Poster Analysis (Jonny)

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

In acordance to the movie based on the above story the poster is presented on a pair of cards which in the famous casino game black jack add up to the sum of 21. This allows the viewer to clearly understand that some form of casino/ Gambling will be present in this movie. On front of the cards are the key characters in the film with the main character Ben Cambell (played by Jim Sturgess) In this shot they look superior by the way they are positioned along with their facial expressions and what they are wearing. There is a lot of light coming from behind them which adds confusion to the viewer about where this is coming from. There is a good contrast between dark and light colours although the characters wear black suits and dresses the actual poster is very light giving an interesting contrast. The actual title of the film is positioned in the centre of the poster although it is slightly angled in order to not block key features of the characters aswell as causing the viewer to tilt there head. Other important information is placed in the same wal down the page with the release date at the very bottom in quite small font in comparison to other film posters.

How we incorporated required elements in to our preliminary task (Jonny)

The requirements for our preliminary task were as follows;  To film a character opening a door, crossing a room, sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he exchanges a couple of lines. We were asked to demonstrate shot-reverse-shot, match on action, and the 180 degrees rule. It was important that we incorporated these in to our piece as the task was marked on our ability to follow instructions by representing our basic filming knowledge in this short piece. We first went about discussing how we would fit these requirements in to our piece by deciding on a basic story line and where the different angles could fit in. we then represented this on a basic story board with arrows and annotations representing camera angles and movements. The story line involved a conversation at a table on the sixth form balcony, we chose this as it was easy to incorporate a door and a conversation would look normal in the scene. As all the angles had been drawn out we just followed the instructions on the story board. Once the filming was finished we then edited the piece to a high standard an inserted any titles that were needed.

Introducing The Team (Jonny)



Fergal Doran

A devoted Media Studies student who knows anything and everything about films (there’s not much he hasn’t seen!). As well as Media Fergal also takes Drama A-level a key skill in our group when acting is needed. Fergal’s acting skills allows us to contribute a greater viewing experience on to our pieces with the dramatic effect he is able to add in front of the camera. With his extent knowledge of films, the great contributions and suggestions towards our development of ideas gives us truly great story lines when planning and developing new filming projects.

Jack Morgan Jones 

A new student to St- Peters School, having chosen to move from Godalming College. We are ecstatic to have Jack as a member of the team. Jack has an extent knowledge and experience of filming and editing movies, this being a hobby Jack has pursued for the past 4 years. Jack is a great director with a great eye for filming interesting and exciting shot angles. With his experience Jack is already a master with the mac when editing is needed, allowing us to have a much more professional end product.

Jonny Murray

With his great teamwork skills Jonny attempts to ensure all members of the group are motivated and happy!  Achieving a grade ‘A’ in GCSE Drama Jonny also has capable acting skills when needed in the piece. Jonnys creative ‘out of the box’ thinking gives a great contribution on story lines and filming locations. Jonny is good at drawing storyboards which are able to represent the groups ideas, transferring them from thoughts in their head to solid filming directions on paper. This gives greater ease when filming commences as all relevant information is placed on paper.