Sound

Different sorts of sounds that is used in films

Sound Bridge:

Sound bridges can lead in or out of a scene. They can occur at the start of one scene when the sound from the previous scene carries over briefly before the sound from the new scene begins. Alternatively, they can occur at the end of a scene, when the sound from the next scene is heard before the image appears on the screen. Sound bridges are one of the most common transitions in the continuity editing style, one that stresses the connection between both scenes since their mood (suggested by the music) is still the same. These can also be used for flashbacks of sound without changing the image.

Sound Perspective:
Sound perspective is where sound is used to widen the effect. the sense of a sound's position in space yielded

Non-diegetic sound:
This sound is not heard by the characters within the scene for example; soundtracks and voiceovers.

Ambient sound:
Is background noise that is present within the scene (background radio, dogs barking etc.), matching ambient sound, almost like atmosphere sound to make. you should always have ambient sound in films as it adds affect.

Sonic flashback:
Use a sound relates to a earlier part in the story, used as a reminder to the audience (e.g. A fistful of dollars)

Voiceover:
This is non-diegetic dialogue spoken as the scene is rolling on, this could be commentary or just a character talking as they are on screen.

Representation of Ethnicity and some examples

Historically there have been many ideologies attached to all ethnicities within society, each one having different social values.

The ideologies attached to African Americans is they are less well educated and are more inclined to be a criminal compared to white people. a film that contradicts this is Dawn of The Dead as the main African American character within this film is a Police Officer which does not conform to the ideologies which we have about African American people. A film that supports this is Ride Along as one of the main characters (Kevin Hart) is shown to be less educated, this supports the ideology linked to African Americans.

Examples:
The green mile (but has a twist)
Django unchained
End of Watch

The ideologies attached to Caucasian people is that they are more dominant and are well educated compared to any other race and have a domesticated family, a film that does not support this is The Book of Eli as the main character (Denzel Washington) is more intelligent and is far more superior at combat than the other characters within the film, this opposes the thought of caucasian people are superior, better than African American individuals.

Examples:
Book of Eli
Dawn of The Dead
Lethal Weapon

what I need to include in my film

Continuity editing: Continuity editing is editing that smooths over inherent discontinuity giving clear and logical continuous editing

180 rule: The 180-degree rule in film making is where regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. The camera passing over the axis is called jumping the line or crossing the line; breaking the 180-degree rule by shooting on all sides is known as shooting in the round.

Match on action: Match on action is an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. This creates the impression of a sense of continuity – the action carrying through creates a “visual bridge” which draws the viewer’s attention away from slight cutting or continuity issues.

Titles: Titles are an important factor in media as it displays what the film is called which is important for the audience to be able to recognise the film, it can also give recognition to the actors and people who either starred in the film or helped to make it.

Sound: Sound is a very important part in films as without sound of any sorts it is difficult for the audience to understand the film and its meanings, a huge part of sound within a film is diegetic, but also non-diegetic sounds can allow the audience to understand the film more for example if it is a voice over explaining the story further. Soundtrack adds to the effect of the film by adding suspense and it can also change the audiences feeling depending on the style of soundtrack.

Narrative for my film opening

Equilibrium: Two survivors are at a 'safe' location looking for supplies and things to aid their survival.

Disruption: The two survivors enter a barn and find something useful but there is a zombie lurking in the shadows that thy are unaware of at first.

Equilibrium: They leave the barn and find a way to get away from the zombie.

Target audience and BBFC classification of 15 rated film

My target audience is teenagers, as teenagers are the typical audience to visit Zombie/thriller films as these people would bring in the most profit if this was a large release film.
The age rating for my film would be 15 as i would not make it so gory and inappropriate for that age rating, also by reducing the age rating it means that i also increase the range of people who can come and see my product.

BBFC classification of 15 rated film:
If a film is rated 15 this means that it may include any if all of these things:
-strong violence
-frequent strong language
-portrayals of sexual activity
-strong verbal references to sex
-sexual nudity
-brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
-discriminatory language or behaviour
-drug taking

 

My film would include strong violence and possibly strong language, but also because it is a thriller/horror it would have to be a 15 as the BBFC states that 'at 15 there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no sustained focus on  sadistic or sexualised threat.' As my product does not contain any focus on sadistic or sexualised threat this means it is suitable to be labelled at 15

final idea

my finalised idea for my film opening is to have a survivor walking towards a location to find supplies, but when they reach the location  they realise that it is not as safe as they first thought and that it had previously been a camp for another survivor who had been bitten and is now a zombie. so the survivor comes into contact with the zombie, thus ending in a form of equilibrium.

initial ideas

My initial idea for a film opening will be to have it as a horror/thriller by having zombies and also having some sort of conflict between them.
my idea is to open with a shot of a group of survivors getting ready to go on a mission to find supplies and follow them on the beginning of their journey to find supplies but they come into contact with a zombie and then that is where my opening will stop as I need to restore a form of equilibrium before the end.