John's Script

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Film Language: Sound: Music 2

The use of music of in films:




Music in films are very important to not only tell a story but they can also influence characters moods and development also, it can enhance the scene.


Back when films were silent, music was used heavily to move the film along, it helped tell the story plus when something happened to a character, the music would change to fit the mood.

Music is usually made for the film in question but, sometimes songs made by singers can be used if it fits the tone of the film. The lyrics of a singer could imitate how the character is feeling or what's going on in the film.


Characters sometimes can break out into a song if the dialogue alone can't explain how they are feeling or if they want to express themselves better.


Music can also help people remember certain films, long after seeing them. Examples would be the theme song to Star Wars or the soundtrack to the first Grease film. Audiences old and new always seems to remember the soundtrack to the films well and it helps pass the films on from generation to generation.

The environment is also important to the music score, depending on where the film is set, it must have the appropriate soundtrack to it. So, a horror film will have slow, eerie music while an action film tends to have faster paced music and Sci-Fi has futuristic music to make it sound like the movie takes place in the future. All these things help to make a movie more believable and it helps fit the tone and mood of a movie.    

Media Film Studies- Mise-en-scene 2

Analysing Peaky Blinders: Opening






Setting:

• The show is set in a poor area of Digbeth in Birmingham, during the height of the industrial era of the 1900's. 

• This show was actually filmed on location, despite not actually being filmed in Birmingham, due to too many changes in the city. The creators used an area in Glasgow to recreate the industrial environment.  

• The setting indicates a lot of poor people along with a more powerful rich people, possibly suggesting to the viewer that the genre is a historic/crime drama.

• The scene is very busy, complete with poor people walking around quickly and there's thick smoke engulfing the area, making the environment unpleasant and dirty.  

• A lot of the streets are not really roads but cobbled streets, much of them in disrepair and some parts of it are not even completely paved over.

Props:

• A lot of the characters have Irish hats, which could be used as a weapon to injure someone. These hats were common for gangs during the early 1900's.

• The lower class people have a lot of run down shacks and sheds, their clothes rack outside and basic, along with buckets for collecting water and food.

• The lower class people's objects just about meet the bare minimum for surviving, with fireplaces, clothes racks and buckets to collect water.   

• The horses are used to show power to the richer, since the horses have a tall, powerful stature.

• There were scenes that showed off people carrying carriages without someone inside, maybe showing us they might either live in it or that people used them for carrying goods across town.  

• abandoned boats where just outside the town, suggesting that goods to the town are limited and cannot reach everyone.

Lighting:

• The look of the show is quite grainy, with an old style effect which enhances the look of the 1920's Digbeth making the show appear more brown.

• A lot of the scenes are very dark looking, with heavy shadows and buildings covering up the sunlight, making the setting very dimly lit.

• The only natural source of light is the sun, which only shines though certain parts of the streets, the other places of light include spotlights, street lighting, and lit fires.

• The shadows, combined with dim lighting, makes the town look as if it can barely function, as well as giving it an almost abandoned look to it.

• There is also a smoke effect in every scene, making it look like the industrial industry has had a huge part in making the townspeople look dirty and the town itself, since all of the buildings are covered in patches of dirt.

Casting:

• This show is notable for starring actors and actresses who have had a lot of success in big Hollywood films.

• The two most known actors in this are Cillian Murphy and Sam Neill. Cillian plays as the main protagonists, who runs a gang, known as the Peaky Blinders.

• The casting in most BBC programmes don't usually have top end actors in their shows so, this is quite a big thing for this programme.

• When looking at what the peaky blinders actually looked like in the 20's, the cast do bear some resemblance to the actual people involved.

• The stars would have had a lot of experience at this point and in a show like this, they needed the best in the business to deliver a realistic look at the gang wars in the 20's.

Costume and make -up:

• The poor people all seem to wear very old clothing or clothes that are made up of rages, all of which look dirty and unclean.

• The more wealthy all wear suits, smart clothes and look a lot more composed and powerful compared to their poorer counterparts, who all look fragile and weak.

• The richer class all stand out more, looking clean and smart, along with wearing different colours to further stand out, whereas the poor people only seem to dress in either dirty white or grey.

• The gangs and richer people all wear the Irish hats, which for the gang could be used as a secondary weapon, thus making us know who belongs with which group.

• There are also people who wear signs on their necks asking for help and a lot of people carry around cheap looking baskets.

• The poor people look unclean and scruffy, whereas the richer look smartly dressed and look clean.

Movement:

• In the opening, a lot of the richer people move at a slow pace and act casual, showing off their status as much more powerful people.

• The poor people rush around the area, constantly in a hurry to get what they need, never slowing down while looking scared and panicked.  

• The main character along with his horse looks very calm and cool minded, he knows what he is doing and oozes confidence, helped by his horse, which gives him a bigger stature compared to most of the people.

• The rich people don't see any reason to hurry or speed up, opting to take their time, taking to other people in their class with a slow walk, looking threatened to the poor people.  

Dietetic sound:

• The environment in the area is very noisy, there seems to rarely be a quiet moment in the town, aside from night times.

• There's numerous people shouting for money, fights, horses hooves banging the ground, the sounds of factories working the background, as well as the occasional wind noise coming though the town.

• The voices of the people are accent thick heavy for the richer people and more scared or toned down for the poor people.

• The voices of the people can make us see if the person originally belonged to a rich family or was possibly raised from a poor family or, even lived somewhere outside of Birmingham. 

• The sounds also make us think the area is not very civilised, it's so noisy, people can barely sleep and many would end up with loss of hearing.

Framing and composition:

• The scenes tend to include many items scatted around the place, like the outside washing line, the barrels and broken pieces of old walls.

• The houses are run down, lack windows and some down even have doors. This makes the poor area seem barely able to have a lifestyle.

• The streets are also in need of repair, this would make rain collect in the holes, potently creating many puddles during rain fall.

• The objects in some scenes are all over the street, some barrels are knocked over, and a lot of important objects like buckets are left outside.