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  Subjective and objective film making  - What is the difference between objective and subjective perspective in film? In subjective film making we are shown the point of view of the main character and with different techniques we are shown what that person feels like and in objective film making we are shown it from a more general point of view. what ways can a film maker immerse you into a character's perspective? - sound  -Hand held camera movements  -Non diagetic sound  - close ups 

Nick Park uses Todorov's Narrative theory to gain the audience's attention. The plot isn't too complicated and it's mostly linear. The movie starts with an equilibrium with Wallace and Gromit shown to be living together peacefully and with no apparent problems. This peace is quickly abrupted when the penguin character is introduced, he steals the diamond which opposes the characters with a conflict, which is then followed by a resolution, they manage to get the diamond back from the penguin, and with the money that they were regarded with they manage to pay off their bills, this is the new equilibrium. This narrative is very simple which means it makes it easier for the audience to engage and understand without it becoming too complicated to follow.  Nick Park uses a lot of proairetic codes, he shows the characters simply making an action that is caused by a previous event and which leads to other events. It is not inherently mysterious, for example when Gromit is on th...

How does Arnold use the form of social realism to develop the character of Zoe? The film begins en media res, caught in a fight between our newly introduced main character Zoe and her neighbour, from this the audience might've already picked up that she's obviously not the best influence as a parent to her kids, as she decides that fighting someone is the best way to solve whatever problem it is they had, although this does show that she is willing to go to any length to parent her children. The setting and the mood is made very clear by things such as the very grey pale lighting and the place they're situated in which is most likely a council home, he uses the raw realism to maybe give the audience a chance at feeling sympathy for the character even though we just saw her fighting someone. The characters are dressed portly and with lack of care which shows the situation her and her family are in.  The use of very dynamic camera shots and extreme close ups gives the readers...

  Auteur Research - Hayao Miyazaki and Ambivalence  One of the greatest and most memorable scenes from any of Miyazaki’s movies is definitely the train scene from his Oscar nominated title “Spirited away” (2001). There’s an element of missing information in this scene which I really find appealing, what are these weird shadow figures? Why does one of them kind of look like Chihiro our main character? Is this the train to the after life? Nothing is answered and that’s really refreshing somehow, but for all the things to love about this moment one thing stands out to me, this scene is deeply ambivalent. Everything about it gives the audience conflictive and contradictory feelings, not knowing where all these very melancholic figures are headed or what’s their purpose in the story and how we never see them again, while also taking in how beautiful everything is, from the constant moving backgrounds as we watch time progress from day to night, to the music that fits perfectly, sim...

  Kilgore / Helicopter attack  This scene starts with a shot from the inside of the helicopter looking out into the shore, it consists of very quick jump cuts, as we move from inside of the helicopter adapting the point of view of one of the soldiers to the outside of the helicopter, this has a great effect as it becomes very dynamic and it emphasises the adrenaline that one of the soldiers might be feeling at the moment. As the shots change with vey quick editing we get a wide shot from a distance showing the numerous helicopters aligned to attack, the sound also changes from only the sound of the blades helicopter moving to the soundtrack "rides of the Valkyries' which adds to very action like cinematic. We also see multiple shots of soldiers getting their weapons ready and putting in the ammunition, which contrasted to the very upbeat and encouraging song creates a very dramatic effect. Kilgore's expression completely juxtaposes to the face expressions fo his soldiers ...

  APOCALYPSE NOW opening analysis In the first part of the opening we first get a wide shot of a variety of trees and fading background sounds of distant helicopters, this foreshadows the setting were going to be introduced to further in the movie, helicopters are also a recurring prop used a lot throughout the opening and the movie as a whole. The song playing is "End of the night" by The Doors, released in 1967, a song released while the Vietnamese war was still happening it opens with the lyric "this is the end" that shows how a lot of people might perceive war, as the end. As we get a shot of a helicopter passing by the camera and the trees in the background immediately catching on fire with the explosion in the background, this could represent how impactful war on is on the environment and how much destruction in general war can bring to the world.   As the opening continues we get a moving panoramic shot of the jungle and the destruction, causing wildfires etc...

HOW DOES THE DIRECTOR MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE AUDIENCE THROUGH THE CHARACTER OF A GIRL    Throughout this film the director uses a wide variety of film techniques and a great use of editing including lighting, setting, camera shots, editing, etc. At the beginning of the film we get a shot of her against the sky in which we can only see her silhouette, this can be pathetic fallacy with the grey cloudy skies representing the mood of the overall film. We can see she's singing "stronger" by Britney Spears which might be seen as a form of foreshadowing of the girl's aspirations for the future, since from the start the short film makes it clear that by the way and in the place she's been brought up she doesn't have a typically bright future. In the following scenes we follow this girl with the camera at eye height, filmed in a documentary style, the height of the camera can help the audience to sympathise with her especially as she talks about her experiences in her h...