Today in media

Today, in media we talked about diaeresis. This is the world in the film, which is a fascinating thing. For example characters don’t hear the music that plays over the top of the scene, it is not in the world of the movie, it is in our world, but everything that happens in the world of the movie is considered Diajesis. 

We also watched a scene from Jurrassic park where a dinosaur attacks a car of children and eats a person while they sit in a public toilet and we were asked to analyse the following things.

How did the director create pace and tension in the scene 

• The pace before the dinosaur enters the scene is uncomfortably slow and very tense and suspenseful. You are just listening to the footsteps and waiting for something to happen. 
• When the dinosaur does strike, the shots are too long which causes the audience to feel uncomfortable. They watch the dinosaur destroy everything and the shots seem too long, the audience is sitting there tense and transfixed wanting the shots to move faster so that they no longer look at this scene. It is uncomfortable and tense to watch.  

How were sound effects used to create tension and atmosphere

• The dinosaurs scream was possibly the most hideous thing I have eve heard. Apparently the sound effects of car crashes, glass breaking, dolphin noises slowed down screeching noises, it was hideous to listen to, almost painful, it definitely created tension in this scene. 

were the sound effects appropriate 

• They were definitely appropriate. the scene was meant to be scary and tense and that is definitely the atmosphere that was created in these hideous noises.