Sarah's Blog

Background: I chose to watch an episode of Criminal Minds (season 5 episode 17) because I love that show and I thought the mise en scene is typically quite obvious. The episode opened with a scene of a man walking towards a house in low-key lighting. The shots switched back between the man and between a woman tucking a little girl into bed. The woman left the room, turned off the lights, and the camera stayed on the little girl while you could hear the man opening the window and coming into the house. This was an example of offscreen space because you knew something was going on outside off the shot, but the action was not shown. The noise of the window opening enlightens the audience of what was going on. Then, the man appeared close up to the camera so that you could see his wardrobe. He was dressed in dark colors, a coat, and wore a hat. This made the man look more suspicious, like he was creeping through the night to kidnap the little girl. At this point, the little girl looks up...

My 5 Master Edits with Sound Video:  Click Here 1. Diegetic Sound: I left the diegetic sound for my contrast and symbolism clips because I didn't want to change the mood. For contrast, the clip of my chemistry textbook and the clip of my running log gets the point of contrast across. For symbolism, the diegetic sound of me drinking water and the diegetic sound of my faucet running is the exact symbolism I wanted to convey. 2. Postsynchronization dubbing: I used postsynchronization dubbing for my parallelism clip. The original clip of me running at the meet had no sound, so I decided to add sound of my friend Whitney cheering for me at a different meet. This is an example of nondiegetic sound, but it increases the intensity and authenticity of my symbolism clip. Without sound, the parallelism would not be as powerful. The sound could be mistaken as coming directly from the original clip. 3. Voice over: I added a voice over for 2 of my simultaneity clips. The sound is me discus...