Media terminology
-Sound BRIDGE
-SONIC FLASHBACK
-Diegetic sound
-Non diegetic sound
-Direct sound
-nonsimultaneous sound
-offscreen
-VOICE OVER
-SYNCHRONOUS SOUND
-POSTSYNCHRONIZATION DUBBING
Definition
- Sound bridge is the bridge that either leads a scene into another scene to create a different sort of atmosphere or it could be a scene finishing.
-This is a technique used to create a sort of flashback using sound that was once diegetic at a period of time in the film but now is non diegetic over pictures to create a flash back.
-Diegtic sound is used in the scene where you can see where the sound is coming from.
-A sound that isnt visable in the scene e.g film music.
-The sound that we hear in the scene.
-Diegetic sound that comes from a source in time either earlier or later than the
images it accompanies
-Simultaneous sound from a source assumed to be in the space of the scene but
outside what is visible onscreen
-When a voice, often that of a character in the film, is heard while we see an
image of a space and time in which that character is not actually speaking.
-Sound that is matched temporally with the movements occuring in the images, as
when dialogue corresponds to lip movements
- The process of adding sound to images after they have been shot and assembled
effect
-This helps create a different sort of mood within the audience to fit the purpose of the scene
-This creates a sort of climax or intense atmosphere amongst the audience to get them thinking about the situation the characters are in.
-This gives more detail as to whats happening with in the scene, if we couldnt hear the piano playing we'de think the director was trying to put us in the shoes of a death person.
-This creates a specific mood according to the sort of music.
-Lets us know whats going on in the film
-creates suspense
The
voice over is often used to give a sense of a character's subjectivity or to
narrate an event told in flashback.
-It is the opposite of direct sound. It is
not, however, the opposite of synchronous sound,
since sound and image are also matched here, even if at a later stage in the
editing process. Compare the French
example
-Yi Yi (Taiwan, 2000).
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Analysis of sinister
In this movie there are many aspects as to how they’ve made it a successful horror movie. Although they use many cliché conventions that have already been done in most horror movies, the director has managed to manipulate the scene to make it more intense and horrific. In the particular scene I’m analyzing it uses various techniques to make the audience think everything is good where deep down we all know that something bad is going to happen to the innocent family.
At the start of the scene we have quick and sharp cuts between the father picking up the recording and the lights switching off. Now we don’t really know what the recording is about. All the director lets us know is that it’s the “lawn work”.This makes the audience think nothing of it as in nothing suspicious to it but as we continue to watch nothing is as it seems. The quick cuts create a fast, dangerous, deadly pace which sets a more sinister mood and makes the audience think something is coming and something is coming fast. The camera then slowly moves up towards the fathers face to let the audience know what sort of emotions he is feeling as he finds this recording in the new house he’s just bought. Although we don’t know what the recording beholds, we can sympathize with this character because we are also in the same position. This engages the audience and begins to make us question what we would do in that particular situation.
From the father opening the recording we have a cut to the part where he switches off the light. We may think the obvious that you can’t watch an old recordings with the lights on but if we go deeper we realize that light represents hope, security, and in religious terminology if someone were to die they’d say move him to the light because they believe it has a relieving and replenishing feeling whereas with evil we normally connote it with dark colors such as black, grey, red, very powerful grim colors. It’s also in extreme close up to highlight the importance of the light going off. If the light goes off then all hope is lost.
We have an extreme close up and fast cuts at the part where there showing the camera player. This may represent a change from human civilization to the “other” world as we continue watching the “lawn work” scene as one of the horror convention in movies is not being able to see spirits in real life but recordings.
In addition the close up to the button flicking from stop to start very slowly creates an extreme atmosphere amongst us as we are too scared to see what lies behind the rest of the clip, this shows that their is no going back, once you flick that start button nothing will ever be the same. this causes the viewer to feel uncomfortable and almost suffocated as they have no escape but then again that’s the beauty of horror movies you never expect things to happen.
