Class comments - Continutiy Task

The sound was very basic and needed the levels mastered better, but the introduction of non-diegetic sound was very effective. The shot reverse shot was well framed and well edited. The mid shot was poorly framed. A variety of shots was picked up on but so did the issues with continuity.
Our Targets are

1. Improve framing
2. Improve the rate of continuity by adding more shots
3. Practise camera movements

Our continuity task achieved level two at 30/60.

Continuity Task

Practise Filming

Charlie, Steven and I have been out practising with the cameras and tripod. We were told to get a variety of shots whilst out filming.


ECU, CU, Panning, Tracking, ELS, LS, MS, LA, HA, BEV and more which weren’t needed as much as the above.

I think we did well as we all managed to get an example of each one, I think what also helped was that we knew what we had to do and we all worked together to get the shots needed.

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Se7en, David Fincher, 1995

Sin City, Robert Rodriguez, 2005

In the opening sequence to sin city we see the use of low-key lighting and that it has a slow pace, this film dose not have an opening sequence unike most of the market. It starts with an establishing shot of the city skyline, where one woman is smoking on the roof of a tall building. The colour scheme is black, white and red, with the only red items being the ladies dress and her lipstick, this may be to symbolise emotion such as passion or represent danger, the colour may symbolise danger but the dress she is wearing is backless so this may show that she is quite vulnerable.

We are then shown an ELS of a man who gradually walks through the centre then we are shown a mid shot, we can see that the man and woman are on an equal level showing that they are equal.

Music is a key part in the extract, we can hear non-diegetic jazz music which sets the passionate feel between them and then we can hear the ambient noises of the city which then reinforce the location where they are. We also have a voice over being played, this is useful to the audience as the voice over explains the narrative and lets the personas thoughts known.

The Village 2004, M. Night Shyamalan

We looked at the village and we can see that The Village has a simplistic yet very effective opening, which sets an creep/eerie tone which in turn makes the setting uncomfortable for the audience.

Shyamalan has decided to use, non-diegetic music which is being slowly played this seems to be played on a wind instrument but I am unsure of which instrument in particular although it sounds much like a flute.

Shyamalan has used the instrument against a low angle panning of some tree branches which makes the audience feel inferior. We also see some tracking of the branches which seem Silhouetted against the grey sky.

Because of the panning of trees it suggests that the film is set in the woods, some thrillers use the woods at some point in the film so woods are quite iconic to the thriller genre.

Shyamalan has also decided to shock the audience with the ‘the village’ title as it is introduced with a non diegetic sound of a drum. As in a walk on the wild side the use of white text against a black background may suggest this battle between good and evil.