Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Feedback - Miss Spencer

You have made a reasonable start Cathy - however I am disappointed that you didn't meet the deadline and get two analysis up on your blog. WHat you have written is of good quality, however it does heavily rely on camera movement, angles etc, with less on the other areas (editing? Mise en scene ? sound?) These areas are only mentioned occasionally. You have also not talked about the titles.  
Because of this your work is in a level 2. In order to improve you should:

  •  Think about the questions below, ensure you are addressing all of them.
  •  Embed JPEG images throughout you analysis (stills from the film) and a video of the opening sequence in order to illustrate your analysis.

  Study the opening sequences of any film from the Thriller, Horror, and Romantic comedy genre. E.g. Seven, The Dark Knight Rises, Halloween, Notting Hill, Love Actually etc. Analyse how the sequence has been constructed through its use of: Camera angles, shots, movement, Editing, Sound, Special effects and Mise-en-scene etc.
· In terms of editing how have the separate images been put together - Think in terms of frequency of cuts, fades in/out, jump cuts, dissolves etc.

  • What visual images appear on screen throughout the sequence? And what do they mean?
  • · Describe what narrative (story) is being displayed in the sequence from start to finish.
  • · Describe what kind of music; diegetic/non-diegetic/incidental/ambient etc. is being played over the sequence.
  • · How and what titles are being displayed during the sequence and in what order.
  • · What kind of characterisation is evident? - Age, gender, relationships etc. 

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