1st Draft Review

Review Analysis

Empire Magazine - Adulthood

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117915

It starts off with Simon Crook (reviewer) explaining the plot, from this we see him use chatty language and terms such as “rusty shiv with his name on it”, this notifies the reader that the review is informal for general readers. When Crook starts to review, he firstly shows his appreciation to ‘Kidulthood’ (previous film), saying that it is aimed at “realism” and then makes a joke claiming that Kidulthood is not “sensation, like Larry Clark’s Kids after a Magners-and-crack binge - hangover included”, which furthermore adds to the fact that the review is written using informal language.

In the next paragraph Crooks begins to show his considerations towards the film using subtle sentences such as “there’s something satisfying about lifetime-in-a-day movies” and “Adulthood delivers a dynamic shot of timebomb cinema”, from these quotes we can see that Simon Crook thinks highly of the film, however he is unbiased as he declares that ‘Adulthood’ “loses its rhythm twice”

In the last paragraph he further on makes jokes, referencing other media while making fun of the film, “strip away the slang and tracksuits, and it compares well with the likes of The Firm and Scum”. At the top of the page there is also a picture from the film showing characters, Mooney and Jay face to face. Overall Simon Crook gave a positive review, detailing the good parts of the film and also giving it a 3 out of 5 star rating.

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Draft Film Review

Film Review Content

Brit Flick With Muscle

Stand up 2 the challenge is the sequel to the first film, stand up. Director Robert Cimpoes and the rest of the crew are back in action with the second and final part of the action packed movie stand up.  These guys love action genre films with revenge therefore they made another amazing film. The director has successfully created a highly acclaimed film in the short pace of 5 minutes. The viewer of this short film is promoted towards the theme by many of the techniques used by Hoang and Bacchus.

In the newly released film, after days and weeks of training, Robert catches up with the bullies that troubled him in the first part. He’s seeking revenge on two protagonists Tien and Asif who are stereotypical bullies. As Robert beats them up and he thinks it’s over, he’s unaware there is even more trouble waiting for him. Amateur actors did a perfect job! Acting works well in illustrating the emotions of the characters in the film.

After the first fight scene, the brutality doesn’t stop there. The last fight scene is definitely the best scene in the film. Pyznarska did an amazing job! She managed to squeeze so much into a short sequence. The editing is extremely tight. It is a pure adrenaline rush!

Everything here was done on an extremely tight budget, but they managed to work on high and professional level.“It’s not the money that makes the film good, it’s the director, producer, editor, actors and everyone else involved in the film” states Hoang.

The music plays a key part in narrating the short film. Cimpoes and Bacchus created several soundtracks for different scenes. The music works with the action very well as it builds up the tension. The amazing fight choreography created by Hoang creates an exaggerated and surreal atmosphere in order to create insane, intense scenes.

This film is one of the films which have easily exceeded all of my expectations. It’s outstanding, blending the key elements of action. If you like action films, this one is perfect for you!

Review Analysis

                                                               

In the “Rush hour” reviewed by Almar Haflidason, he writes in an informal way for a general reader, and when the audience read it, it feels like as if he’s talking directly to us by using rhetorical questions such as Where are the laughter-crippling slapstick antics of "Project A", the frightening stunts of "Police Story", or the awesome set-pieces of "Armour of God"?

From the beginning of the reviews, in the first sentence, Haflidason mentions how Jackie Chan’s films has been shown on TV lately as a USP and  praises Jackie Chan for saying that “Jackie is a screen legend”.

After writing about Jackie Chan and his career, Haflidason then focuses on the other character which is Chris Tucker. “The shock is Chris Tucker. He has a great performance in him yet to give, but for "Rush Hour" he's the motor-mouth stream of verbal humour that provides the perfect foil for Jackie's physical comedy”. The writer includes Chris Tucker which is also another great actor and it refers as a USP because it will make the film turn out to be better.

However at the end of the paragraph, the writer tells us a little bit of the narrative “Tucker and Chan deliver a movie enjoyable enough to make you want to see the sequel”. He mentions the cast USP for the audience to be curious and to make them want to the sequel.

The writer Janet Maslin focuses on the main actor Jackie Chan as a USP of the first paragraph as he praises Jackie Chan as he makes a doleful expression and comedic physical grace take the place of small talk. Maslin then writes about the narrative of the film and talks about the stunt that Jackie Chan was performing on one part of the film and tells us how the star flip, swivel, scamper up walls and hurl large objects with his feet.

