Thursday, 17 December 2015
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Section 3 video guide conclusion
In early cinema editing developed and influenced the modern because continuity has become the most dominant one out of montage and continuity.
There is a huge difference between Continuity and montage, because continuity is more a like a mainstream of normality, it focuses on the drama and the story along with other things such as time and space, closed ending, therefore the film could be straight forward with a beginning middle and end and the audience will know that the movie has finished, using continuity editing by telling a linear narrative such as horror/thriller and above all this it doesn't make the audience think.
Montage is an alternative way that will make the audience think and become confused because it is deliberately breaking continuity with jump cuts to show supernatural actions, along with flashbacks, open endings, therefore the film will end in a cliff hanger and the audience won't know if the film has ended therefore it leaves the audience unsatisfied, it's more challenging to follow and it's all done for an artistic reason, to create emotions.
This all started because there was a war between the USR and USA which was being represented by Griffith and Eisenstein. Now today continuity is being used more because the audience doesn't always want to think, they would want to enjoy the movie alone, however there is a some sign on montage to make the film interesting and exciting.
Continuity is still used today in movies such as 180 degree rule, match on action, shot reverse shot, point of view shots, cutaways, seamless editing, motivated shot and cross cutting but the edits are invisible. In the movie ride along in the scene where Kevin Hart got shot there is 180 degree rules used at 1.47 to show that the two characters are having a conversation. You will see this example below.
Montage and discontinuity techniques developed from early to modern to challenge continuity because it all started with Griffith. Griffith always wanted to be a writer and after Porter hired him to be one of his actors for his film Griffith submitted his script to porter in 1908, however Porter rejected it because it would of taken a good amount of time to do and it would of need a lot resources. On the other hand Edison took in Griffiths as one of his actors. Then further on in time he became a director and directed a film called 'Birth of nations'
Griffith is the person who discovered continuity. Griffith discovered the 18- degree rule by a trial an error and with every other technique of continuity he discovered through a trial and error and then found out which scenes it would go well with. He used close ups and other different type of shots, also cross-cutting. In a film he produced called 'The lonely Villa' in 1909 he used tension; built up the tension by increasing the tempo of the cuts up to the climax. Griffith was remembered by the discovery of continuity, however he wasn't remembered by the discovery of increasing the pace to create climax (pace of editing) You will see an example of this below. Continuity was mainstream and had a story line. It was for entertainment and for the audience to enjoy, but montage was the opposite.
Eisenstein was the master of montage. He wanted the audience to think hard when they was watching the films instead of just watching it for entertainment as the USA did. Eisenstein and Griffith was at war because Griffith discovered continuity when the audience doesn't have to think because he tried to make it look like the film hasn't been edited. It came to an disappointment for Eisenstein because he lost the war between continuity and montage, whereas we can only use montage to an extent because the audience will eventually become bore by keep on having to think every time they watch a film.
Eisenstein and Kuleshov made films from propaganda. Kuleshov had a technique called the Kuleshov effect which was taking a close up then taking another shot straight after that can completely change the whole meaning and have a different story this is used to make the audience think of the meaning behind the shot.
There are 5 different type of montages such as rhythmic, metric, tonal, over tonal and intellectual. Rhythmic montage is when the beat/music matches the scene or the action. For an example in the movie Psycho in the killing scene with the woman in the shower, the tempo of the music speeds up because he's striking her with the knife, and the music is screeching because of the attack that is happening. Metric montage is when you long shots and the action is cutting to the beat. For an example in karate kid each time they hit each other it would be in time with the beat. Tonal and over tonal montage is a contrast within the shots such as lighting to show us what the character is going through, and to give the audience an idea of what the character is thinking. For and example in 'The age of innocence' 1993 the character sees the sun reflecting on the glass and each time that happens it reminds him of happy memories in the past, it's called nostalgic reverie. Intellectual montage is concerning ideas for ideological concept which will make you think. An example of this would be 'North by northwest' 1959 the train interpretates the the character is about to have sex. Another example would be in the movie 'They live' 1998 because the sunglasses makes the audience think that aliens have taken over the world because each time the character puts them on everything is different. In strike it's also intellectual montage because the slaughter of the bull gives it a metaphor for the treatment of workers who are hardworking but helpless; all controlled by merciless authorities. The reason why this is all used is because he wanted it to look more artistic.
They didn't what movies to be about entertainment, they wanted the audience to the think and become confused about what is happening on screen.
Contemporary editing uses alternative (montage) techniques as well. For an example in the movies 'Royal Tenenbaums' they use jump cuts when he is shaving his beard and cutting his hair. They use jump cuts to make the audience think. The jump cuts reflect on the character; it shows that that the character is unsteady. You will see the example below of the scene.
Montage and Discontinuity:
Montage and Discontinuity has many effects to keep its purpose in favour of stylistic use such as showing in non-linear structures, reverse chronological orders etc. A technique that is mostly used for demonstrating discontinuity are jump-cuts and motivated. The purpose of this is to tell a story and create meaning. This is used for stylistic use because the use of a jump-cut can confuse the audience on purpose to make them think.
For example, the movie 'Fight Club' uses many discontinuous techniques, however an example of a technique that is used for purpose and meaning is jump-cuts.
In the scene shown, it shows the character standing in the middle of the scene as time passes by. A jump-cut is used when a man appears in the background and then disappears. The use of a jump-cut makes it seem confusing because at one point he is gone, and then the next scene he disappears.
I believe that montage and discontinuity haven't lost their purpose and meaning. It's not strictly making the audience think anymore, however it's being used with continuity to still make the audience think but not most of the time. It's still used for its purpose to make the audience think such as with jump cuts but nowadays it doesn't leave the audience thinking because mainly continuity is used. Montage still has it's purpose and meaning but in more of a stylistic way to make it look interesting and entertaining instead of making the audience think all the time and leaving them unsatisfied.
Montage was used by Hitchcock and Godard. Hitchcock created a well known thriller called Psycho. He used a technique called moviola which was a well know method in the 1960's. He used transitions in his shots such as jump cuts and rhythmic montage.
He uses rhythmic montage when the man is killing her the music becomes faster and violent to mirror his violent actions. Also the drain goes in to a shot of a close up of her eye showing that she is dying whilst looking at the audience. The drain represents her life going down the drain also because her blood was going down the drain.
The biggest film Goddard made was called 'breathless' and he appreciated Hitchcock's films. He was a director and a producer; within this film he also used something called moviola that was around in the 1960's. He edited his films on this and deliberately had unconventional jump cuts to deliberately make the audience think of the meaning behind it. In 1960's feminism was around, racism etc and in the 1960's was when everything was pulled apart by people who didn't agree with the old system, such as no sex before marriage. In the trailer it has a woman in her underwear and this wasn't something that was allowed before, therefore there is a lot of changes within society in that time.
Also it contains a lot of jump cuts and they are chasing he to left and right which means it's deliberately designed to break continuity. This is unscripted because Godard saw it as natural therefore they improvised with their words.
However Kubrick, Nolan and Tarantino wanted to make it artistic. Kubrick made film called 'space odyssey' and had a variety of effects in it and he also created the shining Spartacus. He was also a director as well and directed many films. In one of his films he referred to the jump cuts in breathless therefore he was influenced by what the French was doing in the 1960's and he was bringing it to Hollywood. Hollywood made montage artistic; something that the French didn't like. Kubrick was doing this because of the fact he wanted to be artistic. There was a shot where a monkey was throwing a bone then the shot changed to in space this proves he was doing it in an arty way.
Nolan uses montage in an artistic style for entertainment in Hollywood. The french wasn't annoyed because they respected Hitchcock but they wanted to keep it authentic and for it not to be all about entertainment, just wanted people to think about their movies, they was worried because they thought they was taking the artistic value for montage and the original purpose of it.
Nolan uses discontinuous editing in the most of his films, he also uses cross cutting in his movies to build suspense towards the climax. Nolan also tells his stories in a non-linear narrative through discontinuous editing style of element. In his editing he tricks the audience to make them confused on what is happening. The movies feature timelines that are edited together but just color different timelines.
The prestige is a movie that Nolan directed and in the scene that is shown below the tempo is slow at the beginning to draw tension to the situation. There was a wide view to show the atmosphere but it doesn't follow the action shots because it keeps swapping to him in the magician and he has a voice over explaining what is happening at the time.
Tarantino is a film director, producer, screen writer, photographer and actor. The films he was known for were Reservoir Dogs, Pulp fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill bill and Inglorious bastards. Tarantino used montage to create and artistic effect. In Pulp fiction he uses close ups and the tempo slows down with the rhythm because Tarantino wanted to create tension; using close ups to show their facial expressions to show that they are nervous on what is going to happen.
