how is ethnicity represented in this clip - WEST 10 LDN

the establishing shot at the beginning of this sequence straight away shows us that this is somewhere in london you can tell this by the blocks of flats. the next shot if close up of a young black male's hand pushing some sort of parcel. as he is pushing it the camera pans up showing us a white male from the look on his face we can see that he has some sort of power. within their dialogue they are both using London slang which straight away suggests to the audience that this is set in London. the camera cuts between them both at a slow pace there are more on the white male but the black male seems more dominant as he is the one mostly speaking and by his body language and facial expression you can see that he is quite cool, confident and obviously knows what he is doing. this conforms to the stereotype of young black youths in London as they are usually known for having some involvement in drugs and money n crime which is extremely negative there. the moment they both touch fists is a gesture which youths do to show that everything is cool. the black male is wearing baggy jeans and a hoodie which conforms to the sterotype as urban youth are famously known for there hoodies. the white male subverts his stereotype as he has dreadlocks lots of bling and he talks street and also Jamaican. the next scene with the young girl Elisha when she opens her purse and we see the picture of her dad is another stereotypical view on London street youth. she pulls out an address which tells us she wants to go and find him the next scene when she gets out of bed you can see that she doesnt actually have a bed its just a mattress which shows poverty that her and her family don't really have alot of money this also conforms to its stereotype because its is known that urban street youth living in council estates are often living in poverty. when elisha heads for the door she asks her sister who's there and she kisses there teeth this is an indication to us that it is someone that they are not keen on at all. Elisha is in her pyjamas. At the door you can see that there is a lack of space between her door and a fence which shows us that they don't have a lot of freedom. but the music in the background subverts that telling us that they still manage to find ways to keep happy and get on with life. at the end we have a long close over the shoulder shot of elisha smiling which shows us that she is happy to see who is standing in front of her.

representation on disability

The cinematography in this clip represents disability of the female character as inferior to the other characters in this scene.

I connoted a long shot used as the male character drags her into the scene denoting that because she is in a wheelchair she isn't able to move around on her own.

this....the stereotype of disabled people because they are usually portrayed to be helpless and lack of body movement.

disability is also represented through the female character as inferior because of how she is positioned in the frame.

the camera is positioned the same throughout as a long shot of the two main characters a the female in the middle near the bottom of the screen which denotes the males dominance and mobility.

This suggests the stereotypical norm between an able and disabled people.

The cinematography in this scene denotes the representation on disability towards the female as negative.

I connoted that the camera zooms in to a close up two shot of the two male characters and deliberately cuts her out of the shot which shows that she is less important. and also when the camera cuts to the female her lower half is never shown, its always kept at a mid shot. This denotes that what they are discussing between each other isn't really much of an interest to them.

This conforms with the stereotype of disability because the in todays society we tend to not pay any attention to the feelings of people with disabilities.

The sound in this clip represents the disabilities for female characters

How is ethnicity represented?

In this film, bend it like Beckham, one of the ways ethnicity is represented is through the use of mise en scene. the main props used to define ethnicity are the big picture on the families living room wall of their Hindu god which suggests to us that religion is an important part of their lives. the clothes that they wear are sari's which show that they are strict Hindu's but however the main character Jess and her sister choose their own attire. Jess is a tomboy and wears tracksuit bottoms and t-shirts her sister is a girly girl and wears tight fitted sometimes revealing clothing. which shows they are slightly rebellious towards their religion. the props used in Jess' which show ethnicity are the Dahl which she is helping her mum cook this shows the audience about indian culture as its a tradition for daughters to help their mothers cook and clean. jules is white british and football is a part of their. jules and her family have a big football net in their back yard which suggests to us that football is quite important. also the scene scene where Jules dad is demonstrating to her mum the rules of football using various items of food. jules' mum dresses very stylish like a football wag where as jules is also a tomboy who wears tracksuit bottoms crop tops and t-shirts. the other characters in the story are indian but there the total opposite to the strict religious Indians. they wear very revealing clothes they have more of a slutty attitude, not very intelligent and rebellious.

The editing is used to represent ethnicity of jess to show her dominance when she is playing football with her friends the shots cut really quick and cuts away between her and David Beckham to compare and show how quick and skilled she is. the speed of the transitions between every scene are very fast which show time passing by. the shots on jules are cut much shorter to show that she is important but not as important as jess which is different because usually white characters are portrayed to be more dominant either as a protagonist or antagonist. there are a few shots of Jess and Jules' Coach Joe but when then the camera is on him the it stays on him for a good few seconds to show audience that he has some sort of romantic connection with Jess which is normally forbidden in indian culture for them to marry anyone outside of their culture. There are a lot of cross fades used to show time still going by and within these shots many different things are happening such as indian wedding, fighting, blossoming relationship and also the outcome of the whole story.

