DNA Films

1) The co founders of DNA films are Duncan Kenworthy and Andrew MacDonald.
2) DNA films was founded in 1983.
3) DNA films is based in London.
4) DNA films has produced 24 films.
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10) Danny Boyle's relationship with DNA films is that their was rumour of him owning it but he didn't.
11) 3 famous directors that DNA have worker with are Alex Garland, Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis.
12) 5 famous actors who have starred in DNA films are Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightly, Colin Firth and Bill Nighy.
13) The highest grossing film they have had is Love Actually produced in 2003.
14) DNA have worked at Pinewood Studios with ex machina.
15) Two DNA blockbuster films were Love actually which made $246.9 million and 28 weeks later which made $64.2 million.
16) DNA is most famous for Love Actually which is still played on tv these days.
17) DNA also like to make zombie horror films along with sic-fi.
18) The reason DNA films has entered in to a partnership with DNA tv is because they are trying to join ideas and get more rights...
19) Their web page is very simple and doesn't have much information on it at all.
20) One fact is that DNA is one of the most successful production companies in United Kingdom.

Ex Machina review

Ex Machina review

Ex Machine is a science fiction film about a lad that wins a competition and the prize was too meet the owner of the company and spend a week with him. When the lad arrives there is completely isolated and there is no one around, it is all a bit weird. Then Nathan who is the owner, then shows the lad around the building and when he shows him where he will be sleeping he offers him a chance to see what the guy is working on. Before Nathan shows him what he is working on the lad needs to sign a secrecy act form. He isn’t keen on signing it at first but then he does because Nathan tempts him and puts pressure on him. Then he introduces that what he is working on is an A.I (artificial intelligence). Then the lad gets too meet the robot. They spend a lot of time together then he realises that the robot is cleverer than he thought and that he hadn’t won a competition, he had been chosen because he is single, no parents etc. and he would work perfect with the experiment. He then realises what Nathan is doing there and starts to try and find a way for the robot to escape. He does this and then she ends up leaving without him and returns to the human world.

I think that taking in to account the budget the film was made on they did a very good job of using the special effects they did. They also wanted to make it different than other sci-fi films so they installed 15,000 mini tungsten pea bulbs. They also did well with the actors they didn’t have any A list actors so their box office results were very good bearing in mind they didn’t have any A list actors. But they did have a good story line and left it wide open if they wanted to do prequel and make another. So they did well by leaving it on a massive cliff hanger because no one knows what happened to the robot or Kaylen.

There was quite a lot of bad points to the film which I picked out and the fact that we don’t find out what happened to Kaylen which was really annoying. The other is that it was a bit slow at the start. He was seeing the robot but we didn’t know what the point of him seeing it was for and we didn’t know where it was going there was nothing to suggest she was trying to escape, then it all happened really quick so it was a bit rushed. Also at the end Kaylen says he reprogrammed the doors to open not lock when there is a power cut but then when she leaves he is locked Inside and this didn’t work.

Overall I would give the film a 3.5 out of 10 because the story line was good and it was gripping, but the ending was very rushed and it all happened really quickly. They did leave it on a good cliff hanger though and if there was another I would defiantly go and see it.

Regional stereotype

Mise-en-scene- The way props show regional stereotype for Cornwall is because they are stereotyped to wear suits and this is because it is classed as formal and boring which is another stereotype of down south. Another is the set and stereotypically down south they all live in towns and this is the set for this. This is trying too say that all people there are the same and none of them have identities. The other prop that shows a down south stereotype is the briefcase and expensive accessories. And this shows that down south they are rich and posh and this links in with the accent and being rural and town setting.


Sound- They use diegetic sound which is the accent and this relates too the posh accent. They use this to show how the Do is quite common and he isn't like the other and this is backed up because he doesn't give the woman the prescription at first which is unlike the old doctor.


Editing- They don't use fast-paced editing they use quite slow shots and not a lot of shots which shows everywhere is the same and the place is old because it moves slowly and it is quite boring as their isn't anything to capture.


Camera-

Breaking bad is an American TV drama where the main character's son is disabled. He has cerebral palsy. They represent this through him using crutches. They use him struggling with everything as a stereotype of his disability. They also us him getting angry when he cant do things as a stereotype of his disability.





