Editing: blog task

During this part of the film there have been continuous changes in the cinematography; camera angles. Mainly during 3-6 mins there are constant changes to the scene with different camera angles and jump cuts. As soon as the scene begins the director has decided to use medium shots so that the audiences can see the actor’s face whiles also getting a glimpse of the setting. It then progresses onto becoming a tracking shot whiles the character is walking; this gives audience the impression that he is a main character. They then give a quick close-up of the characters face so that audiences know what the character looks like properly and may be able to pick up hints from his facial expressions; serious face connotes formal, dedicated and on-job.

As the scenes constantly keep changing as everything happens quite fast in this scene, there are lots of tracking shots that have been merged together. As the transitions happen quite quickly, the director has included quite a lot of jump cuts. The jump cuts also connote a sense of urgency and build up tension in the scene as everything would be happening quickly. The transitions are smooth throughout the scene even though the camera angles change. They have also used match-on-action to show close-ups or a different angle of the same scene during certain sequences even whiles the scenes are changing rapidly.

During the first minute, the director has used 360-degree shots to show the whole violent scene in total. This enables audience to see the main scene taking place whiles also seeing the surroundings and the type of people and atmosphere that is around to give them a better understanding of what is happening without having to verbally be told everything; attention to detail. 

Between 3 to 6 minutes is when majority of the editing work has been done whiles also having a range of shots to give audience a better view of the scene taking place. During the shoot out, they have used jump cuts to show different sides of the story; this gives the audience more of an understanding of what is happening in the scene and also helps build up tension as they would be wondering what each person in the scene is up to and what the climax is going to result in. The pace of the camera movement slows down as the shoot-out begins to die down and mainly consists of long shots.

The mise-en-scene in the scene lets the audience know a lot about what is going on in the scene without them having to directly be told. For example, the setting in this clip is very formal and office type which connotes that this is set in a city and something very serious; related to money is taking place. The props and costumes used in the scene also allow the audience to understand what sort of background the characters come from, what type of person they are and what sort of area or atmosphere they are in. 

Media Editing Video

Script:

- Main characters; two sisters

- One sister takes the other sisters last ice cream from the fridge and gets caught

- She has to face the other sister

- They are both about to fight over the ice cream.

Shot-list:

1. Medium close up of character 1 walking into the kitchen.

2. Match on action of character 1 walking in and turning lights on..

3. Medium shot of character 1 walking through kitchen and opening the freezer.

4. Medium shot of character 1 opening the freezer and taking ice cream out.

5.  Close-up of character 1 realising there is only one left.

6. Medium shot of character 1 turning around and seeing that her sister (Character 2) caught her.

7. Both characters freeze with 360 degree shot. 

8. Shot reverse shot of both characters faces close-up making eye contact.

Storyboard:

Cinematography final blog tasks

Three Colours: Blue (1993) -

The use of close-ups brings more attention to minor details which built up to the disruption that occurs. It helps the audience pick up ideas without even having any dialogue or voice over. The close-up's also helps the audience get some understanding on what type of setting it is; year, type of Country. The director has also used close-up to show characters facial expressions, no one shown in the sequence had happy expressions and they all looked dull and questionable which connotes something bad is going to happen, the director is building up towards a sad scene. 

Season 1, Episode 1 of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) - 

The camera movement is used to show audience around the shooting spot whiles an intense scene is also taking place. They don't do a scene in the beginning showing the setting before the scene starts taking place like in the beginning of other cliche films or TV series. The camera movement also shows how quick everything happens behind the scenes and all the effort that goes behind it. The director has chosen to use long shots and medium shots to show the setting throughout the scene. As the audience are revealed more and more of the setting throughout the episode, it gives them a better understanding of what is happening. The shots are used to give clues of the setting; which is on a broadcasting set, this lets the audience know that the TV series is going to based on TV and broadcasting and could also be to point out the things that they do morally wrong.

13 Reasons Why (2017) - 

In this sequence, the director has used a lot of tracking and dolly shots. Dolly shots are frequently being used when the camera is following the characters movement; e.g. when the character is coming closer, the camera is moving further so it as if the audience are watching them as they walk. There isn't much use of close-ups which connotes that the director isn't trying to just focus on one persons emotions and expressions in this sequence. The camera switches from person to person when they're talking using medium shots so that audience are able to see their faces clearly whiles also being able to see the background. 

Citizen Kane (1940) - 

The director has used a variety of camera shots in this sequence. It begins with a series of long shots to show the setting followed by a few extreme close-ups so that audience can pay attention to detail. The non-diegetic sound added in the back is parallel as it matches the scene and doesn't sound weird. They have also used a lot of low-key lighting to create a mysterious, abnormal atmosphere. 

Moulin Rouge (2001) - 

The scene started off with a close-up so that we can see the expression on the protagonists face and pick up information from their facial expressions straight away. The scene changes so that audience get a mild understanding of what is happening in the scene. This sequence also contains non-diegetic sound as the character isn't speaking in the scene but there is a voice over, they have also used contrapuntal sound as the voice over doesn't match some of the scenes that are shown.