Film Language Test

Teacher Feedback:

WWW: Well-paced, covering all questions effectively.

EBI: Develop analysis to include specific references to audience.

Overall Grade:   B   (32/48)

Learner response:
Identify a sentence in each question where you could add the effect on audience - rewrite these.

1. He then pulled out a silver gun which also showed that he was the villain. The audience then felt at unease due to the shot of the gun being pointed at them which showed the point of view of the victim on the floor.
2. The director had cleverly introduced the villain. He had done this by using a low angle shot of the camera looking up at the man dressed in black. By allowing the villain to be above the audience, looking down on them, the audience felt less important than him. It also shows that the villain has more power than the audience which makes them identify that he is of higher stature.
3. The loud diegetic sound of the gunshots towards the end of the scene caused the audience to feel discomforted ad there were 2 gunshots. The audience could identify by the sound of the first one that the victim was dead, however shortly afterwards the second gunshot came along. This shows that the villain is merciless and cruel, which made the audience feel shocked in terror.
4. The editing is effective in creating an enigma code. The villains face is not shown in the scene which creates a series of suspense and tension in the audience. They begin to question who the villain is. Also, the unknown is what creates the most terror and the villain is unknown.

Preliminary Exercise

Self Evaluation:

My groups preliminary exercise was very well structured, and had a variety of film language incorporated within the short clip. Mise en scene was used well as the costumes used were casual to represent the two characters meeting up casually, the whole room was very well lit so you could see everything that was happening, the actors used in the clip were very composed and acted well, and the props used in the clip were the phone, the chairs, and the table. The main prop which was also the plot device, was the phone.

There was a wide range of cinematography used. There was a close up of Anjali’s face and the phone, there was a medium shot of Anjali hugging the boy, there was Anjali’s point-of-view shot of the room when she enters it, there was a shot-reverse shot of Anjali walking in the room, there was also a high and low angle shot of when the boy stands up and looks down at Anjali. In the narrative there was panning when Anjali is walking in the corridor towards the room, there was also a tilt of when the boy stands up towards the end.

The short narrative film was edited in continuity editing.

Sound was used in the narrative, however not much was used; there was a non-diegetic sound of the phone vibrating on the table.

Strengths:

A wide range of shots were used in the narrative and the clips were very well edited together. Also, mise en scene was used effectively.

Limitations:

There wasn’t much sound used in the narrative and lighting was used effectively to help build an atmosphere.

WWW:

• Good steady camerawork.
• Match on action was effective.
• The 180 degree rule was followed.
• Shot reverse shots were used well.
• Plot device of phone was purposeful.
• Editing was effective.
• Good Acting performance.
• Technology was used well.

EBI:

• More attention was paid to detail.

Mr Bush's Review:

WWW:

• Good Performance.
• Steady Camerawork.
• Simple Storytelling.
• Match on action Effective.
• 180 degree rule followed.
• Effective plot device - Phone.
• Post production - editing.

EBI:

• Sound dialogue not clear.
• Continuity error - phone on desk.
• Attention to detail.

Results:

1. Creativity:                          4/5
2. Use of Technology:           3/5
3. Production Process:         4/5
4. Codes of Convention:       4/5
5. Fit for Purpose:                 4/5
6. Attention to Detail:             3/5

Overall Grade Achieved:      3.7/5

Sequence for Media

Shot No.	Shot	Length
1	Anjali walks to the door in a happy mood. Medium long shot, panning.	3 seconds
2	Close up of the handle.	2 seconds
3	Long shot of when she walks in.	4 seconds
4	Shot reverse shot of when Anjali looks at Ajay and he looks at her. Whilst greeting each other.	6 seconds
5	Medium shot of Anjali and Ajay hugging.	3 seconds
6	They both then sit down, using the 180 degree rule showing them sitting down.	5 seconds
7	Shot reverse shot over Anjali’s shoulder of Ajay speaking.	4 seconds
8	Then extreme close up of Anjali’s phone vibrating on the table.	2 seconds
9	Medium shot of Ajay asking Who had messaged her using the 180 degree rule.	3 seconds
10	Then shot reverse shot of Anjali replying nobody with a smile, over Ajay’s shoulder.	3 seconds
11	Then a shot over Anjali’s shoulder of Ajay snatching her phone and seeing a picture.	4 seconds
12	Then a close up of Ajay standing up asking Anjali who that person was.	4 seconds
13	Then a close up of Anjali silent.	3 seconds
14	Finally a extreme close up of the phone.	2 seconds

Narrative

The narrative is about a young man who is driving down a road in a blizzard. He then sees a hitchhiker and decides to give him a lift. However, he turns the radio and finds that a resident at the local psychiatric ward, which is roughly 5 miles away from his current location, is extremely dangerous and has escaped. So the hitchhiker begins to get wary of what the man who has picked him up is thinking. The young man keeps staring at the hitchhiker suspiciously and at his glove department in his car. The tyres begin to squeal so the young man goes outside to check his wheel which was on the hitchhikers side leaving the door wide open; the hitchhiker opens the glove department out of curiosity to see what the young man kept looking at. As he opens it he sees the body of a nurse squashed and butchered into parts all stuffed into a confined space. He then looks outside but he doesn’t see the young man. He opens his door and tries to escape, but his door is stuck by the thick layer of ice. The hitchhiker slams the door shut and looks all the doors. He breathes heavily, while looking around through the windows as they build up with steam. He tries to drive off but the car wheels are swallowed by the ice on the road. He feels a slight chill of cool air on the back of his neck. He turns around, and he sees the young man take a blunt knife out. He mauls the hitchhiker to death, and places him in the back of the car. The young man then continues to drive off and turns the radio on again to hear further warnings of the man who escaped the psychiatric ward. He continues driving down the same road and sees a family whose car is trapped in ice and in need of help.

It is a Linear Narrative

There is an Enigma code is when we don’t know if the hitchhiker is the escaped man or not..

There is an Action code of the blunt knife being taken out by the young man.

The Villain is the young man.

The False hero is the young man who seems good as he tries to help the hitchhiker in the blizzard but really is bad.

The Protagonist is the young man.

Production Ideas

Reality TV:
A storyline could be that there is a young group of people who are mixed in a group of bad people/gang, who force them to do bad things such as disobey their parents and mislead them.

Thriller/Horror:
A storyline could be that there is a person who is being stalked by a villain who is a serial killer, however the person doesn't know that she/he is being watched by a spooky eerie character.