Mise En Scene
The elements of mise-en scene have been successfully utilized to create a changing sense of style through the movie. The lighting is the main element used. The blue, dark lighting used at the beginning shows how the depressing state that Christian is in. When he flashes back to the happy times spent at the moulin rouge, the lighting is bright and it reflects back on his happy times. The amin prop is the type writer are the importance of the typewriter is shown in the close up shot.
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Common Elements Used in Genre Films:
Action Films:
Love interest Outrageous plot lines Likeable characters Bizarre situations
Drama Films
Dramatic plots Very dramatic reactions Overexaggeration
Epic Historical Films
Historical value Historical recognition Recognisable characters Relatable characters to teh time period is set in
Horror Films
DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL
Musical Dance Films Singing (catchy tunes) Dancing (catchy moves) Fun Plotline
- Violence
- Car chase
- Ruggered hero
- Romantic interest
- Unlikely Companionship's
- Unlikely Companionship's
- Unlikely Adventure
Comedy Films
Drama Films
Epic Historical Films
Horror Films
DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL
Musical Dance Films
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Mise-En-Scene Storyboarding Activity
For the mise-en-scene story boarding activity, I worked with Claudia, Maise and Paris. The storyboard idea we had was of a girl who came to school and as all by herself. We took photos of Maise, who was all alone and sitting in different locations until the last shot, where she found Claudia and they became friends. Unfortunately, we no longer have the power point presentation and images of this. However, the excersise was a good excersise to complete and both presenting our work and looking at the work of the rest of the class was a good experience and will help me with my story boarding next term.
Monday, 15 March 2010
Term One Evaluation/Reflection
Term one creative media was spent studying film, in particular considering the elements of film. Analysing Mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound and editing was a main area of examination and looking at how the elements collaborate to create a film.
I experienced very few problems throughout the term and feel like I worked well. At the beginning of the term, when the new ideas and vocabulary were introduced it took me a while to fully understand what they meant but once I had familiarized myself with these concepts I understood them and now feel comfortable using these terms.
The different exercises we completed in class and the work we did prepared me for the assessment task, the analysis and comparison of two films. The class work, such as the aviator analysis and star wars comparison, where good practices for the actual assessment task.
I have learnt a lot through this unit and I am now able to easily identify the different elements of film and evaluate accordingly. I haven't really learnt any tricks throughout the process, but I have gained the skills and am now able to analyze a film and pick up on important details that I wouldn't be able to do if asked to do before this unit of work.
To achieve the finished product essay, I went through 3 distinct stages. The first stage was when I decided what genre and films to write about and decided what elements I was going to focus on. The second stage was the watching of the scenes and I wrote about 3 pages, analyzing everything possible. The third and final stage was changing this into an essay. This was probably the stage I would easiest because I had already done most of the work at this point and didn't have to think to much, just write.
My time management was the only problem throughout this process. Although I completed everything on time, I sent the wrong draft to Mr Andrews which meant that I was put behind everyone else in the marking of drafts, giving me limited time to correct my draft. However, I feel I overcame that problem and it wasn't a big issue.
Planning and research helped me to understand the films and the comparison between them. I also researched the directors and other information, such as actors and the other productions they have been in.
Looking back at essay, I am very happy with the work. I think the essay that i handed in was well structured and of a good quality. I feel that not only does it show that I can analyze film, but that I can understand it and was completed to the best of my ability.
I wouldn't changed anything major about my essay, but I would of liked to have more time to proof read and edit my work so that no little things effect my mark. Overall, I am happy with my essay and if I got he task to do all over again, I would stick to the same structure and do the same things as I think I have produced a piece of work that successfully represents my understanding of cinematic elements and film in general.
I experienced very few problems throughout the term and feel like I worked well. At the beginning of the term, when the new ideas and vocabulary were introduced it took me a while to fully understand what they meant but once I had familiarized myself with these concepts I understood them and now feel comfortable using these terms.
The different exercises we completed in class and the work we did prepared me for the assessment task, the analysis and comparison of two films. The class work, such as the aviator analysis and star wars comparison, where good practices for the actual assessment task.
I have learnt a lot through this unit and I am now able to easily identify the different elements of film and evaluate accordingly. I haven't really learnt any tricks throughout the process, but I have gained the skills and am now able to analyze a film and pick up on important details that I wouldn't be able to do if asked to do before this unit of work.
To achieve the finished product essay, I went through 3 distinct stages. The first stage was when I decided what genre and films to write about and decided what elements I was going to focus on. The second stage was the watching of the scenes and I wrote about 3 pages, analyzing everything possible. The third and final stage was changing this into an essay. This was probably the stage I would easiest because I had already done most of the work at this point and didn't have to think to much, just write.
