Selma Presentation

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Selma Research

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Lighting: Extract from Oxford Film Studies

The lamps and light sources are used for illuminating a film scene.

• The key light is the main source for illumination. 
• The fill light alleviates shadows cast by the key light.
• In studio shooting in classical Hollywood cinema, the tree point lighting was customary: in addition to key, fill and back lights.
• Back light illuminated the subject from above or behind, calling for rearrangement  of lights for almost every new framing of a scene.
• High key lighting designates a brilliantly lit scene with minimal shadows and a bright and dominant key light. 
• In high contrast lighting, there is a considerable contrast between bright lightened shadow.
• Low key lighting involves illumination towards the darker end of the scale and a less bright key light, producing a scene with a good deal of shadows.
• Arc lights which was provided a strong and intense light created by an electrical current jumping between two carbon rods- hence the term 'arc'.
• Alongside development in film stock and to match filmmakers' ambitions to work in location, the use of tungsten halogen lighting became established.
• Fay lights: set of four, eight or even sixteen lights built into a single high-power light panel.
• Cold lighting is based on florescent light sources. the original barrier to the use of this type of light was twofold: cold lighting as not powerful enough for illuminating and more significantly, its colour spectrum is biased towards the green or violet and produces images with a green or purple tint. 

Selma

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Blade Runner: Memory and Identity

Blade Runner - Memory and Identity 2: Someone else's memories

1. What is Rachael's opening question?

- ' You think I'm a replicant don't you? '

2. How does Rachael try to persuade Deckard that she's a human?

- She brought photographs of her mother as an evidence. 

3. How does Deckard prove she's not human?

- Deckard already knew Rachael's childhood memories and told her that it belonged to Tyrell's niece. Then, Rachael started crying which was unusual because replicants lacks experience of emotions.

4. What is the significance of the spider story?

- It reflects the Tyrell Corporation and it also shows that Rachael's life was a whole lie.

5. Describe the music that starts playing in the spider story? What meaning does it convey?

The music was emotional reflecting Rachael's emotion as she found out the truth about herself.

6. Who do Rachael's memories belong to? How does that make her feel?

- it belonged to Tyrell's niece and she probably felt betrayed because she realised just now that she spent her life living in lies.

7. How does Deckard respond to this? What meaning does that convey?

- He tries to comfort her and told her that he ' made a bad joke. ' This shows that he has empathy toward a replicant which he has to kill.

8. Make notes on: Mise-en-scene, Cinematography, Lighting

- Mise-en-scène:

Bar and blinds => classic film noir 

- Cinematography:

Different types of shots such as close up, mid shot, 2 shot.

Camera angles/tilts

- Lighting:

Used a low-key lighting 

Blade Runner: Memory and Identity

Blade Runner - Memory and Identity 1: She's a replicant

1. Describe the setting and other aspects of the mies-en-scene that seem significant.

- Bar and blinds which refers to the features of a classic film noir. Use of bright lighting refers to neo noir.

2. This is when the audience ( and Deckard ) are first introduced to Rachael. Describe her appearance. How do you consider she is represented.

- She is represented as a high class character at trust due to her formal attire and her use of language.

Also, she refers to a main character in film noir, the femme fatale.

3. Why does Tyrell as Rachael to step outside? 

- She still have not realised that she was a replicant.

4. How many questions does it take to identify a replicant? How many for Rachael?

- For a normal replicant it takes around 20-30 questions but for Rachael, it took more than 100 questions.

5. What is Decker's response to realising that Rachael doesn't realise she's a replicant?

- ' How can it not know what it is? '

6. What does Tyrell say his goal at Tyrell Corporation is? What is his motto?

- ' More human than human. '

7. Why does Tyrell 'gift' replicants a past?

- They lack emotions and are inexperienced. ' Make a cushion, so you can control them. '

8. What theme or themes are being addressed in this scene?

- Identity, memory and technology.

9. How do you think Deckard thinks about Rachael by the end of the scene?

- He felt empathy towards Rachael.

10. How do you consider Rachael is represented overall in this scene? Why?

- At first she was represented as a normal human but overall she was dehumanised because when she was told to step outside after taking the test, Deckard referred to her as 'it' and Tyrell told Deckard that she was only an experiment.

Blade Runner Research: Auteur

Blade Runner research: Auteur

What is an auteur?
An auteur is a film director who influences their film so much that they rank as their author.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner

• After a year working on the film adaption of Dune and the following death of his brother Frank, he signed to direct the film version of Philip K. Dick's novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' which Scott re-tiltled 'Blade Runner.'
• In 1991, Scott's notes were used by Warner Brothers to create a rushed director's cut which removed the main character's voiceover and made a number of small changes, including the ending of the film.
• Later on, Scott personally supervised  a digital restoration of 'Blade Runner' and approved what was called 'The Final Cut' which was released in Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto cinemas on 5th of October 2007 and as an elaborate DVD released in December 2007.7