The sound used to represent ethnicity is mostly sound track. the soundtrack is very upbeat and fast paced to show a contrast within the cultural family and football. the dialogue of jess' mum and dad represent ethnicity because they have a very strong indian accent whereas Jess' and her sister's accent are english. the sound effects which are used are a chime bell whenever Jess drops a bombshell on her mum for example: when she tells her mum she is joining a girls football team.

Social class clip (lower class) - Misfits E4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxgu5FWLO_Q

Characters: Curtis, Alisha, Kelly, Nathan & Simon

Sound

The 5 characters all have slightly different accents which shows there not all from the same place However, they all share the same use of bad language. Some of them don't come across as being very open minded or intelligent they also show some aggression towards each other which gives audience the impression that they are hard people to get along with. their personalities all stand out in there own ways. just from this short clip you can tell what type of person they each are. The non diegetic sound being played at the beginning where the naked man wakes up, it's quite an upbeat comedic type of track it creates humor.

Just after its been revealed to us that the naked man is nathan's mums friend Kelly asks why is he naked then Alisha replies "He's obviously some kind of pervert....or he's gay." this shows us that she is very small minded and homophobic. then Kelly awnsers "or he could be a rapist, there's loads of them round here" which shows she too is small minded. Simon then says "maybe hes a warewolf.....it's what happens in films, you turn into a warewolf when you've killed somebody and wake up somewhere naked....like in a zoo" this shows us he has a lack of intelligence because warewolves do not exist. througout this whole clip they use strong language for example "shit", "bollocks", and "twat". Their tones of voice vary between them they all stand out apart from Simon who's the quiet and slightly wierd character. you know that the non diegetic creates comedy because as the track is being played the teenagers burst out into laughter.

the ways they speak to one and other within this clips shows the audience that they dont show much manners and respect towards each other. the clip where this naked man reveals him self accidentally, the non diegetic track there creates humor as it is very uncommon to bump into a naked person laying on the floor also when we runs away he falls over creating more comedy as he is extremely embarrassed and the teens are quite surprised. this language that the teenagers used overall in this clip is they type of language slight rebellious, stereotypical teenagers use. it denotes that they aren't well spoken and they're quite angry inside.


Cinematography

A low angle shot is used at the beginning to introduce the characters to the scene. A two shot of Simon and Nathan is used. in this shot audience can see Simon's immature behaviour. There's a panning shot of Nathan trying to catch the naked man as he runs away it then stops as Nathan cant get past the barred fence. At 0.40 the rule of thirds is used in an over the shoulder shot from Nathan to Curtis, Alisha and Kelly as Alisha starts to speak. i connoted that Simon is standing on his own whilst the others are standing in a 3 and Nathan is facing them all. then lastly there's a close of Nathan putting his fingers in his ears and singing "LA LA LA"trying to block out Alisha's comments.

The low angle shot at the beginning creates a sense of dominance towards the group of teens, their all wearing the same clothes and doing the same job which shows the audience that they are in their own sort of gang. within the two shot of Nathan and Simon, Simon takes a picture of the naked man on his phone which suggests his immaturity and lack of respect for peoples privacy. The panning shot of Nathan chasing the man then stopping at the barred fence denotes his loss of freedom. this also suggests to the audience that the teens have been punished. Hand held camera is used to show tension within the group and the uneven balance in their personalities. the rule of thirds shows us that Simon is an out cast as everyone else is in the same shot at this point apart from him.

The panning of Nathan stopping at the barred fence connotes that for some important reason he cannot pass there the bars indicate some sort of prison which now explains why they are wearing orange jumpsuits looking like convicts. it clear now that they are doing community service as an alternative to going to jail.

friday challenge - mise en scene

I took a photo which represents the mis en scene in a thriller genre.

About me

mise en scene picture

This picture is taken form the film mr. and mrs. smith starring angelina jolie and brad pitt. i chose this picture because it shows good use of mise en scene. One of the main props used in this image is rubble, the use of this prop signifies to the audience that there has been an explosion. Fire is still burning showing us that the explosion was recent. The costumes of the characters are casual, their in white to make them stand out and show audience that they are the protagonists and still dominant. they look as if they where in the middle of getting ready or changing their clothes also indicating to us that this could have been their house and that they must have been inside it when this esplosion occured. Both of their facial expressions show us they are in shock and disbelief. The space within this scene is quite open but at the same time the characters are very close together suggesting that they are surrounded by destruction and chaos. the lighting in this scene is bright and misty from the smoke from the flames.

