Key techniques to be used for our film.

As a film maker it is important to understand this key terms and incorporate them into your work, as we are being marked on creativity it was vital for me to experiment with different techniques in all areas of textual analysis. I noted small notes on where i thought we could use this in our work in RED.

Sound

Diagetic sound: Is when the sound used in a film is part of the world of the film, for example if someone puts on a T.V or a CD player, it makes sense to hear it. When characters are on their way to school.
Non Diagetic sound: music is played in the background but only for the audiences use, like a backing track. This tends to add meaning to a scene. Quite sentimental music to highlight the mood of the film to the audience.
Parrallel sound: is where the sound used complements the visuals, for example hearing happy music and seeing happy pictures. Happy music when the mother receives good news.
Contrapuntal sound: when we hear sound which doesn't match what you see, for example in the famous film 'Jaws'  by Steven Speilberg we hear scary music and see happy scenes. On screen sound: when someone is talking out of shot in another room perhaps, but we can still hear their voice in another scene perhaps in conversation. This helps to create a 3-D world.
Verisimilitude: this is creating the illusion of reality through sound and mise en scene.
Camera
ELS - This can be taken from as much as a quarter of a mile away, and is generally used as a scene-setting, establishing shot. Used at the beginning to establish the setting , for example the house of the family. 
LS - his category includes the FULL SHOT showing the entire human body, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom.
Birds Eye View - This shows a scene from directly overhead, a very unnatural and strange angle
High angle - Not so extreme as a bird's eye view. The camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give a general overview.

Eye level- A fairly neutral shot; the camera is positioned as though it is a human actually observing a scene
Low angle - Low angles help give a sense of confusion to a viewer, of powerlessness within the action of a scene.
Pans - A movement which scans a scene horizontally
Tilts - A movement which scans a scene vertically, otherwise similar to a pan.

Dolly Shots- Sometimes called TRUCKING or TRACKING shots. The camera is placed on a moving vehicle and moves alongside the action, generally following a moving figure or object. Can be used at the walk-in-centre to capture his movement and also focus on his facuial expression as he draws closer to the hospital , allowing us to give meaning through body language and facial expression.

Hand-held shots - Denote a certain kind of gritty realism, and they can make the audience feel as though they are part of a scene, rather than viewing it from a detached, frozen position. Can be used when he is having a flashback of being bullied, allows audience to enter his state of mind and reflect his confusion and blurred vision of the past. 

Mise-en-scène 
Includes costumes, props, lighting, characters (as represented by actors or models), special effects, sound effects and anything else which is "put into the frame". The level of a image's realism relies heavily on mise en scène. Very important to use to show contrast between the two brothers and emphasize the mothers sickness through costume and props such as crutches and tablets.