Sherlock beginning analysis

Sound

• man has deep voice 

stereotypically a male thing

• music plays when woman speaks and not when the man does

gender roles?

determines the importance of what he/she is saying

• music- mysterious
• impatience is shown during the videos when music isn't being played
• sound of feet walking

quiet background noises- foot steps belong to important person - male

• upbeat music 

causes feelings of turmoil

Mise En Scene

• as she is talking the camera is not focused on her
• man looks moody, allows woman to talk for him

gender roles

work partners

• he is covered up more with clothes while woman is more revealing
• woman looks more calm when speaking
• he makes direct eye contact
• while he talks woman watches him and while she spoke he didn't watch her
• both have coffee

on the same level-knowledge of situation, and work place

• John walking forward, camera follows
• Sherlock hitting body, surrounded by a clear area

shows what he's doing is important

Lighting

• dark-murky
• blue tinge to screen

helps convey emotions being felt at that time

serious situation

• brightens a little when man starts to speak
• becomes lighter/ warmer toned light when john shows

connotations of a happier atmosphere

a good character

• camera showing john and man sat on bench, lighting is murky

talking about bad memories

• showing Sherlock and dead body-murky lighting

connotations of death/ dealing with a murder

Camera Angles and Editing

• a space between man and women even though they are sitting next to each other

shows their relationship

different work status'

• when woman talks the camera is far away when the man talks its closer 
• more focus on man
• camera moves about when woman speaks and doesn't for man
• when text messages come through camera still on him-then focus back on him after
• two shot
• zooms in when man starts speaking
• camera hand held, POV of John
• when john was asked if he'd been shot the camera moved to show his expression towards the question
• convo= over the shoulder shot/focus on one person talking

gives equal control over scene because they are both male

• show POV of dead person

what they would see when Sherlock opens body bag

• Sherlock dismissive of body bag
• whipping dead body

shows that he has control over the situation

• camera angle is on the same level as the dead body

makes Sherlock look bigger-more authority

giving the audience the same authority level as the dead person

• Molly Hooper is standing outside of the room

this has denotations of less power/ less inferior (gender roles)

• Molly in room alone with Sherlock wearing lipstick

has meanings of love and attraction

she wants to feel 'prettier'

• Sherlock is blunt

because of his gender?

different types of male attributes

Sherlock Analysis Opening Scene

The representation of gender is shown to the audience at the beginning of the clip where the music is being played over the woman speaking and not the man, which can suggest that what she is saying is more important than what the man is going to say and so what she is talking about is represented through the music. Another side to this is that there is no music being played over the man when he speaks, which could indicate that he is a stronger character- the position of the character or the fact that he is male which would mean he is more dominant over the situation- and needs to be heard properly. The music being played and not being played can influence perceived feelings on the situation, IE the music is played on top of the woman talking which gives off emotions such as importance and tension, while no music can portray feelings such as impertinences.

The representation of gender can be portrayed through mise en scene, an example of this shown by the use of the camera. While the woman speaks the camera is never focused on her and moving around the room showing the audiences' reactions and when the man speaks the camera is constantly focused on him, this conveys the stature of the characters and that the female characters role is secondary to the mans. In this first scene the man is more covered up while the woman is wearing something more reviling, this has connotations of sex and that women are seen as objects or seductive beings to please a mans eye, this is a way of demeaning the gender of women. The man is covered up allowing him to perceived as the stereotype of a business man:smart, in control and a dominant character role. Physical objects also have a role in the ideas of gender in this scene; both male and female have a coffee cup which can symbolise that they are equals. Later in this clip Molly Hooping puts on lipstick to impress Sherlock and for her to feel more attractive. Lipstick has connotations of love and attraction, the choice of a woman wanting to wear lipstick shows that the woman is trying to impress the man which shows a representation of gender through societies eyes; a woman wants to impress the more dominant character-a man.

Lighting can also play a part in representing gender, this is shown when the lighting is tinged/darl/murky, which can symbolise the surrounding mood of what is being discussed by the woman (even though she is the one delivering the news and the man isnt) but when the man starts to speak the camera lighting/room lighting becomes warmer and brighter. This may be because he holds a different role within this scene -woman is the deliver and he answers questions-. Another example of lighting is in the next few scenes when John is shown walking in a park, warm lighting is used then, which can be a way of expressing his mood or the type of character he is. John is asked a personal question and the lighting become murkier, having a change in lighting shows the audience that something bad has happened or been brought up. The change in lighting still surrounding the same character shows that in some scenes the lighting cant define gender roles.

