Jackie Swanson – Played By Beth Slinn
Jackie – A twenty four year old woman brought up in the city of London. Born into a family of gangsters, to everyone she was viewed as normal but everyone knew not to cross her or her family. Used to being spoiled since she was born up to three weeks ago, when her father was brutally murdered. However only caring about what is important to her; Jackie did not turn up to her father’s funeral and decided to run the family ‘business’. Jackie is very egotistical and wants it all, money, power, and a big feared empire. Jackie believes that anything is within her reach as she is strong and independent. This is until she falls in love with the leader of her rival gang. At the beginning she is unaware of her lovers identity as she is too naive to pay attention to her father’s business until it is her business. Soon enough she loses sight of what is important for the wellbeing of her gang and her father’s legacy and is consumed by desire and greed.
Tariq - Played By Tariq Azzomi
Tariq - A twenty six year old man who is still low in the ‘food chain’ of the gang. He was adopted by Gang 2 when he was 5 years old as his mother was killed during a mid gang feud on her way home from picking up Tariq when gunfire broke out in the street. Gang 2 thought it would be best to take him and make him part of the gang as he could only benefit them in the future. Tariq himself does not want to be in the gang or follow their way of life. However as they have brought him up he knows nothing else. After 11 years of loyalty to gang 2 he find his boss and his father figure are corrupt, this causes a mental break down and major confusion to Tariq. This cause Tariq to lose sense of reality so he focuses all his pain, mistrust and anger onto his boss and seeks revenge and power, his goal now is to pay the appropriate comeuppance and make himself the leader of gang 2 as he sees it as his rightful place.
Mike Played by Tom Bull – A twenty two year old man who was brought up by the gang after an agreement tied him to the gang lifestyle forever. After accidentally killing someone during a pub brawl only at 16; the leader of gang two approached him and agreed to keep the police of his back in return for favours. At the beginning it was nothing but simple give and receives errands; however these days it has came to the level or brutal murders. He is nothing now but a hit man. He knows nothing else but the gang way of life. He feels no remorse or regret for what he has done. He is the gang’s best weapon; he is untraceable, quick sharp and ruthless. He then has a psychological break down when he lies to boss stating the job has been done to satisfactory standards when the truth is that he leaves a witness. Hiding this from his boss he is under huge stress to make sure him or the gang are not suspects of anything.
Monday 16 November 2009
Sunday 15 November 2009
Continuity Piece
When it came to do my continuity piece. I found that planning ahead was very helpful and useful. The storyboard gave us great idea and lengthened time. So we knew what we had to do the minute we received the camera.
We it came to recording. We were not given time for editing as the exercise was only for experience with a camera alone.Therefore we tried to avoid making any mistakes in the video by rehearsing the scene or clip three times then recording on the fourth. When we started recording we had two main problems. We had to record twice dude to a malfunction with the camera we were given.
The second problem was to be sure not to break the 180° rule. This was found to be a underestimated take due to the location what we chosen the room was particularly small. So it was hard to place the equipment in the appropriate place.
The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180_degree_rule
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/180_degree_rule.svg/678px-180_degree_rule.svg.png
We it came to recording. We were not given time for editing as the exercise was only for experience with a camera alone.Therefore we tried to avoid making any mistakes in the video by rehearsing the scene or clip three times then recording on the fourth. When we started recording we had two main problems. We had to record twice dude to a malfunction with the camera we were given.
The second problem was to be sure not to break the 180° rule. This was found to be a underestimated take due to the location what we chosen the room was particularly small. So it was hard to place the equipment in the appropriate place.
The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180_degree_rule
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/180_degree_rule.svg/678px-180_degree_rule.svg.png
Sunday 1 November 2009
Textual Analysis For Thriller
Carlito’s Way
Carlito’s way is about a former gangster who is newly let out of prison a new man who is adamant that he are retired from the gangster lifestyle of dealing drugs and going straight to a dream to work for a car rental dealership in Miami, with just one catch. He needs $75,000 to put towards the business. How ever his past soon becomes part of who he presently is as old connections come back. This results in a much worse outcome than he expected.
The first opening scene of the film shows a established shot of the courtroom, this shows a shot of the judge jourey and the criminal , Carlito. This camera angle is used to show where the whole story began and how it changes the events in his life , as this is the critical stage where is let out of prison.
De Palma uses a variety of techniques to capture the best and crucial moments of the film at it’s best. Examples of these are;
An aerial shot - this is used at the prison scene when it shows Kleinfield going to a prison that is based on a barge out at sea. It shows from a high angle to show the importance of the character , however it begins rather close while following him down the straight path , then how ever zooms out to a very far established shot very quickly , to set the scene to show where he is going. This aerial show was done with the work of a helicopter as a crane could not perform this action so quickly.
