Film Studies Induction Unit
Key elements of film form - Mise-en-scene
Key elements of film form - Sound
Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound
Parallel and Contrapuntal Sound
Key elements of film form - Editing
The Kuleshov Effect
Continuity and Montage Editing
Analyse how meaning and response are created in the opening sequence from It Follows (Mitchell 2014).
Use detailed textual examples and refer to mise-en-scene, sound and editing.
1000 words. Typed. Printed. Cover Sheet
Watch the opening extract from Back to the Future (Zemeckis 1985) and look at all of the ways mise-en-scene is used to tell us about character, narrative, genre, aesthetic qualities and setting.
Parallel & Contrapuntal Sound
Watch the extract from Face Off (John Woo 1997) and take note of the way parallel sound is used for the first 2 minutes and then contrapuntal sound is brought in as 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' begins to play.