Miguel's AICE Media Studies Blog

  1) Music: I put music throughout the film to match the emotion shown through the video. The background music is also a form of non-diegetic sound.  2) Direct Sound: In the contrast section, I decided to keep the natural sound in the two scenes to maintain the contrast between them. The use of the natural sound from the two clips allows the contrast between the boy screaming and the boy on his phone to be shown.  3) Non-diegetic Sound: I added a snapping sound to the scene in order to emphasize the change from the baby to the women. The snap is form of non-diegetic sound because the people in the clip can not hear the sound.  4) Music: I added music to the symbolism edit because the music gives a peaceful undertone to the scene as the yellow ball transitions into the sun.  5) Non-diegetic Sound: I added drums in order to increase the suspense of the simultaneity edit. As the boy is walking up and through the doors, the drums play in the background, as non-diege...

Symbolism In this film clip from the 1973 movie "American Graffiti", Our main character, Curt, and his friends are at a school dance after they have graduated. However, Curt leaves the dance and begins wandering the halls of his school. He walks towards his locker, inputs the combination, but the locker does not open. The locker in this scene represents Curt's past life in high school. The change of the locker's combination shows an inability for Curt to relive high school. Leit Motiff In this film clip from the 2018 film "Halloween", Michael Myers is walks towards a shed to grab a weapon on the night of October 31st. Michaels theme plays in the over the scene as it has in films previous. The music in this scene shows the eeriness of Michael Myers and signifies the beginning of another murder spree by Myers. Simultaneity  In this film clip from the 2004 movie "Troy", princes of Troy Hector and Paris wait outside of the walls of Troy for the Spartan...

  Contrast My contrast shot is of my brother screaming then sitting at a table. This shows contrast because the first clip is very loud and in the second clip he is sitting calmly at a table. Parallelism My parallelism shot is of my sister and her kid. The shot shows the similarity between mother and daughter. Symbolism My symbolism shot is of a ball and the sun. The shot symbolizes a connection between the yellow ball and the sun. Simultaneity My simultaneity shot is of my brother and niece. The shot builds suspense with the rapid changes in clips.  Leit Motiff My Leit Motiff shot is of my brother. The shot has a replicated sound in each clip of my brother walking through a door.