Plot Idea 1

the film tells the story of Dante Williams

the film is set around 2018 . A new  drug called Elysium  is causing epidemic around the world, the drug is know to cause vivid hallucinations, the substance is also highly addictive and it slowly kills it user . one of the indications that someone is taking elysium is that  their eyes become blood shot and when close to death the users have been known to actually bleed from their eyes, The movie follows a addict called Dante, the movie deals with his addiction but also with his hallucinations caused by the drugs. In Dante's hallucinations we see the effect of the drug on his mind. He hallucinates that he is in a forest inhabited by horrible creatures who represent the problems in his life during these hallucinations he is also haunted by his loved ones begging him to help them, because the hallucinations are so vivid  he believes that his vision are real. He begins to call this place limbo believing that his loved ones are trapped here waiting to go to heaven, however  As the creatures represent problems Dante believes he has to kill his loved ones Problems in order for them to gain passage to heaven. The movie follows Dante attempts to save his love ones but  the effect of the drugs always run off before he can save them, because of this Dante begins to up the dose so he has long to spend more time in limbo trying to save them . the movie also follows the effect of the drug on this real life he is so concerned about these hallucinations he lose his job and even forget to eat so he is slowly starving himself. to make matters worse he has began to cry blood an indication that he is close to death because of this dante begins to plan to take a  lethal dose of the drug  in a final attempt to save his loved ones. During this last attempt to save his loved ones  he manages to save them at least in this mind he has saved them, but as we see him saving he loved ones in limbo this is a graphic match and we see Dante dying in real life.




                                                      Setting
: His apartment; The design of his apartment  especially his  room it is litter with  reference to similar ideas such as an alice in wonderland , The divine comedy or also books like 1984  and also a poster for DMC these are just some on the things other ideas are a computer that the matrix code flash up on a the screen. or even more subtle hints like a can of virility a Drink from DMC. from a window in his apartment two billboards can be seen one advertising The Soylent Corporation  and the other promoting a rehab centre claiming to cure addiction to Elysium   

Limbo: I feel that the feel of limbo is very important for the overall success of a movie of this type. if you look at the pictures below we see different examples of how this can be done I personal like the lighting in the first picture but i feel the second photo looks much more menacing and imposing add would fit the feel of limbo much better

Creatures:





Music : Autopilot-Queens of the stone-age- I feel this music would be good for the scene in limbo as i feel it would set the tone of the scene as it has a very discentive lead guitar which i feel would add to the feel created by limbo  especially in the fight scenes.

Gonna see my friend-Pearl jam


Pool shark-Sublime- I feel this song would fit very well with the final attempt scene the song was wrote by Brad Nowell and in this song he is talking about his heroin addictions and how he knows it will kill him but he just can't stop taking it it a sad story and the lyric seem appropriate for the scene  "take it away but i want more,and more, one day i'm gonna lose the war".

Chop Suey-System of a down

the fountain

The fountain is a very difficult one to get any real grasp on it can be viewed as both atypical and typical of the codes and conventions of the sci-fi while it does  have some futuristic scene the movie jumps between three time periods and  at three different stories which intersect towards the ending to fully a very engaging narrative  . once again this is a movie with reference futuristic drugs in this case part of the tree of life . this  is sort of the back ground for the movie. as a have said the movie spreads over three time periods in interesting to see how lighting and sound change throughout these periods of time .  we can see the change in lighting in the picture along side this text. the last  is darker and has a much more eerie feel this maybe to represent this is fading for memory . as these scene are dreams of the main protagonist perhaps this show how long ago this part of the story is, this is also done through mise en scene, costume becomes very important to

                                                                                  section of the movie . as we see the lighting gets progressively bright as the as time pass with the scene set in the future . this could also inform the stories the movie is about a man who trying to find a way to re reunited with his dead wife. but has eat from the tree of light and is trying to find a way to die. while the other story is about a  conquistador who is trying save his queen. the story of the conquistador fails but the story of the the other man succeeds perhaps the lighting reflects that, transition are used very well in this movie to show a passing of time i feel the use of transition in the movie will inform our movie as they are used  very effectively during this movie.

 the target audience for this movie is very hard to but a specific answer while the Sci-fi aspect of the film will appeal to a sci-fi audience . this is also a romance movie which gives it a appeal to  a different audience i feel the target audience is man and women and between 15 and 29. the male audience I feel will be attract be the sci-fi aspect while the female audience will be attract be the romance stories of the movie. also the movie is direct by Darren Aronofsky so the movie many attract fans of his other movies.

