The movie name is "Into the woods". Genre is fantasy, horror, comedy, drama, adventure, and musical. The movie as a lot of themes due to the fact that it has storyline put together. Some of them are the pain of loss, human confusion, greed, and pigheadedness, capitalism and so much more. The opening of the movie introduce elements of mise en scene by showing us the costumes the charterer had on. Props used like used by each charterer. The main massage is an exploration of parent-children relationships and the need for letting go and growing up. The feeling/mood the director is communicating to the audience anxiety, rage, anticipation, possessiveness, nostalgia, suspicion, denial, and dread.
Section B
General Information of Film | |
Film Title (1 mark): Into the woods | Media Institution Name (1 mark): File Production |
Film Studio (s) (1 mark): Walt Disney Studios | Director (1 mark): Rose Marshall |
Year released (1 mark) : 2014 | Genre and sub-genres (2 marks): Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Comedy |
Cost of production (Budget) (1mark): $50 million | Box Office (1 mark): 213.1 million USD |
A brief synopsis of the film. Three lines max. in your own words. (3 marks):
Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. The Baker and his wife wish for a child but suffer under a curse laid upon their family by a Witch. It is like about 4 folk-tale put together in one movie. | |
Section C
Setting | |
Definition: Where the film takes place | |
 | Setting is a forest of ancient pine trees in Windsor Great Park
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Message: A small town and city which are untamed, uncontrollable, wild, and mysterious | |
Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Anxiety, possessiveness, dread | |
Location (Where and geographic description): In the Windsor gray park filled with trees, lots of shadows | |
Time Period: Traditional & Contemporary time period 1930s | |
Time of Day: Day Time | |
Culture/moral values of the setting: To show struggles and the wanting of more | |
Job title:Set Designer | |
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Acting | |
Definition: The art or occupation of performing in plays, movies, or television productions. | |
| The acting is……… the family's in the town cleaning and very poor |
Messages: Family’s saying what they wish for | |
Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Sad | |
Character portrayed: Sad, Depressed | |
Character appearance: (Tall, short, skinny, muscular, male, female, attractive, etc.) Poverty, Miserable | |
Character actions: Cleaning and wishing | |
Facial expressions and body language: Miserable, weak, and Unhappy | |
Voice quality/ tone: Low | |
Job title: Director | |
Set Design: Décor and Props | |
Definition: Set design is the process of creating the physical surroundings in which the action of a production takes place. | |
| Set-design (décor and props): Cow, sticks/ logs, water bucket, old-fashioned wheelbarrow, Masonry oven, clothing wire, barrels |
Message: These props used in the opening film suggest that the storyline is based in the old days where they had to do everything by hand with no modern technology or appliances. | |
Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: These props set a struggle like atmosphere because during this time period people had to manually do everything. | |
Décor: (Example red and black checkered floors, yellow walls, modern furniture, old shabby curtains, etc.) Rusty walls, Masonry oven, raggedy clothes make it known that the story is not based in modern times. | |
Props: Cows, sticks/logs for fire, wooden water bucket, old-fashioned wheelbarrow show that partv of this fairytale is based in the country. | |
Job title: Set Designer | |
Costumes, hair and make-up | |
Definition: Costumes and makeup in film are designed elements that express a character’s intention, mood, and backstory. They can tell us all about a character without words, through the choice of color, texture, fashion, hair, and special effects makeup. | |
 | The costume is fancy black gowns and old, country, dirty clothing.
The hair and make up is modern/ fairytale, voluminous hair with natural makeup. |
Message: These appearances on the characters show that this film is based on multiple eras because of the different types of aesthetics in each characters look based on their storylines. | |
Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: "Into the Woods" has a fantasy and magical mood, with characters dressed in fancy clothes and exquisite decorations. Their hair and makeup, complete with extravagant haircuts and larger-than-life personas, add to the atmosphere and set the setting for the wondrous voyage to unfold. | |
Costumes: fancy gowns and old dirty clothing show that this film includes different backstories for each character. | |
Hair: Extravagent updos and friizy untamed hair also shows how each character is different. | |
Make-up: Natural makeup in the opening scence concludes that the characters in this part are normal humans. | |
Job title: Makeup Artist/ Costume Designer/ Hairstylist | |
Lighting | |
Definition: Filming light refers to the directions, quality, source, or color of light. | |
 | The lighting has many deep shadows, high contrast between bright & dark |
Message: The feeling of different emotions | |
Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Gloomy | |
Light Direction: Windows, objects, the sky | |
Light Source: Color filters, haze machines | |
Light Quality: Natural and organic | |
Job title: LD. Lighting designer | |
Composition | |
Definition: The nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up. | |
| The composition is into the Woods is a musically sophisticated show with the opportunity to feature actor's adept at dark comedy. |
Message: an exploration of parent-children's relationships and the need for letting go and growing up | |
Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: The opening scene portrays a family singing about things they wish they had/could do and cleaning. | |
Framing Balance: | |
Depth of Field: Inside a home | |
Focus: Cleaning and Singing | |
Job title: Director | |
Color | |
Definition: Definition: The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light. | |
 
| The color is …… Brown, Blue, Black, Red, Goldand White |
Message: The message of the colors in this movie is showing that it is very dark, and gloomy | |
Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: | |
Dominant Colors: Black, Blue and White | |
Meanings of colors: Dark/Gloomy | |
Job title: Gaffer or chief lighting technician | |
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