Hero - The Hero in the story is called Nick Flick and has just started at Sixth Form. He is 17 years of age and is White. He had lots of friends at his previous school but he doesn't know anybody at his new Sixth Form as he has recently moved house. He is 6ft 2in and enjoys reading and his favourite subject is history. He has always dreamt of being in the local newspapers for doing something spectacular.
Situation - At the beginning of the story Nick arrives for his first day of Sixth Form. He enters the gates and he notices that something odd is going on. He sees people with strange powers. He asks the Headteacher what is going on but she says that it is the norm. Nick goes to his first lesson and is greeted by his teacher. The teacher has a super power of going invisible. He gets settled in and he notices that everyone in the class has a power. Some pupils have small powers such as reading a book without looking at the pages and some have bigger powers such as levitation.
Opportunity - Nick has come from a normal 21st century home when everything was normal. He is now at a strange Sixth Form college where the teachers and pupils have super powers. He decides to get everyone back to normal. He gets help from his old school mates from his old school. He does research and looks back in history to see what has been going on.
Goal - His goal is to take away the powers that the teachers and pupils have and get back to the normal world. He will do anything to get to his goal. He needs to find a way to overpower the people with superpowers. Nick gets help from people outside of the strange Sixth Form and finds a way to turn the people back to normal.
Conflict - Whilst trying to overpower the people with the powers he gets bullied and tortured as he is the only person without any powers. They think that he is different and that he shouldn't be there. He also has difficulty finding away to overpower them. He seeks specialist help form the normal world and is close to a solution. Nick is the typical school boy and he wants to turn things back to normal before the superpowers go to everybody else.
The purpose of the sounds in the clip are to create tension. The sounds create an 'uncertainty'. The viewer is not sure whether the robbers will get out and get away. The sounds create the uncertainty and this builds up tension. The sounds are also there to entertain the viewer. The sounds are put together to sound like a real robbery and get away.
In the clip that I watched there is a getaway driver (Ryan Gosling) and he is waiting for two criminals to come out from committing a robbery. The driver has a strict rule; he only waits five minutes before he drives off without them.
The sound of the Driver's watch makes the viewer think that time is running out and that time is passing. The sound of the watch is loud which makes everything else seem quiet. The watch is strapped to the steering wheel of the car and is ticking away and the noise gets louder as time goes on. As the five minutes come to an end the watch sound starts to get louder and the tone of the ticking sound is very sharp. The effect of this is that the viewer really looks and listens at the scene.
There is a Police Scanner sound in the clip and the sound gives the presence of Police. It creates even more tension as it makes it sound like the Police are getting onto them and are going to catch them. The Police say on the scanner that they know what car to look for. The effect of this is that the viewer begins to think that they are going to get caught.
Again the volume of the Police Scanner increases as the clip goes on. This is to create more suspense and tension.
The getaway driver has the radio on in his car. He turns it up as it is the sports channel and he is listening to a basketball game. He turns down the Police Scanner for a moment and pays more attention to the game on the radio. By taking more notice of the car radio for a few moments makes the getaway driver seem cool and shows that he is calm and that he is in control of the situation.
There are some environmental sounds in the clip of Drive. The alarm sounds which tells the viewer that there is a crime taking place. The scene is fairly quiet before the alarm goes off and this makes the viewer concentrate on the screen and look at the guys getting away. The sound of the car engine is loud and it sounds like it wants to get away like the two men do. The car is a loud muscle car anyway but the sound of the engine is very loud when the car pulls away. There are Police Sirens in the distance and they make the viewer think that the Police are onto them and are going to arrest them. Before the men reach the car there is a sound of crickets. The crickets give the sound of the night. They are also very loud and that's all you can hear before the getaway driver opens the door for the two men.
How do the sounds blend together?
The sounds blend together to give the viewer the experience of a real crime and a getaway scene. This is done by the volume and timing of the sound effects. For example, the sound of the sirens and Police cars are but together to give the viewer the idea of the Police chasing the driver and the guys. All of the small sounds are put together in a sequence to create tension and the viewer experiences the police chase and the robbery by using the sounds.
I created a Top Trump card using Photoshop. I added a photo of myself and made the canvas look liked a typical top trump card. I edited my photo to make it look better by using the curves option in Photoshop. To get eh score boxes I used the rounded rectangle shape tool. I then played around with different stroke and fill options. After I added the boxes I went about adding text. I added the text and then chose an appropriate font. I then used the rectangle tool again for my background. I then went into the layer options to give it the textured look.
I gave myself a score out of 10 on how confident I was with:
Tone: The character of Nathan is very sarcastic. I can tell this because he takes the mick out of people and doesn't care about what he says to people. He is also very sharp with what he says. For example he answers back to the Probation Officer very quickly. The tone of his voice is light and when he talks it sounds like he is being playful.
