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In-Depth study: All elements

Feature	Example
Narrative structure	The narrative structure is shown in a linear timeline of events unfolding due to the plot point.
Establishing characters, setting, plot, theme	The husband being suspected of cheating is revealed by the bribe who figures out a girl he spoke to shares the number of his male guitar teacher, this as a result sends the bride into insanity. With the happy wedding getting thrown into chaos as the deception is revealed and sends the bride into further lunacy with them eventually making up to a slow dance.
Mise-en-scene	All set in a large fancy hotel, with the characters dancing in the centre of it and seats to the side, this makes the events in the film feel as if us as the viewers are amongst the guests in the crowd watching them.
Cinematography	By using rack focuses and close ups, this creates a more intimate sense between the viewer and the bride as we are seeing eye to eye the emotions she feels.
Editing	With long scenes and cross cutting editing is used to make some scenes feel longer to take in more info. With cross cutting it established a bridge between events in the film.
Sound	Trans-diegetic sound is used during the last scene as its left up to the viewers interpretation if that the music is still playing for them dancing despite the chaos caused throughout the film or it is simply non-diegetic for the viewers’ pleasure.

Tonal editing montage

Intellectual Montage

Metric Montage

Identify one film which appears to have been influenced by the visual style of classic Soviet Constructivist Cinema

Similar to the classic Soviet Constructivist Cinema style, Citizen Kane (1941), focuses on the more functional representation of the film rather than the aesthetic beauty, typical of the Russian Constructivism era. Visually, “Citizen Kane” was a breakthrough that helped shape film’s classical vocabulary as a cautionary tale, it’s no less formative or necessary.

Intellectual Montage

The cutting between the slaughter of the cow and the death of the workers makes Eisenstein’s point of comparing Russian workers to animals being exploited for labour purposes and killed once they are no longer of use.

Metric Montage

As one of the workers plummets to his death, the fall is condensed down to three shots, each lasting the same length. We see the man drop from the platform, someone attempting to grab him, and his death.

Rhythmic Montage

When the child is dropped and killed, we see him fall from a variety of different angles back to back, keeping the editing in continuity.

Tonal Montage

The cutting between the interior and exterior of the building connect to show the fear and panic of the workers, whether it be the dread of being killed by the military or being trapped alone.

Over-tonal Montage

When the worker attacks the leader of the company, cuts happen between every action, and as the man slams his hand down on the table, ink spills out onto the map, possibly representing the blood of the workers that are about to be killed. The spilling of the ink happens while the shareholders react to the worker’s outburst.

the realism in Casablanca was very high because they used a lot of natural lighting and they also used natural environments.

the visual style in Casablanca was very natural because they didn’t use any effects to change anything in the film they kept it as realistic as possible

there was parts in the film where the lighting was low because the mood and atmosphere was low as well.

intellectual montage:

in the final scene of strike. Intellectual montage is used cutting between the strikers being killed and a cow having its throat cut. Giving the comparison that the people are being slaughtered as if they were animals.

metric montage:

metric montage is used in this scene to give a steady flow of events showing many different angles and perspectives of the strikers being attacked.

rhythmic montage:

this type of montage is used here cutting to different shots as the man falls to his death.

the sound in Casablanca.

there was always faint music in the background, from a live pianist and live singers in the bar.

the dialogue is overpowering from the music and you can hear he characters very well.

there was sometimes a faint sound of a plane flying over the top of the building because people are leaving to go to America

there was a sound of cars frequently to scare everyone that it might be the police arriving