Now you see me film responce (a few spoilers)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJNYYkkhzc
Now you see me is about 4 street magicians who were all brought together by an unknown man with a card. All 4 magicians meet and become a group called 'The four horseman' who do 3 big shows in front of a live audience and steal money.
 The 3 shows were planned by Dylan, the son of Lionel Shrike who was a magician and died drowning. He used the 4 magicians to seek revenge on the people and places.


 The first show involves a man stealing from a french back who teleports to inside the volt. He is placed into a 'teleporter' where he is then dropped into France, when in fact it was a fake room replicated exactly like the french bank, however the 4 horseman did in fact steal the money but by themselves and with no help from others.
The second show involves the 4 magicians stealing money from a rich business man and transferring it into the audiences banks. it seems crazy to the audience but they also stole the money and exchanged into different banks weeks or days before the performance.
The third show the four horseman steal roughly $140 million from Tressler's bank account and distribute it to the audience. This is when they also escape from the police and find the master card they were set out to get.
All 3 big shows that they do revolve around money, and every show has the four horseman having to distract the audience whilst the magic had already happened.
This film shows how much detail had gone into each show and that they all plan in advance. It uses restricted narration by also making the audience think just like the detectives who are figuring how they do all the shows and by the end of the film everything is explained to the main detective and to the audience.

Short film responces

Farewell Charlie Power: This is a short film about a boy with Autism who's father gets killed. The wife becomes extremely sad and the boy notices this and tries to make a change, however he digs his dead father and washes him and presents him to his mother. This story is overpowering for emotions showing what the mother goes through, and how she tries and tries again to put up with everything whilst remembering that it isn't her sons fault, he doesn't mean to do all the things he does. In the end, the mother is happy again and everyone is back to normal and her son visits the grave with flowers as he now realises what has happened.
The music and acting plays a big part within the emotional side, it makes the audience feel sorry and upset for the family and brings the true meaning to this film

Indecision: This short film is about a man and woman dating, however the man is indecisive about staying with his girlfriend. They go to the beach where he tells her everything and goes back to his car, but through the whole walk there he is wondering if it really was the right decision to. Then he places himself on a tree trunk and sits wondering, whilst the camera turns a full 360 between two scenes getting faster and faster which makes the title of the film interesting and understandable. This camera shot also highlights the whole film and makes it so individual.

The forgotten hit: This short film is about a man who is about to be assassinated because his wife payed someone to for cheating reasons, however the assassinator gets shot, and the man falls and hits his head forgetting everything that happend. He then awakens realising what had happend and thought he had done it himself, as he reaches into the dead man's pocket to find a name and an address of the man he was 'suppose to kill'. This film is very confusing and makes the audience watch and wait to see what happen's at the end using restricted narration. Finally the man goes to the house on the address and shoots the woman, after seeing a photo of them two she was holding he then realises what had happened and shows a final flash back for the audience to understand as well.

Se7en - narrative theory

Se7en: Directed by David Fincher - 1991 


Mise-en-scene of Se7en:

The setting throughout the film is mostly gloomy in the urban environment it is set in, as does the costume and make up and lighting to set the mood through the whole film with constant rain and low key lighting until the final scene where sun is shown in a bright and never ending field to suggest that they have finally gone through all 7 deadly sins and its the end of the case for good. 

The costume and make up for the detectives(somerset and mills) is very basic and old fashioned so they do not stand out and so the audience do not lose focus from the story as every little detail is vital. 

The main props that stand out to me are the guns and the box at the end. The guns used in the chase come close towards the camera and shock the audience when the quickly shoot from out of the blue. The box is also significant as it is the end of the scene and although we do not see what is in the box, we know who it is and the audience are put into the same situation as detective mills not knowing what she looks like but becoming emotionally hurt just by mills and his expression and confusion towards John Doe.

The figure expression throughout the film is very strong and confident, even when seeing all of the different dead and alive body's. apart from the chase and final scene where we see detective mills lose confidence and start to show a weakness of fear.

Cinematography, editing and sound: 

The camera shots used throughout the film varies depending on what is happening in the scenes. The main camera shot used is close up and medium shot when the characters discuss or think to themselves. There are many pan and tilt movements to make the audience feel like they're also in the film with them following around what happens to add emotion.

The editing style is quick and sharp especially in the chase scene and when characters discuss so that the audience can see the emotion given by the characters when given bad or good news. The type of editing is Hollywood as the film is set throughout 7 days with each day as a new murder and deadly sin put into a few hours.

