Single Camera Filmmaking: The single-camera setup, or single-camera mode of production, also known as Portable Single Camera, is a method of filmmaking and video production. A single camera — either motion picture camera or professional video camera — is employed on the set, and each shot to make up a scene is taken independently.
Narrative Structure
Flashback: This is an element of non-linear storytelling where the filmmaker portrays a memory or event that has happened in the past.
An example of a film that has flashbacks in it is Ray. The writer has used a flashback to show what his mother's reaction would've been towards him at the time when he falls over. It influences the plot by showing the audience what has happened in the past and how it relates and can be compared to what is going on now.
An example of a film that has flashbacks in it is Ray. The writer has used a flashback to show what his mother's reaction would've been towards him at the time when he falls over. It influences the plot by showing the audience what has happened in the past and how it relates and can be compared to what is going on now.
This is England '86
This is England '86 is a TV series which looks over the life of teenage boys in 1986. Within the program there are typical scenes which show what happens in day to day life during this time and this is what makes it realist.
Realist: Realist is a production style that is used to make the scene seem as close to real life as possible. It stemmed from 'kitchen sink' drama which is closely related to the audience's real life.
The way in which This is England '86 do this is by the setting, the clothing and the spoken language. For example, it is set in a council estate which is where teenage boys may live at the time as their parents may not of earned as much money as most people do now. The two different groups wear different types of clothing. One group wears tracksuits with adidas t-shirts and most of them have their jackets zipped right up. The other group are wearing shirts with sweaters and brown trousers. The spoken language includes a lot of swearing and most teenagers still do this now.
The way in which This is England '86 do this is by the setting, the clothing and the spoken language. For example, it is set in a council estate which is where teenage boys may live at the time as their parents may not of earned as much money as most people do now. The two different groups wear different types of clothing. One group wears tracksuits with adidas t-shirts and most of them have their jackets zipped right up. The other group are wearing shirts with sweaters and brown trousers. The spoken language includes a lot of swearing and most teenagers still do this now.
Anti-Realist: Slightly different to surrealist, this style works slightly outside the boundaries of what could happen in real life, and therefore drawing attention to the artifice of film production.
An example of an anti-realist TV series is Sherlock. The way in which this is anti-realist is that there is a part where they pause on the ladies face and on different parts of the man's body and they show in writing, what Sherlock is thinking about them. This helps to show the audience what he is thinking and helps them to feel more of a connection to him.
An example of an anti-realist TV series is Sherlock. The way in which this is anti-realist is that there is a part where they pause on the ladies face and on different parts of the man's body and they show in writing, what Sherlock is thinking about them. This helps to show the audience what he is thinking and helps them to feel more of a connection to him.
Closed Endings
Closed Endings: This is when the narrative threads have mainly been completely resolved, leaving little or no ambiguity as to what happened. This is completely seen in serials, for instance, in Sherlock, the case is usually solved by the end of the episode.
An example of a TV series with a closed ending is Silent Witness.
An example of a TV series with a closed ending is Silent Witness.
Open Endings
Open Endings:
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Diagetic Sound
Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: voices of characters. Sounds made by objects in the story. Music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music).
Non-Diagetic Sound
Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: narrator's commentary, sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect and mood music.
Miss-en-scene
Mise en scène encompasses the most recognizable attributes of a film – the setting and the actors; it includes costumes and make-up, props, and all the other natural and artificial details that characterize the spaces filmed. The term is borrowed from a French theatrical expression, meaning roughly “put into the scene”. In other words, mise-en-scène describes the stuff in the frame and the way it is shown and arranged.
The three clips that I have used show different types of miss-en-scene. The first and the last clip are in the same setting and the characters are wearing the same costumes. They also have the same props and in the second of the two, it is different because they show a man closing a book. The closure of the book adds to the miss-en-scene because it is an extra prop in the scene. The second clip shows the different stages that Margot has been through from the age of 12 to the age of 26. It goes from her starting to smoke, to her skipping school and then onto her being with different men and a woman within each year of her life. Each person shows a different scene and in most of them, she is snogging the man that she is with at the time. In order for this to work effectively, different costumes, props and scenes need to be used for each one and they are.