Tuesday, 12 February 2019

The Shining-Come play with us scene. Film example

The first shot of this scene is a wideshot of Danny on his bike, incorporating a lot of the setting around him, in this case a corridor. The camera slowly traces his movements with a dolly at a low angle to make the character seem vulnerable as he is a child. It is also used to build suspense as it makes it seem as there is a presence following him. The dolly also makes him appear to be getting smaller as it is moving slower then Danny. The camera stops following as he turns the corner which creates a sense of danger to the viewers.
The camera then cuts to a closer tracking shot of Danny continuing down the corridor. The close up creates suspense as it gives leaves the audience in anticipation for whats around the corner. As he turns we are given a long shot of two girls standing at the end of the corridor The camera is still to create a slow pace, leaving the audience to anticipate the next move. The mis en scen is particularly important as there is an emergency exit sign posted above a door warning Danny to get out. This warns the audience that he is in certain danger. It then cuts to a close up on his face to show his horrified expression.
It then cuts to a shot over Danny to place the audience alongside him in this traumatic experience. This shot is also extended to allow viewers to absorb whats happening. We then get another close up on Danny to emphasise how horrified he is. The camera then cuts to show a quick shot of the girls murdered. This would catch the audience off guard as the quickness of this cut would undermine the slowness of the whole scene so far. It also is to quick for the audience to take in which helps in further developing the tension.
The camera then cuts to show the girls much closer to the screen. This quickens the pace and alerts the audience of Danny getting much closer to danger. While the girls talk the same image of them murdered is flashed up on screen a couple more times to increase the intensity.
The editing is maintained at a fast pace to build on the initial suspense for the audience. It also reflects heavily on Danny's heavy mental state. The camera then cuts to an extreme close up of Danny's face with his hands other his eyes. The audience is left in anticipation as he slowly lowers his hands to make it seem as if the both of us are waiting to see whats on the other side.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle action movie trailer example.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) is a sequel the the action film; Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) which consists of spies and guns. For the genre to be clear certain codes and conventions must be followed. 
The trailer opens with and establishing shot of London. This is used to establish the location. The shot is accompanied with a warm orange glow to give audiences who saw the first film a sense of familiarity and comfort. The next shot is a medium close up held in a reflection. This establishes our main character of the narrative. The reflection comes with a golden glow to again, create a sense of familiarity with the character and to also establish that he's the "Hero".
The trailer starts off slow with suspenseful music and fades to black for transitions to create tension.
As the music begins to start, the action and pace of the trailer is increased where the mis en scen of these quick shots show all action movie tropes such as guns, car chases and choreographed fight scenes. This is to explicitly tell the audience that it is an action film with what is being shown in frame.
In one of these specific shots, the camera pans to the left as Eggsy (the protagonist) is flung out of a car. The close up then suggests a look of fear as we are then shown ongoing traffic coming his way. This particular shot is in 1st person to place the audience in the heroes shoes and to increase the fear factor in order to create suspense. We are then giving a wide shot of Eggsy jumping over the car in slow motion to create excitement.
The camera then quickly fades to black to give us an establishing shot of New York City. Which tells us that there may be new locations within the film. The music and pace is slowed down as dialogue from the villain is spoken. The audience learn this from her tone in voice but more specifically, her body language. The character is placed behind a desk with quite sturdy body posture to show certain power and authority. She then voices over a cutaway of an explosion as if she is claiming responsibility which creates mystery and suspense behind the villain. We are shown a low angle shot of the Kingsman base as it is blown up in order to make them look powerless. This creates a sense of hopelessness from the audience as the protagonists are made powerless.
The camera then shows quick close ups and medium close ups of new characters which builds more suspense by adding mystery to each of them. It then cuts to various gun sequences and explosions to make it fast paced and build on those original action genre tropes.
Overall the trailer succeeds in advertising the film as is non linear to stray away from giving away the narrative. As well as this is clearly demonstrates the codes and conventions of an action movie through mis en scen and with high paced movement through quick cuts and action sequences.