Dutch tilts - From what I could see this technique was used twice. Once when Carlito was speaking to his friend in the wheelchair only to find out he had been betrayed and his ‘friend’ was wearing a wire device used to record him , in a rage Carlito grabs the man by his hair and gets closer to his face , the tilt is used to create an intensity between the two characters and to emphasize the disabled man’s wrong doing. The slightly lower angle also shows the authority of Carlito as in he may have been gone a long time but he still demands respect. The second time this camera shot was used was in the hospital scene when Kleinfield is killed in is bed, he reacts to a fake policeman and gets shot in the head , as his dead body is flailing to the one side the camera angle lowers and tilts slightly. I believe De Palma used this technique to portray how this was Kleinfield comeuppance once and for all after all his doing as the camera angle follows his dying corpse.
360 degree pans - This is used to try an show great importance in a particular scene by showing all its surroundings and aspects of the scene. In this case , De Palma uses this in the scene when an old acquaintance of Carlito’s joined by his four friends. They all sit at a round table , and the 360 pan goes round the whole table from a low angle to signify the importance of the characters at the table , this technique is used to show how many the characters at the table with Carlito were going to affect the situation of the film , I believe it is shown from a lower angle to also to give the sense to the audience that they are right there in the center of all of the chaos and they can feel the tension .
Crane shots - this is a good angle to use if you want to show what is going on in a room , in this case Carlito is taking some money out of a safe , the angle of the camera is at a high , this is used by cranes , this gives the audience a sense that they are there watching over Carlito as he tried to make his escape.
Dissolves - these are a good way to change from to scene to scene or create an effective ‘flashback’ scenario. In this case it is used when Carlito is walking through his club as he is on his was to meet an old friend. Remembering this friend it shows a flashback and it changes scene from a normal speed then dissolves the picture to the next scene and shows the flashback in slow motion , this to give the audience more time to absorb information from such a small clip.
Thought out the whole film Carlito uses narration at certain points where the film takes a bizarre turn or a crucial moment has occurred. I believe this is to show his thoughts and feelings about every situation , and give the audience sense that he is nothing special just a normal man with the wrong past .#
Carlito’s way is about a former gangster who is newly let out of prison a new man who is adamant that he are retired from the gangster lifestyle of dealing drugs and going straight to a dream to work for a car rental dealership in Miami, with just one catch. He needs $75,000 to put towards the business. How ever his past soon becomes part of who he presently is as old connections come back. This results in a much worse outcome than he expected.
The first opening scene of the film shows a established shot of the courtroom, this shows a shot of the judge jourey and the criminal , Carlito. This camera angle is used to show where the whole story began and how it changes the events in his life , as this is the critical stage where is let out of prison.
De Palma uses a variety of techniques to capture the best and crucial moments of the film at it’s best. Examples of these are;
An aerial shot - this is used at the prison scene when it shows Kleinfield going to a prison that is based on a barge out at sea. It shows from a high angle to show the importance of the character , however it begins rather close while following him down the straight path , then how ever zooms out to a very far established shot very quickly , to set the scene to show where he is going. This aerial show was done with the work of a helicopter as a crane could not perform this action so quickly.
Dutch tilts - From what I could see this technique was used twice. Once when Carlito was speaking to his friend in the wheelchair only to find out he had been betrayed and his ‘friend’ was wearing a wire device used to record him , in a rage Carlito grabs the man by his hair and gets closer to his face , the tilt is used to create an intensity between the two characters and to emphasize the disabled man’s wrong doing. The slightly lower angle also shows the authority of Carlito as in he may have been gone a long time but he still demands respect. The second time this camera shot was used was in the hospital scene when Kleinfield is killed in is bed, he reacts to a fake policeman and gets shot in the head , as his dead body is flailing to the one side the camera angle lowers and tilts slightly. I believe De Palma used this technique to portray how this was Kleinfield comeuppance once and for all after all his doing as the camera angle follows his dying corpse.
360 degree pans - This is used to try an show great importance in a particular scene by showing all its surroundings and aspects of the scene. In this case , De Palma uses this in the scene when an old acquaintance of Carlito’s joined by his four friends. They all sit at a round table , and the 360 pan goes round the whole table from a low angle to signify the importance of the characters at the table , this technique is used to show how many the characters at the table with Carlito were going to affect the situation of the film , I believe it is shown from a lower angle to also to give the sense to the audience that they are right there in the center of all of the chaos and they can feel the tension .
Crane shots - this is a good angle to use if you want to show what is going on in a room , in this case Carlito is taking some money out of a safe , the angle of the camera is at a high , this is used by cranes , this gives the audience a sense that they are there watching over Carlito as he tried to make his escape.
Dissolves - these are a good way to change from to scene to scene or create an effective ‘flashback’ scenario. In this case it is used when Carlito is walking through his club as he is on his was to meet an old friend. Remembering this friend it shows a flashback and it changes scene from a normal speed then dissolves the picture to the next scene and shows the flashback in slow motion , this to give the audience more time to absorb information from such a small clip.
Thought out the whole film Carlito uses narration at certain points where the film takes a bizarre turn or a crucial moment has occurred. I believe this is to show his thoughts and feelings about every situation , and give the audience sense that he is nothing special just a normal man with the wrong past .#
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