Cinematography video LR

1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher.

www: 

-tilt/pan

-smooth camera movement

-use of close up

-pov of dog

-shot/ reverse shot

-editing

ebi:

-a bit short

-export quality

-100 word explanation 

-some sound?

2) Type up your feedback from fellow students.

www:

-good pan

-narrative was well used

-shot/reverse shot

-good use of range of shots

-good close ups

-good use of camera movements

-shots build tension

ebi:

-longer

-music

-pretty trash tbh

-bit weird

-more lighting

3) Now reflect on your work and write your own summary of the comments and feedback you have received. Write three WWWs and three EBIs.

www:

-good camera movement

-range of shots

-editing made sense

ebi;

-there was some sound to cause interest 

-I made it longer, perhaps more establishing shots and more tension

-Used slightly more lighting 

4) Learner response: think about what you learned about cinematography making the video and also watching others. What will you do differently when you start the coursework in the summer? What tips or tricks have you learned from others that you can use next time? Are there any specific aspects of camerawork that you need to revise or practice?

Through this task I learned how to effectively use shot/ reverse shot while building tension and aim to be more experimental with it in the future (In a similar fashion to Peep Show perhaps). In my next video I need to add more bulk and narrative and follow the brief closer.

Cinematography video

In this video, I tried building slow burning tension through my dog sleeping then suddenly disappearing. I recorded a minute of silence in my room in hopes of the sound being grainier and breezy? but it didn't quite work out. I took inspiration from the movie "funny games" in which there is no music in the background which created a deeply unsettling experience.

Sound Video LR

1) Type up your feedback from your teacher.

-good editing, use of contrapuntal and parallel sound.
2) Type up your feedback from fellow students.

(a lot of them were the same) 

www:

- Sound fits the contrapuntal type, good use of parallel and contrapuntal sound

ebi:

- could use more sounds, sociopath?, better editing 
3) Now reflect on your work and write your own comments. Add three WWWs and three EBIs underneath the rest of your feedback. 

www: 

- very contrapuntal 

ebi:

- better song

- more visuals

- followed brief better

4) Learner response: compare your own video against your evaluation of the top three videos in the class. Whose did you think was best and why? How could you have improved your own video?

- Fadima

very strong match between visuals and music, brilliant editing. I could have spent more time on the editing of the clips to better match the music.

- Belle 

Editing matches the visuals too, clear dichotomy between parallel and contrapuntal.

- Soumeya

Good nostalgia, funny editing, clear political message.

5) Finally, what have you learned about the importance of sound to film and TV through this week's work?

The use of sound in film and TV is incredibly important to create mood and atmosphere in a scene. If the wrong song or score is chosen, the results are either humorous or jarring to watch.

Sound Video

I took clips from Scott Pilgrim and Marley and me and attempted to make parallel and contrapuntal sound bridges. The music choice, in my opinion, wasn't entirely right for either of them. However, the song parallels the hype of a quirky fight scene which I tried to convey. 

Sound analysis

2) Find a film clip on YouTube that uses sound in an interesting way. Analyse the use of sound, making sure you use the key language we have learned about sound in film:

• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
• Parallel and contrapuntal sound
• Sound bridges

Remember to discuss/analyse all the different types of sound present in the clip:

• Music
• Dialogue
• Voiceover
• Sound effects

There is use of diagetic and non-diagetic sound in this clip. Since it's a song, the sound bridges over all the shots. The up-beat music starts off as parallel to the cooking show. This quickly changes when darker underlying themes are hinted at through visuals of old men at windows and money slipping under doors. There is dialogue that comes from the salt shakers and fig. After the dialogue, the music becomes more contapuntal. 

Lighting

1) Still image analysis

Look at the still images on slides 33-37 of the Film Language Powerpoint linked above. Copy the images into your blog and answer the following questions for each image:

1. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
2. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
3. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?     

-lowkey
-side

-mysterious, cloaks face in shadow, femme fatale 

-lowkey
-top
-glamorous, highlights makeup, also creates lots of shadow, evil?



-highkey
-key, back
-Bright, exposed lighting around figure, face has shadow, evil intentions?

-lowkey
-side and back
-dangerous, lighting highlights key aspects of costume (badge, gun), highlights rain, ominous atmosphere, mysterious man, duplicitous?

-highkey
-side and back
-bright lighting to make her look exposed and strong shadow to add drama to the scene, highlights expression of horror

-lowkey

-side 

-secretive, striped light like from a film noir

-lowkey
-backlight
-strong silhouettes, highlight body language and posture, violent, unwelcoming. Someone on floor?

-lowkey
-side
-highlights face, look of distaste, strong shadows, secrecy?

-highkey
-top
-Symbolises a kind of god? Strong shadows connote sin?

-lowkey
-side
-vast majority is black, tense atmosphere, figure with side light, power, mysterious

-highkey

-side and front
-highlights face of man, woman's profile and the gun the man is holding. Very film noir.

2) Film noir research 

Research film noir - focusing on the genre’s distinctive lighting style. Make notes on the genre and particularly the use of lighting - bullet points are fine. 

-direct front and side writing 

-silhouettes 

-striped light from blinds

-strong aesthetic white and black contrast

3) Film noir YouTube clip analysis 

Finally, find a YouTube clip that fits the film noir genre and embed it under your research (the clip can be classic noir from the 1950s or something more recent - neo-noir). How does the clip's lighting fit the film noir genre?

The clip's lighting fits with the film noir genre as the characters' faces are cloaked in shadow by their hats and the overall atmosphere is dark and mysterious. Their shadows are dispersed by thick fog covering the set.

mise en scene

Isle Of Dogs

The duck tape on the rocket prop, paired with scratched off paint and rope, all carry across amateurism . The rocket is purposefully scruffy as a child is piloting it; meaning there is a possibility the child is on the lamb. This is key to the child's character as it hints to him being brave and purposeful. Perhaps he is on a quest of some sort. The dogs around him help even the shot on the top half (while also giving indication to him being on ground), and the white sky creates the feeling of a desolate landscape.



The mise en scene is used differently for these two separate genres as one is a horror thriller and the other is a comedic parody. IT Crowd is parodying Britain by using the set of a popular game show, creating comedic mockery at the dullness of it. Therefore the accurateness of the set is important to the scene as it allows  them to then distort the flow of the regular programme. This is completely different to the use of mise en scene in The Craft as the Beach setting looks a bit wild with the large boulders and rocks, creating a sense of danger. All the lead actresses are wearing dark, muted colours with long hems, giving a kind of clique-esque look. The line of dead sea creatures and the panic caused is a clear foreshadowing to darker things. The far away placement of Sara to the other characters could also symbolise her distance from what they've done. Suddenly, their actions carry a weight to her.