TA - Papá Wrestling

Best song ever

Research - Audience Demographics

A - Upper Middle Class - Higher managerial, administrative or professional
B - Middle Class - Intermediate managerial, administrative or professiona
C1 - Lower Middle Class - Supervisory or clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional
C2 - Skilled Working Class - Skilled manual workers
D - Working Class - Semi and unskilled manual workers
E - Those at the lowest levels of subsistence - Casual or lowest grade workers, pensioners and others who depend on the welfare state for their income

TA - Report Card

TA - Treevenge

Textual analysis of

Treevenge depicts Christmas from the perspective of sentient Christmas trees. After being hacked down and shipped to homes, they are subject to "humiliation" by humans, who decorated them and make them stand in their living rooms. The Christmas trees have had enough, and go on to massacre and kill an entire town as part of their uprising.

Mise en scene

• The beginning of the film is a brilliant juxtaposition to the film itself, bright cheerful music, old and crackly like a record player. A nice side scrolling shot showing off your setting, a beautiful Christmas tree forrest
• We come to a very angry looking man screaming to his fellow 'pieces of meat'. He's smoking a cigar and wearing the traditional lumberjack attire
• we see bleak coloured shots chainsaws and axes implying that what they're doing is cruel and barbaric
• @3:55 a man is actually wrestling a tree, spinning round and what not
  
• We see a family looking to buy a Christmas tree this establishes the time of year
• People (and a cat) brutally murdered as the trees get their revenge at last
• Lots of blood and gore, it's great

Camera

• Close ups on chainsaws and axes
• The rolling camera angles and the general franticness of the camera movement give us a sense of evil, spite and hatred being displayed to these trees
• mid shots used when the family are out buying a Christmas tree
• Close ups on the girls' faces as they see the trees gang up around them
• big close up on the woman's mouth as the branch is slowly inserted and on the eye as the eye pops out and the branch is forced out, through the hole

Sound

• Squeaking noise coming from a sapling, first sign of the trees' sentience
• After the trees have been chopped the crazy lumberjack does some loud, unnecessary battle cry showing that this to him is like a war that he has evidently won
• At one point when one of the trees is 'talking', a dolphin sound has been added in, no need (god damn i love this short so much)
• Lots of swearing throughout the tree chopping scenes showing the lumberjack guys' anger and hatred toward the trees for some reason
• Trees screech as they burn
• Diegetic noise of the conveyor belt
• Sad music added when showing the chopped trees to make us feel sorry for trees
• Happy, Christmas music added when the family are decorating the tree, naive to the cruelty that they are part of
• Lots of screaming during the massacre scene
• Diegetic baby's head getting squished noise
• Gentle music during ending credits to contrast the events in the film

Editing

• Short takes used throughout to show 
• Subtitles added as the trees make their little squeaky noise showing that they are not only alive but sentient and are able to communicate to one another
• A bit of static has been edited in when the girl gets grabbed by the tree showing that this shot was taken from the man's camcorder
• Cut away used when we see the branch forced into the woman's mouth it cuts away to her eyes for her reaction and to the mans face to show his reaction
• Zoom in, into a mans mouth which blurs and fades into another scene

This is the best short film in the entire world 

Preliminary Task - Final Piece

This is our preliminary task piece, filmed and starred in by me and Kirby and filmed mainly by Imogen with help from me and Kirby.

I'm still not happy with the different video sizes and the tracking shot of the feet but I feel this is alright because
1. we aren't getting marked on this piece at all and 
2. this could just be a draft and we can fix that for the actual piece.

Preliminary Task - Actual Editing

I ended up doing all the editing at home on my own as i had trouble getting the files to school thanks to Google drive. I edited the clips together using my own, personal choice of audio-video editing software Sony Vegas Pro 11 which I use to edit all my loser gaming videos that are all on my youtube.

I feel i edited the video clips together quite well and i added in sound effects, held frames (by taking snapshots and holding them for a few seconds) and learnt how to turn down the volume on particular little clips so as to get rid of the awful, awful noise of my skateboard bearings because we used my skateboard to achieve the tracking shot of my feet. I'm quite happy with the final product however the Match on action of the door could've been edited together better, the aspect ratios on some of the scenes are different to others and a few frames and little sounds of crickets are held too long.

