Camera angles, sound and montage

Hello, again 
This lesson is about:
  • Camera angles and how these are used to created a certain atmosphere
  • Editing tricks to tell a story
  • Sound and music in film

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This lesson contains 15 slides, with text slides and 5 videos.

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Hello, again 
This lesson is about:
  • Camera angles and how these are used to created a certain atmosphere
  • Editing tricks to tell a story
  • Sound and music in film

Slide 1 - Slide

Watch the short film 'Hello, Again'. 
Pay specific attention to: 
  • Camera angles and framing 
  • Sound and music
  • Narrating

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Video

Placement of camera

  • Where is the camera? 
  • What effect has this on you as the viewer? 
?

Slide 4 - Slide

Slide 5 - Video

Placement of camera
  • Camera is in the car, and films from different places in the car. 
  • It makes you feel like you're part of the story, like you are really there.
  • Are there other ways to film this? 

Slide 6 - Slide

Narrating style 
When does it become clear that Owen's mother is dead? 
?

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Video

Narrating style 
When Owen arrives at the graveyard, then there is no question anymore that his mother has passed. Not giving explicit information in film, but letting the viewer finding facts out for themselves keeps you entertained. 

Slide 9 - Slide

Camera angles 
  • Which camera angles do you see when Owen and Maura talk to eachother at their parents graves? 
  • What is the effect of these different angles on you as the viewer? 
?

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Slide 11 - Video

Camera angles 
  • Distant shot (gives you an idea of the situation)
  • From behind grave stone (as if Owen's mother is eavesdropping)
  • Close ups of Owen's and Maura's face

Slide 12 - Slide

Music
  • What's the purpose of the music that you hear? 
  • What effect has this on you? 

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Slide 14 - Video

Music
  • Music adds to the emotion a certain scene want to get across
  • In this scene it makes you feel a little melancholic

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