With there only being two main locations for our opening film sequence, we wanted to remain in continuity with the natural lighting and weather, so with this we wanted to try and get all of our filming completed in the same day as the location we were in, so in total we had two days of filming. Our costa shoot was quite quickly filmed as we only had one actress in focus for the scenes in this location, with it taking a total of 20 seconds in total of the full sequence. Following is the first days schedule:
Day 1
14:00- wide shot walking shot past Costa Coffee
14:15-long shot walking shot into Costa Coffee
14:25-extreme close up of hand on phone shot
14:30-medium shot sitting at table waiting for answer shot
14:40-closeup shot of leaving voicemail shot
14:55-high angle medium shot of hanging up phone.
The second day of filming took a much longer amount of time due to the shots taking up the majority of the sequence, the amount of times that we could mess up shot couldn’t be a lot at all as we wanted to film at a time when the weather would be murky and dull to show themes of threat and creepiness. There were difficulties getting some shots to line up with the murdering scene and with this being the most vital and powerful scene in concern we wanted to get it perfect so this took a longer amount of time. Following is the second days schedule:
Day 2
12:00-long shot walking up and across the bridge shot.
12:05-low angle shot of walking off the bridge and down grassy footpath
12:15-medium shot antagonist hiding behind tree preying upon dog walker
12:25-grabbing scene wide shot and close up shot
12:40- strangling scene for mouth and nose extreme close up
13:00-conversation between antagonists:multiple camera shot types
13:30-friend receiving text from protagonist
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Our Production and Studio Company Titles ☮ ☮ ☮
Our production company “Vivid Productions” holds a tigers image whilst on its hind legs spraying water with its paws, we really liked this as it showed a still action shot, with both a majestic and dangerous animal which would connote our film, but also the action of the tiger could be seen as menacing as it seem to be growling and showing large malicious teeth that could be used a destructive weapon, this again links to our film of vicious and murderous themes. With the transitions we used on the image we wanted to show some link to the name of the production company and in so made one two versions of the image, one being blurred and less impacting and the other being very clear and “vivid”, which after the transition was made brings in our bold title of
“ VIVID PRODUCTIONS” , we chose again to have a serious theme to the font of the title, to which we had made bolder in order to make a more thriller theme to it and making it bolder made stand off the page more.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Kill Bill Vol.1 Opening Analysis ☮ ☮ ☮
With the Kill Bill movies being part of my favourite films (as both volumes enact one film) of all time, I really wanted to include it in someway in both my blog page and in my groups film. The major reason why I hold this film in such a good light is due to the main protagonist (the bride) being depicted as incapacitated during the opening scene, showing the bride crying and covered in what appears to be blood due to cuts and stains on her face and the menacing black and white filter casted on the screen, then transforming into a vigorous and purposeful killing machine on the rampage to seek out vengeance on who caused her brutal beating and intended killing shown in the opening scene. With this I wanted there to be a powerful female cast especially within the main protagonist and antagonist, this is why when our antagonist attempts to murder our protagonist we chose suffocation, as this is the type of death that the attacker would have to think about it can take multiple minutes to suffocate to death this would then outline a true evilness with her. Also after when our main protagonist is apparently killed through suffocation she is then shown ever so slightly moving to show a sense of hope that she may regain strength, and although our audience will never find out what our character is really like and why she was attempted to be killed, we want our audience to constantly think about it and come up with theories, as even though we have not filmed a full film we know what our full plot would be.
The scene opens to a black screen with a quote stating “Revenge is a dish best served cold”, Heavily insinuating a cold blooded act that has a consequence, making the audience feel slightly uneasy as theme of violence will come to mind immediately. As the credit roll on a black screen we hear the non-diegetic sound of a woman breathing heavily, making the audience believe that the woman we hear is in distress and possibly harmed, thus rolling on the theme of violence. The first image flashes onto screen in black and white edited filter showing a high angle closeup shot of a woman with blood, sweat and tears covering her face on the floor,defenceless she lies in a pool of blood, making her appear weak and pathetic. The now diegetic sound of her heavy breathing and crying show that she is grittily harmed, making the audience wonder why she is in this pain and if so who has done this to her.
The close up shot I believe is to really take in the pain and fear the unidentified woman expresses, but also to conceal her whereabouts and the possible people that surround her, making the film show hints of mystery and having to unravel the story of who, what,where, when and why, making the audience think and come up with their own theories within the first 20 seconds.The woman’s mise en scene shows her only from the neck upwards showing us little about her character and who she may be, but we see a bloodied and creased view hidden behind the now supposed bride’s blood stained hair, giving off the impression of a wedding, making the audience feel that the location therefore may be in a church, and if this was a wedding where is the groom is he dead?, and the guests are they also harmed?
Following this we cut to a straight low angled shot of who appears to be a man due to the style of boot and trouser, walking slowly towards the bride, the slow diegetic creaking of the floor boards as he walks, show a sinful and fiendish sense to the character, as anyone who would normally witness this scene of a grievously harmed woman would rush to their aid, but the slow paced walker is then questioned by the audience to have been the attacker in this heinous crime. As the man approaches the bride we see her face is filled with fear and anger, when the anonymous and suspicious gentleman reaches the bride we see his foot come into alignment with her shoulder, giving off the effect that he is towering over her, in a way to belittle and show power and dominance over her. This is when we hear the first line of dialogue in the picture “Do you find me sadistic?”, This then both confirms that this miscreant has enacted grievous bodily harm to the bride but also that he possible enjoys it due to his word “sadistic” making the audience dislike the antagonist even more.