Preliminary Task - Editing

Due to Google Drive being annoying and not letting me download loads of files - we weren't able to edit the clips for our actual preliminary task piece but Kirby has lent me her memory stick and we should be able to do the editing in our double free period tomorrow however Imogen has a lesson then so me and Kirby will have to edit it without her. (this isn't a problem as Imogen is hopelessly confused when it comes to anything computer related)

Preliminary Task - Film Clips 2

Filming on day 2 went much better, instead of filming every scene well twice we filmed them each once but if it wasn't good did it again so that we only had each scene filmed and acted well, once which made the filming process easier and quicker. i also preferred filming on the second day as i had to no acting and it was all down to Kirby i just helped Imogen with some Camera Angles and gave Kirby feedback on the acting and stuff, which made the day really easy on me as i was only in school that day for media, so i got to go home straight after this was all filmed

Our second and probably final day of filming, along with the footage from the previous filming we think we'll have enough for the whole video.It is a bit of a problem that this is 16:9 and the other video clips are 4:3 we can either leave that or if we can, then fix it but it doesn't matter too much because this isn't being marked.

Preliminary Task - Film Clips 1

After one day of filming, this is what we have got, now I watch it back I'm doubtful that very much of footage this will be useful but I don't know yet. Also it appears the camera was on the wrong setting and filmed at an aspect ratio or 4:3 instead of 16:9. If we can switch the aspect ratio to 16:9 then most of the footage (excluding the outtakes) will be usable with exception to the tracking shot of my feet walking because the video is too shaky and out of focus due to the shakiness of my skateboard, also the loudness of my bearings in my wheels may be a problem but i think we'll be able to edit it out 

Preliminary Task - Planning

Initial plan plus ideas for individual scenes

Incredibly drawn storyboard done by myself including shot type information plus dialogue and other information 

These photos suck, blame it on Apple.

The plan and the story were thought of by Imogen which is why the video is going to be so weird. This is what craziness goes through her mind

TA - Still Life

 

I really like this short as it is quite a simple concept that the mannequins are people, but what i like most is it never really sums up why or how he saw the people as mannequins to begin with.

Mise en Scene

• At the beginning of the film we see a plain snowy landscape with a few dark trees with no leaves this sets the initial scene and works as an establishing shot this snowy landscape may also indicate the time of year (winter) and setting of the video (canada)
• Man appears tired, then takes pills possibly to remedy his fatigue or perhaps he get hallucinations for which he needs medication (this would explain later events) 
• The village appears empty of people
• He sees a very still, unanimated woman on a bench, this is our first hint of what the short is about

Camera Angles and Movement

• Straight away we see an establishing shot of a snowy landscape with trees
• Close-ups used to show the character's reactions to the events taking place around him
•  close up of the fuel gauge indicates us that he has to get some gas

Sound

• Straight away we hear a fuzzy static noise, this maybe coming from cars on the road however i doubt it because it seems like quite an empty desolate place
• The character is listening to the radio in his car, possibly to keep him from falling asleep
• The "diegetic" quiet bleep indicates the character (and with help from a close up of the fuel gauge - indicates us) that he has to get some gas
• The non-diegetic noise of a bird emphasizes the silence of the village
• Loud diegetic bang as he hits a "man" with his car

Editing

• A fade transition is used (from black) right at the begining of the short
• @1:15 a dissolve transition is used, going from a shot of the road to one of the chracter's face

TA - The Black Hole

TA - Doodlebug

Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception) is now a major Hollywood director and this 1997 short short film, Doodlebug, displays the darker tone that would serve him so well in his later, feature film career. The story consists of a somewhat ratty man, in a much rattier flat. There, he seems intent - and possibly even driven to insanity -with catching the doodlebug of the film's title. However, after over two minutes of cat-and-mouse chasing, it is revealed that the bug resembles a miniature version of himself. He squashes the bug with his shoe. The audience comes to realise that every move that the doodlebug makes the man reciprocates a second later. Into this Kafkaesque situation enters a large face, that of the man; thereby making the man the doodlebug, and he proceeds to get squashed by this newer being.

Mise en Scene

• The whole short film is in grayscale rather than full colour possibly to show how the character's life is dull and uninteresting
• Ratty, disgusting apartment

Camera Angle and Movement

• Numerous extreme and big close-up shots of objects in his apartment mainly ticking clocks implying he's in a hurry or that he is anxious about something which is also hinted at through his actions and general mannerisms
• Low angle shot as we see something run across the floor which is matched when he, too realizes it
• Close-up on the phone as it rings, disrupting his 'mission'
• The camera is shaking slightly throughout to indicate he is not of a sound mind

Sound

• Hyper diegetic clock ticking and phone ringing show his senses are heightened
• Ominous, surreal music which establishes the character's feeling
• Diegetic noise of the phone being put in the pitcher of water
• No dialogue to emphasise the man's loneliness

Editing

• Image is blurred maybe to indicate how crazy this bug thing being in this apartment is making him but it may be to show that this guy is in a weird dream-like state
• Short-takes to show the character's craziness

TA - How They Get There

How They Get There

Short film directed and filmed by Spike Jonze 

Narrative 

• A guy and a girl play copycat with each other from opposite sides of the street, that is, until a slightly abrupt & uncopyable event occurs.

Mise en scene

• Set in a friendly looking place in America
• At the end the scene reverts back to how it was at the start

Sound

• No dialogue although the simple narrative makes it unneeded and unnecessary 
• Upbeat music used to make the scenario seem more fun which carries on throughout the short
• Diegetic noises such as a wrapper landing on the floor and a milk carton being opened add to the 'real life' affect
• Diegetic car collision noise emphasises the seriousness of the situation whereas the upbeat, funny music does the opposite
• As the scene reverts back the the way it did at the beginning so does the music

Camera angles and Movement

• Panning shot when a man comes out and shouts at the other guy for leaning on his car
• Over the shoulder shot when the woman is first shown, to show that he is seeing the woman
• Rolling camera used when either of the characters are shown (filmed from the other side of the road) from each other's perspective

Editing

• Short takes when the two characters are mimicking each other
• Sligtly slowed down as car ramps into the air
• The car ramps up another car despite having not nearly enough speed to do so
• The car clearly collides with the guy, smashing the windshield although a few shots later we see the car's windshield is undamaged (probably due to the order in which it was filmed)
• Short takes during the car crash sequence
• Slow motion as the shoe falls from the sky

TA - About a Girl

Warning! this is a tad gruesome

I had a good time analyzing this short as it was interesting and shocking (not to mention horrifying), the acting of Ashley Thewlis (main character) was astounding and I thoroughly enjoyed the attention to detail in her flippant/naive expression when talking about such serious matters.

TA - 3x3

I feel this clip was good as it was funny and interesting, I especially liked how there is no dialogue an yet the story is conveyed so effectively, this is down to the effective use of shot types and editing along with the simplicity of the story

TA - Splitscreen: A Love Story

Can two people who live on opposite sides of the world have anything in common? This is the story of two parallel lives, one in New York and one in Paris and the journey that will lead them together. Told simultaneously through the eyes of both characters.

-J.W. Griffiths

Mise en Scene

• The same scene is shot at different time so the lighting is different as most of it is outdoors
• The woman at the end of the  scene is dressed nicely, looking both casual and smart whereas the man has pretty much chosen to wear quite smart clothes
• Nothing particularly extravagant is shown in the clip just normal everyday stuff

Sound

• The music throughout the clip is parallel to the sound as it is mysterious to begin with and gets less mysterious as the clip itself starts to make more sense
• Alarm sound at the beginning of the clip shows us what time of day it is
• The music is slow and calm when all we can see is clouds to show the beauty of the world
• Diegetic noises such as the curtains at the beginning and the sounds of the planes and the trains have been used to make it seem more realistic

Camera Angles & Movement

• Close ups used on things such as shower head and boiling eggs etc. this gives us a deeper look into them as people and their lives
• Long shots used to show the scenery and nature
• Tilt shot used as they both look up from their own maps to see each other stood there

Editing

• The two sides of the clip are shot at eye height so that it looks like we're seeing the world directly from their perspective
• The shots have been matched up so that for example the train comes in on the right side of the screen and goes out to the left when in fact these are different trains, different occasions and different times entirely