About time

Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel

McAdams , Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie

Written/director: Richard Curtis Budget: $35million

Country/Language: English
Release date:
8 August 2013 (2013-08-08) (United Kingdom) 1 November 2013 (2013-11-01) (United States)

About Time is an upcoming British romantic comedy science fiction film revolving around time travel where a young man tries to change his past to have a better future. At the age of 21, Tim Lake discovers he can travel in time. The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own lifeso he decides to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend. However, when he accidentally erases the timeline, he must try and win her over again.

Studio: Working Title

Films

Cinematography:
John Guleserian

Music: Nick Laird-Clowes Genre: RomCom Editing : Mark day Distributor: universal pictures

Camera shots

Here is a over the shoulder shot from one of the characters focusing on the other two characters which seem to be standing in a doorway. From t his you can see how the characters are positioned and what's around them from almost a 180 degree view.

Here is a long shot were you can see the 2 different characters in the same shot, also it is a establishing shot as you can see the background as it's a street and gives you knowledge of where they are. From this it allows alot more mise on scene which can be added for the audience.

Here is a medium shot of the two characters standing shoulder to shoulder. This is good because it fits them both in showing more about what's happening and the relationship the two characters share.

Here is a close up shot of two characters focusing mainly on their faces. This is good and effective because it show a strong emphasis of emotion and can help the audience to acknowledge what's going on.

Editing

At the start of the trailer it shows the two production companies straight away informing the audience on who helped and produced the film.

Near the end it shows the last cut of the trailer which then has intertitles which come over the picture and informs the viewer of what else the production company has produced and naming popular films like love actually and Notting hill.

Also throughout the clip it has flashes of numerous intertitles which add questions directly addressed at the reader to read and majority of the time think and reflect on the question they ask in comparison to what's happening in the trailer.

Here is part of the trailer were Domhnall practices his powers and rewinds time, you see a white flash in the clip and the action that was first played gets rewound then re-played out again.

Vladimir propp
The trailer last for 2 minutes and 32 seconds, in this time it had chance to let the audience establish at least 3 of Vladimir Propps theory on characters. The first and main being : Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) = the hero Mary (Rachel Mcadams) = the damsel in distress Tim's father (Bill Nighty) = the donor These are created and are used to help us understand the narrative.

Levi strauss
Brought the two opposites together Ugly guy and beautiful girl Shy ginger to confident man Fiction and none fiction

Tzvetan todorov
Followed all the steps in order Started peaceful as tom was quiet Learnt to go back in time Father then died and had to go back Repaired his marriage and had a baby

ideology
Has a system of set values and beliefs that ginger people are shy and timid. At the start of the clip Tom goes to kiss a girl then panics and ends up shaking her hand showing him living up to the stereotypes that people might have already assumed about him. Also the whole basis of a problem occurring in the love situation and that to get a happy ever after you need to fight for it. Once Tom does learn how to time travel however it does then subvert the stereotype and he becomes more powerful. Based upon a dominant ideology of marriage and family values of son and father and husband and wife

connotation
The connotations for about time is that Tom is so strong willed and loving that he fought for the girl he loved but risked everything to save the life of his father. From the way he acts and the presentation he is given in the clip shows him to be a very sympathetic and big hearted and all his life he has struggles but now unlocked the power to beat that.

Denotation
Denotation is a translation of a sign to its meaning, more exactly, to its literal meaning. Denotation is sometimes contrasted to connotation, which translates a sign to meanings associated with it. Some examples for this in about time might be the way Tom is ginger and will be instantly stereotyped. To people who are ginger might affect them a lot more and be more of a symbol to them rather than if someone who was not.

cinematography
The cinematography of the film is very good the fact that he can time travel and the way its shot and then edited it is clear to the audience what's happening without confusing them. It uses a variety of camera angles and shots to help produce a good clip and show the film from different prospectuss.