Still yet to hear the bride speak, we see the the antagonists hand approach shot with a handkerchief in his hand revealing his name is Bill, Then making the audience reach the conclusion through the title of the film, the quote at the beginning of the film and the name displayed by the criminal as “Bill”, that this man is now a target for his crime against the bride but we are still yet to find out who will be evening this woman. Bill then tries to wipe the bride’s face, showing a sense of endearment that maybe he knows this woman previously from this date, but also shows a sign of cockiness and mocking to this action that he is the only hope she has to remain alive and to torture her on the fact on whether she will stay alive or not. As Bill continues to talk her mocks the bride that he “could fry an egg on her head right now, if I wanted to”, by telling the bride “if I wanted to” shows his feeling of complete control over the brides body and therefore life.
Due to Bill’s speech we can tell he has been a comrade of the bride as sorts due to Bill saying phrases such as “kiddo”, then also making the audience believe that he is considerably older than her, making thoughts of fatherly figures as this is the type of pet names a father would say to his child, although this could be a way of showing that the bride is a possession of his like a child to their father. Through Bill’s miss en scene we can argue he has wealth to his name due to the clunky jewellery and bracelets we can see on his hand, showing he could be an authoritative and powerful figure throughout the film, and due to us not seeing his face, that his crater could hold a charlie’s angels type of influence on him as the character charlie had, an authoritative figure with all control but never being seen, only heard. Leading to another assumption that Bill could possibly be the brides employer, but in a slightly different way than a normal job under these circumstances.
From when Bill had previously stated about the brides thoughts on him as a sadistic, Bill follows on from that statement to say “ I like to believe you’re aware enough even by now, that there is nothing sadistic in my actions”, showing that this isn’t the first time that Bill has performed an acute volatile acton to someone and with his saying “even by now” that the bride is aware of this and should believe he takes no pleasure in harming her. Though seconds later contradicts himself by saying “maybe towards those other jokers” showing he took pleasure in killing the others which could be a reference to people also there with her that he has killed, showing that perhaps Bill didn’t agree with this supposed wedding that was taking place, he then continues to say “but not you” to which he gently strokes his finger against her cheek, illustrating to the audience that there is perhaps feelings of a loving matter in a more sexual way rather than when there is in a friendship or a family sense. Thus showing that Bill is possibly in love with the bride and has taken on the style of if I can’t have you no one can.
As Bill stands upwards and as we hear Bill fumbling around, as his last utterance states as “ This is me at my most masochistic”, showing that Bill will take pleasure from his own pain of killing her, showing the audience that through his heartbreak of the bride attempting to marry someone other than him, his humiliation of the bride trying to go through with this marriage has caused him to possibly look foolish to others and will take on killing the bride to gain pleasure by inflicting grief onto himself by killing his love. In an attempt to change his mind the bride speaks her first line of dialogue of “ Bill it’s your baby”, to which she is quickly interrupted by the non-diegetic sound of gunshot that appears to have been fired by Bill at the brides head as we see blood splatter around her head and her eyes shut instantly, causing the audience to believe that the bride has been killed, almost instantly after the gunshot is heard we hear the non diegetic sound track being played of the song “Bang Bang(my baby shot me down)” by Nancy Sinatra, listening to the lyrics we hear that this fits perfectly into what just happened, and also confirms that they were in fact associated with each other in a relationship that would be deem more than friends.
As the black screen was cut to immediately after gunfire we see the credits role again, as the credits come to a close an image then again appears with a black and white edit, of a figure, supposedly the bride, lying in front of a white back ground, as we only see her silhouette as she lie there motionless, appearing to be dead, giving the impression of the bride lying in a coffin in almost complete darkness, then fading to black, the audience are left to believe hat someone will come to avenge her death, but they would be wrong...
The scene opens to a black screen with a quote stating “Revenge is a dish best served cold”, Heavily insinuating a cold blooded act that has a consequence, making the audience feel slightly uneasy as theme of violence will come to mind immediately. As the credit roll on a black screen we hear the non-diegetic sound of a woman breathing heavily, making the audience believe that the woman we hear is in distress and possibly harmed, thus rolling on the theme of violence. The first image flashes onto screen in black and white edited filter showing a high angle closeup shot of a woman with blood, sweat and tears covering her face on the floor,defenceless she lies in a pool of blood, making her appear weak and pathetic. The now diegetic sound of her heavy breathing and crying show that she is grittily harmed, making the audience wonder why she is in this pain and if so who has done this to her.
The close up shot I believe is to really take in the pain and fear the unidentified woman expresses, but also to conceal her whereabouts and the possible people that surround her, making the film show hints of mystery and having to unravel the story of who, what,where, when and why, making the audience think and come up with their own theories within the first 20 seconds.The woman’s mise en scene shows her only from the neck upwards showing us little about her character and who she may be, but we see a bloodied and creased view hidden behind the now supposed bride’s blood stained hair, giving off the impression of a wedding, making the audience feel that the location therefore may be in a church, and if this was a wedding where is the groom is he dead?, and the guests are they also harmed?
Following this we cut to a straight low angled shot of who appears to be a man due to the style of boot and trouser, walking slowly towards the bride, the slow diegetic creaking of the floor boards as he walks, show a sinful and fiendish sense to the character, as anyone who would normally witness this scene of a grievously harmed woman would rush to their aid, but the slow paced walker is then questioned by the audience to have been the attacker in this heinous crime. As the man approaches the bride we see her face is filled with fear and anger, when the anonymous and suspicious gentleman reaches the bride we see his foot come into alignment with her shoulder, giving off the effect that he is towering over her, in a way to belittle and show power and dominance over her. This is when we hear the first line of dialogue in the picture “Do you find me sadistic?”, This then both confirms that this miscreant has enacted grievous bodily harm to the bride but also that he possible enjoys it due to his word “sadistic” making the audience dislike the antagonist even more.
