Film Language

In the lesson today we learnt about different ideas that make up films.
The first is about camera to remember this we use FAM.
This stands for:
Frame (size of shots)
Angle (high, low, Birdseye)
Movement

Then we learnt about Mise en scence to remember what this included we used CLAMPS.
This stands for:
Costume
Lighting
Actors
Make up
Props
Setting (place, weather, time)

Then we learnt about what went into sound we used  MCDOVED to remember this.
This stands for:
Music
Contrapuntal ( opposites e.g. a happy song with a tense scene)
Diegetic/ non diegetic
Off screen (enhancing a high heel noise)
Voiceover
Emotion
Dialogue ( the way they speak)

Finally the hardest feature to amylase which is editing. To remember what goes into this we use STOPS.
This stands for:
Screen time
Transitions
Order of narrative
Pace
Special effects (SFX)
 To show this is in every film we watch the first 6 minutes of Boyz in the hood.


It starts off with a voice over where it was it seem to quite a violent which the lanague is quite rude. The voice over also seems to tell us that they is a fight going on. The first shot is a stop- sign this is where all the sounds fade away which could show that the scene happening with the voice over ended abruptly. This could represent that this fight ended suddenly with what is later believed to a shooting.  We then actually see what is going on we are in a run down street with rubbish bags and stray dogs. Also as the main characters start to walk to school there is grafftic all over the walls. the main characters all seem to be early teens so around 12 or 13. This shows that everyone of any age is involed in voliets or know about someone in it.However they then come to the where the voice over scene could have taken place as it seemed to be where a murder had taken place. The lighting in this scene then got darker which could show that the scene is a more though proving scene as these are young children that are growing up around all this violents. then they are looking at the crime scene the camera shot gets closer as they discover it is a murder scene however they don't seemed shock by the fact that someone died. When they get to school the pictures on the wall all seem to contain the police. This can show how much the police are part of these children's everyday life. Also all the children use slag which is used to show the childhood is lower class and rougher as those are the sort of people that use slag.  the film was set just before the 1920s just before the los angelas riots.  Also all the children are wearing what look to be 2nd hand clothes this shows that they are poor.

In the Matrix we were ask to look at colour, binary oppositions, male/female - good vs evil.

The colours in this film are all dark this represents that the film is dark and dangerous and shows that something bad is about to happen.  the males are also outnumbering the one female which shows that she is very dangerous. The good people also don't seem to the one bad person which gives them an unfair advange.

 In UP we were asked to look for how they show the passage of time, sound, mise en scene and camera.

 They show time by showing they key points in their life this is showing them aging as they points are them growing as a couple. The sound is also quite calm and peaceful as it shows they are in love and happy. Their costume also change as their get older due to fashion and what the are doing in life it also shows their personality her outfits are also more happy and out going than his. The camera also uses a lot of wide shots which could show that this is there whole life and they don't hide any secrets. It also could show that their life is in this little bubble until she dies when the shots change to mush closer shots.

In Cape fear we were asked to look at camera and mise en scene.


In this film they is all two camera shots. the first shot also starts as a close shot and moves out. It is also a straight cut shot. His costume also changes from his prison uniform to his own clothes following his realise. The lighting also becomes natural and lighter as he is realised compared to the harss white light of the prison. The actors expression does not change from inside the prison to the outside when he is being realised.