Maya's short film assignment

Monday, 2 November 2015

Task C: Technical Analysis of SCT: 3/3 Short Film

In short film ‘Decay the director starts up with a close up of the unknown character lying on the floor. I would uses this camera shot in this sequences in thriller/ horror film by doing close up of his face and then zoom out so the audience can see the background, by this it will create more mystery. As the short film starts the sound automatically comes on and quite eerie, the sound we can hear is as the Decay starts piano, screeching noise, soft drums and the man coughing. Due to this it makes the audience think that he might be beating up and banned in the middle of nowhere. By the director start up with close up it would create tension right away.

As keep on watching the director shows us the overview of the locations, which the colour grey I which suggest that the environment is dirty and dull. I would use sequence in a thriller/horror film because give audience a sense of overview of the film and where it is located, this makes the audience wonder why is he is there. By this it would create suspense.

In this scene the director uses free hand in this shot. This shows that he is unstable and he is really vulnerable and fragile. For example, I would this camera technique in a sequences for thriller/horror if a person is running, unstable or their mind is over the place. Also we found by watching this that he house is not far away and suggest that the character is successful. This make the audience think he got himself in trouble that why he was banned in middle of nowhere.

The director uses the name decay in later on in the film to make more interesting because if you put the name first when the film starts it can be long and can be boring then it might take longer to start. By having the name come in later into the film it would create suspense and mystery. All you can see is the name and hear backing soundtrack.

In this scene the director use flashbacks of the character as we can see that he is fine and he going to look at a house. For example, I would use sequences in a thriller by having person stuck in recent time then looking at something that remind them of the past. So this case it tell the story all again. This will make more interesting to watch. Suddenly the sound stops and you hear is a person talking in a car this makes less intense.

In this scene of Decay the director use a close up of the person hands. This shows that is something he found suspicious and the person who done this he smart. For example I would use by having something that is important have a close up. This makes the audience question what is it but when found out whilst watching it is boom and think is going to do when he realise.

In this scene of Decay the director uses jump cuts when boom went off his flashback ended. By this we know what happen and why he ended up at the beginning. Automatically the sound comes again this will create tension. This makes audiences think what’s going to happen next and who would tried to kill him.

In this scene of Decay the director a eye point of view to make us see through the character eyes. By this we see that he had is fill in with blood and colour red emphasises danger. By this point it makes the audience feel really confuse on why is covered in blood and by tracking music playing it build more mystery and suspense. This shows that dangerous and that why they tried to kill him.

In this scene of Decay the director high angle shot to show that he is weak and confuse. We can see this as he holds a gun in his hand. This implies that he wants to kill himself and feels guilty. the editing people uses score as their music so fit in with film by this it create loads of tension. Even though he killed we think that is not the right way to do it because you need to earn up to the consequences he made.

In this scene of Decay the director close up of the character face at this point we are kind of shock because we never knew he was a vampire. By this it makes so clear why he is acting strange. At this point we would expect the man to run. This makes worried and fearful for poor man. Also the blood on the character mouth suggest that he killed already and suggest that he dangerous to citizens.

In this scene of Decay the director shows that he kills the man and hungry for blood also the direct use a cliff hangers to make audience wonder what is going to happen next the director use contrast as the background is light and friendly and the character is evil and dangerous. This makes the audience feel frighten for people who live in the area.

Saturday, 31 October 2015

Task C: Technical Analysis of SCT: 2/3 Short Film

At the beginning of the film red (2014 Psychological Thriller Mystery Short Film) the director uses mid shot of the character body, also the director uses level shot to make the audience feel like we are in that situation . For example if I want to get the person whole body I would use mid shot because you see their face properly. Straight away the sound comes across as quite eerie and mystery solving by this it would create tension. From this we know that it thriller film. The editors use dull colours such apple green. The colour green implies nature and the wild, this also show that are treated like animals not know what happen to them. This makes the audience want to found out more.

The film Red (2014 Psychological Thriller Mystery Short Film) the director uses over the shoulder shot of the clock. As the character gets up he looks at the clock, this emphasis that the clock is very important object in this short film or it shows how long that might be in there for. By this it would create tension. The editing uses score for the sound which is piece of music that specifically suited for the film. By this it would make us think what going on and creates suspense and mystery. This also that he might be the main character.

