Tuesday 22 November 2011

Research Task's References

Task 1 - http://www.imdb.com/ - Researched on the 12. 11.11

Task 2 - http://www.hr-photographer.co.uk/about_me.php  -Researched on the 12.11.11
            - http://www.peterrogers-photo.co.uk/publicity.htm

Photographers working in Picture Publicity

Publicity photographers can be found in the Stage and many website directories. Many are high street photographers and simply does not have the expertise or understanding of photographing actors and performers, best check their portfolios before booking.

Peter Rogers

Getting Castings and Auditions

                               
                                    Example of one of Peter Roger's first pictures -


 Many dancers, singers, actors, musicians and models will find auditions in The Stage, the website and paper for the entertainment industry. There are also many online websites on which actors, singers, dancers and models can find work.
                            
Peter Rogers Photography also specialises in photography for publicity purposes.

 Peter Rogers can work to any deadline and have covered many a demanding assignment – ranging from The Queen’s visits around the country. To swinging 30 feet up a tree to capture images for a company’s garden website.

 Harry Rafique

New Model Photographers.


Harry began his photography career during the late eighties, initially learning his craft by assisting fashion and advertising photographers in London. He worked on many shoots including photographing fashion for magazines, product advertising shoots, actor’s head shots, models, dancers, presenters for publicity.

                                  
                                         Example of one of Harry Rafique's photos -

His passion for photography has led him to become an accomplished photographer in three divisions; publicity mainly head shots, PR and social photography. Acting as the lead photographer at social events in some of London's most prestigious venues, he now boasts a high profile client list that includes Walt Disney, Cameron Macintosh, and Time Life International.
He now works from his studio in Abbey Road, London as a full time photographer specialising in professional publicity photography, from actors' spotlight photos or actors' head shots as known in the entertainment industry, to dancers' portfolios & head shots for singers, opera singers, presenters and models, including bands and musicians cover albums.

Five Film Posters

300

300 is a 2006 American fantasy action film .It is a fictionalised retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae.

The films target audience is for action/adventure fans who enjoy a good story line but plenty of action involved in the film, which was based on a true story.The overall image of the poster shows the pure power of the man in the picture. The way the tittle is presented splattered across the screen in blood connects with the film and that it's going to be bloody.

 
Director & Writer:   Zack Snyder

Battle of Los Angeles


Los Angeles invaded by space aliens that have landed off the shore of LA, and who begin killing everybody along the beach. The Marines are sent on a mission to rescue some civilians who are trapped at the police station within alien territory.


The target audience is for Sci-Fi people who enjoy a made up film but still able to believe it as the film comes across as being so real, linked with an action/adventure to keep people interested in the film. The background of the image show's the alien ship and the marine going towards it showing no fear. And shows how strong the image is.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman       
Writer: Christopher Bertolini
Avatar
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland, and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.


The target audience is fantasy mixed with Sci-Fi as a made up film but comes across being so real and with the battles involved in the film means action in the film makes it more interesting. Half of the poster show's the marine and then shows him as a Navi making this one person split into two in two different worlds, The other half of the poster shows the landscape of Pandora and the mysterious land.
Director  & Writer - James Cameron

 
Death Race
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory. In 2012, amid economic chaos and high unemployment, Americans watch by the millions as criminals with life sentences race armoured cars on Terminal Island.


The target audience for the film with the cars involved is the main storyline makes it a thriller with fast cars and weapons attacthed to them and people have a fifty-fifty chance of getting off the race track alive. The poster shows all the main characters in the film and who will make the film intresting. The other part of the poster shows the cars and guns which is the main purpose of the film. The bold tittle inbetween the dark black and light white in the background.

Director  & Writers - Paul W.S. Anderson

Taken
Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan Mills. Bryan is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be near Kim in California.  Kim manages to convince her reluctant father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. They soon go missing and Bryan goes after his daughter.

The target audience is for thrillers as theirs a race against time for Bryan to find his daughter before theirs a chance of never finding her. The people who kidnapped his daughter are people who are involved in crime within Paris. Bryan is shown as the main person on the poster him holding a gun showing his strong imagery next to him his daughter which is the main purpose of the film. And the dark red tittle standing out from the rest of the poster.
 
Writers: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen