Friday, December 12, 2014
final/project 3
BIG THANKS TO MATT AND ALEXA FOR HELPING US WITH THIS PROJECT.
The overall message of our project is don't be shallow! The production process for this project was definitely interesting. It seemed a lot easier in my head than when we actually began filming. Planning is key and our production process maybe would have gone smoother with more or better planning. Either way I had a great time filming this, comedy was a great way to go and adding some corky and corny aspects to it gave it an extra touch and also gave us a few hard laughs between our group and the actors who helped. The main idea for this project was mine but we added some more ideas together as we went on shooting. Isabel and Suvo were on board for it once I told them what I was imagining. Shooting was the most rigorous and time consuming part, trying to get the perfect shot and making sure not to break the 180-degree rule. Suvo helped with acting and we all helped with shooting here and there as well. Ideas were refined and shifted during the filming process as well. When it came to editing me and Suvo cut all of the video and placed it in the correct order that we wanted it and picked the main theme song taken from the video game (animal crossing) and chose a few other music clips such as "Drop it like its hot" by Snoop Dog, for Matt's ( the cool guy) entrance. Isabel took over the rest of the editing, final transitions and music for the rest of it and sound effects.
Editing Analysis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUcCEqZbemE
Through the use of various colors, sounds, music, symbolism, and camera angles, the movie Punch-Drunk Love, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, not only shows the physical isolated state of Adam Sandler but expresses the emotional isolated state of him as well using different shots.
I started analyzing this scene right when Barry is then taken by the four blonde brothers. As the first bit of dialogue in this scene begins, Barry stutters his words, has nervous expressions and body movements, which gives off the feeling that he is timid, scared and unsure of himself. As this scary type of music gets louder it heightens the tension as the fourth brother comes into the frame and punches Barry down to the ground as the camera moves into a subjective camera angle and takes us on a sideways perspective with Barry as he falls showing his view of the brothers license plate (his POV). Also the next shot, a close up of Barry gives off a more emotional effect and after seeing Barry’s reaction to seeing the license plate where shortly after the suspense starts to heighten with the scary music coming back into play, (sharp violin playing) making us feel that this moment is still not safe for him. Barry gets up and the shot shows an extreme long shot of the parking lot of the bank giving us hope that Barry has somewhere to run away to.
The shrieking music and sound effects increases the suspense as Barry starts to run into the shadows, making us feel nervous for him. Listening without the sound definitely wasn't as suspenseful as it was listening with the sound. The use of shadows through-out this scene also helps to give Barry somewhere to hide or to feel hidden. It then cuts to Barry running along this bright white wall. Whiteness, especially white walls seem to be one of the common color themes through-out this movie and scene. The white seems to symbolize some type of enclosed or isolated room, kind of thinking of an insane asylum white room. While he runs faster and faster the music gets a little faster to keep up the suspense. A little later on the camera then moves into a high angle shot to which gives us the sense that he is feeling belittled or isolated, at the same time making me feel some sort of anxiety. The lack of sound for a few seconds also adds to the sense of isolation and the quietness in this shot makes you question whether he is safe or not, by this point you just feel bad for him.
Back to a tracking shot we are then lead back to Barry running out of the dead end, with the music intensifying again and with the sounds of a car making us feel like the four brothers are close by, it creates an even more dramatic suspenseful feeling and also heightens the tension even more. Those car sounds were probably edited in after the filming, as well as the sound earlier of Barry getting punched. There are a lot of scenes in this film that are great examples to how music or any sounds definitely adds to every scene, helping to create a certain feeling among the audience.
Through the use of various colors, sounds, music, symbolism, and camera angles, the movie Punch-Drunk Love, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, not only shows the physical isolated state of Adam Sandler but expresses the emotional isolated state of him as well using different shots.
I started analyzing this scene right when Barry is then taken by the four blonde brothers. As the first bit of dialogue in this scene begins, Barry stutters his words, has nervous expressions and body movements, which gives off the feeling that he is timid, scared and unsure of himself. As this scary type of music gets louder it heightens the tension as the fourth brother comes into the frame and punches Barry down to the ground as the camera moves into a subjective camera angle and takes us on a sideways perspective with Barry as he falls showing his view of the brothers license plate (his POV). Also the next shot, a close up of Barry gives off a more emotional effect and after seeing Barry’s reaction to seeing the license plate where shortly after the suspense starts to heighten with the scary music coming back into play, (sharp violin playing) making us feel that this moment is still not safe for him. Barry gets up and the shot shows an extreme long shot of the parking lot of the bank giving us hope that Barry has somewhere to run away to.
The shrieking music and sound effects increases the suspense as Barry starts to run into the shadows, making us feel nervous for him. Listening without the sound definitely wasn't as suspenseful as it was listening with the sound. The use of shadows through-out this scene also helps to give Barry somewhere to hide or to feel hidden. It then cuts to Barry running along this bright white wall. Whiteness, especially white walls seem to be one of the common color themes through-out this movie and scene. The white seems to symbolize some type of enclosed or isolated room, kind of thinking of an insane asylum white room. While he runs faster and faster the music gets a little faster to keep up the suspense. A little later on the camera then moves into a high angle shot to which gives us the sense that he is feeling belittled or isolated, at the same time making me feel some sort of anxiety. The lack of sound for a few seconds also adds to the sense of isolation and the quietness in this shot makes you question whether he is safe or not, by this point you just feel bad for him.
Back to a tracking shot we are then lead back to Barry running out of the dead end, with the music intensifying again and with the sounds of a car making us feel like the four brothers are close by, it creates an even more dramatic suspenseful feeling and also heightens the tension even more. Those car sounds were probably edited in after the filming, as well as the sound earlier of Barry getting punched. There are a lot of scenes in this film that are great examples to how music or any sounds definitely adds to every scene, helping to create a certain feeling among the audience.
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