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My Favorite Genre: Mystery Video

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Film Viewing Practice Essay "Agent Carter”

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The scene begins the opening credits with the Marvel logo. A voiceover is immediately presented with a dialogue exchange between a man and a woman, and the tone of their voice indicates that they seem distressed. They are discussing a dire situation at hand that the audience has not yet scene. Immediately following, simultaneity is shown in close up shots of a man in an airplane, and cross cutting to a woman who is sitting in what looks to be in a control room but a close up of her face shows that she knows she might be saying her final goodbyes to the man. This background scene establishes who the main characters of the story are, Agent carter and Steve, and their time period based on their clothing and the technology of both the airplane and the control room. The scene then fades out to black (fade out editing) suggesting to the viewers that this transition will go into a different scene. Next, an establishing shot of NYC displays the setting and time, which is dusk in the city, c...

Film Elements Graphic Organizer

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MISE-EN-SCENE

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Analyzing Hand Maid's Tale for MISE-EN-SCENE I decided to comment on the Mise-en-scene of the show The Handmaid's Tale. This show is  a great example when needing to identify the elements of mise-en-scene because the show, despite taking place in the future, is seemingly dated and period themed. The main character, June, is very good at helping contribute to the overall emotion or mood of the show by her actions, and showing the actions of others in response to hers. I would highly recommend this show because despite it being an extreme situation, it may not be far off from what women in America used to have to face. I think the elements analyzed below are a perfect indicator as to why the show is so successful and popular among teens and adults today. Space: Frontality: I believe the space can often times be associated with frontality, or frontal space. This is because throughout Handmaid's Tail, June (Offred/ Ofjoseph) will look directly into the camera...

5 Master Edits with Sound

5 Master Edits with Sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6e8Br0pixo&feature=youtu.be Contrast For our contrast video, we wanted to really display the difference in character, as it matches our movements. So, we used an upbeat song to pair with my actions, and crickets to pair with Astrid's action. The use of film music  helps create an even more stark contrast than before. Viewers can get the impression that I am a very active student athlete, and Astrid is a sleepy student. The pairing of the sound with each character's respective physical movements brings about a more clear contrast.   Parallelism The next video is parallelism, with Astrid throwing trash and then I pick it up. The parallel theme drawn is the trash. To better portray the school setting, we used digetic sound. More specifically, the off-screen sound of the school bell and the students and teachers talking in the background sharpens the scene and allows viewers to understand where we are. V...

Identifying Master Edits in Film

The 5 Master Editing Techniques In Film Symbolism (Lion King): The clip from Lion King represents symbolism because Disney films often use the color lime green to symbolize evil or malice. For example, Scar beings to show his true intentions of becoming ruler and taking his brother (Mufasa)'s place by singing the song "Be Prepared". As we know from earlier in the movie, Scar killed Mufasa by pushing him off of a ledge and consequently scared Simba out of the pride land. The video reinforces the fact that Mufasa has evil intentions because of the green smoke which envelops him.  Parallelism (Moana): Moana has many great examples of parallelism, and the example I recorded is a very clear demonstration. The is parallelism shown as the song "Where You Are" progresses brings about the fact that as Moana gets older, she still wants to go to the water but is stuck in the same place doing her same duties. The parallel theme is that she still wants to go...