Purposes

Story Telling Within a Film (sh)

A story is essential to a film to make the film flow and keep the audience interested. Like in story books, films have a beginning, middle and end. A story can be told in various different ways, such as through a narrator. Cut scenes can be used to tell the audience about the characters or even show time has passed in the story. Throughout the film the story would tell the audience about the different events, characters and actions, that revolve around the main characters and how it effects them.

Narrators in a film talk to the audience to give them information about the events in the film.

Development of drama (sh)

The development of drama within a film is essential to make it dramatic and interesting for the viewer. A drama usually happens in the middle of the film. An event happens to a character(s) that changes the story completely and can shock the audience. Some drama stories touch upon subjects that would not usually be considered when making a film. Drama within film can effect the audience also; bringing shock, laughter or even tears.


Relationship to genre (sh)

Genre means the type of film; from horror to romantic. The genre reflects the characters, the music, the types and length of shots. In horror the characters tend to be a range of different people. The music is usually eerie and slow. The shots range from close ups to make the audience feel claustrophobic to point of view shots to make the audience feel like they are in the character's shoes.

Creating motivation (km)

To create motivation in a film you have to make the continuity look smooth, and that each shot doesn't look jerked and that the position is the same place each time. You have to keep the audience motivated and interested in the film you have made, if the editing is jerky and not smooth the audience will notice this and wont be as interested if the editing is not good.


Combining shots into sequences (km)


Combining shots into sequences is where you put together all the shots you have filmed and edit them in to make them flow. Once all the shots have been edited they can all be placed together in the sequence in a successful edit, this means the sequence will look good and the edit will look invisible so the audience can only see one long unedited sequence.



Creating pace (sh)

Pace within the a film is very important to keep the audience interested. A slow pace may throw off some viewers, but in some cases a slow pace will help the audience keep up with the story line. The pace also depends on the genre. In some films the pace of the film is really fast, this occurs in action and adventure films. Some films start very slow to introduce a character, but as the story goes on the pace will get faster as events in the film happen.