Film Analysis: Slacker 1991

directors film this to show how serious the relationship is starting to develop. They use an up close

Throughout the film, many stories are told by different characters that are involved in the story. There are

A variety of camera techniques are used throughout the beginning sequence to enhance the mood and involve the audience. Camera techniques are harmonized with lighting effects to culminate this dramatic scene. I will begin by discussing examples of this. In the village, many close-ups and long shots are used to enhance facial expression and to set the sombre mood.

Almost every piece of cinema seeks to give the viewer an understanding by intricately assembling shots in a coherent, and a sometimes muddled, manner; the techniques used in editing places various shots in purposeful sequences, to emphasize certain relationships between shots. The shots can be arranged smoothly and logically, or shift abruptly from shot to shot; different methods of the aforementioned arrangement of shots are utilized in either discontinuous or continuous editing. Sherlock Jr. and The War on Drug’s music video “Holding On”, are two motion pictures that offer spatial relations, by applying techniques of both continuous and discontinuous editing.

Firstly the directors and their team use a variety of different camera techniques to shape our view on the characters, and ultimately

help in tying together the different aspects of their adventures. Although there is no weakness in the acting

and not like the play were I have to use my imagination to picture what is going on. The movie was

Early movies were shot and viewed as slide shows. With narrations like The Life Of An American Fireman, where instead of cutting we would see full clips linked together. When the filmmakers brought us from one action to the next they, repeated actions instead of cutting and letting

Example: Player characters hear about people disappearing in a certain neighborhood and agree to meet a group of locals to learn about the disappearances. In this introductory scene cast member player roles of concerned citizens supplying players with information that points to a specific house in the community. With the groundwork for the mission established the player characters go to investigate the “haunted house.” Cast members move to the next scene ahead of the player characters and portray large

All of the characters presented in the movie have a distinct personality, making the viewer engage deeply in the heart pumping action and drama.

Mise-en-scene is the principle by which a piece of film will derive its meaning wholly from what happens in the single shot and not from the relationship between two shots. For example the director might include shots with various composition, angle, depth, movement, and lighting.

Within the excerpt, the directors began with a medium shot. I understood the importance of making the viewer feel a part of the trio, therefore the condensed shot caused this; also, it allowed the musical announcement to have a greater emphasis on joy by beginning at a medium shot then zooming outwards as the characters spread apart. Once

Confusion reigns in the opening scenes; loose threads abound toward the end (including one major figure literally left hanging).

     This movie also contains a memorizing sound track that is just as unusual as the rest of the movie. Each character is given their own background music, which

The shot transitions are cuts which maintain the flow of the narrative and the character’s actions.