British Film Websites

This Is England
http://www.thisisenglandmovie.co.uk/

The website looks patriotic in its layout and colour scheme. The colours used are blue, red and white which are obviously the colours of the union jack. Central to the website is a small screen, displaying clips from the movie which are designed to entice the reader to the film. A release date is shown above the screen. Surrounding this, acting as a border, is the Union Jack flag broken up and segregated giving a disjointed feeling to the movie. On the left of the screen, is the drop down menu in a similar colour scheme. Towards the bottom left, there is an image of the dvd itself, again giving the audience some idea of what to look out for.

The Duchess
http://www.theduchessmovie.co.uk/

The website layout is very different for this movie. The actual layout is relitavely plain- simple monochrome colours, making it seem quite classic. Perhaps this classic feel can relate to the time and what the movie is about. Taking up the majority of the page, in the centre is a large screen showing clips from the film, again enticing the audience to see the film. At the top of the screen there is a banner, with the title in a large, bold font and on the left, an image of the dvd itself. Towards the bottom, there is a menu portrayed horizontally, looking classic and plain also.

Love Actually
http://www.loveactually.com/

The website begins with an introductory page, basically showing images from the film presented as a collage feel with a ribbon around it, showing that the film is almost a present, so automatically there are connotations of christmas. Then there is a pop up of the actual website itself, with a red and white layout, which has similar christmas connotations. Central in the pop up website is the image from the dvd with the different characters. There is a small menu at the bottom, going horizontally in similar colours and layout. At the top there is a banner of the film and its release date also.

Teaser Trailer - What is it?

A teaser trailer is a short trailer used to advertise an upcoming movie, for example a British film such as The Duchess. Teasers differ from the usual, standard trailer. Unlike typical trailers, they are usually much shorter (30-50 seconds) and contain little footage from the film, designed to leave the audience wanting more and 'teased'. They are usually released along time before the actual film is released. Teasers are often used in advertising also and are only really made for big-budget movies. For example, the latest Harry Potter film (The Half Blood Prince) was released in a teaser trailer for originally, again to tease the audience and leave them wanting more. The purpose of a teaser trailer is less to tell the audience about a movie's content, but more to let them know the movie is coming up in the near future. Although some movie trailers, for example Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, are released close to the films release itself, other films, for example the latest Star Wars film was released over a year before the film itself was finally released.

Get Carter and The Italian Job - a comparison

Yesterday we watched the beginning to a film named Get Carter, starring Michael Mccain. Previously, we had watched the opening to The Italian Job, also starring Mccain, about a similar subject of crime but the films were portrayed very differently. The Italian Job demonstrated a much more glamourous stance on crime- lots of beating up 'bad guys' and women. Get Carter was much more gritty and violent, showing the dangerous and dramatic side of crime. It was interesting to see Mccains portrayal in both film because he had to play different, very opposite characters making the two films almost juxtapose with each other.

Beginning of Year 13 Media

Over the past week, we have started A2 Media and have been finding out about the British film industry and 'britishness'. Also, with LB we have been looking at webpages and are creating our website surrounding the subject. With Mr Eve, we are looking at 1950-1960's traditional british films like Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. Last lesson, we looked at the Italian Job and today we're looking at another Michael Caine film, Get Carter.