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Assessing My gROUP WORK – Justification of choice

Peter is walking out of the school with Mary Jane when they are ambushed by Flash.  He starts to ridicule Peter,
then threatens him.  Peter just clenches his jaw and backs
away.  Peter does not believe in violence... and he has
never thrown a punch in his life.  It just wouldn't occur
to him.

Through a row of bushes he sees Flash grab Mary Jane by
the arm and spin her around.  They are arguing.  Flash
slaps her across the face.  Peter is so enraged his hands
snap a four inch tree limb without him realizing it.

Flash is walking to his car after gymnastics practice.  It
is dark.  A figure drops silently down from behind him.
Flash spins and sees a guy in a black fishnet mask.
Thinking it is a robbery, Flash swings... only to grab his
own fist in pain.  It was like hitting oak.

Peter holds Flash with one hand and slaps him hard.

                          SPIDER MAN
          How do you like it?  Huh?

He slaps him again, backhand.  Then he cocks back his fist
and BLAM!

Punches Flash so hard he flies ten feet.  He picks him up,
gets him in a painful armlock... marches him to his
beloved Porsche and slams him brutally against it.  He
pounds Flash into the car until the jock collapses, semi-
conscious.  Peter then rips a signpost out of the ground
and pounds the car into junk.  Glass flies everywhere.

Peter leans close to Flash and tells him to stay away from
Mary Jane... or else.
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Justification of Creative Work/Pre Production

Justification of creative work in one chosen film production role (8 marks ) INQUIRY The post on why you chose the screenplay you worked on.

For this screen play mini film, I chose to recreate the Peter Parker Fight Scene, in the school. I chose this screenplay because I thought that we would be able to recreate this screenplay quite accurately, whilst also adding our own little twist. We wanted our main message for our film to be treat others how you want to be treated. The main reason that we chose this screenplay was because it was based around only 2 lines of dialogue, but they were powerful lines. We decided to use the most powerful line of “How do you like it? Huh?” because we thought that the use of only one line would make the audience think more about what that line means, and would maybe walk away from it thinking hard about the way they treat others. I think, through this screenplay, we knew we were going to be able to show emotion with emotions, tones of voice and actions. Fight scenes present quite a simple way of showing emotion because they are packed full of action and violence and in my opinion, action is the easiest way, on screen, to replicate emotions and feelings. For this i worked with 3 others: Morgan, Micah and James, who are all relatively experienced when it comes to filming. For this project, Morgan was an actor as an extra, as she has had a little bit of experience in drama and acting. She was also a director, as she was the most familiar with this scene and this screenplay, as she loves the film. as Micah was an actor also, as he has also had experience with acting before, as I have too. And finally, James was the camera man, because he works with cameras almost everyday, and had a great idea of what shots would look best. We used a Canon DSLR to film, with a Rode Video Mic in order to create a look as professional as possible.

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Sound motifs

A Sound Motif is a sound effect or combination of sound effects that are associated with a particular character, setting, situation or idea through the film, repeated throughout a film.

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Example –

An example of a sound motif is a film is the Jaws theme. Whenever the Jaws shark is around, the simple sound motif is played. This creates a huge sense of suspense for the audience, making them know that the shark is present, creating great suspense throughout the whole film. This makes the film exciting to watch.

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Foley Artist

Foley Artist –

foley artist creates audio effects for a film by using physical props. As a foley artist, you are responsible for very specific sounds.

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Examples of Sounds that can be created by a Foley Artist –

  • Punching – celery on a cushion with a cloth being smacked
  • Rain – bucket of water poured on a panel.
  • Horse galloping – coconuts hitting eachother
  • Wooden creaks – old shipping pallet
  • Head being smashed – watermelon, pumpkin
  • Bones cracking – twisting leather wallet with cards in
  • Wooden creaks – old shipping pallet, piano bench, old chair
  • Gun cocking – briefcase latch being clicked

Diegetic vs. Non-diegetic sounds

Diegetic Sounds are sounds that the characters on screen can hear.

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Non-Diegetic Sounds are sounds that the audience can hear, but the characters on screen cannot.

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In Shaun of the Dead

List –

Diegetic Sound:

  • The Dialogue
  • TV news broadcast
  • Sound effects the characters make in the background
  • Noise of the zombies
  • Screams

Non-Diegetic Sound

  • ‘Atmos’ Sound
  • Music in the background

Analyzed Examples –

Diegetic Sound –

In the scene with the TV, playing the news, a diegetic sound is used. The sound coming from the television, of the news presenter talking is a diegetic sound because the characters on set can hear the television, and so can the audience. This is used in order to present the situation to the audience and also to show the audience the character’s reactions to finding out this news.

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Non-Diegetic Sound –

In the fighting scene against the male and the female zombies, background music is used. This background music is a non-diegetic sound because the audience can hear it but the characters on screen cannot. This background music was used in order to create a more exciting and interesting mood for the audience to watch.Image

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Sound Editor vs. Sound mixer

There are many different roles that come into creating a film. Two of these being the Sound Editor and the Sound Mixer.

A Sound Editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mixing or mastering.

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A Sound Mixer serves as a sound recordist during filming, and are responsible for recording and balancing the audio effects on set.

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