Film Editing Introduction

Montage 



Continuity

 

Sound

The first 35 seconds of this clip is an example of diegetic sound. Diegetic sound is the sound that comes from a person or object in thee diegesis (the world of the story) and seen within the field of vision.



The soundtrack to this video is an example of non-diegetic sound. Non- diegetic sound comes from nothing within the field and has been added afterwards in the editing process.



This clip is an example of sycrnous sound. This is where the sound is synchronised with the object emitting that sound. For example - lip syncing.



In this clip 3:40 - 4:00 is dialogue. This is the sound made by characters talking to eachother. Also in this clip from 4:00 - 4:10 there is an example of an audio bridge.  This is where the sound either diegetic or non-diegetic (this example be non-diegetic) continues across one or more cuts/ transitions. This example is where the soundtrack continues over a montage of different clips. 

Sound – Hunger clip 9

Activity 1

In this activity we have been told to write down all of the sounds we can hear in it. This is the list of sounds that I found:
Birds
Breathing
Footsteps
Keys dangling
Chairs scraping
Singing on the bus
Each of these sounds break the silence of the clip. They create a very tense atmosphere as the viewer doesn’t know what sound is going to happen next and every sound is very amplified by the concrete walls and floors making a very cold feeling scene.

Activity 2

When there is only silence the camera is usually focused on the dying man. The story is of a man who is on hunger strike and in this clip we can see his condition deteriorating to the point where he dies. The silence in this scene means that you focus on the dying man which can create emotion for the viewer and makes you feel quite uncomfortable and awkward.

Activity 4

The only piece of music we hear in the clip is towards the end when the man has his flashback. It isn’t really music. It is just a harsh noise of a horn being blown. It was a very mournful noise and makes the viewer feel uncomfortable. I feel that this horn could be related to the man’s current physical state. The man dies shortly after this noise so I feel this could be a signal to the end of his life.

Skins Analysis

Representation of age

On the first episode of the first series of skins we are introduced to all of the characters in the first 15-20 minutes of the programme. I am concentrating on the first 5 minutes of the episode where we are introduced to Tony, Effy, Dad and the Mum.

The intro/ theme tune of skins is not the typical sort of tune that you would expect to be used to attract a teenage audience. It is fast paced but is not a song it is just a backing tune.  This theme tune works and suits the programme because it is upbeat and different just like the programme.

We are introduced to Tony first with a Birdseye view of him in the middle of his bed. It is much more neat than you would ever expect anyones bed to be. This theme of neat and cleanliness carrys on throughout the scene when you see him looking through his drawers and his clothes are folded perfectly. This shows how he is not the normal stereotypically messy teenager. Also in the scene where we are introduced to Tony we see a montage of him exercising. This shows that he has a morning routine. This added to the neatness of his room shows that he is very specific in the way he wants things to look, whether it is his body or his room. Tonys cleanliness and routine is the opposite of the teenage stereotype but then in clips such as where he is looking at his naked neighbour you can see that he is still the typical teenager.

We are then introduced to effy. She is walking down the road wearing what a typical stereotypical rebellious teenage girl would be wearing. A short skirt and lots of makeup. She looks rough as if she has been out all night and looks about 16-17 years old. She and her brother have worked out a way for her to get inside without her parents seeing her this way as she obviously was not allowed out that night. She gets changed into her school uniform and takes off her make up. When Tony goes downstairs his mum said to him that effy hadn’t slept very well which shows that effy is a deceptive character and knows how to deceive her parents well. When she is at the table she looks a lot younger and innocent. You wouldn’t know that she was the same girl as what you saw just a few minutes earlier. She fits the stereotype of a typical teenage girl. This is because she is deceptive to her parents and very sneaky. She is very grown up for her age just like the typical teenage girl.

The first time we are introduced to the dad he charges into Tonys room shouting and swearing. Straight away we can tell that he is an angry man, but he is also a weak man. I feel that he is weak because of the way he reacts to Tony when Tony does something against him. He shouts and curses which  makes Tony look like the more controlling character. You can tell no one in the household takes him seriously when he comes downstairs after being locked out of the bathroom and he gets no sympathy off of any of his family. He would stereo typically be the working class dad who is very bold and loud, yet his whole family don’t take him seriously. The way he walks around the house with trousers that are too small for him and unclean is also showing the stereotypical  Dad.

We are lastly introduced to the mum. She is very naive and gentle. This is stereotypical of a mum to be this way. The way she is looking after effy in the morning, not realising she had been out all night is the way a mum would act as she is innocent in thinking that her daughter was in trying to sleep.

Shots and angles - Mid shot

I could use this to show the character glances at something