As we go little further into the film the director uses a close up by zooming slowly on the bored. For example, I would use this in sequences in thriller film to show that it is important and to build up tension. Also it the 4 lines on the bored suggest how many days the might be in there for or how many times they have tried. By having a close up of this it makes more suspicious and makes the audience more interesting to watch because we do not know what is going to happen at the end.

As we progress into the film the director use a master shot of all the characters that is involve in the situation. For example, I would use a master shot in a thriller to catch the action in one shot. Also we notice that one person is in red and the colour red suggest dangerous. This makes that there is one person is in the group is the dominated one. Also suggest that they are trapped, really vulnerable due to fact they do know what happen or why they are there. Also shows that they are isolated from other people. The sound is still eerie but do not increase or decreases this might foreshadow that they not going to get know where.

At this scene the director uses jumps cut of the clock. This shows they are focusing the clock and it shows that the clock is important films. Editing uses effect of the clock sound of the tick tok. This it builds up more pressure as we all know that we cannot stop time. For example, I would uses in a thriller/ horror sequence to build up tension in the room when the audience are watching the clocks can use for interrogation or flashbacks but in this case the cock is the dominated and powerful because their life depends on it. This makes the audience apprehensive.

As we progress further into the film the direct uses contrast in the scene because one minute they are all calm and the next they are panicking, also that they is no way out, and they are trapped. This makes the audience think what would do if I was in their shoes.

In this scene the director uses a close up of the note to suggest that they the note is important and you should trust it, so in this case the director makes us believe that notes is true. Also in this scene the sound is quite settle and deep, the director uses score for the sound throughout the short film by playing the sound in the background to build an intense scene and make more exciting to watch. This makes the audience feel that the notes are true and makes think what will happen if they do not pay attention to the notes and do there on thing.

In this scene of film Red (2014 Psychological Thriller Mystery Short Film) the director made us to think that Red is lying and we should not trust the person that is red, but know do not know that except the character that red the note. Also the director use match on action on the character. For example, I would uses this in this in thriller/ horror sequences by catching the action then cutting the action on different character in that scene. By this point they are running out of time at this point we hoping that the will get it together and figures this out as a team. This makes the audience question ourselves because we do not know what to believe right now.

In this scene the direct uses extreme close to emphasise that the time is running out, this intend that if times up they will die. By having an extreme close of the clock it can be intimidating because time is important in this case. Also makes it clear that they are running out of options and time which they cannot fix. This will create loads of tension and makes the audience feel apprehensive and anxious because we do not know if they make it or not.

In this scene the director use low angle shot to suggest that they are powerful but ironic that they still not the powerful ones they are the weak ones. We also notice that they have words written on their back such as ‘red’. This makes more suspicious because we do not know what means or what has it got to do with them. Suddenly the music stops, this suggest that they are close of thing this out. This makes the audience really confuse and what to found out more.

As director put the camera on him we hear that that he has got red written on his back. This might suggest he has got something to deal with it. The director uses high key lighting that they are making progress and figuring out. This makes the audience think he might go something to deal with it.

In this scene we see that he speaks and he is the cause of this. Also shows that boy in red was telling the truth and shows that red is not dangerous he trying to help figure it out. The director uses extreme close up of the character mouth and use depth of field to help is concentration on the character more.

This shows that the character has done this test 5 times and it was successful. The director use close up to show that he might be doing an experiment on them. This makes the audience feel pity for them because they have go through this every day until they get it right. This makes the audience question how many time is going to do this test until he gives up.

In this scene we see that everybody is red and shows that red has less effect of being their brain swipe away and can remember stuff more from last time. The direct use a master shot get the characters in. this makes us wonder what’s going to happen next.

In the final scene the director use close of the clock and we see that he is the powerful one and he can control it. This might suggest that he doing the whole progress again and see what happens next time.

Overall I think this is clever short film because we do not know what is going to happen next. And it leaves the audience in the mystery end.

