1.2 Close Reading Internal Assessment (3 credits)

Brainstorm Film Techniques Sounds Shots/Framing Mise-en-scene Lighting / Production Angles /Movement Editing

Analysing Film Trailers 0 Prepare an A3 sheet into 4 columns and 6 rows… like this.. Area to analyse Trailer A: Whale Rider Trailer B: Donnie Darko Trailer C: Lord of the Rings Lighting Colour Sound Camera work Editing Mise-en Scene (production)

Trailers 0 Whale Rider 569/ 569/ 0 Donnie Darko 257/ 257/ 0 Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings- sound 0 Atmospheric sound / ambient sound effects create the mood – a deep, dull, rumbling bass sound like thunder creates the impression of an underworld – a fantasy place such as middle earth. 0 Music – 0 Voiceover – 0 Dialogue –

Lighting and colour ColourDenotesConnotes Orange + goldFire, ring, titling, firey mountain, lighting often orange glow Ring – precious metal Danger, evil, hell, harshness, hot / inferno / eternal damnation – “Mt Doom” Valuable / Significant Back-lightingQueen elf Good characters grouped in the forest Sun coming over the mountains Angel like, valuable and pure – ethereal - Blue filters Greys / shadows / black

Camera work ElementDenotesConnotes Long shots / Wide angle shots Horses riding, battle scenes, settings and locations To show the epic scale of the world and of the journey Frodo is on. Huge number of characters involved in the story / impacts lives of many High / Low angleBoat scene entering something guarded by statue sentries – low angle, tilting up Queen talking to Frodo – in low angle Show the dominance of one character over another – Shots moving (tilting or panning) Tracking shotsHorses/ armies going into battle Audience feel like they are also moving - intensifies the pace and action - Birds eye viewGlacier / jumping the rock / crumbling away Show the danger / the risk etc.

Describe a film element and explain what effects it creates ACHIEVED 0 Describe the technique in detail – be specific and accurately use film language. 0 Plenty of examples – references to the film trailer. Where in the trailer do they occur? 0 What effect the film technique has –(1) on the audience – makes the audience think….? Makes the audience feel… ? Focuses on or emphasises what? Gives background to story, gives clues into genre / mood / atmosphere. Clues into characters / state of mind / relationships. Represents the themes… FOR MERIT 0 Give reasoned explanations for the USE of this element. How the techniques are symbolic of other things – how they relate to real life 0 Give reasoned explanations for the EFFECT of this element. Relate the film technique to the others used in the trailer. 0 Use film language accurately FOR EXCELLENCE 0 Gives reasoned explanations for how the elements combine to create effects. How the element chosen works with others like it to create effects. Broader impact on the audience and the implications (effects / consequences) on society. 0 Relate (compare) to other trailers you know.

Marking Codes for 1.2 Marking Codes DescriptionAchievement E element is identified accurately. A D a sufficient description is given of that element being used. A X effect of that element is described. A RE Reasoned explanation is given for the use of that element or for the effect of that element. M CO Comprehensive understanding of how elements Combine to create meaning. E

Excellence Exemplar 0 (Low Angle) Morpheus is often shot from a low angle in this scene. For example, when Neo sits and Morpheus moves to his chair, the extreme low angle mid shot exaggerates his physical size. [E + D] This makes Morpheus seem imposing or powerful by making the audience look up to him. He seems a larger-than-life figure in comparison to Neo. [X] The use of a low camera angle also reinforces his difference from Neo. The low angle shots are frequently established from behind the chairs as if we, the viewers, are crouching. [D + X] By implying that the audience needs to stay hidden and observe in secret, the director suggests that Morpheus is not just powerful but potentially or possibly threatening. [RE] Sometimes these shots are used as if they are a POV shot from the perspective of the person not in shot. [CO] This helps involve the audience in the scene by making us feel for a moment as if we are the other person in the scene. Together with the ominous music, dim lighting, grungy set, thunder sound effects and cryptic, almost whispered dialogue the director has used this to increase the intensity of the scene for the audience. [CO]