As we have discussed in class, mise-en-scene is all about what is staged and arranged in front of the camera: actors, props, setting, color, movement, costume, make-up, and more. Identify *three* significant, specific elements of mise-en-scene from the scene in SHERLOCK JR. (see link above). Then answer the following questions: 1) For each element you mention, write a little about its meaning, emotional impact, and significance to the story. 2) Discuss whether or not the film, *as a whole* (not just this one scene) appears to be controlled or uncontrolled in its use of mise en scene. If the total film is a mix of controlled and uncontrolled elements, state specifically which elements are controlled, and which are uncontrolled. (approx 500 words / 2 paragraphs)…
The audio codes in the film can be grouped into diegetic and non-diegetic. A good example of non-diegetic codes appears in the scene in which Mr Dadier and a colleague are ambushed in an ally by a group of students. While this happens energetic jazz music accompanied by lively drums play in the background creating a fast paced, suspenseful atmosphere. Another example of non-diegetic codes is when Dadier and his wife are talking about how they had previously lost a baby, throughout this conversation intimate music is playing making the audience emotional provoking feelings of sympathy towards the main…
To examine how micro aspects of film create meaning and response within a film extract.…
In his film The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology, Slavoj Zizek, a Slovenian philosopher, cultural critic and Marxist intellectual, discusses his ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality, subjectivity, desire, materiality and cinematic form. One of the film’s he analyzes is They Live, a John Carpenter film released in 1988 about a man named John Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, who discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. Working like x-ray vision, the glasses allow Nada to see past the propaganda and initial meaning behind the advertisements and images that litter his world. He concludes that the government and media are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued. In the film, most of the social elite are skull faced aliens bent on world domination. What is this film saying?…
The movie is extremely well put together, the props, scene arrangements, camera movements and angles. Even with the film being in black and white the lighting was well played and designed. The mise en scene was laid out, positioned and selected methodically to encase the simplicity but elegant comforts of a stationary life that someone who wants to settle down. The set and setup contains the mundane and dullness of staying put that one would feel who like to be on the go. Not only does mise en scene, lighting, setting, camera movement and location en-capture and speaks to and out for both of the main characters it sets the mood and aids the story to grab its viewer to help them relate.…
In order to understand the general idea of what a mise-en-scene, one must know the definition of it. It is French word that means “staging or putting on an action or scene” (p.156) it is the background and staging that is in every film or movie ever done. It is the dressing or background in which the narrative of the movie blends with to make a realistic and enjoyable movie. From the lighting of the camera and the costume and design, to the framing and the borders in which the director cuts an angle or scene to make the movie as realistic and entertaining as possible. All of these techniques are what makes a movie a hit or miss and generally fall into the category of Mise-en-scene.…
When we do not listen effectively to what others have to say, we leave ourselves open to misinterpret the point of others are really trying to make. Also, assuming what another is trying to say without letting them actually finish saying what they want. This can cause confusion in others leading them to jump to conclusions. In the movie “Crash”, not listening to others and communicating effectively can have serious consequences that cannot be reversed.…
Documentaries do have power, the eco-drama 2009 “The Age of Stupid” relays a message the audience will never forget. The year is 2055, in a world devastated by mankind's lack of foresight. The film maker attempts to make the documentary informative yet personal, the film maker innovative the film by adopted a new model of funding known as crowd funding. By selling shares to over 200 individual and groups who donated between 500-35000 euros, it created the best possible chance for the documentary to reach a mainstream multiplex audience, whilst being able to retain complete editorial control.…
The actors and the music add an extreme sense of intensity and fear to the scene. In the play, it is not as evident how the servant's are really cowards and are terrified of what may happen in any of the scuffles they get involved in. The movie brings this out by turning the actor's tones into screams and yelling. The music is loud and nerving.…
In 2003, Beyondblue produced a cinema ad in which a boy was bullied for being left-handed – an analogy between discriminating against someone left-handed to a person who is not heterosexual (Beyondblue, 2003). Beyondblue has manipulated the characters to appear relatable – a technique called Plain Folks – so the audience connects on a social level with the portrayed message (visible in Appendix C) and reacts a desired way the director controls. Correspondingly, the film features Name-Calling where the term “freak” and “abnormal” is repeated, along with images that appeal to our emotions of sympathy, fear and possibly guilt.…
Complications from unsafe abortions kill 47,000 women each year; these women make up nearly 13 percent of all maternal deaths.(7) The movie Trapped follows the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers who are on the front lines of a battle to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of american women. Reproductive health clinics in the U.S. are fighting to stay open. Since 2010, 288 TRAP (Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers) laws have been passed by conservative state legislatures.(6) These laws aren’t helping women, they are making their lives harder. The movie, Trapped, accurately portrays my mrp topic, with only a few flaws in the movie itself.…
Point of view shots are an element of cinematography that conveys a message for viewers. Both of these texts emphasise the importance of happiness and how one must not allow small beginnings to discourage their process of growth. When Kathrine Jackson in Hidden Figures is upgraded to a computer at NASA she creates opportunities for herself which automatically distinguishes her from other computers, influencing Mr Harrison to credit her work ethic. Mary Jackson also reflects this when she is seen standing up for herself so that she can gain an education that would take her to a higher position within NASA. Mary Jackson pleads to the judge by stating facts such as “No Negro women in the state of Virginia has ever attended an all-white school.…
The main interpersonal conflict in the movie Hitch is the miscommunication between the two main characters. There are three main characters in this movie, but the two main ones that have miscommunication is Alex Hitchings who is known as Hitch and Sara Melas who is a news reporter. The miscommunication in the Hitch is a great example of how communication is important within any relationship and how big of a mess the miscommunication can make for a relationship. Relationships have conflict whether communication or another factor but conflict can always be resolved when communication is the key informant in a relationship.…
Everybody would agree that the entire film takes place in real time and it seems to have a simple plot. There is no flashback but instead to remember to the things happened in the past 10 years ago. The author use the mode of multiperspectivity which means to build the story by seeing situations from different perspectives, hearing different voices and opinions, listening and thinking, increasing awareness and understanding. Usually, if you are in 3rd person point of view that the camera is in one character’s head you stay in that point of view for a whole scene or issue. On the other hand, when multiple characters are in the same scene and you want to be in the head of each character, then you are seeing with an omniscient point of view.…
The element distance of diachronic shots is well explored throughout the famous music Let It Go showing the contrast between the scared Elsa and herself after the transformation. At the beginning, Elsa is terrified after running away from Arandelle, the extreme long shot of the mountain leaves the character invisible, then the camera starts to approximate, but the shot only changes to a long shot only 12 seconds after the music has begun, which emphasizes the character’s isolation, fear, and imprisonment.…