Blue Planet Documentary Example

Blue Planet is a documentary series surrounding marine biology and environments of planet Earth. It is hosted by David Attenborough and is aired on BBC One which means it has around 50 minutes to teach their audiences on certain topics concerned within the episode. This means they have to focus on educating the audience and keeping their attention while having a short time to do so.
The camera continuously cuts between David Attenborough and the turtle. This is to remind the audience who is talking and what the subject of conversation is. This time it is the turtle. The positioning of David is low and closely next to the turtle. This is to used to demonstrate a bond between man and creature to the audience. It also shows that there is no hostilities from David as it appears comforting to the audience for David to be close to him.
The movement on screen is in sync with what is being said in the narration. In this case it is the scene where the turtle is burying its eggs. Davids narration fits perfectly with the actions on screen taken by the turtle. Their are also numerous close ups on both its face and eggs to allow the audience to bond with the turtle and it keeps the clip ethical as there is no sign of falsehood in what David is saying as its matched up.
When Lynn Peters is introduced, a medium shot of him walking towards the camera is shown. This establishes a clear shift in focus from the turtle. While he talks to the camera, its positioning is kept at a medium close up of Lynn as he discusses turtle meat. This creates the illusion that he is talking to the audience and educating them directly like some sort of teacher. When the topic of discussion focuses on leatherback turtles from Lynn, we get a wideshot of two turtles on the beach to show that he is expanding our knowledge on them and providing a different perspective.
Later on, the shot where all the different citizens gather around the turtle, The turtle is placed centre screen at a low angle shot. This makes the turtle appear vulnerable and is used to drive sympathy from the audience.
It then cuts to an establishing shot of the outside of a school to establish the next location. Inside the school we see a wide shot of the children in the school at their desks and then a low angle mid shot of Lynn teaching them. This makes him look powerful while he teaches the children and the audience. It also helps address the audience as it puts him in a position of power.The camera then cuts back and from shots of him asking questions and close ups of the children. This makes it seem as he is addressing the children and audience subsequently when the children ask questions the audience may have.


















Monday, 11 February 2019

Go Compare Ad

The Go Compare advert is used to advertise the car insurance company of the same name. The advert is primarily aired on TV which means it has a short time frame of around 30 seconds. This means that the advert has to fit in some information while keeping their audiences attention. The advert starts with an establishing shot to establish a setting of a cafe. This is used to make the advert seem ordinary to the audience. The colours in this ad are quite bright to create a happier mood which allows the message of car insurance more approachable for the audience. This makes the product more visually appealing for an audience which will help increase overall sales for the company. In particular, the ad focuses on two friends discussing car insurance. This is shown by the various 2 person shots of the pair sitting on the table.
However, when the "Go compare man" appears on screen to sing a lot of cuts and are added to match the pace of the jingle. As well as this, text has been added in post production, of certain lyrics to act as a visual reminder to the audience of the message the ad is trying to convey. Again, the text is added in a bright green font to make it visually appealing and eye catching so the audience can pay more attention the the words on screen. The camera cuts back onto close ups on the two friends to portray their confused facial expression. This could be used to reflect a possible feeling from the audience or to simply humour them.
It then zooms out to show everyone in the cafe singing. The mis en scen has a lot of bright objects and lighting to exemplify the happy environment of the advert. For example the bright red apples in the fruit bowl. The positioning of characters in this shot is also particularly important as our two main characters are positioned in the back left corner of the screen. This is to create a sense of isolation between the characters and everyone else who is singing along. This could be used as an advertising technique in order to make the audience to feel left out of buying the product.










