Mise En Scene.
Five films of the top 15 films and the research of the story line.
Titanic.
Titanic is a 1997 American romantic disaster film. A fictionalised account of
the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
Plot:- Titanic, the ship of dreams. Is also known as unsinkable, it was unsinkable on its departure on April 10th, 1912. On its journey, a poor artist called Jack Dawson and a rich girl called Rose DeWitt Bukater fall in love, until that one night their love for one another turns into a struggle for survival on a ship about to founder to the bottom of the North
Atlantic Ocean.
What was happening around that time?:-
Princess Diana's funeral were watched by 1.5 billion people around the world, Microsoft becomes the worlds most valuable company valued at $261 billion dollars and Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield's ear during a match and is suspended from boxing.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox
the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
Plot:- Titanic, the ship of dreams. Is also known as unsinkable, it was unsinkable on its departure on April 10th, 1912. On its journey, a poor artist called Jack Dawson and a rich girl called Rose DeWitt Bukater fall in love, until that one night their love for one another turns into a struggle for survival on a ship about to founder to the bottom of the North
Atlantic Ocean.
What was happening around that time?:-
Princess Diana's funeral were watched by 1.5 billion people around the world, Microsoft becomes the worlds most valuable company valued at $261 billion dollars and Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield's ear during a match and is suspended from boxing.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Grease.
Grease is a 1978 American musical film. Staring John Travolta and Olivia
Newton-John.
Plot:- During a vist to America, Sandy
meets Danny Zuko at the beach and falls in love with him. Sandy is heartbroken when Summer ends and she has to return home, then her parents decide to stay in America and she finds attending the same school as Danny. But the Danny that she saw at the beach is different to the Danny at school. He has to keep up a reputation and he can't just fall in love with one girl. Does she attempt to get her man by turning him into a jock? or must she get rid of her 'Sandra Dee" image?
What was happening around that
time?:- After nearly 30 years The Volkswagen Beetle stops production having manufactured 20 million cars, Serial killer David Berkowitz, the "Son Of Sam," is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison and a powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Thessaloniki, Greece.
What movie studio's created the film?:- The Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Newton-John.
Plot:- During a vist to America, Sandy
meets Danny Zuko at the beach and falls in love with him. Sandy is heartbroken when Summer ends and she has to return home, then her parents decide to stay in America and she finds attending the same school as Danny. But the Danny that she saw at the beach is different to the Danny at school. He has to keep up a reputation and he can't just fall in love with one girl. Does she attempt to get her man by turning him into a jock? or must she get rid of her 'Sandra Dee" image?
What was happening around that
time?:- After nearly 30 years The Volkswagen Beetle stops production having manufactured 20 million cars, Serial killer David Berkowitz, the "Son Of Sam," is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison and a powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Thessaloniki, Greece.
What movie studio's created the film?:- The Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone is a 2001 Fantasy film, staring Daniel
Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
Plot:- Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy celebrating his 11th birthday, but he is far from wrong. A giant called Hagrid appears and gives Harry the important news, that he is a
wizard. Harry's journey in life gets more intense as he travels to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to learn the trade of being a wizard. At Hogwarts he meets his friends that would be then by his side all the time who are called Ron and Hermione. But not everything is quiet at Hogwarts as Harry suspects an individual is planning to steal the philosophers stone.
What was happening around that time?:- 9/11,
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years repairs to stop it falling over and Foot and Mouth Disease in found in the UK after 20 years.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Warner Bros.
Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
Plot:- Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy celebrating his 11th birthday, but he is far from wrong. A giant called Hagrid appears and gives Harry the important news, that he is a
wizard. Harry's journey in life gets more intense as he travels to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to learn the trade of being a wizard. At Hogwarts he meets his friends that would be then by his side all the time who are called Ron and Hermione. But not everything is quiet at Hogwarts as Harry suspects an individual is planning to steal the philosophers stone.
What was happening around that time?:- 9/11,
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years repairs to stop it falling over and Foot and Mouth Disease in found in the UK after 20 years.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Warner Bros.
Jaws.
Jaws is a 1975 American horror / thriller film, staring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamiltion and Lorraine Gary.
Plot:- The peaceful community of Amity island is being terrorised. A great white shark decides to make the beach resort his feeding grounds. The town police chief wants to close the beaches to chase the shark away. He is thwarted in his efforts by the town's mayor who finally relents when nothing else seems to work and the cheif, a fisherman and a scientist take the sea to kill the beast.
What was happening around that time?:- The British Conservative Party chooses its first
woman leader - Margaret Thatcher, London underground train crashed into a brick wall on Febuary 28th at Moorgate in London's Financial district and the UK implements the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Act.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Universal Pictures
Plot:- The peaceful community of Amity island is being terrorised. A great white shark decides to make the beach resort his feeding grounds. The town police chief wants to close the beaches to chase the shark away. He is thwarted in his efforts by the town's mayor who finally relents when nothing else seems to work and the cheif, a fisherman and a scientist take the sea to kill the beast.
What was happening around that time?:- The British Conservative Party chooses its first
woman leader - Margaret Thatcher, London underground train crashed into a brick wall on Febuary 28th at Moorgate in London's Financial district and the UK implements the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Act.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Universal Pictures
Jungle Book.
Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated film.
Plot:- Mowgli, a young orphan boy is found in a basket in the deep jungles. A black panther who discovers the baby, takes him to a mother Indian Wolf who has just had cubs. The mother raises Mowgli along with her own cubs and Mowgli gets used to the jungle life.
What was happening around that time?:- RMS Queen Mary, retired from service, The first Super Bowl played between Green Bay Packers (win 35-10) and the kansas city chiefs and ten of thousands of Vietnam War protests march in Washington D.C.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Walt Disney
Plot:- Mowgli, a young orphan boy is found in a basket in the deep jungles. A black panther who discovers the baby, takes him to a mother Indian Wolf who has just had cubs. The mother raises Mowgli along with her own cubs and Mowgli gets used to the jungle life.
What was happening around that time?:- RMS Queen Mary, retired from service, The first Super Bowl played between Green Bay Packers (win 35-10) and the kansas city chiefs and ten of thousands of Vietnam War protests march in Washington D.C.
What movie studio's created the film?:- Walt Disney