Todorov's narrative theory (Loyal)

State of Equilibrium- This happens when our lead character at the start called "Benis" is calling his old friend "Rick". Rick has just came out of juvenile detention from a 5 year sentence from attempted murder at the age of 13. Benis offers to help his old secondary friend Rick to sell a kilo of cocaine for a low price to Rick. This will cost 30,000 dollars because the Colombians only accept dollars for payments.

Disruption to that Equilibrium- This is seen when the dealer and Benis actually meet. Benis hands over the brick of cocaine to Rick, which leads to Rick slicing it and tasting it, "It is good quality". This is the point when Benis asks,"How much do you want to pay for the brick?", Rick immediately interrupts by pulling out a gun and he says "nothing". Benis laughs and this is where they exchange dialogue until back up arrives for rick.

Recognition that disorder has occurred- When back-up arrives for Rick, Benis gets kidnapped. They put a pillow over his head and he is blinded by what is surrounding him. He gets put into the boot and then driven to a location that is very run down. Rick and his crew talk about what to do with Benis and what they are going to do with him (the choice of killing him or disposing him as they took his cocaine).

Attempts to resolve the situation- Benis younger brother Rico realises and gains knowledge through people that his brother (Benis) was killed and who killed him. This is where he rages and wants to avenge his brother killing each and every person who was a part of this one-by-one. It takes a while to get to Rick and then catches up with Rick in a nightclub and the gunfight happens. Rico gets shot, however he gets to kill Rick. This leads to Rico getting arrested from getting caught and found hiding at a safe house.

New Equilibrium- This can be seen when Rico is sentenced for the murder of Rick. He gets the opportunity to pack up and bring stuff for himself. He is escorted to the van and at the end of the journey he realises that he is getting put into a maximum security prison. This is where he gets flashback of the scenes from within the movie.

Todorov's Narrative Theory (Scarface)

Todorov's Narrative Theory (Scarface)

State of Equilibrium- Tony Montana arrives from Cuba to America, from a bad life, and lives in the refugee camp for some time. Later the refugee camp was burnt down due to violent protests, which makes him want a job at the kebab van.

Disruption of the Equilibrium- He quits his job because he had an argument with his manager and went crazy. Then he gets introduced to some cocaine to trade it around. His drug dealing causes bad problems for Tony and one of his friends. His friend gets chopped up in half with a chainsaw. This is where Tony becomes a 'Don' which leads him into having more cocaine deals. This leads him into Frank Lopez who the connection to the Colombian person Sosa. When Tony builds a relationship with Sosa, the cocaine supply starts to become stable.  Which later helps him get a lot of money. This leads to Tony becoming greats friends with Jerry the banker because tony needs someone to keep his money safe.

Recognition that disorder has occurred- Tony realises after he takes huge chunks of cocaine and acts like he is the biggest "Don" there, which later makes him kill one of his connections-Frank Lopez. He also kills Manny, who was about to marry Tony's sister. After this we can see that the problem has occurred.

Attempt (or attempts) to resolve the situation- Tony and his crew have Colombians after them. The Colombians enter his place and Tony and his little crew are targeted. Tony takes a lot of cocaine which later make him really high. His sister arrives aggressively and drunk shooting at Ton, which makes the cartel change their coordination to Tony. Tony just realises that the cartel were here when his sister gets shot.

Return to equilibrium or establishment of a new equilibrium- Tony starts getting wreckless and attacks everyone due to the large amounts of cocaine he took."You wanna play games" Tony says and one of the men come behind him and takes Tony out. This creates a new equilibrium.

mise-en-scene

MISE-EN-SCENE

Location: There will be a few different locations for each of our scenes. The scene where the dealer and customer are making contact through the phone, the audience will see one of the characters sitting in a car in a car park. The second scene will be the two characters meeting in an alley way and doing the deal. The third scene will be in a shed, this is the torture scene.

