Summer work - Luke

Black Hole – Media language

 

The Setting is placed in a 21 century office, which has a printer (as a prop) that is and the piece of paper that is also the main equipment throughout this piece of film when producing the black hole. This set the mood for the audience as a normal working day.  Also this brings in the character. This then has to link to costume, where the male is wearing a smart shirt and tie.

We know the male is at work by the job that he is doing. By the messy hair and the appearance not the best he doesn’t like his job and this comes across to the audience.

 

Also he being alone throughout the scenes could indicate that he doesn’t have many working colleagues. This could also show the appearance of the male character. However when the male finds out what the black hole can do the colour changes. The colour changes from light to desaturated when the character turns greedy.  This then suggest that by doing this us as a audience can see the emotion and the sides of the temptation of greed.

 

With the darkness colour nearing the end we also have a point of view shot when looking at the door and looking at the black hole. Again this suggests greed the male has. This is a excellent shot because the director has chosen this so that the audience gets the idea about the temptation of greed, like the story of Adam and Eve.

 

By using the close ups and Medium close up mostly throughout we can as a audience see the facial reaction and body language change from the beginning to the end to show the power of greed.

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These screen shots show the turning points when having the power in his hands that then later on in the film punishes him for it.

 

Low angle when looking down in to the black hole is a good camera shot. This towards the audience looks like a real black hole and makes it believable. This grabs the audience attention and the main character also.

When looking at the editing side, when using Continuity editing it means that the director can cut shots to tell a story this in this case creates realism to the audience. However to create the bond between the character and the audience the director has used a eyeline match, so that the audience can see what the character sees.

 

This brings the attention to the audience and makes them more involved in the film and keeps them interested. We also see the transition between the character from the start when working then turns to greed, this is also triggered by the Straights cuts that are all the way through. This then allows the audience to see the male actor change throughout the film.

From the start and to the end there is ambient sound throughout. The main character that we don’t know any information about, looks very bored and tired from work. We know this but the setting of the office and the clothing of the male. We can hear that from the sound of his breath, it’s very slow. From him pressing the button vigorously we can see that he doesn’t like his job and from this he is frustrated, that makes him kick out of the printer. This suggests that he is not respected enough in his job by no other workers being alongside him. 

 

The repeating beeping sound carries on even after the paper has been printed. This shows the director using the sound bridge to create suspense on the character and the black hole.  When the character realises what he has seen they have used selective sound which is used in this scene to emphasis the meaning of the black hole. This creates mystery for the male character. When the male character puts his hand to retrieve the plastic cup the selective sound gets stronger near his hand moves towards the black hole. While at the same time the ambient sound of the beeping continues to keep the suspense of what he is going to do with the object in hand.

 

 

Overall when looking at media language for the film “black hole” using the four technical codes I have shown where greed has turned the character and has almost made him a villain before he makes his own downfall. 

 

 

Silent Things – Representation. 

 

The text shows both non stereotypical and stereotypical ways, we see in the short film that there are positive and negatives throughout the piece.

 

For an example, at the start of the film a group of people or a gang is being verbally aggressive. To comprising the end where the officer doesn’t understand the condition so they just take him away. In my opinion I think that they are stereotypically doing this so other people don’t get unsettled rather than helping the gentleman first. This then will be a negative then a positive again so this makes the contrast and lets the audience realise this. This then gets the audience involved and starts to feel sorry for him.

 

The director i think is trying to persuade the audience to not think of the stereotypical version but to also show that they are equal. However by showing both sides it is persuading the audience to think in a non stereotypical manner.

Mise en scene: at the start we see a teenage gang- the difference that is shown is their clothing and them in a big group. Comparing that to just the single man and a nice cheerful girl with him.

Editing- the pace was at a medium speed however quickened when the man started to get aggravated by something. This was to show his emotion and make this clear to the audience.  The continuity editing the director chose to do was to tell the story about how this man lives simply everyday flying his kite, using mostly straight cuts throughout to show this.

 

The setting in on the beach front but we don’t know the location still. I think this was the best setting for this film because i think the director is trying to show the audience that the male character is at his peace when he is near the ocean. This makes him go into his own little world where no one can hurt him.

 

Sound of ambient when at the beach to pick up the sea noise and the air as well blowing the kite. We mostly have dialogue between the characters with mostly using low angle camera shot to pick up their facial reaction. From the directors point of view using this method for the disability character means that the audience at all times knows what he’s feeling or when he’s going to react to something good or bad.

 

 

Overall, the short film shows that the male with the disability has no power or even status this is shown from the start and at the end. He only wants to fly his kite and do the simple things in life with no aggravation. This does throughout the film did not always happen. By using the 4 technical codes and see the different stereotypes on disability us as a audience can clearly see the transaction of the two.

