Diegesis - the story world / world of the narrative
how real the Diegesis appears is linked to the level of verisimilitude (which means the appearance of being real)
This is how easy it is to lose yourself within the story
Diegetic sound
is sound that appears is coming from within the story world of the film or TV program and helps create meaning
- Dialogue
accent (way it is said)
dialect (vocabulary)
tone (harshness)
- Sound Effects (includes Foley sound-use materials to make sounds)
These are added during production and the post production to create meaning
sound effects and dialogue in particular are planned carefully during pre production
Sound effect is meant to draw audiences attention to an object or subject
off screen - sound you can hear that isn't in the scene
Non Diegetic Sound
a sound that is clearly not coming from within the story world
incidental music sound added over the top connote an incident
soundtrack - Music powerful songs
makes up the film score
sound motif badge (Darth Vader, Jaws)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqNCY49THM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU0d2oZh5JYExamples
this is a prequel to a film as it is set before the other Xmen
Narrative
Todoroths theory of having a narrative structure has been used in this with this which involves an equilibrium where everything is in order and balanced, then there is a disruption to the equilibrium and then there is a resolution which helps bring back the equilibrium
The narrative for x-men first class also uses claudie levi strauses theory of binary opposition, which is Good Vs Evil. We have the good mutants that are here to help defend the human race from the bad mutants. But this film makes it so the audience can relate to both sides of the argument. But despite the fact the "bad" mutants don't want to be experimented on or enslaved which is what they belive their outcome will be, the audience will obviously side with the "good" mutants as they are defending the human race which is easier for the audience to put themselves in the situation of a civilian and therefor side with the mutants that are trying to defend the human race.
The basic narrative for this is that there are two sets of mutants the ones that fear the human race and decide that the best way to deal with them is by wiping them out or enslaving them to become rulers of their ideal world, where mutants don't feel the need to hide this set of mutants are the enigmas and are the main part of the disequalibrium as they want to create a dystopian world. The other set of mutants are the antagonists that want to defend the human race and feel what the bad mutants are doing is immoral and the only way to stop them is by fighting them, which helps to save the human race.
The costume and makeup for this film is very elaborate and has carefully been thought out. This film was made after the first X-men films but the time eriod is made before them so they have to carefully make the characters such as mystique look younger and yet have some resemblence to the mystique in the previouse films that were made. Mystique is a mutant that can take the form of any human but inn her regular form her skin is blue with little bumps on that help create a pattern this has mostly been achived with makeup but i imagine that some substance has been aplied to help amplify the fact she is a mutant her costume is very important to the narrative of this as it helps
Form
This is a film that has been produced to market to a mass audience to entertain the audience and make money off of them if the film does well enough they will be able to market this film with products and promotional deals
Content and meaning
The Mise en Scene within this has been encoded (everything has been purposefully placed) in a way that is meant to help create the preferred reading (Stuart Hall 1980).
this can be done in several different ways including camerawork, sound, editing, production process, narrative as well as costume and makeup
non diegetic
to start off with i will be discussing non digetic sound this is a sound that clearly isnt happening within the story world such as music or powerful songs that help to make up the film score or a sound motif badge an example of this would be Darth Vader breathing
within xmen first class as soon as this clip starts we get an example of non diegetic sound throughout this clip for up to 58 seconds there is some dramatic music playing to show what is happening is an act of one of the enigmas within this film starting to create a disequilibrium. This is effective as it fades out when loud noises are made such as the glass smashing and then comes back into earshot when no loud sounds are being made to helps to add to the spectacle
diegetic
Diegetic sound
is sound that appears is coming from within the story world of the film or TV program and helps create the preferred reading this can include Dialogue Sound Effects this includes Foleys sound use materials to make sounds
These are added during production and the post production of the film to help create a preffered meaning
sound effects and dialogue in particular are planned carefully during pre production
Sound effects are meant to captivate an audience and grab attention to an object or subject
off screen - sound you can hear that isn't in the scene
a diegetic sound effect used in this is "put that man down or we will open fire" at 0:17 this is effective as it shows they are against what the enigma is doing but the character saying it is so irrelevant compared to what is going on we do not get to see him. at 0:14 there is some sort of tornado
Location
X-men first class is primarily set in 1962 England during the cuban missile crisis this helps to connote a time of danger for the audience. This is thought out in the pre production stage of the planning by a location scout. The scene I will be focusing on is based in division X which is a top secret CIA base, you can tell this is meant to be a secret base as denoted within this scene are military weapons such as missiles which you would not expect to find in a place of public access this helps to connote danger and helps give the audience a sense of foreshadowing that something bad is about to happen and those weapons will be used.
Characters and acting gestures
The characters within this are encoded to help create binary opposition good vs evil (claude levi Strauss) this is clear as there are a lot of generic soldiers within this scene which helps to anchors he theme of danger and malice which is fairly stereotypical of a film within this genre. The fact the soldiers are encoded to connoted the fact they are there to protect and also helps spark the question if they can't stop Shaw (the main protagonist) then who else can? You can tell that the soldiers are in such a way that shows they are only set up for death as they all blend into one, and this helps connote how worthless they are
costumes
At the start of this film trailer Charles Xavier is wearing a suit which helps connote he is from a fairly well off family in the final scene he is in a yellow and blue action suit this helps to create a juxtaposition
Props
Within this film many props are used as it is a massive budget that has been spent on this film one of the main props used within this are weapons, that are primarily guns which helps connote danger to the audience but a preferred reading for this could be guns and weapons are worthless and rather than fighting we are better off talking things out as the guns are useless against the mutants so rather than focusing on killing each other we should concentrate on making society a better place the fact that the humans condemn the mutants by locking them away starts to raise a major issue within society is that we don't embrace new things aand change
depth of field at 0:6 to show that Charles Xavier is an important character within this you can connote that the background characters aren't as important as him and that he is the main character within this
close up 0:2 this helps to emphasise the emotion on his face.
establishing shot
this is to introduce the scene as oxford London the title graphic helps to denote this time this helps to conote the fact they are at a prestigious university and that the people will be intelligent within this
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