Star power, props, costumes

Film theory

What were we doing last week?

Last week

We will be looking at the importance of actors to our productions, and how costumes and props can help our audience to suspend their disbelief

This week

MUST understand how costumes are used to create a sense of time.

SHOULD understand how on screen talent can help to draw an audience in.

COULD explain how props are used to create a sense of action and tension.

By the end of today you

What era is Ripper Street set in?

How do the producers trick us into thinking we are looking at Victorian

London?

We need to make the viewer forget that what they are watching is ‘make believe’. We

need them to suspend their disbelief

Costumes & props are powerful tools which allow us to trick the viewer

How do costumes create a sense of time and place?

How do the producers of Ripper Street use props to create a sense of time and place?

What props does District 9 use to create tension and action?

Props are important because they help our audience buy in to a story…

Does the star of the film or show help our viewer to buy in to the story?

If you’re a fan of Sharlto Copley, are you more likely to go and watch the new film he’s in?

What else has Sharlto Copley been in?

Film and TV stars have fans who will seek out their new projects and watch them. This is good for the producers as it means more money or higher viewing figures

Star power can attract an audience

What else have they been in?

Matthew MacFayden & Jerome Flynn are the stars of Ripper Street.

We will watch episode 2 of Ripper Street, then you will fill in this weeks quiz on Moodle, explaining how the episode used props, costumes and star power to help the audience suspend their disbelief.

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