film task 2 – mood board

film date – 10th December 2023

locations – jersey forest/woods areas, Plemont , Greve de Lecq

aims – To film aesthetically pleasing footage in order to achieve the brief of the nature and beautiful locations, I will then put audio onto the footage of a voiceover of the poem being read.

aesthetics

task 1 –

if a film has verisimilitude, it has realistic aspects with characters, plot etc. similar or true to real life

social realism in film aims to bring attention to real life socio-political conditions of the working class and the power structures behind them.

magic realism brings a sense of reality to otherwise fantastical themes by bringing in myths, fables etc. into contemporary social relevance.

hyperreality in film can be described as producing something that seems to be ‘more than real’ presenting the subject perfectly accurately.

task 2 –

iconography can be defined as symbols and visual motifs that may be reoccurring in a film that has certain cultural meaning beyond the place the element has on the screen.

intertextual referencing in film is the shared relationship between two texts, also relates to texts that have similar ideas or that take inspiration from other texts

visual/sound motifs are a recurring element in a film that supports the theme of the story

colour grading is the process of editing the colours of a film to improve the films stylistic feel, making it more visually appealing or making the films colours more vibrant

auteur trademarks, the word auteur is used to describe a director who exerts a high level of control across all aspects of a film

task 3 –

pathos – evokes an emotional response in the audience

bathos – starts serious then turns trivial

suspense -Suspense is typically coupled with feelings of anxiousness and anticipation, it isĀ used to keep an audience deeply engaged in what is occurring.

comedy – a play, movie, etc. of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending

dramatic irony – when the audience knows something the character doesn’t

distancing effect – techniques used to distance and separate the audience from the emotional aspects on a film

postmodern humour – linking humour with serious meanings