'Remember Me' - FINAL FILM.

Group Evaluation.

This is our final group evaluation. We made it using final cut pro and we used clips from our own film as well as other films which inspired us as well as including posts from our blogs.

My Personal Evaluation.

Reviewing the films i watched on the plane: Part Two: Wild.

The other film that I watched on the plane was Wild, a film by Jean-Marc Vallée starring Reece Witherspoon. This film was released in 2014 so it is relatively new and I have to say that I really enjoyed it.

It got off to a slow start, and I was quite wary as I couldn't see how exiting a film about a woman hiking through the desert could seriously be, however I was pleasantly surprised; the film was utterly compelling and engaging with enough flashbacks and perils to keep it interesting. Reece Witherspoon's performance really made the film for me, it is so important for the acting to be of a good quality for a film that revolves around one character and it truly was, as was the performance of Laura Dern as the mother in the flashback scenes. The story was extremely sad and moving, however not in a way that overpowered the film and the story was just as interesting as it was sad. The movie moved at a good pace and didn't drag on, I was fully engaged after I got over the hump of the first 20 minutes. 

Jean-Marc Vallée perfectly portrays the convention of a woman alone in the wilderness without it becoming cliché, the story is one that is unique and a compelling, uplifting depiction of the transformative potential of nature. 

To conclude this film was the best film that I have seen in a while, and I would certainly recommend it to anyone. It is wonderfully moving and compelling, with a sad yet uplifting storyline about moving on from the past and moving forward in life, whatever it takes.

Reece Witherspoon was nominated for the Oscar for 'Best Actress' and Laura Dern 'Best Supporting Actress'.

Wild had an (estimated) budget of $15,000,000 and grossed $40,037.009 worldwide.

Reviewing the films I watched on the plane: Part One: Four Weddings and a Funeral.

As a media student, I try to fit in watching as many films as I can. The perfect opportunity for this is a long haul daytime flight.

My Kenya Airways flight from London to Nairobi had a large selection of films to choose from. The first film I watched was the Working Title film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' which I thoroughly enjoyed. Most of the action of the film takes place either at, or immediately before or after, one of the four weddings and the funeral mentioned in the title. I really liked the way that it jumped in time between each of the services, it meant that we did not know what happened in between the events meaning that the situation that the characters were in always came as a surprise e.g. The last wedding was of the main character, Charles, this wedding came as a surprise to all of us as he was not marrying the woman that we all knew he was going to end up with.

All of Richard Curtis' films seem to paint England and a lovely, green way. This film was certainly no exception, the mise-en-scene was cosy and made me feel nostalgic of how England used to be, even though it wasn't really like that in 1994 and I wasn't alive, this just shows that Curtis did a good job in his writing...

The nice thing about the genre of romantic comedy is that you always know there is going to be a happy ending, so you can just sit back and enjoy the drama unfolding knowing that the couple will end up together in the end. Overall i really enjoyed this film, the characters were loveable right from the beginning and i got very emotionally invested, i found myself rooting for every single one of them. It ended in a very satisfying way tying up all the loose ends, i dont always like it when films do this as sometimes you want to be left to make your own assumptions, however in this film it worked perfectly.

This film was nominated for two Oscars, four Golden Globes and eleven BAFTAS. It won four of those BAFTAS and one Golden Globe.

It was a huge success for Working Title grossing $52,700,832 in the US and £25,532,239 in the UK.

Batman v Superman takes $424m at global box office.

Despite terrible reviews, Batman vs. Superman has outdone itself and made huge profits in its first five days.

It broke records for a March debut and it was the sixth-highest opening weekend in the US.
On Rotton Tomatoes dot com, the film received 29% rating from critics, with such bad criticism from experts you would think that it would turn people away from watching the film, but clearly not as it received a 69% rating from the audience and the fans seemed to love it.

Perhaps the concept of two superheros joining forces was one just two good to miss, despite the actual film not being that great. Or perhaps the saying 'no publicity is bad publicity' is applicable to this situation, i'm not sure, all i'm sure of is that Ben Affleck will be feeling better now than he did in this video after hearing about the box office takings.



Sources- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35909299

Editing: Day Four.

After playing around with the filter yesterday we knew exactly which one worked, we added more bleaching and light leaks to make our film look more artistic and aesthetically pleasing.

We then came up with the idea to change the opacity overlap and layer to create much more confusion and paranoia, this reflected the mental disorder perfectly. In the opening we wanted to create an effect that may suggest daze and confusion within the character when the 'flashbacks' happen. Also we did this to differentiate between the flashbacks/visions and real life.
Once we had finished adding the effects and filters we made all the finishing touches that our opening needed and checked it over many times to make sure we hadn't missed anything . 

Overall I was happy with the finished product and i thought the editing process went very smoothly, we had made it with plently of time to make any changes if we need to.