TASK C: Technical Analysis of SCT:1/3 Short Films

In ‘2am: The Smiling Man-short film’ the director uses depth of field blurry in the background as one of his first scene to show that we do not know what is in the distance. For example if I want to focus on someone I would blur out the distance so I do not give plot away if something bad is going to happen to that character. By this it makes the audience unsure what is going happen especially this was film at nigh time, producing cold and dull atmosphere. We know this because colour blue associated with very cold and heartless. Also the director uses naturalistic light to show that is dark place at night and things can happen to you. Furthermore straight away we can see if it thriller/horror. The director uses non-diegetic sound such as deep and shallow sound of piano to create the atmosphere. By this we know that something bad or usually is going to happen.

In this scene of ‘the smiling man’ the director uses a close up his shoulders upwards, this is because to show the characters face expressions and to make the character imitated. As the director uses close up of the character face we see that he might be confuse on what he seeing in the distance and look very anxious and apprehensive. For example I would use this shot to show the audience how he feels, also you can use close on his eyes or mouth. Due to this the audience can see that he really shock about what he seeing and by his face expression we know that something wired/ dangerous is going to take place. Also the director uses death of field to focus on the character face. Also the director uses effects of footsteps to have more effect and to build up tension. As the character walks the sound the volume increase then stops. By this we know that something strange is going to happen. Also the right use low key light to chiaroscuro effect.

In this scene of ‘the smiling man’ the director uses mid shot to show the character but still do not want to give anything away yet. The first thing we hear as the character is the effect of footsteps from the editing department, due to this we know that this person might be dangerous. As progress into this scene we see that character is not normally and maybe mental ill just on how he is walking. It is also ironic that the character is wearing a work suite and associate people in suits as normally. The sound people use diegetic as we can hear sound on set, by this the footsteps stands out. By this we know that this character is dangerous.

In this scene of ‘the smiling man’ the director uses over the shoulders shot to protect the character identity. For example if I was looking someone or talking someone that is unusually I will use over the shoulder shot to create suspense and mystery. At this point we know that something is going to happen to him as he walks away. Then the sound reappeared and increasing of violin, by this it would be built up tension.

In this scene of ‘the smiling man’ the director uses short reverse shot giving the front view and the back view of the character, use depth of field as well and close up of the character. As we are watching this we know something is just going pop up and frighten the audience this scene would be build up tension. By this we can also the expression on his face. The sound is loud then decreases till you can only hear the wind blowing and footsteps. The director uses high key lighting to show his face expression as it was dark at night. By this we are very suspicious about is going to happen next.

In this scene of ‘the smiling man’ the director uses long shot to associated that he wired and not normally and he does not fit in the society and use low angle shot to show that the character is powerful . For example a long shot is associated with word isolated and lonely in the world. This means that character should not be associate with people because they are dangerous and can cause a lot of harm into the world. In this scene the direct uses non-diegetic sound as it was deep and depressing. At this but we defiantly know that something is going to happen. This makes the audience feel worried for the character. This creates mystery and suspense’s

At this point the director did close up to show that he really anxious as the character is breathing heavy. The sound gets louder and you can hear rockiness in sound. This will be tension and makes the audience worried and makes us feel like we are already there with him. The direct also use depth of field to make the audience to focus on the character face and nothing else.

As the character walking we know that he is dangerous from the dark and dull colour in the background and the music playing in the background. Until know the director still protecting his identity. And at this point we know that the boy needs to escape urgently. By this it create tension in the room as it is foreshadowing what’s going to happen next.

In the final scene of ‘the smiling man’ the director free hand when holding a camera because to give affect we are running with character in the scene. This will make more realistic. By this we do not know if the character is going to make it to safety. The editing increasing the sound kind like danger sign. This makes the audience really reluctant that the wired man does not catch the other character. This makes scared for the boy.

Overall the short film ‘2am: the smiling men’ uses loads of techniques to make a good thriller film such sound techniques such non-diegetic and diegetic to build up tension when its need different lighting to give effect, depth of filed and camera shot such as close to make more interesting. These are all techniques you need to make a good thriller film.

