Mise-en-scène

Stemming from the theatre, the French term mise en scène literally means "putting on stage." When applied to the cinema, mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement—sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting. Mise-en-scène also includes the positioning and movement of actors on the set, which is called blocking. These are all the areas overseen by the director, and thus, in French film credits, the director's title is metteur en scène, "putter on scene."
This narrow definition of mise-en-scène is not shared by all critics. For some, it refers to all elements of visual style—that is, both elements on the set and aspects of the camera. For others, such as U.S. film critic Andrew Sarris, it takes on mystical meanings related to the emotional tone of a film.
Recently, the term has come to represent a style of conveying the information of a scene primarily through a single shot—often accompanied by camera movement. It is to be contrasted with montage-style filmmaking—multiple angles pieced together through editing. Overall, mise-en-scène is used when the director wishes to give an impression of the characters or situation without vocally articulating it through the framework of spoken dialogue, and typically does not represent a realistic setting. The common example is that of a cluttered, disorganized apartment being used to reflect the disorganization in a character's life in general, or a spartanly decorated apartment to convey a character with an "empty soul", in both cases specifically and intentionally ignoring any practicality in the setting.
In German filmmaking in the 1910s and 1920s one can observe tone, meaning, and narrative information conveyed through mise-en-scène. Perhaps the most famous example of this is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) where a character's internal state of mind is represented through set design and blocking.

I got this information of the following link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_sc%C3%A8ne

I need to remember this when filming our final piece as this part is my task within the group, to make the scene match what is happening.

Casino Royal

This is a link to the opening title sequence of James Bond Casino Royal, a film which is in the film noir genre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxYm3OouQA

We analyzed this OTS and wrote an essay on how is relates to the conventions of FILM NOIR.

Film Noir

This website contains a lot of information regarding FILM NOIR. It explains how film noir came to be.

http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html

Whilst writing the script to our film, i will need to remember some of the conventions and this website is the perfect thing to help me remember all what I need.

The Grammer of TV and Film

This website contains alot of useful information on camera, sound, lighting, etc. I will have to remember to look at this when completing the film noir task, as the information it contains will help my group decide what will be the perfect lighting, sound and camera angle for what we need.


http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/gramtv.html

a useful link

I found this link while doing my research into the BBFC and i found it useful, it is the StudentsBBFC


http://www.sbbfc.co.uk/

BBFC

Introduction

Cinema

The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body, which has classified cinema films since 1913, and video since 1985.

The Board was set up by the film industry in order to bring a degree of uniformity to the classification of films nationally.

Statutory powers on film remain with the local councils, which may overrule any of the Board's decisions, passing films we reject, banning films we have passed, and even waiving cuts, instituting new ones, or altering categories for films exhibited under their own licensing jurisdiction.

Video

In 1984 Parliament passed the Video Recordings Act. This act stated that, subject to certain exemptions, video recordings offered for sale or hire commercially in the UK must be classified by an authority designated by the Secretary of State. The President and Vice Presidents of the BBFC were so designated, and charged with applying the new test of 'suitability for viewing in the home'. At this point the Board's title was changed to British Board of Film Classification to reflect the fact that classification plays a far larger part in the Board's work than censorship.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has notified the BBFC of a serious issue which has come to light in relation to the Video Recordings Act 1984 (VRA). Because the then British Government failed to notify the European Commission under the Technical Standards and Regulations Directive (83/189/EEC) of the Act, the VRA is no longer enforceable against individuals in the United Kingdom. The Government has said that its priority is to remedy this situation as soon as possible and has urged the industry in the interim to comply with the provisions of the VRA on a voluntary and best practice basis. The BBFC will continue to classify video works submitted by distributors on a voluntary basis for this period.

Management Team

Director

Delegated to make executive decisions

Formulates and ensures execution of policy

Head of Operations

Responsible for internal business operations

Head of Communications

Responsible for all aspect of communications with the media, public and customers

Head of Technology

Responsible for the delivery, enhancement and support of IT. Manages all aspects of the Board’s site in Bracknell

Head of Policy and Business Development

Responsible for classification policy, public policy positions and development of classification services

Head of Finance and Personnel

Ensures proper financial controls and reporting is in place

Responsible for staff welfare, recruitment and related areas

I got all this information off the following link - http://www.bbfc.co.uk/structure/

Target Audience

Recently i have just been learning more about target audience.
For Example:- There are different types of target audience
> Activist : Someone who wishes to consume the product
-e.g. males stereotypically will go to watch an action film
> Passive : Someone who only consumes the product to please others
-e.g. males will stereotypically go to watch a film they dislike to pleased their loved one
> Preffered : Someone who consume the product that the product is aimed at
-e.g. A female watches a chick flick
> Hedonist : Someone who takes a risk with consuming the product
-e.g. Someone who watches a film just because it says "it will make you sick"
> Traditionalist : someone who sticks to the products they like
-e.g. Someone who watches a film because they like that style of film and know what may happen
> Post-Modernist : someone who knows the product and wishes to consume a modern version of it
-e.g. Someone who likes the lord of the rings books so watched the film

Also within target audience there is the ACORN SYSTEM. This is a system which seperates the consumers buy their job and income. There are five catorgaries to choose from. (A, B, C1, C2, E). The system is classed on wealth, from highest income in group A to the unemployed/Students in group E.