Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Lottery Ticket - Opening Scene Analysis


Below is the opening scene of the "Lottery Ticket" and i will be analysing it. When you click the video, a pop-up advert may appear, but close it and click play again.








Click this link if video can't play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=entKmWDKMF4

 
Camera
·         Motion of the camera is either still or panning smoothly
·         No jerky camera movements, except when the news woman interviews local people on the street
·         Camera cuts from one scene to another very quickly
·         A wide shot the house which is the location of the first scene

Mise-en-scene
·         The lighting used in all the scenes are very bright and most scenes are located outside
·         The shots inside the house is still very bright and seems like natural summer light
·         Colours in the house are light tones, like purple, cream and light blue
Sound
·         Music starts playing after distributor and production company intro in shown
·         Scratching sound played when text appears 
Font
·         Actor names are transparent and in capital letters
·         There is a scratched paint effect behind the letters which relates with scratch cards
Editing
·         No fading, but cuts straight to the next shot
·         Writing appears in a scratching motion

Lottery Ticket Timeline

This is the time-line for "Lottery Ticket" movie which is above. Only 1 minute of the video is used/analysed.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Preliminary Task

Below is the preliminary task video which features me and my group partner.

Click here if video can't play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQvIMvsARDM