Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
This is a short snippet from the BBC's comedy Big Train.
The clip was suitable in various ways to my "2 men in a lift idea". The first being the type of genre in this case a comedy, secondly the camera techniques of close ups and two shots will suit the narrative of my idea as their would be chunks of conversation throughout.
The clip was suitable in various ways to my "2 men in a lift idea". The first being the type of genre in this case a comedy, secondly the camera techniques of close ups and two shots will suit the narrative of my idea as their would be chunks of conversation throughout.
Short Story Idea (trapped in a lift) Youtube Videos
Above is a video i have found on Youtube. It conatins 2 minutes of some real life footage caught on cctv of a man trapped in a lift for 40 hours. This has helped me into thinking how the unfortunate victims would act and behave over a long period of time and in such a relined place. Aswell as this it gave me a further idea to have various scenes within the short film showing footage through the camera in the lift. To add verisimilitude i would use a low angle shot on the characters, slow the frame per rate and overlap a timer onto the video through adobe photoshop elements 5.
Monday, 28 September 2009
Friday, 25 September 2009
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Sunday, 20 September 2009
LOVEFIELD ANALYSIS
LoveField is a short film created by Mathieu Ratthe. The genre of the film throughout seems like a stereotypical horror having all the generic elements needed which is totally convincing for us the viewers to watch, however the creator has intelligently but a twist at the very end having the suspected murderer become the hero totally switching the new resolution and equilibrium. The narrative of the film throughout seems to be open however having the shock ending it falls into a closed narrative.
The diegetic world of LoveField seems to be somewhere in the American outback being very derelict and lonely therefore the editor had encoded meaning for the audience to feel alienated and uneasy. The character of a farmer is the main actor throughout having the usual stereotype of a rough beard, cap and denim dungarees this is a typical stock character and has been used in other full length horrors such as texas chain saw massacre.
Begining with a long lasting establishing shot of vast corn fields and mountins the camera slowly pans downwards from the skyline and into the ground of the dense corn fields adding supsension and awareness to see something hidden within. Having no chorus (narrater) a meduim shot of a sign cleverly reveals to the audience where the diegetic world is set folowing this a close up of a black crow signifies and connotes to the audeince their may be dead people in the cornfields. Later on a series of insert shots are carried out within just one take including a mobile phone, some underwear and a womens foot this having a preferred meaning on the audience that a murder of rape has taken place. A gradual pan upwards revaling the man also helps the verismilitude that he is the anitial killer of the women. Entering the final minutes of the film an important low angle shot of the man has him towering over what we asume to be a dead body with a towel, the next shot being a two shot suprisngly revealing the man holding a new born.
Non diegetic sound is evident with earay and stereotypical horror music playing through most of the film, along with this diegetic sounds are placed overlapping the sound track of a sign post creaking, this is encoded by the producer to arouse our imagination and to make it seem like a door slowly opening. Other noises such as a phone ringing, and a women's voice sounding in distress all having meaning for us to decode as generic horror traits as well. Lighting throughout the film is fairly moderate and natural looking, its only wen the man is seen stood up the lighting adjusts and shows more shadows contrasting with brightness, this is done to connote something isn't right and to reflect the mans personality or urgency.
Editing techniques are relevant for this film, in this instance, pace. The pace of the editing is noticeably slow through the first half of the film, this is changed when action is involved the pace of the film dramatically speeds up showing short snippets and various angles of the man running. Fade in and fade outs are used for when the title comes up this is suttle and helps juxtapose with the atomspheric music, later another valuable technique is used this time an eye line match. The eye line match is used showing the mans eyes focused on a particular object over his boot the following shot gives us the crow looking back, this suceeds in invloving the audience into the looking through the mans eyes. Lastly the editor weirdly uses a shot revearse shot structure of the farmer and the crow having the bird halk at him aggressively this is unsual to see as is normally used with just human converstaions back and forth.
LoveField is a short film created by Mathieu Ratthe. The genre of the film throughout seems like a stereotypical horror having all the generic elements needed which is totally convincing for us the viewers to watch, however the creator has intelligently but a twist at the very end having the suspected murderer become the hero totally switching the new resolution and equilibrium. The narrative of the film throughout seems to be open however having the shock ending it falls into a closed narrative.
