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My five-minute movie clip begins with the manager Norm and assistant Shake worrying about the missing mischievous Beatles. In this scene, the manager is the authority figure and he is an iconic sign that can be related to extra meanings such as: the past, stubbornness and the maturity of elders. The Beatles on the contrary, with their fast thinking and swift action are an iconic sign associated with: the future, energy and liveliness. Therefore, a large part of this film¡¯s comedic content is based on the clash of cultures between the young and the
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During the song, the Beatles are dressed-up in dark-colored suits and the background consists of bright-white hexagons that in a black and white film, creates great contrast of color against the band members. The characters are positioned according to their roles in the song: Paul stands on a platform right in the center of the group, as he is the main soloist for the song; George is positioned right beside Paul but lower in height because he does the main guitar solo; John is sitting in the back strumming on his guitar and Ringo, as always, sits farthest back with his percussion set. As the song begins, the movie enters the mood of a music video; all the diegesis sounds are muted except for the music. However, remembering the fact that the film is still a mockumentary, the director fiddles around with the shots so the audience is constantly reminded of that they are watching a mockumentary instead of a music video as he switches back and forth between the audience¡¯s view and the director¡¯s view. The audience¡¯s view shots are the perfect-looking, clean shots we usually see on T.V; the director¡¯s view shots are shots that disclose the lightings, monitor screens and other cameras within the shots; these shots are what the director is supposed to see, not the …show more content…
¡®And I love her¡¯ is a slow song with a sophisticated beat, thus the editing does not follow the format of MTV edits because they will not fit the rhythm of this song. A few fade-out techniques are used between some frames and the editor allowed plenty of time between each cut, so the whole scene does not demand too much of the viewer¡¯s attention and will not be too busy for the audience¡¯s eyes. The scene which I chose incorporated a variety of techniques involving editing, shot types, mise-en-scenes and especially signs and codes. This film is definitely one of the major turning points in the history of musical
During the song, the Beatles are dressed-up in dark-colored suits and the background consists of bright-white hexagons that in a black and white film, creates great contrast of color against the band members. The characters are positioned according to their roles in the song: Paul stands on a platform right in the center of the group, as he is the main soloist for the song; George is positioned right beside Paul but lower in height because he does the main guitar solo; John is sitting in the back strumming on his guitar and Ringo, as always, sits farthest back with his percussion set. As the song begins, the movie enters the mood of a music video; all the diegesis sounds are muted except for the music. However, remembering the fact that the film is still a mockumentary, the director fiddles around with the shots so the audience is constantly reminded of that they are watching a mockumentary instead of a music video as he switches back and forth between the audience¡¯s view and the director¡¯s view. The audience¡¯s view shots are the perfect-looking, clean shots we usually see on T.V; the director¡¯s view shots are shots that disclose the lightings, monitor screens and other cameras within the shots; these shots are what the director is supposed to see, not the …show more content…
¡®And I love her¡¯ is a slow song with a sophisticated beat, thus the editing does not follow the format of MTV edits because they will not fit the rhythm of this song. A few fade-out techniques are used between some frames and the editor allowed plenty of time between each cut, so the whole scene does not demand too much of the viewer¡¯s attention and will not be too busy for the audience¡¯s eyes. The scene which I chose incorporated a variety of techniques involving editing, shot types, mise-en-scenes and especially signs and codes. This film is definitely one of the major turning points in the history of musical