- wind howling
- creaking
- water pushing against the ship
- girl singing sweetly/very quietly - singing about pirates
- horn/flute
- destruction of the ship
- panpipes
- fire crackling from the burning ship
- the music became intense when the umbrella became visible shortly followed by the boy floating on the river raft
- clock ticking
- snapping of the wood
from this we could analyse that the wind howling could symbolise the loneliness of the sea, the creaking from the ship could determine the destruction that is foreshadowing (the unstableness) the water pushing against the ship could resemble the hardness and pain the water can cause.the little girl singing sweetly contrasts with the wind howling and the water smashing against the ship. The panpipes in the background could symbolise what continent/sea they are travelling over/to showing culture. The clock ticking when the boy arrives at the boat could symbolise that the amount of time they have/running out. and the snapping of the wood represents the fire and what destruction it is going to cause.
we then looked at sound and how most audiences take sound for granted as often you do not take into consideration what the noises in the background could symbolise as everything is there for a reason. It is very important to establish context and atmopshere.
before i would never look at a film and anaylse why producers would do specific things now i look at a film or even an advert and pick up on things straight away and therefore looking at camera angles, mise-en-scene, and sounds this has adapted my vision and hearing and enabled me to look at them in a new light and grasp a better understanding.
diegetic/non-diegetic:
sounds tend to make the media text more natural and creates the intented emotion.
examples of diegetic and non-diegetic:
diegetic - sound of someone mopping a floor matching what is shown on the screen. (someone mopping)
non-diegetic - narrators voice over or footsteps approaching
contrapuntel sound is opposed to or conflict with the image; parrell sounds match the image.
we had to think about whether music in different films is reassuring for example a couple making up or if it is unsetteling for example walking through a haunted house is unsettling.
Techincal codes:
techincal shots are how the sequences are filmed;
- you have an establishing shot
- the transisiton between shots
- the angle of the shot (low angles make subjects seem larger and more opposing)
key terms:
- dissolve - when one screen image fades in another.
- fade - when the screen graudually disppears.
- transition - when moving from one scene to another
- wipe - when one screen image appears to wipe away another
- objects, body language, settings, clothing, colour, sound-track use symbolic codes.
icongraphy - a prop used to portray or person or personality for example a gun - danger - police or dectective.
Written codes:
- just as important as pictures and music the lettering can convey meaning