The diegetic world of LoveField seems to be somewhere in the American outback being very derelict and lonely therefore the editor had encoded meaning for the audience to feel alienated and uneasy. The character of a farmer is the main actor throughout having the usual stereotype of a rough beard, cap and denim dungarees this is a typical stock character and has been used in other full length horrors such as texas chain saw massacre.
Begining with a long lasting establishing shot of vast corn fields and mountins the camera slowly pans downwards from the skyline and into the ground of the dense corn fields adding supsension and awareness to see something hidden within. Having no chorus (narrater) a meduim shot of a sign cleverly reveals to the audience where the diegetic world is set folowing this a close up of a black crow signifies and connotes to the audeince their may be dead people in the cornfields. Later on a series of insert shots are carried out within just one take including a mobile phone, some underwear and a womens foot this having a preferred meaning on the audience that a murder of rape has taken place. A gradual pan upwards revaling the man also helps the verismilitude that he is the anitial killer of the women. Entering the final minutes of the film an important low angle shot of the man has him towering over what we asume to be a dead body with a towel, the next shot being a two shot suprisngly revealing the man holding a new born.
Non diegetic sound is evident with earay and stereotypical horror music playing through most of the film, along with this diegetic sounds are placed overlapping the sound track of a sign post creaking, this is encoded by the producer to arouse our imagination and to make it seem like a door slowly opening. Other noises such as a phone ringing, and a women's voice sounding in distress all having meaning for us to decode as generic horror traits as well. Lighting throughout the film is fairly moderate and natural looking, its only wen the man is seen stood up the lighting adjusts and shows more shadows contrasting with brightness, this is done to connote something isn't right and to reflect the mans personality or urgency.
Editing techniques are relevant for this film, in this instance, pace. The pace of the editing is noticeably slow through the first half of the film, this is changed when action is involved the pace of the film dramatically speeds up showing short snippets and various angles of the man running. Fade in and fade outs are used for when the title comes up this is suttle and helps juxtapose with the atomspheric music, later another valuable technique is used this time an eye line match. The eye line match is used showing the mans eyes focused on a particular object over his boot the following shot gives us the crow looking back, this suceeds in invloving the audience into the looking through the mans eyes. Lastly the editor weirdly uses a shot revearse shot structure of the farmer and the crow having the bird halk at him aggressively this is unsual to see as is normally used with just human converstaions back and forth.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
. Specific media studies and semiotic terminology,
. Media theory,
. Narrative analysis (where appropriate),
. Analysis of the media language used in terms of technical aspects of Camera shots, Angle, Movement and Composition, Editing, Sound, Music, Mise-en-Scène, Special Effects, and On-Screen Graphics.
Analysis of mode of address, who is the target audience and how are they addressed by the text?
An analysis of the representations included in the text
An analysis of generic codes and conventions.
music video analysis : Black Eyed Peas - I got a feeling
Various shot types are presented all throughout the music video these are there to make us feel in certain ways and to encode the meaning the editor has created. One of the types that is used is the insert shot, the insert shot signifies many aspects throughout the narrative. To begin in the first few minute or so we see the insert shot showing make up, combs and several other grooming products following this we see an insert shot of a mobile phone which is valuable and top of the range this has the connotations that the audience should be keeping up with new technology and fashion, they also use this towards the end showing some sort of wine being dropped this is stereotyping parties into saying that you need alchol to have a good time the fact it was dropped also could also be deceived that the people attending or drunk and not in control of their actions. Stereotyping also is shown through low angle shots of females in short skirts having the camera slowly panning upwards, this has been done to emphasis the females physical attributes and to attract male audiences to veiw the video.One master shot shows a living room full of attenders dancing with Will.I.Am central of the frame this allows the audience to step back for a brief moment and to pick out the band members from the others it also gives the veiwers a chance to reflect the overall mood and fashion instead of the frequent close ups of individuals. Lastly the most common shot is the two shot this happens as the song progresses and clevery shows how relationships change from groups to just pairs this again shows how alcohol can influence confidence.
Editing techniques are evident and most appropiate with a music video, one of the apects is the speed of the shots, at the start the rythme is failry slow therefore the editor has used less longer takes. However as the chorus comes into play the shots intensly speed up, this gives achorage to the beat which is now fast trying to make the audience feel they are in the video. Slow motion is used in places the creator clevely matching the lyrics to the video for example a group raising their drinks in a circle, this showing essential and relavant parts of the music video and denoting thats what people do at parties.
