The segment I chose is running from 0:37 to 05:31 minutes from the movie called Moonrise Kingdom. The movie tells an adventure about two 12-year-old kids called Sam and Suzy. And from the adventure we find that the director praises the children’s simplicity and the pureness of their love and ridicules the absurd and confused world that adults live in. The scene I chose shows various rooms in Suzy’s house, family members and the island that they live on called Island New Penzance. The beginning scene shows the keynote of the movie seems to be serious and dramatic. And the three elements I will examine are soundtrack,camera movement and costume. The first feature is the soundtrack. The main soundtrack played in the segment is The Young …show more content…
It shows all the separate parts of the orchestra and this is used to emphasise the separateness of Suzy’s family member. There are two close ups of Suzy when the whole orchestra is playing. The first close up was of Suzy’s left side of her face when the orchestra starts and this shows how calm and serious a 12-year-old girl is. With the whole orchestra created a serious tone and this combined with a close up camera shot helps to highlight the mood the director is trying to portray which undercurrent of feeling is nervous. The second close up of Suzy was when she watches the letter and this shows she has an expression of determination. Maybe her eye is reflecting the thoughts of leaving her family and it is time to go. The music used in this scene is still very …show more content…
The most significant camera is panning and tracking. There are four main panning and tracking scenes which runs vertically and horizontally. The four panning and tracking scenes show the separateness of the family members. It works with the soundtrack which I mentioned before. This method is used to show the audience that it’s a dysfunctional family. On the other hand, the four panning and tracking shots make the house look like a toy house. One thing before these four shots I noticed was there was a shot of a toy house which is in their house and it looks the same as Suzy’s house. This camera shot is used to help reinforce the theme that this family is dysfunctional as it suggests that they don't live in a real world. This also helps to later create the under-lying theme that young people love is pure, like a fairy tale. The colour used is a soft candle light gold creating a dreamlike view from a mid-shot camera angle. Every time Suzy used the binoculars a close-up camera shot was used to show a reoccurring message of Suzy wanting to get away from her family. This also shows her lack of security, possibly caused by her dysfunctional family. There is a close up of the letter which was in the mailbox, which shows Sam’s name. The drums played in the background creating and building a sense of mystery. In the introduction segment, cross-cutting was used.The cross-cutting has been used to play with audience expectation. This is
long shots. high-angle shots, and a lot of fun. spherical camera lens. These particular devices provide a glimpse at the realities of the oppression, poverty and despair of many of the American people during this time. From the start of the film it is apparent what time frame it is taking place in and the differences in the social stratification through the lack of colors.
	Aside from the audio and visual points, there are various camera angles used. When everyone is circled around the boiling pot the camera man uses a stedicam shot to circle around and show everyone’s face. When the viewer is seeing a girl take off her clothes the camera technician uses a zoom shot. This holds true when the governor approaches the gathering.
There is a brilliant use of diagonal dimensions in this scene in the railing behind the hearse, again sending a message of disorganization and anxiety. There is also the use of movement here as a gentle breeze ruffles the hair of the character, almost as a caress, and it is a stark contrast to the underlying sense of danger. The brightly colored almost cartoon-like use of the graffiti hearse and the colorful signs as dominate contrasts suggest that there is a bit of hope for the characters in this film. At second 5 the scene changes to a center framed shot with the main character shot at a quarter turn. The subsidiary focus is the characters in the background who also are at a quarter turn. The shot is with a hazy lens to depict their secondary significance to the main character. The lighting used here is both high and low key with the emphasis in high key lighting on the center foreground character to draw the viewer’s eye to him. He also appears taller than the subsidiary characters to reinforce his status as the
The first element is Camera distance; it is used in every scene and in every shot. It refers to how far away the camera is to the characters in the scene. Camera distance was developed in order to provide more to the mise-en-scene of a certain scene. “Mise-en-scene encompasses of variety of categories related to the staging of an action”(Belton 47). Camera distance is one of these important factors in making the scene and giving a sense of what you are supposed to be experiencing during the film. Without using camera distance to its fullest the scene or shot may not come across to the viewer as what the director or writer intended. An example of camera distance being used to its potential is in the opening sequence at ricks café. The first shot that we see at ricks is of ricks sign on the ca...