Preliminary task

This is a preliminary task that i did alongside Nicole, Rebbecca and Rayna. Our clip is about a teacher who is being stalked by the ghost of a girl who she used to bully when she was in school. none of us have really worked on filming a sequence before so it was a challenge to all of us and we never knew what to expect from it all. we took turns in filming various shots and sharing ideas, we worked very well together and we now all have more stronger knowledge and understanding of how to film a sequence. however during the editing process we found it quite difficult none of us have used imovie before so it was a bit of a struggle. the main difficulties i had when editing my clip was that it was to cut each shot down enough so that they could flow into each other without making them all look as if i just jump cuts. if i could have another chance to improve this sequence i would try to finish on time and make sure that i add things like transitions and sound effects to it because when watching this back you can tell that it hasn't been properly been looked at during the editing stage. there a plenty of mistakes and continuity errors that need to be corrected for example at 2:41 there's a lady standing in the back ground and then a few seconds later she has disappeared. also the lighting was quite poor from about 1:10 and onwards. on the whole i think that our thriller sequence is ok for a first attempt. the things that i enjoyed most was actually filming the scenes because i got to share some of my ideas and opinions with my group and experiment with cinematography and i also enjoyed adding the sound track to my work because i like the fact that i got to play around with the music a cut and copy different parts to make it fit in with the sequence the way i wanted it too.

Analysis of the editing in G.I. Joe - Rise of the cobras (2009)

for homework we were asked to analyse the editing in any movie clip. i decided to analyse the editing from the G.I. Joe trailer. at the very start of the clip a wash in is used to set the scene, to show us a different world. the next edit that is used is a fade out after the antagonist says "i want the warheads ready to launch in one hour" this suggests that time (one hour) has past. panning shot is used showing two of the antagonist standing side by side then the short pans behind them in a fast pace showing the back of them in a long shot looking at a giant screen. then shot then wipes out to show the audience a new scene in a different location. After about 4 seconds the shot fades to the protagonists showing us time passing and also to show us that there a different things happening at the same time. after two seconds it fades again to another location with one of the antagonists and then its fades to black for about 3 seconds. Next is a shot of people in the 'real' world just talking with people and doing their everyday stuff showing normality then there's an explosion and the shot fades for another 3 seconds. it then fades in back to where the explosion was and something strange is happening to the building and then it goes to a long shot then cuts to an Ariel view above the building. it cuts again to a mid shot of people running as the building is collapsing the cuts are coming in at a fast pace to show pandemonium and danger. As the building hits the water and water splashes up at the camera the shot fades to black moving to a different location where the protagonists are. that shot then fades after 5 seconds then fades again this shows us that time is moving on really fast. theres a voiceover of the protagonists leader telling us about what he is and they all do and then we are shown a shot of each protagonist one after the other in action each time the shot changes to a different protagonist the shot fades into each one. after the last one is shown it fades for 6 seconds then fade back in to one of the protagonists saying 'I want in.' then it fades again showing us them putting their Armour and uniform on ready to go to war with the antagonists. the shots are still fading showing us time is still moving on. a wash in shot is then used when the action between the protagonists and antagonists begin. then its fades twice when one of the protagonists leap from the top of a building to the antagonists air craft. the shots start to come in quickly and cut away's are used at a fast pace cutting to action to location etc. showing us that the battle between good and evil has begun. then an overcranking (slow motion) edit is used as two of the protagonist jump into a moving train and out the other side then the shots begin to cut away again. then eventually it fades to black for a few seconds and then fades in again to one of the protagonist. then fades back to black and the movie title appears and after about 6 seconds it fades to black. and we hear one of the antagonist say 'This has only just begun.' as she says this the shot fades back in and we see her face then it cuts away and the goes into slow motion as two of the protagonist start dodging very fast moving baby missiles which are coming to wards them.

