Thursday 17 March 2011

Be Kind Rewind

Be Kind RewindFilm: Ghostbusters
Materials:
Dress, string, foil, wire, marshmallows, cardboard, vacuum cleaners, torch, cellophane, fishing rods, tinsel, radio, big plastic bags, mop, paper, hoses, cloth, cream.

Film:
Rush Hour 2
Materials:
Suits, toy car mat, garbage bags, torch, dress.

Film:
Lion King
Materials:
Paper, cardboard, material, paint.

Film:
Robocop
Materials:
Car parts, hair dryer, helmet, rubbish.

Film:
Driving Miss Daisy
Materials:
Hat, car, dress, suit, wood.

Film:
When We Were Kings
Materials:
Cushions, shorts, bags, foam, bat, cardboard, headphones, car.

Film:
2001 Space Odyssey
Materials:
tyres, fridge, tins, foil, cardboard, rubbish.

Film:
King Kong
Materials:
toy firetruck, monkey suit, wigs, metal, cardboard.

Film:
Carrie
Materials:
spaghetti, dress, flowers.

Film:
Men In Black
Materials:
Toy cars, car, suit, wire reel.

Film:
Boyz In The Hood
Materials:
Wigs, pizza, clothes.

Thursday 3 March 2011

Venn Diagram

Clueless:
Time span: A few weeks
Filmed and set in 1995
Settings change whereas in The Breakfast Club they are at school for the whole film.
Sub settings: School, Cher's house, party, gas station, highway and the Mall
Popularity was important to everyone.
Had more main characters.
Main characters: Cher, Dionne, Tai, Josh, Murray, Elton, Travis, Mal. 
Characters were all sort of similar
Heaps of rich, spoilt kids.
Made virginity out to be a good thing.
Helping/donating.
Superficial issues.
New comers.
Driving.
Jealousy.
Homosexuality.
Parties.
Music was more just to fill in background sound instead of being meaningful.












The Breakfast Club:
Time span: One day.
Filmed and set in 1985.
Setting was at school.
Kids from all different backgrounds
Had less main characters
Main characters: Brian, Claire, Allison, Andrew, John and Vernon.
The main characters are in detention being watched by the principal.
Main characters are all from different cliques and are unique.
Made virginity out to be a bad thing.
Meaningful music and lyrics.
Sound effects over swearing.
Family issues.
Anger.
Bullying.
Family backgrounds and issues.




Similarities:
Mainly teenage characters in both films.
Both mainly set at or around schools.
Cliques:
Reputations and upholding them.
Make overs.
Issues: Virginity, family issues, relationships, friendships, love, stereotypes and drugs.