This movie itself is distribute by Warner Bros. this seem to be a common factor in this genre . due to the special effect in these types of movie is is important that the movie is back by a company such as Warner.Bros as it has all the equipment that is needed for this type of film. 

The movies represents social groups quite well . it is positive in these perceptions of race and gender . in the movie . male and female are on a equal level and have a mutal respect for each other in fact the women in the seem to have more control as they are either in higher positions. as well as that people of different races seem to be on a equal and fair playing field no one is better than anyone. this relates to the Target audience due to the fact the target audience is quite young these ideas of equality would be shared by most to the target audience.

I feel the audience expectations of this movie would be that it has an engaging and enjoyable story and narrative  ,  i think the audience would also want  engaging Characters on top of this I think the it is important to the the audience that the characters are identifiable with it is important that the audience can identify with the emotions and feelings of the two character.I also feel the audience you expect the three stories to merge well meaning that no loose ends are left      



    

The Matrix

In terms of mise en scene matrix is typical of the the codes and conventions of the sci- fi  genre when we think of the mise en scene of the type of movies we think of things like virtual worlds, gadgets furtistic items. this movie seems to have all the thing. also the set design in this movie is very important for creating not only the sci-fi feel on the novel take for example  the set design  in the first screenshot below the wall says "Mobil ave" this is not done by chance this is a very deliberates choice of name as " Mobil ave" is     an anagram of limbo.  the set design  is very dilberatly set up  like that to convey this idea that Neo one of the protagonist is trapped here between the two worlds
it  can also be noted the everything is painted white which represent this idea perhaps of purity being linked to limbo. it is interesting the the lighting in both the clips is very dark and eerie feels this set up a much darker sci-fi. i also feel the use of of alice and wonderland are very interesting and also are engaging to an audience  "I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?"  you stay in wonderland and i show you how deep the hole goes".  i feel it is a interesting use of something  with such an appeal as Alice in wonderland to give depth and some understanding to the movie.  i feel  we could include something simlar to this in our films perhaps in a more subtle like maybe like a dvd of Alice in wonderland used as part of the set design.

The Matrix is a film which appeals to both male and female audiences, however it mainly targets males. The target audience would  be around  15-25 years however it seems to lean more towards the the former i feel this due to its heavy action scenes which would attract a much younger crowd.i Feel this would be the many core  of it's audience . i don;t feel the more real appeals to women or older person due to the lack of a subtle character would would appeal to the groups in society however the matrix has a big enough audience from what would of being it target audience. that it doesn't really need to worry about attracting other groups in society.

   

Well the matrix itself is distributed by  Warner Bros. this seems to be a recurring distributed through out these films as both I am legend as well as the fountain are distribute by Warner Bros as do other movie in the Sci-fi genre. This I feel is because of the resources a group as big would have at it's    

 i feel that Social groups are represented  quite well in this film and this is quite evident throughout.
I feel

I feel the audience for this type of movie expected a lot of action things the gun fight chase scene  and martial arts which are all things found in the movie ultimately i feel the target audience for such a what something engaging but also thrilling to watch they want this also edge of you set type mentality with this type of film and ultimately  i feel the movie delivers on the front it  presents an engaging, thriller story and overall film which definitely meets the expectation for these films.      

movie idea 1

The screen opens with static of a TV, then a news report flashes on the screen " ladies and gentleman..." more static cuts the news report . After about five seconds the news report reappear " there has been a mass disaster in london please stay with us we will give you all the information as it comes in..." more static wait 5 seconds " we are now learning know that this is not an isolated act we are getting reports from all of the wor.." more static cuts the news report  wait 10 seconds " ladies and gentleman i'm not quite sure how to tell you this (short pause) but people seem to be attacking each other we are ask you to stay in doors and stay away from windows and doors ...Good luck and.."  (static for 15 seconds) then the last news report appears  on the screen it's fuzzy compare to the rest " ladies this is our last broadcast before we begin transmitting the emergency broadcast we are learning that the dead in the streets seem to be rising this is the end i suggest you spend these final hours with you loved ones good night and god bless..." static again then the emergency broadcast begins.

