BBFC

BBFC stands for British Board of Film Classification. It was established by the film industry 1912. They are also responsible for the National classification of films within the United Kingdom.
They also have the legal rights to classify videos, DVDs and some video games under the Video Recordings Act of 1984.

BBFC are able to put age restrictions on films, video games, DVDs etc. This is to protect young viewers and sensitive people from viewing a film with inappropriate, harmful, gory scenes.



BBFC logos:

Any type of film with this on it shows it’s a Universal movie any film with this logo on it is suitable for audiences from aged four years and above. “U” films should be set in a positive way and it should be humorous. For example: Brats (the Movie), The Muppet, Flushed Away.

‘PG’ stands for Parental Guidance. All ages admitted, but certain scenes may be unsuitable for children under 8. E.G: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Hairspray, Daddy Day Care.

Nobody under the age of 12 can watch any film with this logo on it.  Films in this category may include infrequent drugs, infrequent use of strong language, brief nudity, discreet sexual activity, and moderate violence. E.G: Pirates of the Caribbean,Mean Girls, Big Momma's House.

Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people. Those aged less than 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years at all times whilst the Movie is showing. E.G: Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, Twilight(New Moon), 17 Again.

Only 15 year olds are permitted to watch movies with this logo on it. No one under the age of 15 is allowed to view this movie; this is because Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, strong language, moderate-strong violence/sex references. Nudity is allowed in some sexual context, but no strong detail is to be shown.
For example: Romeo and Juliet, Sex and the City 2, Crocodile Dundee.

  No audience under the age of 18 is legally allowed to view films with this logo on it. To rent or buy a Movie with this logo on it you have to be 18 or over. Films under this category do not have limitation on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs are generally allowed and strong violence/sex. An example: Pulp Fiction, The Godfather, Die Hard.

 

Finalised Film Idea.

 “The Unwanted Wish”

My movie is based on a teenager who is turning 18. One of her friends plans a surprise party for her  and everything is going well up until she makes her birthday wish. The wish goes terribly wrong.

This idea influenced me this why I decided to give the movie the title “The Unwanted Wish”.

The film starts with the girl on her computer having a webcam conversation with her friends on the morning of her birthday, it then moves on to the late afternoon when she walks into a room and all her friends are there. They've planned a surprise gathering for her.

Her best friend then brings her to the room where all her friends are then they  sing “Happy birthday”.  After the song, A friend in the crowd shouts to her telling her to make a wish. The birthday girl closes her eyes again to make a wish; this is where everything takes a turn for the worse. It flash-forwards to what happens to her after she makes the wish. Everything is pitch black and when she opens her eyes she is in a different location standing on top of a hill, and on top of that hill there is the view of almost all the buildings in London.in her hand she has a candle, She looks at the candle with confusion in her eyes.This is because she didn't have any cake for her birthday neither did she have any candles in her hand.The camera will then be placed in the main characters hands and she will put it up and it will just be her face and the view from the hill top that we can see.

Camera Shots

·       I will use a shoulder shot to show her talking to her friends on the computer, I will then tilt the camera to show her hand gestures.
An establish shot will also be used at the end to show the surrounding she is in when she opens her eyes after the wish (the hill top)


   I will zoom in on my main character’s face most of the time; this is to show her facial expression.

·         I will zoom in on my main character when she is closing her eyes to blow out the lights on her candles. I will also be zooming in on her eyes when she closes it to make a wish and when she opens it in a different location. Whilst she’s looking at the candle the camera will be zoomed in on the candle and her eyes, this is to present to the audience the emotions running through her.

Setting

·         My film is going to be set in four different locations, the first set will be the main character's  house that will be shown in the film will be my main character’s house and the second house will be when they go shopping, the third one will be in a small where where the surprise gathering will be, and finally the last set will be at the hill top

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Costumes:

·         The costumes will use in my film will be very modern and classy. 

