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Fantasy Films

2. Fantasy Films
Fantasy films are films that usually involve magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures
or exotic fantasy films. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and
horror film, although the genres do sometimes overlap. Fantasy films often have an element of
magic, myth, wonder and escapism. A lot of the characters have magical powers or live in a
magical place and usually require help from other magical/make believe creatures.
I like the fact that the characters and worlds are completely made up because you get to see
something you’ve never seen before. Fantasy films tend to be aimed at young children which
usually involve princesses and princes but you cant get fantasy films aimed at a slightly older
demographic for example The Lord of the Rings. A sub genre is a sub category in the genre
fantasy. They break down the films into more specific kinds of fantasy films as the genre
fantasy is one of the most broadest genres. A variety of different fantasy films would appeal to
different people. Comic fantasy is a sub genre of fantasy which is a fantasy film with humour
involved. For example- Disaster Movie. Epic or high fantasy is where the film is set in a parrelel
universe. Dark fantasy is another sub genre of the fantasy film genre this usually involves quite
a dark theme to film and is usually quite scary in parts they tend to involves coming under
attack from inhumane creatures.

3. The Land Before Time: A New Adventure Is Born
The Land Before Time is an American animated 1988 film
directed by Don Bluth and Produced by Steven Spielburg. It
features dinosaurs living in pre-historic times.
The films follows Little Foot a dinosaur as he embarks on
numberous different adventures across the slowly dying
planet accompanied by his dinousaur and reptile friends.
In the time where the dinousaurs world is coming to an end
a serious drought has swept earth leaving them with hardly
no drink or food. Little Foots mother dies and he later on
hears her voice telling her son and her friends where to go to
stay safe. They embark on an adventure with ups and downs
to the great mountain where they will be safe from the earth
quake that is coming.
Directed by Don Bluth
Main Stars- Judith Barsi
Year of production- 1988
Running Time- 69 minutes
Certificate- U

4. The Never Ending Story
Directed by- Wolfgang Peterson
Year of production – 1984
Running Time – 201 minutes
Starring – Noah Hathaway
Story Line
To keep people interested in a film it needs to have a good storyline,
having an easy storyline to follow is a good way to make your film
popular as it people won’t bored of watching and can describe it to
friends without ruining it for them, he film will be made popular by
word of mouth.
The Never ending storyline is about a quiet boy who is getting
bullied finds a magical book that imports him to another world. He
is taken to the fantasy world Fantasia where he must safe the world
from a force that is threatening to destroy it.

5. Special Effects
Film makers choose to use special effects to make a film more
effective and memorable in the film The Never Ending Story, they
use many special effects to make ‘Fantasia’ seem more realistic.
Most of the animals in it are made from Special Effects and look
very realistic. A good example of special effect is when the boy
meets the giant dog for the first time. If you were younger you
wouldn’t even think it’s a dog and would believe that it is actually
a giant dog.

6. Charlie and the chocolate factory
(2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
tells the story of a boy from a poor
background who wins a golden
ticket to visit the chocolate factory
of his dreams, where he meets Mr
Willy Wonka and 5 other winners
of the competition who are all odd
in there own way. As they embark
through the chocolate factory
something bad happens to the other
winners due to there greediness by
the end of the tour Charlie is the
only one left and wins the prize of
the chocolate factory.

7. Star Theory
The main reason I watched Charlie and the chocolate factory is
because of the people who were in it. Johnny Depp and Freddie
Highmore. If it wasn’t for these two actors that I like I would never of
considered watching this film.
Star Theory is a big factor in why most people go and watch a film that
is why most directors cast popular and well known actors to be in
there films because then more people will go and see it because they
like the people who are starring in it. Because you see and hear about
well known actors and actresses on the TV and magazines so much
you start to develop and interest in them and become curious of what
there latest film is like therefore you will go and watch it. It also
broadens your audience because if an actor that you like stars in a
different genre to what they usually stare in and you go and watch
them you are broadening the demographic of this film, which then
means that the film makes more money.

8. Frame work of interpretation – The Hobbit an unexpected
journey

10. Frame work of interpretation – The Incredibles

12. Media Literacy
Media literacy is a repertoire of competences that enables people to
analyse, evaluate and create messages in a wide variety of media modes,
genres and forms. Media literacy basically involves recognition of big
media texts so that things such as films get acknowledged. This plays a
big part on how successful a movie can be as it needs to be advertised and
promoted for it get to noticed and become popular because if no one
hears about the film then no one is going to watch it. The main way I
found out about films I want to see is through trailers on the TV and on
the internet. I think this is a great way to advertise and promote a film
because almost everyone watches TV and a lot of people go on the
internet these days so this way your broadening your audience and also
showing people clips of the film so they can see what its like.
Other forms of advertising include magazines, social networking sites,
billboards etc. Some media texts are made by people that work alone for
themselves or there friends and family however most of them are usually
produced and distributed by groups of people usually for commercial
profit.

13. Reception Theory
Reception theory provides a meaning of understanding media texts by
understanding how these texts are read by audiences. Theorists who
analyse media through reception studies are concerned with the
experience of cinema and television viewing for spectators, and how
meaning is created through that experience. It is basically about how the
audience receives something. Some people argue that reception theory is
similar to star theory and that you will only go and watch a film because of
the people that are in it. Reception theory suggests that people are only
attracted and go to certain films because of there political views and
background and what they are like as a person. You may just go and see
film because of a certain actor that’s in it or because of the genre therefore
you will respond to the film in a positive way.