Submarine

Studio: Film4 Productions, Stars: Noah Taylor, Paddy

Considine, Craig Roberts , Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins Submarine is a 2010 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Joe Dunthorne. In 1986, Oliver Tate (played by Craig Roberts) is a 15-yearold Swansea lad, infatuated with Jordana (Yasmin Paige). When Jordana invites Oliver to meet secretly after school, she take pictures of them kissing, hoping to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. The plan backfires, but Jordana soon becomes his girlfriend. Film Agency for Wales, Wales Creative IP Fund, Red Hour Films, Warp Films

Cinematography:
Erik Wilson

Written/director: Richard Ayoade Budget: 1.2million

Genre:
ComedyDrama Music: Arctic Monkeys

Country/Language: English
Release date:
12 September 2010 (2010-09-12) 18 March 2011 (2011-03-18) (United Kingdom)

Editing : Nick Fenton,

Chris Dickens

Distributor:
Optimum Releasing (UK) The Weinstein Company (US)

Camera shots

Here is a long shot were you can see the 2 different characters in the same shot, also it is a establishing shot as you can see the background as it's a beach and gives you knowledge of where they are. From this it allows alot more mise on scene which can be added for the audience.

Here is a close up shot of two characters focusing mainly on his faces. This is good and effective because it show a strong emphasis of emotion and can help the audience to acknowledge what's going on and how he is feeling at this moment in time.

Here is a POV (point of view) shot from were you see a character from another characters point of view, this is very effective as it engages the audience alot more and gives them a first view of what's happening.

Here is a mid shot and also a over the shoulder shot done very cleverly in one shot. This is very clever as you see a character from close but also one from along shot and can also establish some of the background and setting to help the viewer establish the mise on scene.

Editing

Near the end it shows the last cut of the trailer which then has intertitles which come over the picture and informs the viewer of alot of reviews that the film has got off other critics and the ratings.

Also throughout the clip it has flashes of numerous intertitles which add questions directly addressed at the reader to read and majority of the time think and reflect on the question they ask in comparison to what's happening in the trailer. In the particular one it flashes up with the name the film.

Also throughout the clip it has flashes of numerous intertitles which add questions directly addressed at the reader to read and majority of the time think and reflect on the question they ask in comparison to what's happening in the trailer. In the particular one it flashes up with the name the film.

At the start of the trailer it shows the production company straight away informing the audience on who helped and produced the film.

Vladimir propp
The trailer last for 2 minutes and 32 seconds, in this time it had chance to let the audience establish at least 3 of Vladimir Propps theory on characters. The first and main being : Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) = the hero Jordana (Yasmin Paige) = the damsel in distress Olivers father = the donor These are created and are used to help us understand the narrative.

Levi strauss
Brought the two opposites together Ugly guy and beautiful girl Lonely boy into a funny and loud man

Tzvetan todorov
Followed all the steps in order Started peaceful as Oliver was quiet Learned others were as lonely as him Split up with his girlfriend Got back with her and lived happy

ideology
Has a system of set values and beliefs that ginger people are shy and timid. At the start of the clip Tom goes to kiss a girl then panics and ends up shaking her hand showing him living up to the stereotypes that people might have already assumed about him. Also the whole basis of a problem occurring in the love situation and that to get a happy ever after you need to fight for it. Once Tom does learn how to time travel however it does then subvert the stereotype and he becomes more powerful. Based upon a dominant ideology of marriage and family values of son and father and husband and wife

connotation
The connotations for about time is that Tom is so strong willed and loving that he fought for the girl he loved but risked everything to save the life of his father. From the way he acts and the presentation he is given in the clip shows him to be a very sympathetic and big hearted and all his life he has struggles but now unlocked the power to beat that.

Denotation
Denotation is a translation of a sign to its meaning, more exactly, to its literal meaning. Denotation is sometimes contrasted to connotation, which translates a sign to meanings associated with it. Some examples for this in about time might be the way Tom is ginger and will be instantly stereotyped. To people who are ginger might affect them a lot more and be more of a symbol to them rather than if someone who was not.

cinematography
The cinematography of the film is very good the fact that he can time travel and the way its shot and then edited it is clear to the audience what's happening without confusing them. It uses a variety of camera angles and shots to help produce a good clip and show the film from different prospectuss.

Key movie trailer elements

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Main aspects of a Trailer

The Trailer has to be very short although it has to contain a brief summary of the movie, and make you want to watch it.

Important things such as the characters should be filmed with a close up shot (or just as close as possible) so the audience is able to identify what they're seeing in this short time period of the clip and the less important things such as locations are often filmed with a shot where you can see the whole panorama, that tells briefly where the movie is going to play/ where the location(s) will be.

The Trailer has to have an introduction of the main character(s) and maybe other characters.

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It does not have to spoil the story! The Trailer has to be a brief summary of the movie, without revealing the ending nor the main story.