·         In the morning as the main character is chatting via web cam, she will be comfortable clothing such as pyjamas or a tracksuit. But later on she will be dressed very vintage and classy.

These are examples of  the costumes my characters will be wearing for my film:

for the Girls something like this:

      

what I Decided to Change.

I have decided to change the last scene in my movie idea

My own personal idea:

“Her best friend then brings the birthday cake to her and her friends/guests sing “Happy birthday”.  After the song, she blows out the candle with her eyes closed.  A friend in the crowd shouts to her telling her to make a wish. The birthday girl closes her eyes again to make a wish; this is where everything takes a turn for the worse. It flash-forwards to what happens to her after she makes the wish. When she opens her eyes and it’s filled with tears and flame.”

After gathering ideas from family members:

Her best friend then brings her to the room where all her friends are then they  sing “Happy birthday”.  After the song, A friend in the crowd shouts to her telling her to make a wish. The birthday girl closes her eyes again to make a wish; this is where everything takes a turn for the worse. It flash-forwards to what happens to her after she makes the wish. Everything is pitch black and when she opens her eyes she is in a different location standing on top of a hill, and on top of that hill there is the view of almost all the buildings in London.in her hand she has a candle, She looks at the candle with confusion in her eyes.This is because she didn't have any cake for her birthday neither did she have any candles in her hand.The camera will then be placed in the main characters hands and she will put it up and it will just be her face and the view from the hill top that we can see.

Showing my Family My Film Idea and getting their feedbacks.

Over the Christmas holiday I presented my film idea to my family and they contributed in different ways. They gave me numerous ideas that they feel would make my 2mins opening sequence Exciting and Interesting and leaving the audience wanting to know what happens next.

This below was my Brief idea for my opening sequence:

 “The Unwanted Wish”

My movie is based on a teenager who is turning 18. One of her friends plans a surprise party for her and everything is going well up until she makes her birthday wish. The wish goes terribly wrong.

This idea influenced me this why I decided to give the movie the title “The Unwanted Wish”.

The film starts with the girl on her computer having a webcam conversation with her friends on the morning of her birthday, it then moves on to the evening where she walks into her friend’s house and the guests shout out “surprise”.

Her best friend then brings the birthday cake to her and her friends/guests sing “Happy birthday”.  After the song, she blows out the candle with her eyes closed.  A friend in the crowd shouts to her telling her to make a wish. The birthday girl closes her eyes again to make a wish; this is where everything takes a turn for the worse. It flash-forwards to what happens to her after she makes the wish. When she opens her eyes and it’s filled with tears and flame.

Camera Shots

·         I will use an establishing shot at the beginning of the movie to show the girl’s bedroom and everything around her.

·         I will use a shoulder shot to show her talking to her friends on the computer, I will then tilt the camera to show her hand gestures.

·         I will zoom in on my main character’s face most of the time; this is to show her facial expression.

·         I will zoom in on my main character when she is closing her eyes to blow out the lights on her candles. I will also be zooming in on her eyes when she closes it to make a wish and when she opens it and her eyes are filled with tears and her eyes has flame behind the tears.

Setting

·         My film is going to be set in two different houses, the first house that will be shown in the film will be my main character’s house and the second house will be the main character’s best friend’s house.

·         There will be birthday banners around the second house to show the guests where the party is.

Costumes:

·          The costumes will use in my film will be very modern and classy. The party guests will be in smart casual clothing – clothing which would be suitable for a party.

·         In the morning as the main character is chatting via web cam, she will be comfortable clothing such as pyjamas or a tracksuit.

Reading through this with my family made me realise that I will need a lot of technological devices to actually make this idea realistic and to make sure it is produced to the best, but the school might not be able to provide this. So after gathering all the ideas my family gave to me, I decided to change some things with my first “Idea” And create something the technology provided can handle.

Film Brief

In our lesson we received our brief, we are to create an opening sequence of a movie that lasts approximately 2mins.

We have been advised to avoid the following sequences for our film:


Ø  Stalkers following a woman in the woods

ØFlashbacks

Ø  People playing cards
Ø   Someone waking up, brushing teeth, getting ready to go out.
Ø  Ouija board
Ø  People tied up and trapped in rooms
Ø  Someone sticking a knife/pins into someone’s picture

These are the Movies that influenced my film idea

My Movie Idea part1

 “The Unwanted Wish”

My movie is based on a teenager who is turning 18. One of her friends plans a surprise party for her and everything is going well up until she makes her birthday wish. The wish goes terribly wrong.

This idea influenced me this why I decided to give the movie the title “The Unwanted Wish”.

The film starts with the girl on her computer having a webcam conversation with her friends on the morning of her birthday, it then moves on to the evening where she walks into her friend’s house and the guests shout out “surprise”.

Her best friend then brings the birthday cake to her and her friends/guests sing “Happy birthday”.  After the song, she blows out the candle with her eyes closed.  A friend in the crowd shouts to her telling her to make a wish. The birthday girl closes her eyes again to make a wish; this is where everything takes a turn for the worse. It flash-forwards to what happens to her after she makes the wish. When she opens her eyes and it’s filled with tears and flame.

Camera Shots

·         I will use an establishing shot at the beginning of the movie to show the girl’s bedroom and everything around her.

·         I will use a shoulder shot to show her talking to her friends on the computer, I will then tilt the camera to show her hand gestures.

·         I will zoom in on my main character’s face most of the time; this is to show her facial expression.

·         I will zoom in on my main character when she is closing her eyes to blow out the lights on her candles. I will also be zooming in on her eyes when she closes it to make a wish and when she opens it and her eyes are filled with tears and her eyes has flame behind the tears.

Setting

·         My film is going to be set in two different houses, the first house that will be shown in the film will be my main character’s house and the second house will be the main character’s best friend’s house.

·         There will be birthday banners around the second house to show the guests where the party is.

Costumes:

·          The costumes will use in my film will be very modern and classy. The party guests will be in smart casual clothing – clothing which would be suitable for a party.

·         In the morning as the main character is chatting via web cam, she will be comfortable clothing such as pyjamas or a tracksuit.

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Film Opening Sequence

Matilda Opening Sequence

The film is Based on the book Matilda, by British children's author Roald Dahl, the movie is based on an extremely curious and intelligent little girl who is very different from her low-brow, mainstream parents, who quite harshly ignore her. As she grows older, she begins to discover that she has telekinetic powers. Not until a teacher shows her kindness for the first time does she realize that she can use those powers to do something about her sufferings and help her friends as well. In the opening scene of Matilda, conventions of a children's film are used by introducing all the characters. The parents of Matilda are presented straight away as incapable parents; they show a lack of love and caring personalities towards Maltilda and everything that has to do with her. This is show to us when they get inside the car and they don’t  seat belt up the baby in the car on the way home from the hospital and when they get home they leave her in the car. The narrator describes the Wormwood's as '' not very nice people''.
From the very first shot Matilda is followed by the camera, this gives the audience an instant realization that Matilda is going to be the main character. Following the conventions the main character has something different about them over the other characters; Matilda is shown to be an obedient child and very respectful in school and also in the family. Matilda in the movie is being described as an '' extraordinary child '' and the parents being to unloving to care helps determine the plot of the story.  The mood in the opening scene of the movie is very happy and upbeat. The colours used are bright and colourful and the music is upbeat this draws the attention of the target audience which is children.

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a computer-animated film from Pixar. It is clearly a children's film from the bright colours and animations this film is set under the sea as an establishing shot. The characters are introduced straight away; these are the father and the son Nemo. The father is over protective of Nemo. When it establishes the scene it is fairly slow paced but when Nemo wakes up is father it is very abrupt and the pace increases into an energetic scene, and makes the audience realize the genre (children's film) even better.  Marlin becomes overprotective of his remaining son, Nemo. On his first day of school, Nemo gets fed up with Marlin's fear of the ocean, and ends up disobeying his father's orders by going near a boat. Soon after, Nemo gets "rescued" by a scuba diver, and Marlin, going against all his fears, goes off to find him. Marlin joins up with a forgetful blue tang named Dory, and they brave all sorts of obstacles to find Nemo.

