Friday, 28 January 2011

Sound Clip

Today we've created a sound clip for our film. This part will be played when the character is having a nightmare. We like the eerie and scary feel of the sounds/instuments we have incorporated.

One Shot

We like this extreme close up as it really captures the eerieness of her scared feelings from the nightmare.

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Textual Analysis - Dale

          The Exorcist - 1973


     Threat

Camera shot /angle  The threat comes from the girl so the camera is centred on the bed from where the girl lays.
Lighting -    The threat comes from the girl so the camera is centred on the bed from where the girl lays.
Music /SoundFast paced music when threat is in the scene.
Location/SettingThe bedroom becomes a key scene in the film and is important the room is correctly decorated to match the film.
OtherThe holy water and the necklace could be seen as a use of a prop to cause meaning within the film.

          Vulnerbility

Camera shot/AngleAt one point the mother is on the floor and the camera points down at her as she is in the corner of the room. This shows her as almost being useless in helping her daughter and being a vulnerable target from her possessed daughter.
LightingLighting doesn’t affect vulnerability.
Music/SoundMusic does not increase vulnerability or show it.
Location/SettingThe location does not show vulnerability.
OtherNo particular mise en scene aspects to show vulnerability.

           Characterisation

Camera shot/AngleNo particular camera shots to show the threat.
LightingThreat is under a dull light.
Music/SoundMusic picks up when the threat is about to be in the scene.
Location/SettingCharacterisation is not shown in the location/setting.
OtherMise en scene does not affect characterisation.

           Genre

Camera shot/AngleFew close ups on threat to show emotion.  
LightingLighting very dull following natural conventions of horror.
Music/SoundThe music causes tension and makes the scary parts what they are, which follows the conventions of a normal horror.
Location/SettingThe room is dark. This follows conventions of a dark room with shadows to make it look scary.
OtherCrosses and other religious items are used which is a convention of the possession genre.

Friday, 7 January 2011

LIGHTING DESIGN

On this picture, we used a back light, a key light and a fill light to full light the subject and give an even coverage of the person.

On this image we used a back light and a key light, but less of a fill light to give a shadowed effect on the subject and create a different mood.

For this shot, we used a key light and back light to give a softer effect on the character

We used an angled key light on this shot to highlight the features of the characters face and create a sinister look and distort the face of the character.