Definition:A film score is essentially the background music of a film (which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film). The term soundtrack is often confused with film score, but a soundtrack also includes anything else audible in the film such as sound effects and dialogue.
The song used in the intro is Lionrock Fire Up the Shoesaw.
That was ingenious how the Columbia animation's audio merged with the movie's audio in the introduction. I find that indescribably cool. The music is fast in the beginning to show that the nightclub scene is frantic. The music shows that the characters are young and having fun dancing.
The music sets the scene.The music is beats to go with the lighting. The intro is set in a club, the characters are in a club later in the movie. In the intro you don't learn anything about the characters because none of them are shown at the beginning in the club. There are a bunch of randoms in the club, all who are wanting to buy drugs.
I believe the upbeat music symbolizes the characters having frantic lives (after the drug deal) and with the lights and sound it creates a mood that makes you feel you are in the opening scene, moving hectically.
The upbeat music is similar to other films if they are set in a club or the mood is carefree because the music is one of the main features to set the scene. This scene is tapping into the idea of young people at clubs dancing and having a good time, which may be considered a social concern if the people dancing in the club are wanting to buy drugs etc. This scene is only related to other films Doug Liman has directed because of the years/era it was made in.eg, Swingers(1996), 'Go' is from 1999. The directors idea portrayed in the opening is young people having fun and living a carefree life and this is shown with them dancing in a nightclub.
Monday, 4 April 2011
c)lighting
Definition: The making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography.
In the intro the lighting is dark but there are fast strobe lights. The strobe lights are all different colours. The lights are flashing fast to go with the picture on the screen that changes abruptly. The strobe lights are used to show the intro is set in a night club. The night club scene relates to later on in the movie when the characters go to a club to sell drugs.
There is a contrast between the lighting in the club and the strobe lights. The strobe lights are all of bright colours, where as, the club is dark because it is set at night. We know this because when the shot is not of people dancing in the strobe lights it is of people walking around the dark club and you can just see the light coming off their faces, bodies etc. With all the different lights i feel the focus was to resemble the film and how it is watched from a certain characters point of view and then it switches to a different characters point of view.
In the intro the lighting is dark but there are fast strobe lights. The strobe lights are all different colours. The lights are flashing fast to go with the picture on the screen that changes abruptly. The strobe lights are used to show the intro is set in a night club. The night club scene relates to later on in the movie when the characters go to a club to sell drugs.
There is a contrast between the lighting in the club and the strobe lights. The strobe lights are all of bright colours, where as, the club is dark because it is set at night. We know this because when the shot is not of people dancing in the strobe lights it is of people walking around the dark club and you can just see the light coming off their faces, bodies etc. With all the different lights i feel the focus was to resemble the film and how it is watched from a certain characters point of view and then it switches to a different characters point of view.
In the film opening I feel the different beams of light in the strobe lights represent the different points of view the story is told from. The lighting in the opening scene is different form the rest of the film because the opening is set in a nightclub and the rest of the movie isn't. The use of strobe lights in the opening is used again in the middle of the film for another scene set in a club. The strobe lights are used inside the club, where as, for the small clip of outside the club, the is minimal lighting used to show it is night time. The lighting establishes the mood in the club because the strobe lights flashing at the same pace the music and camera shots move at. The dancing is to the same pace as the music and i feel all the features i have described are linked together really well.
c)colour
With the scene being set in a club the colours are appropriate. The strobe lights are all different colours which is pleasing to the eye and when the lights aren't on the colour is dark to show it is a dark room and it is at night. The colours in the intro don't resemble anything to do with the characters but the fact that it is a night club does because the characters are into the party scene. The colours used are red, yellow, blue, green and pink. Blue is the dominant colour because it is shown more often. The colours aren't well defined in the intro, you cant see much colour on the people in the club, just the colour of their t shirts etc to make the strobe lights more eye catching.
