Film Studies A Level

PICTURES WERE INCLUDED BUT REFUSED TO BE COPY AND PASTED- SAVED ON HOME COMPUTER UNDER CITY OF GOD VIEWING BOOKLET The Flying Chicken’ opening scene and credits Editing Fast pace and Continuity are achieved by: Lots of transitions Fading in and out transitions Short, sharp shots The fast pace excites the audience Sound - Diegetic sound: A knife being sharpened Silence when the chicken escapes Non diegetic sound: A continuous, fast paced drum beat, seemingly of Brazilian culture to reflect the fast pace Cinematography - By positioning all the shots as closeups, mostly all with a small depth of field, the  audience are given insight into the Chicken’s perspective. Intensity is created as the film does not start with an establishing shot, so the audience are eager to discover their surroundings. The cinematography changes to force you to see through the character of Rocket’s eyes. Continuity is established maintained in transition to the second part o...

Consider carefully the ways in which mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound have been used to create meaning and generate specific responses from the audience Shaggy's Death: MEANING CREATED- death brings sadness The golden colour and the bright sky part of mise en scene and lighting represents a content status in life. The lighting then shifts to grey clouds after Shaggy is shot to create a dismal atmosphere and a sombre tone                                                         The camera framing of shaggy in the centre of the screen represents the significance of Shaggy's death, which marks the moment and generates despair and sadness when in combination with the sombre tone.                           Immediately after Shaggy is shot, slow and depressing music be...

BRAZILIAN FILM PRIOR 2002   Cinédia was founded by Adhemar Gonzaga in 1930 and was dedicated to the production of popular dramas and burlesque musical comedies, a genre which was negatively referred to as chanchada . The chanchada would often include satires of Hollywood movies. In 1946, Gilda de Abreu's O Ébrio , a film very much representative of typical Latin melodrama , became a major hit and drew in around four million viewers. During the 40's and 50's, films produced by the Atlântida Cinematográfica peaked and attracted large audiences by continuing with chanchadas. The films of this period have often been brushed aside as being overly commercial and americanized. Despite being overlooked by intellectual elites, these films attracted large audiences as none of the Cinema Novo films would achieve. Films in this period benefited from state-run agencies, most notably Embrafilme . Its role was perceived as somewhat a...