Saturday, 29 October 2011

Analyis on 2 Films

The second film that i had decided to work on was Saw 6 this is because it helped us find our story line to our opening clip and has a similar game structure ass it is all about time.

The film production is called Lionsgate as it approaches to the logo you are able to see that it begins showing chains moving which is similar to what the film is about as it involves metal chains which are used on the victims in the film. As the film continues you are able to see that the film was released by the Lionsgate production team this is shown in the credits. Than it continues and shows that the twisted pictures are also involved in this film release.


Than the camera angle comes as the transitions changes from a grey background in to a room which contains metal things and the camera zooms into the hand of a person, and a close up of the leech on the hand is made. Than the camera angle changes to the back of the person sitting on the chair. More credits are shown the credits dissolve and the camera angle is made as a close up to the persons hand.


That the camera shot is shown ¾ of the persons shot is taken as it moves around showing a head brace on the persons head camera continues moving around the person using the 180 degrees space, the women begins shaking and wakes up than the shot changes.    


Camera zooms in from behind the character as she runs towards the gate. Calling the other mans name, as she is confused and lost that the camera switches showing her guy work colleague so a quick transition is made. Than the camera does a 180 degree turn on the mans face showing the room and what he is around.


As the camera started showing the guy Anthony and it done the 180 degree turn on him, he begins to shake and scream as he does not know where he is the camera does a complete close up on the back of his neck which is shown below as this string was pulled the game had began.


Mise en Scene
As you are able to see from other screen shots the props in the film are saws, chains and knifes mostly lethal weapons that are set on the side. This gives the viewer awareness of what the scene would be about and it instantly shows what type of genre the film is. The costumes the actors wear are smart which shows that they may have been kidnapped after work, they wear dull colours like light blue and white it fits in to there scene as the room is dull, has dripping water and chains etc. Lighting in the scene is dark and not to bright which helps the effect of the scene come together this shows to the viewer the mood of the scene which would be dark and damp. The makeup shown on the characters is not bright and beautiful, the women’s hair is messy she looks drained out in the scene, and the man once he wakes up he has a sweaty look on his face as he begins to scream in the scene, the makeup suits the scene and both actors have the scruffy look.   

Sound:
Digetic sound: When she lifts herself up from the chair it gives a realistic squeaking sound. Women begin to scream ‘help’ which is heard by the other actor in the room behind a metal gate. She sees the other guy and warns him not to get up as she knew what the consequences would be he replies ‘what’s going on’. Sound also heard by the women was when she got up form the chair the light switched on and had began to sizzle.    


Non Diegetic sound: When the women woke up and begin touching the metal head brace on her head, extra sound effects are given which is not heard by the actor as it is to give an extra effect while the viewer is watching the film. As the camera shows the characters it makes a swoosh sound for the extra effect.   

Score: This is a sound track that is played while the credits are being played at the beginning of the film; this sound track is mysterious and suits the scene that is on coming. This gives the viewer goose bumps as they are unaware of the upcoming scenes.  
   


   

 






Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Week 2 Story Board

Below is a story board i created in week 2, my drawing is not the best i am not very artistic but i tried my very best.


In shot 1 she walks down the corridor towards the door, the camera is facing the back of the character so her face is not visible.


Shot 2 she approaches the door handle and begins to turn the handle


Shot 3 this is the shot when the door is opening and the shot stops when she is through the door and has her hand on the door and you are able to see the characters face.


Shot 4 camera angle changes to side view as the character walks towards the person sitting on the chair by the table so you are only able to see the side of both of the characters




Story Board part1


Shot 5 she approaches the girl on the table and taps the girl on the shoulder, the girls head is down and is reading than the camera angle stays the same as the girl lifts her head which that shows both of their faces in the screen.


Shot 6 the girl gets up before this shot and they begin to talk and argue the character that walks in the room starts to move her arms round while she is speaking.


Shot 7 as they continue arguing the character that walked in the room pushes the other girl and storms off.


Shot 8 only a slamming sound is heard and the last shot is of the door that is shut.




Story Board Part 2

Monday, 17 October 2011

Research

In our group we had set a task for ourselves to research for a genre each. This is so we can decide what genre we want to do for our 2 minute video. The genre that I am going to research on is comedy.


Comedy is something that makes us laugh! Comedy started with silent films like Charlie Chaplin which was a hit in the 1800’s. Since the decades have passed on now comedies involve romance. Romantic comedies are the refreshing for some people, the movies are usually fun but sometimes may seem to be a bit cheesy. Movies like friends with benefit’s….Some people love them and some just dislike them but still the Hollywood industry is popular. Also gross humor is seen as comedy this is to shock the audience with humor of scenes that may involve nudity.  An example of gross humor is the movie bridesmaids which were seen as the gross out comedy of the year as it had lived up to its 'gross out' names!