Film analysis

Verisimilitude:

How real the world of the story appears to the audience- is it believable , for example.



Diegesis( the films world) / Diegetic (music playing over the top ).

The world in which the film takes place.


Juxtaposition

Placing one object next to another to create meaning.


Narrative:

Theories that categories narratives and find features to common to them.

Character arc - how a character changed through a narrative.


Levi strauss binary opposition 

Narrative tension is based on opposition or conflict. This can be as simple as two characters fighting, but more often functions at an ideological level.


Example of a binary opposition 

  • Good vs Evil 
  • Black vs white 
  • East vs west 
  • Boy vs girl
Propps 8 character types.
  • The villain
  • The helper
  • The princess or prize 
  • Her father
  • The donor
  • The hero
  • The false Hero
  • The dispatcher

Laura mulvey - Male gayez theory

Media is made by white heterosexual men that are middle class.


 Todorov's Equilibrium Theory 
  • Equilbrium (balanced)
  • Disruption of equilibrium by an event 
  • A realisation that the disruption has happened 
  • An attempt to repair the damage or disruption
  • A restoration of equilibrium.

Action codes - what will happen next ?

she falls over - will he catch her ?

She has been caught  what will he do with her ?



Misc on scent 

Different setting , very london based ( leicester square )

Protaganist : hero

Antagonist: Something or someone who stops someone from doing something.

Non digetics sounds

The picture is a prop this makes us feel like something has happened between her and this boy because she has thrown it down in anger.



Camera:

  • Close up shots when she is emotional 
  • Dolly shot 
  • Close ups of her dancing 
  • Sweaty torso


Sound:


  • Non diegetic Rn B hip hop music 
  • Releasing emotion



Editing: Short cuts throughout


Misc en scent:


  • The framed photo graph was thrown down in anger. This shows her anger towards him
  • The costume she was wearing ( baggy jumper , shoes, shorts 

Misc en scent is all about the costumers and the setting of the film, the way the character threw the jumper down expresses how angry she was, she also just there some cloths on just like she didn't care.











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