Review of Super8

Review of super8

Super8 is a film directed by J.J. Abram’s who has directed many different types of films, the ones that I have heard of are mostly ‘star trek’ and Mission: Impossible III, the genre for ‘Star trek’ is  action, adventure and sci-fi and Mission: Impossible III is action, adventure and thriller, most of his movies are a bit similar.

The main character in the movie in my opinion would be Joel Courtney who plays ‘Joe Lamb’ in the movie, however all of ‘Joe’s’ friends Charles,Preston,Martin and Cary are important as they each helped him to save Alice and solve the mystery behind everything that’s being strange after the crash with the train and truck in the beginning. Gabriel Basso plays ‘Martin’, who has been starring in the television program called ‘The Big C’, he is a television actor as well as a film actor.

The genre of this film is thriller and sci-fi, this movie makes you jump when the alien comes, this is because of the sounds that have been used throughout the movie, The sound is very powerful which makes the audience seem involved with the movie as it tells the audience that something is going to happen, an example of this can be in the beginning of the movie when the train crashes and everything explodes. This is aimed at children and teenagers mostly because the children in the movie are the main characters which relates to the whole movie.

Super8 is about a child ‘Joe Lamb’  whose mother passes away and has no close relationship with his father, his group of friends are trying to make a horror movie with zombies, there all meet up at midnight and go to the train station, while recording their scenes a truck comes from nowhere and crashes into the train, The train explodes everywhere and burns, there all go to the truck to see who it is  and see that the driver was their teacher from school, who was also an air force scientist, later on the air force get involved with the whole situation. After the incident weird things start happening to the town, people who live there, the dogs and the belongings of others start to disappear. However during the movie Alice gets captured by the alien when she runs away from home because of an argument with her father, later on the air force evacuates the whole town because of everything that has been happening. Joe finds out that Alice is missing and he takes his friends and goes back to school while creeping out so he is does not get caught, Joe later on realises that he might have seen the alien in the grave yard while he was visiting his mother’s grave, Joe and Cary both go to save Alice from the alien. While running away when finding Alice, the alien grabs Joe and Joe starts to talk to it like the air force scientist did, The alien puts down Joe and goes away to build his ship, it attracts all the metal things and also tries to take’s Joe’s mothers pendant which he has kept since his mother passed away, with him all the time, he pulls it towards him and then he lets go, the ship leaves and so does the alien.

What Went Well- I enjoyed the movie as it was interesting because the alien was not showed until later on in the movie, it gives the audience a  mystery of what the alien will be and looks like, It made me jump when the alien would appear or when it would abduct the characters throughout the movie, as it gives us  some sort of suspense.

Even Better If – It could have been better if the alien was made different because I thought it looked like a spider which was original, it could have been something different which could have shocked the audience.

Analyse 11 Images

Image 1: The main image is of a woman who is holding a cigarette in her hand which can imply that she could be the villain, the lighting of the image is low key lighting. However her hair is like how a boy would normally have it, which connotes masculine, which can be a threat to patriarchy. The smoky effect shows some sort of mystery which created the enigma codes as we don’t know who the women, the women is looking at the audience which can be shown as direct mode of address. This also is Femme Fatale which is a mysterious woman who would most likely trap her lovers/men by her attraction which signifies that she could be bad.

Image 2: The lighting of this image is Low key lighting which can be shown in the image as it is all black and dull. The woman is holding a cigarette which suggests that she is bad. The way she is looking up could suggest that she is worried and tensed for some reason.

Image 3:  The main image is of a man who has a crown and clothes which suggest that he might be a king and also shows that he is powerful. His facial expressions show that something is wrong and is troubling him.  All though his hands are close to him which might represent that he is protecting him as his hands are placed on his neck. The lighting of this image is high key to show the power and his magnificence of himself.

Image 4:  The angle the light is affecting is top lighting as this can be shown on the main image. The way he is standing, his posture shows that he is powerful. The badge that is on him connotes a man of law.  The pictures background is shady which suggests the person also might be shady, which can show that he might have a double personality.

