Adams Film Titles

 

Examples of film title

Delicatessen-1991

-Low-key lighting. Denotes a sense of despair and dystopia.

Representation

-Chef in dirty clothing manically murders man in garbage bin. Movie title appears along with a swinging pig in shadows. Main theme of the movie is clear-flesh and slash, showing the purpose and overall theme of the film.

-Disgusting severed hand and discarded rubbish littering whole area. What seems to be an office. Everything in the mise-en-scene is dirty or rusty. Post-apocalyptic.

The man who has wrapped himself in garbage seems to be very fearful for his life as he is frantically shaking which indicates something bad is about to happen to him.

The man in the garbage can also be a dark comedic character as the faces and body gestures he makes does not indicate of a man who is most likely going to be killed.

We cannot tell much about the characters personalities in this opening sequence as there is no dialogue between the characters, but the chef seems to be slightly sadistic and over joyed as he is about to clam his knife down in the man planning to escape through the garbage.

Camera

-There is an establishing shot of the low lighted dark dystopian area with several demolished buildings indicating that this is based in a dark future where people are struggling to live properly.

-Camera pans along the area, stopping to show the names of crew and actors. Positioned in various places. Restaurant bills embroidered in caps and printed in dirty sheets.

Low-key lighting. Denotes a sense of despair and dystopia.

Narrative

-The story follows a dark future where humans must murder and eat other humans to survive, it also includes a dark twisted sense of humour as we see when the man in the garbage bin gets murdered by the maniacal chef.

Enigma codes in the beginning could have been

·       Who was the man wrapped in garbage?

·       Why was he hiding

·       What will happen if he is caught

·       Why is he wrapped in garbage?  

 

Sound

-Non-diegetic sound: an accordion playing a seemingly melancholic but mostly a soft tune to accompany the eeriness of the whole mise-en-scene.

-Last image on the sequence is a diagram of the edible sections of a pig. Denoting the need for flesh in this new world.

-Although not much of the movie plot can be noticed, it is sure to be a dark film verging on the gore. The use of shadows and colours for the sequence denotes so.

Genre

-I believe the movie is a cross between horror, thriller and comedy you can tell as there is a mix of these elements throughout the opening scene such as the section where the man tries to escape by encasing himself in rubbish only to get caught by making noise this is a clear comedic element.

 

Extension

The logo of Delicatessen is a cooked pig swinging into the light with a black back drop adding very dramatic lighting on the logo this again ties to the theme of the movie having to do with food and the shortage leading to cannibalism 

 

Film opening sequence analysis: Kick Ass

 Analysis of Kick Ass 

character: Kick Ass 

Adjectives: relaxed 

Miss-En-Scene evidence:

He was willing to throw himself at the bad guys knowing he could die 

Camera evidence:

there is an over the shoulder shot of him charging at the bad guys showing he is a bit scared. 

Sound evidence:

The music is energy inducing and very fast paced matching kick asses energy and bravery.

Character: Kick Ass 

Adjective: Stupid 

Miss-En-Scene evidence:

His costume is quite childish and not very practical 

Camera Evidence:

There were many medium shots and close ups to show his suit and how it isn't made very well 

Sound Evidence:

"I am willing to die" this can be seen as stupid as he's willing to die for someone he's never met before 

 Wednesday 13th January 2021

In today's lesson we further expanded upon what are are pitches should be like for our first idea. After a short talk with the whole class we were split into our production groups to talk amongst ourselves about which idea we wanted to keep and how we would create it using what we have access to such as locations, props, etc. In my group we decided to go with our strongest idea which we had discussed in most detail original idea where we see an old lady and a few blonde haired girls who look  very similar and the audience has to guess whether they were kidnapped or doing this out of their own motivation.

 Monday 11th 2021

We have begun online learning for all subjects, today we discussed the structure for the rest of the week and how everything will work if we are able to go back to school on the expected February half term. We have been told that we have to do individual pitches for opening sequence ideas on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

 Tank 432 Marketing Power Point + Notes

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Get Out opening sequence analysis

 

Get Out Opening Scene Analysis

·       Establishing shot of the suburb at night connotes a classic horror scene with a slight change of environment.

 

·       Character’s face cannot be scene in the dark lighting foreshadowing for a later scene in the movie.

 

·       Silence until 1 minute into the opening scene giving and eerie atmosphere and connoting something is building up to the climax of the scene.

 

·       The scene is all taken in one shot which makes the scene seem longer and more natural and realistic like the situation is happening rather than being filmed.

 

·       The use diegetic and contrapuntal music in this scene add to the overall tension of the and chilling atmosphere of the scene as the music slowly gets louder as the car creepily approaches the character.

 

·       The absence of sound in the beginning creates a chilling atmosphere.

 

·       Why is the character out in the suburbs at the middle of the night?

 

·       The character getting kidnapped means that kidnap and abduction will be a major theme of the story.

 

·       The mumbling of the character creates an almost comedic affect to what is a very serious situation showing there is more than just psychological horror in this film.

 

·       The music is contrapuntal as it seems to be very light-hearted and happy, but it is playing while a very dark and twisted action is taking place.

 

·       The character was only kidnapped meaning that there is a chance he will be brought back later in the film