Film Technique Practice | Inception

 The Final Kick Scene

Brainstorm:

- A character kneeled in front of an old guy and cries.

- An old man died

- A person pressed a button and and explosion happened.

- Earthquake came and buildings getting destroyed by strong winds.

- People suddenly waking up when they are about to fall the water or hit something. 

Technique:

Color - white, blue, grey, orange because of fire

Lighting - cold, melancholy, analogous, dim,  make audience feel tense

Sounds/music: slow violin playing, bombs going off, buildings cracking, after the bombs bomb tense music starts playing, shouting people because they can't hear each other, water splash

The sound suddenly stopped when the people falls of the water

Camera:

Shots - close-up, mid shot,

Movement -

slow motion and long shot - can be seen when there are cars falling. / people lying down on the elevator floor while bouncing.

mid shot - between the old man dying and the guy unlocking a box.

sudden close-up to a picture frame of a young man holding the toy that the came from the safe. It tells us that the toy is significant to the old guy and his son.  

Statement: In the "Final Kick" scene, slow motion is used when people are starting to fall and 

Example: The people are falling out of a car or elevator as they sleep. As they fall, they woke up from their dream and hits reality. S

X-audience:

X-director:

X-link technique:

Y-your real world connection:

Film Technique Practice - Lord of the Rings

 Brainstorm:

- Four hobbits are hiding under a tree from the Black Rider. They are afraid - see on their faces. 

Technique:

Color - pallete - green, black, grey, dark, natural/nature, dull

- feels cold and uninviting.

Lighting - natural, dim, cold - makes it feel cold and uninviting.

Sound/music - diegetic sounds - horses hooves approaching, bugs crawling, birds, movement of riders armour, sounds of his breathing - little sounds are magnified when we are afraid. 

Camera:

Shots - Focus - tilt shot - from the rider to the hiding hobbits, 

Movement - angle - close-ups - hobbit forces - scared, nervous

- bugs - crawling across the hobbits, shows how difficult it was to keep still and quiet.

- Three closeups on parts of the rider - the horses hooves pawing the ground, the horses muzzle with red eye and the riders feet hitting the ground. Builds suspense before we see the rider.

- Low angle - looking up at the rider, shows hobbits cowering below, makes the rider look bigger, intimidating and frightening. 

Statement: In the 'Black Rider' scene close-ups used to show the fear of the characters as they hide.

Example: The four hobbits are running from the Black Rider. They seek refuge in under the roots of an old tree as the rider approaches. Close-ups shows us the expression of fear on the hobbits faces.

X-audience - This makes the audience feel intimidated and anxious with the hobbits as the unseen enemy arrives.

X-director - The purpose of this is to build suspense before we see the rider. Like the characters, we are afraid even though we don't know what is coming.

X-link technique - Combined with the close-ups is the use of diegetic sounds including the horses hooves on the ground, the breathing of the rider and the clinking if his armour as he dismounted. These sounds add to the feeling of fear we have seen through the close-up shots.

Y-your real world connection - Interestingly, most viewers have felt the fear of being chased and found before. This allows them to connect with the emotions of the characters in this moment.

Film Technique Practice

 Zootopia

Brainstorm:

- a fox wants to but a jumbo pop from the elephant store but they won't sell it to him. 

- the bunny officer steps in to help.

Technique:

Color - bright-heartening scene, aimed at children so is colorful and engaging.

Lighting - warm, natural, bright - daytime, hot sunny day, fox/bunny spotlighting

(Shots/angles/focus/movement) - high/low angles-elephant is taller, feels bigger, superior. We aren't meant to like the elephant because he won't serve them-rough angry tone, low angle from Fox POV and High angle down onto fox makes him look small.

Musical/sound - you don't have to if there's nothing.

Statement: In the 'popsical' scene, high angle shots are used to show the imbalance of power between characters.

Evidence: We see this when the elephant is talking to the fox. The low angle shot is used to show how much bigger and more imposing the elephant is than the fox.

X-audience: This makes the audience feel sad for the fox because he is being refused service because of his size. 

X-director: The purpose of this is to introduce the idea of stereotyping to the viewer. Appearing large and rough, the elephant shopkeeper refuses service because he is a fox. Strengthening this idea is the elephants quote 'go back to your side of town'.

X-other technique: Combined with the use of low angle shots, we see the differences in the characters, rather than the similarities. The high angle point of view makes the fox seem even smaller than the elephants towering over him.

L-Realword-Link: Issues like this where people are judge on their size, race or religion are not isolated to this film. In the real world we tackle ongoing issues of discrimination in every country, even in 2021.

Avatar Film - Film Technique Practice

 Brainstorm: 

- the two were talking. She told him to go away because he didn't belong there.

- the sets of the sacred tree chase him.

Techniques:

Lighting - artificial, bright and dim - plants/things they touched were bright, background was dim, cold)

Color - palette - neons - blue/green/purple

- extremes, show us we are same pole different/exciting.

Camera - tilt shot used to show the seeds - POV shot of Jake, exciting/magical

Shots angles

Movement focus 

- conversation - mid shot shows bodies-shows the distance between the characters.

- close-up on seeds, shows ethereal movement, other wordly. 

