the improved mes en sene and things i need to do

Mise en scene

Mise en scene is one micro element that is encoded into a frame, it is a French word and means “everything within the frame”. I will talk to you about the 5 points and what it did to represent my characters.

Location

In my film at the start the location creates verisimilitude as the birds are there and the forest. I have looked into two of the locations from my film and one of them will be the maze itself. The big walls from the maze connotes a trapped feeling and when the sun goes down it creates a gloomy mood. The second location would be the camp fire the fire is bright and free and the teenagers are chatting and laughing which connotes that the teenagers are having fun and the atmosphere is happy and warm. The location can show what type of people are in my film. This location is organised and very clean this shows that my characters are sensible and mature. This challenges stereotypes because teenagers are usually immature and are not clean. This will effect the audience because when the audience sees that the location is dark and gloomy they will react scared. However if the location in this film has a bright sun then the audiences mood will be happiness. As a customer a watching this film I think that the bit when they are all outside doing their jobs and Kendra comes out of the elevator creates a happy mood.

Costume/make up

The costumes my characters do show the characters personality and where they stand and what they do in the film. The farmers in the film wear farmer’s clothes which do look poor and do not look expensive and the runners wear a t shirt with joggers this represents agility and movement. The costumes can show upper-class and lower-class creating binary opposition. Tomas’s costume shows that he is tired and run down as he is wearing unclean, dirty clothes and doesn’t have a change of clothes. The costume can reflect on the target audience because when the costume is a certain colour it can mean that they are good or bad. If the audience sees that that person is wearing a costume that is blue for example it might mean that they are good and the audiences like that character. In my film Wicked wears black as she is an antagonist and brings badness in the world.

Props

The property of the characters can show power and authority. The props used in my film are very interesting because as Tomas finds a device in the griever, that prop shows the other characters that Tomas has the power and knows what he is doing with in the maze. A prop can show iconography and will be well known with in the film. In my film the sticks in the film what they carry all the time just connotes who is in charge and who isn’t. The sharp sticks show that the film will have fighting so the genre will be action. An icon that is recognized in the film which Tomas finds in the griever which is really important is called an ideologies. Tomas the protagonist is an icon himself as he is loved by many because they would follow him and fight with him. The prop can influence the audience because the main prop can give the audience happiness like, for example in my film Tomas find a device in a griever which gives the rest of the teenagers hope and make the audience happy because the audience is over the moon that they have a chance to escape the maze.

Colours and lighting

The lighting in my film is really good and connotes happiness at the start and creates an equilibrium because the sun is out and they are in a big field. This connotes that these teenagers are free however the colour and lighting can affect the mood and the emotion in the film. There is two types of light (low key and high key) when the sun goes down it creates a low key and creates a gloomy, fear of the unknown and  scary atmosphere but when the sun is out then it is high key and it creates happiness and hope. Low key can be encoded because the shadows of the teenagers. In my film there are characters that are very mysterious and we don’t see much of them they wear black clothing because maybe they have something to hide. Tomas wears light clothes like white which connotes that he represents hope and celebration but also power this creates an enigma. The fire in the camp fire shows happiness. In my film there are many low key moments and this makes the audience feel tense as they don’t know what is in the film.

Gestures

The gestures in my film can effect what genre my film is because if my film has characters which run fast and fight which means it is an action film. As Tomas is new to his surrounding he is not the boss but his gestures can show that he has some sort of power in the group of people. If the gestures from all the teenagers are bad that can create a tense atmosphere but all the teenagers don’t argue or fight against each so it creates a good mood this connotes that they are not stereotypical teenagers this connotes that they are teamwork and one unity. In my film the gestures also can show that some of the teenagers are scared. The gestures can affect the way the audience thinks too and it make the audience think if that character is a protagonist or antagonist. In my film chuck acts brave in one scene but is scared for the rest of the scenes this create empathy for the characters.

