Thursday, 23 October 2014

what is cinematography

 What Is Cinematography

Cinematography is the way they capture the shots they will use in the film. It is also the way they film the shot that they will take , the creative side of it all to make the audience see what is happening and what they want you to feel. In cinematography it consists of the following list below.

Glossary Of Cinematography 

PAN - The movement of the camera going left to right or right to left

ZOOM IN - It is when they go more in to the shot

ZOOM OUT - This is when they go out of the shot

POINT VEIW SHOT - It shows where or what the character is looking or seeing through their eyes.

SPEED/RATE - How fast the shot in the film is

SHALLOW FOCUS - It is when they make everything in the background blurred except what they want people to concentarte on

DEEP FOCUS - It is use to show the whole to to the front all the way at the back with the shot being a clear focus

FRAMING - How they position everything that the camera shot

CLOSE UP  - This is when they have a shot of the face of the character. it is use to show how the actor is feeling during the scene

MIDE SHOT - This is a shot of the top half of the character to the mid body section of that person.

LONG SHOT - It is when they have a full body shot with some background of where the character is , this shot is use to show what is happening in the scene

TRACKING SHOT -  When the camera follows the characters around while they are performing the scene that is taking place.

BIRD SHOT -  When the camera is facing straight  down on the scene. this is used when getting a feel of the scene like someone looking down like god.

WORM SHOT - It is when the camera is looking straight up . This give the effect that the worlds is a big place

CRAN SHOT-  It is use when they cant do it with a normal camera.

TILT - When they move the camera up and down when filming

HIGH ANGLE - This is when it is place up at eyes lave with it pointing down at people to show that one character is high then the others

LOW ANGLE - this is when the camera is low and is pointing up to show the person looking up at the person



What is editing

Editing is  the  putting together of the film itself. This is when the people who film gather all the material they will then give it to the editor. he or she will then put the clips or shots in time order, they can also make the film slower or quicker depending on how much he or she puts in to the final product.  The editor is also in charge of what goes in such as  songs , which clips ,  the credits and how long the film is .The editing of shots would consider some of the following of the list below.

Glossy of editing

CUT - This is when a editor is picking how to put all the shots and scenes together to make the movie.

FADE - this is where they go out of focus to connect to the next shot

DISSOLVE  - This is when they fade in or out of a shot to connect it to a new shot.

STRAIGHT CUT - When they go to the next shot

WIPE CUT - This is when they use an effect of a wide shield wipe to go to the next shot

JUMP CUT - When they jump to a new scene or setting in the film

EYELINE  MATCH - make sure the eye match in the film . For example like two objects connected by an invisible line

ESTABLISHING SHOT - It shows where the film is in place or time

SHOT REVERSE SHOT - This shot is used to show the character talking or looking at a person or object

180 DEGREE - This is a rule that helps the audience understand where things are in the film.

TRANSITION - The change between one scene to the next

CROSS CUTTING- It is when the camera goes from one action to the other then comes back to where it has started

MONTAGE- When they use a skill that use rapid editing that includes music and special effects to give  narrative information


Hot fuzz editing

Tuesday, 14 October 2014

music in films


Film / scene
Instrument
Tempo
Effect/imagine
The conjuring ( walking down the stair)
A piano
Slow with the same notes being played through out
 This make the audience more alert of what about to come
The conjuring
Drums
Steady beat but increases
It give the effect of it her beating to the sound of her drum and at any mint it will change
The conjuring music box ending scene
The music box
It was a steady peace that increases then stopped
This make me think that something will be happing soon and that it not the end
The call ( opening scene)
A double base with villain
It was quit at first then louder
It makes the audience see how serious the satiation is
The calling
Piano note with violin
Slow and a single three notes
It effusive how sad she is at the moment about what has happen to her and the girl
The calling
Techo beta with drums
It is fast and loud
It effersize the emerge that is happening while how quickly they need  the girl to finish what she is doing
All lost
A string
Soft and slow
It show how sad and lonely the guy is
All lost
Horn
Slow and loud
It show how the men has no hop left and that the end is near
All lost
Organs
Steady beat and slow
It effesrsize how dyer the satiation is, how he feel and that this could be it
 divergent
 IT Is fast
it show how stelfy the team was being
 divergent
 paino volins and voice
 IT Is soft and quit then get but stay the same beta
it show how sad she is and making me feel sad two
 divergent
 clapping drums and volins
 IT IS fast  then slow and fast again
This makes me think ofher running to her disction then thinking  and runing once she has made up hermind





