Creating space is a technique a director will use to engage the audience. Creating pace is done by cutting from less shots in a short amount of time to more shots in a short amount of time. An example of this would be a scene from the "Matrix reloaded" when the characters are being chased by two killers.
The director of this film wanted to portray the pace as fast as possible to the audience and done so by including a vast number of shots within the scene. The more the number of shots the more the audience has to re-adjust to what is going on so as a result they are engaged.
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Engaging the viewer
Engaging the viewer is a technique the director uses to make the audience feel more involved with the film. A way of doing this is to make the audience think about what is going on and what they would do if they was in the characters shoes. There is many ways of engaging the viewer such as:
This is such a strong technique for engaging the viewer because of how the silence keeps the audience waiting the gun shot to be heard. Its the inevitable wait for the gun shot that keeps the audience intrigued.
Another technique of engaging the viewer would be the a pace of the shots. Fast changing shots imply that a climax is due. Increasing the pace of the shot increasing the pace of how the viewer is receiving the story from the film. It tends to be films where the scene and camera shots are so long-winded that they become boring. An example of fast pace shots would be "Fast and Furious (2001)" in a scene where on of the characters is chasing the killers.
The increased pace of the shots implies danger, speed and overall inevitability. The director of the film wanted to get across this to the audience and did so by increasing the pace of the shots.
- Silent background - indicates suspense
- Realistic scenes
- Pace of the shots
- A clear journey throughout
Silence is a strong technique to use because it has such a huge impact on the atmosphere of the scene. An example of this would be the film "Of Mice and Men" in one particular seen where on of the characters dog is about to be put down.
This is such a strong technique for engaging the viewer because of how the silence keeps the audience waiting the gun shot to be heard. Its the inevitable wait for the gun shot that keeps the audience intrigued.
Another technique of engaging the viewer would be the a pace of the shots. Fast changing shots imply that a climax is due. Increasing the pace of the shot increasing the pace of how the viewer is receiving the story from the film. It tends to be films where the scene and camera shots are so long-winded that they become boring. An example of fast pace shots would be "Fast and Furious (2001)" in a scene where on of the characters is chasing the killers.
The increased pace of the shots implies danger, speed and overall inevitability. The director of the film wanted to get across this to the audience and did so by increasing the pace of the shots.
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Cross-cutting and parallel editing
Cross cutting refers to the editorial technique of cutting between different sets of action that can be occurring simultaneously or at different times.
Cross cutting is often used to build suspense, by cutting away at a point of tension the audience will be wondering what is going to happen next.
Parallel editing is an editing technique that allows two or more simultaneous sets of action to unfold within a single film sequence. It creates tension an can show different point of views. It creates something that the audience knows that the characters don't which makes it more engaging. Both cross cutting and parallel editing are used to imply a relationship between different sets of action. An example of parallel editing would be a Scene from "American Sniper" where it is showing different moments of action at the same time.
The difference between cross cutting and parallel editing is time. The term parallel editing is used to show separate events happening simultaneously.
An example of cross cutting would be a scene from inception where they are about to exit the dream. Cross cutting is used when the van drives off the bridge because we wonder if they will have enough time to proceed in the dream without drowning. Also it uses parallel editing because it shows the action in the scene and then cuts to whats happening outside of the dream.
Cross cutting is often used to build suspense, by cutting away at a point of tension the audience will be wondering what is going to happen next.
Parallel editing is an editing technique that allows two or more simultaneous sets of action to unfold within a single film sequence. It creates tension an can show different point of views. It creates something that the audience knows that the characters don't which makes it more engaging. Both cross cutting and parallel editing are used to imply a relationship between different sets of action. An example of parallel editing would be a Scene from "American Sniper" where it is showing different moments of action at the same time.
The difference between cross cutting and parallel editing is time. The term parallel editing is used to show separate events happening simultaneously.
An example of cross cutting would be a scene from inception where they are about to exit the dream. Cross cutting is used when the van drives off the bridge because we wonder if they will have enough time to proceed in the dream without drowning. Also it uses parallel editing because it shows the action in the scene and then cuts to whats happening outside of the dream.
Friday, 24 June 2016
Storytelling
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, sounds or images.
Stories have been shared by human beings for tens of hundreds of years as a means of recording and representing the world and the purposes of:
Entertainment
education
cultural preservation
instilling moral values
Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include:
Plot - cause and effect process that develops, ordering of events.
characters
narrative - all the means to communicate with plot and story.
point of view
The term storytelling is sued in a narrow sense to refer specifically to oral storytelling and in a looser sense to refer to narrative technique in other media.
The 'story' part is everything to do with it. It is the chronological world of the film.
Visual storytelling applies to film and a host of other media. Sometimes it carries with it a prescriptive edge: in a pictorial medium, you should tell your stories visually - rather than, for example, through lengthy dialogue. Show, do not tell in other words to try and explain it. As a concept visual storytelling refers to the way that producers of moving image products convey the meaning of action and events through images without recourse to the written or spoken world.
This is achieved through two techniques:
the choice of shots
the way those shots are edited together
In film, it needs concepts, music, sound and much of the time a modicum of dialogue to work most fully. BUT given the power of the image, a director who invests in purely visual passages first and then considers how his/hers images might be reinforced by other inputs, gains huge dividends in the long run.
Stories have been shared by human beings for tens of hundreds of years as a means of recording and representing the world and the purposes of:
Entertainment
education
cultural preservation
instilling moral values
Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include:
Plot - cause and effect process that develops, ordering of events.
characters
narrative - all the means to communicate with plot and story.
point of view
The term storytelling is sued in a narrow sense to refer specifically to oral storytelling and in a looser sense to refer to narrative technique in other media.
The 'story' part is everything to do with it. It is the chronological world of the film.
Visual storytelling applies to film and a host of other media. Sometimes it carries with it a prescriptive edge: in a pictorial medium, you should tell your stories visually - rather than, for example, through lengthy dialogue. Show, do not tell in other words to try and explain it. As a concept visual storytelling refers to the way that producers of moving image products convey the meaning of action and events through images without recourse to the written or spoken world.
This is achieved through two techniques:
the choice of shots
the way those shots are edited together
In film, it needs concepts, music, sound and much of the time a modicum of dialogue to work most fully. BUT given the power of the image, a director who invests in purely visual passages first and then considers how his/hers images might be reinforced by other inputs, gains huge dividends in the long run.
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