Image 5: The image is of a woman who looks like she is getting attacked as this looks like the person is running away from something or someone which makes her the victim. The lighting is high key lighting as the way the image is bright which shows the facial expressions as she has seen someone, this can be shown by the way her eyes have widened, The harsh lighting shows what is going on. The mouth is open which could be a sense of terror.  The hand on the wall shows that she is trying to run or she is at a dead end, such as the wall.

Image 6: The image looks more natural by the way the image is taken. The way the image is laid out shows that they don’t want people to know about them, as they want them to be a secret, for example the way they are kissing and leaning on the blinds as the shadow is reflecting on them,  half-light and half dark. The lighting of this image is low key lighting.

Image 7: The lighting of this image is back lighting as this can be shown when the shadows of the four people who are walking towards the light, for example the shadows are shown as enigma codes as we don’t know who they are or what they are exactly doing.

Image 8: The lighting on the Image is low key as the image is dark, this can be shown by the shadow of the women, the women in the image looks terrified as she has seen something or someone. The background behind her looks like she is standing next to a wall or even in a house.

Image 9- The lighting of this image is high key lighting and the lights are shown on top which is also top lighting, the women in this image is praying which could imply that she is worried or praying for everything to be okay.

Image 10 - This image is a low angle shot as this is taken from the bottom of the staircase, the lighting is shown as low key, and this can imply that this is at night in the dark. The props that are being used is knifes and mask, the mask shows that the killer is trying to hide themselves which can be shown as sort of mystery as the audience are most likely to find out who it is and why they are killing innocent victims.

Image 11-

This image is of two people, which most likely looks like a couple, this can be shown by the way they are hugging and looking at each other. The image is shown as a high key lighting, however the shadows of the two people represents mystery, and a secretive affair. On the other hand the gun in the man’s hand implies that he could be a killer and is going to kill the women.

Media Awards

Outsider
In the beginning the sound is like a heartbeat which is like an actual trailer, their trying to make it scary as the genre is horror. Outsider is mostly about a teenage girl who gets picked on by a couple of guys, this can be shown in the beginning of the trailer when she is in lesson and the boys throw paper at her, another clip is shown when she is in bed as she is turning sides while sleeping this shows that she cannot sleep because something is bothering her, however her top is ripped which gives the idea something has happened as she says ‘leave me alone’. she gets flashbacks of herself when she passes by bunch of guys she than gets followed by the same group of boys in an alleyway , it is shown that she is raped by the way they show one of the guys taking his belt off and undoes his zip of his trousers, this is an extreme close up to show the audience what is going on. Later on another clip is shown in an house with four of the boys sitting down, one after another there are killed by the girl who they raped, there die in different ways. She has white eyes and is wearing white clothes which imply that she is now a ghost. Many technical codes have been used for example one of them is camera shots as there have been used throughout the trailer which makes it look real and frightening, another one is colour this is for when the girl gets flashbacks the video goes black and white and it also starts to fade each time another clip is shown.
www- Their used many camera angles and camera shots which makes is stand out and flashbacks to show what has happened and what is bothering her.
Ebi- the screaming should be more realistic


Call of Duty
The best year 13 production I thought was good was ‘call of duty’, this would mostly target teenage boys who play this game but watching this production was really funny, it included the animation of the game throughout the making, In the beginning of this production their used the part of the Call of duty game when its loading as there want it to show like the actual game, It also has a ‘kill cam’ exactly like the original game, when the player is killing the other players in the game there get points. A song is also played in the production which makes it funny as this attracts the audience. The subtitles at the bottom is mostly slang which implies that it is targeted at the teenage audience, group of teenage boys are included in this which shows that its targeted at them. The genre for this would be action because of the fighting and killing, comedy because it made us laugh and game because it is game which is being played.
www- Made it like the original game and made it funny which attracted the target audience
Ebi - there could have used toy guns to make it look more real