 The song fight for you make me think of the two main charcter and feeling for one another 
where as beating hart show the journy the main women goes to throught out the movie 
the song i wont let go and i need you is played in the movie to show how pea ful the womenfalt at the time
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music in films task 1


What is music

Well I find that music is a way to describe a way a person feels or how they have dealt with it. I also find it is note put together in a rhythm of Patterson to make a enjoyable sound to listen to

In films music is involved in so many ways, such as sound effects, background music, non-diegetic and diegetic. When we use music it helps us create a better film than a silent film will ever be. Even in silent films they used music which is added afterwards to emphasise what was happening on screen or going to. In films they have two sorts of music –music scores and music songs. Music scores are the sound effects in the film, such as piano melody speeding up to represent the scene, to establish or reinforce the mood of a scene, whereas the song is often written by a popular artist which sings about the journey of the character and what they have been through in the film, or the journey or character itself. In some films, such as High School Musical they break into a song where they want to express their feelings.

Film makers still use music to emphasise what is happening.  The music sometimes emphasises the real sounds in the scene. It can make the audience more aware of what is going on in the film.

Music is used to communicate emotions to the audience. If the film is getting more scary, they pick up the tempo; to get adrenaline going, for example, they use a drum for a heartbeat. The music can anticipate what can happen next in the film -In The Conjuring when the music box starts playing it creates an eerie feeling that something is going to happen. It can also be used to communicate what the characters are supposed to be feeling, e.g. in the film of Romeo and Juliet, the music is a sad piano melody, which makes it clear they are sad to be dying, even though they are happy to be together.

Music can also set the scene for the beginning of the movie. The scene can be neutral, but as soon as the music starts you know which direction the movie will take. It can also take you back to a time where they have set a scene or the film, for example, the Great Gatsby uses Jazz music with a modern twist to appeal to people today, but it still takes you back to the Jazz era. 

Thursday, 9 October 2014

Film Language: Sound


Sound in Film





In this clip it shows the opening of Sherlock Holmes opening scene, where it shows him running away from a horse and carriage then kicking in a door . It also doesn't show his face till near the end of the clip.

Glossary

. Diegetic - this is when the sound of a object or person is in or is visible in the film itself
. Non-Diegetic - this is when there is a sound that has no connection to,  or is even in the picture itself
. Ambient -  it is when there is a background music that is in the film such as thunder when there is a storm. It helps to create atmosphere.
. SFX - this is the sound effect that are put in the films
. Mood -  is the feel of the room or the people around you and is often created through music and sound.
. Tone -  this mean how it sound for example you can say a soft tone which mean someone who has a quit voice
. Genre - this is when you put different music or sound in different group that repsten what they are.
. Theme music - this is a music that is set or at the end of the Tv, film or a person. the music used is what would be use foe that person, film or Tv only.
. Voiceover - it is when a person is speaking over the filming that is playing.
. Musical Score - It is a written form of music that can be found on sheet music
. Synchronous Sound -  This is when the sound or audio match with what is plying on the film
. Asynchronous Sound  - this is when the sound doesn't come from the film or is not in the reality of the film it self
. Contrapuntal -  It is the music or sound effect that doesn't match the film and will be create a different meaning being showing in the film
. Silence -  This is when no sound will be use but will have the effect of have a erri feel to the film
. Selective Sound -  This is when they take some of the sound from the film to make the ones still there more recginz and to make it more of a effect
. Sound Bridges -  This is when they continues the pieces of music throughout different shot of the film


The music or sound effects that i can hear are:

Non-diegetic:
a bass
a piano

Diegetic:
a glass pane breaking
horses' feet
horse neighing
a whip
the horse breathing
a man breathing
man running on pavement
bell
gun being loaded
glass and wood being broken
a crow

The Non-diegetic
When i was looking at the clip i could hear the theme music of Sherlock Holmes. i didn't know it was that until the tempo got quicker as the horse gained speed.  It has an asynchronous sound this is when the music that is not in the reality of the film of the sound.  For example the music that is being played throughout out the whole clip is a piano and a base and as it get quicker it also get louder to show how close or fast the horse is going.

