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Director -Bryan Singer

Awards -11 wins & 23 nominations

American box office opening weekend-$54,471,475 (USA) (16 July 2000) (3,025 Screens)

British box office opening weekend-£4,749,241 (UK) (20 August 2000) (434 Screens)

Cast Members

	Hugh Jackman	…	Logan / Wolverine
	Patrick Stewart	…	Professor Charles Xavier
	Ian McKellen	…	Eric Lensherr / Magneto
	Famke Janssen	…	Jean Grey
	James Marsden	…	Scott Summers / Cyclops
	Halle Berry	…	Ororo Munroe / Storm
	Anna Paquin	…	Rogue / Marie D’Ancanto
	Tyler Mane	…	Sabretooth
	Ray Park	…	Toad
	Rebecca Romijn	…	Mystique (as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos)
	Bruce Davison	…	Senator Kelly
	Matthew Sharp	…	Henry Gyrich
	Rhona Shekter	…	Magneto’s Mother
	Kenneth McGregor	…	Magneto’s Father
	Shawn Roberts	…	Rogue’s Boyfriend

create cover sheet

• see Andreas about this

“Your reflective analysis should select key micro features of the sequence and demonstrate how they make meaning(s) and aim to provoke response(s) in the audience. Those of you working in a group, should focus on the construction and impact of your chosen micro aspect”

• 750-words (10 marks)
• include camera angles
• how editing is used
• etc.

schedule a viewing for other students

• create a ‘focus group’
• create a questionnaire to pass out to the viewers after they are through watching the film short to get positive feed back, and see the areas that we can maybe improve
• get a wide demographic of subjects (different ages/gender/backgrounds)

Aims for achieving a level 4 mark

1. excellent understanding of micro features demonstrated in sequence
2. excellent, creative use of appropriate micro features
3. excellent visualization, demonstrating a high degree of understanding of appropriate conventions
4. excellently structured and accurate use of appropriate language to communicate clearly

look into target audience

• (further revision needed)

create hazard report

• location
• shooting time
• availability
• props
• shooting conditions
• hazardous objects or materials

list influences

• (further revision needed)

finnish and edit my scene

• locate all shots and voice over scenes and edit appropriately

take pictures of set (…during/after shooting)

• setting up the location
• hooking up the camera and lighting
• shot of the actors and costume before shooting begins
• pictures of actors and production team while shooting film
• pictures of production team after shooting has ended and wrapping things away

get call sheet (actors and location)

• (further revision needed)

EDL (edit decision list)

• which shot goes where and the significance of it
• e.g ‘shot 15 after shot 492 because…’
• list effects for editing (e.g black and white) and significance

list props

• letters from family of murder victim to play into the story
• unlit cigarette (to put in hazard report)
• newspaper
• ‘dear john’ letter

costume

• mid 1920s ‘flapper’ girl style for femme fatale
• conservative appearance for ‘Amelia’
• ‘frumpy’, covered up for Gracie-Lou so that she looks misleadingly ‘innocent’
• smart suit for Harry
• battered suit for Eric