Camera angles, sound and montage

• Culturele en kunstzinnige vorming
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Hello, again 

This lesson is about:

• Camera angles and how these are used to created a certain atmosphere
• Editing tricks to tell a story
• Sound and music in film

Watch the short film 'Hello, Again'. 

Pay specific attention to: 

• Camera angles and framing 
• Sound and music
• Narrating

Placement of camera

• Where is the camera? 
• What effect has this on you as the viewer? 

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Placement of camera

• Camera is in the car, and films from different places in the car. 
• It makes you feel like you're part of the story, like you are really there.
• Are there other ways to film this? 

Narrating style 

When does it become clear that Owen's mother is dead? 

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Narrating style 

When Owen arrives at the graveyard, then there is no question anymore that his mother has passed. Not giving explicit information in film, but letting the viewer finding facts out for themselves keeps you entertained. 

Camera angles 

• Which camera angles do you see when Owen and Maura talk to eachother at their parents graves? 
• What is the effect of these different angles on you as the viewer? 

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Camera angles 

• Distant shot (gives you an idea of the situation)
• From behind grave stone (as if Owen's mother is eavesdropping)
• Close ups of Owen's and Maura's face

Music

• What's the purpose of the music that you hear? 
• What effect has this on you? 

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Music

• Music adds to the emotion a certain scene want to get across
• In this scene it makes you feel a little melancholic