The non-diegetic sounds in the movie work so well in this scene and the movie all together because although it creates tension it doesn’t prepare you for the horrific climax you are about to experience. Especially in this scene where everything is very quiet the sound of a heart beat is just repetitive till you reach the end and you hear the sound of the lawn mower cutting through the victim and a paranormal scream.
The camera work while the scene is playing looks very amateur. At first its very well set and professional then when it cuts to the part where the victims are vulnerable , Its showing us the perspective of the protagonist and puts us in his/hers shoes which makes us feel distressed because it makes us think about what we are capable of and what forces lie beyond that we barley know about.
Because of this we then sympathize with the victims of this clip as we discover their fait after. We wouldn’t expect anyone or anything to go after an innocent family but then again the demon that targets the families is a demon called debuk well known for feasting on childrens souls as it regenerates him and makes him feel youthful and powerful
The lighting in this scene is very significant because its sets a specific atmosphere to get the audience thinking specific things to scare them like what maybe lurking in the dark. We normally associate darkness with supernatural beings, superstious tales and other paranormal activities which is what this film is based on; supernatural beings. Its also very dim in the scene at the beginning because in order for both us and the father to see the "lawn work" it has to be dark or we wont be able to see it and feel the way we are meant to feel which is intense.
Monday, 14 October 2013
Social representation of class in soaps
social representation of class in soaps
Top boy
In top boy we see a lot of characters with different personalities who are all living in the same estate. We witness a lot of conflict from teenagers to grown adults aged between 13 through up to 20 years old. All the characters are represented in different ways to show how class is significant to their hierarchy status within their estate. On a whole, people from top boy are shown as upper working class; some don’t have jobs at all and may be living off the welfare system. This is shown in the trailer of top boys as they start off with the block of flats located in south London which is notorious for having a poor population. The camera works start from a lower point of the block looking up, making the viewer feel insignificant as if there is no escape from this life, the same way the characters feel.
Point of view is also significant as it makes the audience more engaged with the programme on a personal scale.
The fast cuts from London’s iconic sky scrapers to the London’s 'slums' are very powerful because it allows the audience to see how close the wealthy and the poor actually are no matter how hard people try to deny it, poverty is everywhere.
The non diegetic sound also helps create a more young, lower class atmosphere as the beat is very continuous which shows a never ending hell. It is also of an R&B genre and we usually link R&B with things like crime, drugs, dirty money etc. This shows the class being lower as in r&b and rap people tend to express their feelings towards the life they used to live in the slums and ghettos but now they're making money. However they are making money the 'dirty' way which is through selling drugs and living the criminal life.This shows lower class as people in higher class seem to have degrees and diplomas which allow them to continue to get a higher occupation where as these people are living off others bad, unbreakable habits. The scene where the camera works is zoomed in to the drugs is significant as it basically represents survival to these lower class citizens. Although there is a huge minority of lower working class people that manage to make a living there are also characters such as Jason, an 11 year old boy, who literally lives in a sort of modern day favella with his mother who abuses narcotics and alcohol and her abusive boyfriend. This represents the lower class as not very intelligent, therefore not being able to live a normal functional life. This whole drama is following the typical conventions that come with filming in the estates.
In 16;26 of series 2 episode One we can see a huge contrast between a boy from the slums in south london and a grown man with a family in a more wealthier part, perhaps north/west london. The camera work while the boy is in the taxi is significant because their are fast cuts all the way through from where he started to his destination and you can see clearly how his surroundings change from small parks in massive estates to lovley houses with big green parks surrounding the area. The irony of this is that the young boy went to deliver a bag of weed to a "client" who in fact is a high middle class father with a teenage son and a wife. In our society we generally stereotype weed or drug users as uneducated people but in fact some one of that status actually uses it. Also when the young boy enters the house he is told to go to another room. When he enters this room the lighting instantly shines on his face as he sees a lot of books. This lets the audience interpret some sort of innocence within all this criminal and horrid behavior because you wouldn't expect a boy of his age to be doing that but as he comes from a lower class he has to do all he can to be able to afford things any normal kid would desire.
