Whatever you do… • Don’t write chronologically (you won’t get above an E grade) • Make loads of notes during the clip – prepare a noteframe quickly • Cover all 4 technical areas (editing; sound; camera; mise en scene) • Link everything to representation
Know your terms
Analysing sound and editing • The hardest technical areas • Most invisible? • Most subtle?
Sound • • • • • • •
diegetic/ non-diegetic; dialogue; Voiceover; Incidental music; Ambient sound; Themes and stings; soundtrack;
• synchronous and asynchronous; • sound effects; • sound motif; • sound bridge; • mode of address/direct address; • sound mixing;sound perspective
Editing • • • • • • • • • •
Eye line match; Pace; Cross cutting; Graphic and action matching; 180degree rule; parallel editing cutaway; insert; jump cut; synchronous sound
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fade in/ out; cuts; wipes; dissolve; superimposition; long take/ short take; slow motion; ellipsis and expansion of time; • post-production; • visual effects
• How is sexuality represented as macho and aggressive in this extract? • How does the sound and editing add to this representation?
http://youtu.be/hj7Q2M5hB5A
• How does the sound add to the construction of the representation of sexuality? • How is sexuality represented differently compared to Torchwood?
http://youtu.be/nPBE6YNoP5w
Editing • How does the editing construct conflict/ opposition/ juxtaposition? • How does the editing change pace, and what is the effect of this? • How does editing position the audience?
How does this add to the representation of ____?
Sound • How does the soundtrack create an atmosphere? • Who speaks most/ least/ over shots of others? • How does silence add to the effects and meanings?
How does this add to the representation of ____?