Props: We will have flour/baby powder that will be wrapped up to look like a brick of cocaine. We will also have a vehicle for the kidnapping scene because thats where the kidnapper will place the person. In two of the scenes we will have a BB-gun to emphasise the severity of the kidnapping.

Costume Design:

In our movie the characters will be portrayed as very rough and very insensitive. This means that the characters will have to dress in 'street' clothing. By this I mean that luxury brand clothing will be worn jeans will be sagging and a lot of jewellery will be worn. 

Actors:

We have Benis at the first scene in his vehicle waiting for a call(car park). In the second scene, Rick will be waiting for Benis to arrive and Rick will have weapons ready to attack

FILM

titles the title of the movie relates to the genre of the movie and the theme of the movie (delusion) relates with the camera shots used and making it out of focus and in focus. also there is a lot of handheld to confuse the audience and make the scene look deranged and delusional. sound  the sound is very mysterious. this makes the audience want to know what is happening. there is water dripping in the bath which is a sound effect. this is used because of the cliche in horror movies. this has been done to make the audience understand that the movie is a thriller. the sound track of the movie is very disturbing making which implies that something bad is going to happen.there is a vomiting sound effect which implies that a crime or a death has happened. this can be shown from the blood that there is in the bath. filming  in the opening scene we can see a variety of shots that engage the audiences attention and this relates to how the music is going to be like. a lot handheld camera shot are used to create a sense of delusion. there is a good use of mise-en-scene. this can be shown when the use of blood everywhere.this makes the audience focus on what the character has done because in every shot there is blood everywhere. the use of reverse shot with the title creates an effect on the audience. this makes us feel suspense as we didnt expect the title to just pop up like that. there is also a use of  close up shot especially on the eye of the character. we can see the discontent that she feels just by looking at her and this shows her emotions. the make up on the face of the character is smudged and the audience can understand that she has been crying.   editing  within the opening scene we can see a variety of camera shot and these relate to how the movie is going to pan out. the actor has stayed in character throughout the whole scene. this makes the audience engage with the scene                             

Sophie barrett

The video begins with the name of the production company 'Skyline' including the production company at the beginning of the video is a positive thing to include, as most movies follow this pattern in their opening credits. Lots of hand-held filming is then used from the opening scene, this creates a chaotic, unusual effect on the audience and leaves a sense of confusion and mystery, the camera blurs in and out of focus also adding to the tension and mystery held in the scene. However, the opening may be seen as un-clear and slightly random the way it was placed in the scene, the audience has little evidence of what is happening and there is a lot of background noise as the scene progresses. you can hear footsteps, which is un-clear whether these are used deliberately or not and you can faintly hear the sound of the camera hitting one of the props. The hand-held filming may be seen as over-used as it is evident that the whole of the video was filmed using this camera technique.

