Analysis Of Moving Images

Monday 22nd May

LO: To analyse a trailer effectively using the key concepts

The Fast and the Furious

https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/thefastandthefurious/

Trailer Analysis

In the trailer of The Fast and Furious we can tell the genre of the film is action. We can tell through the fast paced music they use throughout the trailer, this music also has a heavy beat which you would find in action films. They have really short and fast paced scenes with straight cuts in most of them but in some they use cutting on action. Also the use of guns, cars and dramatic scenes suggests it is action, there is never nothing happening. There are car chases and continuous fights and races which suggests it is action.

There are three shot types that have been used in this trailer. Close ups at the start have been used a lot in this trailer, the effect this has on the audience is that it creates tension for the audience and keeps them watching the trailer all the way through. Towards the end of the trailer, like when the characters flips a car over another., they have used far shots to show all of the action in the scene. This excites the audience more and more as there is a lot of action happening in the scene which keeps the audience watching the trailer.


The editing used in the film creates a lot of tension for the audience and kept them watching the film. For example the use straight cuts at the start of the film and cutting on action creates tensions which excites the audience as they want to see the action. This action will excite the audience and keeps them watching he trailer so they can see it. They use fade in / fade out transitions which also creates tension. Towards the end they use a lot of cutting on action which excites the audience as something is happening all the time. The editing is very fast paced which excites the audience and is never slow except for the start which builds up tension.

The sound is used in the film to create tension for the audience. To start off with there is no music and all of the sound is diegetic except for a drum beat every time the scene changes. The fact there is little sound it builds up tension for the audience. The use of cars reving their engines and the beat every time the scene changes creates tension. As the music builds up towards halfway through the trailer it gets faster and faster, this matches to the pace of the trailer and builds up tension. The use of dietetic sounds like car noises and gun shots excite the audience and allow us to know the genre is action.

The Mise-En-Scene allows us to know about the film. The setting of the film is usually either in a poor neighbourhood or in a city. This suggests that the characters are from a poor background, they also have scruffy clothes and messed up hair which suggests the same thing. The setting and clothes on the character tell us that the film is set in the modern day. The facial expressions show us that the characters are usually angry or determined to do something. The characters body language is very up right which shows us he is determined. The positioning of the characters are usually far away from each other which suggests that they don't like each other.


The Lighting is usually very high-key and the colour is usually bright. This has been used to show us the action within the film and and to show us that something is always going on. If the lighting was always low-key and the colour was always dark it might bore the audience as nothing would be happening, so they use the high-key lighting and light colour to show the audience what is happening and to excite them.

Sound In Film

Monday 15th May

LO: To understand why sound is used in film

All sound used in film is known as the soundtrack.

Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sounds and music  

- Diegetic - Sounds whose source is from the story world of film.
- Non Diegetic - Sounds whose source is from outside the story world of the film.

Task 1  


- The digetic sound would be - Footsteps, Breathing, The fire crackling, The wings of the creatures, The key in the lock, The door opening, The sand falling, The monster moving, The grape being picked, The plate being moved.

Dialogue

 - Dialogue Replacement (ADR) is when they record dialogue after filming and add it on later. 

 Foley

- Foley is the reproduction of everyday sounds for use in film making.

Task 2

The sounds you would have to make would be, The moving on the chair, The crickets, The sound of the UFO, The man hitting his head, The man's mouth, The buttons in the ship, The sound of the beam, The man falling, The squeaking of the chair, The ship flying, The alien crying

Sound Effects

 - Sound effects are like foley but they are usually made by computers

Task 3

- The sounds needed to be created would be, The floor cracking, The window smashing, The car falling and possibly its alarm, The monster rising, People screaming, The camera falling the ground

Music In Film

- Music used in films is part of the Mise-En-Scene
- It is often used to create a certain atmosphere of mood
- It helps to add tension, atmosphere and a time or a setting 
- Silence can also be used to create effect

Sherlock Holmes Fight Scene Analysis

In the opening fight there was Irish Folk Music which was non-diegetic. The reason they used this type of music is to suggest the era the fight scene was set in. Also they amplified the beat whenever a hit or punch occurred which was used to emphasise the action of the punch or hit. The cheering or the crowd was used to create tension for the audience. Also at the end of the opening scene there was a diegetic spit sound, they amplified the sound of this to allow the audience that he got spit on. In the second scene there was a 'thought process' scene where the man thought and pictured what he was going to do. There were non-diegetic sounds in his head which said what he was doing. They added these to allow the audience what he was doing. The volume of the punches and kicks was amplified to make the audience concentrate on them. There was also a ringing non-diegetic sound when the man got hit in the ears, this allows the audience to know what he is hearing. In the third scene there it was similar to the last. However the voices the man said were not there due to this not being a thought process. The volume of the crowd was lowered so you could hear the sound of the punches and kicks.

Mise-En-Scene

Thursday 4th May

LO: To Explore the term 'Mise-En-scene'

May the fourth be with you!

Mise-En-Scene:

A French term meaning what is put into a scene or frame

The five elements of Mise-En-Scene are...

• Settings and Props
• Costume, Hair, and Make-Up
• Facial Expression and Body Language
• Lighting and Colour
• Positioning of characters/Objects within the frame

Setting and Props

• Settings and Locations play an important part in film making and are not just 'backgrounds'.
• Sets are either built from scratcher a great deal of time is spent to find a setting which already exists.

You would find props like space ship, robots and futuristic weapons in a sci-fi movie. The setting would usually be in space or on an alien planet. In a Romantic Comedy film the setting would be in a house or everyday locations, the props would be like flowers, a bed, cars and everyday objects. The setting for a Horror Film would a haunted house, a forest, a prison or an isolated locations and for props you would find things like weapons and sharp objects.

Costume, Hair and Make-Up

• Costume, Hair and Make-Up acts as an instant indicator about a characters personality, status and job.
• It tells us immediately whether the film is set in the present and what society it is set in.

The Costume, Hair and Make-Up of this character suggests that he is very smart and is quite wealthy, he looks wealthy because he is wearing and expensive watch and a suit. Also that he is 

organised as he doesn't look untidy at all.

Facial Expressions and Body Language

• Facial Expressions provide a clear indicator of how someone is feeling.
• If someone is smiling broadly, we assume they are happy but we may get a different feeling if they are holding a knife accompanied by scary music.

The Facial Expressions and Body Language of this character suggests that he is angry as he is tensed. His Facial Expressions suggest that he slightly jealous as he has a slight smirk and his eyebrows are not raised. 

Positioning of Characters and objects within a frame

• Positioning within a frame can draw our attention to them
• It can show the people's feelings to each other and can show the relationship between them

Lighting and Colour

• To highlight characters or objects within the frame

The types of lighting are...

• Low-Key lighting - Deep distinct shadows
• High-Key lighting - Light filters are used and natural lighting to the eyes

• In this scene they have used props like ships and buildings like a castle and houses.
• They use the big ships and buildings that overcast the town to create tension as it might seem like something bad is going to happen. The low-key lighting and over by the castle also creates tension and adds a spooky effect, along with a dark colour.
• The type of ships and buildings used suggest the film is set in the 1700's. The setting suggests it  is set in a caribbean/jungle environment.

• In this scene the positioning of the characters suggest they are friends or on the same side as they are close together and not angry at each other.
• Their costume is very ripped up and dirty which suggests the characters are from a poor background, they also have pirate hats which suggests they are pirates so they could be pirates that aren't so highly ranked as they are quite poor. Their clothes also suggest that the film is set int the 1700's.
• The Make-Up used on the characters is very tattered and very un-human which suggests the characters aren't human.