Mad Max: Fury Road Research

Producer: Mad Max: Fury Road was produced by 3 people,

George Miller

Brendan McCarthy

Nico Lathouris

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Script Writer: The film was also written by George Miller,  Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris

Budget: $150 million

Box Office Gross: $374.7 million

Director: George Miller

Actors:

Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky

Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa

Nicholas Hoult as Nux

Marketing: Marketing through teaser trailers, theatrical trailers that were shown in cinemas, TV spots and posters

Critical Reception: Mad Max: Fury Road received critical acclaim from critics, with critics praising its visual effects as well as the action and narrative. The film currently has a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Reasons For Success: Stunning visual effects, action sequences, good prosthetics for the half-lives and popular Hollywood actors.

Awards: 

Nominated AACTA Award

Best Film

Doug Mitchell 

P.J. Voeten 

George Miller 

Best Direction

George Miller 

Best Original Screenplay

George Miller 

Brendan McCarthy 

Nick Lathouris 

Best Cinematography

John Seale 

Best Editing

Margaret Sixel 

Technology:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS | Dolby Atmos

Color Color

Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1

Camera Arri Alexa M, Panavision Primo Lenses 

Arri Alexa Plus, Panavision Primo Lenses 

Blackmagic Cinema Camera (some shots) 

Canon EOS 5D Mark II (some shots) 

Olympus P5 (some shots)

Film Length (7 reels)

Negative Format CF 

Codex

Cinematographic Process ARRIRAW (2.8K) (source format) 

Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) 

ProRes 4:2:2 (1080p/24) (source format)

Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383) 

D-Cinema (also 3-D version)

Tie ins:

The motion picture soundtrack was made.

  

no toys for the film were released but the film did inspire people to get creative and make their own Lego sets.

The tie-in video game was released on Ps4, Xbox One and PC.

Personal Opinion: My personal opinion on the film is that it is an exhilarating, action packed film filled with likable characters. Particularly impressed with Tom Hardy's performance as he has a near-silent role in the movie speaking only brief sentences. The main character is without a doubt Furiosa as it is clear to see that Max takes the backseat to her in the film due to his absence of presence in most scenes as she is the one who speaks. The other characters only find out his name in the final act of the film.

Representation of Disability

1. The disabled person as pitiable or pathetic
Walter White Jr is pitiable as when others make fun of him, you feel bad for him.

2. An object of curiosity or violence

Artie in Glee as he is seen as an object of curiosity to one of the teenagers.

3. Sinister or evil
Leprechaun is represented as evil

4. The super cripple
X Men First Class, Hank Mccoy thinks that he is abnormal so attempts to cure himself

5.As atmosphere

Elf, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Wizard of Oz 

Sound

•diegetic sound

Diegetic sound. Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: voices of characters. sounds made by objects in the story. music represented as coming from instruments in the story space

•non-diegetic sound

Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: voices of characters. sounds made by objects in the story. music represented as coming from instruments in the story space

•synchronous sound

Synchronous sound is sound that is matched to certain movements occurring in the scene e.g when footsteps correspond to feet walking. Synchronous sound:Synchronous sound can be recorded on a tape or magnetic film.

•asynchronous sound

Asynchronous sounds match the action being performed however is not precisely synchronized with the action.

•sound effects

a sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, film, or other broadcast production.

•sound motif

A sound effect or combination of sound effects that are associated with a particular character, setting, situation or idea through the film. The sound motifs condition the audience emotionally for the intervention, arrival, or actions of a particular character

•sound bridge

Sound bridges are one of the most common transitions in the continuity editing style, one that stresses the connection between both scenes since their mood (suggested by the music) is still the same

•dialogue

a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.

•voice over

a piece of narration in a film or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker.

•direct address

The name of the person (normally) who is being directly spoken to. It is always a proper noun. It does not have any grammatical relationship to any part of the sentence. It is set off by commas.

•sound perspective

the distance in position of the audio

Representation of Gender

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of gender using the following?

This is a clip from the television show Luther. The extract shows an exchange between the two characters: Luther and Alice, one male and one female.