We then have a long shot of two characters walking through a graveyard, it is un-clear why they are there and you can hear the background noise of an airplane in the distance which disappears immediately when the camera cuts to a new angle. Lots of mid-long shots are used showing a lack of variety in the camera shots and angles used. The film isn't continuous and the editing done shows that they forgot to cut to certain places in a way that would enforce continuity and would make the scene seem clearer to the audience. We then have another mid- shot of the characters hugging, we can see one of the characters laughing as she acts out the scene which may be seen as unprofessional and can set a negative tone for the rest of the piece. The credits are arranged in a pattern that is dissimilar to how a film would plan out, the production company come first and/or the distribution company, followed by the director's name e.g. 'a film by...' only then would you include the name of the actors which can come either before or after the main title of the film. The film cuts between shots in a way that is often unclear, the characters seem to jump location which effects the continuity of the piece of coursework. We then have a shot of an ipod, playing the song 'Someone Like You' by Adele, although this song is a cover, the music is very likely to be copyrighted which isn't allowed when posting a public video. The song doesn't necessarily suit the story that the film is trying to portray, the film explores the issues to do with bullying and suicide yet the song 'Someone Like You' is associated with love and break-ups. We can also see the person filming this scene, reflected off the ipod, this has a negative impact on the audience and examiner as it makes the filming seem messy and shows the lack of cohesion while filming. We're then shown a change in location from the character, this is unexplained in the film and leaves a sense of confusion amongst the audience. The progression of movement and changes in location aren't always clear despite the effective uses of angles and shots. The film in itself seems to be telling a story rather than introducing a film and leaving a sense of mystery and build up in tension. The piece of coursework is evidently filmed mainly through hand held filming, to create a visual bridge across each frame, there needs to be a tripod used in different shots as well as structuring a clear plan of how it will be filmed so less mistakes are made. However, the genre is clear throughout the piece and is trying to send a clear message to the audience on the devastating effects bullying and abuse can have. The characters portrayed are very generic to the theme of bullying, the 'bullies' are seen as very ruthless and violent and are smoking cigarettes which holds connotations of issues such as drug abuse and violence. The scene in which the victim is walking away, the transition between the two pieces of film show the mistake made to where the character is positioned. To improve, if they made a mistake, the would have to re-shoot the section of film rather than to add in an extra scene to try and cover up their mistake. The fight scene seems slightly un-realistic, mid-long shots are used throughout the film and this scene is no exception. The actors don't seem to be putting much effort into their character and the punches etc show no sign of diegetic sound and look quite forged. The scene repeatedly cuts between different levels and positions that the character is in, this lacks continuity and evokes a sense of confusion from the audience. A close-up of the character walking is used for dramatic effect, this allows us to focus on the small details of the scene and shows to the examiner a sense of variety in the shots that they used. The closing door is also effective as it brings closure to the end of the video, however if you look closely you can see the image of the camera- person reflected on to the door as it swings shut.

our video

• shot reverse shot : 8/10
• match on action : 10/10
• the 180 degree rule : 5/10
• zoom : 10/10
• panning shot : 5/10
• handheld filming : 7/10 

the shot reverse shot you used in our movie went well. we used it when our two characters where exchanging dialogue. continuity was kept up very well with this scene and the entire scene was very easy to follow for the audience. match on action. this probably our best shot in this movie. we used this shot when our character tony walks through the door. we managed to make the scene look as smooth as possible and virtually impossible for the audience to spot any mistakes. the 180 degree rule was our worst shot that we have taken with in this movie. this is because our camera man actually crossed the line. this caused problems because it seemed to confuse some of our viewers. next time we will not cross the line and insure that we have learnt from our mistakes. zoom- this shot was very good but our camera man again made the camera shake whist recording the shot. we should have re-shot the scene but we all agreed as a team that this shot was to good especially after we added the background music. our panning shot again, was a very shot as we cannot see the character caught the bag and the camera tilts down towards the ground which makes the movie look very amateur. we will plan our next planning shot more carefully and see how we can make it better. handheld shot achieved what we wanted it to achieve. next time we will try and make it more interesting and if we can we will try and use a better camera. so that the video does not look blurry when the character walks around with his hands. when filming the pleminary task we leart that continuity in our clips is vital to making a movie look good. if we cannot meet continuity in our movie then it will not make sense to our audience. we have made some mistakes during filming, for example a person is in the background in one of our scenes and in the next scene he isnt. in the real task this mistake would be unacceptable. another was our camera man went over the 180 degree rule line and made the shot look very weird for the viewer. our planning shot was again pretty bad as the motion of the camera was completely unprofessional in the editing lesson we learnt how to add music and fade away into other scenes. most importantly we learnt how to cut scenes that we didnt need. we learnt how to speed things up or slow them down if needed for effect. we also learnt how to show a characters reaction whilst another character is taking. the lesson was very helpful for all of our team and it gave us the confidence to go and do the real thing. The music itself had a mysterious feel encouraging the audience to understand that the dialogue was to do something with "illegal activity".

mood board

Character 1

Character 2 (Main Character)