Description | Shot Type | Visual clues to help communicate the idea | |
shot one  | A blank black screen with white text on it saying ‘IT’S 1966 THE GREATEST ERA FOR BRITTISH ROCK AND ROLL’ | This is giving the era a ‘cool’ ‘edgy’ look that would make the audience desire to be in that era | |
shot two  | A 60’s house with a tree in front of it with the lights on. | This is a long shot of a 16’s house to initiate the era and to show where the opening scene is taking place | A house , which looks plain and nothing special. |
shot three  | A black background again with white text Saying ‘BUT BBC RADIO PLAYS LESS THAN 45 MINUTES OF POP MUSIC A DAY’ | This is introducing the ‘radio station’ | |
shot four  | A man in a leather arm chair wearing a beige cardigan and a white shirt and tie. The Colours around him are brown and green. | This is a long shot of a man reading his newspaper contently. | The setting does not seem as exciting as what the words are portraying which suggests some sarcasm for the time being. With a middle age man sitting in an arm chair is not very ‘rock and roll’ as they stated this era to be. |
shot five  | The child is in what looks to be like her pyjamas with a dressing gown on | Camera cuts to a child saying night to their dad which suggests because of the green wall beside her it is the same scene as the dad reading the paper. | This implies that it is night and a normal family’s child is going to bed. |
shot six  | The man is replying to the child in a nice tone suggesting a connection. | The camera then shots back to the farther reading the paper, which is a shot reverse shot to show conversation between two characters. | This shows a platonic relationship between the two characters |
Shot seven   | Everything is normal and what you would expect a family to be like but when the child goes to his room and lies in bed he has a radio under his pillow. The room is dark with the light off suggesting mystery to what the boy is doing as it is not made apparent strait away | The camera cuts from a long shot of the boy having something under his pillow to an extreme close up of a man speaking into a microphone, this could imply that he is taking to the child, but then the camera cuts back and forth to different children in bed listening to what is suggested as a radio, then cutting back to the extreme close up of the man speaking it creates a bridge between the two scenes. These multiple shots allow the audience to be in two places at once, and is showing the contrast between the quiet children who are supposed to be in bed and the loud mouth individual, and how he is having a influence and corrupting what is expected of them. | The room is dark to suggest the boy is supposed to be tired and asleep but when it cuts to a lively room with a man speaking down a microphone this is setting a completely different environment for the audience |
 | The colours are light and bright | The there is a medium close up and tracking shot as the camera follows the man turning on the music. | When this happens everything comes alive and the tension is released into what would be the ‘Rock and Roll’ era. I believe that the director purposely made the beginning normal and boring to give it more hype when everything kicked off. |
Sound analysis of the ‘BOAT THAT ROCKED’
Before the audience even gets to see the scenery there is a sound of what seems to be a television changing channels, they have used this sound bridge to link the opening scene with the title and to give the audience an idea on what the scenery will have within it. This is dialogue.
The second sound that we hear is non- diagetic sound of a relaxing tune that is far from the "swinging sixties", this is also a sound bridge from the outside of the house to the inside of the house; they have done this so that the audience do not notice the cut.
Then there is diagetic sound when the two characters are speaking and the shot consists of a shot reverse shot, the reason they keep the diagetic sound is so the editing remains invisible.
Then there is no non-diagetic sound for a bit as it is only diagetic dialogue to make the scene more intriguing. Then there is a bang of noise and someone is speaking loudly with music in the background to give a contrast between the two scenes, then the two scenes start to collide with the sound bridge of the man and the other characters as the camera is constantly shooting between the multiple scenes
The band called the ‘kinks’ then get played really loud to introduce the film as being 60’s as they were a renowned band from the 60’s. This is another sound bridge where the camera does multiple shots of different scenes to show the link between music and the 60’s generation.
Cinematography
The opening shot is a establishing shot of a man holding his newspaper in what seens to be his home. This vertical shot indulges the reader into the film, making them apart of it, but by the man sitting down it empowers the audiance. The second shot is a medium close up of a young boy ( the protagonist). The third shot is again a shot of the father (shot reverse shot). This has been done so that the audiance are now the viewers instead of the character. To follow there is a high angle tracking shot of the boy as he makes his way though the house. This shot makes the audiance feel superior to everyone else in the household and also presents us to have more of an insight to the narrative than the other characters. This shot creates a distant connection with the character and audiance due to the feeling of following the character and his movements.The next frames are multiple quick shots between juxtaposed scenes, but the sound bridge connects these scenes together.These shots create a climax within the opening scene and create a mesh of thirll and exitment due to the collision of scenes. The different angles and shots such as a highangle shot of a girl watching her radio and then a horizontal medium shot of someone else, propose the idea of different areas and scenes internationally.These thrilling shots that are juxtaposed to the initial shots keeps the audiance on the edge of their seats.
Mis-en-scene
Initially the lighting was low key with only one primary light at the side of the scene. The colours within this scene are browns and dark greens which signify affluence. The props are carefuly and neatly placed. This tells the audiance something about the man and inpliues that he is well educated and organised. The paper he is holdinf presents him as an authoritarian character. The dark natural lighting in the bedroom suggests calmness oppsed to the strict lighting that was depicted beforehand.
What i have learnt from this
I have learnt that the variation of pace and shots in an opening scene can engage the audience and create a climax or anti-climax. The change in pace cal also represent a characters moods.
Cinematography
The opening shot is a establishing shot of a man holding his newspaper in what seens to be his home. This vertical shot indulges the reader into the film, making them apart of it, but by the man sitting down it empowers the audiance. The second shot is a medium close up of a young boy ( the protagonist). The third shot is again a shot of the father (shot reverse shot). This has been done so that the audiance are now the viewers instead of the character. To follow there is a high angle tracking shot of the boy as he makes his way though the house. This shot makes the audiance feel superior to everyone else in the household and also presents us to have more of an insight to the narrative than the other characters. This shot creates a distant connection with the character and audiance due to the feeling of following the character and his movements.The next frames are multiple quick shots between juxtaposed scenes, but the sound bridge connects these scenes together.These shots create a climax within the opening scene and create a mesh of thirll and exitment due to the collision of scenes. The different angles and shots such as a highangle shot of a girl watching her radio and then a horizontal medium shot of someone else, propose the idea of different areas and scenes internationally.These thrilling shots that are juxtaposed to the initial shots keeps the audiance on the edge of their seats.
Mis-en-scene
Initially the lighting was low key with only one primary light at the side of the scene. The colours within this scene are browns and dark greens which signify affluence. The props are carefuly and neatly placed. This tells the audiance something about the man and inpliues that he is well educated and organised. The paper he is holdinf presents him as an authoritarian character. The dark natural lighting in the bedroom suggests calmness oppsed to the strict lighting that was depicted beforehand.
What i have learnt from this
I have learnt that the variation of pace and shots in an opening scene can engage the audience and create a climax or anti-climax. The change in pace cal also represent a characters moods.
No comments:
Post a Comment