Mise en scene homework- From the movie Dodgeball

The messy sate of this mans house, (old papers stacked up, uncleaned mugs and plates, etc...), immediately shows the audience that he is a very laid back, lazy character who doesn't care what people might think of him. This is furthered by him dressed in pajamas still when you can tell by the light from the window that it is quite late in the morning. And he sleeps on a sofa not a bed.


His office space mirrors his home in being a mess, there is even a bed in the corner of the room, normally a bed in someones office means that they work so late they are too tired to go home; but with this character you feel as though he would use it to have a nap instead of working. There is a contrast between the two characters in the room the man looks very casual, whilst the woman is very smart and looks like she works for some sort of banking company.


In this image we can see that this man has loads of pictures of himself up on the walls which shows us that this guy loves himself and the weights and gym suit he is wearing reinforces that fact. The marble statue and the expensive looking tables gives the impression that he is a wealthy character his office is exactly opposite to the mans from the earlier still. His inflatable crotch pouch, however revels that he is actually quite an insecure person.


In this image we see the main characters enter his gym from the upper right. There size shows the grandness and expense of his gym, emphasized by the many different machines, lots of big logos and the metal globe at the centre. And we see his big- headedness again as we can see a large video screen continually playing images of himself.

Music Video- Shot transition analysis Muse- Invincible (best band ever)

When the band first enters the ride the shot fades into the back of the tunnel, and then fades out to a front view of the band coming threw it. Normally fades into black suggest elapsed time but in this case you know no time has passed because they are in the same position as before just from a different angle.

The next series of transitions between shots are long and short dissolves between the band members and the ride. This creates a calming slow atmosphere.

Though as the song increases in tempo these transitions change to straight cuts. This makes the video become faster paced.

When the song reaches its climax at 3:14 the video cuts come extremely quickly, before then settling back down again. This really exaggerates the frenzy and excitement of the moment.

And finally the video ends with a classic fade out into black.

Media Studies Homework: Analysis

Camera Shots used and why:

1) Over the shoulder view from the Zombie near the start. Shows the groups reaction to the threat and how they are united as a team.
2) When the jukebox starts up the camera zooms into it. The quick cut to this camera shot exaggerates the sudden suprise to the nosie and is almost a point of view shot because we know the group would have suddenly looked towards the source of the noise as well, it makes you feel as though you are there.
3)When they mention using the rifel to kill the zombie the camera cuts to a close up of the gun and it is done with a hand held camera effect which again makes it seem more realistic and like you are there looking at the gun.
4) When shawn and co. are discussing ways they could kill the zombie the camera quickly pans left to right between the characters talking which makes it seem through the eyes of the zombie reacting to whoever is talking.
5)When Shawn and co. are circleing and beating the zombie with the pool sticks the camera is rotating around the zombie also which adds to the feeling you are there and it also enhances the idea that while trying to kill the zombie they are having a dance and a bit of fun with the music.
6)When the outside lights of the pub are flickering there is a low angle point of view shot from in amongst the horde of zombies to show that the lights are attracting all of the zombiesa attension, which we know is something the people inside the pub don't want.
7)Then there is another shot from outside the pub but this time it is a high angle point of view shot from around the pub lights area. This shot shows you the vast aomunts of zombies that have been attracked.
8)When the darts are being thrown at the zombie the camera tracks them aross the room, this shows you the speed and power at which these darts are travelling so when Shawn gets one stuck in his head we feel greater empathy for him as you know it would really hurt.
9)Finally, the last shot I will mension is a high angle point of view shot of the zombie with its head smashed into the jukebox. The camera remains in this shot for a while and this gives the impression that we are looking at it from Shawns view and he is taking a breather and waiting to make sure the zombie is finally dead. This creates a drop in tension in the movie which then begins to rise again as the gun goes off and soon after this clip the zombies begin to break into the pub.

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