Tuesday, 10 September 2013

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS CLASS & PREP

As your prep on Cup Cake was not possible,  we watch Shifty (Eran Creevy) on BBc iPlayer HERE. It is available until 16 September.
PREP: Make 10 points of textual analysis (your choices) taken from the opening of the film. Hand in on paper Tuesday 17 September.

Plot: Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris, confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards.

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS PREP set Tuesday 10 September, test Tuesday 17 September

In your exam, you are expected to analyse and discuss the technical aspect of the language and conventions of moving image in the extract's representation of individuals, places, groups and events.
  • camera shots, angles, movement, composition
  • editing
  • sound
  • mise-en-scene
The following terms are listed on page 18 of your specification. Your prep is to revise what they are.

Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation

Camera Shots, Angle, Movement and Composition
•Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-
up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerialshot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
•Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
•Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
•Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.
Editing
•Includes transition of image and sound –continuity and non-continuity systems.
•Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
•Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow
motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.
Sound
•Diegetic and non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effects; sound
motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound
perspective.
•Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound.
Mise-en-Scène
•Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties.
•Lighting; colour design

TIPS
Continuity editing creates a continuous linear movement
of events and images in a story. Arranging the events of
a film as if they appear in a continuous linear fashion.

focus pull: explained HERE

Rule of Thirds: A technique in camera framing where 
the frame is divided into imaginary sections to create 
reference points explained here
match on action:  Slideshare here
graphic match: A match cut, also called a graphic match 
s a cut in film editing between either two different objects, 
two different spaces, or two different compositions in which 
an object in the two shots graphically match, often helping 
to establish a strong continuity of action and linking the two 
shots metaphorically. illustrated here and here as 'match cut'
jump cut: disturbs, jolts audience, the jump cut can create 
a jarring feeling, cause commotion in the scene and help 
to give the sense of ellipses in time.
see here  

synchronous sound: Sound that appears to be matched 
to certain movements occurring in the scene, as when 
footsteps correspond to feet walking.


  

There is support on the OCR website in the form of tutorials.
Look HERE at the Guides:

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