In this clip the representation of gender is shown by camera angles and editing, examples of this is shown in the first scene when the woman is talking the camera tended to zoom away from her and focus on the man next to her and the audience, while focusing on the man (as ive mentioned previously). Another exampe of camera angles and editing can be seen when Sherlock is whipping the dead body nearing the end of this clip, the camera is positioned at the same level as the dead body laying on the table which gives a POV of the dead body and a low angle shot up towards Sherlock. These angles show Sherlock as the more dominant character as he is looking down apon the dead person, automatically giving him a higher role, this could also reflect on Sherlocks gender, he is a male and they are known to be the more dominant gender. At this point the camera shows Molly standing outside the room, this represents gender by showing that the less dominant character, who happens to be a woman, not taking control of the situation and having to watch.

Film review and shots- Freedom Writer analysis

Freedom Writers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvTFaoxIfhw

A dedicated teacher within a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers, who are deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their future.
She assigns reading material that related to their lives and encourages them all to keep the journals in order to express their feelings and personal situations. The movie is also based on the DC program called City at Peace.
The film was dedicated to the memory of Armand Jones who was killed after wrapping up  the film. He was eighteen and shot to death after confrunting a robber.

The soundtracks consist of 'A Dream' produced by Will.I.Am, Tupacs song 'Keep Ya Head Up' and the instrumental section of Sia's 'Breathe Me' accompanying the trailer.
Overall the film was given 69% poitive reviews.
Freedom Writers was directed by Richard La Gravenese and based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary  by teacher Erin Grunell and her class.

At the beginning of the trailer, the first shot sets the scene and general situation of the film -what was happening in that society within that time period and place.
The different cut scenes jump from one to another, these put together create the background history of why the violence is occuring.
During the trailer there are various voice overs covering perticulare scenes, this gives the person the role of the narrator, someone who tells the situation as it is and holds no power over the different situations.

Pre Production Planning - Twilight (timeline analysis)

Twilight

For my film i have decided to base it on the idea of; boy and girl have sperate but similar lives, boy meets girl- then a plot twist. I wanted to base my film opening analysis' on films with a similar story plot, and Twilight is a similar film (more on the super natural side) to the base idea of mine.

00:16-00:20 The film begins with a blank, dark screen with and no sound being playing. This is setting the scene for the beginning of the film and what is going to happen; a blank canvas.

00:20 A voice over -done by one of the main characters- begins to speak in a dreamy tone as if she is just thinking aloud. "Ive never given it much thought to how I would die" This quote is foreshadowing the future and letting the audience know that somehow, somewhere, this character is going to die. It is also an open ended and rehtorical statement, which creates multiple questions ie, 'how does she die?' 'does she come back to life?' etc, this draws the audience in more and wants them to cary on watching to find out what the plot twist is.

00:23 The screen shows a forrest, which is the first scene of the film. The camera pans across the forrest floor to show an innocent deer drinking from a pool of water, when this is shown the voice over speaks again. This can allow the audience to compare the two characters together;both innocent. When the voice over mentions death the calm scene changes to show the deer being chased and hunted. The abrupt change comes with the drigger word of death. This short scene can be compared to the plot of the whole film, which is almost a visual interpretation of the wimple words spoken in 00:20.

00:40 The camera position changes from an over head position (shows the innocence of the deer) to a POV of the hunter. This cretaes a connection between the hunter and the audience, it allows the camera man/ film director to easly convey the feelings the hunter is feeling towards the audience because they then become 'part of the film'.  It builds up the tension within the film and can be percieved as a metaphor towards the situation the girl will face in the future.

00:48 The camera position changes between a track (the deer) and POV (of the hunter), both showing fast movements which expresses the urgency of the deer and the dire need of the hunter; despiration and want. By 1:03 the audience are shown two small clips of the hunter running across the screen and then leaping and catching the deer, this is all shown while still keeping the hunter an unknown character. By showing the life of the hunter and the animal, but clearly showing the deer (showing the audience that its innocent) and not showing the identity of the hunter allows the audience to try and picture/imagine what the hunter looks like- as humans are scared of the unkown/not knowing what they are up against.

