Blue Is The Warmest Colour - Success

Blue Is The Warmest Colour is is an independent French film with a production budget of $5.4 million. The film as about a life changing journey for Adele as she falls in love with another young woman, Emma. This film took a worldwide gross of $6,627,524 which is impressive for an arts films. It would be inticing to an audience because of its awards, critical reviews, the message behind it and that it is something different to Hollywood movies. However it's audience is very limited as it is rated an 18 due to the strong sexual scenes contained in the film. Also modern day audiences don't really like to read subtitles which could also limit the audience as it is a French film. Along with this, it is only shown in Art centres because it is an independent film.

Tralier link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OLRrocn3s

Aims and Context

Film Sequence

• Horror Film clip
• Target audience of between 18 and 30 years old, Middle class, Fear of the dark and corner of the eye, no specific gender due.
• Apply cinematography (such as: Extreme close ups, Point of view and two shots) and low-key lighting that is common to the horror convention.
• Explore conventions of horror (such as: corner of the eye and dramatic irony) and stereotypes of gender
• As director/camera, try out techniques inspired by Insidious

Horror Film Prototype

The scene starts with a midshot of Charlie from behind. We used this to try and give the impression that something or someone was watching her. We then faded it to a midshot from in front as if the shot was being taken by a webcam. We only used diegetic sound so the shot seemed more realistic to the audience. Also by using this wide midshot, the audience got information that the main character didn't get. We then reversed the shot back to behind Charlie in a midshot to emphasise again that Charlie was being watched. This shot then cut to Charlie in a blackout. By doing this, it was a sudden shock to the audience and Charlie herself. This was when we started to use non-diegetic sound to put the audience on edge. We then cut to a extreme close up of Charlie's eye which was followed by the camera panning. We used this shot technique to place on the common fear of "something in the corner of your eye". Fears are a common convention of horror movies. Also by using an extreme close up, it made the audience feel uncomfortable as people don't normal like being that close to another person. The shot then cut to a long shot of Charlie turning around. We used this to give the impression that Charlie was being stalked, almost like prey. The diegetic bang sound in the background was used to jump start a chase seen which was done as a point of view shot from the "monster". This chase was also emphasised by the shadow going over Charlie as she ran. The shot then cut between Charlie's hands, her panicked face and the darkness behind her. We used this to unnerve the audience as quick cuts are commonly used in horrors for this effect.