Film Analysis

Introduction

In my assignment i will be talking about one harry potter film which is the first one called the philosopher stone. I chose this film because there are a lot of good shots in this film and the way it has been filmed is very good. This film is directed by JK Rowling about Harry Potter who is a young boy who has discovered his magical heritage in the school called Hogwarts. The first book off Harry potter and the philosophers stone was published on 26th of June 1997. In this film Harry Potter it is about a young school boy who has been whisked away from his foster parents away to the magical school which is called Hogwarts. In Harry Potter's journey he meets a lot of good loyal friends but then also makes a lot of enemies threw his time in the school.






I choose this film because I love the way it has been filmed and whole story behind it, it has by far been one of the best Harry Potter films that JK Rowling has produced. I like how it leads itself on to another Harry Potter film so it makes the person who is watching it want to see what happens in the second film.

In the opening scene of Harry Potter the main location of where it all begun was in a neighbourhood and on a road called Privet Drive. The camera shots in this first scene are interesting and the way it was all set out is very good too, They have an owl sitting on a street sign then the owl flies of and then appears an old man walking threw the forest he takes out his wand and zaps all the lampposts that are around him, The character that played that role was called Albus Dumbledore. The props are interesting in the opening scene as you have each character wearing a costume which represents that they are a wizard and that they are powerful, It describes where they are from and makes you think that they have magic which in the first scene shows you that they do.

Light and colour

In the opening scene the lighting and sound has been used well, but because it was set at night time it was dark and gloomy but on the characters faces you could see them clearly and it made them stand out above the darkness around them. The Colour that has been used is saturate and gives out kind of a cold feeling when you are watching it more then anything.


Costumes

Most of the costumes in the first scenes are ones that represent that they come from Hogwarts and that they are magical, Dumbledore is wearing a hat in the scene and the costumes that both characters are using really give you some sort of feel about them and you can kind of understand there personalities from just what they are wearing. The other professor is wearing dark clothing like a cloak and also she has glasses on also. It also sets the scene as well as it looks cold and gloomy the characters costumes really suit the scene and gives you a type of feeling. 
Facial expressions

The facial expressions that are used in the opening scene you do not really see most of it in the actual film. There emotions in the film our just standard and straight to the point it goes with what the acting is giving off and the facial expressions let you know what is also going on in the scene.

Body Language
 The characters body language in the scene also gives it off very well when they are walking towards the house they give of a type of feeling to the audience who is watching it.


Sound

The sound in the opening scene is just calm there is hardly any sound in the actual scene it just runs straight threw and then at the end of the first scene shows the sound and the music which you can hear the anthem of harry potter.



FINAL SCENE

The ending scene of Harry potter is very good and also interesting and happy for all Harry Potter fans at the end of it, they are getting the train back to home from Hogwarts and Harry gets told that there will always be a place at Hogwarts for harry. I love the ending scene because it is happy and makes you think that Harry and his pals made it threw the adventure of Hogwarts. They end up back at the platform at the train station they first catch it at the beginning of the film.

Narrative Theory

Prop (Characters) - In this scene at the end the character "Danny Dyer" walks into the pub and has a few expressions on his face because you can tell by his reactions he is in a bad place. There are other characters around in the scene also who are all together as he walks in.

Barthes (Puzzles) - There are a few twists and turns in the film and a very big one at the end, throughout the whole film you start to understand little things as you look more into it and the ending scene you understand because the whole film will then make sense to you.

Todorov - (story and plot) - The story of Football Factory is about 2 rival firms which are Chelsea and Milwall who are rival football teams. It is a journey of their lives and how they live their life, when watching it you understand what actually happens in real life football hooligans. A summary of the whole film would pretty much be the fact they go to football away games and meet firms after or before the game and have fights with them.  At the very end one of the main characters gets shot dead and audience is left with a series of black and white stills telling you what happened to the characters

Levi - Stauss - (opposite) rival vs rival  

sherlock holmes

In this Sherlock Holmes opening scene the music is orchestral and gloomy. It makes the scene of what is going on in it and sets the whole opening scene.  When it hits a 0:15 the music starts to get a bit more aggressive and you can hear the different instruments and a lot more intense music is starting to play.The music and sound in the Sherlock Holmes opening scene has a lot going on in it so it is quite noisy and would draw the person watching this shows attention.

The non diegetic - In the Sherlock Holmes clip of the opening scene it has Diegetic sound in it. It has objects that make sound which kind of explains what is going on in the clip. When i was reviewing this clip i did spot a lot of diegetic sound in the clip, it was creating a kind of meaning to what is going on in the scene.

The only thing i couldn't find in the clip when listening to it was the voice of the characters the whole 1 minute clip just consumed of music and that was it really, it did not have any of the people in the actual video speaking in there.

Music that i can hear

Horse noises

Gun shots

A whip

A person breathing

A crow

Glass and wood being broken

A crow

In the diegetic i can hear a horse chasing after the horse, as this all went on the music began to get louder and everything started to get faster. When things like this happen in the scene it all starts to get intense.

Glossary

Diegetic -  Sound source that is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action.

Non - Diegetic - Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action

Ambient - Background sound used to create atmosphere 

SFX -  is a linking technology that facilitates context-sensitive linking between various web resources, and allows libraries to combine electronic resources to function as a cohesive, one-stop reference system.
Mood

Tone - a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.

Genre - a style or category of art, music, or literature.

Theme music -  is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the intro, during title sequence and/or ending credits. If it is accompanied by lyrics, most often associated with the show, it is theme song

Voiceover - a piece of narration in a film or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker.

Music Score - It is the script for the musicians on the film. (post-production)

Synchronous sound - is matched to certain movements occurring in the scene e.g when footsteps correspond to feet walking

Contrapuntal -  music that is the opposite of what you see on screen eg. a romantic song played during a violent murder

Silence - complete absence of sound

Selective sound - he  removal of some sounds and the retention of others to make significant sounds more recognisable, or for dramatic effect.

sound bridges - When the scene begins with the carry-over sound from the previous scene before the new sound begins.

Mood - Happy music  or sad music, could go with the story of the film.

Ambient - relating to the immediate surroundings of something.

Childs play

By Rhodri George 

Childs play


Childs play was directed in 1950 the main character of the film was called Charles lee ray (chucky).

His signature weapon was a knife which he used to kill his enemies. His first appearance was in child's play and his last one was in the curse of chucky.

Chucky is basically about a doll that comes to life and wants to kill the kid who was his ex owner. At the end of every film he gets killed but always seems to come back to life ready for the next film. The way the film is created is very good i like the idea of the film because it is quite entertaining and very
jumpy.


                             

The costume for the doll is really well done, before the doll turns evil it actually is dressed up really nice and looks like a normal doll for a child, and when it turns evil it starts to look different with scars on its face and looks evil in the face.

The hair and makeup isn't really standing out in the film, it is just a standard doll. Its teeth is good and stands out a lot and shows a lot about what the doll is actually about.

Chucky's body language is good in the film the way the doll stumbles about which makes it quite scary to watch. His expressions as well are really deep and makes you scared of the doll itself, for a childs doll it really has an effect when you watch the film.

For the props there is a few things for chucky which you can get different, such as his face it changes at different times as the movie goes on and on. At the start of the first film he will have nothing on his face but as the time goes on his face will begin to scar just as it looks in the picture. His clothes stay the same throughout the films and nothing really changes apart from when he gets injured his clothing tends to get damaged.