Sunday, 22 November 2015

Spider-Man features

Spider-Man Features



In Spider-Man, Marvel uses a lot of creative techniques. For example Marvel use an establishing camera shot to show the setting of where the scene is taking place, they also create a hybrid of the superhero movie and action movie genre as it has a superhero in it but also has a lot of fight scenes and shooting in it. It also contains a lot of non-diegetic and diegetic sounds, for example there are  a lot of guns firing which you see so that would be classed as diegetic but there are also many non-diegetic sounds like the background music which is non-diegetic. The setting is also a big feature in spider-man because if it were set in small village it wouldn't have the same effect as he wouldn't be able to swing from building to building with his web... But in a city he can.

Monday, 16 November 2015

Marvel and Dc Comics

Marvel And Dc


                                               Marvel

 Image result for marvel logoMarvel Worldwide Inc.. commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc.. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, the Walt Disney company acquired Marvel entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company. Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Wolverine, iron man, Captain America, Spider man and the Hulk, such teams as the avengers, the fantastic four, the X-men , and antagonists such as Magneto, Mystique, Green goblin, Doctor doom, Dr octopus  and Loki. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel universe, with locations that mirror real-life cities. 

DC

DC Comics, Inc. is an America comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a company of Warner bros Entertainment, which itself is owned by time Warner. DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in American comic books, and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman , green lantern, the Flash, Aqua Man , hawk man and Green arrow. It was founded in late 1934 or early 1935 by Malcolm wheeler Nicholson. DC's first logo appeared on the April 1940 issues of its titles. The letters "DC" stood for Detective Comics, the name of Batman's flagship title. The small logo, with no background, read simply, "A DC Publication".  The initials "DC" came from the company's popular series Detective comics, which featured Batman's debut and subsequently became part of the company's name


Difference between the two.

The difference between Marvel and DC is that the Marvel comics are set in real life places  such as spider man is set in New York whereas DC comics are set in fictional places e.g. Batman takes place in fictional Gotham. Another difference is that Marvel make more money than Dc as Marvel is partnered with Disney meaning they can make alot more money through merchandise and it has also made a lot more money in the box office than Dc you can check this through www.the-numbers.com


Monday, 2 November 2015

Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer

                              Diegetic and Non-Diegetic





Diegetic- Sound comes from a source within the scene- dialogue, actors, or even music from a radio.

Non-Diegetic- Added to the soundtrack to heighten impact or create an emotional response.

  • At the very start of the trailer a piano can be heard, since you cant see the piano in the scene this would be Non-Diegetic sound, the piano sound creates a mysterious effect, linking in with the strange masked creature we see at the start.
  • Around about 1 minute 10 seconds in we can see a fight between aircraft's going on in the sky as hear explosions going off, this is known as Diegetic sound as we can clearly see where the source of the noise is coming from, this lets the viewer know exactly what is happening within the scene.
  • Near the end of the trailer we can hear the Star Wars tune, this is also Non-Diegetic which is added in so the viewers know what the trailer is for and for them to remember this is the star wars theme tune. This not only helps people recognize it but it also sticks in people's minds and the next time they hear it, will know it is Star Wars based.