The Best and The Worst Comparison

In our lesson on Thursday 24th January, we compared two fight scenes. One of which was of very poor quality and the other very good, both clips are on Mr Buckmaster's blog (http://marlboroughmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/comparing-best-worst.html).

The first fight scene we watched, the considerably bad one, was from 'Star Trek'. In the scene we noted featured which made it look unrealistic and bad.

• Slow movement- made it look unrealistic and choreographed
• Music didn't build up, it stayed constant
• Camera quality made the blue sky look fake
• Sound effects were either not used or not effective. E.g the rocks hitting at 1.49
• Characters were unbelievable
• The story line was also not realistic (the man could of easily ran away).

We then watched a fight scene from 'The Book of Eli', this scene was miles better, it brought tension and drama and felt very realistic. This are some features that made the scene so effective:

• Realistic sound effects which helped portray things that we could not see. (E.g. the chainsaw, clanking of metal and swords, stabbing the man at the end and blood trickling) 
• Colour treatment- yellow sepia and silhouettes. The silhouettes made the sequence look almost like a dance, a situation Eli is often in and so rehearsed and comfortable in.
• Fast movements and continuity of shots
• Continuity and fast movement of and in shots