A Level Media MEST 2

For this Preliminary Exercise, I was working with Karol and had to make a small clip that included match-on-action, the 180-degree rule and shot/reverse shots. Our narrative for this clip was a character walking through a door and exchanging dialogue with a different character. Planning process  In my opinion, planning this short clip was one of our biggest weakness because of miscommunication. We decided to make the storyboard first so that we knew what type of shots we had as well as knowing if we have used the three main shots which are  match-on-action, the 180-degree rule and shot/reverse shots. I decided to make the storyboard while Karol established the time we were going to met up.  The storyboard that we used wasn't that specific so when we filmed, we could have changed some shot angles or change the order of the clips. Moreover, we hadn't made a script for the dialogue so when we were shooting, we were under pressure to make up something. When doing this for my r

Apocalypse Now - Opening Sequence The clip that I will be analysing is Apocalypse Now which was a movie made in 1979 about the Vietnam war. This clip I have used is from the opening scene from the movie. In the first minute of the clip, there aren't any transitions involved but there is a mise en scene of a jungle. A few helicopters past the camera make the shot foggier. There aren't any transition as the director and editor are trying to keep the audience interested, they do this by having a few helicopters go by which will raise questions to the audience mind and create mystery as we only see half of them. The sound that is added afterwards in the post also used to help create a stronger narrative, is very peacefully and has synergy with the jungle which symbolises peace. As nothing happens for a whole 1, which is unusual in modern films today, which creates a lot of tension. Just when the explosion happens, the first words are "this is the end" which will te

I have decided to use Star Wars opening scene for 1977. The very first clips used in the opening sequence is credits and an introduction from text on-screen. it summarises what has happened in the past so all the audience is at the same point. After that, the camera tilts downwards to give an establishing shot so the audience watching knows the setting which is outer space. Following that, from the top right you see a star cruiser which will assure the audience that the movie is SI-FI . A few second after that we see a large spacecraft that is shot for a low angle of the ship. This means that the size different from the two is immense as it takes half of the screen when the first spacecraft only took a small area. The next shot, which is still an establishing shot, put the audience right in front of the action so they release that there is some sort of conflict happening. The bigger craft is always shown from a low angle to show the power that it has over the small craft. After t

WWW: The work on your blog is solid and you’re pretty much up-to-date. There’s been a lot of work already so it is important to be keeping up with it. For the mise-en-scene video analysis, although the writing needs work the choice of clip is interesting – being aware of texts such as the Grand Tour (and all the Clarkson history that is important in British TV currently) will serve you well in Media. EBI: There are a few things we need to work on straight away. Firstly, although you’ve got the vast majority of work on there you do need to catch up with a couple of things: firstly, there is no film noir research linked to the lighting task and secondly although you’ve typed up your sound video feedback you haven’t completed the LR – judging your video against those you felt were the top three in the class. Your first task is to go back and post what’s missing. My main concern currently is your written English – it is nowhere near A Level standard. Your spelling is poor – you

clockwork orange It is music that you don't expect as the clip has a lot of violence involved in it.It has non diegetic sound as it was adding during post. It has used contrapuntal sound as it has peaceful music with a violent scene. The music used is a classical, from the video it seems like that the only the main character in the middle is hearing it. People could say that only the main character can hear it and the the audience is listening from the main character brain. The clip has voice overs of the main character of what the is thinking about doing. However, people could say that the music is parallel because at the start of the clip they look like they are from a higher class family because of the way they dress. Because they are walking aside a huge pool of water, I assumed that they own it so in some cases it could be parallel sound. When they start fighting, the song in the background slowly increases and gets more intense. This makes the audience more intrigued wi

LR for sound video Interesting choice of music but the initial thought is that in term of the feel it isn't completely parallel until the lyrics kick in.  Selection of the images is good and consistent and the fact several contrapuntal images get a laugh is a very good sign. Video may be added to evocative the song choice. To short. My own LR Could of added videos what it flow better When changing fro parallel and contrapuntal, it wasn't a big enough change for the audience. The music i added took to long for the audience to understand what was parallel and what wasn't. My top videos in the class The first person that i will compare my work to is Ratna. At the being of the clip, the the mise-en-scene of the video was parallel to the music used. It has lot of romantic clip from movies that comportment the song very good.However, in my opinion the very first clip of the mountains didn't fit the song as it was more relaxing than romantic. Also, i th

The Maltese Falcon  Film noir is  a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace.

In my opinion it is a high key light as you can see everything in the shot. It has a lot of shadows because of the back light as well as using filter light to soften the shadows. By having a shadow on her face, it give her a mysterious look. It could be to show two different part of herself to confuse the audience. In my opinion it is a low key light as you can only see light coming from one direction. It is using a top light as you can see her face but not here body. This could to show how glamorous see is. As most of the poster is dark, it is associated with horror. In my opinion it is a high key light as you can see everything in the shot but there are still some shadow below this face. This make the character seem more realistic and dramatic to add tension. In my opinion it is a high key light as well as low key lighting. You can see everything in the shot to make it look realistic but there is a lot of strong contrasts from the top light and the dark creates a drama

The whole clip is in black and white. The black, which is linked with  mysterious  colour  that is typically associated with the unknown or the negative is used allot. At 46seconds, you can see an blurred figure behind the the lady with create mystery. When the face is revealed, you cant see the detail but can still see the silhouette. When the unknown figure is stabbing, the audience cant see the stabbing happening. The audience will have to infer from the movement and the blood what is going on. Near the end, you see the water is spiralling and fades to the women's eye when show that her eye are empty. When watching the whole trailer, you Can tell that it is a fast pest video. The trailer start a medium shot of a cars back. When the lights turned on, it creates mystery and keeps the audience guessing. At 2 seconds, you see the sun coming out which could suggest that the three presenters are back from television after a long time. The trailer has a lot of colour that mean t

The light behind the main character Rick Deckard could suggest they are outer space and the light is the sun. But, it could be to show him as a godly figure as he is the hero in the film. By have the women below him and with less area could evoke that she is less important as well as showing him as a dominate figure. In addition, he is holding sc-fi gun which could apply that the movie is an action movie. You can also tell from there face expression that it is an action movie as they look serious. moreover, you can tell that it is a scfi movie as from the bottom of the poster there is a flying car. You can also tell from the font that they were trying to make it look futurist.  From the dark colour you can infer that the movie mostly going to be about negativity and give and a bad mood. The light coming out from the centre could be a fire however, could be show how busy the area is. In 1980 this movie was targeted mostly at teenager as audience wanted what the future was like