The new sound script

My film is Sci-Fi film which means that’s they add diegetic to make it sound futuristic. A diegetic sound is a natural sound you can hear and audience and character can hear it and only small parts of scenes have this in the film I have chosen. Dialogue an important phrase or conversation in the movie for example like “can you tell a bit about yourself, who you are where you came from, can you tell me a name.” this is the first part of the film and states that the protagonist doesn’t know anything about himself. They also us sound effects to make the action film more dramatic when in a chase. They use incidental music to connote emotion a tension.

The denoted is what you see in the film and what you hear. In my film I see loads of teenagers running away from the grieves to escape the maze but the teenager can’t figure out the maze and where to go. Connotation is what it represents. This connotes to the teenagers finding who is behind this disaster and why they have done this. You find this out at the end. In my film Kendra isn’t the usual damsel in distress because she can look after herself and the men in the film worship her as there leader because she knows al Tomas’s secrets and Tom is the leader of the group of teenagers.

Sound

Diegetic

In my film there are plenty of moments when they have diegetic sound in this film. The main diegetic sound that is in the film is the dialogue what the characters say in the film as the audience can here it and the characters in the film can hear it this is all in forma. I can see that Tomas has just entered the glade this is what it denotes “Welcome to the Glade” this connotes the bit when Tomas actually wakes up and realizes where he is and what people are around him this creates an enigma and makes the action film more thrilling. The protagonist in this film talks to people with respect but curios and ask many questions like “what is this place, who put us hear” this connotes that he wants to know and find out why is he in the position but as he talks to other people with respect it denotes a calm environment. The types of moods creates what type of dialogue like sadness, anger and love. Another diegetic sound is when he comes into the glade in the elevator and the elevator doors move and makes a banging sound when just opened this is really cool as it makes a creaking sound this is what denotes but this may connote that Tomas has come into a wold which is unknown for him. The fire throwing is a diegetic sound which starts when they start throwing the fire into the pile of hay to burn the remains of a man who gets bitten by the griever and will turn into the living dead this is what I see and it connotes that if you get bitten by a griever then you will have to die this creates an enigma. Cheering and laughing when around the fire and fighting this is what I see and it means that they are happy and cheerful.

Non-diegetic

The first non-diegetic we denote the bell at the start of the film when he comes through the elevator this is played in the background and added on to create the elevator and tense location. When he comes out of the elevator and doesn’t know why he is there. Another non-diegetic is the soundtrack behind the film to create tension and makes the atmosphere gloomy the music makes the film sound like an action film. The denoted sound from the monsters called grievers and the sound from the machine which opens up to get out of the maze this is all done because to put a sound to the movement in the film this makes a disequilibrium because of the grievers who chance Tomas. The bangs in the film to cut of key points to leave a cliff hanger so you want to know what happens next time they do this to leave you wondering. All of this is done because the producer wants to emphasis the sounds for the audience.

The peer assemsment for meaning and content.

Student Name: Jai Van Der Kraan              Marking work: Jake Fields

What is diegetic sound?

Sound which is natural and the audience and characters can hear it birds in the background Correct

Diegesis the story world Characters dialogue find examples of significant dialogue/sound affects to analyse for their chosen film pre-production/production/post production

What is non diegetic sound?

Sound effects included into the film for example a walls moving this is not natural the actors cannot hear only the audience can hear it example would be soundtrack incidental music very good at creating emotions. Very good at building tension and atmosphere tempo. This is happening in production and post production, production would be for the composer who will write the music  

What is the difference between denotation and connotation?

Denotation is what you see and hear but connotation is what it represents/means it has to be relevant to the genre.

Who talked about male gaze?  

Laura muvley talked about how male audience watch the film because of one female. 1975 how women look as objects makes woman subordinate attractive. 

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Example of non diegetic sounds I hear.
The background music, soundtrack
The wind in the background
talking from the background, voice over (little girl, paramedics)
the buzzing sound
beeping of heart rat monitor 
sirens
something is wrong and has ambulance and heart rate monitor to do with emergency
the sound effects emphasis the enigma.