classifies all films in the UK in to categories suitable to appropriate audience's. There are several different categories that films are split into which are:

The U rating symbol stands for universal meaning that viewers of any age can watch the film, they contain no issues such as drugs, violence, sex, strong language and so on. These types of films are commonly aimed at a very young audience and is usually used by Disney and Pixar.

The PG rating symbol stands for parental guidance, and is suitable for most ages but it is down to parents if they want there child to watch a film with this rating. Films with this rating should not disturb children from 8 upwards but it can be seen by a younger audience, this sort of film can touch on some issues such as bullying and anti-social behavior but they make very clear that it is wrong unlike U rated films where things of this nature are not included at all. An example of a film with this rating is Shrek because there is moderate violence used.

The 12 and 12A symbol ratings mean that people over the age of 12 are suitable to view this type of film and 12A  means that is the child is 12 then he must be accompanied by an adult. This is given when a film has a more sinister take on some important issues mature themes are acceptable but they must be shown in a way that is suitable for young teenagers. Any foul language that has been used must be infrequent and any violence must not dwell on injuries, blood or suffering. The first film in the UK to challenge the 12 rating was spider man because of a certain scene where violence that the BBFC did not think was appropriate for a 12 year old audience but was not strong enough for a 15. This is when the 12A rating was introduced as something in-between 12 and 15 this was decided because 12 year old's could look up to the hero in the film.

The 15 age rating symbol is only appropriate for people 15 years or older and is not suitable for viewers of a younger age. There are no themes in an age 15 rated film as long as they are shown in an appropriate way for a 15 year old to view. Films are commonly given this rating because they contain strong violence, frequent strong language, sexual references and drug taking.

The 18 age rating symbol is only for adults and no children can view it, these types of films contain similar themes to a 15 rated film but in a far more mature and strong context. Ratings are commonly given this rating because they are very controversial and have sex and gore in them most horror films are given this rating.







By Alexander Flanagan

Mise en scene-The woman in black-Miss Georgiou

Mise en scene- The woman in black

My analysis of mise en scene is on the Woman in Black and the scene I have chosen is the opening section where the three girls play in the toy room. In this scene the director has made it seem as if this would usually be a nice peaceful scene since the iconography used are children playing in there room with dolls. This put the audience into a false sense of security, because the audience was shocked that the three girls jumped out of the window and committed suicide. The scene also allows the audience to connect with the three girls imagining if it was themselves in this scene or someone they know. Therefor the audience are shocked and are in suspense because they don't know why the girls have jumped out of the window. This is a common convention of a thriller film because they all create suspense and keeps the audience engaged in the narrative.

Example screen shot: 

The costumes, hair and make up used in this scene are styled from the 1800's which tells the audience when the film is set straight away. We can see what all three girls are wearing straight away as it is important to know when the film is set because this might tell the audience what they might be doing, what people think at the time and any advantages or limitations that they might have. The relates to the audience it allows them to imagine what might be going on at this time with the characters showing them as stereotypical innocent victims.

The facial expressions used changes throughout the scene telling the audience when something bad has or is going to happen this was used at the begging of the scene starting off happy and then changing to blank expressions staring directly at the audience to suggest they are being controlled. The audience can see from facial expressions what a character is feeling which creates empathy if a character is happy the audience will reflect that as well as if the characters where scared or distressed.



The last thing I noticed was the low key lighting which makes a dark more sinister presence which is used throughout the whole scene.This is used to make everything thing seem more broken up and obscure which the audience commonly will assassinate the darkness created by low key lighting with danger.

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By Alexander Flanagan 

Research into cinematography - Miss Miller

The clip that I have chose here to evaluate is Saw V and chose a scene called survival of the fittest from this I have picked out key points of cinematography that has been used in this scene. cinematography are the different angles positions and movements that are used in a film that help us build a relationship with the characters and make us feel certain things towards them. My clip has a large variety of different angles and shots put together to create tension and suspense.

This first camera angle that I noticed was a close up on jig-saw was talking on the TV screen shown here in this screen shot. 

Using a close up in this way makes the audience focus on what he is saying, in the actual scene the camera zooms in as what the character is saying gets more and more important. This gives what he is saying more emphasis and gets in the audiences face almost making it seem as if the character is talking to them. this makes the audience emphasis with the characters fear in the film creating tension and suspense on every word that he says. This is very conventional in a thriller genre to do this as they often try to create tension and the feeling of not knowing what is going to happen next to keep the audience in suspence. 

The next camera angle that I noticed in this scene was a canted angle which was used throughout the rest of the scene after jig-saws speech in a variety of other camera angles such as mid shot, two shot and close ups. 

This will help me in making my own thriller trailer because it shows me what shots work best to create a certain reaction or feeling within the audeince. It has made me think which shots i want to use in my thriller and how I could use them such as how could I incoprate close ups into my trailer or should I use a shallow focus. The clip has also shown me that useing low key lighting throuout my trailer would be best to create tension and that I should use a high angle shot to make it clear to the audeince who is the victim in the clip to give an emotional responce.

By Alexander Flanagan

PEER Evaluation

PEER Evaluation

The move clip from saw 5 called survival of the fittest in the opening 30 seconds one of the first camera angles I noticed was an extreme close up this was used when jig-saw was talking to the other characters on the TV shown here in this link-http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8BgcozieWuE#t=28. Using the close up in this way makes what he is saying more important because it put more emphasis on what he says, it also makes it seem as though he is talking to the audience this means that they empathize with the characters and you can feel the fear and the tension they feel.

The next camera angle is a canted angle shot this was used from once jig-saw had finished his speech and was then used throughout the scene in a variety of shot such as close up, mid shot and two shot.Here is the link-http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8BgcozieWuE#t=47 This puts the instability of the scene it also shows the desperation of the characters. Using this camera relates the the audience because it shows the confusion of the characters making the the audience feel there confusion also.

The last significant camera angle I noticed was the shallow focus angle this was used when one other the charecter stept on the others grasped hand on a key shown here in this link-http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8BgcozieWuE#t=104. This put emphasis on the aggression and the pain that the character is felling and relates to the audience so they can empathize with his pain and feel sorry for him.

By Alex Flanagan