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Language. Each section contains a range of examples (many of which are gifs and videos which obviously won't play on here) and some activities for students to engage with.
Film Language: Mise-En-Scene explanation and examples.Ian Moreno-Melgar
A long and detailed look at what mise-en-scene is and how it can be looked at in different aspects of film language. The presentation is split into the areas of Setting & Props; Costume, Hair and Make-up; Lighting and Colour; Positioning of Objects and People; Facial expression and Body
Language. Each section contains a range of examples (many of which are gifs and videos which obviously won't play on here) and some activities for students to engage with.
Basic intro to using Film sound in media product. Some examples of music effects contrapuntal sound and the power of sound in reinforcing meaning in product
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Basic intro to using Film sound in media product. Some examples of music effects contrapuntal sound and the power of sound in reinforcing meaning in product
Film Language: Camera Movements in Cinema and Film Studies. Ian Moreno-Melgar
A long PDF that has been used to introduce GCSE Film Students to the complicated process of identifying and explaining the use of camera movement. This is a fairly detailed series of slides which I have used in school for a couple of classes now. As it is a PDF the clips do not play but where possible I've used SlideShare and YouTube to embed the relevant videos which is why some images or slides may appear repeated. Included on the slide are a list of the videos referred to and used. . Similarly, as it was designed to be used in lessons the overall 'structure' is somewhat disjointed and is missing slides that includes answers or ideas that were discussed in lessons. In order to help where possible, I've included large versions of worksheets so that these can be clipped and printed out if necessary. Many thanks for taking a look and please feel free to take a look at my other uploads as you will find plenty there on other aspects of Film Studies
Sound is a multi-layered mixture of various elements. All things audio make up the soundtrack, and each has their own respective priorities, contexts, and purpose.
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Introduction to Media Studies: Sound
1. Media Studies A Level
The Key Concepts
•Media Language - Terminology
•Representation – How people or things are portrayed
•Institutions – companies. The industry
•Audience – Types of consumers, target audiences
4. The Power of Sound
• Sound is a powerful film technique for many reasons.
To begin, sound engages a distinct sense which can lead
to a “synchronization of senses”-unify both image and
sound.
Picture Quality or Sound Quality?
5. Understanding how sound and music
can help create “meaning”
• Enhance the audience's emotional experience / providing
emotional focus
• Underlining psychological refinements - the unspoken thoughts of a
character, or the unseen implications of a situation
• Building a sense of continuity (moving in, out and Bridging scenes)
• Underpinning the theatrical build-up of a scene, and rounding it off
with a sense of finality
6. Understanding how sound and music
can help create “meaning”
• Character representation / identification (Good Vs Evil e.g.
Star Wars)
• Setting the location
• Setting the period
• Paralleling the action
• Creating a more convincing atmosphere of space and time
• Serving as a kind of neutral background filler
7. Listen to the following:
Write down what genre of film they belong to:
Opening 1
Opening 2
The Power of Sound
8. •Film sound can direct our attention quite
specifically within the image
For example, our attention on the foreground not the
background.
•The soundtrack can clarify image events or
contradict them.
•In all cases, the sound track can enter into an active
relation with the image.
The Power of Sound
10. • Sound cues us to form expectations.
• For example, a door creaking would make us expect someone
or something has entered the room.
• The use of sound can creatively cheat or redirect the
viewer’s expectations.
The Power of Sound
11. Silent movies?
Period from start of cinema - mid 1890s to about
1927 has come to be known as silent cinema.
This is an inaccurate description.
Live music was used from the start - from a full
orchestra to a piano - adding meaning by enhancing
dramatic or romantic moments…..
12. ‘Blackmail’ by
Alfred Hitchcock
was originally
made as a silent
film, note the use
of captions and
music to enhance
the story
Hitchcock’s Blackmail (1929) from 1’50”
13. The talking film era began
in 1927 - a part-talkie.
Warner Brothers used the
system Vitaphone.
Within a year, no one
wanted to see silent films
anymore.
14. Converting to synchronised
soundThis caused early problems:
• Cameras had to run at “sound speed” - 24
frames per second
• Camera had to film from inside glass
booths
• Film studios had to build sound proofed
stages
• Cinemas had to buy expensive equipment
• Writers had to be hired who could write
dialogue
• These early films were static, less visual,
with too much dialogue, sound effects
and frequently musical numbers.
15. Diegetic Sound
• Sound whose source is visible on the screen
• Sound that the actors would be able to gear in the diegesis
eg. Dialogue, sound effects of things you can see
16. When considering speech /
dialogue…
Volume - how loud
Pitch - how high or low
Tone - meaning shown in voice - angry, sad, desperate, etc.
17. Non-diegetic Sound
• Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been
implied to be present in the action.
eg. voice-over, musical soundtrack, special effect sounds
Shawshank Redemption narration 1994
18. Parallel sound
Music or other sounds which mirror the action
Paperman - a chance meeting
The Matrix Fight scene
19. Contrapuntal Sound
• Sound used in counterpoint or contrast to the image
eg. in horror films a children’s nursery rhyme playing as suspense
builds
Further info on Contrapuntal Sound
From 1 min in - Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright
20. Hyperbolic Sound
• Sound which is exaggerated beyond what is expected within the
scene for dramatic effect
• Eg. hearing breathing in a long shot
Don’t Breath
21. Sound Motif
• A sound motif is a short recurring series of notes or brief
tune that can be associated with a particular character
object or event.
?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htaj3o3JD8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV8i-pSVMaQ
22. Sound bridge
Sound that goes across two scenes
Play sound bridge VT
Silence of the Lambs sound bridge
23. • In addition, sound gives a new value to silence.
For example, a quiet passage in a film can create almost unbearable
tension, forcing the viewer to concentrate on the screen and wait in
anticipation for whatever sound will emerge.
The Power of Silence
Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese from 30 secs
26. KEY SOUND TERMINOLOGY
• Soundtrack - the recorded sound element of a film.
• Theme music/tune - a recurrent melody in the film.
• Sound effects - sounds other than dialogue or music
made artificially.
• Ambient sound - buzz and/or surrounding
environment sounds.
• Dialogue - speech.
28. • Voiceover - narration in a film not accompanied by a
synchronised image of the speaker forming the words.
• Direct address - when characters speak directly to the camera
i.e. the audience.
• Diegetic sound – any sound that has an onscreen source and
belongs to the world of the film.
• Non-diegetic sound – any sound that does not have an
onscreen source & characters onscreen do NOT hear it e.g.
some voiceovers, music.
KEY SOUND TERMINOLOGY
31. • Sound bridges – any sound/s that continue from one shot
to another. They help create a smooth transition from one
shot to another. In this way the sound is said to be
enhancing the continuity of the film.
• Parallel sound – sound that complements the image track.
Sound & image seem to reflect each other.
• Contrapuntal sound – sound that does not complement or
fit with the image track.
KEY SOUND TERMINOLOGY
32. What you need to consider…
• Diegetic - non-diegetic sound
• Synchronous (recorded at same time as images) and non-
synchronous
• Dialogue
• Volume, tone and pitch
• Sound motifs
• Sound bridging
• Parallel
• Contrapuntal
• Hyperbolic
33. Note down your
observations about
the use of sound in
this extract.
Terminology + specific
emotion/meaning created
Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg
34. Analyse how the following made meaning/emotion
• Distorted diegetic sound
• Tone/pitch/delivery of dialogue
• Hyperbolic sound
• Diegetic music
• Non-diegetic sound
• Juxtaposition between types of sound
• Sound effects
• Sound motif
• Sound that foreshadows
• Lose of diegetic sound
• Silence