 

Mix Tape – Audience

When looking at the target audience in this piece the director has i think chose a older generation for the film kids that like older music film in the and that will appeal to them.  Mix tape fans to the band or new music, however now it’s all Cds and electronically.

We see in the piece that the boy however is using the mix tape to either to impress her or because he likes her and wants to make her happy.  He has a good relationship with her and the mother. We see that the boy and girl

  mix tape are used to attracted new fans however the boy has used the mix tape as a present from him to show he likes her. His and her family are both working class because the mix tape is a older version then a normal Cds the kid can’t afford to buy or listen to updated music so listens to his dads. This then leads to the housing to be in a poor area because they are built in together.

 

 

 

 

 

These show council housing in a poor area. So the mix tape even know is small is a big deal to them and means a lot to them.

When listening to the music they feel close this is shown by the match on action that is used.

 

 

 

 

We also see the lighting is different in the rooms. Ones very dark and glooming however the other is very clean and white. The girl goes to school however the boy doesn’t. So the boy and his mix tapes are the only thing he has.

 

Overall, when watching this short film the audience will feel the sweet and loving emotion from watching this. From analysing the clip and using the four technical codes to show why the director has chosen this to connect with the audience through the use of music and kindness, so that the audience are interested in watching this.  We also see they have both got different lives but come together when listening to the mix tapes.

 

“Lovefield” – Narrative

Love filed is non liner because it is told out of order. The audience doesn’t know the characters name or what they do. The start of the film comparing to the end outcome is fantastic because the enigma shown all the way through get the audience guessing on what’s going to happen next.  The animal that is mostly shown throughout is the black crow. A black crow normally suggest death, by seeing the dropped phone on the ground the audience could think that there a murder that has happened.

 

 

 

We hear the creaking sound of the sign and the crow making a unnerving sound.  This then all ready puts people on edge. This then slowly fades with the beeping phone getting louder with no ambient sound taking place.  The setting is taking place on a out of nowhere filed that also indicates secrecy and mystery.

The director has chosen to use restricted narration when making this short film. The character knows more than the audience and this makes the enigma show throughout. If this was unrestricted narration then it wouldn’t make this film exciting to watch and would bore the audience when watching.  For example we see the male with a knife and just the sound of the knife going in to the floor with blood on it. This to the audience will drag them in to the story because they want to find out what has happened. However if they know that he is a helping the women to deliver the baby that has just been born then they would lose interest and will be boring, this looses the thriller theme.

 

In this clip of the film there is a women crying ( the sound of being in agony) the foot that we see tenses up when this happens. However when the crying stops from the women the foot and leg stops moving. The camera angle is only placed here on the women so that we cant see what’s occurred. This then makes the audience think that something awful has happened.

 

Todorov has 5 stages that are equilibrium, disruption, recognition, at attempt to repair and finally new equilibrium

What the director has chose to use for the film love filed is new equilibrium. This means it is different from where the story began. So when liking to the film we see at the start there is a lot of pain and unknowing feeling of death that is maybe happening. However we see at the end of the film there is new life that a child has been born and the male that we as a audience thought was a threat was actually the hero.   Therefore when looking at Vladimir Propp the Russian theorist he analysed fairytales.  So the male starts out to be the villain in the audience eyes but however is the hero all along.

 

Levi Strauss says that in a film or tv programme ‘narrative can only end on a resolution of conflict’. This can also be portrayed by the love hate and panic emotion in the films; this is known as binary oppositions.  In this short film there is no conflict between the two characters. However the panic that is produce by the audience because of the enigma building in the sequence. At the start there is dark movement when the camera movement is used to create a death theme. Also a light outcome when we as a audience gets the truth on what’s has occurred. 

 

Overall, when looking at the theorist and the director, using these to create the realism, and conflict. That the audience in their mind think they are going to witness, however finding out that hasn’t occurred, but the opposite of a child being born. This by using the 4 technical codes has created enigma, this has made the audience to engage with the film and to be more interested in the film as well. 

 

 

 

 

 This is me - Genre

 

This is a comedy genre that intends to make humour on the fact that the male character is on life support and is mocking the way of how it happened and why it happened. By using the four technical codes and Semantic and syntactic codes i can find out why the director has chosen this a comedy and why this will be good for the audience to watch and enjoy. I will also be linking this to Neale’s and Buckingham theory’s on repetition, variation, negotiation and change.

 

The gentleman that has had the head injury was caused by a toy plane. In hospital we guess the wife next to hip reading a cruise vacation leaflet doesn’t really want to be with him. While he himself is the narrator all they through. Another stereo type is that the man is fat and sitting down sunbathing. This also makes this humour for the audience because it switches from a dark hospital bed to a sunny sun bathing day having a drink and chilling out.

 

We then have a camera pan out to show the full body and this adds humour to the dark situation at the start of the film.

Even in this screen shot he is still alone, we still don’t see his wife. This could be a indication that things are not as it should be when looking at their relationship.