Mise en Scene in "Wolves"

The movie opens up with a scene of the protagonist watching a pickup basketball game at a local park. As he stares mesmerizingly at the game, the camera pans to the vibrant surrounding while also playing a song about flying away, possibly referring to his future basketball career at an Ivy League school, this setting makes this scene seem very upbeat, happy, and positive.



Three-point lighting is used in this scene, with light coming from the Sun as well as surrounding flash on camera and other peoples phones, while this makes for an uneven distribution of illumination, it only allows for light shadows to be cast behind the character.



Obviously a majority of characters involved in this specific scene are wearing athletic clothing with basketball shoes, as they’re at a local park. However, the protagonist and his friends are dressed as if they just came from school, and other people surrounding them are dressed casually, or as if they were on their way home from work.



The staging in this scene is very diverse. It cuts from views of the city, to camera angles from right in the middle of the ongoing game, to some shots from right behind the protagonist and his friends. Not only helping develop this scene, but add depth into the movie as a whole.

5 Master Edits in Film

The first scene is a great example of a Leitmotif, I got it from the original Jurassic Park, t is a good example because every time you hear the song you visualize the iconic scene of the helicopter flying either in or out of Jurassic Park.

The second shot I got is from Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, a movie about infamous serial killer Theodore "Ted" Bundy. In this scene it cuts from a shot of Liz awaiting Ted in a visit hours before his inevitable execution, to a shot of Liz and Ted's first night meeting, which so happened to be at an upbeat club in Seattle. Which is a great example of contrast.

The third scene where I recognized a master edit being implemented was when Liz received a call from a Colorado detective, while Ted sat in that same Colorado Jail's library, studying for the trial that began the next day.

The fourth scene that included one of the master edits was of a switch being flicked to an on position, brightening the kitchen table where his pictures were at in Liz's home, adding symbolism to the shot.

The final scene featured parallelism, in which he turned the brown coat, into a backpack as part of his disguised, and it cut away as he put it on, the cut to him wearing it striding down the street.

Camera Shots from Movies

For this assignment I chose to watch the movie Amateur, the Netflix original released in 2018 by Ryan Koo. This movie is about an elite level 8th grade basketball prodigy named Terron. During his 9th grade year at his local high school, a man from a private academy approaches his dad about his son playing for him at said academy, later in the movie it is unfolded that the coach paid the dad hundreds of thousands of dollars to enroll at the academy, causing the young athlete to lose his "amateur" status, making him ineligible to play basketball in both high school and college.

The first scene I chose to capture was a clip of him playing basketball, either before school or between classes. This scene emphasizes the childlike wonder of just enjoying the sport he loves, which helps to develop the plot.

The next scene I included was of his math teacher using the chance of an individual making the NBA to teach a math lesson about statistics. This scene gives us information on just how good of a player he is, as later in the film he gets chances to play both collegiately and professionally, but also to how oblivious he is to the reality of the situation.

The next scene is of him in the house players at the academy live in, studying for math homework. This shows his growth as a well rounded person, as previously in the film all his extra time would go to basketball, but following the math lesson that also gave a glimpse at the real world, he is beginning to take his academics more serious. While his teammates, who clearly are yet to understand, poke fun at him.

I picked the next scene because of the jaw dropping cinematography as his teammate dove on the loose ball, shoveled it to Terron, before he finished it off with the slam dunk on the other end. This clip is also from the last game before his eligibility was extinguished, which shows that it doesn't take a long time to go from the very top to the very bottom.

The final scene I chose showed him running onto the court of his old school, which he was attending once again. This completed a full circle story, showing that how if things are not done the right way, oi is possible that you may have to restart and do it the way it should be done.

Master Edits with Sound

Here is a link to Tessa and I's "Master edits with sound completed"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h5AzGw4a88

Music- Tessa and I added calm, almost jazz like music to our first clip, which was of me studying, in order to represent the calmness of the class, and how I was focused on studying for the AICE Travel and Tourism test I had later that day.

Music- Tessa and I also proceeded to add funkier music to the second half of contrast, that gave off a more energetic vibe, showing the increased energy I had while playing basketball at 7:30 at night, rather than studying at 7:30 in the morning.

Voice-over- For the clip of parallelism Tessa and I added a voice over of us discussing a recent test in our AP Calculus class, which I felt I did good on while she felt pessimistic about the test.

Music- Tessa and I chose to add a more epic, cinematic music for the symbolism which cut from a poster in Mrs. Henderson's room to the Statue outside in the courtyard.

Direct Sound- For our two separate simultaneity clips, Tessa and I decided to leave the sound that was recorded with the video, to show the loud yet calmness of the classroom, mixed with the quiet, but somewhat chaotic courtyard.

Sound Bridge- We incorporated a funky, high tempo beat the played throughout the entirety of the video to emphasize not only the craziness that may take place during the course of a school day, but also the amount of fun that could be had.