1:04 The screen clears up by lighting up with white and changes to a clear blue sky. Having the screen light up with white can indicate the innocence or the 'pureness' of the following scene and of the characters personalities- instead of having the screen transition through a black screen into the next film sequence, which might indicate negative 'vibes'. The camera then pans down from the sky to show the main girl holding two kaktasis, and this is when her voice over starts up again. 

Having two different sceneries is showing two different lives, while with the use of a voice over, they become linked. Having the link may be foretelling a future relationship between the hunter and the girl or be showing the audience the hunter that is also going to kill her.

1:11 The camera pans onto the girls face, changing from an establishing shot to a close up. Showing the audience a close up of the characters face is one way of introducing her. By clearly showing someones identity to the audience it can help portray that characters' personality or persona, ie they are innocent and have no knowledge of bad things etc.

I'm researching Twilight because it is relevant to my genre. I wrote about all of the angles that represent emotions throughout the first few minutes of the clip because the opening of the film in more relevant for my future project.
I also chose Twilight because of the narrative it follows, its relevant to the romance film I am planning on making because if follows all of the emotional factors a romance features along with the drama and action of it featuring supernatural beings.
Twilight aims itself towards 12-30 year olds, rating itself a 12. Its made for a more female dominating audience because of the over riding decisision underlining the whole series 'Edward vs Jacob' while men might feel intimidated by girl fantasising over characters. The film was originialy aimed for students because the main characters are around the same age, this makes everything allot more relatable for the audeince who are that age.
The family roles within the film are father-daughter and mother-daughter which emphasises that the family is having problems, which is also a world wide thing happening in reality, this links with the social class that is also aimed towards everyone even for the fans.
https://www.slideshare.net/alanacoulter/target-audience-twilight

These are all factors that I am going to use in my film because the genre and audience rating is the very similar to what I'm going to aim for.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjNDE2fMjI

Preproduction PlanningRomance film - if i stay

Preproduction PlanningRomance film - if i stay

If I Stay

I chose this film as my romance clip because I can relate to her musical side. Not only that the situation the main character is in is both realistic and fictional, and this draws in many different types of audiences.
The trailer shows how her life became so 'perfect' then suddenly changes to where she chooses between life and death, this creates a contrast and sudden change to the atmosphere of the whole film giving it a more realistic feel.

This is also a main influence towards the idea I have for my film, because it features the same cross genres as what I am aiming for within my film. It includes a car crash and the decision between life and death (influencing my idea of can my female character learn to remember her relationship before the car crash) with the building up of romance until it ends quickly.

Pre Production Planning- Mamma Mia (timeline analysis)

Mamma Mia 

For my film I have decided to base it on the idea of; boy and girl have separate but similar lives, boy meets girl- then a plot twist. I wanted to base my film opening analysis' on films with a similar story plot, and Mamma Mia is a romance film with a twist.

04:19 The main girl (Sophie) and her two friends are going through her mums old journal which has her love life written down in it-from twenty years prior- and this begins to give Sophie the idea of which of her mothers old summer lovers might be her father. The camera position shows an over the shoulder of one of the girls, with Sophie in the middle, as the main character the audience is given full view of her reactions and expressions, while the third girl is just behind Sophie. The focus is on the girls with the background showing the area the whole film is based on.

04:56 The camera shows a close up of Sophie singing which helps convey her feelings and emotions easily towards the viewers. A close up of a character allows the audience to become familiar with the person and gives them the 'spot light' of the scene and can help signify her importance within the film.

09:57 Sky (Sophies' fiance) has arrived to see her and the two girls (bridesmaids) and starts to discuss with Sophie about what there wedding would be like if he was in charge. The camera position is showing an over the shoulder shot, which indicates -in the situation- that a conversation is taking place. The 180 rule is also being used here, showing the shot reverse shot between the couple.

11:21  Shot reverse shot, 180 rule and an establishing shot are being used to show the conversation between the two women who have arrived and their friend (Sophie's mother) who came to pick them up. By using these three rules it allows the audience to understand the situation (the people and the surroundings) more and the characters personalities, the 180 rule also helps stop the audience get confused between who is where, which helps keep the conversation flowing.