There were both non-digetic and digetic sounds in the film. The non-digetic sounds such as the music and high pitches are used to scare the audience and make their heart race. Another non-digetic sound was the gun shots which were sharp and extremely purposely loud to jump scare the audience when they did not know it was going to happen. All of the digetic sounds such as the rain and busy people expands on the busy city setting and the gloom in the urban environment.

The narrative theory:
The equilibrium of the film is the first crime made by John Doe as it introduces to the audience and detectives what he is like, also what the newly transferred detective mills is like. The disruption of the film is, to me, is when the detectives find John Does flat and almost captures him, however in the chase detective mills get hit  and John doe was uncatchable. The resturation of the equilibrium is when John doe hands himself in, and the detective find out the final 2 deadly sins at the end involving mills wife and detective mills himself.

This film uses restricted narration as we do not know who the killer was until the detectives did and we did not know why or how he done them until clues were told and answers were given by the detectives. Using restricted narration helps this film become a psychological thriller and gives the whole film meaning and the emotion needed, because if the audience knew everything that was happening then no one would pay attention or become shocked when finding out at the same time as the detectives.Also to help the emotion in this film an enigma code is used with all 7 deadly sin murders and to keep the audience intrigued in what will happen next.
I believe the hero of this film is detective mills as he has the drive to do every murder scene and to find the killer, also because in the chase scene mills is the only detective to chase John doe and to even break into his house to try and find evidence. Detective somerset on the other hand is the helper to mills, as he provides all the information needed for them both to carry out the investigation. The villain is John Doe but he also does provide information for the detective with each crime with words and written letters with riddles on, however he is not a provider as he does not provide helpful information  for the detectives to find him.

28 days later

Realizing 28 days later is an early 2000 British film, the costume and make up stands out to me the most for this film. There is now blood that looks pink or too fake, the eyes are red and realistic and was a big highlight for the film to me. The story line was exactly like a zombie film, however these people aren't zombies but they're the infected which made the make up stand out even more and did give its own personal character instead of the usual half dead zombie look.
i enjoyed this film and the effect that had been done were not disappointing as they were the most realistic zombie effects i have seen yet. The way in which the infected act display how they are not a zombie, and to me they're make the audiences heart race more with their speed and anger.
The ending was a disappointment as it was the exact ending to many other zombie films i have seen, where a group of people become a family and live in a house far from the infected.

Se7en film responce

se7en - 1995

A retiring detective somerset and a newly transferred detective mills have a new murderer on their case. John doe, the murderer, uses the 7 deadly sins to kill his victims and has a clear and understanding explanation to why he killed them.
7 deadly sins;

• lust
• gluttony
• greed
• sloth
• wrath
• envy
• pride

For each murder john doe displays each crime with what deadly sin he has used, he gives clues and has planned everything for years for just the 7 days he has to do it. Although he is safe, at one point the detectives find his house which ruins his plans but only slightly as he had planned everything so well that no finger print or any evidence for the detective to discover.

I think the use of the deadly sins was used well throughout the film and the way each crime was different and original highlights that john doe put a lot of time and patience for each of his murderers, for example the man in a house that was kept tied up for year exactly on the day the detective found him and was somehow still alive.
the film clearly shows that john doe had planned these murders for years and has a simple answer for why he done it and took years of careful reading on the sins. It shows as by the end of the film, john doe reveals the final sin 'wrath' which was presented to detective mills as john was ready to get shot and he knew his whole plan would work out as detective mills is not a strong character as detective somerset realizes at the beginning of the film.
i think this film is a good psychological thriller as the crimes are unthinkable to myself and makes the audience wonder who and why john doe had done all these crimes and it keeps the audience interested in what happens next, will he be captured?
One scene that stands out to me is the chase between detective mills and john doe, the music and editing creates a scared emotion and the sharp gun shots out of the blue makes a jump scare and made me hope that he would of got caught. The final and big jump scare for me was when john doe jumped from the top of the van, although mills had looked under and around, john doe surprisingly hit him in the face which would shock the audience the most as the last thing i thought was that john doe would of been on the roof. A big part in the film is the music, it not only expands on the emotions made by the characters but it also creates the emotions too with its sharp sounds and slow to fast pacing music becoming louder and louder brings the film all together emotionally.

Overall the enjoyed the film a lot because of the unreal crimes that had been made and the way it had all been told in a few hours after a week of work. The characters attach to the audience quick and easily and emotionally hurts the audience at the end of the film after the big final shock.

Film essay choice

Film chosen: Django unchained
Film director: Quentin Tarantino
Year of production: 2012
Film trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdM9vrCbow