Mise-en-scene is used to denote the target audience and the type of music we are watching, in this case the music videos genre is faily mainstream as it falls into the catagory of R n B/hip hop therefore all the actors clothes juxtapose the two and add versilimiltude. Other micro elements such as props also help the overall versimilitude and realism of the video for example the use of neon paint which has strong conotations of partying and hard raving. The clothing of black eyed peas member fergie comes across as very promiscious and reveals most of her body this could have an effect on the female fans of the group giving them the impression they should dress like this to parties as its their ideal self and role model. However the outfit deffinatley will attract the males audiences too giving them a chance to see the singer come across as sexually provocative and visullay pleasing.
The diegetic world of this music video does the song justice and begins just in the first two seconds with an extremely urban setting of a city at night allowing us the audience to encode this and familiarize ourselfes to what the music may be about. The house also is stereotypical for an american house party and genre of song however towards the end lacks verisimilitude as the set suddenly changes into having bright coloured beams and in darkness, the conotations of a nite club.
. Media theory,
. Narrative analysis (where appropriate),
. Analysis of the media language used in terms of technical aspects of Camera shots, Angle, Movement and Composition, Editing, Sound, Music, Mise-en-Scène, Special Effects, and On-Screen Graphics.
Analysis of mode of address, who is the target audience and how are they addressed by the text?
An analysis of the representations included in the text
An analysis of generic codes and conventions.
music video analysis : Black Eyed Peas - I got a feeling
Various shot types are presented all throughout the music video these are there to make us feel in certain ways and to encode the meaning the editor has created. One of the types that is used is the insert shot, the insert shot signifies many aspects throughout the narrative. To begin in the first few minute or so we see the insert shot showing make up, combs and several other grooming products following this we see an insert shot of a mobile phone which is valuable and top of the range this has the connotations that the audience should be keeping up with new technology and fashion, they also use this towards the end showing some sort of wine being dropped this is stereotyping parties into saying that you need alchol to have a good time the fact it was dropped also could also be deceived that the people attending or drunk and not in control of their actions. Stereotyping also is shown through low angle shots of females in short skirts having the camera slowly panning upwards, this has been done to emphasis the females physical attributes and to attract male audiences to veiw the video.One master shot shows a living room full of attenders dancing with Will.I.Am central of the frame this allows the audience to step back for a brief moment and to pick out the band members from the others it also gives the veiwers a chance to reflect the overall mood and fashion instead of the frequent close ups of individuals. Lastly the most common shot is the two shot this happens as the song progresses and clevery shows how relationships change from groups to just pairs this again shows how alcohol can influence confidence.
Editing techniques are evident and most appropiate with a music video, one of the apects is the speed of the shots, at the start the rythme is failry slow therefore the editor has used less longer takes. However as the chorus comes into play the shots intensly speed up, this gives achorage to the beat which is now fast trying to make the audience feel they are in the video. Slow motion is used in places the creator clevely matching the lyrics to the video for example a group raising their drinks in a circle, this showing essential and relavant parts of the music video and denoting thats what people do at parties.
Mise-en-scene is used to denote the target audience and the type of music we are watching, in this case the music videos genre is faily mainstream as it falls into the catagory of R n B/hip hop therefore all the actors clothes juxtapose the two and add versilimiltude. Other micro elements such as props also help the overall versimilitude and realism of the video for example the use of neon paint which has strong conotations of partying and hard raving. The clothing of black eyed peas member fergie comes across as very promiscious and reveals most of her body this could have an effect on the female fans of the group giving them the impression they should dress like this to parties as its their ideal self and role model. However the outfit deffinatley will attract the males audiences too giving them a chance to see the singer come across as sexually provocative and visullay pleasing.
The diegetic world of this music video does the song justice and begins just in the first two seconds with an extremely urban setting of a city at night allowing us the audience to encode this and familiarize ourselfes to what the music may be about. The house also is stereotypical for an american house party and genre of song however towards the end lacks verisimilitude as the set suddenly changes into having bright coloured beams and in darkness, the conotations of a nite club.
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