ANALYSING MOVIES

ANALYSING MOVIES 

Avengers infinity war - 

Franchise- Marvel studios, Disney

Logo- Red marvel logo 

Todorov theory- Equilibrium of movie 

Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet -- the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The fate of the planet and existence itself has never been more uncertain as everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment.

GTA - Characters 

Nico - Presented as rough and a fighter by direct address and the way he is gesturing with his hands that could suggest he is ready for a fight or to box. The fact he is wearing fingerless gloves may portray him to be an owner motorcycle. He wears very dull coloured clothing and has a serious look on his face, this can be because people will take him more seriously.

Cherry- Presented as a sexualised character her name can have connotations to the colour red which can represent passion and lust, which is why her outfit choice may suggest that she looks like a hooker.  By showing a lot more of her body it can suggest that she is vulnerable and could be portrayed as a prostitute and by an indirect mode of address it can create an enigma about what she may be staring at. In America it has been known that schools will not allow girls to reveal their shoulders as it can be seen in a sexualised way, by Cherry's top slipping down her shoulder it can show how this can be seen in a sexualised way.

Shot Composition -

Here are more extensive

descriptions of

Camera shots

MICRO – ELEMENTS   relate to the following   

CINEMATOGRAPHY – (angle, composition, etc)

SOUND

EDITING (& SPECIAL EFFECTS)

MISE EN SCENE

Enigma code- Mystery of a text, clues are dropped but no real answer is given. Enigmas within the narrative make the audience want to know more.

Diegetic sound.

Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: 

voices of characters 

sounds made by objects in the story 

music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music)

Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from source within the film's world  

Non Diegetic sound. Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: 

narrator's commentary

sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect

mood music

Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from the a source outside story space



Star Wars - 


Sound- In this trailer, there were displays of both Diegetic and Non Diegetic, you could hear characters voices and the sounds displayed by planes ect. However there was also a voice over and towards the end was the typical star wars theme tune.

Extreme close up - shows the characters expression and the emotion he is portraying 

Close up - shows the character in a bit more depth, includes his clothing and what they are possibly about to do. 

Mid shot- shows part of an image but not the whole thing, audience doesn't know what could be happening in the left and right

Wide shot- shows the whole image and establishes the context and setting, here it shows how there is a war and you can see how there is buildings bing torn and burnt to the ground. 

PART OF POST PRODUCTION PROCESS

The stage in the film-making process in which sound and images are organised to construct an overall narrative.

It is how a film maker puts together and considers cuts/cutting and applies transitions, special effects etc. to communicate a narrative to an audience.

Remember that an audience is a non-active participant who must understand a narrative through the editing, they can only see what you show them.

Imagine a film or even a scene from a film without any editing, it would be very interesting!

Shot reverse shot is when a shot goes from shot A, shot B, shot A, shot B etc.

It goes continuously back and forth between the 2 shots to show there is a connection between them

It is often used in conversations so you see what both characters are saying

It is a form of eye-line matching if the character is looking at someone and the next shot is what they look at 

Eyeline Match

Shot A: character is looking off screen

Shot B: what character is looking at

Is a following shot that follows what character is looking at, makes cuts smoother the audience expects the cut to happen and is eager to see what happens next/what character sees.

Example,

a)A person’s phone rings, she turns and looks in direction of phone

b)Close up shot of phone ringing

Cross cutting 

Technique of continuously alternating 2 or more scenes that often happen simultaneously (at same time) but in different locations.

As they cross, pace gradually gets faster and fast and tension builds

Often the parallel scenes will intersect to create a climax.

Special effects 

B&w –often used to show memory or time period

Contrast – to altar the lighting (or contrast = very light lights and dark darks sometimes with memories

Colour  - to add a colour filter to show a specific mood

Example ‘The ring’ – many scenes are very blue-ish, which show sterile/coldness etc.

Animation – titles of shows or cartoons

CGI – computer generated images (example = avatar, planet of apes, polar express)

Fast forward/slow motion – speeding up or slowing down footage Ghost trail – see multiple actions (overlapped) to show someone drunk or on drugs

Blur – to show un-clarity, or fuzzy memory/flashback

Mise en Scene 

Camera work- Here we have a close up shot of the character Bagheera, it shows the detail of his fur and has an indirect mode of address. By him looking into the distance it portrays him to have a serious look about him and makes the audience wonder what he may be looking at. This creates the sense of enigma.