Introduction
Introduce the genre and its main conventions or codes. Draw a comparison between the two films and their directors in terms of the genre. Identify and briefly discuss the particular elements that you will be analysing.
The romantic genre is one that is close to all of our hearts, drawing on child hood fantasies and inspiring us to dream big things. The two particular scenes that I will be comparing are the titanic ice burg scene and the aqua marines scenes where aqua is pused in to the water, and Raymond comes to save her s she is being sucked back out to sea. Both of which are strong in terms of the director’s choices for mis en scene, cinematography and sound and editing. My focus is on looking at the elements of lighting, acting and props which are particularly strong.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Film Still:
I think this picture is a scary movie, where this lady is being stalked, the dark lighting under a lonley, quiet, and deserted tunnel, gives the impression that something bad is going to happen. The man is wearing a big dark coat, and is dressed in black, which makes it obvious that he is up to something. He is acting very suspicious.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Alien:
This is the Alien in the movie, that was in the dark factory, and killed the man that was looking for his cat.
Genre:
Miese En Scene:
The movie Alian is classified as a science fiction movie, because it is an unrealistic movie, but made to look real by the effects that had been added. The lighting was dark, and flickered, to give the effect that it was a dark scene, and something bad was bound to happen. The setting was artificial, in a dungin, or a dark and deserted factory, and it gave the effect of being dark, hollow and very lonley place. The Male character was strong and showed that he was unnawear of what was to occure, he seemed very calm, he had no precautions. He wore a hiwian shirt, and casual pants, and a simple cap (this represents that it may have been daytime out side, and it has gotten darker, as he has come further into the factory, or that he had been looking for his cat for so long that night has fallen). The man was ovboiusly not expecting anything like this to happen. His only desire was to find his cat "Jonesy" and he showed no weakness to give up, striving for his goal to be reunited with his cat. In the background, there is a very simple, echo noise, and screeches, and bels, or chains moving, which represents the fact that it is pretty deserted, you can hear sudden screaches, and the mans heartbeat, which also focus on the fact that he was reletivley calm. This noise, creats anticipation, and keeps a suspence so the audience will continue to watch. The man becomes more aleart to the fact that there is something lurking in the building, when he hears noises, and finds the shedded skin of an alian.
Cinematography:
The camera angle, and position gives the effect in the movie. The camera position seems to follow the man who is searching for hiss cat, and follows over his sholder, it slows down, and focus on something. When something is bound to happen, and the noises get very intence, the camera flickers around in differnt angles and positions, as if it were him looking for something in the room. Sudden jols, and movements along with the sound effects that go with it, represent many elements and drematic effects. There is much happening in the camera, and fast movements, then all of a sudden it flicks back to the shocked face of the cat, and you get a relief from what you have just seen that it is all over, the suspence is gone, the man has died, and you feel anxious still wondering about the cat. After a very fast and intecne scene, it flick over to a calm and more relaxed scene.
The movie Alian is classified as a science fiction movie, because it is an unrealistic movie, but made to look real by the effects that had been added. The lighting was dark, and flickered, to give the effect that it was a dark scene, and something bad was bound to happen. The setting was artificial, in a dungin, or a dark and deserted factory, and it gave the effect of being dark, hollow and very lonley place. The Male character was strong and showed that he was unnawear of what was to occure, he seemed very calm, he had no precautions. He wore a hiwian shirt, and casual pants, and a simple cap (this represents that it may have been daytime out side, and it has gotten darker, as he has come further into the factory, or that he had been looking for his cat for so long that night has fallen). The man was ovboiusly not expecting anything like this to happen. His only desire was to find his cat "Jonesy" and he showed no weakness to give up, striving for his goal to be reunited with his cat. In the background, there is a very simple, echo noise, and screeches, and bels, or chains moving, which represents the fact that it is pretty deserted, you can hear sudden screaches, and the mans heartbeat, which also focus on the fact that he was reletivley calm. This noise, creats anticipation, and keeps a suspence so the audience will continue to watch. The man becomes more aleart to the fact that there is something lurking in the building, when he hears noises, and finds the shedded skin of an alian.
Cinematography:
The camera angle, and position gives the effect in the movie. The camera position seems to follow the man who is searching for hiss cat, and follows over his sholder, it slows down, and focus on something. When something is bound to happen, and the noises get very intence, the camera flickers around in differnt angles and positions, as if it were him looking for something in the room. Sudden jols, and movements along with the sound effects that go with it, represent many elements and drematic effects. There is much happening in the camera, and fast movements, then all of a sudden it flicks back to the shocked face of the cat, and you get a relief from what you have just seen that it is all over, the suspence is gone, the man has died, and you feel anxious still wondering about the cat. After a very fast and intecne scene, it flick over to a calm and more relaxed scene.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
House of flying daggers:
Mise En Scene:
- Action genre,
- Style of acting,
- More about physical acting, rather than dialogue,
- Clear use of body language to tell the story,
- Often subtitles ir voice over,
- Props/setting;
- The use of clothing to symbolise self,
- The use of drums, a metephore for heartbeat, the way she see's,
- Suspence created through sounds made,
- The swords symbolise death, controll, preoection,
- Sounds of swords creat anticipation,
- Symbols of chinese culture in the use of text and motifs,
- Symbols of a challenge, controll, envy,
- Lighting,
- Soft, cool lighting, exaggerated in their movements with its simplicity,
- The background was dull, but the characters clothing was bright symboling inner strength,
Cinematography:
- Camera movements, when slows, creats exaguration, and focus,
- Speed,
- Camera position,
- Perspective,
- Action genre,
- Style of acting,
- More about physical acting, rather than dialogue,
- Clear use of body language to tell the story,
- Often subtitles ir voice over,
- Props/setting;
- The use of clothing to symbolise self,
- The use of drums, a metephore for heartbeat, the way she see's,
- Suspence created through sounds made,
- The swords symbolise death, controll, preoection,
- Sounds of swords creat anticipation,
- Symbols of chinese culture in the use of text and motifs,
- Symbols of a challenge, controll, envy,
- Lighting,
- Soft, cool lighting, exaggerated in their movements with its simplicity,
- The background was dull, but the characters clothing was bright symboling inner strength,
Cinematography:
- Camera movements, when slows, creats exaguration, and focus,
- Speed,
- Camera position,
- Perspective,
Creative Media Homework - Definitions - 3/2/10
Conematology: Is the making of lighting and camera choises when recording photographic images for the cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography. Many additionhal issues arise when both the camera and elements of the scene may both be in motion, though this also greatly increases the creative possibilities of the process.
Mise en scene: Is an expression used in theatre and film to discribe the design aspects of a production. It has been called film critism's "grand undefined term" because the term has many different meanings.
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