LO1 Task 1 Video Link

https://youtu.be/sHkcJriGktU

Lesson objectives for 21/10/15

1. Update Sound Analysis ✓
2. Update Mise-en-Scene ✓
3. Complete Camera work Analysis -
4. Complete Editing Analysis -
5. Complete LO1, Task 1 Video -

All due in Friday 23rd October

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LO1 Task 2: Mise-en-scene- Updated for 21st October

Mise-en-scene is French for "what is in the frame", each part of Mise-en-scene is encoded or embedded on purpose to give meaning or represent stereotypes in the film. There are 5 elements to Mise-en-scene; location, costume, props, lighting, and gestures. Firstly, location is where the film is set and seen as 'The Simpsons Movie' is animated there is undoubtedly going to be made up places, this is like their hometown 'Springfield' in the movie which doesn't represent any real towns in the US under the name Springfield. But the verisimilitude and iconography of Alaska in the film is very familiar, it's stereotypically shown with snow, mountains, lodges and lakes, this connotes that the place is peaceful, natural and in touch with nature and this goes with the narrative structure of the film as this is the resolution, which means that its a new beginning, that happens in the middle of the film before it goes back to problems. Another location in the film is the Simpson's hometown of Springfield, this is the location at the start and the end of the film and this connotes familiarity  and comfort for the Simpsons family as it's where they grew up and live so it only makes sense that this is the equilibrium, where there is balance and everything's fine, and resolution where a new equilibrium starts after the disequilibrium is resolved.

The next part of the Mise-en-scene is costume, costume is was the actor is told to wear. In the Simpsons Movie because the characters are animated it crosses between both costume and clothes as they aren't necessarily told to wear it but are designed to wear them. The protagonist who are the Simpsons, are wearing casual clothes you'd expect from a middle class family like t-shirts, skirts, shorts and jewellery, this connotes that they are an average American and this is also because the target audience is an average American. On the other hand, there is a binary opposition of classes as the antagonist is the president of EPA which is a government organisation so he is most likely high working class as they earn more than middle working class, so the antagonist wears a suit and tie which may also connote that he is more educated, important and formal as he would need to be to get a job that the high class people would get, and this contrasts against the Simpsons family which aren't as educated or important as him. The stereotype of a government official, or anyone involved in a big business or enterprise are stereotypically shown with a suit and tie which connotes that they are smart and ready for business.

Then there is also gestures and how people act in the movie, Homer Simpson in the film does a kind of catchphrase-gesture that appears in the TV show a lot, which is strangling his son Bart, this connotes binary opposition of age as Homer is the dominant parent over Bart who is weaker as he is younger. There is also a scene where Homer is walking through Alaska trying to make it back to Springfield to save it as he learnt that he needs them, in the scene he is tired and is determined to get there, this connotes that Homer is strong-willed and determined because if he wasn't he would of just gave up. The antagonist on the other hand is of higher class in society than the Simpsons and he shows this by standing up straight, this connotes that he is superior as he is trying to look taller so that he can look down on people like the Simpsons who are lower class.

Props are apart of Mise-en-scene as it's what's in the scene and can show meaning in the film as well as being an object. One of the props used is a policeman's gun and this denotes a gun but the connotation of
the gun is superiority as a gun is very dangerous and can decide if a person lives or dies which means that it holds power, especially when it's used on Bart, which is another example of binary opposition of age as it shows that the older police officer is more powerful than the child.

Finally, the last Mise-en-scene element is the lighting and colouring of a scene as this can create a mood or feeling of the scene, there are two types of lighting, low key, which is normally used in the disequilibrium of the film and the scene is normally dark, and high key, which is when a scene is well lit and bright which is normally used in the equilibrium and resolution. An example of low key in the film is at the start of the disequilibrium when the Simpsons family's home is getting sucked into a sinkhole, which is also the way they escape the dome and their life's are ruined as they have no one to go to, this makes the audience feel sympathy for the family and worried about them because they don't know how the family is going to get out of the mess.

 

Then there is the high key lighting in the scene when Homer is having fun with Bart as they try to retain their relationship as father and son, this connotes that everything is fine and nice as it creates the effect of the equilibrium.