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Narrative Structure- my webisode

https://youtu.be/rERlo6whfuo In my webisode it is episodic due to fact there are going to be series of episode that lead to the plot. Also my webisode is Multi-stranded since there is more than one character involved in my short film. Also I am using open ended for the reason that I can make audience figure out what is going to happen towards the end and Non- Linear because in my webisode it had some flashbacks. By including all of narrative structure it keeps the curious on what going to happen throughout my webisode. This also will create suspense and mystery in my webisode.

Narrative Structure- Section 3

Unit 22- Short Film Project: Task B- SECTION 3- Narrative structure

Narrative structure

Narrative structure is a story that an audience or reader can follow, slowing unfolding the plot throughout many episode or books. There are different types of narrative structure that director take in consideration depending on TV show or film that they are broadcasting on TV or cinemas. Here are the following:

Linear Narrative

Linear narrative is when you follow a straight line starting from beginning right through to end. A linear narrative is really simple and easy to follow. For example ‘UP’ simple story that anyone can follow ‘UP’ starts up with simple beginning and a simple ending. A linear narrative usually attractive younger generation because is easy to understand.

Episodic Narrative

Episodic narrative is a story that is told through a series of episode for example ‘Misfits’ is a story that tells through episodes and every episode it will have a recap what happen in the last episode this will happen at the beginning of each episode, another example is ‘Hollyoaks. ’ by this will give a rough idea what happen in the last episode and will understand what the next episode is going to be about.

Mostly films use episodic narrative structure, also episodic narrative tell a story through films but they do not put the plot in one movie the will have 3 movies that leads up to the plot. For example the Hunger Games and Star Wars. By this the will captured the audience attention therefore more tune in more. Episodic is good narrative structure when coming to TV programme because they not giving the plot away.

Open Narrative

Open narrative is when they have many characters involve and as no sense of ending. This use in sops such ‘EastEnders, How I Met your Mother and Hollyoaks’ this are soaps that does not have an ending, due to this the story builds up when progressing further into the film. This makes I more interesting to watch.

Close narrative

Close narrative is usually films that have reading and usually last 2 hours it has all the characters and main points and ending. For example comedy, thriller such as ‘About Time.’ By this it would keep the audience more interesting and knowing the plot of story and film.

Realist and Anti-realist Narrative

Realist narrative is a story that shows real life situation that people have to face on daily base. For example ‘Mulholland Drive (2001)’ this films tells a real life situation. By this kind of narrative it would make the audience more engage because they can relate to that situation. Anti-realist narrative is not real life standards they are films/programs which base on dreams or not real life. Anti- realistic narrative use special affect such as the film ‘Fantastic Four’ the purpose of is to attractive more audience and it for audience that like to think outside the box.

Single stranded

Single stranded is [1] a story that has one central character or hero acting in a single plot while surrounded by a group of minor characters, you’re encountering a narrative that has a single strand. This means that character that is important in this film or TV series and in single stranded narrative the will keep you focus on the main character even though they will character that will be involve in the TV show or film. For example twilight 1, 2 and 3 they will have characters but they will be one character that the reader or director want us to focus on.

Multi-Stranded

Multi-stranded is when different works are made up of several different standard which involves different character which all have their own story line. For example the film ‘Actually love’ or the program ‘Skin’ this when the focus on one character in each episode which leads up to the plot. This makes the audience more interesting because in each episode the find out more about the character and the plot.

Open ending

[2]An open-ended story is one in which the ending is left uncertain to one degree or another. This shows that ending is not reliable it can change at any time, also open ending can make the view think to figure out for themselves there are no right or wrong answer. For instance,’ Pretty Little Liars’ has open ending because they change the ending and they left the views to figure out by themselves.

Close ending

[3]An closed ending is an ending to a story or novel where all of the details are wrapped up and leave the reader knowing how it ends. The story doesn't end in a cliff-hanger or nail biter, where the readers long to discover what happens next. This means that the ending is giving to and it does change, by this the audience will know what happen in the end and leaving with a clear understanding of the film from start-end. For example, the film ‘The Longest Ride’ due to fact you will know what happen at the end and there is no cliff hangers.

[1] http://classroom.synonym.com/narrative-strands-3175.html

[2] http://www.ask.com/education/open-ended-story-a2a050418edae812

[3] http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_closed_ending_in_a_story