Mise-en-scene
The extract presents many stereotypes of both men and women. The mise-en-scene is at her apartment and she clearly has a large amount of money as from the view out of the window she lives in central London, breaking the stereotype that women rely on men for money and shelter.There is also a stack of books on the table to suggest that Alice is well educated thus breaking another stereotype that men are smarter than women.. She also has red lipstick to represent lust, love and also danger. This is in this way because she is in control of the situation playing games with him. There is also a red chair in the room, this also represents danger. danger to Luther. Mostly during the clip the lighting is natural however when they are outside the lighting is dull to suggest a darker tone to the scene and to the series. She is suggested to be weaker or the villain of the scene or series as the lighting on her face is suggestively darker 

Camera Shots
The beginning of the extract uses an establishing shot in order to set the scene of what looks like the center of a city as well as establishing the characters of Luther and Alice. Many closeups are shown to show the reactions of both Alice and Luther and reveal what they think through their facial expressions. These reactions are also shown through many over the shoulder shots as well.
The camera also begins to directly zoom into Alice's face when she begins to address the black hole, this is to make her seem threatening or mysteriously scary. Mainly throughout the numerous shots Idris Elba's Luther character appears to be the dominant one as the camera shots show him to be bigger so that he looks like he has more power over Alice. This adheres to the common stereotype of the fact that in some ways women are seen to be weaker than men. However when Alice begins to talk about the black hole she appears to become more and more powerful gaining full control of Luther.

Sound
Sound is a key aspect of the extract as it is shown predominantly in the first section of the extract as they are in the middle of the city or at least it sounds that way as there are city sounds in the background. When the scene begins to talk about the 'black hole' diagetic sound is used  to make the moment in the scene feel more uncomfortable, tense and confrontational and when the tension levels increase so does the diagetic sound. Throughout the clip Luther is shown to be the more dominant one as his voice and louder than that of Alice's. Alice's voice is portrayed as be quite soft and alluring.

Editing
At the beginning of the extract crosscut is used to allow the scene to move swiftly to an indoor setting from an outdoor setting. the scene moves to inside Alice's apartment representing the fact that instead of going to Luther's apartment, Alice's apartment is used instead. Continuity editing is then used to make the scene's closeups and over the shoulder shot seamlessly blend together

Mise-en-scene

Misfits

the screengrab shows four late-teen to adult characters stood over someone to show their importance and that they are more powerful than the person below. They all look either sad or disgusted so it is possible that they have killed them and are burying them judging the forest and the shovel. It is clearly modern due to the modern clothing that the characters are wearing. the shovel has clearly been used because it is in someone's hand. the center character looks as though he was closest to the victim as he is in the center




the scene featured in the clip shows an office. The clothes the women wear are all bright as though to attract the men's attention. The men are holding work to show that they are the ones that do the work in the office and the women are their to catch the attention. the woman in the blue has good posture as her shoulders are back to flaunt her breasts. From the looks of the casting they chose characters that all look completely different and the director has chosen them all  to wear different colours in order to point this out. by the looks of the clip the women give quite a bleak performance. The clip shows the lighting as quite natural as it is shown through big windows.

Ex Machina Research

Ex Machina

 

The Producer/Producers

Ex Machina was produced by Andrew Mcdonald and Allen Reich.

 

The Director

Ex Machina was directed by Alex Garland. Ex Machina was his directorial debut. Alex Garland also wrote 28 days later and the sequel 28 weeks later as well as Dredd.

 

Screen writer

The film was both directed and written by Alex Garland. Alex Garland is an experienced screen writer as he has written for Danny Boyle.

 

Actors

• Alicia Vikander as Ava
• Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb Smith
• Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman
• Sonoya Mizuno as Kyoko
• Symara A. Templeman as Jasmine
• Elina Alminas as Amber
• Gana Bayarsaikhan as Jade
• Tiffany Pisani as Katya
• Claire Selby as Lily
• Corey Johnson as Jay the helicopter pilot
   
  budget
   
  Ex Machina's budget was 15 million.
   
