- Why I analyze films by chart in MA phase?
My research question is "How do other directors present characters' emotion in fictional films?" So I need to study on it. After that, I find chart is a very good way to research this topic. Because I can compare with different films in one chart.
- Which six film did I chose to analyze? Why I chose these six films?
The six films is: Despicable me, Goodfellas, Citizen Kane, Amour, Bucket List and milk.
The first reason I selected these six films is they are all different types. Despicable me is Animation and Crime, Goodfellas is Crime, Milk is Biography and Drama, Citizen Kane is Drama and Mystery, Amour is Drama and Romance, Bucket List is Adventure, Drama and Comedy. The second reason is they are all very famous and classic, I believe I can learn a lot of things from these good directors through this work.
The first reason I selected these six films is they are all different types. Despicable me is Animation and Crime, Goodfellas is Crime, Milk is Biography and Drama, Citizen Kane is Drama and Mystery, Amour is Drama and Romance, Bucket List is Adventure, Drama and Comedy. The second reason is they are all very famous and classic, I believe I can learn a lot of things from these good directors through this work.
- What special film skills do you find through this work?
1. Film life details
2. Use piano and music
3. Long time dialogue about memory
4. Use some interrelated events and things
5. Conflict
6. Use philosophy
7. Contrast(good life&bad sick/ coffee&Chemotherapy)
8. Special narrative style and editting
9. Beautiful scenery
10. Romantic event
11. Conflict
12.Set unusual point (how to touch a bad guy)
13.Use childhood memories in the screenplay
14.Creat lovely and funny characters(yellow guys) to help main characters’emotion change
15. Narrate by voice-over
16. Use different weather (rain, sunny, cloudy, cold, hot...)
17. Use that era’s music
18. Use the way of slow motion to present
19. Shake audiences through bloody shots
20. Use true news video
21. Flashback edit
22. Close-range view and Hand-held photography
23. Alternate edit
24. Use many foregrounds and backgrounds in scene
25. Flashback edit
26. Edit vedio with news and newspaper
27. Key stage property
28. Set up a suspense in the story
29. Song and dance
These direct skills is very useful for me to present characters' emotion in the future.
In my research, I also find an very interesting option: Main character change emotion's number of times. I will list each film's runtime here first. Then I will list main character change emotion's number of times.
Despicable Me:
Runtime: 95 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 16
Goodfellas:
Runtime: 146 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 20
In my research, I also find an very interesting option: Main character change emotion's number of times. I will list each film's runtime here first. Then I will list main character change emotion's number of times.
Despicable Me:
Runtime: 95 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 16
Goodfellas:
Runtime: 146 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 20
Amour:
Runtime: 127 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 13
The Bucket List:
Runtime: 97 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 17
Milk:
Runtime: 128 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 24
Citizen Kane:
Runtime: 119 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 23
Compare with these numbers, we can find the interesting thing is the number of character's emotion change is always around 20. Then I want to count how many times character change their emotion every 10 minutes in each film.
Despicable Me: 16/95 * 10 = 1.68
Goodfellas: 20/146 * 10 = 1.37
Amour: 13/127 * 10 = 1.02
The Bucket List: 17/97 * 10 = 1.75
Milk: 24/128 * 10 = 1.875
Citizen Kane: 23/119 * 10 = 1.93
Through the count work, I find that character has to change their emotion every 10 minutes at least in the film. The Romance film's number is the lowest, and the Biography and Mystery film's number is the highest. I think that's because Romance film always talk about a part of two people's life. However, Biography film is about a human's whole life.
Another very interesting option is the number of events which lead to character's emotion changing.
Amour: 9 The Bucket List: 11
Milk: 11 Citizen Kane: 11
Goodfellas: 10 Despicable Me: 9
The average value is 10 events each film. Maybe through these data we can guess, a 100 minutes film need 10 events to change character's emotion. The character's emotion changes every 10 minutes in the film.
Anyway, this research let me know a good film not only need character's emotion change, but also need to control the change's number of times.
Runtime: 128 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 24
Citizen Kane:
Runtime: 119 min Main character change emotion's number of times: 23
Compare with these numbers, we can find the interesting thing is the number of character's emotion change is always around 20. Then I want to count how many times character change their emotion every 10 minutes in each film.
Despicable Me: 16/95 * 10 = 1.68
Goodfellas: 20/146 * 10 = 1.37
Amour: 13/127 * 10 = 1.02
The Bucket List: 17/97 * 10 = 1.75
Milk: 24/128 * 10 = 1.875
Citizen Kane: 23/119 * 10 = 1.93
Through the count work, I find that character has to change their emotion every 10 minutes at least in the film. The Romance film's number is the lowest, and the Biography and Mystery film's number is the highest. I think that's because Romance film always talk about a part of two people's life. However, Biography film is about a human's whole life.
Another very interesting option is the number of events which lead to character's emotion changing.
Amour: 9 The Bucket List: 11
Milk: 11 Citizen Kane: 11
Goodfellas: 10 Despicable Me: 9
The average value is 10 events each film. Maybe through these data we can guess, a 100 minutes film need 10 events to change character's emotion. The character's emotion changes every 10 minutes in the film.
Anyway, this research let me know a good film not only need character's emotion change, but also need to control the change's number of times.
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