Tuesday 19 February 2013

Warner Brothers Film Studio Tour Evaluation

Warner Brothers Film Studio Tour Evaluation 

Introduction 

On Tuesday  the 11 of December we had a trip to the Warner Brothers Film Studio Tour (Harry Potter Studios), we went on this trip to find out how a film like harry potter is made and how much effort, money and time is put into the making a  film.

Summary 

We left St. Albans at 10 o'clock and we arrived at the Warner Brothers Film Studio at about 12, when we arrive we were greeted by an employee Warner Brothers who told us what our day in the Warner Brothers Film Studio would consist of. We started our tour quite soon after the talk that was given to us by the employee. When we started the tour we were took in to a room, in this room we were told about how Warner Brothers found the Harry Potter books and how they decided to make a film out of them. Then we were moved into a cinema style room where there was a short film about the making of the harry potter films and how the cast felt about the films. after that we were allowed to go into the great hall had we were given a short tour of the great hall, after that we were let out and able to look at all the props that were on show we could take as many photo as we wanted. Then we were given a lesson about the scrip to screen and all the steps in-between. Then we were lead out into an outside area with other props that were used in the filming of harry potter. we then went to a room where there were more props after that there was a room with concept  art in it, after which there was a room which held the scale models of some of the buildings. Then we entered a massive room where there was a scale model of Hogwarts. 

From Script to Screen

In this From Script to Screen lesion we were 

Highlights 

1. Scale model of Hogwarts 
2. Seeing the clothes that the actors wore in the films
3. Collecting the stamps for the passport 
4. Walking through diaon ally
5. from Script to Screen
6. Drinking butter-beer
7. Seeing all the electronic props  
8. Standing in Dumbledore’s office 
9. Seeing all the wands that were used in the making of the films
10. Seeing the rest of the props 

Conclusion 

I have learnt that the making of a film is very time consuming and it also costs lots of money to make a film (much more than I expected). I have also learn that there is a lot of work that goes unnoticed in the making of a film for example the was that nearly everything has to be make in scale model first and if the Director does not like it then the whole thing will have to be made again.

Warner Brothers Film Studio Tour Evaluation 

Introduction 

On Tuesday  the 11 of December we had a trip to the Warner Brothers Film Studio Tour (Harry Potter Studios), we went on this trip to find out how a film like harry potter is made and how much effort, money and time is put into the making a  film.

Summary 

We left St. Albans at 10 o'clock and we arrived at the Warner Brothers Film Studio at about 12, when we arrive we were greeted by an employee Warner Brothers who told us what our day in the Warner Brothers Film Studio would consist of. We started our tour quite soon after the talk that was given to us by the employee. When we started the tour we were took in to a room, in this room we were told about how Warner Brothers found the Harry Potter books and how they decided to make a film out of them. Then we were moved into a cinema style room where there was a short film about the making of the harry potter films and how the cast felt about the films. after that we were allowed to go into the great hall had we were given a short tour of the great hall, after that we were let out and able to look at all the props that were on show we could take as many photo as we wanted. Then we were given a lesson about the scrip to screen and all the steps in-between. Then we were lead out into an outside area with other props that were used in the filming of harry potter. we then went to a room where there were more props after that there was a room with concept  art in it, after which there was a room which held the scale models of some of the buildings. Then we entered a massive room where there was a scale model of Hogwarts. 

From Script to Screen

In this From Script to Screen lesion we were 

Highlights 

1. Scale model of Hogwarts 
2. Seeing the clothes that the actors wore in the films
3. Collecting the stamps for the passport 
4. Walking through diaon ally
5. from Script to Screen
6. Drinking butter-beer
7. Seeing all the electronic props  
8. Standing in Dumbledore’s office 
9. Seeing all the wands that were used in the making of the films
10. Seeing the rest of the props 

Conclusion 

I have learnt that the making of a film is very time consuming and it also costs lots of money to make a film (much more than I expected). I have also learn that there is a lot of work that goes unnoticed in the making of a film for example the was that nearly everything has to be make in scale model first and if the Director does not like it then the whole thing will have to be made again.

First Half-term of the Media Course

When we started in September we had a few lessons on what the course would consist of. then after those lessons we started on the course. we were being tough about the Audience (Audience classifications, uses & gratifications and the two step theory) Narrative theory ( in the narrative theory lessons we were told about Todorov, Levi-Strauss, Propp's theory and Barthes) After Narritive theory we we tough about Media language (Semiotics, Syntage & Paradigm, Conventions, Mcluhan and Realism) then we talked about Representation ( Post-Modernism, Stereotypes, Dominant Ideology, Celebrity, Gender and Baudrillard) so that was what we studied in the first Half-term of the Media course