Sound: Micro Elements (Notes)

Sound can create certain moods, signal events that are about to happen.

Music can manipulate the viewers emotions.

Soundtrack:

• human voice
• music
• sound effects

Types of sound:

• Diegetic - real life, contributes to realism of the scene.
• Non-diegetic - takes place outside the story, could be a voice over or music etc, also adds to the realism
• Synchronous - in time, synched up with actions, you hear sounds that you expect, e.g. camera points at clock, you hear ticking
• Asynchronous - can't see the source of sound but you still hear it, adds tension and drama, e.g. hear a gunshot but can't see gun
• Sound effect - follows an action, maybe musical, e.g. shower scene in psycho (maybe another e.g. freckles' introduction on rvb, music synchs up with the footsteps)
• Sound motif - sound you'll always associate with a character
• Sound bridge - portion of sound that covers a cut, (maybe an e.g. the title card of sunny)

• Dialogue - speech, emotions, accents, emphasis
• Voice over - narrative
• Mode of address - direct/ indirect, adds humour, aka breaking the fourth wall (e.g. supernatural episode 'the french mistake')
• Sound mixing - may have dialogue and music, more emphasis on one

TV Drama & Mise-En-Scene Notes

Sub genres:

• Teen
• Soap Operas
• Period
• Costume
• Medical/ Hospital
• Docu-soap
• Police/ Crime
• Hybrids

5 main components on mise-en-scene:

• Setting & props
• Costume, make-up, hair
• Body language, facial expressions
• Lighting & colour
• Positioning of characters

Transitions:

• Dissolve - overlapping transition between 2 scenes
• Cross fade - fades between shots
• Fade in - fades from black or white into scene
• Fade out - fades from the scene to black or white
• Wipe - scene 1 wipes off screen into scene 2

Camera Work Notes

Position:

• the camera is the viewers eye in the scene
• can change viewers feeling to certain characters - a close up can make the viewer seem more friendly and closer to the character, although an long shots are typically used a lot for evil or bad characters

Angles:

• Low angle
• High angle
• Tilted
• Bird's eye
• Worm's eye
• Eye level

Depth of field (focal length):

• Deep focus - shows everything in focus
• Selective focus - certain thing in focus
• Pull focus - when focus point changed

Movement:

• Tracking shot - follows narrative, smooth movement
• Crab - follows character/ subject
• Tilt - creates sense of heigh and power
• Zoom - adjusting focal shot, simulates tracking shot
• Arc - semi circle, shows reaction of all characters, heightens drama
• Panning - follows movement of subject

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