Pulp Fiction is a movie that Tarantino made and directed. The scene when the girl has past out the pace is slow because they want it to be more dramatic and they want the audience to be engaged within what is happening on screen. He also uses close ups to show their facial expressions to show that they are nervous about the situation that is happening.
The new wave sent out to break continuity because it's not what they wanted movies to be they wanted to make the audience think and no entertainment and that's exactly what continuity was giving. Alternative techniques are noticeable to the audience, for example jump cuts; the audience can clearly see this technique being used, however continuity hides the editing therefore the audience won't notice them such as match on action, 180 degree rule and that is what the new wave didn't like.
Political reasons why continuity became more dominant over montage:
Montage and discontinuity- Purpose and Stylistic use:
Advantage
Disadvantage
There is a huge difference between Continuity and montage, because continuity is more a like a mainstream of normality, it focuses on the drama and the story along with other things such as time and space, closed ending, therefore the film could be straight forward with a beginning middle and end and the audience will know that the movie has finished, using continuity editing by telling a linear narrative such as horror/thriller and above all this it doesn't make the audience think.
Montage is an alternative way that will make the audience think and become confused because it is deliberately breaking continuity with jump cuts to show supernatural actions, along with flashbacks, open endings, therefore the film will end in a cliff hanger and the audience won't know if the film has ended therefore it leaves the audience unsatisfied, it's more challenging to follow and it's all done for an artistic reason, to create emotions.
This all started because there was a war between the USR and USA which was being represented by Griffith and Eisenstein. Now today continuity is being used more because the audience doesn't always want to think, they would want to enjoy the movie alone, however there is a some sign on montage to make the film interesting and exciting.
Continuity is still used today in movies such as 180 degree rule, match on action, shot reverse shot, point of view shots, cutaways, seamless editing, motivated shot and cross cutting but the edits are invisible. In the movie ride along in the scene where Kevin Hart got shot there is 180 degree rules used at 1.47 to show that the two characters are having a conversation. You will see this example below.
Montage and discontinuity techniques developed from early to modern to challenge continuity because it all started with Griffith. Griffith always wanted to be a writer and after Porter hired him to be one of his actors for his film Griffith submitted his script to porter in 1908, however Porter rejected it because it would of taken a good amount of time to do and it would of need a lot resources. On the other hand Edison took in Griffiths as one of his actors. Then further on in time he became a director and directed a film called 'Birth of nations'
Griffith is the person who discovered continuity. Griffith discovered the 18- degree rule by a trial an error and with every other technique of continuity he discovered through a trial and error and then found out which scenes it would go well with. He used close ups and other different type of shots, also cross-cutting. In a film he produced called 'The lonely Villa' in 1909 he used tension; built up the tension by increasing the tempo of the cuts up to the climax. Griffith was remembered by the discovery of continuity, however he wasn't remembered by the discovery of increasing the pace to create climax (pace of editing) You will see an example of this below. Continuity was mainstream and had a story line. It was for entertainment and for the audience to enjoy, but montage was the opposite.
Eisenstein was the master of montage. He wanted the audience to think hard when they was watching the films instead of just watching it for entertainment as the USA did. Eisenstein and Griffith was at war because Griffith discovered continuity when the audience doesn't have to think because he tried to make it look like the film hasn't been edited. It came to an disappointment for Eisenstein because he lost the war between continuity and montage, whereas we can only use montage to an extent because the audience will eventually become bore by keep on having to think every time they watch a film.
Eisenstein and Kuleshov made films from propaganda. Kuleshov had a technique called the Kuleshov effect which was taking a close up then taking another shot straight after that can completely change the whole meaning and have a different story this is used to make the audience think of the meaning behind the shot.
There are 5 different type of montages such as rhythmic, metric, tonal, over tonal and intellectual. Rhythmic montage is when the beat/music matches the scene or the action. For an example in the movie Psycho in the killing scene with the woman in the shower, the tempo of the music speeds up because he's striking her with the knife, and the music is screeching because of the attack that is happening. Metric montage is when you long shots and the action is cutting to the beat. For an example in karate kid each time they hit each other it would be in time with the beat. Tonal and over tonal montage is a contrast within the shots such as lighting to show us what the character is going through, and to give the audience an idea of what the character is thinking. For and example in 'The age of innocence' 1993 the character sees the sun reflecting on the glass and each time that happens it reminds him of happy memories in the past, it's called nostalgic reverie. Intellectual montage is concerning ideas for ideological concept which will make you think. An example of this would be 'North by northwest' 1959 the train interpretates the the character is about to have sex. Another example would be in the movie 'They live' 1998 because the sunglasses makes the audience think that aliens have taken over the world because each time the character puts them on everything is different. In strike it's also intellectual montage because the slaughter of the bull gives it a metaphor for the treatment of workers who are hardworking but helpless; all controlled by merciless authorities. The reason why this is all used is because he wanted it to look more artistic.
They didn't what movies to be about entertainment, they wanted the audience to the think and become confused about what is happening on screen.
Contemporary editing uses alternative (montage) techniques as well. For an example in the movies 'Royal Tenenbaums' they use jump cuts when he is shaving his beard and cutting his hair. They use jump cuts to make the audience think. The jump cuts reflect on the character; it shows that that the character is unsteady. You will see the example below of the scene.
Montage and Discontinuity:
Montage and Discontinuity has many effects to keep its purpose in favour of stylistic use such as showing in non-linear structures, reverse chronological orders etc. A technique that is mostly used for demonstrating discontinuity are jump-cuts and motivated. The purpose of this is to tell a story and create meaning. This is used for stylistic use because the use of a jump-cut can confuse the audience on purpose to make them think.
For example, the movie 'Fight Club' uses many discontinuous techniques, however an example of a technique that is used for purpose and meaning is jump-cuts.
In the scene shown, it shows the character standing in the middle of the scene as time passes by. A jump-cut is used when a man appears in the background and then disappears. The use of a jump-cut makes it seem confusing because at one point he is gone, and then the next scene he disappears.
I believe that montage and discontinuity haven't lost their purpose and meaning. It's not strictly making the audience think anymore, however it's being used with continuity to still make the audience think but not most of the time. It's still used for its purpose to make the audience think such as with jump cuts but nowadays it doesn't leave the audience thinking because mainly continuity is used. Montage still has it's purpose and meaning but in more of a stylistic way to make it look interesting and entertaining instead of making the audience think all the time and leaving them unsatisfied.
Montage was used by Hitchcock and Godard. Hitchcock created a well known thriller called Psycho. He used a technique called moviola which was a well know method in the 1960's. He used transitions in his shots such as jump cuts and rhythmic montage.
He uses rhythmic montage when the man is killing her the music becomes faster and violent to mirror his violent actions. Also the drain goes in to a shot of a close up of her eye showing that she is dying whilst looking at the audience. The drain represents her life going down the drain also because her blood was going down the drain.
The biggest film Goddard made was called 'breathless' and he appreciated Hitchcock's films. He was a director and a producer; within this film he also used something called moviola that was around in the 1960's. He edited his films on this and deliberately had unconventional jump cuts to deliberately make the audience think of the meaning behind it. In 1960's feminism was around, racism etc and in the 1960's was when everything was pulled apart by people who didn't agree with the old system, such as no sex before marriage. In the trailer it has a woman in her underwear and this wasn't something that was allowed before, therefore there is a lot of changes within society in that time.
Also it contains a lot of jump cuts and they are chasing he to left and right which means it's deliberately designed to break continuity. This is unscripted because Godard saw it as natural therefore they improvised with their words.
However Kubrick, Nolan and Tarantino wanted to make it artistic. Kubrick made film called 'space odyssey' and had a variety of effects in it and he also created the shining Spartacus. He was also a director as well and directed many films. In one of his films he referred to the jump cuts in breathless therefore he was influenced by what the French was doing in the 1960's and he was bringing it to Hollywood. Hollywood made montage artistic; something that the French didn't like. Kubrick was doing this because of the fact he wanted to be artistic. There was a shot where a monkey was throwing a bone then the shot changed to in space this proves he was doing it in an arty way.
Nolan uses montage in an artistic style for entertainment in Hollywood. The french wasn't annoyed because they respected Hitchcock but they wanted to keep it authentic and for it not to be all about entertainment, just wanted people to think about their movies, they was worried because they thought they was taking the artistic value for montage and the original purpose of it.
Nolan uses discontinuous editing in the most of his films, he also uses cross cutting in his movies to build suspense towards the climax. Nolan also tells his stories in a non-linear narrative through discontinuous editing style of element. In his editing he tricks the audience to make them confused on what is happening. The movies feature timelines that are edited together but just color different timelines.
The prestige is a movie that Nolan directed and in the scene that is shown below the tempo is slow at the beginning to draw tension to the situation. There was a wide view to show the atmosphere but it doesn't follow the action shots because it keeps swapping to him in the magician and he has a voice over explaining what is happening at the time.
Tarantino is a film director, producer, screen writer, photographer and actor. The films he was known for were Reservoir Dogs, Pulp fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill bill and Inglorious bastards. Tarantino used montage to create and artistic effect. In Pulp fiction he uses close ups and the tempo slows down with the rhythm because Tarantino wanted to create tension; using close ups to show their facial expressions to show that they are nervous on what is going to happen.
Pulp Fiction is a movie that Tarantino made and directed. The scene when the girl has past out the pace is slow because they want it to be more dramatic and they want the audience to be engaged within what is happening on screen. He also uses close ups to show their facial expressions to show that they are nervous about the situation that is happening.
The new wave sent out to break continuity because it's not what they wanted movies to be they wanted to make the audience think and no entertainment and that's exactly what continuity was giving. Alternative techniques are noticeable to the audience, for example jump cuts; the audience can clearly see this technique being used, however continuity hides the editing therefore the audience won't notice them such as match on action, 180 degree rule and that is what the new wave didn't like.
Political reasons why continuity became more dominant over montage:
Montage and discontinuity- Purpose and Stylistic use:
Advantage
Disadvantage
Monday, 7 December 2015
Portfolio of techniques
Cross Cutting
This video above is a video for cross cutting. Cross cutting was invented by Edwin S. Porter in early cinema. However, Goddard liked the technique and decided to develop the technique further.
What is a cross cutting? A cross cut is a technique where two shots are taking place in two different locations, but when they are edited, they are edited to show the audience that these two events where taking place at the same time.
Shot reverse shot
Shot Reverse shot is, involves two characters having a conversation. You would have one character looking at the other, then we would have a reverse shot from that characters point of view. This is also known as continuity editing.The purpose of using short reverse shot to see character face whilst talking instead focusing on one character when talking, by this you can see their emotions whentalking and makes more interesting.
Seamless editing
Seamless editing or also known as invisible editing is when the cuts matches with the action. This means that there is no editing involved at all just cuts in between shots so it matches the action of what is happening in the film in a certain scene and continues to have the flow without breaking or ruining it but this certain technique was used by D.W Griffith.
Shots changes based on the tempo of music been played so therefore the shots changes according to the tempo of the music. This technique is used to pass time. It was invented by esiestein.
Match on Action is form of continuity editing, it is cutting to shot then cutting to another shot to build up the action. Match on Action is used to get the audience attentions and it also creates drama and excitement. D.W. Griffiths stared to investigate the match on action 180 degree rule and found out some interesting fact on where to place the camera so it does not break the 180 degree rule. it develop by directors trying and finally go it right. Till this day on wards directors have been using match on action and the 180 degree rules sign of continuity editing.
Eye-Line match:
This is when two shots are lined up from a eye line match. This works when you put two cameras in a similar position around the same axis, You would put this in the same position. An eye line shot is also when the camera shows someone looking at something and then then the camera switches to the object or thing the person was looking at. The purpose of this is so that the audience want t know what the character is looking at.
Lev Kuleshov uses an example of an eye-line shot in his Kuleshov effect video. However, the person that was known for discovering this or using this the most was Alfred Hitchcock who used this most frequently in his film.
Motivated:
A motivated edit or motivated cut as it is also known, is when the scene cuts to another scene or object that was not in the previous frame. This is done in a discreet manner so it does not seem confusing to the audience or break the illusion of continuity. i.e. 180 degree rule. The purpose of a motivated edit is usually to build suspense, show a conversation between characters, or flashbacks. This is effective because it lets the audience know what had happened in the past.
Modern Example: The Usual Suspects
In the opening scene to this movie, a motivated edit is used to create a flashback. This means that the camera would cut back to a previous scene or edit that has been showed vaguely or not at all.
Point of view shot
The Point Of View shot is used here, it is done to show the current events taking place from one characters perspective. It is done to see the events from the eyes of the character.
Continuity
Continuity - A sequence of shots done to entertain the audience, to create a story in a linear sequence. It was invented by D.W Griffiths, through trial as error, as he would try something out and see if it worked. Continuity came from the US, fighting between them and Soviet Russia, who created montage, continuity proved more popular with audiences as it was just done to entertain the audience, unlike montage, which is designed to make the audience think.
