X Marks the Spot

What does the board do?

The board classifies films, computer games and publications. It also decides what consumer advice should be provided. It also classifies internet content referred by the ACMA, and deals with material referred by the Australian Customs Service and enforcement agencies such as the police. The board acts like a filter between the producers, market and audience.

How important is context in the decision making process?

Context is important in the decision making process because it affects decisions of the board. For example if there is a film that may offend a country or cause problems, that particular country may not want to show a particular film.

How is impact assessed?

Impact is assessed on how the audience will react.  Will the audience become mentally unstable or change their activities based on a film or computer game.  If something is restricted, the audience may become angry. They have to think about the bigger picture.

Research some of the decisions the Board has made in recent years. What content has been refused classification or needed to be amended.

The game Mortal Kombat was refused classification. It contained violence that exceeds strong in impact and was therefore unsuitable for persons aged under 18 years to play. It is the fatalities in the game which was the major reason why the game was classification because there was too much blood and gore.

Undead : Short Essay Response

There are many difficult parts of the production process. In the making of UNDEAD there were many challenges because of their low budget. What I find to be most to be the most difficult in the production process is location scouting during pre-production, costuming during the production stage and editing the film during post-production.

                A difficult part of the production process is location scouting. In UNDEAD, the directors had to choose locations where it best suited the film, these we’re in the middle of nowhere and seemed rare to find. I believe it is difficult to find the exact place you pictured, even though you could still change it. There aren’t unlimited places in the world, and a studio is still very limited, even more so with a limited budget.  The setting isn’t the only difficult thing to construct.

                Costume design in a film of various roles may require lots of work and thinking. You have to choose the best costume that would work. Sometimes when you picture a character in a different set of clothes, they look completely different. Finding the correct outfit for every character is a difficult task. Some costumes are also difficult to create such as the zombies in UNDEAD. The characters in UNDEAD were costumed nicely and they seemed to fit in the time and place they were in. Costumes design is a challenging part in the production process, but the thing that allows a film to become a film is even more challenging.

                Editing the film is a long process and requires attention to lots of detail. Scenes need to flow and the film shouldn’t leave an audience thinking about the actually quality of the film. The number of frames of the scenes is something I believe is a challenge, a frame too short or too long may leave an audience staring at a picture for no reason, or not enough time to capture what was being shown to them. In the production of UNDEAD, there were certain takes which couldn’t be used. To solve this they used extra shots that they got and insert them in various places. This is a problem the film of my own production could have.

                The challenges that I envisage for my own production in Term 4 will probably consist of these three, location scouting, costuming and editing. Location for our own little film will be difficult because we don’t have lots of power to control any environment we please. We have some sort of control indoors but if we were to be outdoors there would be much interference. Costuming may also cause a problem, if we wanted to create a character with a certain personality or occupation, we would need the suitable clothing. Within our own wardrobes however, we have our usual wear, and costumes would have to be created using time or bought using an invisible budget. Editing will also cause a challenge because as young adolescents, we have not been exposed to editing technology and it will be very new to us. Getting every frame correct will also cause a problem to create a great film, to top that off we also have a time limit.

                The most challenging aspects of the production process are location scouting, costuming and editing.  These are three of the many other challenges that creating a film possesses. In UNDEAD these were indeed a challenge.

               

               

Help Wanted

TV Extras, Actors and Models

In this job you will be acting as an extra for required Commercials and films. You will be working with other extras and the director. You will work during the production stage. You will be working for Models Actors Musicians Management International, they are a talent agency which is constantly placing talent of all ages in exciting TV and magazine industries.

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Graphic Designer

Graphics designers will have to provide design solutions that support the key marketing communication strategies for the company, AusRegistry Group. You will have to display knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop and Acrobat, Microsoft, PowerPoint and HTML coding. They work during the post-production stage. You will be working with a fun and dynamic team of other graphic designers.

RMIT – Diploma of Graphic Design

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Digital Marketing Specialist

You will be working under the company Telstra, which are Australia’s recognised successful information and communications technology solution providers.  In this job your role will to be a part of the Brands and Advertising team. You will need to report to the General Manager Digital and be responsible for planning and executing Channel & Marketing programmes. You will work during post-production stage.

