Preliminary Exercise 8​ Camera Framing​

-Introduction

 Camera framing is the number of characters is in the shot, and how it is used to tell the story. With films there tend to be a number of people in frames, for example when people kiss on the scene it tends to be two people. To show how intimate and special it is. The number of characters there are in a scene is there to show emotions, a mood, or enhance the seen to get insight of the world building. Camera framing show it.  

-Reflection

Learning about camera framing is a usefully thing to learn about, because to show that a character has a big family have the character be surround by five people. To show how big of a family they are, with that example it shows how having that many characters in the scene and how it develops the character the audience following. It also demonstrates relationship dynamics, to show if it is hostile or romantic. Having certain number of characters in the shot is there to tell a story. 

Preliminary Exercise 7:​ Camera Angles

 -Introduction

With camera shot, the angle tends to change depending on the subject. In films this is shown by tilting the camera on the side to make the world look slated. By the director doing this, the audience will feel that the world is not normal like something is off. By having angles in movies, it gives emotions/feeling to scene that are non-verbal. These are called camera angles, and they are used in film to influence how the story is told.

-Reflection

With camera angles they are used to make the shot seem lively, and to give perceptive on the character or background. With those aspect in angles this help me understand what different angles tend to mean in movies. Which would lead my team to add angles in the film, to bring that depth in it. 

Preliminary Exercise 6: Camera shot sizes

-Introduction

 In movies, there are shots that are made in the movie. Each shot that is made, there is differences between them. The shot that is done close up to see a character eyes, is different from the one that is made to show a character chest and head. All of these shots are made to set a mood in a film or show how the character react to each other. This leads to shot sizes, and how they enhance the movie. 

 

-Reflection

 With my team for the film will be making, learning about shot sizes is important. It is the way producers/directors use to give details in their movies and depth. Because with the shots we use they all have their purposes in movie, for example to show how a lone a character is they will use a wide shot. To show the background being nothing but building and the character standing in the middle. To truly show how alone the character is, so through that shot size people get the feeling of them being alone in the world. With that it set the mood of the scene because of it, so with this exercise learning about shot sizes is one of the important things in camera work. 

Preliminary Exercise 5: Analyzing Genre in Film

 

-Introduction

Genres are ways stories are characterize through troops and certain plot points that shows what the overall story is about. in that the genre I analyze for this exercise is physiological thriller. With this genre it about how the character is viewing the world and themselves, it is shown in multiples way. By the setting they are in and how the character reacts to their problems/environments which is through extreme ways usually.  This genre is produced by the producer to tell a story through, that it is deep in metaphors or messaging. Through the film messaging, this leads to the audience interpretation of the film by the double meaning, and codes. In films that have a genre of romance, when to two romance lead meet the camera frame and the lighting might change to focus on them and their meeting. 

Furthermore, with physiological thriller one of the main conflicts is the character and their distorted reality, with their reality being mess with through the situation they are in or mental state they are trying to overcome it, but it does not always seem how it is. Since their reality is distorted, this is shown by the way the characters thought they did something just for it not to be true and them seeing things that are real to them. Another example on genres are horror movies, with horror the film might have a cast of characters dealing with a "big bad" and with the genre of horror there is sub genres that come with it, for instance horror-supernatural movies.  It still deals with a "big bad" that is hunting down the cast, but the hunter is a ghost or demon instead of a human. With all of the genres at there, my personal favorite is romance because of the two romance leads following in love with each other. The film shows it through the characters holding hands, kissing, or being so understanding with each other by hearing their thoughts and feelings. Through the films having music that cause me as a watcher to be at peace and watch the characters be in love. One of my favorite romance movies are princess and the frog, corpse bride, and beauty and the beast. Because in these films, the two romance leads learn to understand each other and grow together to fully love each other. 

 This goes back to my assignment, to look at the mise en scene elements in physiologically thriller. And their significance of iconography and narrative themes, and their connection to narrative themes. I use bubble diagram to analyze the genre. It allows me to fully understand the genre and the common troops that come with it. The genre is thriller, because it is intense and suspenseful that build up through the story and the sub-genre is physiologically. Because it deals with the character mental state and how they are dealing with the intense situation. This cause me to look at the iconography. which refers to visual symbols, and other elements of a film that have certain meaning beyond the actual place on the screen. It connects to audience engagement by having the audience thinking about the film long term and interpret it. Scene that shows symbols from the physiologically thriller is the "whore" written on the mirror from the black swan, "hey its johnny" from the shining, the man crying on the couch from get out, and the invisible man from the invisible man. All these films use symbols to show deeper meaning it and get the audience questioning the character mental state or their environment. This goes in the central message of the films, which is narrative themes. The audience get interested by them understanding the film and how the theme in the films is shown within the story. It allows producer to put themes like family in their films in unique ways to grab the audience attention. Themes like mental illness, abuse, crime, and perfection.  Are ways that producers show creative in their films.

   

-Reflection 

Through this exercise, I was able to learn about the themes in the genre I choice and how it affects the audience. And with this process, with me being a producer of the film I'm making I am able to make a lot of creative things with the genre. Since It is good one to trick the human mind. With the bubble diagram It show how the genre has theme, action, and setting that usually take place in it. While doing the chart, it was easy for me to do it since in the program I use have a shape option. It was simply to copy the shapes for the chart. Through this assignment It was interesting to learn more about the genre.