Thursday, 3 December 2015
Unit 22 - Camera and meaning assessment extended Re-submission (to get the distinction)
There is a huge difference between Continuity and montage, because continuity is more a like a mainstream of normality, it focuses on the drama and the story along with other things such as time and space, closed ending, therefore the film could be straight forward with a beginning middle and end and the audience will know that the movie has finished, using continuity editing by telling a linear narrative such as horror/thriller and above all this it doesn't make the audience think.
Montage is an alternative way that will make the audience think and become confused because it is deliberately breaking continuity with jump cuts to show supernatural actions, along with flashbacks, open endings, therefore the film will end in a cliff hanger and the audience won't know if the film has ended therefore it leaves the audience unsatisfied, it's more challenging to follow and it's all done for an artistic reason, to create emotions.
This all started because there was a war between the USR and USA which was being represented by Griffith and Eisenstein. Now today continuity is being used more because the audience doesn't always want to think, they would want to enjoy the movie alone, however there is a some sign on montage to make the film interesting and exciting.
Visual Decay starts off with slow creepy music to create tension then it has a lot of close ups to the things he is doing such as putting his shirt on, putting his tie on and putting his gloves on to bring in the audience attention to what he is doing. It also has a jump cut when he is putting on his glove to show that he isn't normal. This is montage editing because it makes you think.
Having off colour socks on shows he is not steady and not well
This is a mid shot of the man with a box over his head and three pictures behind him of something will be explaining about in the next shot. This is montage because it makes the audience think more deeper and wonder why does he have a box over his head.
At 1:12 we have jump cuts show that he isn't normal therefore he could be demonic or supernatural, because of these jump cuts the audience will think that. The fact that when the jump cuts are happening a man on TV is talking however the man's voice isn't jump cutting or cutting off at any point through the jump cuts which proves to the audience the character is demonic.
To show his mood there is numerous of jump cuts when he is shaking his head. First it shows at a mid shot then switches to different angles to view both sides of his head then goes back to mid shot.
Here is a close up on the face that has been drawn on the box to make the audience think why is that happening or is that really his facial expressions. Also the close up is to show that their is no holes through the eyes therefore he cant see through it. There is no holes in the box for him to breather, so it makes the audience think is this character human.
There is a high angle of the box showing that there is an 'X' mark at the top of it which resembles danger or target.
We have a close up of the photos on the wall behind him. The photos are of other TV's probably from the past. There are extreme close ups on the images but they don't do an extreme close up on the TV that is smashed, therefore the character probably breaks the TV when he sees a channel that makes him angry.
The narrative of this is that he will repeat the whole thing the next day because i think what evr show the TV cuts out on he has to stay with that emotion for the rest of the day, therefore if it lands on a happy show he will get his features back, however it's always ending on a sad show which causes him to break the TV sometimes.
This short film is montage editing because it deliberately breaks continuity because it's challenging it makes the audience think, it's not just for entertainment. The audience feels unsatisfied by the ending because it's an open ending, therefore they don't know what is going to happen next. Also because it had numerous of jump cuts in there.
Nolan uses montage in an artistic style for entertainment in Hollywood. The french wasn't annoyed because they respected Hitchcock but they wanted to keep it authentic and for it not to be all about entertainment, just wanted people to think about their movies, they was worried because they thought they was taking the artistic value for montage and the original purpose of it.
Nolan uses discontinuous editing in the most of his films, he also uses cross cutting in his movies to build suspense towards the climax. Nolan also tells his stories in a non-linear narrative through discontinuous editing style of element. In his editing he tricks the audience to make them confused on what is happening. The movies feature timelines that are edited together but just color different timelines.
Tarantino is a film director, producer, screen writer, photographer and actor. The films he was known for were Reservoir Dogs, Pulp fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill bill and Inglorious bastards. Tarantino used montage to create and artistic effect. In Pulp fiction he uses close ups and the tempo slows down with the rhythm because Tarantino wanted to create tension; using close ups to show their facial expressions to show that they are nervous on what is going to happen.
1. Inglorious Bastards
Inglorious Bastards was made by Tarantino. This scene manipulates time because it goes back in time like flashbacks to show who Hugo Stieglitz is.It also creates motivation when he calls his name in prison. In the image below he uses high angles show that he is weak and helpless and the person who is higher than him is more dominant.
