1.2 Close Reading Internal Assessment (3 credits).

1.2 Close ReadingInternal Assessment (3 credits)

Brainstorm Film Techniques

Sounds

Shots/Framing

Mise-en-sceneLighting /

Production

Angles /Movement

Editing

Analysing Film Trailers0Prepare an A3 sheet into 4 columns and 6 rows… like this..

Area to analyse

Trailer A: Whale Rider

Trailer B: Donnie Darko

Trailer C: Lord of the Rings

Lighting Colour

Sound

Camera work

Editing

Mise-en Scene (production)

Trailers

0Whale Rider http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4227596569/

0Donnie Darko http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1067647257/

0Lord of the Rings http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2073101337/

Lord of the Rings- sound

0Atmospheric sound / ambient sound effects create the mood – a deep, dull, rumbling bass sound like thunder creates the impression of an underworld – a fantasy place such as middle earth.

0Music – 0Voiceover – 0Dialogue –

Lighting and colourColour Denotes Connotes

Orange + gold Fire, ring, titling, firey mountain, lighting often orange glowRing – precious metal

Danger, evil, hell, harshness, hot / inferno / eternal damnation – “Mt Doom”Valuable / Significant

Back-lighting Queen elfGood characters grouped in the forestSun coming over the mountains

Angel like, valuable and pure – ethereal -

Blue filters

Greys / shadows / black

Camera workElement Denotes Connotes

Long shots / Wide angle shots

Horses riding, battle scenes, settings and locations

To show the epic scale of the world and of the journey Frodo is on.Huge number of characters involved in the story / impacts lives of many

High / Low angle Boat scene entering something guarded by statue sentries – low angle, tilting upQueen talking to Frodo – in low angle

Show the dominance of one character over another – Shots moving (tilting or panning)

Tracking shots Horses/ armies going into battle

Audience feel like they are also moving - intensifies the pace and action -

Birds eye view Glacier / jumping the rock / crumbling away

Show the danger / the risk etc.

Describe a film element and explain what effects it creates

ACHIEVED0 Describe the technique in detail – be specific and accurately use film language.0 Plenty of examples – references to the film trailer. Where in the trailer do they occur?0 What effect the film technique has –(1) on the audience – makes the audience

think….? Makes the audience feel… ? Focuses on or emphasises what? Gives background to story, gives clues into genre / mood / atmosphere. Clues into characters / state of mind / relationships. Represents the themes…

FOR MERIT0 Give reasoned explanations for the USE of this element. How the techniques are

symbolic of other things – how they relate to real life0 Give reasoned explanations for the EFFECT of this element. Relate the film

technique to the others used in the trailer. 0 Use film language accuratelyFOR EXCELLENCE0 Gives reasoned explanations for how the elements combine to create effects. How the

element chosen works with others like it to create effects. Broader impact on the audience and the implications (effects / consequences) on society.

0 Relate (compare) to other trailers you know.

Marking Codes for 1.2Marking

CodesDescription Achievement

E element is identified accurately.A

Da sufficient description is given of that

element being used.

A

X effect of that element is described.A

REReasoned explanation is given for the use of

that element or for the effect of that element.

M

CO Comprehensive understanding of how

elements Combine to create meaning.

E

Excellence Exemplar0 (Low Angle)Morpheus is often shot from a low angle in this scene. For example, when Neo sits and Morpheus moves to his chair, the extreme low angle mid shot exaggerates his physical

size. [E + D]This makes Morpheus seem imposing or powerful by making the audience look up to

him. He seems a larger-than-life figure in comparison to Neo. [X]The use of a low camera angle also reinforces his difference from Neo. The low angle shots are frequently established from behind the chairs as if we, the viewers, are

crouching. [D + X]By implying that the audience needs to stay hidden and observe in secret, the director suggests that Morpheus is not just powerful but potentially or

possibly threatening. [RE]Sometimes these shots are used as if they are a POV shot from the perspective of the

person not in shot. [CO]This helps involve the audience in the scene by making us feel for a moment as if we are the other person in the scene. Together with the ominous music, dim lighting, grungy set, thunder sound effects and cryptic, almost whispered dialogue the director has used this to increase the intensity of the scene for

the audience. [CO]