Volume: Nathan has a clear loud voice. He is the first person to speak after the Probation Officer has finished speaking. This shows that he always wants to talk and be first with everything. By talking first he dominates the conversation. Everything that is said after he spoke is about what he started off.
Accent: Nathan has a Irish accent. His accent is quite lyrical and warm. Nathan's accent suits the vocab that he says. It might not suit another character as they don't have the same accent as him. As the scene is set in London the accent gives Nathan a sense of not being in a class.
Vocab: Whenever Nathan speaks his never swears. He is also quite witty when he speaks. Nathan is also argumentative when he speaks. He says "But what if they are right?", he has a comment ready to fire back at the Officer straight away. He likes to confront people and doesn't care about what he says to them.
What does this tell us about the character?
By what Nathan says you can tell that he is the joker of the group. You can tell this because he argues and confronts people and eventually makes a joke from the situation. Nathan is also child-like. You get this idea from him being the jokes and him not swearing. A child laughs and cannot swear; like the character of Nathan.
Curtis:
Tone: His tone is lower than everyone else's In the group and he sounds more relaxed. He doesn't change even when he gets angry or annoyed. By his tone of voice I can tell that he is the cool guy of the group.
Volume: In the clip Curtis speaks quite quietly. He doesn't need to get lots of attention like Nathan. Curtis does get slightly loudly when annoyed or when he gets angry.
Vocab: He uses Urban vocabulary when he speaks. He may come from a street background or may want to sound cool. But when he speaks his uses that vocabulary.
What does this tell us about the character?
We find out that Curtis is the cool character of the group and that he doesn't want to be at the community service. We also know that he uses street vocabulary when he speaks. This suggests that he hangs around with a gang or people on the streets.
Kelly:
Kelly is the stereotypical Chav. She speaks quite loudly and uses "Chav Vocabulary". She has a Northern accent and Nathan takes the mick out of her when she speaks. She speaks loudly when answering back to Nathan. This tells us that she doesn't care about what she says to people. The Northern accent makes her voice sound strong when she speaks. You find out that Kelly is a loud character and has a personality of a chav. She plays the chav and she doesn't have much class.
Aleisha:
Aleisha's tone differs from what situation and mood she's in. She is the 'slutty' member of the group. Her volume also differs from what mood she is in. She has an urban accent or a girls accent and she uses slang words when she talks. We can make out that she is from an urban background and has friends who use slang are like her. She also doesn't care about her community service as she talks to here friends on the phone when her Probation Officer is talking. This shows that she is rude and doesn't want to be at the community service.
Simon:
Simon doesn't speak in the clip whereas everyone else does. This suggests that he is quite member of the group. He doesn't laugh at Nathan or Aleisha which shows that he is serious and wants to get on. In the clip he doesn't make any sound at all but when you watch the clip you see that he doesn't do anything wrong and just stands there at the end of the group. This tells us that he doesn't fit in with the others and that he isn't like them.
Gary:
Gary is also the stereotypical chav. You can tell this by looking at him but you also tell this by his choice of words. He says to Nathan, " You looking to get stabbed". This shows that he is aggressive and he shows this through his speech. Gary speaks like the other member of the group Kelly. He has a chav accent and he doesn't use adventurous vocabulary which may suggest the is of low class. Gary says to Nathan "I'm going to rip out your throat and Sh*t down your neck." He said this violently and he doesn't care what he says in front of the Probation Officer. This shows the viewer that he must talk like this all the time.
The Moving Picture Company was founded in 1909 by Carl Laemmle. The first movie that was produced was called Hiawatha. There is little history of the company up until the company created modern films.
What type of work do MPC do?
MPC are one of the global leaders in VFX and have been in the business for 25 years. They are renowned for adding effects and visual wonder to advertising, film and entertainment industries. They have done some famous projects which include some blockbuster movies such as:
Harry Potter
Pirates of the Carribbean
Life Of Pi
Famous Advertising Projects:
Samsung
Cadbury
Sony
John Lewis
John Lewis Advertising:
Technology Used:
MPC use many different software packages. They use:
Alice
Kali
Pronto
Furtility
Flowline
They use their own tools to create powerful and innovative solutions to the challenging visual requirements.
The YC Waveform displays luminance information as a green waveform. The bright objects produce a waveform pattern (the green areas) near the top of the graph. The darker objects produce a waveform towards the bottom. The YC Waveform also displays chrominance information as a blue waveform.
RGB Parade:
The RGB scope displays waveforms representing the red, green and blue in a clip. The waveforms appear in a graph one after another. The levels of each colour channel is measured proportionally to each other using the scale of 0 to 100.
Vectorscope:
The Vectorscope displays a circular chart, similar to a colour wheel, that shows the video’s chrominance information. The saturation is measured from the center of the chart outwards.
