Film Language

In the lesson today we learnt about different ideas that make up films.
The first is about camera to remember this we use FAM.
This stands for:
Frame (size of shots)
Angle (high, low, Birdseye)
Movement

Then we learnt about Mise en scence to remember what this included we use CLAMPS.
This stands for:
Costume
Lighting
Actors
Make up
Props
Setting (place, weather, time)

Then we learnt about sound we use  MCDOVED to remember this. 
This stands for: 
Music 
Contrapuntal ( opposites e.g. a happy song with a tense scene)
Diegetic/ non diegetic
Off screen (enhancing a high heel noise)
Voiceover
Emotion
Dialogue ( the way they speak)

Finally to analyse editing. To remember this we use STOPS.
This stands for:
Screen time
Transitions
Order of narrative
Pace 
Special effects (SFX)

Boyz n the Hood.



Boyz n the hood starts abruptly with sounds of police sirens and gun shots in the back ground. Facts like "One out of every twenty-one Black American males will be murdered in their lifetime" this gives adds to the harsh reality of how bad life is in America where the film is set. The election poster for Ronald Reagan shows that the film is set in 1984. The film has themes of what life was like for black people in the 1980 and how they are treated differently by police officers. One of the children talks about how both of his brothers have been shot and how he isn't scared of getting shot. This is abnormal as most people are scared of getting shot so for a child of his age to say something like that is very strange.
The opening sequence contains different types of shots. from ECU's when the camera  focuses in on the blood to LS's when the children are walking along the sidewalk. The camera moves as the children walk so its almost like you are another child with them listening to what they are saying.

Using the Matrix  to look at colour, binary oppositions, male/female - good vs evil.

 All the colours in this scene of the matrix are all dark this represents that the film is dark and dangereous and shows something bad is about to happen. The men are outnumbering the women with shows the power of the lady, people underestimate the power of the woman, this shows she is very dangerous.

We used UP to look at how passing of time is shown, sound, mise en scene and camera. 


They show time passing by, by showing they key points in their life this is shows them ageing. The sound is also quite calm and peaceful as it shows they are in love and happy. Their costume also change as their get older due to fashion. It also shows their personality her outfits are also more happy and out going than his. The camera also uses a lot of wide shots which could show that this is their whole life and they don't hide any secrets. It also could show that their life is in this little bubble until she dies when the shots change to mush closer shots, and the sound of the music isn't so upbeat any more.