Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave
Sound
· Non diagetic sound: Music - tense, mysterious, strings
· Diagetic sound: Teacups and cheese knife rattling, Eerie noises
Camerawork
- Dolly to behind plate of cheese shaking makes tense atmosphere
- MS from behind cheese in cupboard, sense of being watched
- Zoom in on eyes in window of van, suspense
Mise en scene
- Dark lighting throughout
Mood
- Dramatic music (violins etc) creating tense atmosphere
- CU shots of weapons, scared faces
The Simpsons:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701080/
The Simpsons remake of the original
Mise en Scene, iconography, (light, colour, settings)
Letters written in blood
Sharp knifes, chainsaws, weapons
• Low key lighting in cinema (cinema setting/location also creates sense of entrapment as it is dark and a confined area with little space to run in)
• Lightening bolts are dramatic
• Lighting is odd colours (disorientating) when Homer bursts into Bart’s bedroom brandishing a knife then chainsaw and his eyes are glowing red in a typical scary way
Mask
Sound
• Music is tense and dramatic
Character Types
• Man come out of prison on parole
• Victim (child)
• Scared parents
• Useless police – the people who are supposed to be protecting cannot help so makes the audience feel helpless
Themes and Issues
• Stalkers
• Threats from an unknown person – person is revealed at first only by their hands and other body parts (CU shots) which keep their identity a mystery
The Girls
Props used that helped build a tense atmosphere were potential weapons (the rake that one of the girls brandished and swung around with then hurt her Dad with in mallicious manner) that created suspense as we were not sure if she would seriously hurt the dad with.
Confusion and panic was shown with the music (a beat that sounded like it could be a heartbeat), the camera went out of focus to show how he wasn't sure where to look and the camera whipped around as a point of view shot of the dad.
the body language was disturbing; the girls seemed to not notice that their dad was back home and carried on playing with their dolls and didnt look up at him but kept to themselves though he appeared to be speaking very upbeat and friendly towards them. the contrast in facial expressions and body language made the audience feel uneasy and uncomfortable.
When the girls were asking, almost commanding for their dad to play a game, the camera moved around them a lot, jumping from different agnles, portaying confusion and panic.
tension is reinforced by the use of sound - during the more scary moments (e.g. when they are tying him up, pushing him around, hit him, try to push him into the lake) there is a high pitched metallic sound effect that makes us feel even more uncomfortable.
Seven
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_%28film%29
Enigma Codes
- We wonder why these two very different characters have come to work together as well as why Mills ‘fought’ to work in this place when he could have chose anywhere else. The location is grimy, rainy and miserable
Restricted Narration
- We don’t know what is going to happen so this builds suspense and we are watching from an objective point of view
Character Construction
- Mills is quite obviously the younger, more energetic character
One Hour Photo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265459/
The colours in the room
His memory is shown with use of colour, camera movement and sound. The two shots are linked with a sound bridge of children laughing.
Rachel - insufficient Rachel. 5 openings.
ReplyDelete3 of these are whole films.
you have two openings, both of which are very short and lacking any real textual analysis.
Rather disappointing when you have produced so much good work in the year.