My time management was the only problem throughout this process. Although I completed everything on time, I sent the wrong draft to Mr Andrews which meant that I was put behind everyone else in the marking of drafts, giving me limited time to correct my draft. However, I feel I overcame that problem and it wasn't a big issue.
Planning and research helped me to understand the films and the comparison between them. I also researched the directors and other information, such as actors and the other productions they have been in.
Looking back at essay, I am very happy with the work. I think the essay that i handed in was well structured and of a good quality. I feel that not only does it show that I can analyze film, but that I can understand it and was completed to the best of my ability.
I wouldn't changed anything major about my essay, but I would of liked to have more time to proof read and edit my work so that no little things effect my mark. Overall, I am happy with my essay and if I got he task to do all over again, I would stick to the same structure and do the same things as I think I have produced a piece of work that successfully represents my understanding of cinematic elements and film in general.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Protagonists and Antagonists
1. Star Wars: Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader
2. Disturbia: Kale/Robert Turner
3. Harry Potter: Harry Potter/Lord Voldermort
4. Romeo and Juliet: Romeo/Lord Capulet
5. Batman: Batman/Joker
6. Spiderman: Spiderman/Green goblin
7. Alice in Wonderland: Alice/Red Queen
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow/Davy Jones
9. Superman: Superman
10. Twilight: Cullens/Vultari
11. Shrek: Shrek/Prince Charming
2. Disturbia: Kale/Robert Turner
3. Harry Potter: Harry Potter/Lord Voldermort
4. Romeo and Juliet: Romeo/Lord Capulet
5. Batman: Batman/Joker
6. Spiderman: Spiderman/Green goblin
7. Alice in Wonderland: Alice/Red Queen
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow/Davy Jones
9. Superman: Superman
10. Twilight: Cullens/Vultari
11. Shrek: Shrek/Prince Charming
Sunday, 7 March 2010
The 17 Stages of Monomyth
Monomyth: Also referred to as the 'Hero's Journey', the monomyth is the basic pattern which is found in many narrative and elements can be found in almost all. Although some stages change, the basic structure usually remains the same, or at least has distinct similarities.
"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of wonder, where forces are encounter and decisive victory is won"
The 17 stages:
1. Call to adventure:
The hero starts off in a mundane situation of normality from which some information is recieved that acts as a call to head off into the unknown.
2. Refusal of the call:
Often when the call is given, the future hero refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances.
3. Supernatural Aid:
Once the hero has committed to the quest, consciously or unconsciously, his or her guide and magical helper appears, or becomes known. More often than not, this supernatural mentor will present the hero with one or more talismans or artifacts that will aid them later.
4. The Crossing of the First Threshold
This is the point where the person actually crosses into the field of adventure, leaving the known limits of his or her world and venturing into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are not known.
5. Belly of the Whale
The belly of the whale represents the final separation from the hero's known world and self. By entering this stage, the person shows willingness to undergo a metamorphosis.
6.The Road of Trials
The road of trials is a series of tests, tasks, or ordeals that the person must undergo to begin the transformation. Often the person fails one or more of these tests, which often occur in threes.
7. The Meeting With the Goddess
This is the point when the person experiences a love that has the power and significance of the all-powerful, all encompassing, unconditional love that a fortunate infant may experience with his or her mother. This is a very important step in the process and is often represented by the person finding the other person that he or she loves most completely.
8. Woman as Temptress
This step is about those temptations that may lead the hero to abandon or stray from his or her quest, which does not necessarily have to be represented by a woman. Woman is a metaphor for the physical or material temptations of life, since the hero-knight was often tempted by lust from his spiritual journey.
9. Atonement with the Father
In this step the person must confront and be initiated by whatever holds the ultimate power in his or her life. In many myths and stories this is the father, or a father figure who has life and death power. This is the center point of the journey. All the previous steps have been moving in to this place, all that follow will move out from it. Although this step is most frequently symbolized by an encounter with a male entity, it does not have to be a male; just someone or thing with incredible power.
10. Apotheosis
When someone dies a physical death, or dies to the self to live in spirit, he or she moves beyond the pairs of opposites to a state of divine knowledge, love, compassion and bliss. A more mundane way of looking at this step is that it is a period of rest, peace and fulfillment before the hero begins the return.
11. The Ultimate Boon
The ultimate boon is the achievement of the goal of the quest. It is what the person went on the journey to get. All the previous steps serve to prepare and purify the person for this step, since in many myths the boon is something transcendent like the elixir of life itself, or a plant that supplies immortality, or the holy grail.
