The Dorm - Film (Week 12)

Crew:
Director - Rachel Talalay
Writer - Sean Hood
Producer - Michael Frislev & Chad Oakes
Music - David C. Williams.
Cinematography - Craig Wrobleski

Cast:
Sarah - Cassie Steele
Marcus Harp - Jake Croker
Vivian - Alexis Knapp
Phillip - Max Lloyd-Jones
Heather - Rami Kahlon

Genre:
Horror.

Themes:
Trust, Friendship, Betrayal.

Budget:


Box Office:


Time:
79 minutes.

Year:
2014.

Production Company:
Normadic Pictures.

Narrative:
The Dorm is a psychological horror movie that revolves around an awkward college freshman who struggles with major self-esteem issues but undergoes a transformation into a flawless, seductive beauty at the hands of her new dorm mates. But what she doesn't know is that she is being turned into an ex room mate.

Trust:
Trust is a major theme within the film. It shows you cannot really trust people you do not know. The friends seemed very nice and welcoming at first, but they would do anything to get their own way. They lured her in and she could not escape. 

Friendship:
Friendship is another main theme within the film. The new dorm mates seem to want to be her friend but end up only using her to bring back an old friend.

Betrayal:
Finally, betrayal is another theme within the film as the dorm mates lead the protagonist in to being their friend. They help change her appearance to make her look better, and also make herself feel better. But they en up betraying her and killing her to bring back their old friend from the dead. 

A Teacher - Film (Week 11)

Crew:
Director - Hannah Fidell.
Producer - Hannah Fidell & Kim Sherman.
Writer - Hannah Fidell.
Music - Brian McOmber.
Cinematographer - Andrew Dorz Palermo.

Cast:
Diane Watts - Lindsey Burdge.
Eric Tull - Will Brittain.
Sophia - Jennifer Prediger.
Jessica - Julie Dell Phillips.
Hunter Watts - Jonny Mars.

Genre:
Drama, Romance.

Themes:
Love, Trust, Obsession.

Year:
2013.

Budget:
(Low budget known).

Box Office:
$8,348 (?)

Running Time:
75 minutes.

Production Company:
Oscilloscopes Laboratories. (Independent Company)

Performance:
The Performance for this film is very unique and unlike many other films. The film relies heavily on the emotions shown of the actors to give the story across to the audience. The facial expressions from both the actors are shown very well, they are not over the top but they aren't too little. It is very realistic. Many of the emotions shown are either sad ones or happy ones. As there are many close ups during the sad emotional scenes, the audience feel closer to the audience because they are possibly seeing the characters in their worst state. 

Lighting:

The lighting within the film is very natural. During very emotional scenes the lighting can get very dark to give off more of an intense atmosphere for the audience. Lighting is a big part of films as it can help change the mood. The natural lighting also keeps the film look and feel more realistic for the audience to watch. The murky, dark night scenes can show how they know they shouldn't be together and can somewhat connote the bad and 'dark' ending that the movie has.

Obsession:
The theme of obsession is very important to the film as it is based around it. The teacher becomes too reliable and too in love with the student that she becomes obsessed with him. She keeps everyone at a distance. She constantly checks her phone to see if there are messages from Eric and looks through his facebook photos.

Pan - Film (Week 10)

Crew:
Director - Jason Wright
Writer - Jason Fuchs
Producers - Greg Berlanti & Paul Webster & Sarah Schechter
Music - John Powell
Cinematographer - John Mathieson & Seamus McGarvey
Film Editing - William Hoy & Paul Tothill

Cast:
Blackbeard - Hugh Jackman
Peter - Levi Miller
Hook - Garrett Hedlund
Tiger Lily - Rooney Mara
Sam Smiegal - Adeel Akhtar

Genre:
Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Themes:
Family, Trust 

Year:
2015

Running Time:
111 minutes

Budget:
$150 million

Box Office:
$123 million

Production Company:
Warner Bros, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

Narrative:

A 12 year old orphan child is brought to a magical world called Neverland, where he discovers his importance there. He needs to become the hero that Neverland was waiting for. 

Sound:

The sound within this film using lots of non diegetic music and sounds. The music adds a lot of emotion and tension to specific moments during scenes. Without the music the film would not have to desired affect it does on the audience. For example, during a battle scene, there would be fast music with lots of crescendos. This would make the audience feel tense but also gives them an adrenaline rush. Other scenes would have slow, emotional and soft music to give off an emotional and sad atmosphere which could make the audience feel sorry for the character and feel closer to them. 

Mise en scene:

Mise en scene within this film was very good, the first scenes were showing London, but the scenery and costumes gave the hint that is set within world war 2. Then never land was very extravagant. It seemed like a dream world which was made up from someone's imagination. This would make the audience want the urge to live here or visit there. They want to be part of the film.