The Diegetic
I could hear the horse chasing after the man, at the being is was quiet then it started getting louder as the horse got faster which made me get more excited by it. The  crow could be heard, it was between the the tempo, the beats  of the music. You can also hear the man breathing really hard,  this shows how much he has been running. the sounds that i can hear adds to scene and tell you what is going on -  for example when they load the gun you can tell they mean business.  this would be called the musical score this is used to make more of an atmosphere -  for example, all the sound that goes with the film is louder than the background so that you can still hear what is going on.


what is sound ?

sound is what people hear in everyday of life , you will also call it audio. you hear sound by the vibration in the airwave.

In films 

Sounds need air and waves to be hared
Vibration
Tone
Volume
Pitch
Notes
Resonate is about the voice
Timbre
Peace
Rythme

Tempo

Diegetic it is sound that belong to the movie 
Dialogue is the sound of speech
Sound effect belongs to the story you see

Non diegetic is things that don’t belong such as soundtrack to movies
Voice over
Additional sound effects

Thursday, 2 October 2014

mise en scene


          Mise-en-scene


Mise en scene is a French word for what is place in front of a frame. When describing the mise en scene it mostly focuses on setting, props, hair/make up, facial expression, body language, lighting, colour and positioning within the frame. All of this help created the image of the film the director want to create for the audience reaction.

Businessmen
If I was to decorate a room for a businessman in 2012 I would make sure the wallpaper is all in one colour. The reason for this is because I think that if he did have miss match colour it would be too funky for a man of the business world. The props I would use would be something of manly designs for example a big desk that is slick. I would also put in a computer screen in black on the desk because my business man is a big shot who makes the money in the company. I would also put in floor to ceiling window like Oliver Queen’s office. I would make sure it is all dark colours for the floor as well for example dark tiles that match the wall. I wouldn’t put up any pictures except one which will be a big picture in black and white and have some significance of the person itself. It would be a spotless clean room where it will look set up and not lived in. The table would be a low and made of glass with matching chairs that would also go with the desk. The table would be put in the centre of the room this is so the room have focus. The desk would be put in the middle of the window so he can see everything that is going on.

A poor destitute couple in the 17 century
The room would be a cramp small hole in the wall where in this day and age we would not think it is big enough for the one person to live in. The floor would be a dirty floor with a layer of dust. A dark room with only the one candle light guide their way. The window would be broken to there is no point or no window at all so would be cold when it get dark. The couple’s clothes would be hanging from the ceiling for example men’s trousers, a shirt with holes in it, a women’s dress with underwear hanging as well.  The props I would put a rundown bed with a spring hanging out the reason for this I think that in that day and age they would not have been able to afford a new bed. The table would be high up with odd mismatch chairs that look like they have be thrown out by wealthier people. The wood is mostly like have crack in it. There would be two of everything for example metal cups, chipped plates and the odd spoon and fork.
When I think about different colour to do with different emotion I would associate with emotions more than you would with others for example?

RED
When I think or see the colour red I would automatically think that it is the colour of lust because it is such a vivid colour and passion as well. I would also say it remind me of blood cause it is the same colour.  I would say love because every time Valentine’s Day comes around you always see the red and pink hearts around and red rose.  I would associate it with evil because every time you think of the devil you would come you with a red face. This brings me to the fact that red you would also come to the element fire that would all link to the points above.  We also say that red is the colour of anger cause of how powerful and the fact people face goes red.

GREEN
When I think of the colour green i would related it to the element of nature such as trees, grass , forest and so on. The colour for me also represents a peace calming effect where you can be transported to surreal place. When I think of the colour green I think of the recycling sign that is to do with the environment and fire exit.  The reason why we always use this colour is because we think it is a safe colour.  The colour green is what you also put with the sin of envy. This is where the sayings come from: green with envy and the green eyed monster.

White
This is a colour that you would associate with a good soul because the colour itself is so pure.  When you think of the colour white you would think of white angels’ wings in the clouds. With the colour you would think of someone who innocent that is where the saying comes from for the bride to wear white on her wedding day. It is also a neutral colour that people use it when they don’t know the sex of the baby or when surrendering at war. This also makes me think of peace. The colour makes me think of a peaceful mind that is blank like a canvas. I would also say it make me think of light and hope that will come because of how bright it could be .

BLACK
When I think of the colour black I would automatic think of a dark place where no light come through. I also feel that it is a depressing colour but that why most people think that if you wear all black you are a sad Goth. You would also think of it as an evil colour for example if a person in a film was dress in black you would think he is a bad guy. I would also think of death when think of the colour black because it colour that you would wear to a funeral. It also remained me of the saying ; dark or black soul mean someone who is bad right down to his soul.