Love& Basketball

The film is based on thirteen years of friendship between childhood sweethearts Monica Wright and Quincy McCall. The film is split into four quarters; in the first, Monica and her family move to Los Angeles in 1981 from Atlanta, Georgia and become acquainted with their new neighbors the McCall’s, a wealthy family due to Quincy's father Zeke being the shooting guard for the San Diego Clippers. Quincy and Monica are drawn to each other and share a passion of basketball.

The second quarter begins in 1988 when Monica and Quincy, still friends, are the respective leaders of their high school teams. Scouts have taken clear notice of Quincy, who many see as one of top prospects in the country. His popularity is evident on the court as well with several girls who attend his school. Monica, on the other hand, struggles with her fiery emotions on the court, which hinders her career to the point that scouts turn away from her. She also struggles with the emotions she secretly still harbors for Quincy. Eventually, Monica learns to control her emotions and leads her team to the state championship game, where they lose. She recovers from the loss with the help of her older sister, Lena, who gives her a makeover and finds an attractive college friend to take her to the spring dance. At the dance, Monica and Quincy act jealous towards each other and their respective dates. Later that night, they speak outside her window and reveal to each other how their dates did not meet their needs. She lets him know that she has a letter from USC and insists he opens it. After the letter reveals that she has been accepted, he finally vocalizes that USC was also his choice. As they congratulate one another, the two realize their feelings for each other.

Film Genre Survey

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Movie Genre Research

                                          Movie genres.

The history of film is the historical development of the medium known variously as cinema, motion pictures, film, or the movies.

The history of films spans over 100 years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the present day. Motion pictures developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century and into the 21st century. Motion picture films have substantially affected the arts, technology, and politics.

Everyone has their own movie preferences. There are people who love the hard core action and there are some who prefer the slow paced drama and romantic movies. Many people may be turned off by a movie because of the Genre It’s in. A genre is a categorization of certain types of art based upon their style, form, or content. Genre is a very important component of a film, because it defines which direction the plot line will go and allows you to prepare yourself for that film. Even though video stores use about eight to fifteen genres to categorize their films, there are about five main genres that are big and popular.

There are different types of movie genres out there are: Action, thriller, horror, comedy, kids, musical, wars, drama, teen and romance.

In this essay will be focusing on just 5genres which will be: Romance, Action and horror, Comedy,

Action movies are most 0f the time fast paced.  The story line always has to do with one or more heroes that are thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases. They occasionally have a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds such as: life-threatening situations, an evil villain, and/or being chased in several ways of transportation (car, bus, truck, etc.) with victory achieved at the end after difficult physical efforts and violence. This keeps the audience awake and excited with their nonstop action sequences. They are usually filled with fast paced chases, explosions, fighting, numerous stunts, and special effects. The Action movies are usually intended to entertain male audiences from the ages of 13 to the mid-30s. Examples of Action movies are: Dark knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kings, Inception, the Matrix.

Romance is a genre that has been going on since the 1890s. Romantic movies are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Occasionally, lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, racial, social class status, or sexual orientation discrimination, psychological restraints or family that threaten to break their union of love. Casablanca, Forest Gump, City Lights, Valentine’s Day.

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewers. Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its audience; it gives them the feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural. The genre has ancient origins which were reformulated in the eighteenth century as Gothic horror. The Thing, Alien, The shinning.

Comedy movies are emphasized mostly on humor, they are made to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedy films are mainly light-hearted Drama that is made to amuse and entertain the audience. Comedy movies are considered the oldest film genre and the most popular.  Examples of comedy films are: : I love you Philip Morris, You Again.

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