The film Martyrs is about two girls and their journey for closure whatever the cost. Events unfold in an unexpected way and soon neither one of them will ever be the same again. The film is not only forgien due to it being in french but also forgien because of what is shown. The genres drama, horror, and mystery lend their elements to the film. Lately a lot of high gore movies are coming out of europe which without a doubt would not make it to any cinema in the united states. From the very begining all the way to the end of the movie it looks as if the movie was shot through a blue filter something similar to David Fincher did in fight club with the green tinge. The majority of the movie is also shot from lower angles to keep us eye level with the characters thus keeping us imerssed into their story. These two girls are supposed to be real people perhaps someone you could bump shoulders with. The use of music is also used sparingly but that does …show more content…
The camera is now a high definition modern camera which starts off steady. Lighting is dim and minimal music now at a pause briefly as the older girl gets out of the bed the camera becomes slightly shakey. A unsettling sound is heard which attracts the awoken girl she approaches the source of the noise. The closer she gets to the source the shakier the camera gets. A higher pitched track is played with horror movie aspects like off tempo and no rythm. The girl runs to her bed and dives in bed the camera is no overhead looking down at the girl under her sheets for a moment. The noises are now approaching the girl which are auidable over the music still playing and intensifying. The child peaks her head out and we see a figure on her bed. The music is at a pause we hear the girl's breathing the camera is shot from the point of view of the girl the figure stays motionless then we hear a shriek and the figure lunges for the girl and we are greeted by the tittle of the
Throughout the film, the filmmaker follows the three victims around in their everyday lives by using somber music and backgrounds of depressing colors. The documentary starts off with colorful images of the scenery
The film opens with a close up of a couple having sex in a field. That image is flung away and a second image replaces the first. This is of the same couple in an even more explicit position. The camera slowly zooms out as we see that the images shown previously are
These techniques are significant as it leads the viewers into contemplating about their own High Schools, creating emotional introspection. As a younger viewer it also enables me to empathise with the students being a similar age to the victims of the massacre. The severity of the situation is also felt through the use of sound as the audience can hear the trembling and distraught tones from the emergency calls. Archival sound footage further strengthens the authenticity of the crisis. As the distressed voices are heard as a voice-over, paired with the solemn sound of the acoustic guitar, the camera techniques further complements the disaster.
When I watching this movie, I notice that I felt less separation from the movie. Initially I could not find a reason for that but, soon after I realize that the camera is not static but it wobbling slightly. In most movie, camera does not move and it creates the frame. In the other hand, this movie’s handheld camera type of camera works imitate the human eyesight feeling and make people feels like to experience the event in a movie as a one of the character. In this perspective, do not explain too much about the detail is emphasizing this experience. Consider these things, I really excited and enjoyed couple of scene which are the running through battle field and engaging to the baby. In the every day world, both scene is pretty rare to experience. For the battle field scene, majority of the people have avoiding to be in there so that is rare. The engaging to the baby experience is quite normal event for most people and of course it is grate experience but, in this movie setting, baby is extremely rare and seeing baby is truly miracle event. To emphasize and provide this miracle event, this camera work is perfect to apply.
The opening scene fades into a girl rolling along a wheelbarrow. A horse is trotting along in front of her. Both of these indicate that she is in a rural area or on a farm. The camera is behind her and we don’t see her face. It is lit naturally and demonstrates deep space (it focuses on the breadth of the entire view of the camera). The camera then cuts to a shot of a boy on a bicycle, in a similar setting as the girl. The sun is facing the camera, creating a natural glare. He rides towards us and then goes out of view. We cut again to the girl, this time closer up. We see her face for the first time. She is probably around 8 years old. The music is a soft, playful piano piece that goes along with her footsteps as she is playing. There are a series of cuts between the boy and the...
Enhancing the sustained fright of this film are an excellent cast, from which the director coaxes extraordinary performances, and Bernard Herrmann's chilling score. Especially effective is the composer's so-called "murder music," high-pitched screeching sounds that flash across the viewer's consciousness as quickly as the killer's deadly knife. Bernard Herrmann achieved this effect by having a group of violinists frantically saw the same notes over and over again.
use of the camera the sound and the mise en scene. I will analyze the
The film starts off with a 911-phone call as the person on the phone explains what is happening. We hear
In the film V for Vendetta the director James Mcteigue uses a range of different film techniques in order to gain the audience's attention and to make the movie more interesting. The four film techniques I’m going to focus on in this essay are editing, music, camera angles and the lighting. I am going to do this by analysing the ‘Domino Montage’ scene.
What do you think about when watching a film? Do you focus on the characters' good looks or the dialogue? Or do you go behind the scenes and think about what made the film? Maybe, it's even a combination of all three. No matter what comes to mind first, an important part of any good movie will be what you see. A camera and good director or cinematographer is needed to make that possible. Different directors and cinematographers will use different camera techniques to make you focus on what you see. Camera techniques show emphasis in films, because they make you focus more on situations and people. They are especially important in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream.
The film director uses sound as a film technique to show the sadness she feels under the great amount of makeup that covers
With every film, there are purposely intended details which are used that may seem unnecessary or irrelevant, but are vital components of the diegesis. For most, it can be helpful to re-watch a movie to get a better understanding for what is going on. To appreciate and completely comprehend a film to its full extent, one must look to identify the five principles of form. When analyzing the plot of Get Out, these principles must be addressed because of the significant details that captivate this entire story. When considering how the aspects of function, similarity and repetition, development, difference and variation, and unity/disunity shape the film, viewers can get a grip for why the director uses certain tactics to compose each scene for
Spike Lee does many fascinating things from a directorial standpoint, which makes his film (dare I say, joint), Do the Right Thing so interesting to watch. Writer, director Lee makes much use of the high and low angle shots. He does this to draw clear contrasts between the two elders of the block, Da Mayor and Mother Sister and to make conflict more apparent.
Sound is an incredibly relevant part of filmmaking. Although often misunderstood, it helps to generate a more realistic episode by recreating the sonic experience the scene needs. Its main goal is to enhance the emotions that each section is trying to convey by adding music and effects alongside moving images. Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960), is one of the most popular films of the XX Century (Thomson, 2009). Commonly recognised as a masterpiece for its cinematographic, editing and musical values, it changed cinema forever by “playing with darker prospects (…) of humanity such as sex and violence (Thomson, 2009)”. This paper will analyse the sound effects used in the shower scene and its repercussions
Although admittedly some scenes have a comical side to them, Besson's fast paced action and gruesome images hold the tension and suspense brilliantly. His use of close-ups and camera movements, especially the subjective stance used by the victim, convey the feelings felt by the characters and the way in which they behave. Sound plays a crucial role in the opening sequence because, in my view, it is used to control the level of suspense and intrigue.