18:07 The mother began to sing with her two friends and within the whole shot a fantasy world that all three of them are beginning to imagine appear, it depicts an alternative life they would all want to have if they had more money and were in a better financial position. This scene shows connotations of a young and expensive life style that the women envy or wish they could have had, it may also for-tell what the mother would like her daughter to experience in the future.

I was influenced by this film because of the plot and narrative it has. Overall it is a romance/ musical that captivates its audience with the characters and the storyline.
This film is relevant to the one I am planning because it has the general structure I am also using for mine; it starts off innocent, bad things happen or there is a twist, it gets better, worse then better again and for my overall film that that narrative is what I plan on following (allowing to influence my work). 

Wuthering Heights- Analysis (timeline analysis)

Wuthering Heights- different shots/angles

Fading- this can give the effect of time passing and connect different shots together; giving a dreamy affect

Extreme close up- this shot only shows part of a face/body/object. These are used to create a more personal approach towards that person or object. It may also show the audience that the person or object has a key objective / important.

Close up- these are of some one’s head and shoulders. This shot is used to show the emotions of the character.

Establishing Shot- this is a shot that establishes a scene, showing the audience what the surrounding area looks like. This allows the audience to be aware of the surroundings and to become ‘more of the film’.

POV shot- this stands for Point Of View and is used to show a view from the characters perspective (what they are seeing in front of them). This helps the audience engage more with what is happening in the film.

Canted framing- this is an angle that makes the shot appear to be tilted/ not straight, this gives the effect of disorientation and allows the director to influence the audiences emotions.

Two shot- shows a shot of two characters who are in convocation, this is used to signify some sought of relationship between those two people.

Credits- this is the information of the people/ cast who are part or take part in the film. This can also be used to break up different shots.

Medium shot- a shot that shows the person from the waist up. This can be used to introduce a new character or the show the audience how they dress, which indirectly is telling them about the characters personality.

Reaction shot- this shot shows the characters’ reaction to another character or within an event that is taking place. This allows the audience to get a closer relationship with the character, which allows that characters emotions to be felt easier.

Track- this is a movement that follows the subject/ object. Usually it’s a shot that shows smooth movements, within this film it also shows a shakier and unsteady approach when following the characters. This allows the audience to engage more in the film and feel more absorbed within it.

Over the shoulder- this shot shows the camera positioned from behind a person and overlooking their shoulder (peering over their shoulder), this gives a more personal approach to the situation happening between the characters and the audience.

Shot-reverse-shot- a shot that switches between the two characters who are conversing with each other, this is used to allow the audience to perceive the situation happening from both sides.

Flashback- a scene where the audience is shown an event that happened earlier in the film or in the characters history. These odd shots add together to create more detail towards the characters personal past.

0:02 – shows a fade of colour on screen

0:03 – Extreme close up

0:04-0:09 – voice over

0:05 – blurred established shot/ POV shot

0:11 – credits

0:17 – two shot, track, blurry established shot, canted framing

0:19 – two shot, close up

0:27 – credits

0:30 – close up

0:33 – change close up

0:35 – medium shot

0:37 – establishing shot

0:39 – track

0:42 – head shot

0:43 – close up, reaction shot

0:45 – extreme close up

0:46 – head shot, establishing shot

0:47 – over the shoulder shot

0:49 – extreme close up

0:52 – establishing shot

0:53 – close up

0:54 – track, blurry

0:58 – fade into continuity editing

1:00 – fading into establishing shot, wide angle

1:02 – over the shoulder/ POV

1:04 – credits

1:06 – establishing shot

1:07 – close up

1:09 – different close up

1:12 – flash back

1:15 – shot reverse shot, close up

1:19 – credits

1:21 – flash back

1:25 – medium shot

1:27 – credits

1:30 – POV

1:31 – close up, reaction shot

1:32 – close up, shot reverse shot

1:34 – establishing shot

1:36 – reaction shot

1:37 – flash back

1:39 – close up, voice over

1:41 – credits

1:43 – over the shoulder

1:45 – medium shot

1:46 – voice over, extreme close up

1:48 – extreme close up, black out and fades to –

1:49 – track

1:50 – POV, flashback

1:53 – extreme close up, voice over

1:56 - credits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EceNo1LJj4

Media Theories/Analysis- Pirates of the Caribbean

Media Theories- Pirates of the Caribbean

The film has multi camera shots, this means that a whole shot consists of different angles to make a whole record, this is used to create a more structured and 'action packed' scene as it has a more broken structure. The use of this also may be because of the limited space on set.