The fact that the boy mentions he recieved a level 5 in his sats makes us think he can go far but sadly becuase of his background and the way he composes him self we must think again if this is even possible. Its saddening becuase its the sad truth that in reality so many kids are bright and talented but the only thing that will always play a big role is there status and there social background.
Another way in which class is shown is the scene where deshayn is being in the police station. The lighting is very dim with him in the spot light which shows the audience they are questioning him about gangs and his role. His solicitor is a female of a Caribbean descent possibly with the same up bringing and education as the man in question only she has moved forward in order to break those barriers within society of who can make it and who cant whereas this man Is still in the same place he was 10 years ago, not making the most of the opportunities given to him. The camera shot is in a close up mode to allow the audience to digest every emotion within the mode. The most intreguing part within the scene is when a police officer asks is sully a mate of yours the camera as at a birds eye angle slowly moving down to show us how hes feeling but also to put us in a more superior place so it gives us the right to some how judge him. She then continues with are you the leader of the summer house 'gang'. he replies with "you lot are obbsessed with gangs init. their is no gangs" she asks "what is there then" he replies "what their is everywhere else, families"
In different eyes their are different interpretations of what family really is. In a world of struggle and hardship in lower classes the family they have are the people they hustle with to get through day by day where as in what should be a far society no one should have to struggle like that. In an upper class society the families of people from estates are in fact gangs because the way they earn money is completely different to that of lets say a doctor or a lawyer. They earn it from drugs but its just the way people were raised and their beliefs that play a huge role in how they compose themselves.
Tracking is extremely used in this drama to be able to let the audience in hail the exact actions and movements in the drama. A part that is still embedded in my mind is when the tracking was following a boy in a hoody who was cycling transporting drugs from one end of the line to another. The fact that while the camera was tracking the boy cycling, it was tracking him behind bars which the audience may interpret as foreshadowing his destiny which is eventually ending up behind the bars of a prison cell if he doesn't stop the way hes going down. It also shows that people in the lower class are still imprisoned because they are not as free to do what they want to do due to the fact that they have certain restrictions money wise hence the reason why they call places like summerhouse estate the ghetto. No one can get out.
The costumes through out this episode allows us to judge where these people rank and how they manage to afford such items. For example at the beginning you have the scene where all the teens are on the stair case having a rap session. Automatically the eyes of the target audience, who would be ranged between 16-20 year olds, attracted to the beanie on one of the older boys in the scene. The brand is called stone island but in slang terms we'd refer to it as 'stoney'. This brand is found in shops such as Selfridges and many other shops in the westend. The westend is notoriously known for its high class, its luxurious shops and lifestyles. Only people who work hard for a living or who come from a high class background could afford such things. Although seeing this brand makes us wander how he managed to afford such an expensive hat, which is obviously from drug dealing, we can see that even certain brands that may cost £100's will still belong to a certain class. In a sense you could actually say low class is the new high class.
On a general the clothes of the actors range depending and who they are and what each character represents. It's ironic because most of them are poor but there is still a hierachy even in the poorest of classes for example Jason is portrayed as the poorest out of all the characters, especially youths, because hes there to represent the maltreated people due to less educated adults in society.He is seen wearing a bomber jacket, which we associate with youths as most are seen wearing this, dirty traksuits because its cheap available cloth , and a pair of worn out trainers. The clothes look like they have been stolen from a homeless person.This creates an ironic atmosphere as the place he lives in is no home.
