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Q2 Week 1- Mise en scene

     In the film, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire," directed by Mike Newell, there are many examples of mise-en-scene that we can observe. For the first example, I am going to talk about the setting of the movie. Throughout the movie, we are taken through the various settings of this wizarding world, however, the main place that we stay at is Hogwarts. The setting helps give a whimsical feeling which is what the director is trying to achieve because we are in a world full of wizards. In a particular scene, Harry is forced to go up against a dragon. This shows that Hogwarts is a special place because no where else will you find a dragon.

    In addition to setting, the lighting also affects a movie and it's mise-en-scene. Throughout the movie, the lighting was used to either portray a happy, sad, or scary mood. As seen in the movie, there was an instance where Harry Potter was fighting for his life in the maze. In the maze, it was very dark and hard to see in it. This helped portray an ominous and suspenseful feeling to the audience. This technique was caused by low-key lighting. In addition to this, there was also another scene where low-key lighting was also used. This scene occurs when Harry Potter's name was selected from the Goblet of Fire. The dramatic change of light when his name was shot in the air is also another good example of how lighting can affect the mood of a scene.

    The next example of mise-en-scene that I would like to talk about is costume. In the movie, the clothes that Harry Potter wears shows the challenges that he has to go through. As I said earlier, he had to go against a dragon in order to advance in the round. In this scene, he was wearing a long robe which possibly let him fly faster in the air. In addition, there was another scene where he had to swim to the bottom of the lake in order to save his friend. In this task, Potter consumed a plant which allowed him to grow gills and webbed feet. This costume was ideal in order to complete the task as fast as he could. Without it, he would never have been able to save his friend and another girl's life.

    Finally, staging can also affect mise-en-scene. One particular scene shows the emotion that Harry Potter was feeling. This scene occurs at the end of the movie where one of Potter's friends dies. He was killed by Lord Voldemort and you can see the pain that he was feeling. In addition, his overall acting was also spectacular. Harry Potter is meant to be a gifted, smart, and well-spoken wizard. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter's actor) does an amazing job to portray this. Because of his acting, we can enjoy this movie being able to see how Harry Potter is meant to be.

Five Master Edits With Sound

 

Music: Because the song represents the Rock, I added music to the footage depicting the Rock in our contrast clip. The Rock is a powerful man, as evidenced by the song in which he is featured. The audience can see that the Rock is someone who shouldn't be messed with when he says he has something "cooking," whereas I have no idea what I'm up against. The audience can hear the background music, but the people in the live clip cannot. This is also a type of non-diegetic sound.

Non-Diegetic: The symbolism clip in our short video is a good example of non-diegetic sound. The disparity in the amount of water is highlighted by the sound of a tranquil river when presenting a little bowl of water and a waterfall sound when showing a much greater body of water in the pool. This audio is non-diegetic because only the audience can hear it, but it does give the audience a better feeling of how much water the pool carries when contrasted to a little bowl.

Music: The inclusion of the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" to the simultaneity footage shows my  desire to play baseball. This song is frequently performed at a baseball game, where children enjoy pretending to be on the opposing team. I am shown in this clip as one of those youngsters who, in theory, wants to swing a bat and play baseball. It also conveys happiness because this song is typically associated with a period of fun and joy, which I am showing in the video.

Diegetic Sound: The first section of the parallelism clips contains a sample of this style of sound. The voices of numerous students speaking and talking with other students around them before class may be heard in this tape. Because the people in that shot could hear the sound in the clip, this is diegetic. The purpose of this clip was to indicate a gap in the students' timetable and between classes, as evidenced by the loud chatting among all of the students.

Direct Sound: We choose to leave the natural sound of Rocky from the movie in our Leit Motif example. This sound is being broadcast from the television so that viewers can hear the same sound as the character in the film who is running. This helps the audience to experience the character's drive and strength as he prepares for his imminent fight.

Week 6 Editing

   

                                                                            

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This following clip is an example of symbolism because it shows the symbol that Steve Rogers is. In the movie, Steve Rogers is named Captain America in order to fuel the war and to inspire the soldiers fighting in it. Since he is one of the strongest in the army, he was assigned this role and is seen as a symbol for the United States of America.

    

                            

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In this clip, you can see a conversation between Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter. At this time, Steve Rogers is across the world from her, but they are still talking to each other on a phone call. The clip keeps on switching between Rogers and Carter which shows the parallelism in this situation. Even though both of them are halfway across the world from each other, they are still talking to each other at the same time.

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This clip demonstrates Leit Motif because of Captain America's theme song. In this scene, Captain America arrives on the scene to help protect his friends. As the train passes, you see a dark figure which is Captain America. As he comes into the light, his iconic theme song starts playing to let the audience know that he has arrived. The music that starts playing is a prime example of Leit Motif.

Five Master Edits

Contrast:

For contrast, we start off with a close-up of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He is a very muscular man and you can clearly see his muscles. However, the contrast is seen when you see me in the next scene trying to flex like The Rock. You can clearly see the different body masses which shows the contrasting body sizes.

Symbolism:

In the second scene, you can see the symbolism between a bowl of water and a pool. A bowl of water is a small thing that can hold a very small amount of water. However, it can be compared to a pool which also holds water and this shows the symbolism between the two.

Simultaneity:

For this shoot, you can see me swinging in a motion similar to how a baseball player would. It appears that I am trying to hit an imaginary ball. However, in the second clip, you see Brett with his bat hitting baseballs at practice. This shows simultaneity because the actions are similar, but they are being performed at different locations.

Parallelism:

For these two clips, we first recorded how the classroom looked like at the beginning of the period. As you can see, it is very loud and chaotic because many people are talking to each other while getting settled in. We then cut to the end of the period where everyone is leaving class and you can see the parallelism between the two time periods in a class.

Leit Motif:

For Leit Motif, I decided to use an example from the movie "Rocky." In the movie clip that I used, you can hear his famous theme song that he uses to train. This theme song helps push him by fueling him and making him push to new limits.