Laura Mulvey and my work.

In conjunction to our Exam lessons which take place with Mrs Neale, we have looked at different theories.
I feel looking at my work i can really identify my work clashing with Laura Mulveys Male gaze theory, as my piece is about nigella lawson and trying to pick on the objectification of her, i think i can relate my piece well to her theory as it's about not objectifying woman.
I have gone out of my way to make a point about Nigella's show and the fact she is being objectified byu the camera and we see her through a 'Male Gaze'.

I think my work relates more to Mulveys Theroy as i have both inadvertintly and purposely played up to the idea of her exagerated movements to the camera and her sexiness.

Poster for Magella Dawson... Research! Re-made #1

As my short film is not a typical short film and is a spoof/cooking show i think making the poster will have very different codes and conventions than the poster of mainstream and independant posters, What seems to be apparent is that the parodied films and their posters have an element of the orginal present in both the film and the advertsing to go with it.

Looking at other spoof/parody film posters i have seen that there is a big difference in the look of the posters.

I have had a look at a few spoof poster such as…

The naked gun

Hot Shots

Airplane

The 41 year old Virgin – Out of all the poster I have to say this is my favourite one, I think it’s because it’s relevant to my generation. I Like the way they have four titles which are included to make up the title. The pictures are also relevant as the actors used are lookalikes which bring the titles and pictures together. The background I think draws the viewer in as it’s an orange which catches the eye. I think the poster is well made and does it’s job in advertising the film.

For my poster I think I will use just a single photo of my actress and a piece of food such as a cake. I think the thing that will parody Nigella is the different actress who is playing her is a red head, and I will create a bad looking cake (messy) and then have my actress pose as if putting a cherry on the cake. Or the opposite and have a delicious looking cake with her making it look horrible which I think is a good idea as it’s also a way at having a go at the TV chefs not only who make bad food look good simply or the opposite and how some make good food look horrible such as Jamie Oliver.

Progression Re-made #1

Looking at my Animatic I can see there are some areas I need to work on…

-Sound usage
The sound in my Animatic was very Flat line and came completely from the video itself, I did have a soundtrack to go with the piece which I placed into the video however I think I may of done this wrong so is why the soundtrack did not play.
-Camera Steadiness
During the Animatic due to it being a filmed version it has made me aware of some issues I have with steadiness, this is very evident in the animatic as there are many shots which are ruined by my unsteadiness.
-Transitions
The majority of the animatic is very roughly edited, I think that I shall add in some transitions to make it the audience viewing smoother and feel less jumpy.
-Lighting
Lighting was problem the biggest problem I faced as the lighting fluctuates throughout the piece, to overcome this I shall bring in more artificial light onto the set as I think this will help the overall piece.
-Camera Shots
I think the use of shots in my piece do work well and show a varied outlook on the focus. I do feel however that I need to choose more rooted shots such as a mid-shot capturing the action of the cakes being made or a full body long shot of her preparing the food.

Overall
Watching the Animatic has also given me new ideas as to what I could insert into my film such as the aforementioned mid and long shots and also a few new ideas for the parody version of Nigella Lawson, such as wasting food (meaningless chopping), disgusting food.
I also see that there is a complete lack of an intro; I have a few ideas for the intro which I shall make a separate post about.