BRICK

Brick

At the beginning of the movie, its like we are kind of brought into the middle of the film. Because the movie begins and all we can see is this young man croched down with his face in his hands, looking very worried. Then we see a young lady who is laid face down at the edge of a tunnel. This makes the audience wonder what has happened to this young lady and why is this man just staring at her not doing anything to help. This is all the information we get from the opening scene, it such a small opening which has a really big impact on the movie. 

Editing
When it comes to the editing of the movie it first starts with a a bit of music to introduce the area that they area in. It then moves at a slow pace and begins to introduce the main character in the movie. They close up to his eye level and they show his glasses to reveal the emotion in his face. It cuts and zooms all the way out, we then get to see the thing he is looking at, and we see him crouched down with his hands on his face. Then it cuts again and zooms into her shoes and the positioning of her legs, and cuts back and we see this same person again wondering what has happened and why is the young man just sitting there staring. It cuts again, then we see her hair in the water, then we cut back to the boy, then back to the young lady again and we see her hands. This leaves the audience feeling confused, because we can tell that this young lady is clearly dead,, but it leaves them wondering who did this to her? was it the young man> or has he just found her like this? If so why hasn't he helped her.
Mise En Scene
The Mise en Scene for this opening is at a tunnel, the surroundings of the place looks very dull and boring, and it doesn't look like a lot of people visit there. there hasn't been a lot of props been used in this particular scene. However the costume that the young lady is wearing makes he seem very innocent and helpless. It makes her look like she was just going to school, or maybe even coming back from school and this has just happened. We don't know.
Sound
There wasn't that much sound in this opening, seeing as the opening was so short. But there is non-diegetic sound, this when if we was to be there then we wouldn't be able to hear it. So as they are beginning the movie, the is a background music, but the music isn't a calm sound, its a kind of thriller sound. This sound carries on throughout the whole movie, to show there is a bit of suspense happening at the moment. Then the background music blends in to the next scene and then we hear the diegetic sound, which is the bell.

PRELIMINARY POST 2

Preliminary Task

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The Preliminary Task was to demonstrate continuity editing. We had to make sure that we used: Match on action, Shot/ Reverse Shot, Eyeline Match and making sure that we follow the 180 Degree Rule.
In my group, which included Abi and Taju. I was the one who was in charge of using the camera, and videoing what was going on. Abi and Taju were having a conversation about recruiting for a new job and she was asking the usual question that any interviewee would ask, so for example "Why would you like to work here."

So when I was filming it I had to make sure that I wasn't breaking the 180 degree rule, or else it would break the whole structure of the scene, if I do break it then its called crossing the line. I also had to make sure that I used the eyeline match, to show when Taju was walking down the corridor and he was looking at the poster. I also used the match on action showing when Taju was walking into the room and he opens the door and we could see his face as he opened the door. And lastly I used the shot/ reverse shot to show that they were both having a conversation with each other. 

ZODIAC

Zodiac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub6wGZu5Xng

The opening of Zodiac shows a young man Mike Mageau meets up with his girl/friend Darlene Ferrin and they drive towards this alleyway. When they got there they met a car, there but they didn't mean any harm we think. Then another set of cars came, and they were worried that they were in trouble, but they weren't as they just drove away. Another car then returned and this time stepped out of the car and unexpectedly shot him and the girl. We are unaware on why this happened and what caused these men to do this.

Editing 

At first it starts off slow, with someone driving around in the car introducing the neighbourhood and showing all the houses, then it stops and you see a young man running towards the car, introducing the two characters. Then they drive off through the neighbourhood into the shut off area. The camera then shows where they are then cuts into the car. Then they exchange a bit of dialogue Then a car comes and the camera zooms into the car, however we cant see who's in the car we can only hear noise. That car then drives away then we are back in the car again and they continue on with their conversation until when the next car comes along then we get a view of that car, and now the young man and women in the car begin to get worried unsure of what was taking place. That car drives away, then there is a sigh of relief, however the car then comes back and the camera zooms out so we can see the area they're in, then two young men exit the car and then approach the car. The camera then zooms into the young mans face, the he begins talking, then the camera cuts and then zooms into the gun and all of a sudden the bullet goes off, we cant see the bullet physically going into them however we can see the blood, after we hear the gun go off.
Mise En Scene
The mise En Scene includes a house where we can we can see the young man exit, to enter the car. They then enter a white car, which in those days might have been very popular back in those days. They then drive away into a little hut. Then when the second out of the three cars that came they used fireworks which they had aimed at the car, although we couldn't see who fired it off, we could see the colours of the fireworks. The reason why they may have not shown the people in the car its to probably create a sense of suspense, so it doesn't only make the characters in the car worried but it also makes the audience quite suspicious of what could happen next. The finally at the end of the opening scene, we got to see a close up of the gun, which create a dangerous atmosphere for the people in the scene. Also the fact that thy are wearing something which covers up their face it also creates a dangerous sense.
Sound
As she is driving through the neighbourhood, we get a non-diegetic sound of the radio, the reason why this is non-diegetic is because we don't know where the source of the sound is coming from. Then they exchange a bit of dialogue whilst he is stood in front of the car. As the cars approach the car park, we can then hear the engines of the other cars which are driving away, this is diegetic because we can see where the sound is coming from. They then start o have a bit of a conversation, then all of a sudden we hear the fireworks this is a diegetic sound, which ends up startling the both of them. The third car then comes along then when the guy is in front of the car we can hear the gunshot, which is non-diegetic at first because we couldn't see the gun until when the angle of the camera has changed. 

CONTINUITY EDITING

Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing retains a sense of realistic chronology and generates the feeling that time is moving forward. You can use flashbacks or flash-forwards, but the narrative will still be seen so it can progress forward in a expected or realistic way. 

Continuity Editing is very important because it relates images in a kind of logical sense. It includes invisible cuts, which no one would recognise as long as someone is always moving. When using the continuity editing it makes the cuts look like it continuos so the audience are unable to notice the cuts

Continuity cuts consist of:

Eyeline Match

This is where we see a character looking at something off screen and then we cut to a short of what they are looking at. 

For example in Star Warss

As you can see in this scene, the women is looking straight forward, then it cuts to show the stormtroopers then it cuts back to her. We would never know that she is just looking forward we would think that she is looking directly at these stormtroopers.

Match on Action

This is where we see a character start an action in one shot and then see them continue it in the next shot. 

With this you can see the young lady is walking toward the stairs, then cuts to show her walking up the stairs, it looks like there is a camera on either side but there isn't. It films her walking towards the stairs, then it cuts and then it films her walking up the stairs.

Graphic Match

The graphic match shot is when two shots are linked with a similar shape or composition of an image. It also puts shot together.

In this shot, you can see it start with the microorganisms then it blends in and we see the tear drop on the leaf and then it turns into the earth. This is a graphic match because it looks like it been blended in together but its two different shots which are linked together.

180 Degree Rule

This is a basic guideline that states that two character (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects it is called crossing the line. 


However if you fail to follow this then you have broken the 180 Degree Rule for example in the Hunger Games they deliberately brake the 180 Degree Rule.

Shot/ Reverse Shot
Which is mainly used in conversations / arguments.