Answer the following questions on Movement, Sound, Rules 3 and Movies 3 + 4. (Requirements and detai ...
Answer the following questions on Movement, Sound, Rules 3 and Movies 3 + 4. (Requirements and details of the assignment are included in the attached document.) A) Movement in one of the movies or shows assigned for Week Seven or Week Eight: 25% Pick one of the movies or shows assigned for Week 7 or 8. Watch for the first fifteen minutes. Pick a shot or combination of shots (short scene) and discuss the camera movement. Find examples of shots with five different types of camera movement. Pick from these nine types: 1- Pan ( pan right or pan left- specify), 2- dolly sideways (dolly right or dolly left- specify), 3- dolly (dolly in or dolly out-specify) , 4- reverse dolly, 5- zoom (zoom in or zoom out-specify), 6- tilt ( tilt up or tilt down- specify) , 7- hand-held shot (with or without Steadicam- specify), 8- aerial shot, 9- crane shot. For each shot, explain/describe what we see in the shot. Freeze the shot at the beginning of the shot, note the time on the lower right bottom of the screen, then unfreeze it and watch the camera movement until the end of the shot, then freeze it and note the time. In your description, include the time on the counter in the lower right corner. To get full credit, explain the type of camera movement: Explain why you think it’s that type of movement. Explain why it's used here. Example: (Ex. 1.02.44- 1.02.38) (Two men are fighting in a bar.) The camera pans right to follow the men as they fight and move toward the door. It's a pan because the camera stays still while swiveling to follow their movement. The movement is small enough that a pan keeps them about in the middle of the frame as they move slowly from left to right while fighting. Shot One: Shot Two: Shot Three: Shot Four: Shot Five: B) Sound in a movie or show assigned for Week Seven or Week Eight: (25%) Pick one of the two movies assigned for Week 7 or assigned for Week 8. Watch for the first fifteen minutes. Pick a shot or combination of shots (short scene.) Your example should have at least two people in it Discuss the sound. For each shot, explain= Shot or scene starts at what time and ends at what time on the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen? Describe what we see. Example: (Ex. 1.12.03- 1.12.28) ( A man and a woman are having a conversation while walking down a busy street in long shot.) The sound is probably post-synchronous because we hear their conversation clearly but there’s only very faint traffic noise, and there’s no place to hide directional mics. Find examples of five of the following kinds of sound: Sound that is most likely synchronous, non-synchronous, post-synchronous, subjective sound, sound effect, voice-over, dialogue with a clear subtext, montage of sounds (different types mixed together in this shot- which types?). Find a different type of sound in each shot. For each shot, explain the type of sound you notice. Explain why you think so. Use your common sense to think about logistics: where would the mic(s) be in the shot? Close enough to pick up dialogue or other sounds but still not visible in the shot? Not too much background noise? Is the sound likely to be a sound effect or a real sound? etc Shot One: (shot description/type of sound-why?) Shot Two: (shot description/type of sound-why?) Shot Three: (shot description/type of sound-why?) Shot Four: (shot description/type of sound-why?) Shot Five: (shot description/type of sound-why?) C) Pick one film or show assigned for Week 7 or Week 8. Identify the film or show. Analyze the genre. 25% 1- What type of film or show does it seem to be: a thriller? A police procedure? A puzzle mystery? A combination, with some elements from multiple categories? Explain why you think so, with examples. 2- Now that you’ve identified the genre, explain what stage it’s in: primitive? Classic? Revisionist? Parody? Explain why you think so, with examples. D) Rules 3: Explain how the following characteristics of modern crime films apply to a different film or show assigned for Week 7 or Week 8. Identify the film or show. Discuss the characterization, chronology, clues, criminals and solutions. How does the film follow the conventions discussed in Rules 3? Which conventions does it not follow (if any.)? 25%
