Fourth Scene Setting and Props

For the villain's secret hideout room we need a small space as it's supposed to be somewhere in the villain/hero's house that only the villain persona knows about. we walked around the school to see if there were any places we could use for filming. It needed to be somewhere dark so as to connote that the villain is a very dark character.

After a while we decided the best place to us would probably be the theatre as it it's completely black in there with all the lights off.

We are using a spacious corner of the theatre as we need a corner to show the villain ha pictures up of the hero and pictures of clocks all around the room. The excess space isn't an issue as we can use lighting and camera techinques such as different shots and camera movements to make the place appear smaller and more contained.

We stuck pictures on the wall of me as the hero character along with pictures Imogen stalked off of my facebook. We also ripped out pieces of newspaper and printed headlines relating to heroic activities such as 'Hero does it again!' an 'Baby saved from burning blaze!' this has been done to show that the villain is obsessed with the hero character and and to connote the fact he knows about the hero and also captivated by the hero's personality and his life. On the adjacent wall we have many pictures and technical diagrams of clocks to indicate that the villain is interested and fixated with time as he is trying to obtain the hero's power to speed up, slow down and stop time.

On the table there were notes, as if scattered around by the villain, in the picture you can see a picture of a clock this has been done to further show that clocks and timepieces are always bouncing around in the villain's scattered mind. The villain's table has been scattered with papers and notes to show that like the table, his mind is a scattered mess.

Another prop we used in this scene, in addition to the papers on the walls and on the table, was an awesome brass pocket watch lent to us by mine and Kirby's friend John. The watch was important to the piece as it further indicates the villains  attraction to and obsession with time. It's also needed as we see the villain in this scene attempting to stop time, in fact we see the watch before the villain showing this is what he does, this is his life.

Comic Film Classification

Most Comic-based feature films, both DC Comics produced and Marvel Comics produced, are classified as 12A. Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people. Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate swear words, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.

 

Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises are just some examples of 12A Rated Comic-adapted movies

Iron Man - Information

 

 

Spiderman - Information

 

 

Analysis - Spiderman (Timeline)

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Columbia  00:01-00:18

Marvel  00:20-00:30

Columbia Pictures presents  00:34-00:37

A Marvel Enterprize/Laura Ziskin production  00:40-00:43

Spider Man  00:48-00:52

Staring Tobey Maguire  00:54-00:57

Willem Dafoe  00:59-01:02

Kirstan Dunst  01:03-01:07

James Franco  01:09-01:12

Cliff Robertson  01:13-01:17

Rossmary Harris  01:18-01:21

J.K. Simmons  01:23-01:26

Gerry Becker, Bill Nunn  01:28-01:31

Jack Betts, Stanley Anderson, Ron Perkins  01:33-01:37

Casting by Francine Maisler and Lynn Kressel  01:38-01:42

Co-producer Grant Curtace  01:44-01:47

Music by Danny Elfman  01:51-01:55

Costume Designer by James Archeson  02:00-02:04

Visual Effects Designed by John Dykstra Asc  02:05-02:09

Edited by Bob Muraski and Arther Coburn A.C.E.  02:10-02:14

Production Designer Neil Spisak  02:15-02:18

Director of Photography Don Bergess ASC  02:20-02:24

Executive Producers Avi Arad, Stan Lee  02:27-02:31

DC Universe

DC universe was founded in 1934 and along with Marvel is one of the biggest comic book publishers in the world. They to have created many characters that has survived the test of time. Heroes such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman and villains such as Joker, Penguin and Catwoman.

DC's films often show the characters in much more in a much darker Gothic light. Batman for example goes against the stereotypes of the typical hero. Batman being dressed nearly entirely in black, and Joker wearing the bright more vivid colours shows how DC like to eradicate stereotypes. Also with DC they make the villains likable, unlike Marvel. We still connote them to be evil, but there's something about their character that we can't help liking, going back to The Joker he is a fun, zany and outgoing character that, if he weren't evil would be a fun guy to have as a friend.

DC's logo instantly makes us think of the comic book heroes. When the logo appears before a film starts we think back to how good the other films we have seen and assume this one will be just as good due to brand trust.

Marvel

Marvel comics first began as Timely Comics in 1939 and since then it has signed up with Walt Disney and has become a multi-billion dollar corporation

Marvel comics are the creator of many of the well known superheroes we know today. Characters such as Iron Man, Hulk and Spiderman are some of Marvels creations along with teams such as The Avengers and The Fantastic Four. These characters are known and loved by millions, children and adults alike. Action comics attract possibly widest audience range of all the film genres. As children we often dream of being a superhero and performing the stunts that our favourite characters do.

When we see the Marvel logo we instantly associate the film to be an action film, not the aggressive and danger associated with the likes of Die Hard, but instead with more fun-loving characters that we can relate to emotionally. With Marvel films, they have made the difference between the hero and villain very clear. Everything we see of the superhero, the colours, lighting, his whole character influences the audience to like them and be on their side.

Analysis - Iron Man 2 (Poster)

TA - Avengers (Timeline)

Click the image below to view 'The Avengers' opening credits

Comic Adapted Films List

 

All Comic Based films on IMDb

TA - Iron Man Opening (Timeline)

Analysis - Comic Adapted Action Films

We were mostly leaning towards the RomCom and Action (Comic Adapted) genres so have analyzed these genres to a greater extent than Real Life and Sci-fi

Comic themed films are often films based on real comics and graphic novels. It is common for these films to be based on superhero comics such as Iron Man, Spiderman, Xmen etc. However lots of comic themed films aren't superhero based for example Alien Vs Predator, Surrogates, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (based off of 6 awesome graphic novels) etc.

I honestly had no idea that Surrogates was based on a comic, but it's a pretty cool film.

Comic book films based from superhero comics often use a similar narrative: A normal guy lives a normal life (usually). Something happens for him to have some sort of power(s). A villain or criminal arises, creating havoc over the main protagonist's home town. The protagonist triumphs over the criminal and he's sent to prison (or in some cases is killed by the main protagonist). However comic adapted films which aren't superhero themed do not follow any particular narrative ie The Mask, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Sin City and 300 have no formulating pattern in their narratives.

Comic adapted superhero films are often set in real life places such as New York (Spiderman) or Kansas (Superman) however certain comic adapted films are set in fictional cities such as Gotham (Batman)

In superhero movies such as Superman, Batman, Iron man, Spiderman etc the audience first get a preview into their normal life, ie in the first Spiderman film we see a nerdy Peter Parker living his remarkably average life, we also get a feeling that there's something wrong, he lives wit his aunt an uncle which gives the impression that his parents are gone/dead which makes us feel sorry for and get closer to him, the more the audience like the protagonist the more we want to see him succeed. A similar thing happens in most superhero films.