Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Film Essay Notes


Film Essay Notes


Questions:

Mise-En-Scene

·      Why did the director use extremely long edits at the start of the sequence?

·      What kind of atmosphere was created through the use of extremely long edits?

·      How did the setting enhance the film?

·      Did the setting clearly establish the genre?

·      What was in the shot to help create the genre?

·      Were the props appropriate for the genre?

·      Did the use of props clearly enhance/establish the genre?

·      How was the mood portrait through lighting?

·      Did the lighting changes impact the mood of the scene?

·      Did the director use mise-en-scene to establish the mood and genre?

Cinematography

 Films

Chicago
·      Roxy heart
·      Murder lover
·      Trying to make her innocent

Singing in the rain
·      Film star
·      Girl who wants to be famous
·      Uses her voice because the actor cant sing
·      Guy who is singing in the rain is ‘hot’s’ for the singing girl

2001
·      An object found on the moon
·      Secretive
·      Space ship is sent on a mission to Jupiter to find the source
·      There are 5 people are on the ship 2 guys are awake to run the ship
·      No Hal (computer) has failed-realize something is wrong with Hal (homical)

Fifth element
·      Mystical things called the evil (represent all evil)
·      Coming to earth’s to destroy
·      Aliens send this 5th element
·      5th element space ship is whipped out
·      5th element hand remained

Jurassic park
·      Clone dinosaur
·      Theme park
·      Dino experts come to the island
·      People get killed by dinosaurs
·      Lose power

North by North-west
·      Mistaken identity
·      George Caplin
·      Some spy mistaken as George
·      Evil guys try to kill him but then offer this deal
·      Told to go to some place as a part of the deal



Thesis-two sequences are good examples of genre

Introduce the film Steven Spielberg is a multiple award wining character

The directors have skillfully used the genre

Body Paragraph

The directors of this film have used mis-on-scene in a skillful way 

The directors of this film have used long shots throughout this scene


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