This movie is set in the nineties, the colours of that era were bright but not fluorescent. The lights in the club set the date because they are all the basic bright colours. Some of the clothes in the 90s were dull colours and you see this when the camera shot goes to a person walking around the club in their dull clothes.
This movie is set in the nineties, the colours of that era were bright but not fluorescent. The lights in the club set the date because they are all the basic bright colours. Some of the clothes in the 90s were dull colours and you see this when the camera shot goes to a person walking around the club in their dull clothes.
The colours in the opening scene are similar to those used in the rest of the film because of the era it is set in, those colours are bright reds, greens, blues and yellows.Films also made in the 90's would have similar colours to those in the film because the bright (but not fluorescent colours) were a trend. The colours don't change in the opening scene don't change until the opening scene is over because the opening scene is set in a night club and once the opening is over, the beginning of the movie is set in a restaurant. The colours are appropriate for the film as a whole because it is suitable for the audience the film was hoping to attract ( the teenagers of the 1990's) because the colours of the clothes worn in the opening are the same as the clothes worn by the teenagers of the 1990's. The colours in this scene compare with other films set in a night club because the bright colours are appropriate fr strobe lights, you wouldn't want dull, dark colours in a club.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
c)transitions / length of takes
Defintion: Movement or change from one to another. A passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music etc. A period of time during which something changes from one state or stage to another. A changeover, or conversion.
The length of the takes in the introduction are short and fast to go with strobe lights. The sudden change of the picture on the screen went with the music and the beats in the song. I think the transition between takes connected the lights and music really well. The camera shots would be of some people dancing in the club then it would change abruptly to some different people dancing in the club. I think the quick change of what you see on the screen, as the viewer, makes you look harder so you can see what are looking at.
The transition with what we see on the screen doesnt directly resemble the characters but the quick movement, fast change of shot and frantic intro relates to the characters when their lives are no longer carefree after the drug deal towards the end of the movie. The camera shots ill jolt from one to another which I think looks quite cool.
I think the director has used this film technique to make the introduction seem frantic and hyper which is a lot like later in the movie when the characters are anxious, worried and troubled. The characters live carefree lives until they decide on a drug deal when things become eventful and crazy. Their lives are turned upside down. The transition and length of shots is used in this film to resemble the characters hectic lives after the drug deal.
The fast camera shots in the opening scene are unique to Doug Liman's movie, compared to others he has directed because the transition is to represent and make the night club scene and the camera shots in the opening move with the music that you hear. The transitions in the opening are not alike to those throughout the film because the opening isn't focusing on a character it is focusing on the scene as a whole. At the time this film was produced the film would have been aimed at an R16 to AO audience and the quick camera shots, to set the night club scene, are appropriate for that audience.
The length of the takes in the introduction are short and fast to go with strobe lights. The sudden change of the picture on the screen went with the music and the beats in the song. I think the transition between takes connected the lights and music really well. The camera shots would be of some people dancing in the club then it would change abruptly to some different people dancing in the club. I think the quick change of what you see on the screen, as the viewer, makes you look harder so you can see what are looking at.
The transition with what we see on the screen doesnt directly resemble the characters but the quick movement, fast change of shot and frantic intro relates to the characters when their lives are no longer carefree after the drug deal towards the end of the movie. The camera shots ill jolt from one to another which I think looks quite cool.
I think the director has used this film technique to make the introduction seem frantic and hyper which is a lot like later in the movie when the characters are anxious, worried and troubled. The characters live carefree lives until they decide on a drug deal when things become eventful and crazy. Their lives are turned upside down. The transition and length of shots is used in this film to resemble the characters hectic lives after the drug deal.
The fast camera shots in the opening scene are unique to Doug Liman's movie, compared to others he has directed because the transition is to represent and make the night club scene and the camera shots in the opening move with the music that you hear. The transitions in the opening are not alike to those throughout the film because the opening isn't focusing on a character it is focusing on the scene as a whole. At the time this film was produced the film would have been aimed at an R16 to AO audience and the quick camera shots, to set the night club scene, are appropriate for that audience.
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