Film Language Learner Response

WWW:

- There are some good points that you've picked out of the chip. However, they don't link to the question.

EBI:

- A lot we need to work on. Firstly, you must answer the question.
- You use hardly any media language and no theory. This will keep you at level 1 (max 3/12 per Q)
- Serious revision and practice required


I think I need to go through thorough exam practice and prepare more for these particular tests. 

Grindhouse - Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task Preparation

4Cs Personality Survey

Editing Task

In this task, 

I will be analysing this film clip....

In the start of the scene, they introduce the scene with a short establishing shot of the residential area that they are in, this is followed by a point-of-view shot of the bank where they ask 'where the fuck is the truck', this immediately shows to the audience that they are after a particular truck which they may not know at the time. The macguffin of the scene introduction is the red petrol cannisters which were shown in the car, they have done this in order for the audience to ask why they were there and the purpose the petrol will undertake.Their are close-ups of all the main characters, who are going to be involved in the robbery,  they have done this because it builds up tension when they are driving to the destination, as the characters look nervous and anxious as the scene continues. This is followed up, after driving around, by a a point-of-view shot of the armoured truck outside the bank, which the audience will immediately realise that's what they are after as they reference to the quote said before. 

Their is a slow motion shot which shows a close-up of the robbers face and follows by a point-of-view shot (in slow motion) of a boy which is staring at the robber. This then switches to the point of view of the character which was staring at the boy onto the bank, which builds tension and shows the audience that the main focus is currently on them as they are nervous. The editing has a change of pace and it shows a numerous amount of shots of the robbers doing different things, this causes the audience to understand that they are under pressure and that they have to act quickly by using time efficiently. As the scene goes onto a chase with the police, the cuts are quick and each scene is short during the chase, which is able to demonstrate more action going on. The scene is ended with a long shot of the road which the robbers escape from, which shows all the aftermath. 

The sound of the scene is introduced with a diegetic sound of the car in the scene driving and also a police radio speaker which is giving off specific calls to certain police drivers. The sound put over the scene helps build tension as the characters are seemingly nervous as they approach the stop-off point of the armoured truck. The music helps build tension because of the fast pace it has, despite the scene being slow paced. 

As the characters are constantly driving around (waiting for the armoured truck), the characters are shown in the car, this gives an effect to the reader that the characters are nervous and anxious, as they are showing medium-close ups of their face to show their facial expressions (which is shown to be serious and concerned at the time), as they wait for the armoured truck to show up. They use a lot of close ups to give the scene and what they are doing more effect to the audience, so the audience knows what they are trying to do and how they are managing to do it.