NOTE TAKING, SPLIT YOUR PAPER INTO 3
TECHNIQUE USED- EXAMPLE- EXPLAIN/ MEANING CREATED/ IMPACT ON AUDIENCE
In summary
1. Write down what technique is used
2. Give an example
3. Explain how meaning being created for the specific representation
(Can you refer to how its working with another technique)
Additional learning
Todorov Narrative theory
Disequilibrium- the period of instability and insecurity in a film's narrative.
Equilibrium- a state of peace and calm, which often exists at the beginning of a film's narrative.
Enigma- the question or mytery that is posed within a film's narrative
Iconography- the objects within a film that are used to evoke particular meanings
OTHER KEYWORDS MUST INCLUDE
REALISM- do the different techniques used work to make the piece realistic?
VERISIMILITUDE- the construction of a believable world
STEREOTYPES- how we expect people and places to be
PROTAGONIST- main character
ANTAGONIST- the enemy
EDITING
1. An important factor is the way that the editing of the sequence grants or witholds narrative information from the audience in order to encourage identification or rejection of particular characters/representations.
2. How are screen time, p.o.v or reaction shots distributed? How hierarchies are established, leading to certain representations being privileged where others are marginalised?
3. Editing frequently shifted the viewer's relationship to dominant views of gender in different scenes?
4. Shot/reverse shot can be used to reinforce relationships - sometimes by exaggerating opposition.
5. Jump cuts can connote disorder.
6. Eyeline match can provide insight to a character's private thoughts, though mainly through camera and mise en scene, actually.
7. Pace of editing can imply character qualities- fast pace suggests energy, for example.
SOUND
1. Sound is typically about narrative, genre and the audience's emotional response to a scene. Then there's editing, which for me is primarily about narrative.
2. Choice of music can imply character qualities- fast pace suggests energy, for example (as with editing)
3. Crescendo implies a build-up of power or emotion, be it in dialogue or non-diegitic music.
MISE EN SENCE
Costume
Body language
Props
Location
Set Design
Lighting
REMEMBER everything you see has connotations- that is, messages or values which are communicated beyond the literal object being shown. For example, if a character wear glasses it carries connotations of intelligence, cleverness, or possible geekiness. Even colours have connotations,
You are looking for connotations which have something to do with gender, or age, or disability etc.. How does the content conform to this view.
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