Top boy
In top boy we see a lot of characters with different personalities who are all living in the same estate. We witness a lot of conflict from teenagers to grown adults aged between 13 through up to 20 years old. All the characters are represented in different ways to show how class is significant to their hierarchy status within their estate. On a whole, people from top boy are shown as upper working class; some don’t have jobs at all and may be living off the welfare system. This is shown in the trailer of top boys as they start off with the block of flats located in south London which is notorious for having a poor population. The camera works start from a lower point of the block looking up, making the viewer feel insignificant as if there is no escape from this life, the same way the characters feel.
Point of view is also significant as it makes the audience more engaged with the programme on a personal scale.
The fast cuts from London’s iconic sky scrapers to the London’s 'slums' are very powerful because it allows the audience to see how close the wealthy and the poor actually are no matter how hard people try to deny it, poverty is everywhere.
The non diegetic sound also helps create a more young, lower class atmosphere as the beat is very continuous which shows a never ending hell. It is also of an R&B genre and we usually link R&B with things like crime, drugs, dirty money etc. This shows the class being lower as in r&b and rap people tend to express their feelings towards the life they used to live in the slums and ghettos but now they're making money. However they are making money the 'dirty' way which is through selling drugs and living the criminal life.This shows lower class as people in higher class seem to have degrees and diplomas which allow them to continue to get a higher occupation where as these people are living off others bad, unbreakable habits. The scene where the camera works is zoomed in to the drugs is significant as it basically represents survival to these lower class citizens. Although there is a huge minority of lower working class people that manage to make a living there are also characters such as Jason, an 11 year old boy, who literally lives in a sort of modern day favella with his mother who abuses narcotics and alcohol and her abusive boyfriend. This represents the lower class as not very intelligent, therefore not being able to live a normal functional life. This whole drama is following the typical conventions that come with filming in the estates.
In 16;26 of series 2 episode One we can see a huge contrast between a boy from the slums in south london and a grown man with a family in a more wealthier part, perhaps north/west london. The camera work while the boy is in the taxi is significant because their are fast cuts all the way through from where he started to his destination and you can see clearly how his surroundings change from small parks in massive estates to lovley houses with big green parks surrounding the area. The irony of this is that the young boy went to deliver a bag of weed to a "client" who in fact is a high middle class father with a teenage son and a wife. In our society we generally stereotype weed or drug users as uneducated people but in fact some one of that status actually uses it. Also when the young boy enters the house he is told to go to another room. When he enters this room the lighting instantly shines on his face as he sees a lot of books. This lets the audience interpret some sort of innocence within all this criminal and horrid behavior because you wouldn't expect a boy of his age to be doing that but as he comes from a lower class he has to do all he can to be able to afford things any normal kid would desire.
The fact that the boy mentions he recieved a level 5 in his sats makes us think he can go far but sadly becuase of his background and the way he composes him self we must think again if this is even possible. Its saddening becuase its the sad truth that in reality so many kids are bright and talented but the only thing that will always play a big role is there status and there social background.
Another way in which class is shown is the scene where deshayn is being in the police station. The lighting is very dim with him in the spot light which shows the audience they are questioning him about gangs and his role. His solicitor is a female of a Caribbean descent possibly with the same up bringing and education as the man in question only she has moved forward in order to break those barriers within society of who can make it and who cant whereas this man Is still in the same place he was 10 years ago, not making the most of the opportunities given to him. The camera shot is in a close up mode to allow the audience to digest every emotion within the mode. The most intreguing part within the scene is when a police officer asks is sully a mate of yours the camera as at a birds eye angle slowly moving down to show us how hes feeling but also to put us in a more superior place so it gives us the right to some how judge him. She then continues with are you the leader of the summer house 'gang'. he replies with "you lot are obbsessed with gangs init. their is no gangs" she asks "what is there then" he replies "what their is everywhere else, families"
In different eyes their are different interpretations of what family really is. In a world of struggle and hardship in lower classes the family they have are the people they hustle with to get through day by day where as in what should be a far society no one should have to struggle like that. In an upper class society the families of people from estates are in fact gangs because the way they earn money is completely different to that of lets say a doctor or a lawyer. They earn it from drugs but its just the way people were raised and their beliefs that play a huge role in how they compose themselves.
