Textual Analysis

Sound

M USIC

CONTRAPUNTAL/ PARALLEL

DIAETIC/NON DIAGETIC

ON SCREEN/OFF SCREEN

VOLUME/VOICE OVER

EMOTION

DIALOGUE

Editing

SFX/SPECIAL EFFECTS
TRANSITIONS
ORDER OF NARRATIVE
PACE
SCREEN TIME

Ghost Ship

Technique/feature                                                              Why is it there

screentime- the girl is on screen at pivotal parts           lets the audience identify her as  the central 

of the plot(when the mood changes and when              character, and establishes her as the guide

actions begin)                                                                through he film. This allows us too empathize

                                                                                       with her as an innocent victim

change in temps of the music                                        mood of the diagetic music is parallel to the      slow then faster then stops                                            plot.Slowly dies out as the people die. Silence 

                                                                                       at the end to enhance the scream.

speed of he transitions and the type of                         speed enhances the shock for the audience and 

transition changes, slow at the start,                             also creates complete confusion so that when 

slow fade ect then straight cuts at a fast pace               the bodies fall apart the horror is greater.

sound effects&volume                                                  'slash sound' 'squelching' - volume is                                                                                                         enhanced-adds to hyper realism, helps                                                                                                       understanding and gives the audience                                                                                                       satisfaction 

                                                                                      music goes echoey- changes pace-calm before                                                                                         the storm, foreshadowing of the ghostliness                                                                                              like being underwater (as ship soon will be)

Applying film language(camera,mise en scene, sound&editing)

Up

The main part of the costume we notice is the tie the man wears when his wife changes it everyday. As his wife changes it they both get older and older this is a good way to show this as the type of tie changes at different ages. The non diagetic music is fast at the start when they are young this shows the happy emotions but as things start to fall apart the music slows down and gets sadder. One of the main transitions when things get sad is when they are decorating a babies bedroom and then it moves into a doctors room and the lighting turns low key. This is down to show the sadness of them not being able to have a baby, the angle of the camera makes us feel like we are outside in the waiting room as the 2 main characters are only in about 25% of the shot.

Cape Fear

In the trailer of cape fear the music is non diagetic and very dramatic, there is very little dialogue over the top of the music that we can hear. At the start the us of the camera angle is very clever as we don't really know where the man is until it tracks out and we can see that he is behind bars. The actor seems very smart from all the props that are used for example all the books that he has read. A transition is used from someone locking a gate to someone opening the gate this is done to show he is free from prison and that his exiting.





The Matrix

 In the matrix there is a lot of low key lighting so we can focus on the main characters. Non diagetic music is used to put the audience on edge as it is an action film.There are also non diagetic sound effects that are over exaggerated when there is fighting going on. The men wear suits and glasses and the women wears all black latex because of the costumes we can't really tell who is good and bad. Slow motion is used when the girl is having a fight and when she jumps from one building to the other this it so show how extreme the jump was. The pace soon speeds up when she is running away.

Clueless

In clueless a birds eye view is used when everyone is in the car driving. The scene changes a lot so we can see how busy and fun her life is. From the setting we can tell she is upper class also by her car and her machine that chooses her outfit for her. There is a voice over done by the main character to explain what goes on. She looks after her dad when it should be the other way round.






Boys n the hood

The film starts with violent shooting and a bit of dialogue, you can't see anything at this point apart from the title of the film this creates people wondering who's being shot and creates suspense. You can then hear a kid saying that its his brother that has  been shot this is an important bit of dialogue. The camera then focuses on a stop sigh using an long shot and then it zooms into and close us.The stop sign symbolises that something in the environment needs to stop. It is high key lighting as it is very natural. From the location we can tell the it is an very unsafe environment to live in and that is dodgy due to the shootings and the streets. The music is non diagetic when the 4 kids are out together. The teachers body language shows that she doesn't really care about the kids especially when they are fighting this shows the kids are also naughty