Within this film 'Popp's character roles' are evident. Will Turner is portrayed as the hero – but this is never accounted for as Jack is the most dominant character over all the films. Jack covers many roles throughout the series because the characters’ personality changes due to confidence around the other characters and the situations Jack puts himself in, he fits ones such as: hero, false hero, villain, dispatcher etc. as for Elizabeth, within the first film she is known as the princess, then she turns into a rebellious and hero figure.

Claude Levi-Strauss’ Binary oppositions is key within these films. Examples of this would be between Jack and Will or Elizabeth and Barbosa. Having these oppositions make the films more interesting and helps clearly show the characters roles and personalities, which allows the audience to make clear comparisons between the characters and how the typically act.

The film is based and works around Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory. 

This theory is about the good and the bad situations within the film (something goes wrong, they try and solve it, that works and then something goes wrong again).

To make a film more exciting, the directors have to script the underlining story in this way, which in turn creates a more interesting and appealing film to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQr0uTrH_s

Maleficent Analysis (timeline analysis)

Maleficent
0:30-2:30
There's a voice over, which starts to set the scene for the story. Maleficent is a retold version of Sleeping Beauty, which is spoken of in the voice over, "let us tell an old story anew" and "and we will see how well you know it.". This casual approach draws in the audience and allows them to recall what the original story was like.
The camera pans forwards to a castle which belongs to the parents of Aura, the camera then moves from the showing the castle to an establishing shot, which shows the Kings land and the magical land in the distance.
0:40
The camera closes in on the river and moves up it, this shows the human village and the surrounding area. The camera moves upwards to show the mountains in the background and moves in closer which tells the audience that that place has some significance.
1:00
At this point the voice over expresses that the humans are jealous of the 'magical world' as they always end up being better off than them. It's portrayed as a peaceful place, where every magical creature can live peacefully.
1:15
The camera changes and focuses on a single tree, this suggests that it holds a meaning and symbolises something. The general meaning of a tree stands for life, sustainability and to provide things. These meanings can be used to symbolise the course the film might take, and what role the trees have within the story. The tree can also stand for the younger version of the main characters innocence and leadership over the place where she lives.
1:23
We are shown a close up of one of the main characters. This starts to allow the audience to understand her position and her history.
1:38
The camera moves outwards, showing an establishing shot. This allows the audience to see the whole area and to easily watch what is happening. It also shows what the surrounding area looks like. The camera then pans to follow the girl, this creates the feeling of being part of the film.
1:44
The camera moves position again to a low shot/ establishing shot, this provides a lot of negative space, which indicates that the single object (tree) and girl have a significance. The tree is also positioned in the middle section of the shot which creates feelings such as comfort and peace.
2:02
The voice over introduces the name of the girl, which gives her more purpose as a character. Knowing her name allows the audience to recognise the name and to compare the similarities between the girl and the original story.
2:10
Maleficent starts to fly and the camera moves backwards, an establishing shot, this is used to show the surrounding area. The camera moves alongside Maleficent, this brings in the interest of the audience and makes you feel like part of the film.
2:14-2:30
Maleficent speaks and begins to introduce other characters/creatures that live in the same place as her, this brings familiarity towards to audience, so when they see those animals next they understand what they are.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaArkjF7AnM

Divergent - Analysis

Divergent

The Divergent series were produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian and Douglas Wick, with a screen play created by Evan Daugherty and vanessa Taylor. The films star various actors such as: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Ray Stevenson, Jai Courtney, Zoe kravitz and Ansel Elgort.

