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 5^th element

·      5^th element space ship is whipped out

·      5^th 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

Jurassic Park Questions

Questions on Jurassic park

Digitise- is anything that belongs in the world of the film

How did the director/editor create pace and rhythm in the scene? 

The rain created tension because that was basically all you could hear and the quietness made it suspicious like you knew something was coming. 

How were sound effects used to create tension and atmosphere? 

When they were in the car and they herd the footsteps of the dinosaur, and when the dinosaur threw the leg of the goat on top of the car they new he got out. 
  Were the sound effects appropriate and realistic for the scene? 

Yes, having no music in the scene really made it tenser and more dramatic.   

Feedback on class

Name: Nicole Hoskins

Dislike- some shots were a bit slow.

Like- The idea is really good, it gave a lot of information about who the character was and it made sense.

Name: Mini

Dislike- Genre wasn’t really clear

Like- it made sense. The music fitted in really well.

Name: Bella

Like- your genre was really clear; you described the character really well.

Dislike-

Name: Alex Eliot

Like- your genre was really clear we new what it was about

Dislike- some shots were not very clear

Name: Kardia  

Like-you showed your genre really clear, and showed some good shots.

Dislike- maybe a little bit more specific on who would of gave you the box or show some more detail on where it came from.

Name: Libby

Like- The editing was good, and colours. 

Dislike-maybe describe the characters a little bit more clear, the genre wasn’t really that clear.

Name: Elly

Like-

Dislike-

Name: Tanay Heron

Like- Your genre was really clear you showed who the character was really well

Dislike-

Name: Portia

Like- Your genre wasn’t that clear

Dislike- Maybe describe your character a little bit more clear

Name: Holley Gibson

Like- Your Genre was really clear it was funny in some shots

Dislike-

Name: Bella

Like- the shots were really good

Dislike- maybe describe the genre a little bit more clear

Name: Clorissa

Like- I liked your genre

Dislike- the camera wasn’t still

Made Sense- yes but needs to have more detail

Name: Chloe

Like-

Dislike- the camera wasn’t still

Made sense- maybe make the genre a little clearer

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