Point 17 What is expected of a Drama Comedy Opening?

·    Reference to the genre by creating a drama incident with a humour aspect to it.

·       An easy recognition of the characters by introducing them clearly.

·       Over all scene to be set, by generic conventions

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            ·        Voice over by main character help to set the scene.

            ·        An upbeat, catchy background music to link in with the comedy side of the film

            ·       A clear introduction to were the film is going by setting the theme and tone.

Point 16 Reasearching Film Institutions

20th Century Fox





Fox Films were founded in May 31, 1915 and 20th Century Pictures, Inc founded in 1933. The two companies then merged to become 20th Century Fox in May 31, 1935. The current owner is Rupert Murdoch.

The Majority of films produced by 20th Century Fox are family and comedy genres, as they are the most profitable, as there is a large audience.

Examples of Successful Films: X-Men, Moulin Rouge, Cheaper by the Dozen, Ice Age, Taken

Warner Bros

 The founders are the four Warner Brothers who emigrated with their parents from Poland to North America. Warner Bros Studios was first founded in 1918 and become Warner Bros.Pictures in 1923.

Warner Bros produce, distribute, lience and market films, television programmes and music. They produce and distribute films in a variety of genres such as Comedy, Romance, Action and Horror.

Examples of Successful Films: The Dark Knight, The Hangover, Sex and the City, Harry Potter

Universal Pictures



Universal Pictures was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle. It is the 3rd oldest movie studios in the world with its 100th anniversary being celebrated this year.

Universal prefer to focus on films with genres in Romance, Adventure and Drama. They focus on these genres as they are comfortable with its production.

Examples of Successful Films: Meet the Fockers, Wanted, Love Actually, Bourne, Bring It On

Lionsgate

Lionsgate was founded in 1997 by Frank Giustra. Lionsgate is a successful independent motion picture and television distribution company in the North America. It is the 6th most profitable movie studio.

Lionsgate prefer to produce films in Drama, Action and Thriller.

Examples of Successful Films: American Physco, Crank, Abduction, Dirty Dancing, The Hunger Games.







Point 15 Pearl and Dean

Pearl and Dean find suitable advertising space before the start of the film.

For example if an action movie was playing you would expect to see a few car commercials as the target audience is mostly likely to be male and be around the age in which they can drive or purchase a car.

My genre is Drama Comedy and I was expect my target audience group created by Pearl and Dean to be the 15+ category. This links into my audience research of Townies, Rahs and Trendies.

Displayed on Pearl and Deans Website

This extract from Pearl and Dean website shows that my target group is the largest cinemagoers, especifically females. The GAP stands for Guareenteed Audience Package, this means the majority of the people to view these movies will come for this area. The use of the class shows that it is mostly upmarket who go to the cinema on a regular occasion.

Point 13 Audience research on Film Openings

Point 12 Mood Board

Mood Board on Prezi

Point 8 Drama Comedy traits

There are many traits in Drama/Comedy.

The Comedy is brought in to create a light hearted effect so the audience can enjoy the film alot more as it is not deeply emotional all the way through the film. Comedy is achieved by the actors doing silly things that the audience can relate to or by doing things which are impossible.

 For a Drama to occur a serious plot is usually involved with realistic characters and settings to create an all over intense situation. A Drama sticks along the plot line to tell a story which the audience can relate to, in emotion or the situation.

All these films have a rollercoaster of emotions, which help to keep the audience interested as different situations within the movie cause these emotions.

Traits of these films are:

Dramatic music to emphasis the emotions

Voice over

Main Character introduces himself and their background history

A few comical moments