Sound is a huge part of any TV show or film. In fact almost 70% of all the sound we here in films is added on after they have filmed it.
There are many keys words when learning about sound, for example diegetic and non diegetic sound. Diegetic sound is the sound we can see being made e.g. dialogue between characters. However, non diegetic is all about the sounds that isn't in the scene e.g. background music or a narrative voice. They are only a couple of examples and there are many more!
Mise-En-Scene is a Frech term meaning literally what is in the frame. This is very important as you need to make sure you have only relevant objects and people in the frame.
Today, we looked at continuity editing in movie clips. The first clip below is from LA Confidential:
This scene starts with a continuous shot of the camera following the two police officers. This puts us in the police's shoes and shows it in their narrative. This automatically makes us support their side of this situation. Also, when they are questioning the man, the camera switches between the police and the man creating a tense environment. Finally when the police start to push the man around, the cutting rate speeds up. This creates panic but also excitement as the viewer wants to see what is going to happen.
We also looked at this clip from Jaws:
A reverse shot is used right at the beginning to show what the man is looking at, and to portray his worry about something in the water. The directors also use something that is not seen as much in movies. As the man sees the shark attack they zoom in onto his face while zooming out. This is extremely effective in this case as it shows the mans panic and shock while viewing a boy being attacked.
Today in class we looked and studied the history of editing. We watched the following video to understand the background of editing:
Continuity editing is the style of film editing and video editing in the post-production process of filmmaking. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
Today (12/09/15) we studied the different camera shots and why directors use them! There are many camera shots which are effective when used in movies. One example of a camera shot is an 'extreme' close up, these mainly focus on the eyes in order to show their emotion. In addition, close ups usually focus mainly on one character or object however you can also see more of their surroundings than with the extreme close up. Today we looked at this extract:
In this piece they use an extreme close up of Superman's eye after being shot in the eye, this shows his power as the bullet bounced straight off it. They also use a low angle shot of him as he is walking towards the bullets; this again shows how strong and powerful he is. Shortly after, they show a medium close up of the guy that tried to shoot Superman. This is effective as it suggests he is in panic and perhaps is now terrified of Superman.
Likewise, in this extract they also use low angle shots to show how powerful iron man is and high angle shots to show how vulnerable the people are.
Today (04/09/15) was my first AS lesson in media! Throughout the next 2 years I will be doing weekly blogs on the new things I learn in media. Media now a days is a huge part of our lives. From radio to television, it influences us more than we think and I am very interested in learning all about it.
