Moulin Rouge Scene Analysis!

The title of the film that has been analyzed is Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann. The scene in this film that had been focused on, genre is Drama. The scene is portrayed as being very intense and suspenseful, which helps to make the genre clear as being dramatic. Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special effects, comedy, or action; Dramatic Films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets. All of these sections are related to the movie, Moulin Rouge, which prove it to be a dramatic film. Throughout, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound will be included in this analysis to demonstrate that this scene fits into the genre of epic, intense, musical drama.

The mise-en-scene shown throughout this scene is highly realistic and important in establishing that the film, Moulin Rouge is accurately depicted as an intense, musical drama. This scene is set in olden day London in the evening. It shows the alleyways, olden buildings, the Moulin rouge itself, a messy apartment, a variety of different bars and restaurants and most of the lower parts in London. The setting is very realistic and also helps to demonstrate to the audience that this film’s genre is a drama. The lighting throughout this clip seems to intensify the meaning of the film, and helps to create suspense. The lighting at the beginning is dark to help show the mood of the scene and as the scene continues, the light becomes blue when seeing the man typing at his typewriter. Then, when the scene begins to end, the lighting becomes normal and no signs of darkness are displayed, as it is a flashback. This produces a dramatic effect, as there are many different emotions exposed throughout the clip. As the scene shifts settings, the lighting changes and this also helps create a state of constant tension, which is consistent with the dramatic narrative of Moulin Rouge. The style of acting within this scene persuades the audience to think of the movie as being the genre of drama. Depending on the setting, the style of acting shifts throughout. When the setting is outside on the streets, the acting is very crazy, due to the many over-exaggerated faces and motions of movement. When the man is using the typewriter there is a significant sad style of acting. This is a very common emotion, and contributes widely to making the characters seem realistic. Overall, the sections of lighting, setting and style of acting, contained within the mise-en-scene unit, makes the scene from Moulin Rouge seem like a very dramatic movie.

The film, Moulin Rouge, is an intense, musical drama, directed by Baz, Luhrmann. Throughout the scene that has been analyzed, many features of mise en scene and have been put into the scene. The settings and lighting helps to demonstrate that this scene fits into the genre of being an intense, musical drama. The style of acting depicted the characters to appear very realistic and also helped to create the effect that this film is very dramatic. The audience can clearly see that a lot of hard work and time has been spent on making this scene.

Horror Movie Recipe!

Horror Recipe

Ingredients:

Dark scenery

1 bloodthirsty murderer

body organs

mysterious house

big barren tree

ghosts/zombies

suspenseful music

blood

creepy clowns

howling sound effects

a six year old girl

a murdered teenager

private detective (father of girl)

kitchen knife

Method

1. Take your dark scenery and place it in the background of the scene, include the big barren tree in this.

2.Have your suspenseful house in front of the background, and make the 6 year old girl and detective/father

live their.

3. Play howling music in the background.

4. Have the six year old girl discover a murdered teenager covered in blood in a bathroom. Also have

suspenseful music playing in the background.

5.Make the private detective (father) be at work, and have the 6 year old girl call the father.

6. As the daughter is talking to the father, make zombies and clowns appear, and have them creepily

crawling towards the house.

7. Make the six year old girl take a kitchen knife and stab a clown. For extra effect, make sure organs pop

out from the clown.

8. Make the father rush home and discover a bloodthirsty murderer inside the house with the daughter.

Make sure blood is rushing all over her.

9. Make the father a detective and discover a knife on the floor.

10. Make him throw the knife towards the murderer. To make it extra creepy make sure the knife lands

right between the murderers eyes.

11. To make sure that the horror movie ends in a happy but creepy way, make the father and daughter

reunite and move to another house to live a perfectly normal life.

Film- Sahara

Original version:
Sound: Right Place, Wrong Time- Dr. John

In the original version, the background music in the intro makes the audience believe that the movie is very light-hearted and fun adventure for two guys, that have obviously known each other for a long time. As the music is very funky and upbeat, it gives the audience the impression that the movie is going to be happy and funny and have a storyline that could fit into the genre, comedy. Just by using this music, the film has already created a mood, that the audience responds to.

Edited version:
Sound: Bad Dream- Keane

In the edited version, the background music in the intro makes the audience believe that the movie has a sad story behind it or an event has gone terribly wrong in the two guys life's. It seems as if one of the friends died, as the music is quite sad and dramatic. The background music gives the audience the impression that the film they are about to watch, is quite depressing and may fit under the genre, drama. Using this song, the audience senses a mood, which is quite sad.

Sound for Film!

Sound used in a film:
- Music
- Sound effects
- Dialogue

When analysing sound consider:
- Uses of sound
- Qualities of sound
- Sources of sound (diagetic sound and non-diagetic sound)
- Timing of sound

Diagetic sound- see the item making the item eg. see book falling to the floor and hear the bang
Non-diagetic sound- sound unrelated to visuals eg. weird, creepy sound effects

Directors and film crew use sound, sound effects and dialogue in their films to enhance the tension during the show. It also helps to change the audience's mood and the mood of the film during the show. It helps to give emotion to the film.

