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Film & TV Language: Sound analysis tasks

My Clip Diegetic sound : Batmobile engine revving which gives a sense of power and speed. Tyres screeching this emphasises sharp turns and near-collisions. Collisions and metal scraping which creates tension and shows danger in the environment. City ambience: sirens, traffic, distant crashes helps builds a believable Gotham City setting. Cockpit sounds: gear shifts, hydraulic whirrs, internal electronics  helps immerse the audience inside the vehicle. Non-diegetic sound : Suspenseful orchestral music which intensifies the emotional impact of the chase. Dramatic musical swells during near-misses or crashes adds tension and excitement beyond what is shown visually. Low bass rumble or rhythmic motifs reinforces danger and urgency. Sound Techniques Parallel sound : Music and engine noise rise simultaneously with visuals (e.g. when Batmobile speeds down streets)  matches action to sound for excitement. Screeching tyres combined with music beats  reinforces fast movement. Explo...

Film and TV Language - Sound Practical

My sound practical on google drive Song - DELRESTO(ECHOS) by Travis Scott ft. Beyoncé  For my practical, I filmed a car chase sequence using both parallel and contrapuntal sound from pictures and videos . The contrapuntal sound occurs during the first 35 seconds of the clip, where a fire starts within the house. This sound contrasts with the visuals, creating a sense of unease and tension at the start of the scene. The transitions are particularly effective in the sequence of me running toward the car, with a mix of close-ups from behind and wide shots that emphasize both the character’s urgency and the car prominence. The parallel sound is sewn once the car begins drifting through the city, colliding with multiple objects. Here, the audio seen the on-screen action, reinforcing the chaos and intensity of the chase and immersing the audience in the scene.

Film & TV Language: Lighting

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Still image analysis   1- Low key lighting 2- Under Lighting 3- The use of Low Key Lighting creates a dark and mystery tone because of the position of the hands being wrapped on her face, which helps interest and engage us as viewers because it makes us curious on what may and will happen to her. 1- Low key Lighting 2 - Top and Front  Lighting 3 - The use of Low key Lighting emphasises power and authority but also adds menace as shadows under the eyes make him look intimidating or morally conflicted. 1- low key lighting 2- back lighting  3- The use of low key lighting creates tension and mystery, which makes the character appear isolated and heroic yet dangerous. Additionally, the use of back lighting creates a silhouette behind him. 1- High key lighting 2- Front lighting with some side shadows 3- The use of high key lighting with side shadows included helps exposes her emotion clearly, which is her fear and panic. While on the other hand the use of shadows behind her add...

Film & TV Language: Mise-en-scene video feedback and learner response

 1- WWW: Good script, costume, audio editing along with use of canned laughter, colour for genre, props /school like and lighting, the movement of the camera EBI: Ambient noise/ audio levels 2- WWW: Good sound track, clear sound, setting + props, cinematography, good use of high key lighting, good acting, nice editing, facial expressions and canned laughter. EBI: Fix audio levels and external noise 3- My WWW would be the use of camera movement such as getting all the characters in one frame, props for example the lockers and the poster made, soundtrack like adding in the canned laughter, the use of planning and the script, colouring throughout such as adding a pink hue EBI: I could of edited the end such as toning down the volume of canned laughter so the actors voices' could be heard. Additionally, filming in a empty and quite location or using mics so it can pick up our voices instead of outside noise. 4- When planning the camera shot list, my group and me had an idea on how to p...

Reading list and wider opportunities

  Media Theory at A Level by Mark Dixon - Chapter 2 based on structuralism by Claude Levi-Strauss reading - Lévi-Strauss analysed the structure and narrative content from around the globe. - He sought to uncover the invisible rule book of storytelling in order to diagnose the essential nature of human experience - he believed that any common themes located in those myths would reveal essential truths about the way the human mind structures the world. - He believed that binary oppositions outlines the key academic ideas used to explore media products in his 1962 book, The Savage Mind, in which he suggests that a subliminal set of structural rules inform myth production.  - Individual cultures might speak different languages but argues, but all stories told across the globe and throughout history employ a remarkably simple but stable formula.  - He believed that Narrative oppositions are media stories that orgainsied to construct moments of opposition. - Media producers als...

Film & TV Language: Mise-en-scene blog tasks

 1-  Costume - Jamie is wearing a white tee with dark blue jeans, While the psychologist, a baby blue blouse with jeans also. Lighting - Dark lighting with bright window from the jail room. Actor - Jamie is took up in front of the psychologist to make him look like a bigger yet scary person to the psychologist. While on the other hand, the psychologist is sat down  looking up at Jamie with fear in her eyes as if he is a mental person. Makeup - Simple + plain makeup. Props - green + blue bean bag chairs are seen in the left hand corner, and a black sofa on the right. With a table in the middle where the psychology and Jamie are sitting in. Setting - Dark room, which is empty which connotates fear and evil. 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amgPXKrFZVg&list=RDamgPXKrFZVg&start_radio=1 Costume - Glinda is wearing a hot pink maxi dress, with Elphaba wearing a black outfit and round thin gold glasses Lighting - Dark / Mood lighting with dim lighting. Actor - Both...