Film Studies

  The Gold Rush was directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1925 during the silent era of film. Mise-en-scene refers to what is in the frame and is used by directors to produce different messages and emotions and values. At the time that The Gold Rush was directed, technology was far behind where it is today and didn’t allow sound and video to be recorded at the same time, which led to mise-en-scene being a relient feature of the films as it had to create meaning to form a strong narrative – an example where mise-en-scene is used is the opening scene of the film where Big Jim find a huge deposit of gold on his land when a blizzard hits, where The Prospector gets lost in the same blizzard while aiming to get gold. He gets blown into the cabin of Black Larsen, who is a wanted criminal, and Larsen tries to throw the Prospector out until Jim also stumbles inside. Larsen attempts to scare both out using his shotgun but is not as powerful as jim and all 3 agree to truce to keep warm inside the ca...

Travelled through space and time to explore the multiverse and is in a white room with old style furniture, as he begins exploring he doesn't know what happened. He looks in a mirror and begins to hear somebody breathing heavily and goes to investigate only to find                                 There is a monolith in the room with an eery silence which is non-diegetic. He touched the monolith which turned him into a foetus and sent him back to Earth.  The scene was described by Kubrick as a human zoo as zoos are decorated strangely and It gave the idea that Kubrick wanted to see if humans evolution was controlled by a high being, as in the opening scene the apes were only able to use tools after touching the monolith.

 Mise-en-scene is what is in the frame of the scene for example location, props, costume, lighting, makeup, staging/blocking, performance, expression etc. Cinematography is how the cameras are used effectively such as through camera angles, shot types, movements, lighting and colour. Editing includes cutting and making a narrative from footage through syncing and ordering. The editing is important to creating a narrative as the timeline must make sense. Use of sound includes (diegetic is what is from the scene and non-diegetic is sounded added after during editing such as music).

  Film studies Section A   Gold rush Vertigo 2001: A space odyssey   Early 20 th  century German expressionist art movement that emphasised the artist’s inner feelings or ideas over replicating reality, and was characterised by simplified shapes, bright colours and gestural marks or brush strokes German expressionism is a particular style that first appeared in poetry and theatre around 1910. It became popular in film 10 years later after WW1.  It comes partly from German Romanticism and gives a subjective view of the world. Expressionists had little interest in their work being aesthetically pleasing. This style flourished after the horrors of WW1, and the inevitable economic devastation that followed. The first few films that can be described as pure German expressionism include The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and Metropolis.   o     High angles o     Deep shadows/chiaroscuro lighting o     Extreme camera tilting o ...

  Man becomes aggressive to girlfriend when drunk and is abusive towards his gay friend Later on he comes out as gay Man hits girlfriend and then the gay friend comes over to stop it but then the gay friend gets hit The man then becomes upset and runs away while sirens play in the background The man attempts to kill himself while gay thoughts flash in his head and it makes him want to let everyone know. He drink to numb the feeling and thoughts that he has ·         Arguments ·         Tears ·         Shouting ·         Fast camera cuts ·         Fast camera pans ·         Throwing furniture and clothes around   Dark lighting to make a creepy vibe Lighting becomes better after the person comes out Man gets sent to jail after coming out (if p...

  Over Film form: The film plays backwards starting with the cleaning process all the way up to the main event to keep the spectator waiting as it creates mystery and excitement. The clever cinematography immerses the viewer the whole way through without manipulating the way the film is interpreted. The film typically has still shots to create a dramatic effect, as the things in shot have been placed in our vision to be interpreted but without being explained to us as to why they are there. Some scenes, such as the cleaning up of the blood, look like handheld shots to create a feeling of being in the scene and to make the scene appear real. The use of natural sounds such as slow wind, dog barking and car alarms makes the film appear real and gives the impression that the scenes are natural & progressive. The aesthetic of the film is great because the film is a mysterious crime scene, where early on we see a couple with some flowers, which leaves you guessing “has someone di...