In my search for storyboards linking to movie and film promotion. I came accross this video from youtube of the music video DARE by Gorillaz. The storyboard shows what the artists designed for the video. The link bellow that, is the actual music video for the song DARE so the similarities can be seen easily. This will help show my understanding of what I have learnt about storyboards and it will also teach me how proffesional storyboards are designed and forefilled.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_j4fs8rdPk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCy928QJCDE
Here is a sample storyboard from one of the Star Wars movies. The storybard has been illustrated and anatated beautifuly to show the meaning and this part of the movie.
I have also begun to look at http://www.longroadmedia.com/ at other prelims and storyboard examples.
This is a early poster of the new movie James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace which is categorized as a thriller action adventure. This movie theme, style and characteristic resembles the kind of movie/film I wish to produce. The shadow of James Bond is there to be mysterious and keep viewers guessing on what the movie could be about.
This film poster is of Max Payne meant to be seen as a graffiti spray stensil on a wall. This relates back to the style of the games which the movie was based upon and this also shows the kind of theme I would want to use.
Here is a close up on the hand of James Bond. This shot is focusing on the gun and his hand and possibly trys to show what his actions are or the gun's. We can also see the background behind him but this is blurred to focus on him alone and maybe anyone next to him. This angle could be used to suggest the gun is controlling the character or maybe used to track the actions of the person.
This shot is taken from bellow James Bond, showing a bit of motion blur as he jumps frm one balcony to another. This shot could have been taken to suggest him being heroic jumping from heights and doing couragous such as chasing someone. The environment is in an urban area meaning someone such as a location manager would have had to be used to stop people crowding the area. The shot taken is also used for suspense making us wonder whether he would make the jump or not.
This shot is a larger image of the first still showing James Bond running towards the camera. The angle of the shot allows you to see his whole body and see what hes doing aswell as also allowing you to see the surroundings and other scenery. Even though it looks like he is moving, there is no motion blur which suggests it has been taken out to look perfectly still.
Here are a collection of forum links which should be beneficial to my media research.
http://www.totalfilm.com/forums/
http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/
http://www.chasingthefrog.com/forums/index.php
I shall visit these forums and research into what makes a good thriller movie.
My last template seemed to be causing problems so I have decided to try a different skin which may solve the problem. This new template removed my voting gadget and removed the two poster analysises however I will readd them without adding them as gadgets and in addition I have added a blog archive to section the posts easier and also added a BBC News Reader to show the daily media.
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This camera angle taking the still from the movie Max Payne shows 3 characters. The angle is directed on the main character, but also captures the image of one other character making them less important. The light is shot from the right hand side of the image making a contrast against the light. The colours used variey from each character suggesting that each role is played to their personality.
This shot also shows main character with an offset character behind him. Again light is shown heavily on the character's face in a dark environment showing a contrast to the character's personality. The shot is taken as a medium close up and shows the character's waist upwards showing the awquad body language and possible tension.
This still was taken from the side of the character in a light and dark contrast. The meaning of the shot was to show a sexy character in contrast with a gun which is meant for killing. This is meant to show the whole concept of the movie sticking dark on light to give a different appeal and feeling. Also again the shot is taken from the waist upwards showing the chacter's facial expressions but not showing of the character is standing. This way we can't predict what the character is going to do aswell but we can see a closer look at their facial exspressions or good looks.
