Author: misterwaves

Call Me by Your Name Scene Breakdown

By Jake Cooper

Breaking down a scene in Call Me by Your Name reveals hidden layers of meaning

As I have not watched Call Me by Your Name and have not heard much about it I was quite interested watching in this video Like most videos, to find out more about what I don’t know. From the get-go it is quite difficult to have a sense of humour even when critically reflecting but there is some in this video which you can see when Jake talks about a particular moment in the film and relates it to American culture and other circumstances (you’ll have to watch the film to see). What I found most interesting about this video is how Jake guides us through the editing of the scene and how it creates a somber tone, the level of depth he involves us in really is a credit to his understanding of the scene and makes it easy to listen and follow along with his commentary. I would recommend this video to anyone who wants to dive deeper into Call Me By Your Name or who wants to find out more about screen language.

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Produced as part of the BA (Hons) Film and Television degree at Solent University

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

By Becky Holmes

Semiotic ballads and audience manipulation in the Ballard of Buster Scruggs

This video takes us through the first scene of the film and how cinematography, mise en scene and sound create meaning for the viewer with a semiotic approach, I honestly did not know what that meant beforehand but as I find out in the video it is an investigation into how meaning is created and how meaning is communicated. Academic words aside Rebecca perfectly explains how and what is being communicated to the audience from this first scene, although I have not watched The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs the way in which she takes us through the opening and being given small outsider details that I would not have picked up on watching myself makes me excited to watch the rest of the film.  What else in this video which I thought was mind-blowing was that Rebecca also reveals what we as an audience are programmed from viewing the theme and shown a certain type of film to expect what is coming up later in the film i.e violence, good guys and bad guys, for more crazy facts and an interesting dialogue I suggest you watch this video.

Young video essayists comment on popular audio-visual culture – Making Waves Film Festival brings you the best in videographic criticism.

Produced as part of the BA (Hons) Film and Television degree at Solent University

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Breaking Bad Scene Breakdown

By Stefan Georgiev

Breaking down a scene in Breaking Bad reveals hidden layers of meaning

As Breaking Bad is one of the biggest and most popular Netflix series of all time I am sure you have heard about it, you might even have watched it, What Stefan does is highlight an incredibly important scene in the series and shows how impactful each individual part of the scene actually is, creating this whole new respect for the effort employed in this scene from each part of the production. What you will find in this video is how meaning is created through the mise en scene, performances, the structure of the show and even how impactful the editing is, Stefan spare’s no expenses when exploring the scene, he chooses. If you are a breaking bad fan or just love the different intricacies in film and television then this is a great critical commentary to explore exactly what made Breaking Bad such a success and why you should watch it/re-watch it. Hats off to Stefan for finding and explaining the different aspects of the scene which really made look at the series differently and from different aspects like how it is edited and what clothes they wear.

Young video essayists comment on popular audio-visual culture – Making Waves Film Festival brings you the best in videographic criticism.

Produced as part of the BA (Hons) Film and Television degree at Solent University

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