Four wedding and a Funeral Introduction - Sound

The opening scene introduces a non-diegetic sound which is a calm music medley that sets the introduction to the characters and begins the flow of a steady atmosphere. This is abruptly interrupted by the diegetic sound when the camera focuses in on the alarm clock allowing the audience to hear the ticking, clearly a protagonist realising he is likely to be late, followed by diegetic vocal sound of him swearing.

You can then hear the diegetic sounds of the floor whilst his feet pound against it, once he reaches the second character in the scene he shakes her which makes her mumble, again a diegetic sound. She too then curses which is a diegetic sound. His suspenders, the ruffle of the keys, moaning and other diegetic sounds are used before the next scene is shown.

They are now in the car and they are trying to start the car (diegetic sound) and it frantically won't start, we hear the almost trademarked sound of a failed dying engine. Again followed by a diegetic curse. Followed by some little talk they then immediately skip to the diegetic scene in which you can hear the poor cars engine being pushed to the limits racing down the motorway. There is a very repetitive diegetic engine rumble throughout this short scene. The brakes are then slammed on, the audience can hear this very clearly and it matches the picture of the tyres coming to a halt therefore it is a diegetic sound. The near miss with the lorry produces more diegetic sound. The camera then changes to a high angle shot on the gear stick in which the sticky gears then grind into position.

You can then clearly hear the diegetic sound of the church bells ringing, put into context, this now brings to the audience partial story line behind the frantic behaviour. You can then hear the brakes coming on really quickly (Diegetic sound) and the car coming to a quick stop. You can then hear a lot of diegetic sound such as the car doors opening, dresses being zipped up, talking and others in the scene. Throughout it was a mostly diegetic ridden scene.

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Terminology

Camera angles and shots

Two Shot – Good to show expressions and relationships between two characters.

Semi / Full Arc - Enables audience to see point of view of the character and to see their surrounding environment. Done to show intensity.

Over the Shoulder – To view object or action

Panning- Left to right and moved upon a fixed position often used to follow moving object

Crab / Track – Sideways track which helps audience keep pace with character

Extreme Long Shot – Establishes time and location showing exterior where characters will just be visible setting the scene of the production.

Mid Shot – Follows long shot from the waist up and learns more about the character as audience can see character more close up and body language.

High Angle – Gives audience a sense of characters vulnerability often used in confrontation

Tilt Shot – Expresses characters powers when tilting on access. This is often used with Point of View

Low Angle – Makes the audience feel venerable showing characters power.

Point of View – Shows the action from the characters point of view and enables the audience to feel in a similar position to the character.

Extreme close up followed by Close Up – Allows audience to understand character further and can be used to show characters emotions.

Zoom – Alternative to tracking shot, moving into the action.

Close up- Shows head and shoulders allowing audience to understand characters further.

Long Shot – Enables audience to understand character and their environment (and any potential zombies.)

Analysing Film Terminology

Film Terminology
Master Shot: Usually a wide shot that covers the entire action of a scene. 

Canted Angle: In this angle the camera is tilted on it's horizon pane, making the image unstable, this has a variety of effects on the viewer depending on the context, some of these can be suspense, fantasy or excitement.


Editing:
Graphic Match: This is the term they use when a director cuts from one scene to a similar one but the objects in the two scenes are 'matched' and occupy the same level in the shot.

Superimposition: This is when two or more images are placed over one another, this is also known as double exposure in photography.

Expansion of Time: This is essentially making the duration of a video longer than real-time, not often seen in movies however 'The Matrix' was one to use Time remapping and slow motion. There are a few different ways to achieve expansion of time and they include: Slow motion, time remapping and repetition or different angles.

Sound:
Synchronous sound: This is basically when the a film and the sound are synchronised together such as watching a woman playing a piano and you can hear the output. Asynchronous is the opposite where it intentionally choses not to add the sound to the scene.

Sound Bridge: This is when the previous shown scene carries over the previous sound until the new sound from the next scene begins.

Incidental Music: This is music that is composed to accompany action or dialogue of drama until the next scene or to fill intervals. 

Semotics in moving image

Tilt camera up (Low angle shot)
Power, authority and strength

Tilt camera down (High angle shot)
Small, vunerable

Close up shot
Intimacy, emotions or insight

Long shot
Context, scope or establishing

Fade in, Fade out

Start, beggining and opening Ending and conclusion

Low angle shot

High angle shot

Close up shot

Long shot



Image Terms

Other Terms



Cropping - Part of the picture has been 'cropped' (Missing).

Framing - Positioning of focus point within a natural frame.

Depth - Ability to make out foreground, middleground and background.

Example of a cropped image

Example of a framed image

Example of a depth image

Semiotics

Semiotics

In media we used semiotics to analyse visual codes. Semiotics means the "study of signs". In greek it means "interpreter of signs".

Denotations are the literal sign from a frame or image where as connotations are the assosciations so when we think of a heart for example, most would think of the following:

Dennoations

1. Organ
2. Blood
3. Muscle
4. Puming action

Connotations

1. Love
2. Emotions
3. Strength
4. Courage

"The heart denotes... connotes..."