Focus Film's - Star Wars: A New hope (1977)
Blade Runner (1982)
Transformers (2007)
Title - How has CGi affected the Narrative of Film.
I will be looking at how Special Effects has developed how films are constructed and how the narrative has changed by looking at focus film's from 3 progressing times over the last 30-40 years. I want to look at how storytelling in films has changed with the advancement of Special Effects and how with Hollywood there is this emphasis on big budget explosive films with an abundance of Special Effects.
I want to look in depth at the decline of Hollywood or what some might consider the rise as views differ on the emphasis of bang over drama in Hollywood today. As studios keep revitalising franchises and starting new ones i want to ask, do the studios care about good narratives in films or is it all about the big blockbuster spectacle that will make them money.
I will compare three films as shown above to see how the narrative and storytelling has changed over time. I will look at how the use of special effects has changed over time as it has been brought to the front with transformers while with previous films such as Blade
Runner the emphasis is on the storytelling.i have chosen Star Wars: A New Hope as it was the first feature length film to use Special Effects, Blade Runner i have chosen because it used highly advanced Special Effects for its time of production and also it lies in the middle of my other two films. Finally i have chosen Transformers as it is a perfect example of modern Hollywood cinema.
I have chosen to do this as i am interested in the Special Effects area of cinema however in Hollywood today i feel that the narrative is taking a back seat to the explosions. I want to see a comparison of three films that are each separated by about 10 years to see the gradual effects on the narrative from the introduction of Special Effects.
Some sources i have used so far to determine what Focus films i am going to use and what my project is going to be on are Wikipedia, IMDB, Youtube and Animation (book).
Excellent looks great get working now then Alex. Lots of close textual analysis of the films. Your opnion is vital here. You need to look at the convention of the blockbuster marketing etc think of the new transformers movie! Well done so far start to post what your reading in preperation for your catalogue
ReplyDeletewelcome back Alex time to get some work done. Sources clips and the formulation of an argument need to be added. Lots of to do as we have to submit the project titles to the external examiner in two weeks time. Have you kept a record of your sources? I am a little dissapointed at the lack of work.
ReplyDeleteStill nothing further posted do I need to worry?
ReplyDeleteDraft catalogue in next week