Sound & Lighting

This clip of Jurassic Park has Diegetic and Non-diegetic sound. It also has music in it as well which suggests it has Diegetic sound in. However, when they get close to the Bracisarous, the music is playing and they are talking, this is Diegetic sound. Although at the start they are talking and the sound isn't playing, this is Non-diegetic sound. The music increased the power of the flow of the sequence. It is a very unique music which is also the theme tune of the film. 



This clip of The Conjuring is a good example of lighting, for this it's mostly low key lighting because it gives the spooky effect and also it is dark around her. Only her face and body is lit but it is only lit a bit. The lighting gives her figure light so that when the hands come from the back, they are also lit slightly.

The Conjuring

 

My favourite film is The Conjuring, this is because it was a very good horror film and in truth I couldn’t sleep for two days because of it. The film was one of my first horror films I had watched and I personally really liked the film. It had equally suspenseful parts and scary parts. The most scariest bit of the film in my opinion (because of it I wouldn’t sleep for two days) was the bit where you saw the woman on top of the wardrobe, as shown below.

 

The film creates a sense of suspense from the very start as the people are talking about Annabelle the possessed doll. It then goes into the title ‘The Conjuring’ in bold big letters with a very loud suspense tune. It was a tune/sound that would happen with a scary bit in the film. I think the key aspects of the film was even though the woman named Carolyn, who was the children’s mother was talking to Lorraine about a photo she found on the fireplace. The picture consisted of the family at the beach with big smiles and she said that she would never forget the day they all had when they were all laughing and smiling together. I think that this is an important aspect because it’s the memory that brings her back to reality when she gets possessed. Another key aspect of the film is when Carolyn is laying down sleeping and the ghost hovered over her and spat blood in her mouth. The ghost also had been bruising her which had been said to be low iron deficiency; this was not the case because later on in the film she gets low on energy and the spirit possesses her. This was explained by Lorraine as she said she was ‘grooming’ the mum so she can take over her body in order to kill the child. Another key aspect was, the woman who lived in the house called Bathsheba, was into the dark arts and stuff (Satanic things). She got married when she had her first baby, she sacrificed it - only a week old baby – to the devil and then walked out to the tree out near the lake and cursed all who tried to take her land and hung herself.

This film is one of my favourite because there are jump scares, suspenseful moments and other moments that are quite nice, like family games and family times. All these make up a brilliant film that the Conjuring is. I enjoyed how they did the make-up on the woman who played Carolyn when she was possessed and how they did special effects such as the ghosts. One of my favourite scenes is when Lorraine is unpegging the blankets and the sheet blows out of her hand and gets stuck on something, however the shape of it is a like a human’s figure.

 

It then blows up to Carolyn’s bedroom and blows off and you see the ghost in the window looking at Lorraine and walks out of the window view.

Deadpool

Movies are usually released in September, October and December time. This is because everyone usually has more time on their hands. Deadpool came out in February and I think that they did this because it would be the only big film out at the time; which would’ve ensured the success by the number of people going to see it. The success of a film is measured by many aspects but most are known ‘Box Office’ where all top successful films are categorized.

 

 
At the start of Deadpool they have a picture theme for the starting credits. They then go straight into the action. Deadpool is a comedy action film, which immediately starts with comedy. The film is rated ‘R’ and the age is rated fifteen. Personally I think it should be rated eighteen instead because of language in the film, also from the sexual content in the film.

Deadpool became a success because it was the only big film out in February. It also was open to more people to be able to see it due to the age rating fifteen. I also think it became a success because it drew in people from the very start with the starting credits; this is because the action and the comedy comes straight in. The film is a box office success because a lot of people went to see it and it made a lot of money.
 

The film does have a lot of bad language in, blood and gore and sexual scenes in. I think that this means that kids should not be watching the film. This brings down the rate of success by ages 15 and under. If they are seeing this film they will need to be supervised by their parents. Also this film could be an influence to under fifteens to start swearing because Deadpool is a comic book character which could be seen inspirational because of that.

The film achieved success because of its background of the character. The Deadpool character started off as a comic book character from Marvel, which most people would read especially children. However, the film made the character in a way that discarded the fact that children could not watch at a young age. This made it more appealing to teenagers because of the fact it had blood and gore in, that is what most teenagers like in a film.

In conclusion I think that the film was a success because more people went to see it. It was the only big film in February and this made more people feel the need to go see it whilst no other big films were out. As a Comic book character the film should’ve been made so that all ages could go see it without being influenced to do bad things. The fact the film started with pictures at the starting credits its very much persuading to keep watching as it’s explaining the battle scenes. Overall, the film achieved success because it was well executed in the making of it.