Thursday, 28 November 2013

Film Language-use of camera

There are many different camera techniques and they are the
long shot
medium shot
close up
extreme close up
point of view
over the shoulder
low angle
high angle
pan
tilt
crane shot
tracking shot
rolling shot.

Macro elements refer to genre and narrative...

Monday, 25 November 2013

no country for old men...

this film is about a man who was hunting (moss) and came across the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong. their he finds a breif case with alot of money in it. he then takes is back to his trailer home. Later that night he returns but is chased away by two men in a truck and abandons his vehicle. When he gets back home he grabs the cash and sends his wife Carla to her mothers house, and goes to stay in a motel where he hides the money in the air vent of his room.

a hitman has been hired to recover the money. He has already strangled a sheriff's deputy to escape custody and stolen a car. Now he has a receiver that traces the money via a tracking device which is hidden inside the case. he then bursts into Moss's motel room hideout at night and surprises a group of Mexicans set to ambush Moss, but he murders all of them. Moss, who has rented another room which connects his room to the one on the other side, is one step ahead. By the time Chigurh(hitman) removes the vent cover, Moss is already back on the road with the money.

In a border town hotel, Moss finds the electronic bug, but not before Chigurh is near him. A shoot out between them continues onto the streets, this leaves both men wounded. Moss flees across the border, collapsing from his injuries before he is taken to a Mexican hospital. There, Carson Wells (police officer) offers protection in return for the money.

After Chigurh cleans and stitches himself  up with stolen supplies, he gets the drop on Wells back at his hotel and kills him as Moss calls the room. Picking up the call and getting up to not get any blood on him, Chigurh promises Moss that Carla (moss's wife) will go untouched if he gives up the money. but Moss remains defiant.

Moss arranges to meet his wife at a motel to give her the money and send her out the way of the danger. Instead, she reluctantly accepts protection for her husband from Bell, but they reach the rendezvous too late so they see a few Mexicans speeding away from the motel leaving Moss lying dead in his room.

That night, Bell returns to the crime scene and he finds the lock blown out in his suspect's familiar style. Chigurh hides behind the door of a motel room, observing the shifting light through an empty lock hole. His gun drawn, Bell enters Moss's room and notices that the vent cover has been removed with a dime and the vent is empty.

Friday, 1 November 2013

12B1 Lighting

http://www.youtube.com/v/sCD7ODSsXa8?autohide=1&version=3&feature=share&attribution_tag=LNNZBJDWJOqoRE1kg9t5Kw&showinfo=1&autohide=1&autoplay=1

RC media study (The chase)

http://www.youtube.com/v/M0scKzcgJRc?version=3&autohide=1&autohide=1&feature=share&showinfo=1&autoplay=1&attribution_tag=vxMZhLa74C6ScNr169QA9g

lighting

key light: this is one of the main 3 lights on a movie set. this is usually the brightest of the 3.

 

back light: this is another of the 3 lights on a movie set. this is behind the actor to create an outline/silhouette of the actor.

 

filler light: this is the last of the 3 lights on a movie set. this is usually put to the side of the actor. this is used to create shadows.

 

under lighting: this is when the source of the light is underneath the subject. this type of lighting is usually in thrillers/horrors to give intimidating scary lighting to the actor.

 

top lighting: this is when the light is above the actor. this makes the actor look more younger.

 

low key lighting: this is when the back and key lights are used to create a contrast between dark and light.

 

high key lighting: this is when more filler lights are being used, this creates a more realistic lighting.

Sound

Diegetic sound: This is sound which is heard by the characters within the film and also the audience can hear it as well, eg: characters talking, footsteps, etc...

Non diegetic sound: This is sound which cant be heard by the characters in the film but it can be heard by the audience, eg: background music, etc...


On screen sound: This is when the audience can her the sound and can also see the source of sound, eg: radio,  etc...

Off screen sound: This is when the audience can hear the sound but cant see the source of the sound, eg: distant sound, etc...


Parallel sound: This is when the sound matches the action/scene in the film, eg: sad music with sad scene, etc...

Contrapuntal sound: This is sound that doesn't match up with the action/scene in the film, eg: happy music with sad scene, etc...