VISUAL REMINDERS for VCE MEDIA
Published on Nov 24, 2015
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VISUAL REMINDERS
FOR VCE MEDIA exam
Camera Techniques
Production element
Makes John seem vulnerable
High Angle
Camera Techniques
Production element
Increases tension and excitement
Hand held + POV
Camera Techniques
Production Element
Emphasises the significance of Lenny's tatoos
Close up
Camera Techniques
Production element
Engages audience as they feel tension through John's eyes
Point of View (POV) shot
ACTING
Production element
Elizabeth Banks
Sobbing, shortness of breath, facial expresion = Powerless
Acting
Production element
Carrie-Anne Moss
tone of voice, body language, facial expression, dialogue = Nasty
ACTING
Production element
Russel Crowe
Body Language, facial expression, posture = sympathetic
ACTING
Production element
Larry Holden
Gestures, facial expression, tone of voice = desperation
Mise-en-scene
Production elemement
Safe place & Complex plan
Warm Bedroom Lighting, maps string photos
Mise-en-scene
Production elemement
Used to be confident, successful, educated and normal
High key lighting, nice office, certificate, clean-cut Lenny
Editing
Production element
Montage tries to piece together evidence. Red highlights damning evidence
Flashback montage b/w with dash of red
Editing
Production element
split second clue revealed via editing
Complex editing to construct b/w timeline meeting colour timeline
Lighting
Production element
As Natalie's character is revealed
Soft then Hard lighting
LIGHTING
Production element
suggest forgiveness and warmth
Close up with Warm (Naturistic) Lighting
Sound
Production Element
Family and audience feel stress
Equilibrium is disrupted with several sounds
Sound
Production element
Lenny's Voice-over
Large percentage of film informs audience
NARRATIVE PROGRESSION
STORY ELEMENT - (Memento)
Lenny murders Teddy
Opening
Audience, trying to understand relationships, ponders why Lenny killed Teddy
Development
Audience realises Lenny is delusional
Resolution (Closure)
Narrative Progression
STORY ELEMENT (The Next Three Days)
Flashback/Restaurant/normal happy home
Opening
Wife arrested/Can't prove innocence/Busts her out
Development
Family arrive in Venezuela, safe and together
Closure (Resolution)
CAUSE AND EFFECT
STORY ELEMENT
CHARACTER MOTIVATION
IT'S ALL ABOUT
When he finds out about Laura's tranfer
John is motivated to rush the escape
Police can trace his car. Chase Begins!
Because John Breaks Tail-light
BECAUSE he's wearing Jimmy's Clothes
Natalie doesn't trust Lenny
because he forgot he hit her!
Lenny feels sorry for Natalie
to use Lenny beCAUSE of his "condition".
A lot of characters in Memento are MOTIVATED
The Relationships between Characters
STORY ELEMENT (The Next Three Days)
crucial story element for this film
John and wife and son and family
The Relationships between Characters
STORY ELEMENT (Memento)
Their relationship form foundation of story
Lenny and Teddy and Natalie
POINT OF VIEW
Story Element (The Next Three Days)
but after breakout some from Laura's and Detective's POV
The Majority is told through John's eyes
POINT OF VIEW
Story Element (Memento)
The non-linear timeline helps the audience experience his confusion
The story is told through Lenny's eyes
SETTING
Story element (The Next Three Days)
Busy city, lots of transport issues. Modern Jail.
Pittsburgh, USA 2010
SETTING
Story element (Memento)
Set in 2001 when Polaroids were still in use.
Seedy, drug infested, suburbs of Los Angeles
Multiple Storylines
Story Element (The Next Three Days)
John and Nicole romance
Narrative Possibility of
Will John's Dad help or hinder?
Narrative Possibility of
Multiple Storylines
Story Element (Memento)
What role will Dodd play in Lenny's future?
MSL create Narrative Possibility...
What is Sammy's fate?
Narrative Possibility...
The Structuring of Time
STORY ELEMENT (Memento)
alternating with B/W told chronologically until they meet with Jimmy dying
Non-linear. Colour told in backwards chunks
Colour: they end scene with beginning of previous scene.
Time structure is also about HOW they show time has passed
about a week.
The story seems to take place over
before they are inflicted!
They also show characters cuts and bruises
The Structuring of Time
STORY ELEMENT (The Next Three Days)
(at start, and when John contemplates evidence)
Pretty much linear, apart from flashbacks
the last 3 years, the last three days, the next three days
Story is broken into chunks -
After Laura arrested, Luke ages a lot
Good example of how time is shown passing
... ENGAGES THE AUDIENCE
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...helps with characterisation
(e.g. lighting, mise-en-scene, sound, dialogue, acting)
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The camera pans... then cuts
Photo by Doug Kline
montage
when describing several scenes edited together
The mise-en-scene helps convey...
Photo by Aidan Whiteley
effective
Photo by Kacper Gunia
The opening sequence is important because it helps to establish characters, their relationships and motivation.
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accentuates
(means highlights or draws attention to, especially with LIGHTING)
Photo by CarbonNYC [in SF!]
