Genre Research Case Study

 How do you create meaning in the film using the technical codes? Discuss the following technical codes with your group found in the film opening.

Section 4 focuses on the meaning technical codes create in our movie, Black Widow. The technical codes include camerawork, lighting, editing, and sound. My third teammate, Dillon Wilson, worked on this section of the part A mid-term. Defining key elements, capturing frames from the movie, and identifying the meaning behind them. 

In this section I learned various things about the technical codes of filming. Camerawork is one of these codes, and I learned that shot sizes, camera angles, and camera movement, camera framing are vital to a film. Additionally, I learned about editing techniques such as transitions and how it is used to put a film together. Lastly, I learned about the various sounds in my film, Black Widow, and how it used to create meaning. All information pertaining to this section is below.  

Section 4: How do you create meaning in the film using the technical codes? Discuss the following technical codes with your group found in the film opening. 

a. Camerawork 

1. 1.Define camerawork in film. 

Camerawork – The camerawork in a film is where the camera is placed during a scene to display and highlight certain aspects of the film 

Camerawork and definition	Document and example Image	Indicate the camerawork technique for each camera element and how it creates meaning.
Shot size - How closely the camera zooms in or out of a scene		The zoomed out shot size can be used to zoom out, giving the audience a better look at the setting that way they can later be immersed in or recall this area.
Camera angle - it is when the camera is placed at certain heights or is tilted.		The camera angle for this scene is used in a way to have the audience look at the characters in Natasha (main character) point of view making it more immersive also emphasizing this person she is looking at might be important to the main character.
Camera movement - the way the camera shifts to visually represent the scene		The camera is moving as Natasha runs simulating the audience also running around making the tone light heart and helps start to get the audience attached to the characters.
Camera framing - placement and position of the subjects in your shots		This scene uses a common camera framing technique where it shows the whole family at the dinner table to get the audience familiar with the characters that the movie will be focusing on.

b. Lighting  

 

c. Editing 

1. 1. Define editing in filmmaking. Select an example of editing in the film opening. 

Editing in filmmaking – it is the process of combining the shots, music, and sound effects in a scene together 

2. 2. Define continuity and discontinuity in editing. 

Continuity – the maintenance of continuous action and self-consistent detail in the various scenes of a movie or broadcast 

Discontinuity - a distinct break in physical continuity or sequence in time 

 

3. 3. Document 2 editing techniques used in the film opening and how do they create continuity or discontinuity in the scene.

4.   

Editing Techniques and definition	Image	Meaning established by using continuity or discontinuity in editing.
On-Screen Text – The inclusion of words in a scene whether it be subtitles or location names		The addition of the text gives the audience the information without having to take a break from the action and is continuity film editing technique.
Transitions- The way they transfer from scene to scene		Transitions help move from one scene to another making a distinct indicator to the audience, but this is breaking away from the continuous action making it a discontinuous technique.

d. Sounds

Sound Techniques and definitions	Document sound	Meaning established by sounds to support the genre.
Dialogue	Russian language  Code names “Red Guardian” or “You are one of the widows”	Russian language is correlated to spy movies since the stereotypes are that Russians in American are Russian spies  Code names are synonymous with spy movies since they could not give their real name to not be found out they always go under a different alias.
Sound effects	List 2 sound effects that connect audiences to the genre of the film.	Meaning established by sounds to support the genre.
	Beeping  Crackling	The meaning behind beeping in spy movies is that it is usually a timer whether it be a timer for a bomb or a timer to leave the area  Crackling is usually associated with fire from a fireplace like where spies are off the grid and hiding out of sight or it could be associated with a soon to be explosion.