Storyboard Imitation!

This is the beginning scene from the movie Running Scared.  I would have to say that the director did follow most of the rules with the relationship between the characters and the camera.  In the first four frames of the scene, the director did follow the 180 degree rule.  The two main characters (Joey and Olec) are always in the frame and looking at each other.  The director always had the camera on them.  The characters looked at each other for reactions for the scene and we see that as an audience.  The director also used the rule of thirds.  For the majority of the time, Olec is on the left side of the screen.  He helps frame in the rest of what else is going on in the scene.  Joey is usually in the middle of the screen.  He is the emotion of the scene so the audience looks at Joey (why he should be in the middle of the screen).  However this director did not really get the chance to use the 30 rule.  The beginning scenes went from the two main characters getting into the car to the opening credits to the two characters driving on the road but the camera is behind them.  So I can not say that the director did not use that rule correctly because for this scene at least, it was not needed.  

So overall, this director made good decisions involving the camera angles needed for this opening scene.  He made sure that he used the 180 degree rule and the Rule of thirds.  I know that these rules were used through out the whole film.  the director used these rules to help explain the chaos and panic that happens in the movie.  The director used wise decisions to help show the main characters’ relationship.

Animation!! (blog 6)

                                    

We can see that in both images have a lot of color in them.  The image we see on the left is very bright because it is during the daytime.  Light colors are used for the background which contrast well with the cool colors of the main characters.  There is a little saturation when we look at the leaves in the background.  The oranges and yellows stand out and really become part of the scene.  This still really doesn’t have a hue that stands out.  This is suppose to look like natural lighting because they are technically outside.  Since it is daytime, you probably would not think that there would any shadows.  The main characters are in a car in the daylight.  There shadows on the main characters and in the car since there is no light shown in the car.  Because it is so bright, mostly warm colors are shown, and the fact the a huge monster is squished into a car, we as the audience get a happy vibe to it.  The symbolism of this still are the monsters in the car.  They are in their own space/world and are only looking straight ahead.  This shows that they are closed off from what else is out there, until the little girl comes along of course.

If you did not guess already, this is the little girl that comes in and turns the whole monster world upside down.  This is when she gets mad at one of the main characters.  In order to show the tone, the hue is a very dark blue (also to show it is at night).  There is very little brightness because it is suppose toe be at night and it is one of the serious moments in the movie.  We do not see saturation because the hue is so strong.  There are a lot of shadows because again, it is suppose to be at night and to help the mood.  This is one of the more darker part of the movie and the lack-of light emphasizes that.  The mood is very serious because of the look on her face and everything else I already explained.  The symbolism in this still is her being in a monster costume in order to blend in.  She stepped into the monster world and costume (costume symbolizes as the world).  

Song Analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qrRzNidzIc---Breaking Benjamin's, I Will Not Bow

Tempo: fast

Source: guitar, vocals

Groove: heavy metal, harsh

Instrumental: guitar, bass, drums, vocals

Structure Organization: intro, screamo, verse, chorus, repeat

Emotional Architecture: medium to high and everything in between

Height: low height with vocals and all instruments except guitar which can be high also

Width: mostly right

Depth: has four levels of instruments (pretty deep)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEVj6ZDgCIo--Breaking Benjamin, Diary of Jane

Tempo: Slow

Source: Piano

Groove: Soft, eerie

Instrumental: piano, violin, vocals

Structure Organization: Intro, verse, chorus, repeat

Emotional Architecture: medium to high (like a camel's back)

Height: High and low with vocals, piano and violin

Width: mostly panning left

Depth: still has good depth to it

Both of these songs are done by one of my favorite bands of all time, Breaking Benjamin.  The lyrics to these songs are both fairly dark.  I Will Not Bow  has lyrics about not giving into temptation and how they will do things their way, on their own terms, and that they will excel.  Diary of Jane is about a lost love and how it still hurts after everything that has happened.  The tone of the songs are very similar.  The subjects of the songs are very different.  Both of the songs do have strong melodies.  The guitar drives the rhythm for I Will Not Bow, and the piano drives the rhythm for Diary of Jane.  Both songs also have fast paced melodies.  Never does a note linger for too much longer then the next.  Both songs have a medium to fast rhythm, speed, timbre, and similar organization.  I Will Not Bow mostly has a medium range pitch with the exception of the guitar that can be high pitched at times which gives the song the extra dynamic quality it needs.  This song also has a great intensity to it.  Each instrument has it’s own moments when it comes to their intensity in their solos.  There was strong intensity throughout the song because there was always something going on instrumentally.  In the song Diary of Jane has a high range of pitches both instrumental and vocals which contributes to the softness nature of the song.  Even though Diary of Jane is an acoustic song, it does have its own intensity to it.  Unlike the first song, Diary of Jane has only a few moments to really let the intensity reach its high point which makes those moments seem more rare and special.

It is really hard to say which song is my favorite.  But if someone held a gun to my head and told me that I would absolutely have to choose, it would probably be I Will Not Bow.  I really do love that Diary of Jane is a very eerie sounding song.  But I love that I Will Not Bow sounds really full and that even though it sounds like complete chaos at times, it is so structure.