Mise-en-shot 9 lives and Jurassic Park

How scenes are shot + edit	9 lives (Rodrigo Garcia) 2005	Jurassic Park (Spielberg) 1993
Camera position	Shoulder height   Sometimes her	Mixture of everything Different angles
Camera movement	Moves as the character moves Uses a lot of zoom 360 degrees movement	Different people’s points of view Fixed cameras short shots
Shot scale (scale of what the camera sees)	Small She is in jail (claustrophobic place)	Depending Everything Chaotic environment
Length of shot	Very long shots	Short shots
The pace of editing	No editing 1 shot	A lot of editing 43 shots

EFFECT ON THE AUDIENCE

9 lives gives us the view from the woman’s eyes and sometimes we see her to identify the character. That is why the camera is at shoulder height and moves a lot so we feel more in the movie

The shot scale is very small to emphasize that she is imprisoned in jail and gives a claustrophobic feeling

There is no editing making the time perception seem real

Jurassic Park has different angles to show all the dimensions and what is happening because there is a lot going on at the same time. There isn’t only one character, there are many people and a lot of things are happening at the same time.

It is happening a lot and that is why there are fixed cameras the scale of shot is big because there is a lot happening but is not too big to emphasize the chaos that is going on.

The small shots give an impression of movement and that a lot is going on and time goes by very fast. 

Mise-en-scene Wizard of Oz and Little Caesar

Little Caesar	The Wizard of Oz
Lighting: Dark lighting and a lot of use of shadow	Lighting: Very bright, brilliant colours
Set Design: Simple, old fashioned, realistic, objects and places from the real world	Set Design: Created by set designers, artificial backdrops, fantasy world
Costume: Gangster like suits, 1930’s clothing	Costume: Fantasy world costumes, very shiny coloured clothing, wigs
Images/motifs: Hats, gas station, desk, cars, club	Images/motifs: Red shoes, yellow brick road, munchkins, Toto (dog)

Description and Analysis of Jurassic Park

Descriptive stage

The first scene we watched was a establishing shot in which they show two red safari cars in a green field with very tall trees. The music is very adventurous and gives an emotion of optimism and everything is all right. Then there is another shot in which they make a close up on the cars and we see that there are scientists. Then they stop the cars and there is a close up on the face of a scientist and he has a very surprised expression. he then tells the woman to look at was he is looking and she is surprised as well. Then we see what they saw which is a dinosaur. The scientists step out of the car and get closer to the dinosaur. Both of them are very surprised because they haven’t seen a dinosaur before.

Analytical stage

• Camera angle: it starts with a high camera in which we see the dimensions of the place and that everything is very big. Then when the dinosaur appear they use a low camera looking up to emphasize the size and when the scientists get down of the cars they use a very low camera to compare the size of the humans and the size of the dinosaur. The camera also focuses on the faces of each character to show their expression about the dinosaurs. 
• Lighting/colour: everything is very green and natural and the cars are bright red almost emphasizing that they do not belong there and are artificial. It is almost predicting danger since red represents danger most of the time. The lighting seems to be natural lighting.
• Sound:
• Diagetic:

When the shot gets closer to the cars we can hear the engines and when we see the dinosaur we listen to the sounds it makes.

• Non-diagetic:

At the stablishing shot we get a very happy and optimistic music which makes us feel everything is al right and then there is a supence music when the scientists are surprised because we haven’t seen yet the dinosaurs and the music helps building the suspence. Then when we see the dinosaur and the scientists get down of the car and walk towards the dinosaur we get a big scale classical music to enphasize the magnitude of what is happening.

• Composition/contrast: they show very tall trees against the cars to show the size and so we can compare the height of the trees against the cars. Also when they show the dinosaur they chose the biggest of all which is the brachiosaurus to make a point which is that, that island and the dinosaurs are in a much bigger scale than what we humans are used to.
• Close up/long shot: It starts with a long shot from were we see the cars approaching and the trees and landscape of the place. There are several close ups on the faces of the scientists to show the expression on their faces and then by the end of the scene there is a long shot in which we see the whole size of the place and we can see lots of different dinosaurs and the full scale of the island.
• Editing/time sequence: on the transition from the stablishing shot in which the cars are far away and the shot in which they are coming closer there is an editing cut that makes the time go by because they do not show the entire time that the cars are getting closer to the dinosaur.
• Viewpoint: it is restricted because we first see the expression the characters are making and then we see what they are seeing. We don’t see things before they do or things that they haven’t seen yet.

Film Questionnaire

1.      How would you define a good film?

A good film is one that is interesting and makes you want to see it and know what is going to happen next.

2.      If you like a film, do other people have the right to tell you you’re wrong?

They can have an opinion but they do not have the right to change your mind about the film because it is very subjective if you like it or not.

3.      How should people behave in the cinema?

I think people should be respectful and not talk during the movie also they shouldn’t answer their mobile phones. However if it is a comedy people are expected to laugh but not in an exaggerated way.

4.      Is film an art form? Explain your answer.

Yes because it is a way of expressing yourself and it includes all kinds of art forms such as image, color and music.

5.      Who should get the final credit for a film, why?

I think all the people involved in the process are important but the editor probably has to make sure the film looks good and has a good development throughout the film.

6.      How many different roles can you think of in the making of a film?

Director, scrip writer, camera man, actors, editor, producer, light technician, etc.

7.      Is there a function of film?

To entertain and inform an audience.

8.      Why do people make films?

To express themselves in a different way.

9.      Do film makers have a moral responsibility to their audiences?

Yes because movies can change the way a lot of people think but at the same time if you are a film maker you are entitled to express yourself as you want and people should know that it is just a movie and its purpose is not to be offensive or anything like that.