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...
A joyous celebration of the sanctity of life is generated through the element of Mood and atmosphere. The clip begins with a soft orchestration of piano and violin, creating a magical melody. The choice of melody creates the mood and atmosphere that influences the audience to feel joyous from the outset. The use of lighting adds dramatic effect to the mood and atmosphere of this scene; a warm yellow beam of light streams out of the barn, cutting through the dark and rainy morning, which
music to analyse—in fact, the music runs almost constantly throughout the film without very little
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
... like Szpilman is gradually getting into that becoming a pianist phase and how the film overall has increased his confidence. The camera then zooms into his hand playing the piano showing the audience what to focus on. One hand has a lot of light towards it whilst the other hand is dark, which could mean that maybe his other hand will be in the light as he continues to play the piano, which is his lifelong dream. Then the camera zooms out showing us what else is in the frame. The director does this to show the audience that we should focus on where the light is coming from. The curtains have quite a detailed pattern on them which suggests that the room might have belonged to a professional and wealthy pianist. This might suggest that Szpilman is almost as if he is bringing the room back to life. This is shown with the different parts of the room covered with light.
Another good camera technique used in Requiem for a Dream were split screens. The split screens used by Aronofsky were perfectly split in the middle. The screens used maintained a good balance of your attention on both sides. The split screens allowed you to see two characters at once, making it easy to see what each one was doing at the same time. For example, there was a scene where Harry and Marion were talking to each other. Both of their faces and bodies were shown at the same time. Each character's response to each other was shown while they were talking or touching. It emphasized each character’s love for the other, making it feel like you were in the room watching what was taking place.
The background is covered in dim shadows. It could also be symbolic that they're in a dark place in their life at the moment. The scene has two planes: one focuses on the table and couple and the other focuses on the girl and the background. The heads of the family create a perfect triangle and another triangle is the girl in the middle with the two candles on each side. It creates a triangle within a triangle. The scene is a combination of high key and low key lighting.The high key lighting is primarily focused on surface of the cloth and the candles; it's very bright and the candles bring some light to all three of the character's faces. The characters are then washed with some light shadows on their clothing and the rest of the shadows stick to the background. The colors are generally made up of blue and neutral colors. The walls are blue and the windows are neutral; the man is wearing a blue shirt while the girl is wearing a gray one. The woman is wearing pink and the table is white; it contrasts against them. The colors and dim lighting set the mood to be tense and/or stressful. The left third is the woman, and she seems more
That shot starts with a band commencing their next song, and Lisa and Lieutenant Leopold enters the frame, where the camera starts tracking them. In the foreground, the band continues to march while Lieutenant Leopold breaks the news to his uncle in the background. At this point, the audience do not get to hear what Lieutenant Leopold said to his uncle. Lieutenant Leopold and his uncle then leave the frame, as the last band member does the same. Only now do the audience hear what the characters say, and as Lisa and her parents are talking, the camera tracks in from a wide shot to a mid close up of the three of them. The shot then ends with a dissolve, back to Stefan Brands (Louis Jourdan) reading the letter.
While Suzy lives on the island she agrees with Sam and sometimes questions his approach but she trusts him and leaves most planning. Suzy’s distinctive eye
He pushed the limits of the camera and used it to its full potential. As Pat struggles with becoming a better person the camera reflects that. In the beginning the when we are first introduced to Pat and all his issues, the camera is nervously moving from character to character, scene to scene, especially when Pat has an episode caused by his disorder. (Medeafilms, 2013.) However, as the movie progresses and the love between Tiffany and Pat grew, the camera begins to move slower and more controlled, catching every detail.
The importance of music in movies is highly regarded for manipulating the viewer’s emotions and helping them immerse into the story. Music is one of the prime elements in cinema. Without it a movie would feel dull and unexciting. There are three elements in a movie: one is acting, the second is picture, and the third one is music. It is a holy trinity; if incomplete, there would be a lack of sensation and excitement. Both acting and picture can stand independently from one another, but music is the one that makes the movie memorable.