The film(s) was advertized through every sought of media, ranging from TV, posters and through social media. It was showed different covers of stationary pictures from the film or photoshoots.
The cover I chose (linked above) shows a side face shot of the main character, Beatrice Prior - played by Shailene Woodley -. By positioning her face to the side it can foretell the mood and direction the film diverts into.
The film is given an age rating of PG-13 because it consists of 'intense violence, action and thematic elements and some sensuality'. This warns parents that the film is for 12+ children due to the content shown in the film. Rated PG-13 indicates to parents to strongly caution- some material may be inappropriate for children under the age of 13.

The film poster has a dark background with a single light lighting up the face of the main character who has been placed in the centre of the page, this suggest the power the character holds- especially being a female. Light and dark represent good and evil; heroes and villains. Having a dark background with the main character lite up suggests that she is the hero/ saviour within this series. The character is positioned with her face turned to the side, this causes only half of her face to be lite up, which can suggest that even though she is a good character, she's not overall a perfect hero. It can also suggest that she holds power and holds high authority.
Woodley is dressed in dark clothing, normally what the typical villain wears. Dark colours can also affect the persona of the person, making a female character look more appealing or more powerful. Within the first film Prior gets a tattoo on her collar bone, this ties her to the group she is part of. Throughout the film she seeks out the dark secrets of the whole society, but showing her still clearly wearing the tattoo suggest that even though she still has ties towards the group she was once part of-a memory or war scar.
This poster has been carefully edited, and everything deliberately done to add more emphasis towards the main characters' personality and her status. It allows the audience to feel the exact power and fame the character holds, which may be stronger that most of the male characters.
All of these add up to make the poster and film more appealing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw7Eln_xuWc



Within Divergent the four sections, sound, mise en scene, editing and camera work are used to create the dramatic and powerful affect for it audience.

Divergent uses sound to represent the

Analysis on Romeo and Juliet- Baz Luhrmann's (timeline analysis)

Romeo and Juliet- Baz Luhrmann

0:32-1:08
Between these two times the prologue is read out. An old TV is shown, which is surrounded in darkness with the camera slowly moving closer towards the woman talking on the TV. The zooming in gives the affect of the importance of what the woman is saying, because this is used to set up the whole story.
1:09-1:26
The director has decided to show different cuts of Verona to show the significance of different places within the film. It cuts between buildings,a statue of Jesus and to the police cars, all of these places and objects have a standing value within the film. Throughout the repetition of the places being shown, 'IN FAIR VERONA' has been constantly placed between the different cuts of the places in Verona.This gives the affect of uncertainty and confusion because this statement is never on the screen long enough to be fully registered by the audience.
Throughout this time heavy/loud organ music has been edited on top of the actions taking place in the film. The music can represent the religious values of the characters and how the music they worship to can be used to help describe the situations they get into, this all gives a dramatic feel towards the film and it also helps set the scene for the audience.
The different cut scenes work with the music that's played on top of it, giving an over all feelings of symmetry, anxiousness and being drawn in-interesting- because even though you've been told what is going to happen you still want to watch and find out how it's going to happen.
It also creates a contrast between the love of Romeo and Juliet and the actual fighting and deaths that happen;it has been brought into the world of real society.
1:10
The screen stops cutting between the places in Verona and shows the 'IN FAIR VERONA' caption long enough for the audience to actually acknowledge the message the screen is showing.
1:16
The camera pans out and shows the two main work buildings that belong to the two families, Capulets and Montagues, next to one another, this shows the competition and rivalry between the families. Around this time everyone is highly religious, and these two buildings are separated by a road and the main statue of Jesus, this both the families have, and one of the only ways they can relate to one another through the same religion.
1:26
The prologue is being spoken again as a voice over from the man who plays Friar Laurence. This becomes significant because it put that character in a narrator position, someone who knows everything but can't control what is happening.
The main characters are also being introduced on top of that. Then through the rest of the film, the main quotes chosen from what Friar Laurence is saying appears in the titles of newspapers, this gives a more realistic feel towards the situation.
1;53-1:57
Shows key words on the screen on a blacked out background, which gives a more dramatic affect to the meanings of the words.
"A pair of star-cross'd lovers"
"Take their life."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZqxOb2tJIo

Narrative

Narrative

The opening to minutes of Kat and I's film  has a non-linear structure. We chose to go down this route because it creates unanswerable questions. It allows the audience to view the film in their own personal way- there is no right or wrong way in whichever way the film is portrayed.An example of a non linear structure is 'Romeo and Juliet' written by Shakespeare. He opens his play with a prologue, instantly telling his audience that both of the main characters die, what draws the audience in is not knowing how it happened.

