Film Review: Frozen

Film Review: Frozen

A learning point from this film would be to look at the detail of the animation  

This new Disney film has been created with a use of extreme detail in mind.

The characters - the detail for characters would have been spread over all areas, the way they look, costumes, movement in their body and facial expressions and also the way they sound.

The characters of Anna and Elsa have a similarity in facial structure and movement to the character of Rapunzel in Disney's 50th animated feature film "Tangled" but has expanded since then to be more life like. for example in the song "Love Is An Open Door" the movements between Anna and Hans mainly in the shadow section become so life like which in my opinion has it's pro's and con's,

Pro's being the development of Disney's technology and making animation close to life. But the Con's being it shouldn't be too life like because it can ruin the illusion of the story and for some people that might use films such as this for escapism and it could change there opinion of the film.

Setting - The amount of detail used for the setting would be on a wide scale because of the size of each location e.g. the city of Arendelle would have detail of the castle (it's doors, windows, turrets, the walls, inside detail, of the paintings, furniture etc.) it's grounds and the surrounding area which changes for both seasons in the film to Summer and Winter.

There is also immaculate detail in the castle that Elsa creates mainly as it grows out of the ground and the detail of inside from the ceiling to the floor.

Ice and snow - one of the best sections the show the detail of the ice would be when Elsa reviles her power at her coronation and creates sharp ice sculptures to show her anger and the detail of the frozen fountains which was clean and crisp to have a realistic look.

As a review as an opinion I found the film one of the best Disney animated princess film's for a long time apart from "Tangled". I would say the story line had real emotion towards it and all the characters had there own unique personality. I think everybody can relate to each character and is a brilliant family film which has happiness, humor and sadness all rolled into one.

Frozen won a BAFTA for Best Animated film this year and is nominated for two Oscars in Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song - "Let It Go."

My Personal Journey Through Cinema

When thinking about what I should do for my personal journey, I found it difficult because we only had 2 minutes, and I really couldn't explain everything I wanted to say. About all the different films that have inspired me though the years.

So I thought why not start from the beginning...

My Personal Journey starts with some of the best memories I have from these films, how they used to make me happy, laugh, want to dance around and want to be every character in every film I had seen.

So I wanted to start my Personal Journey with... DISNEY!!!!!

https://vimeo.com/85722038

Disney was a huge part of my childhood and still is now, I feel like i'm betraying Disney if I haven't seen a film. which I am slightly now because there are some I still haven't seen like "Frozen" which I really want to see.

Every time I watch Disney it's make me feel so happy and I can just get away from life whether I'm having a good day or not.

The reason I like Disney so much is because nearly everybody has a happily ever after and the animation, the characters and the story lines work brilliantly to draw there audiences in.

I am a big fan of Disney princess films, and they were my favourite when I was growing up, some of them still are. 

The Disney film that has stayed the closest to me throughout all my life is "The Little Mermaid".

The reason I like this film so much is because she follows her dreams and having this inspiration from this film has helped me to think about all the different things I would like to do with my life, and being a part of film was one of them,  and since starting Stafford University I have learn't so much even though I'm still in my first year. 

Jaws. Opening credits

Jaws theme music. opening credits

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/jaws/3XcwJtuh44b/#!cast/

Just under halfway of this clip about 1.30 in the famous theme music is used to show the tension within the scene and to have the audiences hiding in there hands or jumping on there feet screaming "get out of the water".

The music for this film is one of the most iconic theme tunes in the world and scared audiences all over the world in 1975.

This theme tune edited over a dark screen starts of with a few beats, which slowly more are added and the pace is quickened. A dolly shot then fades in of under the sea as the camera flows forward through the reeds and other sea plants. The title "JAWS" appears  on screen and fades off. The music has now got a bass beat which some of them are elongated to make the audience jump because of there high jump in key changes. As the camera is still going through sea plants you think something it going to jump out at you. The camera's focus becomes closer and closer and the music's volume levels become louder and louder and the camera closes onto some reeds as the music's pinnacle point happens, which make the audience jump because it jump cuts to another scene.

 

Sherlock Holmes, Slow Motion fight scene

Sherlock Holmes, fight scene, attracting the audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltFyEcoGnbQ

This is one of my favourite films, because I love the theme, setting and also the slight darkness the film has through some of the characters and also the contrast off each shot.

This scene I think is quite different and has been rarely done before.

The editing in this scene presents the use of slow motion and quick paced editing, which hooks the audience and also shows the detail damage of what happens to person that Sherlock is fighting.

The impact of each shot is really magnetized when the effect of slow motion is used, each expression and move flows so the audience can see exactly what is happening.

The use of a Voice over as well addresses what happens as each move is used and a description of afflictions pain would make the audience have a reaction.

This scene I think is also quiet similar to the bloody fight scene in Django.

 

First Premiere edit, Scene 34

First Premiere edit, Scene 34 

 

https://vimeo.com/81334366

 

This is the first edit on Premiere and is probably my favourite scene so far because I feel like I have progressed with this one more even though some small sections still need to be finished.

 

This scene was easier to edit than scene 37 because lines and reactions we all rehearsed properly and were all in time, and it was easier to edit certain clips together if some of them had sound interference such as back ground noise, but some of that was fixed by adding more background noise or changing the sound levels to certain clips so the scene could flow.

 

Conspiracy Theory Edit, The Death of Marilyn Monroe

The Death of Marilyn Monroe, A Conspiracy Theory.

https://vimeo.com/81234330

This edit is probably my favourite edit so far, Me and the Reluctant Blogger really enjoyed editing this together, we have learned so much about the conspiracy theories of Marilyn Monroe and also technical elements of audio, pace and timing.

From this edit I learned that creating a structure before hand (like a storyboard) can really help, because you feel like you have something to follow when working, also when to know what clips to put where.

Our structure started off with the life of Marilyn Monroe. So videos of her in some of her films (such as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "There's No Business Like Show Business"), interviews, when she was out or when she was on a film set. We then went onto her relationships and her affairs with the Kennedy brothers, which lead to her last appearance singing Happy Birthday to JFK, we then went onto her death and the conspiracy theory of what caused her death, from the research we had done and also our own opinion.

The music we had chosen for the sequence was originally was "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend" by Marilyn Monroe, but then having a mixture of images and videos we thought it should be more upbeat, to engage the audience and to grab their attention. So we found a song which is an upbeat remix of Marilyn Monroe's - I wanna be loved by you (Dj Fashion & Andrey S.p.l.a.s.h. Remix). This song worked because it had a modern twist but represented Marilyn Monroe in the late 1950s early 60s. We also chose "Moon River" by Danny Williams which was huge hit from the 1960s for the Affair with the Kennedy brothers because we wanted something from that time and had a love theme towards it. We also went with quiet ere music when she died and intense music when we rounded up the conspiracy theory.

In certain sections of the first song we tried to match the timing of the clips with some of the music such as the lyric "boop boop be do" with Monroe lifting her hands up on the symbol clash.

 

Editing with Avid, Wind Surfing edit 2

Editing with Avid, Wind Surfing edit 2

https://vimeo.com/80779930

This is the second wind surfing edit on Avid software.

From the last post changes were made to the edit, from what was said before.

More up beat music was added, and there was a build in the music to draw the viewer in. Using the different beats in the music helped to edited the clips together.

When the pace in the music sped up, more shorter clips were added to make it more exciting and to keep in time with the music. Certain flips from the videos were used on different sections, including certain beats such as (14 seconds in) which is the first change of beat, pace and key in the song.

I enjoyed editing some of the quicker shots together such as in the build up of the song, but I would like to practice this more to try and get the short shots on each quick beat as it is herd.