Sound

Diegetic: Within the scene.

Non-Diegetic: Added afterwards in post production.

Crescendo: Build up of sound/music.

Diminuendo: Gradual 'die away' of music.

Sforzando: Sudden sharp sound.

Jaws-

In the scene where all the kids go swimming in the sea there is some diegetic music, when all the kids are in the sea and the boy is on his floater you get the sharks point of view this is where the non-diegetic music comes in when its a shot of the boy on the floater from under the water gradually it builds into a crescendo because it gets louder as the shark gets closer to the boy, when you get the shot of the from above the water where the shark gets the boy the music stays to the non-diegetic but as all the kids get out and the deflated floater washes up the sound comes to a complete stop.

 

 

 

The Godfather-

 

 

 

the music throughout the godfather is diegetic when he shoots them it turns to non-diegetic.

 

 

 

Main edits

Main edits-

1. Cut.
2. Dissolve- Time passing.
3. Fade to black/white and fade up-pace can be changed for this one.
4. Jump cut- example, In a movie there would be a figure standing at the door (long shot) and the shot jumps to a close up.
5. Graphic match- The image of one object fades/dissolves/cuts to another that is similar.

Physco.
The most cuts are when she's getting stabbed this is done so it doesn't show the knife going in the body and to hide nudity.

When she is in the shower and looks like she is thrilled to be in the shower as not only is washing herself but is metaphorically washing away her sins.

Basic camera shots

Extreme close-up (ECU)
A very close shot that emphasises a reaction.

 

 

Close-up (CU)

Face and head, shows details of a character.

 



 

 

Medium close-up (MCU)

Head and shoulders.

 

 

Mid-shot (MS)

Just above or below the waistline.

 





 



Mid-long shot (MLS)

Usually just above the knees.



 

 

Long shot (LS)

Full length of figure - Head to toe.

 



 

Extreme long shot (ELS) or Wide shot (WS)

A scenic shot that shows location, setting etc.

 



 



Mise-en-scene- Opening scene of Jaws

 

• The first shot is the sharks point of view as it swims.
• We hear non-diegetic low, stringed music - associated with the shark.
• Camera tracks past kids around the campfire.
• Fire is source of light.
• Girl and boy on edge of the group - Outsiders.
• Medium close up of the girl, bars (fencing) behind her representing that she is trapped.
• High angle shot of the beach meaning they are vulnerable/weak.
• The boy and girl leave the fire (the heat/warmth, the light, the people) into the darkness all around them.
• Whilst they were running into darkness they were surrounded by bars.
• As they ran further the music slowly fades away only leaving the sound of their voices and the waves of the sea.
• When she goes into the water it's a long shot which is very calm in the moonlight and it seems peaceful.
• Sunset symbolises the sun is going down, the end of the day and the end of her life.
• There was a cut from a long shot to a close shot which brings the audience to her level.
• The music comes back, a long shot of the girl swimming from the sharks point.
• Sound stops because she dies.
• It goes back to being peaceful as if nothing had even happened.

The Woman In Black

Mise-en-scene

Everything within the frame- setting, lighting, costume, framing and composition, colours, expressions, make up

Creation of the mise-en-scene can influence the way the audience reads the scene/it's interpretation of character or situation

Semiology- the study of signs/symbols - helps create depth to the scene.

 

 

The causeway makes them seem like they are going to become isolated as the tide comes in

and will make them trapped.

 They pass a grave marker, meaning that it symbolises death.

 Suggesting he is going there to die





The camera angle is looking up towards the house to make it look more

powerful and threatening and the garden looks over-grown which could suggest no-one had 

been there for a long time 

 This camera angle in this shot is high up when Kipps enters the house to

make him look smaller and weak. This shot also shows the house is really

dull in colour and quite lifeless.

This shot is when The Woman in Black appears behind him and he turns as he

gets a suspicion of someone being behind him and when he looks there is

 no-one is there

Generic elements in The Exorcist

How do generic elements encourage the audience to anticipate events in the attic scene in

The Exorcist.

 

 

 

1. At night
2. Dark
3. Isolated victim
4. Female, Young-ish, attractive victim
5. Vulnerably dressed
6. Lights don't work- lights a candle -throws shadows
7. Unidentified noises
8. Cluttered- looks like a confined space
9. The entrance to the attic- black
10. No music- audience listens too
11. Tension drops when handy man enters- light/sound/company
12. Bar shadows suggest she's trapped.

 

Importance of genre

Importance of genre

Neale(1980)- Much of the pleasure popular cinema lies in the process of 'difference in repitition'-i.e recognition of familiar elements and in the way of those elements and in the way those elements might be orchestrated in an unfamiliar fashion or in the way that unfamiliar elements might be introduced.

Neale(1990)- Genre is constituted by 'specific systems of expectations and hypothesis which spectators bring with them in the cinema and which interact with the films themselves during the course of the viewing process' =Generic memory.