Still yet to hear the bride speak, we see the the antagonists hand approach shot with a handkerchief in his hand revealing his name is Bill, Then making the audience reach the conclusion through the title of the film, the quote at the beginning of the film and the name displayed by the criminal as “Bill”, that this man is now a target for his crime against the bride but we are still yet to find out who will be evening this woman. Bill then tries to wipe the bride’s face, showing a sense of endearment that maybe he knows this woman previously from this date, but also shows a sign of cockiness and mocking to this action that he is the only hope she has to remain alive and to torture her on the fact on whether she will stay alive or not. As Bill continues to talk her mocks the bride that he “could fry an egg on her head right now, if I wanted to”, by telling the bride “if I wanted to” shows his feeling of complete control over the brides body and therefore life.
Due to Bill’s speech we can tell he has been a comrade of the bride as sorts due to Bill saying phrases such as “kiddo”, then also making the audience believe that he is considerably older than her, making thoughts of fatherly figures as this is the type of pet names a father would say to his child, although this could be a way of showing that the bride is a possession of his like a child to their father. Through Bill’s miss en scene we can argue he has wealth to his name due to the clunky jewellery and bracelets we can see on his hand, showing he could be an authoritative and powerful figure throughout the film, and due to us not seeing his face, that his crater could hold a charlie’s angels type of influence on him as the character charlie had, an authoritative figure with all control but never being seen, only heard. Leading to another assumption that Bill could possibly be the brides employer, but in a slightly different way than a normal job under these circumstances.
From when Bill had previously stated about the brides thoughts on him as a sadistic, Bill follows on from that statement to say “ I like to believe you’re aware enough even by now, that there is nothing sadistic in my actions”, showing that this isn’t the first time that Bill has performed an acute volatile acton to someone and with his saying “even by now” that the bride is aware of this and should believe he takes no pleasure in harming her. Though seconds later contradicts himself by saying “maybe towards those other jokers” showing he took pleasure in killing the others which could be a reference to people also there with her that he has killed, showing that perhaps Bill didn’t agree with this supposed wedding that was taking place, he then continues to say “but not you” to which he gently strokes his finger against her cheek, illustrating to the audience that there is perhaps feelings of a loving matter in a more sexual way rather than when there is in a friendship or a family sense. Thus showing that Bill is possibly in love with the bride and has taken on the style of if I can’t have you no one can.
As Bill stands upwards and as we hear Bill fumbling around, as his last utterance states as “ This is me at my most masochistic”, showing that Bill will take pleasure from his own pain of killing her, showing the audience that through his heartbreak of the bride attempting to marry someone other than him, his humiliation of the bride trying to go through with this marriage has caused him to possibly look foolish to others and will take on killing the bride to gain pleasure by inflicting grief onto himself by killing his love. In an attempt to change his mind the bride speaks her first line of dialogue of “ Bill it’s your baby”, to which she is quickly interrupted by the non-diegetic sound of gunshot that appears to have been fired by Bill at the brides head as we see blood splatter around her head and her eyes shut instantly, causing the audience to believe that the bride has been killed, almost instantly after the gunshot is heard we hear the non diegetic sound track being played of the song “Bang Bang(my baby shot me down)” by Nancy Sinatra, listening to the lyrics we hear that this fits perfectly into what just happened, and also confirms that they were in fact associated with each other in a relationship that would be deem more than friends.
As the black screen was cut to immediately after gunfire we see the credits role again, as the credits come to a close an image then again appears with a black and white edit, of a figure, supposedly the bride, lying in front of a white back ground, as we only see her silhouette as she lie there motionless, appearing to be dead, giving the impression of the bride lying in a coffin in almost complete darkness, then fading to black, the audience are left to believe hat someone will come to avenge her death, but they would be wrong...
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Film Inspiration: Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock ☮ ☮ ☮
After stealing $40,000 from her employer to run away with her boyfriend, Marion Crane, gets caught in a rainstorm when on her getaway and seeks refuge in the bates hotel, where she meets Norman Bates, a man who has a difficult relationship with his mother and shows an eeriness toward Marion which she is soon to pick up on.
The film "Psycho"(1960) had a major impact in our final film, it stood as an inspiration to our thriller as we wanted to show a viscous murder, but without actually showing it. We thought watching the murder scene in Psycho would definitely help us with it. We wanted our film to be as different and individual as possible, so we decided on having a suffocation murder, but to avoid having to raise our age certificate rating, we wanted to show our victims face in two parts in different shots.
We took Psycho's murder scene of two parts, the first was having the attacker seen but not identified lurking in the background in a slow and venomous way, so with Norman bates shadow seen moving slowly towards Marion show curtain we had our antagonist be seen also creeping onto our protagonist behind a tree wearing black and a mask to conceal their identity, plot wise we didn't take anything from psycho in the sense of character personality, our antagonist, unlike Norman Bates, is shown to be completely sane, but we don't reveal the cause of the murder early as we wanted it to be shown as a large source of mystery to the film and would have been revealed toward the very end of a full feature picture.
With the killing part of the scene in psycho we thought compared to pictures nowadays, Psycho didn't show complete authenticity within this crucial part of the scene. For example the knife when shown after Norman rapidly reaching to stab Marion it would show the knife hanging in front of her, So in this case we wanted to show a more realistic death but keep the same sort of feel to the scene in Psycho by not seeing our protagonists face completely covered by the plastic bag, so in different shots shows her upper part of her face in shot struggling for air then would cut to the bottom part of her face showing her mouth completely inhale the bag.
Like in Psycho we reveal our protagonist to be dead when we see her lying on the floor with her eyes wide open, We done this to install fear towards the audience, as we also wanted to have some horror themes in our film as we initially wanted to make a horror film but we didn't believe we were going to be scary enough to produce a successful film. We really liked the idea of the panning outward of the eye like in Psycho but we believe we would not have pulled off a steady shot whilst also keeping our actress from blinking or producing water running from her eye.
