Friday, 20 October 2017

Bibliography

http://mikedyera2mediastudies.blogspot.ae/p/todorovs-theory.html "Narrative theory"
http://media-studies.tki.org.nz/Teaching-media-studies/Media-concepts/Genre "Genre"
https://www.emaze.com/@AILOLORZ "Genre"
https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-distribution.htm"distribution"


Genre Rescearch AO2 & AO4



Narrative theory AO2 & AO4





Monday, 9 October 2017

Research: Mise-en-scene AO2 & AO4


Mise-en-scene
it includes
-the setting
-props
-costume and make up
-off screen space
-facial expressions
-movement
the props help the movie make sense and it helps the director visualise what he had in mind like costumes as it helps the actors to have a personality that we can identify and relate to or connect them to it through reference or common sense. it can also be used to create a room with certain props to give it a certain meaning or meaning.

the setting helps the audience to understand the time and the location of the movie that the audience are watching
the lighting helps set the mood for the setting
the facial expressions and the movement of the characters shows as well
the make up and the costume reveal the state the character is in


Research: What is Cinematography? AO2 & AO4

cinematography
it is the way the camera takes the shot
there is a lot of ways a shot /scene can be portrayed on a screen like
-rule of thirds which is a grid that helps the director get the shot that he desires by having the object or the person that he/she want to have the audiences eyes on
-tilt which is the movement of the camera on the axis
-track the movement of the camera on a track which follows a certain direction
-dominant contrast is the first place our eyes go to
-subsidiary contrast first place in a dark scene that our eyes go to
-symmetrical having symmetry which its purpose is to give the viewer satasfaction
-proximics   is the distances between people acting in a scene which indicates their relationship between the characters
-composition is everything inside of a frame for a scene
-focus it is the way a shot is taken to create a certain vision like
1-shallow focus: it only shows the object/person closest to the camera
2-deep focus   it shows everything in a scene
what is its importance?
it is one of the main things that makes the audience like a scene and hooks them in to the movie

The Stepfather analysis 1 AO 2 &AO 4




Saturday, 7 October 2017

Research: The conventions of an opening sequence AO2 & AO4

what is the importance of the opening scene ?
the opening scene is one of the most important aspects in a movie as it contains all the conventions, narrative and plot points that the audience need to know to start explaining the movie and what is happening in it and something that attracts the audience with an enigma.
but first what are the conventions of an opening sequence