Twenty Thousand Streets – mise-en-scene
09 Nov 2009 Leave a Comment
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In Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky mise-en-scene is a big affect to the film. In the scene where they are sat at the dinner table the lighting is very dull with light only showing partially through the curtain, shining on part of the lady and table, but outside the weather looks bright. The setting is washed out of colour, creating a sad and severe lifeless effect.
The walls are plain with only a few pictures on the wall, we get a close up of this and see that the photographs are of him as a soldier. This gives us information of his background. Also the surrounding props signify his class clearly, they show wealthyness as it is very ornamental. In this scene two extra chairs have been placed around the table although there is only two of them, i think this is trying to give the feeling of emptiness as if something is missing.
We get close ups of the woman’s facial expressions, giving us a sense of her feelings. She looks very unsure of her self and quite uncomfortable as if there is tension between the pair of them. She is sat there with her arms folded staring at her food with anxiety. Where as the man on the other hand looks very at ease and comfortable, acting as if nothing is wrong and she is worrying needlessly. Although in some parts of the scene he is shaking whilst holding his cup but covering up by his language.
The class between them both shows quite significantly in this part of the film as there dress sense is quite different. Although they both had a late, rough night the night before, the man is dressed very formally and posh with correctness, but the women is dressed informally and quite scruffy.
Camera, editing and sound of Hawkins
25 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
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At the start of the scene there is a close up of Hawkins looking in pain and confussion it then zooms out to see the whole room but everyting as blurred apart from him but you can make out that there is someone in the background looking in. There is then a two shots of his wife and a ma n discussing Hawkins case. There is then a tilt as we see Hawkins coming down the stairs. It then flickers on to the next scene where they are at a party. The back ground music is peopel playing instruments and it zooms into these people then focuses on a man dancings. There is an over the shoulder shot f the wife looking at Hawkins which quickly changes to and eye line match of her staring at this man dancing which looks alot like Hawkins. There is then a pan of Hawkins getting up at dancing and it then is a close up of him with out a fixed frame tracking him whilst he is dancing. There is then a two shot of the wife and the othe r man watching and talking about Hawkings. We then see Hawkins and his wife walking home. This is a long shot of the two of them.
Analysis of Hawkins
19 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
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Throughout the scene that we were shown of Hawkins, there were many different techniques used. At the start of the scene there is a close up shot of Hawkins led in bed, i think this shot was used to give an impression of his feelings as he is led there thinking about what is happening to him. The shot lasts for about ten seconds then goes on to an establishing shot at a high/ canted angle showing the hospital room with the nurses and other patients in bed. There is then a two shot of Hawkins and the nurse at a mid point, there is then an eyeline match shot of the nurses clearing the bedding of the empty bed, i think this is to show that people in the ward are dying. This would give Hawkins an anxious feeling inside him that one day that will be him. It quickly moves into a close up of Hawkins to express his feelings.
The camera is then moving around the room as if it is being held rather than a fixed frame. This gives a feeling of edginess and nervousness. It follows the action that is going on dipping in and out of the frame. You then see Hawkins go over to the doctor and ask what is wrong with him, it then zooms in on the scene and there is an over the shoulder shot of Hawkins. I think this shot is used to give you a clear view of hawkins facial expressions but by also showing part of the doctors shoulder/ face it shows that he is talking to the doctor. This also blocks out the doctors emotions as all we want the focus on is Hawkins.
The lights throughout this scene flicker dull and bright creating a shadow. The flashes indicate a sign of counfussion and misunderstanding , this gives the scene an uncomfortable feeling giving you a sense of his emotion. His glasses are reflecting the light blanking his eyes giving a blurry felling as he isn’t fully aware what is going on.
Todorov
06 Oct 2009 1 Comment
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TODOROV’S THEORY – Todorov proposed a basic structure for all narratives. He stated that films and programmes begin with an equilibrium, a calm period. Then agents of disruption cause disequilibrium, a period of unsettlement and disquiet. This is then followed by a renewed state of peace and harmony for the protagonists and a new equilibrium brings the chaos to an end. The simplest form of narrative (sometimes referred to as ‘Classic’ or ‘Hollywood’ narrative).
Vladimir Propp
06 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
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Vladimir Propp was born on April 17th 1895. He attended st. Petersburg university doing german and russian philosophy. Upon graduation he taught Russian and German at a secondary school and then became a college teacher of German. His character types are used in media education and can be applied to almost any story, be it in literature, theatre, film, television series, etc.
Vladimir Propp extended the Russian formalist approach to the study of narrative structure. In the Formalist approach, sentence structures were broken down into analyzable elements, or morphemes, and Propp used this method by analogy to analyze Russian fairy tales. By breaking down a large number of Russian folk tales into their smallest narrative units, or narratemes, Propp was able to arrive at a typology of narrative structures.