CDM Minimum Target Grade

CDM Minimum Target Grade: Merit-Pass, anything lower than a merit is unacceptable.

Peer Assessed Starter Task

What is diegetic sound?

It is a sound that can be heard by the audience and the characters, an example is dialogue. This comes into the production stage.

Sound that is natural to the diegstic .

Ambient

On set sound effects

Foley Sound (created sound)

What is non-diegetic sound?

This is sound only heard by the audience; an example could be music or a narrator voice over. This comes into post production stage.

Incidental music

Music e.g. Soundtrack

Denotation and Connotation:

Denotation is what you see or hear, connotation is what’s implied.

The Male Gaze:

Laura Mulvey

How females are Always as depicted sex objects.

Assessor Jack Shakeshaft

Students Name: Taighlor Mcnally

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Life on Mars Task:

Non-diegetic Sounds: 

• Music (soundtrack/ theme song)
• Wind sound effect
• Whispering
• Heart beat monitor
• Voice over.
• Sirens
• Scene transition sound effect  
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LO1 Task 2 : Sound

Diegetic and non-diegetic are two types of sound found in movie trailers and movie scenes. Sound in a film can create meaning; the diegesis of a film is the story world which the characters are in. Diegetic sound is natural to the story world like dialogue and objects inside the film. Non-Diegetic on the other hand is only what the audience can hear, these are things like voice overs and music. The Simpsons Movie Trailer has both diegetic and non-diegetic examples of sound.

 Firstly, the most notable sound in the trailer is the voice over, this is a non-diegetic sound as the audience or viewer is the only one who can hear it. The denotation of this is a deep voice over that talks about the films information like when it's coming out and what the story is but in very little detail. The deep voice connotes that it's going to be epic and action full, this is because the voice used is stereotypically used in Hollywood action film's trailers, it also connotes drama and it'll make the viewer want to see why 'the family will fall' which connotes that the family is going to fall apart because of a tragedy . Another example of non-diegetic sound in the film trailer is the background music, this just denotes that it is dramatic music, but connotes that it’s going to have drama in the film; this is used with the voice over to create a very dramatic effect. Next is another part of the film's music which denotes adventurous music as to what the other music denotes which is drama, the music connotes that the film is going to have adventure in it as the music's fast paced whilst the dramatic music was slow paced. Finally, there is some incidental music or rather sound effect near the end of the trailer, the denotation of the sound effect is that it’s a drum beat, but the connotation is that it’s there to create tension and build up to the final part of the trailer, but as the Simpsons Movie is a comedy, this is immediately interrupted by an immature fart noise made by Homer and it then goes onto a quick montage of clips from the film.

Diegetic sound is natural to the story world of the film, so this is what the characters and audience can hear. The first Diegetic sound example in the trailer is dialogue, every film in the world has dialogue, and in the Simpsons Movie trailer dialogue is rarely shown due to all the non-diegetic sound in the trailer, but one scene's denotation is a crowd of characters from the show are shouting "We want Homer" with pitch forks but the connotation is that they are angry with Homer and want him dead as shown by the nooses in one of the scenes, which also connotes black humour in the film but isn't taken seriously and is probably overlooked by the audience but not the Simpsons family, the ideology of this scene is a bit like Frankenstein's monster as the mob of people chase the monster with torches and pitchforks a bit like the scene from The Simpsons Movie and Homer is the monster as he 'destroyed' the town with pollution. Another widely used diegetic sound example are sound effect as a film without them would just be a blank film with people talking in a unknown setting, but with sound effects it will give you an idea of where you are, a sound effect in the film that helps you know the setting is when Homer falls through the roof and the sound is wood breaking which is the denotation, but the connotation is that there was an accident or injury as something broke it by falling through it on the roof plus Homer is big and clumsy too. On the other hand there is another example of sound effect which is the kind that explains what's going on in the scene, the denotation of one scene is a bullet been shot by a police officer, but the connotation is that there is conflict going on between two people, in the case of the film, Bart on his skateboard and a police officer in a police car, this also shows binary opposition of age as the police officer is much older than Bart who is shown as delinquent and in his youth.