after about 10 seconds the emergency broadcast goes static (wait 10 seconds) suddenly there is a burst on light and we see a man looking down at a camcorder he seems very worried and tears are begining to appear at the corner of his eyes  and we hear bashing on a door and screaming " My name is Alan White I'm with a group of survivors if you find this. it is the story of  are final hours " the time at the top right hand corner says 2:30:05 the screen again goes dark for five seconds then after five seconds  " Hey look a camcorder i wonder if it works" there is a flash of light and we see Alan staring at it the time in the top right hand corners says 00:00:00  then the screen goes black and the title blends in "Survivors".

limitless

Limitless can be viewed as both typical and atypical to the codes and conventions of the Sci-fi genre,  the setting can be view as atypical to the codes and conventions of the Sci-fi genre at it is set during the present this is atypical to the codes of the genre which in generally are set in either the future or some times even the past , however the use of a futuristic drug (NZT) gives the movie it's sci-fi feel and appeal . You can also say that as a movie Limitless represent certain ideology and beliefs this is typical of a sci-fi movies and also sci-fi books to some extent i.e 1984 by George Orwell.  I feel that  the drug scenes will be useful for our opening  and the effect the drugs has to the lighting and music will help inform us when we shot similar scenes of our own . for example the lighting while the main character is off the drugs is  is very dull this in someway shows the effect of the drug. The whole idea of the drug in the movie is that as human beings we only use 20% of are brain but this drug allows us to access the rest of it. this as I have already given reference to this being  show by lighting while the main protagonist is off the drug the lighting is much darker this i feel is in reference to the idea of using only 20% of our brain  but when the protagonist the lighting is much brighter and vibrant this could be linked to the enlightenment which comes with the drug in the movie.  the effect of the drug is also shown using a motion control set up where the camera does multiple pass of the same scene but the character doing different actions. allows us to see the effect of the drug.

It is very hard to given an accurate target audience. However I feel  the target audience for Limitless you  would assume to be young people age perhaps 16 to later 20's, this would be normal  this would be  typical for a movie of this genre . you could say this is reinforced the the use of bradley cooper in the film he appeals to this age bracket and also  would attract   people to the movie who perhaps wouldn't normal watch Sci-fi movies .  Also the use of Robert De Niro would attract  an older audience to the movie due to his notoriety as an actor this again would bring people to the film who would be atypical of the normal Sci-fi audience. In conclusion while I would say the target audience would be around 16 to later 20's . the inclusion of Bradley Cooper and De Niro would help attract people from beyond the target audience.

Limitless it self it distributed by a company called relativity media which doesn't seem to specialise in one  genre it movies seem to stretch across many genres from comedy to action to western however that is not to say it has not produce and distributed sci-fi movies.


This movie seems to represent most if not all social groups at some part on the film. The representation of the difference between upper class and working class is very evident throughout the movie . in fact the story of the main protagonist charts his rise through these social classes from a failed poor writer to a wealth business man you could say the rich in this movie are viewed in a negative way they all seem to have this opposing character and a real almost arrogant  of self-importance.However neither are portrayed in a positive light. the movie also seeks to represent a wide range of ethnicity's throughout the movie. it is interesting the most immigrants in the movie are viewed in the negative criminal light   this is evident through the character Gennady who is an east european loan shark, it is interesting that no one of an ethics apart from white americans seem to have most of the power throughout the movie.  Overall however the most present group throughout the movie are typical americans.I feel this would relate to the target audience as the movie seem to have a more american target audience however that is not to say the film has not done well else were in the uk allow it grossed over 2 million in it first week .The movie is helped i feel by this  obsession people seem to have with american culture and with american films and music.     



i feel the audience for this type of movie the expect a lot of action and fighting put also audience in this genre i feel want a engaging protagonist this evident throughout movies of this genre . i believe limitless  definitely has a likeable and engaging protagonist in bradley cooper . another thing audiences would expect for these types of movies is a engaging plot to the film the plot is important for giving the movie is sic-fi feel and appeal . while you could say this movie in more of a thriller . the use of futuristic drugs give the movie it's sci-fi aspect