The film "Psycho"(1960) had a major impact in our final film, it stood as an inspiration to our thriller as we wanted to show a viscous murder, but without actually showing it. We thought watching the murder scene in Psycho would definitely help us with it. We wanted our film to be as different and individual as possible, so we decided on having a suffocation murder, but to avoid having to raise our age certificate rating, we wanted to show our victims face in two parts in different shots.
We took Psycho's murder scene of two parts, the first was having the attacker seen but not identified lurking in the background in a slow and venomous way, so with Norman bates shadow seen moving slowly towards Marion show curtain we had our antagonist be seen also creeping onto our protagonist behind a tree wearing black and a mask to conceal their identity, plot wise we didn't take anything from psycho in the sense of character personality, our antagonist, unlike Norman Bates, is shown to be completely sane, but we don't reveal the cause of the murder early as we wanted it to be shown as a large source of mystery to the film and would have been revealed toward the very end of a full feature picture.
With the killing part of the scene in psycho we thought compared to pictures nowadays, Psycho didn't show complete authenticity within this crucial part of the scene. For example the knife when shown after Norman rapidly reaching to stab Marion it would show the knife hanging in front of her, So in this case we wanted to show a more realistic death but keep the same sort of feel to the scene in Psycho by not seeing our protagonists face completely covered by the plastic bag, so in different shots shows her upper part of her face in shot struggling for air then would cut to the bottom part of her face showing her mouth completely inhale the bag.
Like in Psycho we reveal our protagonist to be dead when we see her lying on the floor with her eyes wide open, We done this to install fear towards the audience, as we also wanted to have some horror themes in our film as we initially wanted to make a horror film but we didn't believe we were going to be scary enough to produce a successful film. We really liked the idea of the panning outward of the eye like in Psycho but we believe we would not have pulled off a steady shot whilst also keeping our actress from blinking or producing water running from her eye.
Targets for next Year: Crash Zoom ☮ ☮ ☮
With my decision to continue with media next year I have set myself the target when filming to use more interesting and fun shots that would portray an emotion without even having to have an experienced actor in shot. This I believe can be done using the crash zoom shot, to which expands in the width an the camera draws closer inwards. This type of shot shows a hit to the character or object in focus, whether it be that the character has suddenly though of the solving answer to a case or has forgotten something it shows a sense of concentration that suddenly hits the character. With an object it may be due to it being the thing that they need in order to achieve victory, or something that may be about to fall/lost.
The use of the crash shot that I like is that it can be used for many genres. It can be used for a comedic use and not have as much atmosphere with it, I believe this is because of the use of soundtrack, the less or more tense the soundtrack over the shot the more the audience can see the emotion portrayed in the scene. I could even use the shot in a romance film, as the use of the shot could be shown in a scene where the couple either notice each other across a crowed room, showing the love at first sight cliche, or when they realize they are in love with each other before running into each other's arms.
The crash shot that i have used in order to show the crash shot is within the movie clip of the film "Jaws"(1975), The use of the shot in this scene is to show the sudden acknowledgment of a shark attack in the sea, with an already weary character who is on the lookout for this situation. In the background we can see the landscape widening and coming more into focus, showing that the man has identifies the vivid blood in the ocean which is where we hear the non-diegetic sound of dark and fast paced music to show panic and fear not just with the man but also for the rest of the beach and the victim of the attack.
I believe that using a shot like this would expand my skills and make whatever film or scene that I film have more of a professional look to it, whether it be of a comedy or serious genre. In order to do this i would have to research tutorials into what equipment i would need to carry out this shot in the most successful and professional way.
The use of the crash shot that I like is that it can be used for many genres. It can be used for a comedic use and not have as much atmosphere with it, I believe this is because of the use of soundtrack, the less or more tense the soundtrack over the shot the more the audience can see the emotion portrayed in the scene. I could even use the shot in a romance film, as the use of the shot could be shown in a scene where the couple either notice each other across a crowed room, showing the love at first sight cliche, or when they realize they are in love with each other before running into each other's arms.
I believe that using a shot like this would expand my skills and make whatever film or scene that I film have more of a professional look to it, whether it be of a comedy or serious genre. In order to do this i would have to research tutorials into what equipment i would need to carry out this shot in the most successful and professional way.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Sunday, 10 January 2016
The Voices Opening Analysis ☮ ☮ ☮
The Voices (2014) focuses on mentally unstable Jerry, who hears his dog and cat talk to him and converses with them, who by accident kills a coworker who he covers up and keeps her head in the fridge which also starts to talk to jerry. Jerry must try and remain on top of his work and make sure none discovers his new murdering ways.
The scene opens to a dreary and dull establishing shot, where we see dark green skinny trees hanging lankily over an empty stained grey road where in the background in the distance we see a power plant releasing black smog into the air, We are told exactly where the scene is being set in a town called "Milton" which is shown on a brown scarped and tarnished sign on the right hand side of the camera, setting dull and dreary mood to the audience making it seem as though it is the type of town that goes along without having anything interesting happen there, as on the sign it states that they have a population of 504 people.
The non diegetic sound of a slow paced but somewhat upbeat guitar based track starts to play, where we then cut to the power plant we previously saw, with multiple towers blowing black smog from their tops in a low angled shot, making the towers seem bold and powerful both making the audience view it as a dominating part of Milton and also as a polluting and boring operation. Following this we cut to a dark lighted and dreary factory where we see a bright pink truck saying "Milton-fixture and faucet" on the back of the truck. The mise en scene of the truck show that having an illuminating colour in the dreary and low lighted setting is an attempt to bring some joyous type of setting to their town and to possible customers that they would want to attract. The factory itself was also rusted and unclean in parts with puddles on the floor, making it seem as though the town doesn't have good weather in their area and it rains often.