-Work-Cited

 BeverlyBoy Productions.https://beverlyboy.com/film-production/what-is-iconography-in-film/.26 August 2024. 9/8/204

  

Preliminary Exercise 4: Analyzing Mise en scene

What is Mise en scene

The movie I use to understand the topic of mise en scene is Inside out 2. The genre of the movie is coming to age, and the subgenre is comedy. How it is communicated through the opening scene of the movie, by Riley's emotion explaining Riley growth from the first movie. How she was able to make friends and join the hockey team. The producers of the film show this through the shots/scene in the opening scene. They show the colors of the emotions characters and to show how Riley feels, for example when she gets made at another player. Anger shows up and hits of red is shown in lighting. The also show through lighting to show how Riley is the main character, through how she was the first one to show up in the hockey ring by the lighting brighten up. It commutates how Riley is the main character and how we are following her growing up.

Section A 

General Information of Film
Film Title Inside out 2	Media Institution Name Walt Disney
Film Studio (s) Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.	Director  Kelsey Mann
Year released June 14, 2024	Genre and sub-genres-coming-to-age and comedy
Cost of production (Budget) $200 million	Box Office 650 million
The movie is about Riley, and she is going through the transition of middle school to high school. But her two best friends are going to a different school then her, this causes her emotion to expand and react to this new situation. With that and the pressure of going to high school it causes her to go through a internal conflict.

Section B 

Setting

Definition:The place where the movie is set in

The setting is a hockey ring, with a bright light over heading it showing Riley and her team. Showing, that she is the ,ain charactger and the one we are following.

The setting is a city street scene at night. It illustrates a gloomy, neon-lit setting with a green overtone. No one is present on the street but the main character, Neo.

Message:We as the audience is following her and her Journy of

The atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Heartwarming because we as the watchers seeing Reily growing up

Location (Where and geographic description): It is in a ice ring for hockey

Time Period :Modern day

Time of Day: Moring/ afternoon

Culture/moral values of the setting: American culture

Job title:Teen

Acting

Definition: An actor movements, facial features, and emotions to coney a story

The acting in the opening scene shows how the main character is happy by the way she smile and happy to be with her friends by high five.

The acting is………livily because of the animation and to show the character going through this period in her life.

Messages: Is going through a transition in life is hard and scary

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Hopeful and exciting

Character portrayed: She is very excited to play hockey with her friends

Character appearance: (Tall, short, skinny, muscular, male, female, attractive, etc.) She is tall and skinny.

Character actions: She does actions in the opening that are represented by her emotions. For example, when she pushes someone her emotion anger.

Facial expressions and body language: When she went to the hockey ring she had a smile on her face, showing that she is happy abolut playing this sport

Voice quality/ tone: The ton is very excited and happy

Job title:Showing emotion

Set Design: Décor and Props

Definition:Are props or item that are their in a scene that convey a messaage

The hockey stick shows that Riley is a hockey player, and that it is important to her.With the serious look on her face.

Set design (décor and props)……. Hockey stick

Message:She is a hockey player

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: An excited feeling through Riley being happy to play hockey

Décor: (Example: red and black checkered floors, yellow walls, modern furniture, old shabby curtains, etc.) Hockey stick

Props: Hockey stick

Job title: Hockey stick

Costumes, Hair and Make-up

Definition: What the character wear tro fit the time and place of the setting

Riley getting dress for her hockey team, so having uniform shows how serious it is to her. With her playing with her team members and the team she goes against.

The costume is…. Hockey uniform

The hair and make-up is ………..No makeup and hait is up in a ponytail

Message: That she is ready to play hockey

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Very hopeful

Costumes: Hockey uniform

Hair:Ponytail

Make-up: no makeup

Job title: Team player

Lighting

Definition: The way lighing is set in a \scene

When Riley first shows up in the ring, it shows how excited she is being a hockeyb player. With the light being there it shows she is the main character also.

Message: The lighting shnow how important Riley is in the movie, shes how main character

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: She is the one we should care about, since we following her since the first movie

Light Direction: On Riley and her teamates

Light Source: On top of them

Light Quality: Bright

Job title:on top of the hockey ring

Composition

Definition: How dark or bright a scene is

The lighting was bright to show that the character is happy and excited to play hockey. When she first shows up to the hockey ring it brightens, and the character have a bid smile on her face.

The composition is: How bright or dim the light is

Message: The light getting bright on Riley show how

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: A n exciting and rush feeling

Blocking in the frame: The hockey ring

Framing Balance: On her and her friends

Depth of Field: Bright on er

Focus: On Riley

Job title:

Color

Definition: To give off a feeling/emotion to the audience

The colors purple and blue is used in the opening scene, is to give the emotion character the spotlight. How blue and purple look in the movie it gives a clam feeling compared to the bright emotion characters.

The color is …… Purple and blue

Message:So the emotion of Riley can stand out, because they are bright and colorful

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: To show how excited and ready to play hockey she is

Dominant Colors:Blue and purple

Meanings of colors: so it does not stand out the the emtotion characters

Job title: To show emotion

 -Reflection 

Through this assignment of analyzing Mise en scene, I was able to understand the elements of it. Through the opening scene, it shows what all the elements mean to send a message to the audience. By making the table I was able to know each element and what it means for the story and the message behind it. The process of making this table, which is a presentation, it was able to show what each element of Mise en scene mean, and how it was shown in the film. The technology I use to do the work was Word, I use it because it is easy to use as me being a beginner. Through this exercise I was able to learn about the how everything in a film sends a message, through the acting, lighting, and even costumers. It is there to show the story or the characters feelings. With working on this I was able to take the information I learn and put it in my movie. 

 

-Word Cited

 Semiotics (2024) Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/science/semiotics (Accessed: 02 October 2024).