Induction Tasks

AS FILM STUDIES

JURASSIC PARK ESSAY

 The movie franchise of Jurassic Park has become rewound by the world for its leaps in the world of CGI. Although the first Jurassic Park film was released in 1993, the special effects gave an impeccable performance which turned the lost childhood dream of dinosaurs into a new and very real nightmare. As you could guess once the news that a new film (Jurassic world) was joining the series the internet sprung into action and decided whether adding to a perfect series would do bad or good. Many say that Jurassic world became a smash box office success due to the extremely high expectations set by the original series, so even if people when into the cinema expecting Jurassic World to fail as a sequel they were still adding to its outstanding ratings. The people that are cast in a film can really call attention to the whole project and casting Chris Pratt (a star that has found himself in the limelight) as the raptors ring leader Owen was a cleaver move on casting part. Having Chris Pratt who is a lovable and goofy character in himself caused a lot of attention to be turned towards this new film as being a star of many other box office hits can create a positive buzz for a new movie. Alongside and all-star cast and the backing of an already successful franchise people were excited to see the new and re-made dinosaurs. No matter your age witnessing something prehistoric and extinct come to life of the screen in front of you is a spectacle and can even encourage you to believe these magnificent creatures are not the world of a fantastic CGI team but the work of pure magic.

For me I believe that a film’s success is not measured by its feedback and the public reaction. A film can be one of the highest grossing films ever to surface but if the people watching the film can’t stand it then in a whole it’s neither successful nor popular.

On the other hand many disagree and say that a film’s success if measured by its box office rating. Even if the film it widely hated people will still watch it rather because they want to know why people hate it or because they’re a genuine fan of the film; for example Twilight, even though the franchise is rewound for being hated and the butt of every joke it still has a strong fan base and has become a household name. When it comes down to it what makes a film successful is the story line and quality of how it is being made, if a film is poor quality or does not live up to its genre then it will be very difficult to become successful, also I believe in its own way every film can be successful whether its successful for having a supreme music score, incredible CGI, the world’s best actors or even the worst it still gets well known for one of its aspects.

AS FILM STUDIES

PAPER TOWNS ESSAY

For me there is no question that Paper Towns was my favorite film of summer 2015. I have always been a person in love with film and books just the same; in fact John Green the author of the Paper Towns Novel is one of my favourite Authors. John Greens books explore the more ‘real’ side of coming of age stories. He’s not afraid of exploring hard hitting real life issues, such as; terminal diseases, disappearances and deaths at a young age.

Obviously in any teen flick there is a love story, Q has loved Margo ever since she moved into the house across the road when they were little, she always been a mystery (“Margo liked mysteries so much she became one”) They haven’t talked in years until one night she crawls in through his window and whisks him off on a night of revenge and childish pranks. When Margo disappears the next morning Q is left puzzled by the clues left buy his young love. Constantly through this movie you ask yourself the question of whether Q will ever find Margo. He sets of on a road trip with his quirky group of friends for a 26 hour car ride, but as his friends begin to evolved around him he remains the same. The ending to this film was a compromise there was no big movie ending where the guy gets the girl or he sees dead people, no in this film ending the outcome was much like real life and how at the age of these troublesome teens we don’t really change in who we are and the events that happen don’t necessarily cause shifts in our personality.

Throughout this film you pick up on the ‘Easter eggs’ left by john green and the messages he portrays in his writing about how the youth have a more unique way of looking about the worlds and how in reality they’re a lot more clever than they look. Alongside this a lot of people an relate to this film and how it shows that youths do have very real problems and issues within their life and this can draw them to do indescribable things, it shows an important message that even thought you listen to children you never actually hear them.

Paper towns has been my favorite  film of the summer due to dynamic way in which it shows the issues that face teenagers, children and the young adults of today’s struggling society whether it be; bullying, social supremacy, depression, identity issues or even young love. I believe the ending of Paper Towns reveals something very true and saddening about the reality of today, in that very leap you take in life will not turn out the way you want and in the end in reality fairy tale endings are extremely unlikely. The non climactic ending to this film can be interpreted many different ways whether it be that nothing is at it seems, not everyone has a happy ending or that in reality nobody changes, this has to be the best part about the film for me, that anyone can interpret john greens work in their own way, and that the message portrayed is different for every person watching,