Austin Eldridge Film Studies

Star Wars: Andor  I am choosing a film technique of moving camera https://youtu.be/TuqmHNIgI9A   

1. Long takes have been pretty popular because it limited how much film a camera can hold which would cost less money. Long takes can show scenes that most likely have action or show suspense.  2.  a. Enhancing theme b. Technically Innovating  c. Creating tension d. Capturing Realism e. Sparking Energy 3. He is saying that long takes limit storytelling because the human eye is being towards a specific part of the film when the long take is trying to have the audience the scene as a whole.  4. In the movie Spectra, the long take is shown to create suspense because the disguised agent looks to be on a mission from how he refuses to acknowledge emotion. After the agent takes off his disguise, the viewers are informed of action that can soon occur.  5. a. The opening scene is impressive  b. This is because the movie starts off with the death of a kid on television, indicating a dark day for people in the coffee shop. The opening is mostly silent as the camera is moving slow to represent sl

      In this moment, the filmmakers relied on the use of non-diegetic music to communicate the change undergoing within Tereek.      At this point in the story, Tereek has been identified as a homeless man within the city who is looking for a place to sleep at for the night. When Tereek is on the street, he notices a man holding a sign which says that he is blind and deaf. Tereek helps the man get to the bus stop and uses his money to buy the man water but also steals a small amount of money from his wallet. The man introduces himself as Artie. Tereek eventually gets Artie on the bus and becomes friends with him. Tereek leaves the bus stop with the money he stole and says a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk. Tereek puts the money in the donation cup for the homeless man and walks away. During this moment, the music of the short film is calm and uplifting, with heavenly music playing in the background while Tereek walks away.      This filming technique within the film serves as an

  Limitless Directed by Neil Burger and written by Leslie Nixon American science-fiction thriller film (2011) https://youtu.be/xP-ZwmCPB As Before change: After change:

Frolic 'N Mae       In this moment, the filmmakers relied on sound techniques to communicate the conflict between Frolic and Mae. The filmmakers used non-diegetic sound to prove this.      In this point of the story, Mae has been introduced as a girl that likes to draw and has her drawings come to life as 2D cardboard pieces. Mae was at a friend's birthday party only to be left out of the group, resulting in her drawing Frolic (her anger) on a piece of cardboard. Frolic gets out of control and multiplies itself with Mae chasing the Frolics in a garage. The Frolics fight Mae in the garage which has her fight against Frolic. This fight taking place within the garage has a soundtrack that emphasizes battle and conflict, but changes as Frolic captures Mae and takes over her body. The soundtrack gets progressively faster with the strings playing a slow glissando that stops as Mae is completely covered by Frolic.      The filmmakers used this sound technique to emphasize the catastro

 Austin Eldridge Rule of Thirds Eye Room Hyper-symmetrical (balance) Deep Space Composition In this camera shot, deep space composition is used to show that they are meeting in the hallway and the camera can display the two at a small distance away from each other. The audience can also figure out that something will happen as the camera is put at an ominous angle behind Aiden's shoulder. This style of the shot can also look western almost.