The opening credits start to roll and we see this on a black background with a ginger cartoon cat watching as a cartoon knife stabs the back background making blood spill onto the surface, by having this threatening and what should be frightening scene in a cartoon theme, makes it seem quite childish and makes it seem as though the person who is stabbing and causing the blood is quite like a child in this way and could see it as a game, also with it being matched with a light hearted song makes the film set a satirical type of mood, that means it could take some dark turns along the course of the film.
We then cut to a more light setting inside, where the camera is in a medium close up shot of blue and silver cables and wires that seem still like an eye sore panning downwards to show a male character wearing a bright pink jumpsuit just like the truck, showing we are now inside the factory. We then see an extreme closeup of someones had sticking on a sticker to a bath, then cutting back to the black screen with the cat walking across this time with a saw sticking through the background with blood spilling again. This gives off the impressions that one, the ginger cat is heavily involved in the possibility that people are getting hurt and two that this will happen on more than one occasion. The camera then cuts again to the factory workers building and working on a bath in a bright lighting, making it seem happier and more of a lively setting than both outside and on the credits, making the impression that all the bad things that occur will be behind closed doors.
We then see the edit of polystyrene falling in a slow motion medium shot into a bath in order to package it in its box presumably for shipping. Then quickly cuts again to the black screen where this time a heavy knife appears to slam down and blood sprays everywhere also onto the cats paw to which he licks off meaning that this character isn't bothered by murder but intact thrives off of it.
The scene is again cut onto two workers boxing up a bath where the camera remains for a while,, giving the male character whose face we can see prevalence and makes the audience believe that this is one of the most important characters in the film due to the amount of time he has been given in shot so that the audience can concentrate on him. We then cut to an over the shoulder shot of a different staff worker that is working on a computer printing out bills of order and we see a close up of a worker scanning them, but them immediately go back to the character previously shown working a device that carried the boxes around in a wide shot, making the audience realise he's supposedly just like all the other workers there, but paired with the opening credits makes them wonder if he is all he seems to be.
The non diegetic sound of a slow paced but somewhat upbeat guitar based track starts to play, where we then cut to the power plant we previously saw, with multiple towers blowing black smog from their tops in a low angled shot, making the towers seem bold and powerful both making the audience view it as a dominating part of Milton and also as a polluting and boring operation. Following this we cut to a dark lighted and dreary factory where we see a bright pink truck saying "Milton-fixture and faucet" on the back of the truck. The mise en scene of the truck show that having an illuminating colour in the dreary and low lighted setting is an attempt to bring some joyous type of setting to their town and to possible customers that they would want to attract. The factory itself was also rusted and unclean in parts with puddles on the floor, making it seem as though the town doesn't have good weather in their area and it rains often.
The opening credits start to roll and we see this on a black background with a ginger cartoon cat watching as a cartoon knife stabs the back background making blood spill onto the surface, by having this threatening and what should be frightening scene in a cartoon theme, makes it seem quite childish and makes it seem as though the person who is stabbing and causing the blood is quite like a child in this way and could see it as a game, also with it being matched with a light hearted song makes the film set a satirical type of mood, that means it could take some dark turns along the course of the film.
We then cut to a more light setting inside, where the camera is in a medium close up shot of blue and silver cables and wires that seem still like an eye sore panning downwards to show a male character wearing a bright pink jumpsuit just like the truck, showing we are now inside the factory. We then see an extreme closeup of someones had sticking on a sticker to a bath, then cutting back to the black screen with the cat walking across this time with a saw sticking through the background with blood spilling again. This gives off the impressions that one, the ginger cat is heavily involved in the possibility that people are getting hurt and two that this will happen on more than one occasion. The camera then cuts again to the factory workers building and working on a bath in a bright lighting, making it seem happier and more of a lively setting than both outside and on the credits, making the impression that all the bad things that occur will be behind closed doors.
We then see the edit of polystyrene falling in a slow motion medium shot into a bath in order to package it in its box presumably for shipping. Then quickly cuts again to the black screen where this time a heavy knife appears to slam down and blood sprays everywhere also onto the cats paw to which he licks off meaning that this character isn't bothered by murder but intact thrives off of it.
The scene is again cut onto two workers boxing up a bath where the camera remains for a while,, giving the male character whose face we can see prevalence and makes the audience believe that this is one of the most important characters in the film due to the amount of time he has been given in shot so that the audience can concentrate on him. We then cut to an over the shoulder shot of a different staff worker that is working on a computer printing out bills of order and we see a close up of a worker scanning them, but them immediately go back to the character previously shown working a device that carried the boxes around in a wide shot, making the audience realise he's supposedly just like all the other workers there, but paired with the opening credits makes them wonder if he is all he seems to be.
The Dark Knight Rises Opening Analysis ☮ ☮ ☮
The Dark Knight (2008) is set in Gotham city, where innocent civilians suffer under the evil torment of terror like villain the Joker, Bruce wayne must maintain his secret identity as the city's saviour "Batman", whilst trying to overcome the twisted ways of the heinous antagonist.
The scene opens to a disguised individual wearing a stained and creepy looking clown mask in a medium close up shot holding a lethal weapon which he shoots a rope arrow out of a building window, the camera then tracks to a high angle shot making the individual seem belittled even though he appears to be committing a crime,Through his mise en scene the audience can gather that this individual is possibly carrying out a crime and is quite a dark natured person due to their dark clothing which connotes evil and fear, which is trying to be given off towards the audience making them feel weary of the character, as also the clown mask he is wearing is a huge phobia within society for many people, so it may seem that they want to frighten the people that they will come into contact with that may put a strain on their plan and by wearing this style of mask will cause them to do what they say due to their frightening appearance. The non-diegetic sound of a soft violin note being played continuously, builds the tension of the scene and makes the audience wonder what pace is going to be set as at the moment the situations seems quite calm and slow.
