Cinematography analysis

Mise-en-Scene
At very first of the scene from Batman vs Superman movie, I can immediately spot out the dark armoured metal costume that Batman is wearing and this gives a indication to the audience that Batman is an extremely dangerous man with potentials of high danger to many. Moreover, it also suggests that Batman is ready to fight someone due to his masculine walk and the weapon that he is carrying which is the kryptonian weapon used only to kill Superman. So from the costume Batman is wearing, we know that the strength of the opponent and is highly threatened by that hence the reason for his huge armoured costume that is worn to cause less damage to him. Moreover, as the scene resumes to the scene where Superman meets Batman, the lighting on Superman is very low-key as we as audiences cannot see him properly meaning that the director is trying convince the audience that Superman is very dangerous and this fight ahead is going to be a huge fight. Also, the lighting on Batman is also a low key lighting immediately making him look more masculine with his dark huge costume. We also learnt that the two superhero actors do not fit into the world where there are many normal citizens so the two are different from the world. In addition, the props used in this movie scene are the weapons that Batman hid in order to injure Superman. As learnt through the costume of Batman and the dramatic entrance of Superman, we know that Batman needs weapons and other things to help him defeat Superman. Lastly, the setting of the fight scene seems to be in a destructive, isolated and dark city which seems to be extremely abandoned. This is the perfect setting for the fight to occur as it will simply make the fight between them two more spectacular and dramatic.

Sound
Furthermore, the sound within this fight scene between Batman and Superman is more non-diegetic meaning that it was later on added on the editing software. For example, when Batman and Superman were physically punching each other on top of the building, the almost crescendo like dramatic non - diegetic sound came in making the fight more dramatic and this will immediately create intensity within the audience. It will create anxiety around the audiences as the fight will be more intense. Moreover, the thunder non - diegetic sound also immediately made the fight more sensational and it put more enthusiasm into the fight in order to indicate to the audience that this fight is more than a fight. Additionally, also in that physical punching fight, the dramatic non diegetic sound is parallel to the scene as it is a heavy bass sound which is mostly used in fight scenes to suit the scene.

Cinematography
Within this fight scene of batman vs superman, there were huge amounts of camera framing and camera movement.Firstly, the close up shot of Batman's face with high angle shot is forcing the audience to understand and know the facial expressions of Batman prior to the fight. Secondly, there is a magnificent low angle shot of Batman where he is standing up looking up to the sky. The low angle shot immediately indicates to the audience that Batman is going to e lethal and clinical in the fight. In addition, when the scene continues to 1:18, the camera placement is behind the woman character suggesting there is someone behind her perhaps. Moreover, the camera isn't steady and still which shows realism within the scenario. Additionally, when it reaches to 1:31, there is a over the shoulder low angle shot from behind Batman showing Batman looking up to Superman which helps the audience to know the most dominant one in the fight. Then after over the shoulder shot from Batman, it moves onto over the shoulder shot from Superman looking down at Batman immediately indicating to the audience that Superman is the more lethal and dominant one. It is vital to understand these low angle and high angle shots as they indicate huge things to the audience and gives hints for the upcoming narrative. For camera movement, there is a crane shot at 3:14 where we see Superman carry Batman and almost lashing him down to the roof of the building. A crane shot is when the camera is placed a good distance above the ground (the camera is placed on the crane). A crane shot is used to help the audience have a better view of the fight scene. Moreover, at 0:40, a tilt movement is shown when the camera is steadily slowly moving upwards on its axis to show the symbol of Batman. It helps the audience to almost realize Batman's danger and his masculinity.

Editing
From the video, i can clarify that there are mostly straight cuts from each scene to another scene. Straight cuts are used to fasten the scene up so the scene won't stay in the same scene for a long time which will make it dull for the audience. 

Reflecting on LR

Post this in a new blogpost on your MEST2 Coursework blog and complete the LR tasks/questions below.

WWW: There is some really impressive work on your blog already – well done! I really enjoyed reading your posts so far and there’s a lot to give credit for: consistent use of media language, clear engagement with the texts and also it’s great to see understanding and application of what we’ve learned in the film language unit so far. This is a very positive start to the course.

EBI: There are still many aspects we need to work on and you do have a few bits missing or incomplete that we need to keep an eye on. The workload in AS Media is significant and it’s vital you stay on top of it – as long as you’re putting in the five hours or work outside of lessons you’ll be fine. The incomplete work: lighting – Film Noir research is extremely short and doesn’t include a clip with accompanying analysis; Sound LR – you haven’t discussed who you thought produced the top three sound videos and why.

In terms of the work you have posted, you are picking out some interesting details but overall you will need significantly more depth to your analysis in order to reach the higher grades in AS Media. Be very careful that you are not simply describing scenes or still images rather than analysing them – it’s crucial you go way beyond denotation and discuss the impact the media language choices have on the audience. Similarly, think carefully about film genre – often you are accurate but when you’re not sure you seem to fall back on action. Look at the Uzak poster again – is there anything on there that really suggests action? You need to be careful here. Written English is another area to look at - you need to communicating accurately at all times (you’ve confused there/their in a couple of places). The other aspect of written English is paragraphing – in some of your more extended blogposts you write in one huge paragraph (e.g. Batman v Superman still image analysis). This makes it very difficult to follow your points and also judge whether you are examining each individual aspect of the text in sufficient detail. Overall, a good start but still plenty for us to work on over the next few months!

LR: Firstly, make sure you catch up with the missing work by the end of this week. Then, for your LR, reflect on your first month of Film Language. What is your strongest piece of work so far? What is your weakest? What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course?

LR Response

Reflecting on the first month of film language, i think i did quite well with catching up with the work and knowing media language. With all my works that i published to my blog, i think the amount of it was huge meaning that i went in depth with my explanation in some of my work. However, i could have went in more depth and explained certain things more briefly and using more media language. I could have also done most of my works on time and not publish works later than the due date. 

In the first month of Film Language, i think my strongest piece of work was the analysis i had to do for the lighting for each film posters. I think i explained in depth about the lighting for each posters. 

I think my weakest piece of work was probably the film Noir work where i had to research film noir and write down information about it. The reason why i think it was the weakest is because it was too short and it lacked brief analysis so I will need to find more information and to analyse better. 

The specific skills i need to develop over the rest of the course is to use more media terminology and to link everything with media language. This is important as i will need to explain everything including media language to make it understanding. I will need to be more in depth with my analysis meaning that i will need to evaluate my analysis and explain more. 

Clockwork Orange Sound analysis

Clockwork Orange

1. I think the choice of music was completely contrapuntal to the extract from Clockwork Orange when the violence started to occur within the characters. Even from the start, it didn't match the extract as the choice of music is instrumental and extremely classic. For the music being extremely classic, it didn't match the extract for the following reasons; the video looked more new and the classic song sounded extremely professional and it looks like its a music for high classed people and the characters did not look high class at all due to their costume and the setting. The characters were wearing hilarious costumes to make themselves look weird and abnormal. Additionally, the music was a non-diegetic sound meaning that the sound was later added on the editing software to make the sound contrapuntal to the video. Also, the meaning o fit is that the audience are only able to hear the music whereas the character within the video are not able to hear it. Moreover, sound bridges are sounds that continue even when the visual image has moved to the next scene. Within the video, we did have a sound bridge where the sound was consistent throughout the whole video and while it was playing, the videos kept moving to one scene onto another. Furthermore, there was voice overs added on. The voice-over is a definite non-diegetic sound meaning that the voice over was slotted in with the video on the editing software. If it was a diegetic sound, we would see the character speaking. Moreover, as the characters turned violent, the volume of the non diegetic music immediately went higher to make it more enthusiastic even though the music was contrapuntal to the video.