Juno clip

In this we remade the clip of Juno. We tried to replicate the timings, shots and music.

The filming for our Juno went average. Our storyboard was fairly accurate in relation to the official Juno clip so our filming was pretty much in time as we recorded the seconds for each shot on our storyboard. I had to make crucial changes in the editing such as slowing down some shots and speeding some up so they replicated the official clip. This was a strength as i saved the task through my editing.

In our group our filming let us down a bit as some shots were a bit blurry and unrealistic. Our timing was also sometimes inaccurate which made the transitions to some shots a bit slow or quick. The skills i learnt with the camera was the different shot names such as longshot, mid-shot and a tracking shot. With premiere i learnt how to add music into my clip, add effects and adjust the timing of each shot.
Compared to the original mine is fairly good. The things that let my sequence down is things such as the location, costumes and camera work.
In the next production i will spend more time on my editing to make the sequence more realistic. I will also

Film Language - Boyz in the hood

Mise En Scene

• Casual Gang member clothing
• Black American actors in their late 20's 
• Set in American town at night time with low lighting around the streets
• Actors in the car carrying guns
• Big american cars 
• Fancy jewellery being worn by the actors
• Scene starts off harmless until a car of more Black actors pull up next to the starting actors
• Starting actors stop off and begin eating and sharing jokes

Sound

• Offscreen, slow music played in the background.
• Contrapuntal music as the scene is harmless even though the audience can see a murder being planned in the background.
• Music fades away when the car begins to come closer.
• Music completely fades out when the sound of a fully auto gun being fired comes into the frame.
• Audio gain once the killing has taken place, music gets slower and more dramatic.

Camera

• Scene starts with a tracking mid-shot of the actors in the car.
• Mid-shot taken while actors are sitting eating.
• Long-shot of when 3 Black guys pull up in their car 
• Long-shot of men running out of frame
• Tracking shot of the drive-by shooting right to left
• Close-up shot of actors face who carried out the murders

Editing

• Slow-motion of gun being fired and bullets penetrating the men.
• Slow-motion of bodies falling to the floor.

Film Language - Terminator 2

In this task we watched 3 opening scenes and applied the 4 categories of Film Language - Mise En Scene, Camera, Editing, Sound.



Terminator 2


Mise En Scene

• Bad boy image - leather jacket, sunglasses, jeans, boots (Arnold S).
• Shotguns, machine guns, robotic weapons.
• Very dark lighting, flashes of fire and electric sparks.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the main hero who was sent with a mission to protect John Connor. Robert Patrick plays T-1000 who is the villian who trys to kill John Connor.
• Big strong image for Arnold

Sound

Voiceover is used in the opening scene when giving small details about the film. Mysterious music with bursts of fast paced sounds, shows film with plenty of bursts of action. Audio gain used for high action parts. Accents used for Arnold Schwarzenegger, German accent to enthasize he is not from where everyone else is, or even a different species (Robot). Lots of On screen noises are shown in the opening sequence such as objects being destroyed and gunshots. Music clearly highlights that is is action packed creating a "edge of your seat" environment for the audience.

Editing

Fast paced film with editing used to create the Robot features of both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Patrick.Robotic arms and weapons are created to show the Robots.

Camera

Many close-ups used on the robots. Lots of tracking and longshots to make the chase scenes look very realistic. Lots of midshots to show the characters emotions. Midshots used especially on the robots to show their Robotic features.

Juno Storyboard

Today we made a storyboard of the first minute of the film Juno

Here it is: 

 

Editing task

On this task Miss showed us how to use premier by giving us a few videos of which we had to edit such as adding music, cutting out the black flashes in the footage. We also added video transactions and audio transactions to make the video more interesting.

Narrative

In this task we watched a film opening scene and had to apply all 4 Narratives such as Symbolic codes, binary opposites, disruptions in the film and typical film characters such as a hero, Villan etc.

Enigma codes in this opening scene are things like:

- Who is trying to kill the magician?
- What part does the old man play?
- What time period was the film set in?
- Does the magician survive?

