Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Week1 - Audio Arts - Sans Analysis

Here is my sans analysis of the way I interpreted Vertov's 'Man with a Movie Camera'

0:00|Man with Movie Camera|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Man|Walking|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Object|Shifting of Camera|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People|Noise of People|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|People|Stepping in puddles|

0:05|2 Women with Baskets|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Women|Conversation|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Background People|Noise|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Man|Walking past and any other sounds he makes|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|People|Noise of market sellers|

0:09|Tram|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Tram|Moving Tram Noise|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Other Trams|More distant noise of Trams|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People and Traffic|Noise including bicycle bell|

0:16|Women hanging clothes|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Hanging Clothes|Associated Noise|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People|Associated Noise|
Non-Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Person|Harmonica playing|

0:18|Man with Eggs|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Person|Noise of man, ie. Breathing|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Person|Movement of Eggs|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People in Background|Noise|

0:21|Street Scene|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Tram|Tram Noise|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People|Pedestrian Noise|

0:27|Shutters Opening|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Shutters|Opening of Shutters, possibly creaking|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Person|Noise of person opening shutters|
Non-Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Something|Menacing growl from the darkness|

0:29|Teeth Brushing|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Kinetic movement of Toothbrush|Brushing of teeth|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Water|Noise of water|

0:31|Man Walking Past Store|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Man Walking|Associated Noises|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Fence|Movement and strain of moving the fence|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|People|People who are about to walk past store|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Residents|Noise of residents above store|

0:35|Letterbox|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Poster|Flapping of poster|
Diegetic Sound|On/Off Screen|Wind|Wind Noise|
Diegetic Sound|Off/On Screen|Women|Walking|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Letter|Sliding of letter in opening|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Letter|Landing in letterbox|

0:40|Woman Walking Past Store|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Women|Walking|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Man|Winding handle of shutters|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Man|Grunts of exhertion|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Shutters|Shutters movement upwards|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|People|People who are about to walk past store|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Residents|Noise of residents above store|

0:45|Traffic/Pedestrian Officer|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Officer & Woman|Conversation|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People|Pedestrian Noise|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Object|Noise of moving the signal|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Tram|Tram Noise|

0:48|Shutter Up|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Object|Shutter going up|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Person|Noise of persons opening the shutter|

0:52|Vehicles on Road/Rally|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People and Vehicles|Associated Noise including horns, shouts, and engines|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|People|Rally noises|

1:06|Fountain|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Fountain|Water Noises|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|People|Noise of any people hidden behind fountain|

1:08|Close up of Fountain|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Fountain|Water Noises|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|People|Noise of any people hidden behind fountain|

1:12|Shutters Opening (multiple times)|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Object|Noise of shutters opening|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Wind|Wind noise through trees|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|People|Noise of any people passing the window|

1:20|Sewing Machine|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Object|Sewing machine operating, the doll makes no noise|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Room|Other noises from the room|

1:24|Sliding Up of Door|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Door|Sliding of door|
Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Engine|Engine of vehicle|
Diegetic Sound|On Screen|Persons|Grunts and shouts and talking|

1:27|Final Scene (I Don't know what it is)|
Non-Diegetic Sound|Off Screen|Object|Unexpected Gun shots

Albums that made this blog possible:
Escape from Tomorrow Today by The City Lights. I tried this album as a possibility for some non-diegetic mood music, but it did not really fit.

1 Comments:

At 10:17 pm, Blogger unknown said...

I think the last shot is of a glass/mirror door opening, something (a poster?) is reflected in the door. I think it's quite irrelevant given that it's onscreen for only 1 second or so. Do the KGB make a cameo in your version of the film? Are they the ones firing the shots?

 

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