Top Three Media Awards Nominations

Not Afraid
This music is one of my favourite from the media awards ceremony simply because it is my friends video and because it was edited very well. Its owner (Hussein) won an award for best actor produced this Eminem music video track. Its fast paced editing gave visceral pleasures in the audience and generated lots of hype between the crowds. The camera work very unique due to the fact that the camera wasn't at one stop but was constantly moving giving the influence of action. What also added the proffestionalsim to the music was the emotional narrative. The story was about a boxer dealing with money debt then has to train hard to win his boxing match... this was introduced with a flashback. What made this video stand out is when the artist and the boxer come together and meet face to face.

Tic Tac Toe
An amazing short art house film that took the crime genre on board and met its demands effortlessly. One of the main reasons why i fell in love and was very engaged with this clip is because of its professional use of cinematography. Its low angle camera shots and point of view shot gave it the edge when it came to camera movement. Equally the editing was amazing, the use of shots gives it a hollywood style. The fast paced editing was making it even better and very pleasing to the eye, you could say it contained some action codes as the clips were stimulant. Finally the sound track used seemed like it was created just for this short film as it fits the clips and its pace (parallel sound).

My City
This is a prime example of the amazing work created for the art house genre. Its impressive use of GoPro cameras enhanced the quality of the film. The use of props such as a very expensive car made it very unique and well thought out.  The camera movements played a big role in reinforcing the planning as it used the correct pans and tilts at the right time.

Cinematography - Extension task

Rebecca 
The opening scene starts off with mysterious music causing enigma codes which leaves the audience thinking and wondering whats going to happen. At the start there wasn't much camera movement. However, there are many transitions especially the dissolve which takes you to the next clip. it is clear to see that this is a 1940s film as it was shot in black and white which at the time was the real deal. after the casts introduction names come up as well as the movie title it self, a post production voice over sound was added on top on the clip. and the clip was interesting at it used crane shot to establish the setting and it used mediam to long shot for the intro.

Back to the Future III
The opening scene was scene from the previous film which is designed to make the audience remember what happened before.  At the start there wasn't much camera movements because the camera was mounted onto something. The opening scene contains a lot of close-ups revealing the facial expressions of the actors and the protagonist. This causes tension in the scene which is conventionally known as action codes. It also contained fast paced editing which in the 40's lacked of.

Cinematography - Task 6

A TOUCH OF EVIL 1958 ‧ Mystery/Thriller   

This scene causes tension simply by the slow motion effect added to the scene. One shot type that stands out is the over the shoulder shot, this is because it reinforces the tension and intensity of the scene. Whats interesting they used the over the shoulder shot on two subjects which allowed them to use the 180-degrees rule which was very effective. the main focus of the clip is to build pressure.  The use of close-ups also added to the intensity and strain of the scene as there isn't anthing the audience can identify with casting the sense of identification.

Conventionally, the editing and sound fits with the narrative and clip and this is reinforced in the scene. what was also effective was the use of diegetic sounds making the scene seem more realistic and adds to the realism.

Cinematography - Task 5

MOULIN ROUGE  2001 ‧ Drama film/Romance

At first you are introduced to fast paced editing and transitions showing off the editing budget. this can cause visceral pleasures to the cnsumer as it hypes the viewer and makes them interested about whats happening after. the two main types of shots forecasted in this scene is mainly close-ups and medium shots. This also another thing that causes enigma codes and raises questions as the viewer is restricted of they could see, this could keep them engaged and makes them uncomfortable since they want to know and learn about whats going on in the scene. The close-ups contain many hyper-sexualised women which gives the audience a sense of sexual escapism, also this is factor that could introduce the narrative of the movie beause this is a romantic film.

Most if not all of the cinematography elements work well with the editing and post sound production. Synergy links the parallel sound of the scene with the image on screen. It makes the audience identify with the scene and not be freaked out if something doesn't seem right, for example horror music on-top of the video.

Cinematography - Task 4

CITIZEN KANE  1941 ‧ Drama/Mystery

In the first scene there are various point of views shot to establish the setting. In fact, there are many types of shots involved, wether its an extreme close-up or an establishing shot. There wasn't many camera movements such as pan shots, this is due to the fact back then they relayed on a stand or tripod equipments. the extreme close-up used generates enigma codes to the viewer simply because the audience are not sure whats going on. On the other hand the establishing shot shows everything including the setting as said before. There wasn't any sense of identification due to the lack of camera movement that engages the audience.

Synergy is always present when sound and editing comes with cinematography. The sounds in this scenes didn't creat tension and didnt raise many questions. however, the non-diegetic sound interwind with the image, this is called parallel sound. Finally they used the effect of transitions between clips very effectively and it engaged the viewer. 

CONTRAPUNTAL AND PARALLEL SOUNDS

WWW : Used a good example for the contrapuntal sound as the music completely juxtaposed the meaning of the video clip.

EBI : should of used my own music to represent the parallel rather that use the same music used in the clip it self.

Sound task homework

This is a fight scene from the 2014 science fiction film 'LUCY', It consists of many sound theory elements. Firstly, speaking about diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. The sound effects of surreal power contained by the protagonist are considered as diegetic as every actor or character can hear it. And conventionally in every film the dialogue that the actors say is also diegetic. In addition of  all of the actions going on in this segment of the movie.  The only element that is non-diegetic which means the characters in the scene can't hear, is the post produced theme music.

Specifically in this scene it doesn't really contain any contrapuntal sounds or music that contrasts the meaning of the actions done in the clip. However, a parrellel theme tune is present. The up beat dramatic music involves synergy with the picture on screen. The actions of the protagonist intertwined with the non-diegetic music he make the act more convincing. 

The sound bridges in this scene are very suttle it may even seem like it's not there, an example of this is when the protagonist places the last bag of drugs then the camera cuts onto another subject you could slightly notice the sound bridge.