Symbolic codes:

•  Budgie in the cage
• Tophats - Old fashioned/old time period
• Clothing of the audience
• Curtains opening
• Magic wand - Extraordianry
• Suits - important people
• Dark - mysterious/evil
• Electric - Dangerous
• Curtain lifting - Surprise/unknown

Action codes

Magician plunging into locked  water tank - will he escape?
Electric field
Michael Caine flattening the bird cage - does it die?

Film Plot group task

In this task in groups we had to create our own film. We had to include the plot, how it will be marketed and the characters we are using.

Genre picture task

Super hero

In this scene we took the picture on top of a hill to make our characters look more powerful and important. All characters also performed a superhero pose to make it obvious that it was a Superhero genre. The main theme in this photo is Power as we are all showing we are superhero's who are known for having a special power of some sort. We used 4 characters to help replicate a group like the 'Fantastic Four'. To make this photo better we could of used better props to make it clearer to the audience that we are a group of superheroes, rather than a few people wearing wigs performing a pose. The story in this is one of 4 superhero's who all have super powers.

Comedy

In this photo the location is the school playground. As it is sunny the mood is to one of happiness. The main character at the front (James) is trying to pretend he is holding the other 3 characters in his hand. This is stupid as this isn't possible so we did this to help show our genre of 'Comedy'. The theme is quite childish as we were trying to show a comedy of a huge school child who is much larger than the rest of the students therefore he is able to hold 3 students in his hand.

Thriller

In this photo the location is the back field. The mood is quite a dark one and the theme is of death as you can see the character of Georgia is lying dead on the floor. We tried to make it clearer that we're showing death by placing the brick next to Georgia's head. The story could of been the brick fell and therefore caused her death. We could of made this genre photo better by making her clothes dirty as if she died on the floor her clothes wouldn't be spotless. Blood also could of been present to make the scene more realistic.



Semiotics

Semiotics are the study of signs and anything that "stands for something else".

Denotation - What we see when we look at an image

Connotation - Other hidden meanings of what we see.

In this cover of the film we can see many different connotations and denotations of this. Firstly the denotations are the image of the sharks finn, the dull/dark weather in the background. We also see the two people with a very worried look on their face awaiting what will happen next. The connotations are the dark weather can show the sea is a very dangerous place and the lightning can show shomething could strike you at any time. The larger shark finn can show sharks are a very imposing creature in the sea and something to be very weary of.

Analysis of Opening sequence

This film is set in a suburban  area surrounded by lots of fields. It seems to in the morning of a summer day as you can tell by the sunny skies and greenery surrounding the houses. The houses seem quite old so you can assume that the film is set in a older period. You can also guess this from what the two boys at the end of the clip are wearing and that a record player is repeating the call between the women and the 911 officer.

A voice over is used at the beginning of this clip where a man with a deep voice is giving information about the background of the film. He also gives away that this film is inspired by true events. Slow, mysterious is also being used to not give much away about the scene. Half way through this clip voice over is being used again between a young women and a 911 officer. The women seems to be panicking and calling for help and she claims "There are people here". The police officer looks to calm the women and ask her for details. The women doesn't seem to know her location.


During the beginning of the scene lots of tracking is used when going past the houses. The scene keeps fading in and out to enthasize the mysterious scene as it is not giving much away. Many close up shots are taken towards the end, the items that are being used for the shots gives clues to the audience in what has taken place in this house: Blood covered knife, wedding ring box and the walls that are covered in blood. A close up camera shot is also taken of a car with a hole in the windscreen and two boys looking through it on their bikes.

The editing that has been used is what seems to be a flash forward as part of the opening scene seems to have an element of how the film will end. Fades are used in the opening sequence while the tracking shot is being taken. The title of the Film also flashes on the screen then is faded away a few seconds later.





The connotations in this clip is one of desperation, due to the constant asking of help in the clip. Another is horror and death due to the knife covered in blood showing some murder has taken place. There is also a feeling of mystery due to the mysterious music and also mystery as she doesn't know who is doing these terrible acts to them.