Sheldon is the Big Bang theory has Asperger's and this is shown through his awkwardness and his lack of social skills. This is a stereotype for people with asperges because not all people are like that some have no problem with socialising. But they have made this a big part of his character and this has made him who he is.


This is Becky Jackson of the glee club and she has down's   
This is Brick of the middle and he has autism. They show this because he repeats everything he says with a whisper and they use the stereotype of autistic people being really clever and he is really mature and clever for his age because when he goes too school he is more advanced than the rest of the people.

Ex_Machina

The producers of the film were Andrew Macdonald and Allen Reich.
The director was Alex Garland.
The film was distributed by Universal Pictures.
The cast was made up of Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isacc and Sonoya Mizuno.
The budget of the film was $15 million.
The film was shot at the pinewood studios and then for some of the scenes in Valldalen which is in Norway. The opening scene is filmed at the Bloomberg head office in Finsbury square, London.
The technology used was 4k resolution and they installed 15,000 mini-tungsten pea bulb lights in to the sets to avoid the florescent light used in most sci-fi films.
Ex_Machina was shown on 1,289 screens on the opening weekend worldwide.
It made $36.9 million at the box office.

Representation of age in Humans

The guy in the clip which is being talked about is called George Millican and he suffers from memory loss which is the first way of showering the representation of age. This is a stereotype of older people that they have bad memory. This is represented through Mise-en-scene. Another way Mise-en-scene shows the representation of age is because when he is counting the pills the sound of them is really loud which is emphasising there is so many and that is another stereotype of elder people because they have a lot of medication. Also a stereotype of elder people is getting annoyed at small things and when the door bell rings he drops his pills which shows he is weak and old but also that he is annoyed, these are both stereotypes of old people.

Downtown Abbey

Camera- They use point of view shot when speaking to the lady about the telegram which shows that the man... They also use establishing shot which is when they use a shot of the set or setting to set the scene. In this case it is a shot of the building which shows the status of the family and shows they upper class and wealthy. This is a juxtaposition to inside though because they have all of the workers walking round in scruffy clothes. They use a hand held camera when the lad is on a bike because he is late and the shake of the camera is him rushing and being scared and this shows his little power because if one of the lady's or lords was late they wouldn't panic because people work round them. They use low angle view when the Lord is walking down the stairs to show his power because it showing we and everyone else is under him and this shows the workers class in society.

Sound- They use diegetic sound, the workers have a common voice which shows their class in society where as the family have a proper English language and this shows their class in society and their status over their workers. Synchronous sound is used to show status because when the bells ring all of workers jump up and start working and stop doing what they are doing for themselves, this is because they work around the other people which shows who has the power. Non diegetic sound is used when the workers are speaking but their face isn't in the picture isn't in the screen which shows to the audience that their voice/ opinion isn't wanted/ viewed because when the Lord and Lady speak their face is always in the shot which shows they have the power and the workers aren't brushed aside and aren't listened too which shows their place in society.

Editing- Fast paced editing is used too show the rush the workers are under when the bell rings because they are all lower in the pecking order so they have to work to the speed of their master. On the other hand they use slow motion when the Lord is walking down the stairs to emphasise his importance and to show that he has the power. They use continuity editing because the camera is always on someone important and rarely on the workers which shows that he is more important, where as the workers are brushed aside and forgot about, they aren't meant to be seen or heard they don't have an opinion, they are just their to serve. Shallow focus is used when the woman is behind the man after he told her about the telegram, this is because time has stopped and they are thinking about what to do which is a counter stereotype because the powerful people are meant to have an idea/ explanation for everything but they didn't know what to do.

Mise-en-scene- The costumes that the characters wear is a big example of showing class and status because all of the workers are wearing scruffy old clothes and the Lord and Lady are wearing suits and posh clothes which shows who has the power, money and a higher class status. The lighting in the clip is an example of class because all of the workers are downstairs and the lighting is very low which shows they are in the dark and have no power but upstairs they have lots of light and shows they are bright and they have lots of power. Talking about being downstairs the layout of the set shows power because the important people are upstairs and the workers are downstairs which shows they are lower than the people upstairs.