We then see a medium shot of a hunched over male from a back shot, showing that he is holding also a clown mask, also his mise en scene shows that he is wearing a suit which subverts to his stereotype of being involved in crime that he would be scruffy and poor, he is also holding a large bag which being paired with the mask, the audience would describe as a robbery possibly. Suddenly we hear the diegetic sound of a car screeching and pulling up beside the man to which he quickly gets into the car. Due to the fact that the camera focused on the assumed antagonists for so long his character got prevalence, which makes the audience presume he could be an important essential to the groups plan. This then sets a fast paced rhythm, suggesting that now the robbery is about to take place. This is where the non- diegetic sound of a fast paced violin soundtrack which starts to build the tension.
We then see the two individuals at the start of the film appear to be sliding across the rope at a high angle shot, which then turns into a birdie view which shows the distance the two robbers are from the ground, which appears tone in a busy city as the buildings tower up and seems very crowded. We see the two clowns land safely on top of the building and we then cut back to the car to which the unidentified clown got into. Here we hear the first dialogue of the film were we see the two drivers at the front of the car who picked up the clown who is in the back, discussing the plan about shares of presumably the money that they will make from their crime. The clown who was given a lot of camera time initially remains quiet in the back and is shown preparing his gun, which sets a theme of violence and danger. The two men then state that "the guy who organised this" shouldn't get a share as he's sat backhand not helped toward the scheme, and identify him as "the joker", to which the other clowns on on top of the roof are involved in parallel action where the camera cuts to them where they are shown in a medium shot discussing who the joker is, they state that he wears war paint to scare people. which gets the audience to try and build an image of the character in their head as this must be a very influential character and is being kept hidden to build tension of to who he is and what he looks like.
The camera then follows the three clowns at a low angle shot as they walk up stairs towards the bank, which puts them at a powerful and superior position due to their weapons and frightening and intimidating appearance. We see the clowns run into the bank shooting their guns upwards in order to warn the hostages that they are real and they're not afraid to shoot them which makes the hostages panic and scream while the clowns yell at them to get onto the ground, during this time we hear the soundtrack which is a fast paced and high pitched track which set the rhythm of the scene as high tension and dangerous.We see a man in his office appear to be calm and hide from the clowns. The camera is constantly tracking around the bank to fit in with the rhythm of the scene of danger and quickness.
We then cut to the two clowns on top of the building who now appear to be trying to disarm the alarm system, in a close up shot where we see the other clown out of focus behind the clown disarming the system holding a gun to the back of his head unbeknownst to the clown in front of him. Again we go back to the bank where the silent but well concentrated on character is setting up the hostages with grenades, giving the impression that if the hostages cause any trouble then the clowns will blow them up. Then cutting back to the two clowns where now the man has finished disarming the alarm and the clown behind him shoots him, making the audience believe that there will be a bigger cut for the rest of the clowns if he kills him off, this shows a theme of distrustful characters, making the audience believe that the characters in the film will show betrayal often.
The clown then makes his way down the stairs in a medium high angle shot, showing him as a guilty ad untrustworthy character where he approaches a large dark green vault, the colour of the vault shows it as a sign of dirty and dark money making it seem as a dangerous and possibly stupid idea to steal money from this bank. The man we previously saw who was in his office is seen in a close up shot taking a large gun out, The camera then cuts to one of the clowns beating the security guard in a medium shot to which we can see the man's office window smash to pieces from the gun which hits the clown and causes him to collapse, the other to clowns are seen in a straight low angle as they quickly slide to the floor cowering behind the desks as the Man who seems very authoritative and dominant screams "Do you have any idea who you are stealing from?" which makes the audience question whether this man is an antagonist or protagonist as this statement makes him seem dangerous. As he shoots a second clown he runs out of ammunition, making the mysterious clown who has yet to speak, jump out from behind the desk and shoots the man multiple times, the man is seen fall in a wide shot which we can see his mise en scene is a well tailored business suit making him appear to be a respectable and intelligent man.
We then see a close up of the mysterious clown appear to look at the now powerless man as weak but yet still confident and not fearful of the clowns. We then cut to the clown who was tasked with breaking into the vault where he confirms to one of his accomplice's that he killed the "alarm guy" for one less share, here we see again once he has broken into the safe he is shot by another clown, where we see him rush into the vault and start to bag up money. Again cutting to the inside the bank and there are multiple bags of money laying behind the now leader of the operation the mysterious clown is then threatened by another clown who is paranoid that he has been assigned to have been killed, but is shortly ran over by a bus after the mysterious clown says his first line "no, I'm supposed to kill the bus driver", the bus driver crashes through the building and help load the money into the bus and he then is shot by the mysterious clown showing him standing alone as the last clown making the audience feel very curious about who this clown is.
After being confronted by the shot man, he removes his mask where he states "I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you, stranger", Revealing himself to fit the profile of the described "Joker" character which shows him in a close up shot, showing him in smeared clown makeup showing him with a white face dark eyes and smeared red smile which shows deep scarring around his mouth, with greasy green hair which makes him seem scary and makes the audience wonder how he got the scars, and immediately associates him with danger and evil but for the time being feel some sort of connection to the character and somewhat want him to make an escape from the scene.
After placing a grenade in the mans mouth the joker walks away from the man getting into the bus with purple string trailing behind him ready to set off the grenade when he gets to a certain distance, the string pulls the grenade to explode but instead of a real bomb, shows it as a smoke bomb, then revealing the school bus that the joker makes his escape on pull out of the bank and join a line of school buses in a long shot in order to blend in and make a hidden escape.