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Media/Radio Advertising

You will be working under a company that is one of Australia’s leading radio stations selling media advertising and radio ad space to financial, environmental, healthcare and hospitality sectors. You will required to visit and engage clients and customize advertising to specifications needed by client, manage clients and account management of regular clients and keeping abreast with changes in demographics and market changes in the advertising industry. You will be working during the post-production stage.

Education

RMIT – Certificate IV in Advertising

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Online Media Key Agency Account Manager

You will be working under the company of Round8 Australia. You will work with Australia’s largest online publisher and people who are also driven, passionate, and dynamic and LOVE new technologies. You will be managing key agency accounts, developing creative advertising campaigns and proposals to pitch to your clients, respond to client briefs, and manage market relationships. You will be working during the production stage.

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Production Roles

Production Roles

2d/Concept Artist

Concept artists are artists that draw sketches that reflect the ideas discussed in the film. They have to have to produce images in a timely manner to make short deadlines so the film can continue being produced. They work closely with the others members of design team, including the Art Director and Storywriters. 2d/Concept Artists work mainly in the pre-production stage.

Composer

A composer will need to write music to suit the mood and action in the film. They will need to compose, perform, arrange, and then work with producers to rearrange music as they change and finalize the film. Composers work with the producers to create the music they need. They work during the post-production stage.

Costumes / Wardrobe

This role is responsible for design, fitting, hire, purchase, manufacture and care of all costume items on feature films. These costumes are the costumes that actors wear. They are also responsible for jewellery, footwear, corsetry, hosiery, millinery and sometimes wig work. They work with the production designer and director to make sure that costumes fit and blend into the overall production design. They work during the production stage.

Dialect Coach

A dialect coach helps train an actor in diction or the use of inflections. This helps the actor create speech which fits the character and situation. Dialect coaches work with actors. They work during the production stage.

Hair Stylist

Hair Stylists prepare performers’ scalp and skin and create hairstyles to suit production requirements. They also work with wigs, hairpieces, and hair extensions and may be required to use chemical solutions. Hair stylists work with the other makeup and costume departments, as well as with directors, actors and extras. They work during the production stage.

Jaws Creation Questions

Jaws Creation Questions

1.       The idea for Jaws originated from the idea, of a gigantic shark that would never leave a shore. This story came from a recent fishing of a 450 pound shark off Long Island. The main origin you could say is from the novel written by Peter Benchley

2.       Particular scenes were removed from the film because they were too violent and horrendous and it was just bad taste.

3.       During the pre-production stage the production commissioners produce footage of a real shark tangled in the chains of the empty shark cage, which then escaped and the cage dropped to the ocean floor. The script changed to when the shark broke the cage from the boat there was no man inside.

4.       During the casting process, Spielberg first sought after the actors he thought could fulfil the actor’s role the best, these are his preferred choices. For Chief Brody, Ray Schneider overheard a conversation regarding Jaws, and volunteered himself to act that character. For Hooper, Richard was firstly contacted, but he turned the offer down. After better look at himself, he decided to take the job. When selecting Quint, he was suggested Robert Shaw who Spielberg ended up choosing.

5.       Location scouting is looking for a location which you wish to shoot your film that suits its needs. Steven Spielberg chose the location for his film because it had shallow waters so the mechanical shark could function and when you were out at sea, you wouldn’t be able to see land which the characters could potentially head back to.

6.       The actor Ray Schneider contributed to the production of Jaws by saying the quote “We’re going to need a bigger boat”. This wasn’t in the script, but it was incorporated into the film.

7.       A composer creates music for the film. The considerations that were taken into music for the creation of Jaws were that they wanted to advertise the presence and absence of the shark with the music.

8.       Spielberg reshot a scene as a result of test screenings. He reshot the scene with Ben Gardner’s head popping out of the hull of a boat.

9.       The director of photography is the person who decides what kind of camera focus, angles and effects of the camera to use. During Jaws, the D.O.P hand-held the camera while resting in on his knees and body to film.

10.   An editor cuts film and puts it together. The editor for jaws was Verna Fields. Her job was to finish the movie.

11.   Based on the documentary, the responsibilities of a producer is to decide what scenes will happen in the film, what kind of actions, script etc will be used.

12.   Once principal photography has finished, producers must edit and test the film to finalize it. They will then distribute the film.

13.   The production designer in this film went out with a team to collect ideas, photographs and pictures of the town where the film could be shot.