Sunday, 1 November 2015

Adrenaline Analysis.

This is a TILT SHOT, this is when the camera is placed slanted or placed upside down and shot to either show a sign of danger or a hellish frame as hell is seemed to be upside down. In this shot the lightning  used here has been low key lightning to make the scene look dull it also shows pathetic fallacy  (this is when the mood of a person  fits the weather). This has been shot this way to make the scene dull and disoriented and also different this can also be a point of view shot of a character lying down on the floor, the sign post in the video looks old and rusted and the plant beside it looks like a plant that lacks water which can mean the character in the video is isolated, either abandoned at that specific location or got them selves there on their own will, this shot also creates mystery as viewers will be trying to understand what is going on. This shot will be seen in THRILLERS and HORROR as it creates a sense of mystery and to an extent suspense as we cannot tell about what's going to happen next. Also the shot gives away an idea of the location of the shots. 

This is a mid shot, this is the shot of a character from the waist up front it makes the viewers focus on a particular character and the shot has been edited by adding black and white filter to state/ show the mood of the particular character in the short clip to be dull. This shot also contains a lot of detail in it, it shows the location of the character showing the train tracks and the overgrown buses beside it implying that the character is in a weird/ lonely place. And with the way she is positioned on the track and the cross cutting of shots between her and the train makes the viewers think she wants to committee suicide. It also creates mystery as we do not know why this character wants to kill herself, also she is dressed in all black which is associated or meaning can be read into it to mean  death, mystery, fear and unknown. The black and white filter was edited into the video to make the scene and the world look dull because the world without color is dull also portraying the mood of the character therefore using editing to manipulate reality.

This is a point of view shot , this is a shot taken from a characters point of view placing the viewer in the characters position and see things through the characters eyes, in the film the point of view shot is from the trains point of view.  This creates mystery because we do not see the character or the train at the point in time of the shot was filmed and it also shows or implies that there is another character in the scene who we are yet to meet, also we hear a lot of ambient sound (this is the background sound which is present on set so it is not recorded from a different source and edited into the video but comes with the video as its been recorded or shot ) which is that of the moving train, the viewers can hear this noise and the character in the film can also hear this sound loud and clear shows that its a diegetic sound also it shows impending danger as the view of the train or character is looking downwards and they cannot see what's up in front of them.

This is a low angle shot, this shot is placed under the camera and shot, this is used to make a character look big or superior in this shot shows this character has overcome a big problem. In this scene we can see relief of the characters face that she has overcome something but still doesn't add color to the world to make it look like because she has conquered her fear the day is bright again but no its still dull because the director or what this is saying this is a normal and regular thing she does on a daily bases because nothing changes after she's completed her goal. Also the background is the sky to portrait the character as big and also to look like a conqueror of her fear. We can also notice that there is no head room space in the shot this has probably been done because of the ratio 16:9 of the video space or just to add effects or send out a meaning that she's is big or superiors all you can see is the sky and also if there was a bit of head room space it wouldn't have looked like she was in the air and she is big it will look more like a normal mid  shot with no meaning.

This is a close up, this is shot when the camera is zoomed in on a particular feature on a character in other for viewers to pay attention to that particular feature or to hide specific information from the viewers for example in the shot the hand of a character is shown but her face cant be seen which sends out mystery and suspense and this shot is mostly seen in thrillers and horror, at this point the director doesn't want us to know who the character is but also release some very interesting detail. on the right hand of the character we can see a gothic wrist band which gives us a clue about the kind of person the character is, on her other arm we can see a musical note tattooed on her hand which also tells us that the character likes music or is an artist and the exercise she's about to carry out is her own way of getting inspiration, this shot is very suitable for a THRILLER or HORROR because it creates a lot of mystery and suspense and also the pace of the editing is rather fast than slow because there are a lot of cross cutting shots used in the video between the character and the train.

 Extreme Close up: this is a further zoom in on a particular object or character to make viewers pay attention to that object or to show emotions on a characters face. In this short film the 180 degree rule is not used they are no conversations. The format used is linear narrative as it has a beginning, middle, and ending. Also during editing they have used a lot of cross cutting between the character and the train which doesn't break continuity because it tells us that the train is what is making a particular noise.

At the beginning of the clip we hear a very disturbing sound/music that makes viewers focus on the film and also shows impending danger or doom, there is also the sound of the train coming this is a diegetic sound because both the character and the viewers can hear the noise of the train but the sound track is non diegetic as it is only the viewers that can hear this sound.
Also the intro to the movie is in red so is the title of the movie, red represents blood, death, gore and hell, these meanings can be drawn to the clip by just seeing the intro. With the editing they have arranged the shots to be in a linear format there is a start beginning and the end but they use jump cuts from the character to the train this editing has been done intentionally to break continuity because it makes the viewer lost and think what's going on here. Also different sequence of shots where used to build up the story right from the close up to the mid shot. To an extent the 180 degree rule as been used because the character is always in the middle or towards one side one of the screen while the train is on the other side.
Jump cuts have intentionally been used to create discontinuity which is an alternate style of filming which is montage style of editing.


1 comment:

  1. WT M
    Much more detailed, you need to refer to editing techniques however to secure the M - 180 degree rule, using a sequence of shots to build emotion etc - how is the narrative organised linear or non and how does editing do this?
    Does it intentionally break continuity with jump cuts?

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