Examples of Editing Techniques!

Jump cuts- goes directly from one scene to another
Slow Motion/Montage- scene slows down
Wipe Transition- scene wipes off screen
Still/Thaw Frame- freeze frame
Form Cut- match cut
Flash Cuts- when a shot changes at a fast pace
Fast Motion Time Compression- speed up footage so it appears something is taking place over a long period of time
Tempo/Rhythm- scene fits music
Freeze Frame- still/thaw frame

Jeep Commercial Analysis!

What comments can you make about the Rhythm of this commercial?
The rhythm is very up beat, as the shots and background sound are in sync, but are changing rapidly and cutting every time they change. The rhythm in this commercial is very fast and it help makes the audience become excited about whats going to happen next. The fast-paced editing really creates a sense of rhythm, as the frame covers a large variety of people and places. It also matches with the music.

How does the editing manipulate the passage of time?
It shows a range of time periods. eg: nighttime, daytime. The audience also sees the sun setting in a scene, so we know that the time is changing. The jeep's are always traveling in the commercial and the audience can see the white lines on the road moving.

Are there any graphic matches and how are they used to enhance the commercial?
There are many graphic matches shown throughout the commercial and they enhance it by creating a sense of rhythm to the commercial and making it more interesting. Match cut's are also shown in the commercial, where the people and cars in one shot change into other people and cars, but they are in the same place as the last shot. These match cuts enhance the commercial, giving it rhythm, passing of time and graphic relationships.

Class Notes- Film Terminology!

Basic Film Terminology:
Shot --> Edit --> Scene

Shot- a continuous piece of filming without interruption from the time the camera is turned on and starts filming until it is turned off. In general most shots lasts for no more than about 10 seconds. The camera or subjects may more during a shot, however the filming is uninterrupted.

Edit- An edit is a break in the film where on shot ends and the next shot begins. The four common types of edit are:
-cuts
-dissolve
-fades
-wipes (occasionally)

A scene: A scene is a collection of shots, arranged from editing into a specific order. When reading film, its common to analyze individual scenes rather then specific shots. A scene with two characters having a conversation would likely consist of fewer shots than a fast-paced car chase.

Genre: Genre is a loose set of criteria for a category of composition.

Film Language: Elements used to elicit an emotional response in the audience.
Mise en Scene --> Cinematography --> sound + editing

Mise en Scene: This is a combination of all the visual elements within the frame.
Style of acting --> props --> setting --> lighting.

Frame: the physical boundary that contains what the audience sees.

Cinematography --> Framing --> Camera Position --> Camera Movement --> Focus --> Perspective --> Exposure --> Speed.

Editing: Graphic relationships, Rhythm, Passing of time.
Graphic Relationship- Jump cut: shortens events.
- Match cut: Graphic matching of one object visual element with another.\

Sound: Music --> Sound effects --> Dialogue.

Homework Task on Slide 13 !

This image is illustrating serious men in a factory floor of a building. They are all working very hard and are all very busy. The frame shows a variety of different electronic equipment and all of the men seem to be working at diffrent work stations, which are separated and illuminated by the different lights. It is very dark, which helps to create the effect that its very serious and dark and moody. This image is an establishing shot, which takes in a wide view of the entire setting. This helps the audience to understand where the action is taking place.

Camera Shots, Camera Movement and Camera Angles !

In class this week, we have also been discussing different camera shots, the camera movement in a film and a variety of camera angles. The range of camera shots that we have been looking at include:
- Extreme Long Shot: The view that shows a wide range of a setting and the subject is very far away. Often used as an establishing shot.
- Long Shot: The subject takes up the full frame, but the frame also shows some of the background.
- Mid Shot: Shows the whole subject, with no background included.
- Medium Close-up: Shows half of the subject, usually the top half.
- Close-up: A certain feature or part of the subject that takes up the whole frame.
- Extreme Close-up: The ECU shows extreme detail and highlights only part of the subject. Usually is used to show emotion.

The different camera movements that we have looked at are:
- Crab
- Dolly
- Pan
- Tilt
- Tracking
- Trucking
- Zooming

The camera angles that we have looked at involve:
- Eye Level: This is the most common view, being the real-world angle that we are all used to. It shows subjects as we would expect to see them in real life. It is a fairly neutral shot.
- High Angle: A high angle shows the subject from above, i.e. the camera is angled down towards the subject. This has the effect of diminishing the subject, making them appear less powerful, less significant or even submissive.
- Low Angle: This shows the subject from below, giving them the impression of being more powerful or dominant.

Reference:
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/

Mise-en-scene and Cinematography

During this week, in class we have been discussing mise-en-scene and cinematography. We have been watching different clips and looking at trailers from horror movies. Mise-en-scene is a French term and originates in the theatre. It means, 'put in the scene.' For film, it has a broader meaning, and refers to almost everything that goes into the compostion of the shot, including the composition itself. Mise-en-scene refers to the framing, movement of the camera and characters, lighting, set design, general visual environment and the sound in a composition. Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. I have found learning about mise-en-scene and cinematography very interesting and exciting so far.

References:
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~landon/Local_Information_Files/Mise-en-Scene.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematography