Sound

Sound Sound is used in a variety of ways in movies. In my opening sequence I may make use of some or all of these sound techniques. Music: Music is used to make the scenes more interesting by adding another element to the pictures. Music can be used to tell the story and also set the mood and allow the audience to feel whichever emotion is being portrayed on film. This clip from Jaws shows how important music is to a scene. When the clip plays with no music it is difficult for the audience to understand the emotions of the character whereas when the clip plays with music, the emotion of the characters and the triumph that they are feeling as a result of shooting the shark can clearly be recognised from the music that plays. Dialogue: Dialogue is the words that the characters speak. Dialogue is used to give the audience an understanding of the character, it can be used to control the speed of the movie and it moves the story forward. It is not always necessary to use dialogue, particularly in my opening sequence as the lack of dialogue gives the audience a lot of questions and it creates a lot of suspense. Voice-over: Voice-overs involve a character narrating over the top of the film. It is usually used to show the thoughts of a character who is not seen on the screen. Diagetic and non diagetic are two types of sound used in films diageticsoud is when the actual naural sound is being played and non diagetic sound is when music is being played instead of the actual sound

Camera Angles

Camera angles

When making our film we will use a variety of camera angles such as:

Mid shots: these will capture the background of the scene, it also allows a focus on the characters so that the audience can understand what is happening to that character without distractions.

Tracking shots: these will track the movement of a character by following them, this creates curiosity as to where the character may be going but also allows them to be the main focus of the shot.

Close up shots: these shots will be used to provide close up shots of the character’s face, these shots will show facial expressions which emotionally engages the audience as they are aware of how that character is feeling.

Low angle shots: these are shots that are filmed from below, they make the character appear more powerful or dominant

High angle shots: these are shots that are filmed from above, these make the character look less powerful and small.

Zoom shots: these shots give the illusion of moving closer to the action, this creates tension as the audience waits to see why the camera is zooming in on something and what is going to happen.

Long shots: these allow the character to be fully in the frame, this allows the audience to not only focus on the character but also allows them the chance to focus on the location.