Clip Analysis
Clip Analysis
Analyze each of these aesthetic choices by following the instructions below. Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references.
- Choose one of the clips from the “Editing” section and analyze the use of editing in one short paragraph. In your analysis, describe the transitions between specific shots and the overall effect this has on the scene.
- Choose one of the clips from the “Cinematography” section and analyze the use of cinematography in one short paragraph. In your analysis, describe the way specific shots are composed, paying particular attention to the camera angles, types of shots, framing, color, and the overall effect this has on the scene.
- Choose one of the clips from the “Lighting” section and analyze the use of lighting in one short paragraph. In your analysis, describe the way the light looks in specific shots, how it affects the mood and the way we view characters, and how it sets the overall tone of the film.
Editing – visual transitions between shots that work to move the story forward
- Watch the following clips. Each demonstrates the effective use of editing.
- The Baptism Murders – The Godfather (8/9) Movie Clip (1972) HD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CDlBLvc3YE&feature=youtu.be
- A Beautiful Mind (4/11) Movie Clip – Nash Cracks the Code (2011) HD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzpu-P2eRuI&feature=youtu.be
- Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzpu-P2eRuI&feature=youtu.be
- The Shower – Psycho (5/12) Movie Clip (1960) HD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY&feature=youtu.be
Cinematography – camera angles, types of shots, framing, and color all working to set a particular mood
- Watch the following clips. Each demonstrates the effective use of cinematography.
Lighting – light and shadow used to affect the mood, the way we view characters, and set the overall tone of the film
- Watch the following clips. Each demonstrates the effective use of lighting.
- Jurassic Park (10/10) Movie Clip – Raptors in the Kitchen (1993) HD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- Lost in Translation (7/10) Movie Clip – Bob and Charlotte Meet (2003) HD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
- The Stuff that Dreams Are Made of – The Maltese Falcon (10/10) movie clip (1941) HD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Answer preview………….
Editing is a post-production activity in filmmaking which makes intensive use of digital technology. Editing is described as an art in which the editor works for hand in hand with the raw footage selecting shots and combining them into a sequence which creates a complete motion picture. Editing is used in assembling shots in a coherent series. Editing technique is used by a film director to eliminate parts of a video that is not important to give a full meaning of the video. Editing is heavily employed in the scenes of the film. At first, the man with a long gun in the Baptism murder does not shoot the guy they were walking with openly; the first kick him into dark place then shoots (The Baptism Murders, 1972). The glasses of the guy being massaged does not break entirely, but the bullet penetrates through his eye. The man in the white suit is shot dead through a glass wall, but the glass does not break. At the stairs, the police officer shoots at the stairs, but it appears to be the back guy who was being chased. In the bed, the shooter kills the children under the blanket though the blankets are not torn………..
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