Monday, 28 January 2013

HCL:Film Openings

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (Yates,2009)



Techniques SOUND:
  • Synchorous sound-Used to convey the content on the screen, a quite dark mood
  • Sound effects-Sound of man crying with pain in the background further emphasizes the dark mood of the scene
  • Sound effects-Sound of explosion in building used to add verisiimilitude of the action
  • Selective sound-Emphasize of sound of camera used to show weakness of character
  • Non-diagetic sound-Sound of public people screaming when building explodes, further emphasizes the action
  • Soundtrack-An emotional piece of music at the start, connotes to the reader that something significant has happened
Techniques EDITING:
  • Slow Motion-Used to further reinforce beginning scene as a significant event
  • Cross Cut-Used to show juxtaposition between different locations e.g world of muggles and wizards
  • Matched Cut-Used when people are on the footbridge, intial shot show them calm, next shot after the bridge has been under attack shows them in panic and disarray
  • Slow cutting rate-This is used throughout the scene and allows the audience to absorb the action that is going on
Techniques CAMERA:
  • POV-Shot is used the put the audience in the perspective of the characters e.g. when the dementors are flying through the streets of London
  • Extreme Close up-Shot of character, allows the audience to connect and build a relationship with the character
  • Panning shot-Used to show the audience a location whilst what is happening on around it e.g when the dementors are attacking the footbridge
  • Mid Shot-Used to show the the workers when they are trying to run away from the collapsing footbridge

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