Mest 1 exam blog

Friday, 14 October 2011mest 1 exam blog chandni chopra
Sins
Firstly to start off with I think the trailer of Sins has a variety of shots this includes a close up which gives us details of the object they are focusing on for example money or weapons. Also the facial expressions for example when she is blowing out the candle and the close up of the door handle which tells us something bad is going to happen. I also think the use of Non-digetic sound is really important this is because as the narrative of the film go quicker so does the music which gives us a dramatic effect along with the individual mood of the characters. This lets us as an audience feel entertained (the theory by Blumar and Katz). When we see the trailer the audience recognizes the sounds used because it’s an important technique that all films have to use. But if there was no sound to the video we will not be convinced to watch the film.
Moreover the two secret agents that work for the women are wearing a black suit which has many connotations, firstly that they are dominated and have some sort of authority and power, it is also stylish. And black outfits can also be overpowering, makes the actor seem unfriendly or evil this lets us as an audience recognize that there is already use of binary opposition and that there is a bad person versus a good person in the film and that the villain is winning as she already has backup from the two mysterious agents, (theory by Levi’s Strauss). The first heroine in the film is wearing a black coat which suggests that she is trying to attract the male gaze (Laura Mulvey), it also implies to us as an audience that she is young, feminine and wants to attract the audiences with her seductive looks this could also let us think that men could look at her through voyeurism. The black coat and dress lets us as an audience thinks that she dominate, possessives and makes her stand out. She also has red nails when the camera angle is a close up, red is the most emotionally intense color, red also expresses that she is an attractive woman and will attract the male target audience.
The use of low key lighting is used when she blows out the candle this influences our mood and makes us think why is she blowing out the candles? It also gives us an impression of something’s about to end bright. There is also use of high key lighting when there are happy moments when she is dancing with the male actor this connotes that she loves the hero a lot and can do anything for him and gives an impression of where the settings of the scenes are.
Overall it hink that the trailer was really good because it had many film conventions. I think that a good ebi would be if they had acted a little bit more seriouse.:)