This is America music video by Childish Gambino

This music video begins with a title card displaying the name of the song. This could be used to lead the audience in to a false sense of simplicity where the video itself is filled with hidden meanings. The video itself opens with an establishing shot, showing a warehouse location with a chair and guitar. A man in frame walks in and starts playing the guitar as the camera pans off to show Donald Glover in the middle of the shot with his back turned. This immediately establishes that he is the focus of the video with his presence being important. This is exemplified by the wide shot of his character. The camera then zooms in on Glover as he starts to turn around and dance. The camera then traces his movement as he begins to move towards it. IT then zooms out to reveal him with a gun and the same guy from before but now with a bag on his head. The prop in shot suggests a reference to American gun violence however the other mans costume and guitar is used to reference the artist Calvin The Second. When the shot is fired, the action begins to pick up the pace with characters in the background and Glover's movements being faster. The camera remains to trace his movements with his ecstatic dance choreography and exaggerated facial expressions. This is used to distract the audience from whats happening in the background and to keep Glover in focus. His movement is used to exhibit the mockery of black people in the 1800's. The camera then pans out to give an establishing shot. It is similar to the last but this time has a lot more on screen including cars and numerous extras standing and dancing around. This is to contrast the previous shot and establish two clearly different atmospheres in the video.
The shot then zooms out and whip pans into another scene. The camera movement begins by panning across and zooming out on a couple of performers supposedly singing the backing track. As Glover enters the scene, the camera pans slightly to the left to focus as he comes closer to the camera. An AK47 prop is thrown into the frame by someone off screen. Glover catches the weapon, turns and sprays down the performers. The clothing and props in this scene give a reference to the 2015 Charlestone church massacre as the costumes reflect that of a choir boys. The different pace builds up the movement of him turning by being so sudden compared to the rest of the video. The camera again begins to trace Glover's movements as multiple people sprint past him. His slow movements are meant to contradict the action in the background.
The camera again whip pans back to the original location where the camera is now tracing Glover from behind where it then rotates around to focus in front of him. While it does this more people and cars are moving in the background until the camera halts to show Glover dancing with some extras. While this happens, a police car is clearly shown in the background. This prop is used to hide a subliminal message about racial discrimination from the police in America. The camera then pans vertically to show some actor with their phones out. The phone props show that most discriminatory acts from the police force were recorded using a cell phone.
The mis en scen throughout the video hints to various cases and stories about racism and gun violence in America. This allows it to carry its message over with the lyrics of the song and allows continuity to be remained by keeping consistent with subliminal messages and hidden details pointing to the bigger picture.








Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Breaking Bad example



Examples
Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is a Crime Drama with mixed in elements of a Thriller created by Vince Gilligan. It follows a non linear narrative about a High School Chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The narrative leads it to have an 18 rating with elements of; drugs, murder and sexual scenes. Aired originally on AMC, it has since been put on streaming platforms such as Netflix and Prime Video. Due to it being a crime genre, there are typically a lot of establishing shots in order to show the surrounding of the scene which is later joined together in the editing process. The lighting is usually portrayed as dark as it helps build tension in the story. Other camera angles included would be close ups and mid shots in order to portray emotion.
The final scene of the show portrays a lot of these techniques in order to create a meaningful farewell to the show. It starts with a close up shot of a pressure gauge to begin to build a sense of familiarity of the setting with the audience. Next the camera tracks Walt's movement as he walks past these machines. Audiences who have watched the show will begin to recognise the setting of the scene as a meth lab due to all the equipment being shown in different places throughout the series. It is also a medium close up camera shot which displays the happy expression of  his face. This also tells the audience that he is also familiar and fond of the location he is in. The camera then pans down to show a gas mask which a significant prop to the whole series. It allows the item to be the focus of the shot as well as establish a relationship between Walter and the item. It then cuts to show a medium shot of Walt standing in the same spot. This time we are able to see more of the setting which builds on that original familiarity with the audience. It then cuts to an establishing shot to capture the whole setting so that the audience can now see the surroundings which is present for most of the series. The shot is also taken at a low angle to make Walt look powerful as he is often portrayed throughout the show. It also shows that Walter is in his prime when in this setting as he was for the majority of the show. It then cuts to a side profile shot of Walt patting one of the machines. The background shows numerous police cars driving towards him. This helps build suspense as it shows that Walt's time is limited. The lighting in this shot is used to place shadows on Walt's face. This helps build on this tension as it hints toward darkness that the character has. The next shot shows a reflection of Walt on the machine which is made to seem as if the machine is looking back at him which builds on the relationship between Walt and the location he is in. The scene closes by zooming out on Walt's body as numerous cops arrive on the scene. The slowness of this zoom out shot allows the audience to take in what just happened and helps build emotions. The continuity is maintained throughout as all of the lab equipment stays in place. The camera cuts and movement helps establish this continuity as the transitions flow well.