Camera - An acronym used to help remember the information learned about the camera is FAM which stands for Frame, Angle and Movement.
For frame there are six different types of frames used while using a camera which are :
For angle there are three different angles used which are:
- Worms eye view ( Low view )
- Birds eye view ( High angle )
- Level
For movement there are five different ways which are used which are:
- Pan - this can only be to the left or right
-Tilt - this can only be up or down
- Tracking shot
-Steadicam
-Hand held
Mise En Scene - Another acronym which is used to help remember information about Mise En Scene is CLAMPS. These letters stand for
C - costume
L - lighting
A - actors
M - makeup
P - props
S - setting
Editing - Another acronym which is used to help remember information about editing is TOPS. These letters stand for:
T - transitions
O - order of narrative
P - pace
S- sfx
Sound -
- Dialogue
- Music
- Diegetic sound/ non diegetic e.g music, voice over, narration
We watched two different clips which we 'Up' and 'Cape fear' which we then analysed.
In this clip from the film 'Up' time is passed very quickly. This is done very interestingly as we go from their wedding day when they were very young up to when they are elderly at a very fast pace and also with no speaking. There are many different types of movement with the camera used in this clip to show time passing. For example at 1.25 the camera pans right going from a scene where they are preparing for a child to a scene where they have just found out she has lost the child. Another way time is passed during this clip is the use of ties. There are many clips of his wife doing his tie for him and then after a while we can see they have both grown in age.
In this clip from the film 'Cape fear' only four different frames are used. Very quickly into the clip we know the man could potentially be dangerous as he is covered in tattoos and is in a prison cell. However we can also see he could be very intelligent as there many books in his cell. We can tell the man from the clip could be very lonely as there is no one to pick him up when he is leaving prison. The camera uses an extreme long shot while the man is walking out of the prison where we can see thunder and lightning which creates an eerie atmosphere again showing this man could be dangerous.
I am now going to analyse the first six minutes of the film 'Boyz in the hood'.
At the very begginning of this film the audience can hear swearing, gun shots and screaming yet there is no visual for these sounds. The first characters we are introduced to are four young children walking to school. They are discussing the gun shots they could hear from the night before in a very casual way which shows that shootings in the area they go to school in is not a rare occurrence.
The next scene is set in a classroom. Towards the end of this scene two of the boys who were walking to school get in an argument which involves aggression and swearing which then turns into a fight. Other children in the classroom are encouraging the fight whilst the teacher tries to break it up. This shows violence in the film coming from children of a very young age. The next scene shows one of the young boys walking home from school using an extreme long shot view. Whilst the boy is walking home he has to go around a fight which has started within a gang. This would be very surprising to the audience as children as young as this boy is should not be surrounded by so much violence. Whilst the boy is walking home there is a voiceover of the teacher on the phone to the boys mother. The scenes from the mother on the phone and the boy walking home continue to flip from scene to scene. The teacher criticises the mothers education and employment believing she will not have one as she has a troubled son.
