What i have learnt so far on Camera, Editing, Sound and Mise en Scene
In all of these are used in any film/tv program.
Camera
The main things in when thinking about the Camera is angle, movement, position, composition, depth of field and camera
Editing
Editing is the process of cutting and film footage to produce a finish final project. The film editor jobs includes transitions between shots and making the decision of shot duration and maintaining continuity. Transitions are the process of cutting from a shot to another. Such as fade to black, dissolve/cross fade, wipe.
Sound
Sound brings so much to media. The main types of sound are diegetic (character can hear), non-diegetic (character can not hear) and ambient sound. These are happen through voiceovers, music score, dialogue and more.
Mise en Scene
The french term meaning 'everything in the frame.' It's everything that's not sound or editing or camera. It's the setting location, props, costume, performance and movement.
Hello, i looked at opening title sequences of "The Shining" and "Se7en" and compared them.
"The Shining" directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film was released in 1980 and starred Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd.
The opening sequence has a visually calming atmosphere with a large river with green mountains and little yellow car. The hold sequence we follow this little yellow car, never see any people but we guess the people in the car are the main characters as the camera has follows them. Or that the car takes us to where the story will be set. The mise en scene of the scene such as the car being little and yellow automatically makes the viewer think of something sweet, positive and the opposite of creepy. You wouldn't expect anything bad from theses visuals alone. Then when you have the sound of sequence, it juxtaposes with the visuals. The sound starts with a low brass instrument which quickly makes listener feel uneasy. The sound throughout is low and uncomfortable to listen to. The sound make me feel slightly on edge and anxious, i felt like i was waiting for sometimes to happen. By these juxtaposition in the sequence it build the tension. The juxtaposed sound of this opening is what suggests the genre being a thriller. The sequence overall would make anybody feel on edgy if not uncomfortable.
And compare this to the movie "Se7en" directed by David Fincher. The film was released in 1995 and starred Morgan Freeman, Brat Pitt and John C. Mcginley and an Arnold Kopelson Productions.
The opening sequences visuals such as blades being played with between someone thumbs, someone writing which was very close to together which suggest an obsessive mental state of the person writing. All these visuals are not comforting visuals to watch. We never see the character's face but we see what they are doing. There was key words that were being highlighted in the books such as "intercourse' and "fantasizing" as the camera would cut to a photo of a child with the pen drawn over the eyes. This automatically gives it a dark creepy atmosphere and let the audience wondering what this character has done or is going to do. The visuals all are cuts, flashes and faded in and out of the sequences. The visuals are harsh and do not flow through. My first reaction of the sequence make me have the idea of some sort of criminal behaviour. Then plus the music is steady low beat with other scratching sounds and sounds of things being dropped and broken. The sounds left be feeling uncomfortable. It keeps the sequences thrilling and intact with the visuals we are seeing. We the visuals and sounds being disturbing it made me think the overall genre being some sort of crime thriller.
Both sequences have unpleasant sounds, while "The Shinning" was more uneasy to listen to, 'Se7en" still was creepy and random and sounded like the sounds and music blended to what was happening in the opening which made the sequence more easy to watch as my brain could match up the visuals and sounds together which made it seem more predictable.The visuals were completely different as "The Shinning" looked peaceful, happy and calming while "Se7en" looked dangerous, unsafe and odd. The Shining was had more of a simple visual overall but still brought a creep atmosphere, by the music which was so uncomfortable to listen to. Then when you prepare it to "Se7en" opening with loads of different cut and things happening in the scene they both made me feel uneasy. They both were some kinda of thriller by the suspense the music created but overall very different in the way sequences were created.
Hey! I am Zoe and this is my first post! The photo is of my friend Alfie and i... i don't tend to take photos of myself and only have stupid, silly photos of me and my friends so this is the best you are going to get!
I am really interested in musical theatre and film. For my Alevels i am taking theatre studies, psychology and of course media studies. My favourite film has got to be "The Water Horse" directed by Jay Russel and the "Spirt" horse animation film, though "High School Musical" is a honorable mention. I used to watch these as a child all the time and they give me extreme nostalgia. And my favourite TV shows at the moment are "Bojack Horseman" "Sex Education" and "Glee". I love "Glee" for its outrages theme and storyline and is always entertaining, but i truly love "Bojack Horseman" and Sex Education" for the way they don't glamorize mental health like so many shows today and each character has a truth and depth behind them. I am very excited to start media and I hope you enjoy my Blog!