Having this as inspiration, we devised our clip to show the audience that the main character is hit by a car; actually showing her on the floor, then the car crash after, a simple example of a non linear structure.

Another thing that we showing in our film was three time changes. This was shown through using different effects and colours to help distinguish the difference between all of them. One being 'normal colour', second being 'black and white' and the third time change is showing two overlapping clips, one being very saturated and the other black and white.

'Normal filming colour' is normally portrayed as the regular day, the audience think of a linear structure and nothing else, assuming that it is showing the current day. Using a non linear structure and three different time changes it actually changes the meanings of each colour and how they are usually perceive/viewed to represent. This also links in the idea o wanting our audiences to have different views of what time happens when and what the whole story means.

Black and White holds connotations of 'the past', 'the olden times' and 'film noir'. In our film we are using the change in colour to help emphasis a time change, whether thats showing to past or the future. Kat and I want to show that the usual meanings of different types of colour shouldn't be used to define an effect. Our film is showing clips from the past, preset and future but the audience have to suss out which is what.

Overlaying two clips on one another, using a stabilizer on one and changing the opacity on the other helps to give a 'dream like' effect. Changing one of the clips into black and white and the other being more saturated gives he affect of an unstabilized look, which, in Cara's case in the condition she is in. It appears disallusional and unfocused which helps portray the situation that Cara is in an the was she is feeling.

Story Pitch

Story Pitch

 Kat and I have made a pitch of our film explaining how our story pans out.

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Lighting

Lighting 

lighting

ˈlʌɪtɪŋ/

noun

1. equipment in a room, building, or street for producing light.

   "fluorescent bulbs for street lighting"

Soft front light / hot backlight

A popular technique in film lighting is to use a soft (diffuse) light source from the front and a stronger, more directional light from the back, so that your subject has a hot edge. The soft frontal light is known as the fill light; the strong light at the back is known, unsurprisingly, as the backlight.

You can arrange the lights in such a way as to leave darkness between the area illuminated by the backlight and the area illuminated by the fill light, depending on how moody you want the shot to be. This tends to work very well, although even the moodiest films tend to avoid leaving dark shadows on the faces of female talent. The film still shown above is from “Schindler’s List” and is a good example of this technique, but be warned that Janusz Kaminski is an extraordinary cinematographer!

The reason for which lights are necessary in filmmaking is that film, and to an even greater extent video, does not respond to light the same way our eyes do. Specifically, film and video see things in a much more contrasty way.In other words, they cannot cope with the lighting contrast of real life: if you shoot a scene without artificial lights, either the shadows will go completely black or the highlights will go completely white. All of this means that if you want a scene to look natural, ironically the only way to do that is to have enough light to make film see the scene the way our eyes see the scene.

http://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/filmmaking/film-lighting-tips.html

Mis En Scene

Mis en Scene

Definition: Everything that forms together to make a scene

• costume
• props
• camera angles
• location
• lighting
• blocking
• acting
• casting
• perthetic falacy
• camera movement 
• proxemics
• editing

Being able to understand what mis en scene enables any critic, film maker or director to be able to create or analyse a film or scene to show and express what is happening. Knowing how to create a scene with all of these elements creates an interesting scene (and an appealing film), and as a viewer and critique it makes you become more awear that everything within each scene was deliberatly placed there to help create the mood of the scene of the set the scene.

Seven Archetypes

The scriptwriters are told there are only seven archetypes used for stories.

• 1. Overcoming the monster
• 2. Rags to Riches
• 3. The Quest
• 4. Voyage and Return
• 5. Comedy
• 6. Tragedy
• 7. Rebirth

Introduction Post

Introduction Post

My name is Claudia Wingrove and this is the start of my coursework for my Media AS Level. 

For my A Levels I have chosen to take Media, Fine Art and English Literature and Language, I chose media as an A Level because I would like to go into film / film production in the future, I am also a creative person and in taking this creative subject, along with the other ones, I feel like I can succeed in the topics I have a stronger talent in.