existing ots deconstruction

Existing OTS deconstruction

• On each slide is a screen shot of a shot in the OTS, and a caption describing the transition, film technique or camera angle.

A downwards tilt is used to move from the sky to the tree in the field, that when pans further down to hand that break way and reveal a actors name.

It then fades to black to reveal the hand on the left third of the frame.

The previous shot fades into this one, but starts further down the shot, and pans up to reveal the feet. The pan moves up at a slight

angle.

The feet then fade into this shot. Once on this shot is spins in a circular motion, but still around the same center.

The previous then fades into this shot, again. The shot begins with a fast motion of the wheel changing direction to draw the

audience attention back in.

It then cuts to this shot, a reverse track of the table moving down the hall, and the figure in the

background fades out. This is a mid shot with the subject in the right third.

The previous shot then cuts into this one, and steady cam is used to create this shot, it gives a ‘Point Of View’ perspective, as if

you’re the body on the table.

As the body goes into the light it starts to cross fade to this close up shot of the beaker. A focus pull is used to the glass, followed

by a pan up the glass.

It then cuts to this other close up, and the water in the tube is going down, this then creates a contrast, and link between this and

the pervious shot. As one goes up and the other goes down.

A jump cut is used as the transition between this and the previous shot. It is a jump to a closer shot of the same object. And it pans up slowly, again

making that link to the two previous shots like a back and forth.

It then cuts to this even closer shot and continues to pan upwards creating a continuum from the previous shot.

It then cuts to this mid shot.

And fades to this close up as the hand enters the frame.

The previous shot then fades into this shot, which then pans down the body. This shot following the previous two make a link between

them suggesting it is the same person.

The previous shot fades into white and fades back out to reveal this close up shot.

The transition and editing effect used between this and the previous shot is a time lapse

The technique here used is called a graphic match, following a shot of flowers dying with a coffin.

It the fades to this shot and begins to pan past his hand as it fades out.

It fades into this shot, where a very subtle time lapse is used, the grave stone in the left

third is static but the clouds are moving unnaturally fast, indicating a time lapse.

It then cuts to another time lapse of this car door. Again the car is static but the clouds and trees move very fast indicating a time

lapse.

It fades to this mid shot, using a focus pull from the fade to the detail of the picture frames.

A simple cut is then used to transition to this shot of crows feet.

• Crows are used to signify death, and the shot of this crow is sandwiched between a

photograph and a coffin, suggesting the photo is of who is dead.

The crow then fades into this scene, which lingers on the coffin that is engraved with the directors name

It cuts to this extreme close up of the crow, again, linking back to death.

It then cuts to the sky, with similar camera use as at the beginning, a circular pan around one center point. And again like

the beginning, pans down to the tree in the field.

Illustration is then added onto the shot, to create a box, symbolising a coffin, to name the title of the film in. It also has a

black and white filter over the top.

An over exposure filter is then used to create a look as though the free is fading into white.

The black and white filter is then removed however the tree isn’t resorted to the original colours instead it is now an orange colour.

A graphic time lapse is created using drawings to re-enact a time lapse of the leaves falling off the tree, but as it isn’t actually filmed

but instead drawn it cannot technically be called a time lapse.

Music

• The music plays a key part of this OTS, it creates some juxtaposition but also is used to create tension. It is generally a very jolly and upbeat piece of music, played over scenes of death and graveyards. However there are times where the music drops in tempo and creates tension at certain points where particular things are revealed. For example when the camera pans up to the feet. As it gets to the feet the speed picks up and the tempo drops, giving it a more serious feel.

Conventions of an OTS it met and didn’t meet.

• Name of production companies- The Production company or any other companies often featured in OTS’ such as distributors were listed.

• Director- Alan Poul• Producer- Craig Wright, Lori Jo Nemhauser. Co-Producer- Nacy Oliver• Editor- Tanya Swerling• Executive producer- Co- Executive- Jill Soloway. Exectutive- Rick Cleveland• Other important roles. – Production Designer- Suzuki Ingerslev etc.• Top billing actors or important character. –The names listed with no titles eg, ‘Written by..’ are

the most important characters in it. And are listed first in credits and IMDB -http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248654/

• The movie title- Six Feet Under• The Cinemaography of the film(Sound and style of the film)- Makes it clear it is about death and

has a bleak storyline, however the music shows the audience it isn’t too bleak.• Sound that represents the rest of the film- In some ways. It represents the bleakness of the

program however brightens it up, so as an audience you wouldn’t be able to guess what it is like.• Presents the style of the film, so viewers know if it's for them- It does slightly, but does present a

slightly mixed representation.• Gives and idea of the story - again, shows it is clearly about death but doesn’t reveal more than

that.

Titles and font

• When looking at the fonts and text used in this OTS, it is clear that there isn’t really any theme to the use of them. They aren’t a very special font, just a conventional type, and they don’t have a very consistent colour scheme. It tends to keep within around the same few colours but just changes depending what colour fits best for that frame. In addition the positioning of the text changes again, to fit best to the composition of the frame. There is some unconventional positioning of it though. For example, most is just written on screen somewhere, however for example there is one point where the text is written on the grave stone like it is engraved on it. But these unconventional uses of positioning aren’t used a lot in the OTS at all. It is quite boring and average in this aspect.

In conclusion

• In this OTS, although for a TV series not a film, is very interesting and makes me very interested to watch more. But it also follows lots of key conventions of Film OTS’ and has aspects of almost all the conventions. Although it doesn’t demonstrate and show the actual story very well, I feel they show just enough information, to make the audience to want to see more and consequently watch it.

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