The scene opens to a disguised individual wearing a stained and creepy looking clown mask in a medium close up shot holding a lethal weapon which he shoots a rope arrow out of a building window, the camera then tracks to a high angle shot making the individual seem belittled even though he appears to be committing a crime,Through his mise en scene the audience can gather that this individual is possibly carrying out a crime and is quite a dark natured person due to their dark clothing which connotes evil and fear, which is trying to be given off towards the audience making them feel weary of the character, as also the clown mask he is wearing is a huge phobia within society for many people, so it may seem that they want to frighten the people that they will come into contact with that may put a strain on their plan and by wearing this style of mask will cause them to do what they say due to their frightening appearance. The non-diegetic sound of a soft violin note being played continuously, builds the tension of the scene and makes the audience wonder what pace is going to be set as at the moment the situations seems quite calm and slow.
We then see a medium shot of a hunched over male from a back shot, showing that he is holding also a clown mask, also his mise en scene shows that he is wearing a suit which subverts to his stereotype of being involved in crime that he would be scruffy and poor, he is also holding a large bag which being paired with the mask, the audience would describe as a robbery possibly. Suddenly we hear the diegetic sound of a car screeching and pulling up beside the man to which he quickly gets into the car. Due to the fact that the camera focused on the assumed antagonists for so long his character got prevalence, which makes the audience presume he could be an important essential to the groups plan. This then sets a fast paced rhythm, suggesting that now the robbery is about to take place. This is where the non- diegetic sound of a fast paced violin soundtrack which starts to build the tension.
We then see the two individuals at the start of the film appear to be sliding across the rope at a high angle shot, which then turns into a birdie view which shows the distance the two robbers are from the ground, which appears tone in a busy city as the buildings tower up and seems very crowded. We see the two clowns land safely on top of the building and we then cut back to the car to which the unidentified clown got into. Here we hear the first dialogue of the film were we see the two drivers at the front of the car who picked up the clown who is in the back, discussing the plan about shares of presumably the money that they will make from their crime. The clown who was given a lot of camera time initially remains quiet in the back and is shown preparing his gun, which sets a theme of violence and danger. The two men then state that "the guy who organised this" shouldn't get a share as he's sat backhand not helped toward the scheme, and identify him as "the joker", to which the other clowns on on top of the roof are involved in parallel action where the camera cuts to them where they are shown in a medium shot discussing who the joker is, they state that he wears war paint to scare people. which gets the audience to try and build an image of the character in their head as this must be a very influential character and is being kept hidden to build tension of to who he is and what he looks like.
The camera then follows the three clowns at a low angle shot as they walk up stairs towards the bank, which puts them at a powerful and superior position due to their weapons and frightening and intimidating appearance. We see the clowns run into the bank shooting their guns upwards in order to warn the hostages that they are real and they're not afraid to shoot them which makes the hostages panic and scream while the clowns yell at them to get onto the ground, during this time we hear the soundtrack which is a fast paced and high pitched track which set the rhythm of the scene as high tension and dangerous.We see a man in his office appear to be calm and hide from the clowns. The camera is constantly tracking around the bank to fit in with the rhythm of the scene of danger and quickness.
We then cut to the two clowns on top of the building who now appear to be trying to disarm the alarm system, in a close up shot where we see the other clown out of focus behind the clown disarming the system holding a gun to the back of his head unbeknownst to the clown in front of him. Again we go back to the bank where the silent but well concentrated on character is setting up the hostages with grenades, giving the impression that if the hostages cause any trouble then the clowns will blow them up. Then cutting back to the two clowns where now the man has finished disarming the alarm and the clown behind him shoots him, making the audience believe that there will be a bigger cut for the rest of the clowns if he kills him off, this shows a theme of distrustful characters, making the audience believe that the characters in the film will show betrayal often.
The clown then makes his way down the stairs in a medium high angle shot, showing him as a guilty ad untrustworthy character where he approaches a large dark green vault, the colour of the vault shows it as a sign of dirty and dark money making it seem as a dangerous and possibly stupid idea to steal money from this bank. The man we previously saw who was in his office is seen in a close up shot taking a large gun out, The camera then cuts to one of the clowns beating the security guard in a medium shot to which we can see the man's office window smash to pieces from the gun which hits the clown and causes him to collapse, the other to clowns are seen in a straight low angle as they quickly slide to the floor cowering behind the desks as the Man who seems very authoritative and dominant screams "Do you have any idea who you are stealing from?" which makes the audience question whether this man is an antagonist or protagonist as this statement makes him seem dangerous. As he shoots a second clown he runs out of ammunition, making the mysterious clown who has yet to speak, jump out from behind the desk and shoots the man multiple times, the man is seen fall in a wide shot which we can see his mise en scene is a well tailored business suit making him appear to be a respectable and intelligent man.
We then see a close up of the mysterious clown appear to look at the now powerless man as weak but yet still confident and not fearful of the clowns. We then cut to the clown who was tasked with breaking into the vault where he confirms to one of his accomplice's that he killed the "alarm guy" for one less share, here we see again once he has broken into the safe he is shot by another clown, where we see him rush into the vault and start to bag up money. Again cutting to the inside the bank and there are multiple bags of money laying behind the now leader of the operation the mysterious clown is then threatened by another clown who is paranoid that he has been assigned to have been killed, but is shortly ran over by a bus after the mysterious clown says his first line "no, I'm supposed to kill the bus driver", the bus driver crashes through the building and help load the money into the bus and he then is shot by the mysterious clown showing him standing alone as the last clown making the audience feel very curious about who this clown is.
After being confronted by the shot man, he removes his mask where he states "I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you, stranger", Revealing himself to fit the profile of the described "Joker" character which shows him in a close up shot, showing him in smeared clown makeup showing him with a white face dark eyes and smeared red smile which shows deep scarring around his mouth, with greasy green hair which makes him seem scary and makes the audience wonder how he got the scars, and immediately associates him with danger and evil but for the time being feel some sort of connection to the character and somewhat want him to make an escape from the scene.
