Saturday, 13 December 2014

TV drama document: Analyzing a clip from the Fault in Our Stars

Here I have made quick notes on a clip from the film The Fault In Our Stars. I have watched the 3 minute clip twice. The second time was when I made as many notes as I possibly could. With practice, I'm hoping to be able to make many more so that I have much more to write about. Shortly, to accompany my notes, I will insert the short video clip I used for this analysis.

Representation- Age and disability: delinquents
Long shot- to show every one in frame and where the actors are which creates relevance to the scene
Direct address- Significance to character relationships
Props- eggs- enforces the delinquency ideology
Straight cut- fast pace so that you can see quick expressions
Shot reverse shot/ over the shoulder shot- conversation
extreme long shot- establishes the scenery
medium close up- relevance to Augustus's language
Diagetic sound- breathing and alarms
Non diegetic sound- incidental music- tone of the scene.
Two shot, medium close up- to show the closeness of the characters within the frame, that's why they are hugging.
Non diegetic- sound bridge- the backing track caries on to the next scene. Builds up pace so that it invokes emotion from the audience.
Match cut- focuses on Hazel's mobile phone and has diegetic sound coming from the phone.To get to the next scene, they used a fade to black and jump cut. This continues the scene on whilst making the audience believe something bad will occur.
An eye line match was used to show that the focus is on when Hazel picks up the phone.
Jump cut- jumps forward in time so that we know that Hazel is going to find Augustus. This moves the narrative along.
Tracking shot- tracks the cars movement at a craned angle
Eye line match- allows a quick point off view so that we see what Hazel is witnessing.






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