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I wanted to experiment with a cooler temperature in the colour grading. I did this by firstly adjusting the Temperature slider under Basic Correction to -25. I also altered the RGB curves, specifically the blue curve so that the highlights have more blue. Lastly, I adjusted the colour wheel for the midtones towards blue.

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I followed the colour grading youtube video for this colour grade, however, the result was that the skintone had an unnatural feel to it. In the colour wheel, I turned both the shadows and highlights towards blue whilst the midtones I increased towards orange. I also blended some blue colour near the right edge of the screen.

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The was the first colour grade I did since I filmed the first establishing shot with my phone, the white balance for the rest of the clips did not match. As such, I used the colour match feature to match the colours for the clips. I also decreased saturation to 85%. For the colour wheel, shadows were towards the blue side, whilst the highlights were leaning towards yellow.

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Mr Bean’s comedic talents can be seen in the very first act of the pilot episode of Mr Bean the TV show labelled The Exam. Filmed inside a studio complex and in front of a live audience, the sound is mostly diegetic apart from the laughter of the audience. In fact, due to this, the audience is less receptive of facial expressions than sound effects made by the actors due to their distance. There isn’t a focus on dialogue in this scene, as Rowan Atkinson delivers most of his jokes through his actions. That is not to say there are no spoken words in this scene; the examiner and the man sitting next to him both have dialogues but their purpose is instructions for the sake of the audience that would otherwise be difficult to convey visually. For example, without the initial confusion between the subject of the exam, the punchline of Mr Bean taking the wrong exam paper would be underdeveloped.

The production design of the scene can be seen in the props as they not only serve a functional purpose but also sets up the final punchline. The number of pens that Mr Bean carries with him as well as the number of gadgets he brings with him ultimately came to embarrass him. The props were used to show the eccentricities of his character at the start, and they were utilised at the end to deliver the punchline, where the loudest cheers and applaud were. Of course, the props would be useless without the fantastic performance of Atkinson who utilises physical comedy for characterisation. The audience could determine what his character is thinking just by looking at his expressions and body language. At 6:11 for example, from his glances, we can see Mr Bean wanting to copy from the man next to him.

The lighting for this scene is from the top left side of the set to simulate the windows that are also on the side of the room. This can be seen from the shadows that are cast beneath the characters and onto the table and that the left side of Mr Bean’s face is more lit than his right. Set inside a studio environment meant that camera angles were limited as to not reveal the audience behind the cameras. As such, there are 4 types of shot constructions used in this scene: a medium shot of the two at the table, a medium shot from the man’s side that captures both of them, a medium shot from Mr Bean’s side that captures both of them and a medium shot facing Mr Bean where the man is not in view. I believe the use of medium shot is used to capture both the actions and the expressions of Atkinson more clearly.

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Music:

Movement of the camera through architecture (walls, floors)

Motif of Food:

How someone eats is an indicator of their personality, background, habits etc. Eating food in a social setting is an intimate and vulnerable state to be in, I think it allows for some interesting character development to take place, as well as opportunities for cool looking shots of food. Affordances for this: getting the actor to eat many portions of the same thing/ eating something that has gone cold half an hour ago.

Cool stills:

I like the composition of this shot. The way characters sit demonstrates a lot about their personality.

Symmetry, visually pleasing.

Location:

Smaller, enclosed space; allowing for full exploration of the space and familiarity of it. The pictures chosen were from TV shows which due to its length has an advantage of making its viewers familiar with the set.

Scene:

After being kidnapped, the daughter of the president was brought by her abductors to meet with the mobster. This can take place either in the back room of a laundromat which serves as a front or in a basement, the majority of the scene takes place in this dimly lit environment. Motivations: the mobsters wanted to use her as a bargaining chip to gain more control over the surrounding area. The president’s daughter, although afraid, is trying to find ways to escape or even bring them to justice. What occurs next is a tense confrontation between the mobster boss, the daughter of the president as they battle it out through words. Meanwhile, she surveys her environment, looking for tools and routes for her escape. She uses her wits to turn the abductors against their boss and escapes.