Showing posts with label stranger things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stranger things. Show all posts

Friday, 8 February 2019

Class notes- LIAR


Camera
High angle looking down on social worker- patriarchy
Ecu phone after it falls extreme panic
Most camera shots of the young people were eye level equality amongst us and directly with the audience
Gun shot long shot of Connie cut to cu eleven shot demonstrate panic
level three shot of boys in woods
two mid shots of jonathon and Joyce close on the sofa signifies closeness in relationship.

Mise en scene
Byers house- dim lighting, brown clothes, 80s interior
yellow phone contrasts and stands out=
communication
Benny diner- eleven seeks shelter
woods- heavy rain
Nancy's bedroom
choppers, torches, shine elevens, theme of light.

SOUND
Off screen sound of pot wash in beenys diner to on screen of Benny washing
off screen diegetic knocking disruption in the narrative and raises alarm
diegetic dialogue 'you dont sound the same as you did on the phone
non diagetic contrapuntal song commences as soon as Benny is shot- white rabbit Jefferson find song- volume and pace increases as eleven runs away.
non diagetic sci fi instrumental emphasizes tension when they find eleven
Joyce on phone screen diagetic sound of mysterious creature
nacys room- Africa Toto is contrapuntal- romantic moon-80's theme
looking for twig sound and music instrumental

editing 
jump cut nacy room/proximity/intimacy
Connie pace of cuts increases- panic 
sfx electric bang from phone communication with will and sci fi other 
shot reverse shot 
order of the narrative- multi stranded narrative
underlines the LFTVD drama conventions. in the scene- happening mostly simultaneously expect elevens escape and discovery. linking characters at the end of the episode.



Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Theorists

Todorov: Equilibrium theory

-         Traditional narratives follow a 3 part structure of beginning middle and end which unfolds in a narrative arc of 4 phases: 1. Exposition, 2. Introduction to conflict, 3. Climax, 4. Resolution

-         Narrative is usually a chronological and linear sequence of themes, actions and motives.

-         Todorov identifies that the 3 part structure has 5 stages:

o   Narrative begins with an equilibrium

o   The Equilibrium is usually disrupted by and event to create disequilibrium



Strauss- Binary Oppositions

-         Identified that we understand the world by the relationship that two opposites have together.

-         He believed that narratives are arranged around the conflict of binary oppositions.

-         Some of these oppositions could include:

o   Man vs women

o   Good vs bad

Deutschland 83- representation- screen grab and analysis.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r36RS_DcuCOVpmS1pqZCX4zsvXKWB-FixLj5Mp-dYyQ/edit?usp=sharing