The last king of Scotland

1) As the sequence begins, what sounds do we hear before the music begins?
- We hear the musical instrument the Accordion being played while a man is singing, there are noises of birds chirping and a nose of door opening.

 2) As the music begins we only see Nicholas' face, not what 
he see's. How is the music used to indicate that all is not well?
- The music goes from a light well played tune and as soon as you see the side of Nicholas' face the music turns dark and gloomy.


3) How does the music change as he picks up the photograph? What mood or emotion is suggested?
- When Nicholas picks up the photograph the camera does a close up of the photo and then a side view of his face, he seems calm when looking at the photo but puts it down in a way that he is ashamed and seems to be in a little disbelief. 


4) As he notices the envelope, how does the music indicate that it is unlikely to contain good news?
- The music paces up and the speed is almost as if you can feel Nicholas's adrenaline rush. The music does a massive build up of excitement.

5) How does the music change as he opens the envelope and discovers his new Ugandan passport? What does the music tell us about Nicholas's feelings?
- The music changes from a fast pace to a slow dark pace with gloomy tones to show his let down feelings and feeling trapped and that he can't escape this emotion.
Although there is no speaking the silence is heard for a few seconds without the music to give an impact of confusion.


6) The image changes to blurred headlamps. A new style of music is heard. Try to describe this music and how it changes as he gets to the door.
- The music changes to a subtle calm tone maybe to hide what he's done and to not show any emotion whatsoever to the person at the door.
There is a slight use of Pleoanastic sound, the knocking is loud and would be used as a great use to emphasise the panic and confusion Nicholas is feeling on the door while trying to stay calm.

Goodnight Mr Tom. 500 words.

Film of Choice - Goodnight Mister Tom

Adaption by Carlton Television, originally a book by Michelle Magorian.

In the introduction to the film there is a large panning shot which goes around 180 degrees of the scene.

There is a fading cut away while the panning shot is transitioning into a new shot to start introducing one of the main protagonist's in the film Mr.Tom.

The camera follows down from the air down so that you can see the street and the actors walking around.

The camera then follows Mr.Tom while he is walking around the corner.

There is a slow pace of the camera slowly zooming out and heading backwards, as the camera then turns direction to a birds eye view of Mr Tom walking to a church.

 Shot Reverse shot is used in this scene to show the connection between both characters, the cameras switch over one anthers shoulders while the opposite person is talking.
The camera then switches to a point of view shot, where you can see as if you are Mr Tom staring at the priest.


A conversation between the priest and Mr Tom finishes and then Mr Tom is staring at the ladies behind the priest, in the scene he tilts his head to look and then the camera cuts to the women.
The camera does a Eye line match from what Mr Tom was staring at.

The type of pace in this scene is the camera cutting fast from each character to the next with no breath of the characters to show the conflict which is happening giving the audience a tense but thrilling sensation.

The contrast is being used in this shot to make the dark's appear darker to give the viewer the reality of the situation which is being viewed and felt by the characters.
The contrast effect to edit the dark colours darker than they already are is to give to show the sadness.

The camera shot being focused in these scene is the two people shot and is used to show the close interaction which is being demonstrated by Mr. Tom and the lady.
The shot not only shows the close interaction but also shows the relationship between them and seeing a close face of their facial expressions being show at the same time reacting to each others words.

This bike scene has the camera in a first person shot, it shows what the character is seeing from their perspective to give you a better insight into what they're seeing and how they will feel about what they're doing.




The final ending scene has flash backs to the happy times Mr.Tom and William have shared together, they're fast pacing shots to show the good times and how quickly they can pass, however still give the effect that they go fast so you can make many more memories.

Continuity

Continuity - The key word is continue to make things continuous.

Continuity Errors:
- Shots/angles
- Props
- Costume
- Lighting 

Continuity Editing - The most common type of editing which aims to create a sense of reality and time moving forward.
Also known as invisible editing referring to how the technique does not draw attention to the editing process but allows the audience to concentrate on the narrative.
In a film, an insert shot of part of a scene as filmed from a different angle and/or focal length from the master shot (original/establishing shot) inters cover action already covered in the master shot, but emphasise a different aspect of that action due to the different framing.
An inster differs from a cutaway as cutaways cover action not covered by the master shot.

Technique/rules of continuity:
- 180 degrees angle - To orientate the viewer, to establish the placement of characters. Breaking the 180 degree rule will place the characters in a different place.

- Match on action - Multiple cuts to show continuous action. Match on action is part of the invisible editing which creates flow when watching a scene. The cut matches together so that the audience know its one action.

- Shot reverse shot. Is when a shot goes from shot A, shot B, shot A, shot B etc.. 
It goes continuously back and forth between the 2 shots to show there is a connection between them.
It is often used in conversations so you can see what both characters are saying.
It is a form of eye-line matching if the character is looking at someone and the next shot is what they look at.
Imagine if a conversation was just 1 shot of character A and didn't see character B's face at all?

- Eye line match is a following shot that follows what the character is looking at, makes cuts smoother the audience expects the cut to happen and is eager to see what happens next/what the character sees.

- Cross cutting or parallel editing is technique of continuously altering 2 or more scenes that often happen simultaneously (at the same time) but in different locations.
As they cross, pace gradually gets faster and fast and tension builds. Often the parallel scenes will intersect to create a climax.

- Cut away is a video scene that cuts away to relevant images or footage.
Often used in documentaries or in a film when a vital piece of information is needed to show the audience. Usually the dialog or voice will continue during the cutaway (to keep it continuous)
it is used to have variety in the visuals.

- Type of pace
Slow - to make slow/calm/still, little number of shots/cuts which are long.
Medium - to make normal and comfortable 
Fast - to make intense exciting and thrilling, lots of shot/cuts which are short.

- Time
Story time: Time of the events ( a film over 50 years )
Discourse time: Time taken to narrate the event (how long do you tell the story?)
Summary: Disclosure shorter than story. 
Ellipsis: Establishing discourse time rather than story.
Scene: Story and discourse time are equal to show realism.
Stretch: discourse is longer than story.
Flashback: Character has a flashback which is thought or memory in the past.
Flash forward: When audience are shown the future scenes or events.

- Time allocation
Remember the audience will not see everything, things are edited in order they get to see what is important.

- Transitions 
Straight cutting: To show realism, in conversation.
Graphic match: When 2 shots match graphically, often with an over lap transition.
Over lap/dissolve: Makes a softer transition, to show ellipse or time passing.
Wipe: Often used to show new day or new scene/location.
Fade in/out: (Fade to black or appear from black - often used to communicate ending or beginning)
Flash- To show flashbacks or flash forwards (to show thoughts or memories) 

- Special Effects
Black and White: Memory or time period.
Contrast: To alter the lighting (or contrast = very light lights and dark darks)
Colour: To add colour filter to show a specific mood.
Animation: Titles of shows or cartoons.
CGI: Computer generated images.
Fast forward/slow motion: Speeding up or slowing down footage.
Ghost trail: See multiple actions (overlapped) to show someone drunk or on drugs.
Blur: To show un-clarity, or fuzzy memory/flashback.

- Montage editing
Is a serious on montage which is a series of shots that are not in sequential order, continuous or relate to each other.