Tears in the Rain...

Dialogue timings

Dialogue timings

For

Blade Runner

Tears in the Rain.

Run time: 2:09 minutes.

"I have… seen things you people wouldn't believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those… moments… will be lost in time, like...  tears… in... rain. Time… to die…"

As this is only a short clip I shall also be doing a description of the camera work, position of actors and taking note of anything that I found to be interesting and of note in regards to my own project. 

To begin with I would like too say to anyone who hasn't seen Blade Runner... GO SEE BLADE RUNNER it is a fantastic film, albeit not the genre I'm doing, with beautifully crafted aesthetics and a story line that will leave you thinking about its intricacies for years.

Anyway...

The scene begins with a close up of the films main antagonist, Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) standing in the rain with streaks of blood running down his face.

 0:00-0:01 cut

Close up of a pair of hands grasping an iron girder.

0:01-0:02 cut

High angle mid shot of Deckard, the films main protagonist (Harrison Ford) hanging off the side of a building from the girder.

0:02-0:03 cut

Return shot of Deckards hands grasping at the girder, one hand slips.

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Birds eye view of Deckard hanging one handed from the roof.

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Close up on Roy Batty smiling.

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High angle of Deckard still hanging.

0:06-0:07 cut

Close up on Roy Batty.

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High angle of Deckard slipping from the roof.

0:08-0:09 cut

Close up of Roy Batty 

0:09-0:10 cut

Close up of Roy's hand grabbing Deckard's arm and slowly pulling him to safety. 

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Close up of Roy's face contorting as he lifts the weight of Deckard one handed onto the roof.

0:12-0:13 cut

Mid close up of Deckard as he is pulled by Roy.

0:13-0:15 cut 

Close up of Roy bathed in light.

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Close up of Roys hand pulling Deckard.

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Close up of Roys face and arm lifting Deckard with the point of focus being Roys eyes.

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Close up of Deckars arm moving up the frame as he is pulled.

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Low angle long shot of Roy lifting Deckard onto the roof.

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Long shot of Deckard falling to Roy's feet on the roof top.

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High angle long shot of Deckard slumped against an stone vent, Roy walks into frame and sits in front of Deckard.

0:30-0:46 cut

Mid shot of Roy sitting cross legged on the roof holding a dove in his arms.

0:46-0:52 cut

Mid close up of Deckard.

0:52-0:56 cut

Close up of Roy. 

"I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe... attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion" 0:58-1:09

"I watched c-beams" 1:13-1:15

0:56-1:15 cut

Close up of Deckard lying down in the rain.

"Glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser gate" 1:15-1:18

1:15-1:18 cut

Close up of Roy.

"All those... moments will be lost in time..." 1:23-1:29

"like... tears... in the rain..." 1:32-1:39

1:18-1:42 cut

Close up on Deckard.

"Time to die..." 1:44-1:45

1:42-1:46 cut

close up on Roy as he smiles.

1:46-1:48 cut

Close up of Deckard.

1:48-1:50 cut

Close up of Roy lowing his head as he dies.

1:50-1:57 cut

Close up on Deckard.

1:57-2:00 cut

Close up on Roy's final resting place. The dove is released from his grasp and flies out of frame.

2:00-2:03 cut 

Low angle long shot as the dove flies away into the skyline.

2:03-2:07 cut

Close up on Deckard as he remains looking at Roy and closes his eyes.

2:07-2:09 final cut.

This is one of my favourite all time scenes in movies and I hope you agree.

Key: Red = time period of each shot.

         Blue= time period of dialogue. Roy's monologue.

Short film inspiration

Further inspiration for my sort film.

I begin this blog with a small list of inspiration.

Lesson notes folder:

All future lessons notes will be published under

this section. It is not intended to run chronologically

with the rest of my project and instead will be a subsection

to my work.

I will also be applying ties to my work and ways that my 

product has been influenced by my lesson notes, hopefully

this will be come apparent as you view this blog.

Lesson notes

Lesson notes.

Conventions of a film trailer:

-       No spoilers (a draw for the audience but not enough to ruin the plot as there would be no reason to see the film.)

-       Strong thematic music

-       Appropriate editing pace

-       Montage editing

-       Presentation of the main actors

Conventions of music video:

-       Cuts on the beat

-       Narrative

-       Abstract

-       Lip sync

-       Appropriate props

What makes a bad product?

-       Crappy editing

-       Unneeded shaky cam

-       Out of beat editing

-       Crap lip syncing

L:  language is relating to the not just the lyrics but also the mise en scene, making the narrative and message clear to the audience. Very similar to Representation.

I:  Institution; who made it and why? What they stand for and what it was made for, links to ideology.

I:  Ideology, what are the values and beliefs of the artist conveyed to the audience. If a music video is created by similar individuals then their ideology will be similar.

A:  Audience, genre. Who is this product aimed to and how is it done? Why will it not work for another audience?

R:  Representation. How is the artist portrayed, are they giving across the same message and their music or their institution eg is it about the artist or the man who makes it.

Four key elements:

Cinematography; what camera angles are used, why? What message does it get across?

Editing; what does the editing say? Is it in time with the music and what does it say about the narrative.

Sound; Sound breaks for narrative or continuous non diegetic sound?

Mise en scene; What does this say about the product? Does it fit the genre and still convey the appropriate message?