2. Death Proof
Death proof was made by Tarantino. At the beginning when the three girls was chasing after the man in the car the tempo was increased because it was a chase; along with the music which also increased as well because the pace got faster because it was a chase. It manipulated space because the space between them was very little when they was attacking him.
Montage is an alternative way that will make the audience think and become confused because it is deliberately breaking continuity with jump cuts to show supernatural actions, along with flashbacks, open endings, therefore the film will end in a cliff hanger and the audience won't know if the film has ended therefore it leaves the audience unsatisfied, it's more challenging to follow and it's all done for an artistic reason, to create emotions.
This all started because there was a war between the USR and USA which was being represented by Griffith and Eisenstein. Now today continuity is being used more because the audience doesn't always want to think, they would want to enjoy the movie alone, however there is a some sign on montage to make the film interesting and exciting.
Visual Decay starts off with slow creepy music to create tension then it has a lot of close ups to the things he is doing such as putting his shirt on, putting his tie on and putting his gloves on to bring in the audience attention to what he is doing. It also has a jump cut when he is putting on his glove to show that he isn't normal. This is montage editing because it makes you think.
Having off colour socks on shows he is not steady and not well
This is a mid shot of the man with a box over his head and three pictures behind him of something will be explaining about in the next shot. This is montage because it makes the audience think more deeper and wonder why does he have a box over his head.
At 1:12 we have jump cuts show that he isn't normal therefore he could be demonic or supernatural, because of these jump cuts the audience will think that. The fact that when the jump cuts are happening a man on TV is talking however the man's voice isn't jump cutting or cutting off at any point through the jump cuts which proves to the audience the character is demonic.
To show his mood there is numerous of jump cuts when he is shaking his head. First it shows at a mid shot then switches to different angles to view both sides of his head then goes back to mid shot.
Here is a close up on the face that has been drawn on the box to make the audience think why is that happening or is that really his facial expressions. Also the close up is to show that their is no holes through the eyes therefore he cant see through it. There is no holes in the box for him to breather, so it makes the audience think is this character human.
There is a high angle of the box showing that there is an 'X' mark at the top of it which resembles danger or target.
We have a close up of the photos on the wall behind him. The photos are of other TV's probably from the past. There are extreme close ups on the images but they don't do an extreme close up on the TV that is smashed, therefore the character probably breaks the TV when he sees a channel that makes him angry.
The narrative of this is that he will repeat the whole thing the next day because i think what evr show the TV cuts out on he has to stay with that emotion for the rest of the day, therefore if it lands on a happy show he will get his features back, however it's always ending on a sad show which causes him to break the TV sometimes.
This short film is montage editing because it deliberately breaks continuity because it's challenging it makes the audience think, it's not just for entertainment. The audience feels unsatisfied by the ending because it's an open ending, therefore they don't know what is going to happen next. Also because it had numerous of jump cuts in there.
Nolan uses montage in an artistic style for entertainment in Hollywood. The french wasn't annoyed because they respected Hitchcock but they wanted to keep it authentic and for it not to be all about entertainment, just wanted people to think about their movies, they was worried because they thought they was taking the artistic value for montage and the original purpose of it.
Nolan uses discontinuous editing in the most of his films, he also uses cross cutting in his movies to build suspense towards the climax. Nolan also tells his stories in a non-linear narrative through discontinuous editing style of element. In his editing he tricks the audience to make them confused on what is happening. The movies feature timelines that are edited together but just color different timelines.
Tarantino is a film director, producer, screen writer, photographer and actor. The films he was known for were Reservoir Dogs, Pulp fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill bill and Inglorious bastards. Tarantino used montage to create and artistic effect. In Pulp fiction he uses close ups and the tempo slows down with the rhythm because Tarantino wanted to create tension; using close ups to show their facial expressions to show that they are nervous on what is going to happen.
1. Inglorious Bastards
Inglorious Bastards was made by Tarantino. This scene manipulates time because it goes back in time like flashbacks to show who Hugo Stieglitz is.It also creates motivation when he calls his name in prison. In the image below he uses high angles show that he is weak and helpless and the person who is higher than him is more dominant.
2. Death Proof
Death proof was made by Tarantino. At the beginning when the three girls was chasing after the man in the car the tempo was increased because it was a chase; along with the music which also increased as well because the pace got faster because it was a chase. It manipulated space because the space between them was very little when they was attacking him.
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