Assignment 1: Elements and Aspects of Design

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Anyway moving on…

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Explanation of assignment:

The point of this first assignment was to focus on the six time elements: Tempo, Intensity, Setting, Chronology, Scope, and Duration. Each group was in charge of showing some form of film, animation, etc., in DVD format presenting these six elements in 6-7 minutes. My group however, decided to split up the elements, so that each of us would be responsible for explaining two of the six elements. I explained the two elements scope and duration.

Definitions:

Scope is basically when the camera is focused on a certain part of a scene instead of whole area where it takes place.

Duration is how long something runs for.

The DVD I choose to present (which I did a terrible job on) was the Japanese animation or Anime, “Excel Saga, volume 6: Going Way Too Far”, specifically the end of episode 23.

Summery of the scene:

The scene takes place in the ruins of F city, F prefecture of Japan. The main character, Excel desperately tries to get the attention of her boss (who she is pathetically smitten with), by constantly babbling and banging her hands on the door of his fortress, to the point of which her bleeds. When her boss, Ilpalozzo, finally does emerge from the fortress, he wears an emotionless expression. Excel then, happily continues her blathering, but is cut shot short when Ilpalozzo pulls out a gun and proceeds to shoot her with it. The bullet wounds critically and she bleeds profusely. Before she completely collapses, Excel reaches up and weakly calls out to Ilpalozzo. In turn, Ilpalozzo’s response is to look down at her for a short moment then turn to leave her to die in the desert.

Scope in this scene:

• A close up of Excel’s hands pounding on the fortress doors.
• A close up of Ilpalozzo’s impassive expression.
• A close up of Excel's bloody hand after she has been shot.

These are examples of Scope because the “camera” zooms in on a specific point as opposed to the whole area the scene takes place in.

Duration in this scene:

• The duration of time in which the shooting sequence takes place is made to look longer because for a brief moment the scene itself was slowed down. In reality, the time after Excel was shot was merely a few seconds.

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DeAnna: TL9