12. Refusal of the Return
Having found bliss and enlightenment in the other world, the hero may not want to return to the ordinary world to bestow the boon onto his fellow man.
13. The Magic Flight
Sometimes the hero must escape with the boon, if it is something that the gods have been jealously guarding. It can be just as adventurous and dangerous returning from the journey as it was to go on it.
14. Rescue from Without
Just as the hero may need guides and assistants to set out on the quest, oftentimes he or she must have powerful guides and rescuers to bring them back to everyday life, especially if the person has been wounded or weakened by the experience.
15. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
The trick in returning is to retain the wisdom gained on the quest, to integrate that wisdom into a human life, and then maybe figure out how to share the wisdom with the rest of the world. This is usually extremely difficult.
16. Master of Two Worlds
This step is usually represented by a transcendental hero like Jesus or Buddha. For a human hero, it may mean achieving a balance between the material and spiritual. The person has become comfortable and competent in both the inner and outer worlds.
17. Freedom to Live
Mastery leads to freedom from the fear of death, which in turn is the freedom to live. This is sometimes referred to as living in the moment, neither anticipating the future nor regretting the past.
"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of wonder, where forces are encounter and decisive victory is won"
The 17 stages:
1. Call to adventure:
The hero starts off in a mundane situation of normality from which some information is recieved that acts as a call to head off into the unknown.
2. Refusal of the call:
Often when the call is given, the future hero refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances.
3. Supernatural Aid:
Once the hero has committed to the quest, consciously or unconsciously, his or her guide and magical helper appears, or becomes known. More often than not, this supernatural mentor will present the hero with one or more talismans or artifacts that will aid them later.
4. The Crossing of the First Threshold
This is the point where the person actually crosses into the field of adventure, leaving the known limits of his or her world and venturing into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are not known.
5. Belly of the Whale
The belly of the whale represents the final separation from the hero's known world and self. By entering this stage, the person shows willingness to undergo a metamorphosis.
6.The Road of Trials
The road of trials is a series of tests, tasks, or ordeals that the person must undergo to begin the transformation. Often the person fails one or more of these tests, which often occur in threes.
7. The Meeting With the Goddess
This is the point when the person experiences a love that has the power and significance of the all-powerful, all encompassing, unconditional love that a fortunate infant may experience with his or her mother. This is a very important step in the process and is often represented by the person finding the other person that he or she loves most completely.
8. Woman as Temptress
This step is about those temptations that may lead the hero to abandon or stray from his or her quest, which does not necessarily have to be represented by a woman. Woman is a metaphor for the physical or material temptations of life, since the hero-knight was often tempted by lust from his spiritual journey.
9. Atonement with the Father
In this step the person must confront and be initiated by whatever holds the ultimate power in his or her life. In many myths and stories this is the father, or a father figure who has life and death power. This is the center point of the journey. All the previous steps have been moving in to this place, all that follow will move out from it. Although this step is most frequently symbolized by an encounter with a male entity, it does not have to be a male; just someone or thing with incredible power.
10. Apotheosis
When someone dies a physical death, or dies to the self to live in spirit, he or she moves beyond the pairs of opposites to a state of divine knowledge, love, compassion and bliss. A more mundane way of looking at this step is that it is a period of rest, peace and fulfillment before the hero begins the return.
11. The Ultimate Boon
The ultimate boon is the achievement of the goal of the quest. It is what the person went on the journey to get. All the previous steps serve to prepare and purify the person for this step, since in many myths the boon is something transcendent like the elixir of life itself, or a plant that supplies immortality, or the holy grail.
12. Refusal of the Return
Having found bliss and enlightenment in the other world, the hero may not want to return to the ordinary world to bestow the boon onto his fellow man.
13. The Magic Flight
Sometimes the hero must escape with the boon, if it is something that the gods have been jealously guarding. It can be just as adventurous and dangerous returning from the journey as it was to go on it.
14. Rescue from Without
Just as the hero may need guides and assistants to set out on the quest, oftentimes he or she must have powerful guides and rescuers to bring them back to everyday life, especially if the person has been wounded or weakened by the experience.
15. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
The trick in returning is to retain the wisdom gained on the quest, to integrate that wisdom into a human life, and then maybe figure out how to share the wisdom with the rest of the world. This is usually extremely difficult.
16. Master of Two Worlds
This step is usually represented by a transcendental hero like Jesus or Buddha. For a human hero, it may mean achieving a balance between the material and spiritual. The person has become comfortable and competent in both the inner and outer worlds.
17. Freedom to Live
Mastery leads to freedom from the fear of death, which in turn is the freedom to live. This is sometimes referred to as living in the moment, neither anticipating the future nor regretting the past.
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