Match on Action

Match on Action
MoA is used to show 2 or more different angles of the same scene to make the scene more interesting to the audience. To use it you have to have at least 2 different angles of the same scene and then cut it together to make the movement smooth.

Notes 1.3.1

Head room - how much space you leave above the characters. 

180 degree rule

A basic rule that means characters should have the same left and right relationship to each other

Rule of thirds 

Vertical and horizontal lines that help place characters and background in a scene. vertical lines are for characters and horizontal lines are for actions in the background.

Match on action

Match on action is a type of editing technique which allows continuity on the same scene cutting to different angles of the same shot.

Notes 1.2.2&3

White balance 

Blue and yellow 

Focus 

Clear and blurry 

What sub genre is this film

Crime thriller 

How is the camera being used to create suspense and mystery?

The camera was going back and forth from characters but never shows the faces, blurred and dark, bright when the fire lights up

Obscures the face, tight shot 

Enigma codes

Questions that are asked and are later on the answer is revealed.

Keeps the audience guessing

Who is the man that committed a crime?

Character types

The guy getting killed looks shifty and knew it was coming

They know each other

The one that's about to get killed is surrounded by petrol and dead bodies

Performance

Others actor around him 

You can't see the faces and are dressed in black, 

Opening 

Sets the story up

Foreshadowing end of the film at the start

What are the 7 common mistakes when people are filming 

Backlighting other than thriller only on the character you want to make mysterious 

Get more of the shoulders and not just the head

Don't use higher levels in every scene

Jogging the camera 

Don't zoom in 

Start recording before acting 

Jerking the camera(sweeping the scene)

Recee

Bluewater car park is a good place for a thriller film, this is because of the the size of it. Also it has multiple stories and blocks out light. This is good for a thriller as you could build suspense in a area like this.

Media 1.2.1

Sub genre

Phycological thriller - Narratives are usually non linear and are based on a character with a unstable mind set for example butterfly effect.

Mystery thriller - Links to crime and detective films, narrative is restricted. Story is normally a crime that reveals clues through out the film to keep the audience guessing e.g sixth sense.

Conspiracy thriller - Heroic figure set around a business location, this would normally have a powerful organisation involved e.g inception or shutter island.

Crime thriller - A crime thriller would have a criminal offence and the main character would either be a detective or a murderer e.g inside man.

Political thriller - Political thrillers are based on the government and prevention of war e.g V for vendetta.

Disaster thriller - The story plots around a natural disaster. And the main character would usually be a scientist.





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How a sequence sets up a genre

An opening sequence can help the viewers determine what kind of film it is going to be. For example the film 'the firm' has quite a long intro but explains and creates a story very well. There are many things that help set up the opening sequence such as the colour, music and layout.
Music plays a big part in setting up what film it is going to be, for example the opening sequence to a action film would be very fast paced and loud. Whereas a horror would choose more of a slow paced beat, only getting faster when leading up to the scary parts. When setting the genre you have to make sure to keep in with the film. 'the firm' is set around the 1980s so when creating the sequence they used music from around
that time.

The genre can also sometimes be set up by the font style and technical codes such as lighting, camera angles, pace of editing etc.
These types of effects would go well when creating a sequence such as 'Die Hard' because making the scenes almost flash onto the screen you can see that it will be a fast film. Camera angles and lighting would work very well with a horror film because you can make it very dark and                                                                                     get a close up on what is scaring everyone.
Many things can determine the genre of a film, but overall it is how well the people in charge of the sequence do. It is there job to get the viewer interested and explain the story, to show what kind of film it is all before the film starts.

Spoiler Review - V for Vendetta

The plot of V for vendetta begins in the year 2020, where there has been a deadly virus which has killed most americans and Britain is lead by a dictator (John Hurt) who insures security but not freedom. But there is one man who stands against, a man named V (Hugo Weaving) who wears a Guy Fawkes mask. Who on the 5th of November 1605 tried to bomb the houses of parliament. On the 5th november 2020, V saves a Tv reporter named Evey (Natalie Portman) from rape as she is out after curfew. V asks her to join him on a rooftop as he bombs the old bailey courtrooms.
 V goes to where Evey works without her knowing and forces them to play his recorded video all over the city, promising that on the next 5th of november he will attack the parliament building. As he is about to leave a police officer points a gun at his back, until Evey sneaks up behind him and pepper sprays him. While doing this she is knocked and V decides to take her with him. After waking up she tries to leave to stay with a friend but V does not let her as she knows to much about his location. A few days pasts and Evey wants to help V with what he is doing, so she has to go with the bishop who is actually a pedophile. She goes against V and tries to warn the bishop that he is going to be killed, the bishop does not listen until he breaks down the door. During this Evey escapes and goes to Gordon Deitrichs (stephen Fry) house. As Evey is wanted by the police she stays there a couple of days until Gordon realises a comedy programme about the dictator. Later that night his house was raided and he was captured they didn't see Evey as she was hiding under the bed. Until she climbed out the window and attempted to escape and a officer saw. She was then locked in a room
often being interrogated on the whereabouts of V. Evey they sees a little hole in the wall and sees a letter, she becomes attached to the woman in the cell next to her as she shares her whole life and what she as been through. The day finally come where the interrogator says she will be killed if she does not speak, Saying that "she would rather be killed" the guard lets her go and says she is free. Walking into V room Evey is very confused as to what is happening. V explains thats it was him that put her through that because she said she doesn't want to be constantly be living in fear. Evey leaves once again

and will only see him one more time. 1000s of Guy Fawkes masks were delivered all around the city for people to wear on the 5th November. That night Evey returns to V and dances with him, then V says that he has a present for her. walking to the railway V shows her the train full of explosives that he has been working on for years and says that it is her choice to pull the lever. V then walks of and
explains how he has to keep to a deal, which was to take the dictators life and in return Mr Creedy (Tim Smith) could have his. But V does not die and he then kills Creedy also. Once he kills him V takes off his armour and is severely hurt stumbling all the way back to Evey where he then dies in her arms. Her decision is to put V in the Train and pull the lever but meanwhile, 1000s of people dressed in the same costume as V walk towards Parliament and force the soldiers to stand down. The officer investigating V finds Evey and the train just as she about to pull the lever, pointing a gun and telling her to step away. After refusing the officer lowers his gun and accepts was she is doing and Evey pulls the lever to bomb the parliament building.