Video Essay #1

In class we have explored the following technical, symbolic and written codes and film conventions:

Technical codes

• Lighting
• Sound
• Editing
• Camera

Symbolic codes

• Colour
• Mise-en-scene
• Visual composition
• Acting
• Setting

Written codes:

• Dialogue
• Language

Film Conventions

• Point of view
• Opening, development, resolution
• Character development
• Cause and effect
• Storyline
• Structure of time

Your task is to choose a scene from a film of your choice and create a 2-4 minute video essay that analyses the use of AT LEAST 4 codes and 2 conventions.

Your video essay can be as simple as recording your voice over the scene as it plays. If you need to pause on certain moments you could play the movie while screen recording your laptop. Here is how to do it on a mac and here is how to do it on a PC​

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Here are 2 examples. One from Get Out (made by Jeremy Mo) and one from American Beauty