   
   
  Screens shown on and gross/ box office
   
   
   
  Opening Weekend$250,000 (USA) (12 April 2015) (4 Screens)€38,500 (Netherlands) (3 May 2015) (8 Screens)Gross$25,434,333 (USA) (23 August 2015)$25,405,058 (USA) (2 August 2015)$25,361,484 (USA) (19 July 2015)$25,233,155 (USA) (9 July 2015)$24,954,673 (USA) (21 June 2015)$24,330,000 (USA) (7 June 2015)$23,587,000 (USA) (31 May 2015)$21,947,000 (USA) (24 May 2015)$19,566,000 (USA) (17 May 2015)$16,705,000 (USA) (15 May 2015)$15,762,000 (USA) (10 May 2015)$10,924,000 (USA) (3 May 2015)$6,827,930 (USA) (26 April 2015)$250,000 (USA) (12 April 2015)$36,659,611 (Worldwide) (9 July 2015)$26,187,268 (Worldwide) (15 May 2015)€89,727 (Netherlands) (6 May 2015)$29,501 (Portugal) (15 May 2015)$5,349,500 (USA) (24 April 2015) (1,255 Screens)$25,440,971 (USA) (30 August 2015)
   
  Music (composer)
   
  The musical score for Ex Machina was composed by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, who previously worked with Garland on Dredd (2012). A soundtrack album was released digitally on 20 January 2015, with an LP and Compact Disc UK release in February 2015 by Invada Records.
   
   
   
  Marketing
   
  Marketing of the film included Trailers, Teaser Trailers, posters, social media such as Facebook profiles, Instagram and Twitter accounts. TV Spots also help to advertise the film on television.
   
   
   
  SFX (Special Effects)
   
  The work on Ex Machina was divided amongst four facilities. Double Negative created the android, Ava. Milk VFX created Ava’s brain, “Ava vision” and did a number of monitor inserts and clean-up effects. Utopia created a CG mobile phone for Caleb and added extra CG buildings to the Norwegian location plates. Web FX provided a number of clean-up and monitor composites.

UK Tribes

New Casuals

New Casuals are football mad lads with a love of underground club music and understated fashion – but will move to the next thing once it becomes predictable…

I think that I am a New Casual because I always wear understated fashion and I like to dress sharp and in a way that makes me look smart. I am not a football mad lad but I think that I fit the other description parts. I mainly wear the clothing of the mods and skinheads of the 1980s which I think is understated. I think that I like to model myself through the branding styles of  some of my favourite actors such as Jack O'Connell, Joseph Gilgun and Michael Socha as their fashion appeals to me most.

The Man, The Woman

The Man:

I think that the man is possibly homeless as his clothes are dirty and he clearly hasn't shaved or cut his hair in a long time. His clothes are also patchy to show that he has cobbled parts together that ripped over time. The man is also smoking which nowadays is seen as dirty and unhygienic which is obvious. Maybe for a living, the man sells the big issue or gives people directions whilst also collecting money as he doesn't have much if any. The Man's story might be that he is homeless and is on the street collecting money from passers by. He uses the money to support his nicotine addiction. He does this through cigarette smoking. I think that he looks homeless as he has parts of his clothes that are patched up as he has clearly been wearing them for a long time.

The Man 2:

I think that this man is more confident as he takes pride in his appearance and he spends a lot of money on expensive clothes. The man possibly makes clothes for a living and is in fashion design. I think that their story could be that they are on their way home from their job either at a fashion design place or a magazine designer office.

 The Woman:

I think that the woman is possibly on her way home from work where she has to dress appropriately and has to carry around a lot of things such as books and other pieces of paper work. I think that for a living she is a teacher due to the nature of her clothes, her glasses and the fact that she is carrying around possible work. I know this because it is typically the way a teacher would dress. 

5x5

5 of my favourite television shows

1. This is England '86/'88/'90

2. Skins

3. Misfits

4. Inbetweeners

5. Friends

5 of my favourite actors

1. Jack O'Connell "caring is overrated"

2. Joseph Gilgun " you fuck with me, I'll fuck you right back with a cherry on top"

3. Michael J Fox

4. Tom Hardy "whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking"

5. Jared Leto " Dream as big as you want to. It's the cheapest thing you'll ever do"

5 of my favourite films

1. This is England
2. Back to the Future
3. Straight Outta Compton
4. Jurassic Park
5. Harry Potter

5 of my favourite artists

1. Jake Bugg
2. Plan B
3. NWA
4. Maroon 5
5. Madness













5 of my favourite albums
                             













1. Jake Bugg  
2. Shangri La
3. Thriller
4. Straight Outta Compton
5. Complete Madness