Happens withing the first 14 seconds of the clip.

Film: Thor Ragnarok

Director: Taika Waititi

Film Form Notes:

Sound:

• Silence – there is still background music and you can hear muffled speech from background characters (so it’s not actually silence) but the dialogue between the main three characters goes silent. This is done for comedy purposes.

Cinematography:

• Camera – mid shot – the mid shot of the three characters shows their reactions to what has been said and/or the silence. It is done for comedic purposes.

Performance:

• The glances that each character does (which you can see from the mid shot) adds to the comedy, as does the awkward wink.
• Proxemics – they are all standing very close to one another with again adds to the comedy element.

 

 

 

 

Film: Baby Driver

Director: Edgar Wright

Film Form Notes: 

Mise en Scene:

• Some of the words that are in the song that Baby is listening to appear on the walls/poles etc, they appear on screen.
• There are people that appear with an instrument in time with the song such as the man with a trumpet (?) towards the end of the scene and the man playing “drums”.
• The performance matches up with the mise en scene, the character Baby imitates the graffiti behind him and pretends to be playing a brass instrument outside the window of a brass instrument shop, this also matches the timing of the song.
• When he enters the coffee shop, on the wall which you can see out of the window, there is graffiti with a black heart on top. But, after he sees Debora, it turns red. This could show his instant attraction to her and foreshadow their romantic relationship.
• At the very begin when we get the shot of the building. There are two yellow lines that run up the side of it like double yellow lines on a rode. This fits the film as it is an action movie that follows the main character Baby, who is the get away driver for a group of criminals.

Performance:

• Baby is dancing to the song as he walks down the street and doing things such as pretending to play an instrument, keeping in time with the song.
• Baby imitates the graffiti
• The people that appear playing instruments in time with the song.
• When Baby is giving his coffee order, he sings along with the song but makes it sounds like he’s deciding what to order.

Sound:

• Music – the music fits with the mise en scene and performance, it controls and is the scene.
• The scene is kind of choreographed to the music, there are lots of scenes in the film Baby Driver that are choreographed to music.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBncwqZiPEY

 

 

 

Film: I  Kill Giants

Director: Anders Walter

Film Form Notes:

Sound:

• Environmental sounds – you can hear birds in the background
• Diegetic – the footsteps of the two main characters
• Foley – the sound of the rope trap swinging down is exaggerated, it would have been edited in sound but you can see where it came from on screen and the characters would have heard it.
• Non-diegetic – there is a quiet piano playing at the beginning of the scene and there is another quiet background noise that plays throughout most of the scene.

 

 

 

 

From 1 minute into the clip to about 3 minutes

Film:  La La Land

Director: Damien Chazelle

Film Form Notes:

Editing:

• It is a montage scene. We see their relationship progress quickly, within seconds, but for the characters it would have been weeks and possibly months.
• It’s like a match cut when it switches between Sebastian playing the piano and Mia dancing however it doesn’t appear like it is actually cut, it looks like it’s all one shot.

Performance and Sound:

• The music in the background is what makes the montage possible.
• The performance matches up with the music, they start dancing together as though to the music (but it’s non-diegetic they cannot actually hear it yet) until the montage ends and it’s them in a bar and the music is being played by Sebastian and a band and Mia is dancing to it. The music became diegetic.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w586B67zfE

 

 

 

Starts around 25 seconds into the clip.

Film: Thor Ragnarok

Director: Taiki Waititi

Film Form Notes: 

Sound:

• The music fits the scene as it marks the start of the end fight scene.
• It indicates to the genre of the movie. It’s an action and superhero movie but it doesn’t take itself too seriously, it’s still a comedy.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-p8iM75fY

 

 

 

I made notes on film form until around 3:10

Film: Matilda

Director: Danny DeVito

Film Form Notes: 

Mise en Scene:

• Props- the chocolate box which has not been put back properly is what starts the scene.
• Props – the props break after Miss Trunchball jumps. It’s makes her scary but also adds to the comedy.

Sound:

• Heavy footsteps up the stairs makes miss Trunchball scary
• The music builds tension/highlights that the characters are in danger
• Matilda’s heavy breathing builds tension and shows how she is scared and vulnerable, it makes the viewers worry for her.
• Foley – Miss Honey throwing the ball in the air makes an exaggerated sound. This could be for comedic purposes.
• The loud sound of the props (mise en scene) falling down the stairs indicating where Matilda is builds tension and makes you worry for Matilda.
• Foley – Miss Trunchball grinding to a halt sounds like a car stopping. It’s exaggerated and comedic.
• Music – the music when miss Trunchball enters the kitchen where Matilda is hiding builds tension as well but is still suitable for a children’s movie.

Cinematography- camera:

• You see Matilda running away and Miss Trunchball looking for her in the same shot. It’s a mid shot for miss Trunchball showing her emotion and a long shot for Matilda to show what she is doing. This builds tension.
• Close up of Matilda’s face to show her emotion, fear.
• The camera shakes when Miss Trunchball lands after jumping. This shows how dangerous and powerful she is as a character but it’s also funny.
• Extreme close up of Matilda’s eyes during the table seen shows her panic and builds the tension because you think she might get caught.

Cinematography- lighting:

• The shadow of Miss Trunchball on the table cloth for the table that Matilda is hiding under, builds tension again because you think Matilda will get caught.

 

 

 

 

0:45 to 1:17

Film: Baby Driver

Director: Edgar Wright

Film Form Notes: 

Cinematography:

• Colour – black and white like his dream/hopes for the future from earlier in the movie but it becomes more saturated until it is in colour indicating that his dream became reality.
• Sound- music – the music is uplifting which fits the scene and the idea that his dream came true.

 

 

 

 

Film: The Shinning

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Film Form Notes:

Sound:

• The eerie noise builds tension and fits the horror genre of the film.

Cinematography:

• Camera- mid shot shows her worried expression (performance)
• Over the shoulder shot – the audience knows that he is there and that the woman is now in danger. It’s dramatic irony because the audience knows something that a character doesn’t. The viewers would worry for her because she is vulnerable and therefore tension is built.
• Action reaction shot of  the paper and her face builds tension and makes the audience worried and freaked out just liker her. It also makes sure that the audience knows how she is feeling.

Mise en scene:

• Props – the fact that every paper is slightly different and says the same things makes it seem scary and weird. The fact that some pages have many mistakes or have not been lined up properly makes it freaky as well.