Exam Q Prezzi-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/nov/07/puss-in-boots-tower-heistThis article looks at how Puss in boots is doing really well in the cinema and has even beat the film Tower Heist for the top spot.

Mark Kermode: Death of 3D-

This video discusses how Kermode personally feels that 2D better than 3D in terms of detail and clearer picture and how he predicts that 3D films two years from now will be on the decline and will return to the novelty status it used to have as a 3D's being special one offs.

Weekly Film articles:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/oct/28/samuel-l-jackson-highest-grossing
This article discusses the fact Samuel L Jackson is the highest grossing film star of all time. All of his films, from Pulp fiction to snakes on a plane, combined have grossed at $7.4 billion. He is now in the guinness book of records too.




http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/oct/31/justin-timberlake-coen-brothers
This article is about Justin Timberlake who is lined up to star in a new coen brothers film. He has been offered one of the lead roles in their new film and if he accepts the role he will be starring with Carey Mulligan.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/04/film-maker-plans-diana-biopic
This is an article about how producer Stephens Evans is planning on making a £50 million budget film on Diana and her life which will apparently focus on the difficult period of her life during her marriage to Prince Charles and their subsequent divorce in 1996.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/oct/04/clones-hollywood-mutant-movies
This article discusses how US blockbusters have all become based on generically modified monsters 'with the evil forces of CGI driving out the good forces of place and personality'.

Ideas for a short film:

This is the kind of idea I'd like to produce, I like the fact its quite different and would be fairly simple to replicate, I thought it was particularly effective because the idea is quite simple but keeps you engaged and even though its quite cliche with convincing acting I could make it different. I would use my sister as the main actress instead and make the memories longer scenes as opposed to just flashing images, because Im using someone younger (16)instead of just focusing into the past I think I want to base the memories on something bad thats happened in her life or something really good and film he recalling this big event.

BBC Radio 4 Interview:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007wk82#p00c5pdd
This is an interview with the director of Knocked up, Judd Apotow. He talks about how the film is an exaggerated variation of the relationship he had with his wife in two different periods, he also discusses how his family are connected to the film as his 2 daughters played the 2 daughters in the film and his wife ( Leslie Mann) played the main actresses married sister.

My chosen Film Sequence

For my chosen film anaylsis I decided to do the begginning scene of Law abiding citizen- the following Youtube clip is a previous deconstruction of this sequence

The scene is full of action and suspense and builds up gradually, whilst allowing us to understand the characters motives straight away and therefore the whole concept of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjayCBnnEEA&feature=related Up to 4 minutes 13 seconds.

Top Ten Film List:

1.) Shawshank Redemption
2.) The Pianist
3.) Green Mile
4.) Mean girls
5.) Law abiding citizen
6.) Ace Ventura
7.) Rock n Rolla
8.) The Butterfly effect
10.) American Gangster

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jun/06/x-men-first-class-teenage-outsider
This article discusses the most recent X men- first class and how far its come form its Marvel begginning days as well as proposing the series represent teenager outsiders and this in itself is a positive message.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/07/06/johnny-depp-pirates-of-the-caribbean/
This article is from MTV.com and discusses Johnny Depp and the fact he has signed up to do Pirates of the Carribean 5 already as well as how much money number 4 made.