Tracking is extremely used in this drama to be able to let the audience in hail the exact actions and movements in the drama. A part that is still embedded in my mind is when the tracking was following a boy in a hoody who was cycling transporting drugs from one end of the line to another. The fact that while the camera was tracking the boy cycling, it was tracking him behind bars which the audience may interpret as foreshadowing his destiny which is eventually ending up behind the bars of a prison cell if he doesn't stop the way hes going down. It also shows that people in the lower class are still imprisoned because they are not as free to do what they want to do due to the fact that they have certain restrictions money wise hence the reason why they call places like summerhouse estate the ghetto. No one can get out.
The costumes through out this episode allows us to judge where these people rank and how they manage to afford such items. For example at the beginning you have the scene where all the teens are on the stair case having a rap session. Automatically the eyes of the target audience, who would be ranged between 16-20 year olds, attracted to the beanie on one of the older boys in the scene. The brand is called stone island but in slang terms we'd refer to it as 'stoney'. This brand is found in shops such as Selfridges and many other shops in the westend. The westend is notoriously known for its high class, its luxurious shops and lifestyles. Only people who work hard for a living or who come from a high class background could afford such things. Although seeing this brand makes us wander how he managed to afford such an expensive hat, which is obviously from drug dealing, we can see that even certain brands that may cost £100's will still belong to a certain class. In a sense you could actually say low class is the new high class.
On a general the clothes of the actors range depending and who they are and what each character represents. It's ironic because most of them are poor but there is still a hierachy even in the poorest of classes for example Jason is portrayed as the poorest out of all the characters, especially youths, because hes there to represent the maltreated people due to less educated adults in society.He is seen wearing a bomber jacket, which we associate with youths as most are seen wearing this, dirty traksuits because its cheap available cloth , and a pair of worn out trainers. The clothes look like they have been stolen from a homeless person.This creates an ironic atmosphere as the place he lives in is no home.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
TV Drama Spooks - representation of ethnicity
The fast cuts from the camera to the antagonists finger straight to his face is used to create a fast pace and more sharp to create a sort of deadly atmosphere as if death is coming fast for these to victims.
In the opening scene the camera allows us to see the exact positions of each character to let us know there significance by using extreme long shot. This is good because its creating a sort of order so the audience doesnt get confused on whos who. It is in a birds eye angle from a corner so it makes the audience feel there viewing it from a cctv camera sort of view as if they are actually there and these people dont know it. This is significant because it engages the audience more with the scene.
TV Drama Spooks - representation of ethnicity
The fast cuts from the camera to the antagonists finger straight to his face is used to create a fast pace and more sharp to create a sort of deadly atmosphere as if death is coming fast for these to victims.
Monday, 7 October 2013
Dark knight beggining scene
The explosion of window is coming towards the audience to shocks them
they are slowly zooming into the building
-birds eye view at the point where the 2 vilains are swinging from one big building to another to show the space and danger
-shoulder view to show dramatic irony as audience know who will die first
-medium shot at volt to show how signifcant door is and its meaning; security.
-zooming in on mask to show significance of its roll; to protect identity, to create sinister atmosphere
-tracking on the final vilain to make us more engaged, as if we were in the scene, as if we were the victims.
The explosion of window is coming towards the audience to shocks them
they are slowly zooming into the building
-birds eye view at the point where the 2 vilains are swinging from one big building to another to show the space and danger
-shoulder view to show dramatic irony as audience know who will die first
-medium shot at volt to show how signifcant door is and its meaning; security.
-zooming in on mask to show significance of its roll; to protect identity, to create sinister atmosphere
-tracking on the final vilain to make us more engaged, as if we were in the scene, as if we were the victims.
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