At the end of the paragraph, the writer emphasises “Rush Hour is rated PG-13. It includes jokey, balletic violence and jive profanity from Mr Tucker that’s mild but non-stop” which shows that the film is constantly filled with comedy which  will get the audience’s attention and even young kids who is 13 years old can watch the movie

At the end of the reviews, Maslin writes about the cast of movie which can be an USP that can attract the audience by mentioning the director’s name. He mentions the 3 main actors which are Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker and Tom Wilkinson as an USP of the film.

At the beginning of the review, the writer talk about the film’s behind the scene and praises Jackie Chan for being able to manage to “design an action sequence on the spot”. The writer says that “it’s a great testament to Jackie Chan’s talent, ingenuity, and knowledge of framing and editing” and emphasises the point that he can make something out of nothing to attract the audience’s attention. The writers even have his own opinion about the film and believe that the movie could be a big success in America by saying “I have a soft spot for Rush Hour, the movie that finally brought Jackie Chan full blown success in America.”

They use Jackie Chan here as a main USP to get the audience’s attention to watch the movies with most of the latest films of his previous career in America. He tells us the narrative of the movie and mentions Chris Tucker which is another USP of the movie which attracts people.

 

Reaction Sheet Results

We have got the results from the reaction sheets for our final cut. It has been presented in a tally chart.

Final Poster

This is the final outcome of the poster. We completed it making sure every image used is original.



We went and took a new picture for the poster as the last picture was used from the internet. We used Photoshop to edit the colours to create a more effective product.

We put all the character on the original background with the title, reviews, certificate and credits.



Annotations of Review Layouts

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Draft Poster

Draft Poster

We have created this poster using a background image from the Internet. However as we are not allowed to use images from the Internet net, we plan to take an original picture to replace it.

Pictures we used for the poster:

We cut out each person and edited it on photoshop.

 

 

 

Picture used for the background:

 

We used these images to create the poster for our production. We have edited them in photoshop to make it look professional. We also changed the brightness of each character to blend in with the background.

 

We inserted a background which was found on the Internet, we then moved the background around in order to make it fit with the characters.

                        We used a special fade effect from the bottom of the poster to the legs.

We created the title for our film using Photoshop, added the film rating along with the credits at the bottom of the poster.



                                                         Finally, added the reviews on top of the poster.



Production Schedule

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE:

Production Company: Global Productions                                                   Date: 01/10/2011

Director: Robert Cimpoes

Crew: Tien, Robert, Asif and Weronika

Pre Production	Details of Activities	Date
The Pitch	We have to brainstorm ideas for the story line of our film.	13-09-2011
Proposal	Explain the pitch in details of what happens in the film.	20-09-2011
Treatment	Description of mise en scene	22-09-2011
Audience profile	Describe the age, genre of films that the audience will prefer.	22-09-2011
Resources for Mise-en-scene	Research on the props, locations, body language, facial expression and lighting.	22-09-2011
Textual analysis	Individual analysis of a similar film.	30-09-2011
Screenplay	Description of what the dialogue in the film would be and create lines that our actors will say in order for our film to be understood	30-09-2011
Shot List	Detailed description of the shots in the film	30-09-2011
Recce Report	Description of locations	06-10-2011
Titles and credits	Written text that appears in the film	24-11-2011

Production	Details of Activities	Date
Filming days		Monday 10th October – 30th October
	Final fight between Robert and Hong	Tuesday 11th October
	Fight scene in the alleyway between Robert, Asif and Tien	Thursday 13th October
	Carry on with the alleyway fight. After college filming in London city airport	Friday 14th October
	Carry on with the fight scene	Tuesday 18th October
	Scenes at Robert’s house	Wednesday 19th October
	Weronika getting kidnapped	Thursday 20th October
	During lesson finish off any fight scenes. After college film scene in office.	Friday 21st October
	Re filming some scenes that were unsuccessful	Friday 3rd November
	Re filming scenes, change of location from London city airport to Walthamstow central station	Thursday 10th November

Post Production	Details of Activities	Date
Log and transfer	We logged and transferred all the scenes we filmed into Final cut pro	Friday 28th October Tuesday 1st November Thursday 10th November
Rough cut	First rough cut of our film	Friday 10th November
Audience response	What audience think of our movie so far	Friday 10th November
Soundtrack preparation	Soundtrack that will appear in our film	Thursday 24th November
Graphics preparation
Second Cut	Second, improved cut of our film	Thursday 24th November