13th September

Class notes. 

Shower scene

Begins in her bedroom, shows vulnerability 

Camera moves slowly= builds up suspense

Close ups- more dramatic and you are able to see her emotion more 

Focuses on her hand grabbing for the curtain as though she is trying to hold on to her life

Focuses on the running shower 

Plug hole comparison to her eye=nothing underneath/behind

Wide shot of her in the shower shows her vulnerability also as she is naked and unaware of the large figure behind her

10th September

Class notes.

planet of the apes 

MACRO(meaning)

narrative

'Hell' 

Style

Psychological 

Dystopian

Genre

Sci-fi

Representation 

Statue of Liberty sunk and in ruins shows America has been taken over 

No more welcome or peace 

Tool kit: cinematography, sound, mise-en-scene, editing 

Cinematography-narrative.

Man breaks down and hits hands like an ape as though he is adapting to the world

You realise that they are the only 2 humans left when the camera pans out and reveals the sunken Statue of Liberty 

The man lowers his level to the ground below the horse suggesting the animals are more powerful 

Message to the film

Post apocalyptic 

Emptiness feeling, long shot empty shot 

Rate- speeds up frames 

More frames slower film

Angle of framing- filming below or above the frame

Level- height of the camera

Canted-level but tilted 

Following shot- follows a character

Point of view shot - characters sight 

Wide angle lens- distort the edges to emphasis the amount of space in a shot 

Extreme long shot- scale of what is being seen is tiny 

Long shot- scale of what is being seen is small

6th September

Class notes.

The Godfather

Location say about the character?

Has his own office, superior

Lighting say about the character?

Dim light, darkness behind the godfather shows he could be a metaphorical barrier between the bad and his wife

Lighter on the women

Slouched man seems comfortable in his own space 

Blade runner; Message- technology in the future will corrupt the world and make it over populated and polluted 

Suggests the increase of migration and the negatives of it as everywhere is crowded and polluted 

Tech noir- scifi detective type films

3rd September

Class notes.

Who are the characters ?

Villain, vampire?

Woman

Stereotypical 

What type of film is it?

Gothic horror

How are men and women represented? 

Women are weak/fragile

Should be saved by the men, can't defend herself

Males fight the villain

Words to describe how it looks:

Dark 

Black and white

Fast&furious

Narrative:"going for green", green lorry

Age related to modern times

Death of a legend

Orange new car& black older car with more gadgets

Black on the outside white in the inside/bad on the outside good in the inside

Reflection of the orange car on the black car, foreshadowing the younger man becoming like vin diesel and vin diesels past

The fire in the engine, pushing himself too far and ends up hurting himself

Symbolism; black is a dominant colour- black car

Higher car representing his masculinity and age

Phalic imagery- the car rising like an erect penis

Won't allow himself to quit

Risking their lives to prove their masculinity, however they're doing it together which could be seen as a bond between them

The orange car cares because he stops to check on vin diesel 

Mise-en-scene ;

Location

Costume

Props

Body language

Space etc

Macro-

Genre, style, narrative, representation( female, male, countries), meaning and message 

1.what clues or atmosphere is the film setting?

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2.what messages or meaning can you read?

  Blade runner: futuristic location, busy city, Tokyo maybe? 

Hover car 

Dull/dark costumes 

Advertisements for America("the new world)

Constant adverts, brainwashing 

Mysterious mist/fog eery

Polluted

Overpopulated planet?, corrupt and polluted world, purge

Tall buildings instead of wide to fit the large amount of people

Dystopia