Statement: In the scene "seeds of the sacred" the 'lighting is effectively used to create the other wordly experience of Pandora.

Evidence: An artificial bright light is seen as the figures run and touch things in the environment. The rest of their surroundings remain dark against those flashes of cold neon light. 

X-audience - This makes the audience feel amazed and envious of the unnatural and enearthly qualities of the planet,

X-director - The director did this to make viewer feel like they have been transported to another world where end exciting things are possible

X-other technique - Coinciding with this is the use of a neon color palette. The blues, greens and purples become vibrant and otherwordly when combined with the artificial bright lights caused by movement. 

Y-your link - The lighting and color are juxtapose to that which we experience in the real world. Like earth, it has plants, trees and native people but they seen vastly different from us because of the bright artificial neon lighting and colors.

Annabelle Film

Brainstorm

 - a girl fell downstairs.

- the girl was scared and a lot of suspense things happened.

Lighting - dim, artificial, 

English Film Technique Practice - Freedom Writers

 Theme/Idea - the ideas the story centres around. / message we are trying to convey to the audience.

Tolerance - the quality of allowing other people to have their own attitude, beliefs or to behave in a particular way, even if you don't agree or approve. 

Overcoming Adversity - pushing past/getting through something difficult or dangerous.  

Overcoming Adversity

- They aren't in a headspace to learn because they don't feel space - bring guns to school, mock each other, no tolerance for each other. 

Example: Marcus "Lady, I'm lucky if I make it to 18, we in a war! We graduating every day we live because we ain't afraid to die protecting our own"

- The students don't respect or have a relationsuup with their teacher. They don't understand each other

Example:

They drew racist picture of Jamal

The students yell at the teachers, face different directions, tell her they don't give her respect

Deep Focus - everything in the image is sharp and clear

Close up shot and costume-hat-symbol of hiding, off shows feels safe, on-wants hide, not be seen

Shallow Focus - focuses us on part of an image and blurs the rest. It  tells the viewer their attention is needed

In the Holocaust scene, shallow focus is used to show the theme of tolerance. For instance, we see a picture of being passed around the room until it reaches Jamel. The picture is a stereotype of an African American with big lips and has Jamel's name on it. When he receives it, Jamel puts his hat back and shrinks into his chair. Shallow focus is used to  bring our attention to the picture and its effect on Jamel. This makes u understand that the picture was used to bully and embarrass Jamel. This director did this to help us empathise with the characters and gain an insight into what their lives are like. Coinciding with this is the use of costume-in this case Jamel's hat. When Jamel puts the hat on, it symbolises that he want to hide away and not be seen. This scene introduces the viewer the viewer to the theme of tolerance because we can see that currently the students do not respect each others cultures, beliefs or identities. This makes students like Jamel feel unsafe in class. 

Angle - high/low. This shows power/dominance 

Lighting - dim/bright. Shows emotions. Example - Jamel overwhelmed

Close-up/mid shots 0 teacher in mid shot. Students close-up. We feel the distance between the students and the teacher, gap in understanding

Close-up - this makes us feel closer to the students rather than the teacher.

Tolerance means the ability to put up with other beliefs, attitudes and culture, even when you don't agree/its different from your own.

Overcoming Adversity - pushing through something difficult or dangerous.

"I'm home"

Brainstorm - a student read his diary to the teacher and the class.

- his family has been evicted

- he feels at home in school in Ms Gruwells class.

- Overcoming adversity - he has come to school despite being evicted

Music - slow, soft, sad

Lighting/Color - bright, natural - creates an atmosphere of a warm, happy welcome space.

Camera/shot/movement/angles/focus - close up - when he says he's home - shows audience his emotion

Dolly shot - from close-up to mid back to close-up - shows viewer that student is surrounded, supported by his classroom family.

Shallow Focus - speaker is in sharp, those around are blurred to make him the focus, most important. 

Dialogue, tone of speech, body language

(when writing the brainstorm, just write what happened in the scene/ no need to be so detailed)

(natural means the natural light, artificial light means like its coming for a bulb)

(muted color)

"Miep Giess"

Brainstorm - Miep Giess has come to talk  to the class about hiding Anne Frank and her family.

- Marcus stands and tells that shes his hero.

- Miep Giess says that they are her heroes

Camera shot/angle/movement/focus - (what camera movement they use)

Pan shot - used to show all the students are there and they are all focused and listening - not distracted like previous scenes (when they all turned their desks in the first part of the movie)

Lighting - bright, cold, natural - back lighting is used - creates a halo effect making her seen angelic or god like. This works because the students see Miep like a god because she saved the franks.

Music - subtle quiet, builds in volume and intensity, used to heighten the viewers emotions.

In the 'I am home' scene shallow focus is used to show how this character overcame adversity.

Things to do to relieve pressure and stress | ESOL

Our teacher talked to us about how we can get the 80 credits for this year. So she came up with the idea of relieving stress and what we need to do to remove it. 

Things I need to do:

- I think I need time management because sometimes I don't have enough time to complete my school assessments at school. I am more motivated to work at home rather than working at school.

- Lessen game time. Playing too much video games is bad so I will lessen my game time. 

- More motivation. I will try to motivate my self to work at my school works. I also need to focus on my works rather than going off task.