Homework #1

This scene has many different sound effects, camera angles and techniques used to help give the audience information about the character 'Quicksilver'. The scene starts off with a explosion which puts everyone within the house in danger, which tells the audience that this should be a intense scene, however, we are suddenly taken outside and are shown a slow motion shot of a bee. This is when we see the feet of a character come into frame to the song 'Sweet Dreams'. The camera shot then slowly moves up to reveal that the character is Quicksilver. The music playing is non-diegetic and is also a example of contrapuntal sound.The song is used to tell the audience that the character can be fun and humorous even though the house is about to explode.From Quicksilver's appearance i can tell that he can be considered as a 'cool' character as he comes into frame wearing silver Nike trainers, jeans and leather jacket. This shows that he has his own sense of style and does not care what others think, which can come across as smug. Before he runs into the house a close up shot is used to show his expressions as he knows something is wrong and the close up can also indicate that he is the main focus and is about to save the day.



Many more close up shots are used on his and the other characters faces to show there skin wobble as they are being quickly dashed out of the house. The faces they pull can also be seen as 'silly' which also applies some humour to the scene.



There are also some pleonastic sounds used, for example, as he is running we can hear dashing sounds and when he takes drink from the can we can hear him gulping. In each room we are shown different camera shots such as low shots so we can see the floor rising with fire to show its danger, we are also shown medium shots to show the audience everyone in each room who Quicksilver has to save. We are also given 'over the shoulder' shots to give a point of view of the character and also a 'Pan' shot in one of the classrooms which shows the chalkboard being destroyed as the fire comes through it and follows it to show who is in that room whilst Quicksilver is saving them. The scene then ends with closes ups of all the people who have just been saved. This is, once again, used to show the shock on all their faces as they notice the house has just been blow up and they wonder how they survived.