Evaluation on Callum's film analysis of A history of violence
Callum's second film analysis is on the film A history of violence directed by David Cronenberg. His analysis is below:
My Evaluation
Callum has gone into detail on the different camera angles and shots used in the opening of A history of violence. This will be useful because it will help us when making our coursework as he has explained why the different camera angles and shots have been used. Callum also mentions how the editing is slow and may connote boredom. This might have been used to reinforce the dull environment the characters have been set in, and are some ideas we may want to consider when editing our coursework.
Furthermore, Callum mentions the use of binary opposition in the sound through the upbeat music against the scenarios the characters are situated in. Therefore, we might want to consider using some kind of binary opposition in our coursework ourselves for increased effects.
Callum has also gone into detail on the mise-en-scene used in the opening of this film and suggested an interesting idea of how the working class clothes represents standard citizens therefore it gives the impression it could happen to anyone, creating a spooky atmosphere. This means that, this might be an effective idea we could include into our coursework if we decide to add some horror into our opening.
Finally, Callum talks about the fact that in this opening the font used in the titles is very small and unnoticeable . Therefore, we will have to ensure we don't make the same mistake when making our coursework, to make sure the writing is noticeable to our audience.
Callum has gone into detail on the different camera angles and shots used in the opening of A history of violence. This will be useful because it will help us when making our coursework as he has explained why the different camera angles and shots have been used. Callum also mentions how the editing is slow and may connote boredom. This might have been used to reinforce the dull environment the characters have been set in, and are some ideas we may want to consider when editing our coursework.
Furthermore, Callum mentions the use of binary opposition in the sound through the upbeat music against the scenarios the characters are situated in. Therefore, we might want to consider using some kind of binary opposition in our coursework ourselves for increased effects.
Callum has also gone into detail on the mise-en-scene used in the opening of this film and suggested an interesting idea of how the working class clothes represents standard citizens therefore it gives the impression it could happen to anyone, creating a spooky atmosphere. This means that, this might be an effective idea we could include into our coursework if we decide to add some horror into our opening.
Finally, Callum talks about the fact that in this opening the font used in the titles is very small and unnoticeable . Therefore, we will have to ensure we don't make the same mistake when making our coursework, to make sure the writing is noticeable to our audience.
What would prove to be brilliant is if you selected ALL the key areas you are going to try to use in your product based upon your research evaluations and put this as your last research blog in preparation for the planning stage
ReplyDeleteI have managed to get round do doing this and uploading it as an audio file called, Reflection of my Research.
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