Thriller trailer - The Others

the trailer for the others has used various different types on conventions to make audiences see that this is a thriller. at the start of the trailer the music that is being played is a soft slow paced sound to make the audience unaware of what is going to happen it slightly relaxes them a bit then it slowly changes giving the audience that feel that somethings not right. this is relates to the thriller convention because it builds up suspense and tension for the audience. the trailer creates a sense of mystery, the dialogue that is is very mysterious its creates enigma codes for the audience for example at 0:40 one of the children say why did you open the window?" and the other replies "it was victor" this raises enigma because we now want to know who victor is. also at 1:00 theres a voice over of an old woman saying "sometimes the world of the dead gets caught up in the world of the living" this almost confuses the audience and makes them question what she means. the story links with normality because its set in a large family home a mother, two children and a nanny and it just seems to start of as another normal day in their life which tends to happen in most thrillers starts of as a normal day and then goes into a disequilibrium. there are a lot of fades and wash outs used in this scene and whip pans as there scene becomes more alive. the whip pans suggest confusion as the mother its trying to find out what is happening and the fades show that time is passing really quickly these go into the thriller genre because in thrillers these styles of editing are often used to create a sort of pandemonium and have audiences on the edge of there seats wondering whats going on. theater of the mind is used a couple times in this clip for example at 0:30 we see the handle of the bedroom door moving up and down as though someone is trying to get in but we never get to see who it was and also at 1:21 we seen the mother look behind her through the mirror at the door and its closing but we don't get to see if anyone was there. theater of the mind works well within the thriller genre because it leave the audience to make up an alternative to what they think happened next which makes the film more exciting for them. no crimes are committed in this trailer we only see spirits getting in to the minds of the living the house belonged to a family before whom had a history there and the spirits are trying to claim back whats theirs by getting to the young childrens heads and slowly twisting them leaving their mother to think that something is wrong with them suggesting that the others is a psychological thriller.

storyboard film

for our task we had to choose a partner and create a six framed storyboard sequence which demonstrated the use of 'Theater of the Mind' after we did so we then had to import or six frames onto the mac PC and edit each frame into a small sequence. i worked with Rayna and our sequence is called 'The Deal'. the first shot is a long shot of two men walking into an office and finding a man dead in his chair with a note in his hand. the next shot is a close up of the dead man's hand with the note in it. we then used a two shot of the two men reading the note. then we have a mid shot of a suitcase on the desk. the next shot is another mid shot of man number 1 opening up the suitcase and our last shot is a two shot of the two men with the suitcase, man number 2 looking frightened and man number 1 with smug grin on his face. we created various theater of the mind moments within this small sequence. The first moment we use theater of the mind is when we see the guy sitting in the chair. we are unable to tell if he is dead or alive so at this point the audience is wondering who he is and whats up with him also what and why the two other men are in there. The second time we used theater of the mind is when the two men are reading the note the audience can't see whats in the note so they don't know whether the note is good or bad. the next time we use theater of the mind is when man number 1 opens the suitcase and then we see man number 1 and 2's facial expressions in the last shot. by looking at the last shot and the way it fades into black could be a suggestion that something bad may be about to happen to man number 2 and that man number 1 had been part of another plan to get rid of him it leaves you thinking about many alternative endings because at the start it seemed as tho they were partners and in on something together and by watching the end it seems as though man number 2 was cut out of the last part of the deal.
our use of theater of the mind was successful, we used it more than once we tried to make the audience have to question each shot i.e whats this? who is he? why is he there? etc. which Rayna and i agreed went quite well we also asked other people what they thought about it and they seemed to enjoy it and also agreed that the theater of the mind was used very well.
if we could improve it i think could have took more time with the drawings, maybe add a few more shots to build up more suspense and use more transitions and a small bit of dialogue.
before doing this task i wasn't able to use iMovie i found it difficult but since finishing this task and a little help i now get the hang of it and find it a lot easier to use, it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be.

Camera shots

For media we were told to take pictures of long shot, mid shot, close - up establishing shot etc so that we are able to show our understanding of the different types of camera shot that there are. during the lesson Nicole Rebbecca Rayna & I went out a took pictures showing each of the shots above these are some of the photos that were taken.


This is an establishing shot this is used to set the scene. in this shot we can see that the scene is about to take place at a school on a bright sunny day.

This is a long shot of Philip strolling we can see this is a long shot because we are able to see Philips whole body along with some of the setting in the background which helps gives the audience an idea of where he is.

Here is a side shot of him as he takes a drink we used this shot to show that he was thirsty that although he was taking a sip of his drink you can see in his facial expression that he is contemplating what hes going to do or where he is going to go next.



this is a mid shot. in this shot you can see Philip looking quite suspicious, hes thought about his next move. mid shots are often used to focus on part of something in particular but at the same time still show the spectators enough to feel as though they are looking at the whole of that specific thing.

this is a low angle shot in this picture you can see that Philip is looking down on us which suggests that he has become more dominant and from his body language and facial expression we can see that he is smirking and the way his arms are positioned show that he is in control.

this is a close up shot of a bag the reason we chose this a close up is because it builds up tension with the audience when they see this it makes them wonder what could be in the bag, is it good or bad etc. we also took this as a close up to show that in our story its plays an important part.

This is an over the shoulder shot in this shot we can see that jordan has been confronted by someone. by his facial experssion we can see that he looks a bit frustrated as though he doesn't like what he is being told. this shot is usually used if we want to see a conversation between two people from their point of views.