Foundation Portfolio in Media

Typography is the style/appearance a given text is presented. The term applies to how in which the style, arrangement and appearance are placed, with multiple different combinations and styles the way in which the text looks can vary. Typography is an important art, especially when used in films. The way in which the text is presented often helps communicate feeling and tone, typographers must be able to ensure that the style of the work is suitable for the film or text as this helps to convey what the mood of it will be. For example if the words were shown to be jagged or somewhat transparent then it may suit an action and/or horror rather than a romance and/or comedy.  The design must also be able to suit not only the genre but the plot as well (in most cases) for example if the given text was about gangs and such other related themes then a 'fancy, curly' font won't be the best fit, or a presentation containing brightly lit colours would ...

Hostage (2005) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama Description: A failed police negotiator turned small-town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation. This film could be comparable in someway to the groups idea. Our idea is about a person whose friend is kidnapped, the situation is already dangerous but upon deciding to save them things get worse as they are now basically facing the danger head on. Deciding to fight against it in their own way. I haven't watched the film 'Hostage' myself but from the description and the trailer I have been given a rough idea of what happened. The film runs around the failed police negotiator, and it appears that he tries to face the situation in his own way which in turn puts him in a bad situation. It is likely that he will get through it somehow much like the main protagonist of my groups story. Trapped (2002) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama Description: The Jennings' ...

   Brief Summary: The story is about two collage/university students who are good friends/roommates, one of them is kidnapped by a small terrorist group and used as blackmail material against the main protagonist as they wish to obtain a notebook with unusual powers that the main has possession of.  The book possesses the power to kill anyone's whose name is written inside, which is why the group wants to gain possession of it. The main protagonist is unaware of it's power at first but finds out some time after the group sends her a video of her friend with their message demanding for the book with the friend being part of the blackmail material.  After learning of the books powers they begin to use it as a form of revenge. Equilibrium-: This would be the two characters attending collage/university and doing what they'd do normally, although the equilibrium was broken from before the actual story. Disruption: The main protagonists f...

Equilibrium: Set in a school in a city the main character is the cliché 'different' character, this character prefers to try avoid forming bonds or friendships so the state of normality would be with them being shown spending time alone and it is clear that they can be considered the different one. The main character has a friend who hangs around them despite the various attempts being pushed away earlier on. Disruption: The main character's friend is kidnapped and is shown to be disturbed upon hearing about the news. Recognition of the disruption: After hearing of the news they feel the need to search for their friend by using the internet since they feel that nobody else will help quickly enough and also since they believe that the kidnapping is related to a problem occurring online. Attempt to repair disruption: The main character then spends the next few years searching for their friend and learning to hack, hoping that it will help them find t...

Film: Mission Impossible 4 Ghost Protocol (2011) Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure, Spy Film: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Genre: Drama (song, visuals) Title sequences gone far in the way they have been presented. Earlier sequences mostly revealed the names of important crew members and actors, later sequences now sometimes use them to show part of the upcoming story and set enigmas. Over the years the ones we see today are said to have been built from "se7en" 's title sequence, since Kyle Cooper the creator of the sequence was said to have broken the mould in the creation of the sequence.  The title sequence for Se7en (1995) uses close up shots throughout. The type of font used for any text shown is unsteady, it moves slightly in a from ranging from a slight shake to overlapping to flashing up to being flipped backwards quickly and so on.  Each close up is only on screen for a moment but the images shown leave the audience in questioning a...

-- The genre of film I would like my group to create would be either possibly action,  thriller, mystery and possibly horror. Iconography- Example 1 : Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol-  Climbing on Burj Khalifa Setting- In this the setting shows a large city which is full of people being seen from a tall building, the use of heights creates anticipation and tension as one wrong move could be dangerous. Mise-en-scene conventions often shown in action films are used in this extract the use of moments that help cause anticipation and interest as although the building is seen as nice, climbing it would not be a desired choice. The pleasant looking building becomes seemingly terrifying. Characters-  The scene starts with the main character walking towards where the window which has been removed, from this the genre of thriller comes into place. He then begins climbing the building which to most people is a terrifying idea, especially when he is...

Title sequences usually have a specific order in which the titles are shown, usually starting with the distribution and production companies which tells the viewer who produced and/or who distributed the film. These can be considered one of the more important roles as these companies are part of the main contribution for the possible success of the film. Some companies will/may attract a larger audience as people may have expectations for certain companies. Producer/director- The producer is the person responsible for the financial coverage, with the director controlling the making of the film and supervising the technical crew and actors. Directors can also be responsible for the films success since the have more control over how things will run. Starring Actors- The lead actors, which are usually the main characters. Films name/title (sometimes shown with the names of the production/ distribution companies)         ...