Inspirational Scenes from Films Ina Francia Bayson
Jul 13, 2015
CloserScene 1: The Opening SceneWhen Dan (Jude Law) and Alice (Natalie Portman) saw each other in the crowded city.
Special EffectsThe people around them are moving in slow motion
MusicUses a slow type of music with an acoustic guitar and violin
Long shot
Mid-shot
They’re both coming closer to each other
Close-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeJwdUwLLi8
CloserScene 2: Anna told Larry (her husband) that she’s seeing Dan.
Reverse shot of her telling him that she’s seeing another guy.
Showing sadness
Close up of Anna to hug Larry
Two shot of him crying while she’s hugging him
Conventions of GenreMeet the genre because this is a serious conversation with a lot of emotions
CloserScene 3: Larry met Alice in a club
Over the Shoulder shot of him asking her when she start working as this.
Two shot
Mid-shot of Larry putting money to Alice’s leg, asking for her real name
2 shot of Larry and Alice
• Genre: o Drama
o Biography
• Conventions:o Arguments
o Conflicts
o Real situation
o Isolation
Precious
PreciousScene 1: Opening Scene, under a bridge
MusicThere is no background music
Shows that this have isolation
FontHand writing of someone, maybe the main character’s writingDenotation
A piece of red cloth
ConnotationCan show someone’s loneliness, as the cloth is by itself in a deserted place
PreciousScene 1: Confrontation scene on Precious’ mum and her
Close-up
Shows how angry she is
Low Angle
High Angle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp3oq9s4ar0
Show that she is hurt
PreciousScene 3: Precious came home with her new baby, she and her mum fight.
Two shot of her mum confronting her and she’s answering back
Two shot of both of them fighting
Mid shot of her falling down
Music started and shows a picture of a real situation
A photograph of the real ‘Precious’ with baby
The reality
North CountryScene 1: Mother told her daughter to go upstairs, because her dad is coming.
High angle of her daughter running up the stairs
Long shot of her lying in the floor
Close-up of her with blood, she just got beaten up
MusicA low, slow music to show that she is in pain
EffectVoice over of her in the court telling her story
Target AudienceAge 15 and up, because there’s a little violence
North CountryScene 2: Scene when a female worker getting harassed by other male workers in the mine
Close up of a female worker scared
Left a big space to show that something bad is happening
Mid shot of male workers moving the toilet
Long shot of the toilet fell with her inside
Shows how female are harassed