After placing a grenade in the mans mouth the joker walks away from the man getting into the bus with purple string trailing behind him ready to set off the grenade when he gets to a certain distance, the string pulls the grenade to explode but instead of a real bomb, shows it as a smoke bomb, then revealing the school bus that the joker makes his escape on pull out of the bank and join a line of school buses in a long shot in order to blend in and make a hidden escape.
Script Analysis ☮ ☮ ☮
Shot/Scene 1
Tara- Hi its Tara, sorry i cant get to the phone right now, please leave a message after the tone.
Ellie- Look Tara, you obviously don't care about our friendship(This immediately shows who is linked to tara as a friend and struggles she is having as a source of plot) , so don't speak to me again.( This shows that the hope for their friendship has just been obliterated and that Tara seems to really stand alone now wherever and whomever she may be).
*GASPS*
*STRUGGLING NOISES*
Shot/Scene 2
Bella- Is it done?(By referring to the situation of Tara being murdered in the woods as "it" shows a sense of fear and guilt as the character cannot say have you killed her ?).
Rosemary- she's dead. (Although this character defies Bella's style of being very cautious of what's being said and says "dead" you would immediately see that this character connotes a confident and uncaring character, but also seems intelligent to not state her victims name).
Bella- How did you do it?
Rosemary- ( pulls out plastic bag from her right pocket). By not saying anything at all it makes it seem as though Rosemary doesn't care to go into detail, because one if people could hear but also because she may not fully trust Bella, This type of mood shows a sense of ease and cockiness that makes her character seem dislikable.
Bella- Where's the body?With Bella continuously asking questions follows the idea that she is cautious and fearful of what she is involved in making her seem a bit more innocent than her murdering companion. But it could also mean that Bella needs to hear all of the answers so that she can sort it out and get her facts straight, in a sense of she's the brains and Rosemary's the brawn.
Rosemary- I left her down the alley, but the dog got away... This makes it seem as though the dog getting away may put a strain on their plan, meaning a clue that this dog could bring them to their ultimate demise.
Bella- We never speak of this again. By ordering Rosemary that they will never speak about the murder again it shows that Bella is a dominating figure in their scheme and she controls what Rosemary does.
Shot/Scene 3
*Ellie walking along
*Looks at phone
Ellie- Help ?
Tara- Hi its Tara, sorry i cant get to the phone right now, please leave a message after the tone.
Ellie- Look Tara, you obviously don't care about our friendship(This immediately shows who is linked to tara as a friend and struggles she is having as a source of plot) , so don't speak to me again.( This shows that the hope for their friendship has just been obliterated and that Tara seems to really stand alone now wherever and whomever she may be).
*GASPS*
*STRUGGLING NOISES*
Shot/Scene 2
Bella- Is it done?(By referring to the situation of Tara being murdered in the woods as "it" shows a sense of fear and guilt as the character cannot say have you killed her ?).
Rosemary- she's dead. (Although this character defies Bella's style of being very cautious of what's being said and says "dead" you would immediately see that this character connotes a confident and uncaring character, but also seems intelligent to not state her victims name).
Bella- How did you do it?
Rosemary- ( pulls out plastic bag from her right pocket). By not saying anything at all it makes it seem as though Rosemary doesn't care to go into detail, because one if people could hear but also because she may not fully trust Bella, This type of mood shows a sense of ease and cockiness that makes her character seem dislikable.
Bella- Where's the body?With Bella continuously asking questions follows the idea that she is cautious and fearful of what she is involved in making her seem a bit more innocent than her murdering companion. But it could also mean that Bella needs to hear all of the answers so that she can sort it out and get her facts straight, in a sense of she's the brains and Rosemary's the brawn.
Rosemary- I left her down the alley, but the dog got away... This makes it seem as though the dog getting away may put a strain on their plan, meaning a clue that this dog could bring them to their ultimate demise.
Bella- We never speak of this again. By ordering Rosemary that they will never speak about the murder again it shows that Bella is a dominating figure in their scheme and she controls what Rosemary does.
Shot/Scene 3
*Ellie walking along
*Looks at phone
Ellie- Help ?
Opening Scene Script ☮ ☮ ☮
With what we were trying to portray we wanted a short and snappy type of script with little words as we wanted the video content to show the audience what was happening and we thought this would be a louder explanation for what was going to occur rather than having large conversations that would restrict us in the sense of adding in more shots and being as original as we can.
Shot/Scene 1
Tara- Hi its Tara, sorry i cant get to the phone right now, please leave a message after the tone.
( answerphone soundtrack )
Ellie- Look Tara, you obviously don't care about our friendship, so don't speak to me again.
*GASPS*
*STRUGGLING NOISES*
Shot/Scene 2
Bella- Is it done?
Rosemary- shes dead.
Bella- How did you do it?
Rosemary- ( pulls out plastic bag from her right pocket)
Bella- Wheres the body?
Rosemary- I left her down the alley, but the dog got away...
Bella- We never speak of this again.
Shot/Scene 3
*Ellie walking along
*Looks at phone
Ellie- Help ?
Shot/Scene 1
Tara- Hi its Tara, sorry i cant get to the phone right now, please leave a message after the tone.
( answerphone soundtrack )
Ellie- Look Tara, you obviously don't care about our friendship, so don't speak to me again.
*GASPS*
*STRUGGLING NOISES*
Shot/Scene 2
Bella- Is it done?
Rosemary- shes dead.
Bella- How did you do it?
Rosemary- ( pulls out plastic bag from her right pocket)
Bella- Wheres the body?
Rosemary- I left her down the alley, but the dog got away...
Bella- We never speak of this again.
Shot/Scene 3
*Ellie walking along
*Looks at phone
Ellie- Help ?
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