Gravity Opening
Daniel Wright
The film Gravity is set at a space station up in space, the end of the opening scene is where the main action unfolds. During this 1 minute and 10 seconds there is not one single cut, the whole duration it one continuous take where the camera fixates around the main character as she try's to break free from her harness.
During the time she is attached to the "arm" in the frame she is Put to the left hand side of the frame, by doing this the audience can see all the chaos which is unfolding in the background. The music which is accompanied with the Scene is parallel to what is happening within it.
The music is very fast paced and dramatic. Still on the subject of sound, no sound is heard from the destruction behind the main character. This is to simulate what you would really hear up in space. The only things diegetic sound can be heard for the character are the voices of all radio transmissions. This is to put the viewer into thinking this is more of a real life situation than just a film.
In terms of Iconography, there is not really anything that would represent this to being a thriller film before the chaos happens. The characters are all suited up in astronaut suits this does not denote to us on what the film will be about and can't make judgments on what it will be on if you had never heard of the film before.
Why the one long continuous take and no edit. Can you see that it is making it real time ?
ReplyDeletePara 2 - you are talking about miss en scene and composition and setting here. How is the music parallel - what mood is being created?
Well done Dan, this is a good effort.