Existing OTS Deconstruction

• On each slide is a screen shot of a shot in the
OTS, and a caption describing the
transition, film technique or camera angle.

A downwards tilt is used to move from
the sky to the tree in the field, that
when pans further down to hand that
break way and reveal a actors name.

It then fades to black to reveal the
hand on the left third of the frame.

The previous shot fades into this
one, but starts further down the
shot, and pans up to reveal the feet.
The pan moves up at a slight angle.

The feet then fade into this shot. Once
on this shot is spins in a circular
motion, but still around the same
center.

The previous then fades into this
shot, again. The shot begins with a fast
motion of the wheel changing
direction to draw the audience
attention back in.

It then cuts to this
shot, a reverse track
of the table moving
down the hall, and
the figure in the
background fades out.
This is a mid shot with
the subject in the
right third.

The previous shot then cuts into this
one, and steady cam is used to create
this shot, it gives a ‘Point Of View’
perspective, as if you’re the body on
the table.

As the body goes into the light it starts
to cross fade to this close up shot of
the beaker. A focus pull is used to the
glass, followed by a pan up the glass.

It then cuts to this other close up, and
the water in the tube is going
down, this then creates a contrast, and
link between this and the pervious
shot. As one goes up and the other
goes down.

A jump cut is used as the transition
between this and the previous shot. It
is a jump to a closer shot of the same
object. And it pans up slowly, again
making that link to the two previous
shots like a back and forth.

It then cuts to this even closer shot
and continues to pan upwards creating
a continuum from the previous shot.

It then cuts to this mid shot.

And fades to this close up as the hand
enters the frame.

The previous shot then fades into this
shot, which then pans down the body.
This shot following the previous two
make a link between them suggesting
it is the same person.

The previous shot fades into white and
fades back out to reveal this close up
shot.

The transition and editing effect used
between this and the previous shot is
a time lapse

The technique here used is called a
graphic match, following a shot of
flowers dying with a coffin.

It the fades to this shot and begins to
pan past his hand as it fades out.

It fades into this
shot, where a very
subtle time lapse is
used, the grave
stone in the left
third is static but
the clouds are
moving unnaturally
fast, indicating a
time lapse.

It then cuts to another time lapse of
this car door. Again the car is static but
the clouds and trees move very fast
indicating a time lapse.

It fades to this mid shot, using a focus
pull from the fade to the detail of the
picture frames.

A simple cut is then used to transition to
this shot of crows feet.

• Crows are used to signify death, and the shot
of this crow is sandwiched between a
photograph and a coffin, suggesting the photo
is of who is dead.

The crow then fades into this scene,
which lingers on the coffin that is
engraved with the directors name

It cuts to this extreme close up of the
crow, again, linking back to death.

It then cuts to the sky, with similar
camera use as at the beginning, a
circular pan around one center point.
And again like the beginning, pans
down to the tree in the field.

Illustration is then added onto the
shot, to create a box, symbolising a
coffin, to name the title of the film in.
It also has a black and white filter over
the top.

An over exposure filter is then used to
create a look as though the free is
fading into white.

The black and white filter is then
removed however the tree isn’t
resorted to the original colours instead
it is now an orange colour.

A graphic time lapse is created using
drawings to re-enact a time lapse of
the leaves falling off the tree, but as it
isn’t actually filmed but instead drawn
it cannot technically be called a time
lapse.

Music
• The music plays a key part of this OTS, it creates
some juxtaposition but also is used to create
tension. It is generally a very jolly and upbeat
piece of music, played over scenes of death and
graveyards. However there are times where the
music drops in tempo and creates tension at
certain points where particular things are
revealed. For example when the camera pans up
to the feet. As it gets to the feet the speed picks
up and the tempo drops, giving it a more serious
feel.

Conventions of an OTS it met and
didn’t meet.
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Name of production companies- The Production company or any other companies often
featured in OTS’ such as distributors were listed.
Director- Alan Poul
Producer- Craig Wright, Lori Jo Nemhauser. Co-Producer- Nacy Oliver
Editor- Tanya Swerling
Executive producer- Co- Executive- Jill Soloway. Exectutive- Rick Cleveland
Other important roles. – Production Designer- Suzuki Ingerslev etc.
Top billing actors or important character. –The names listed with no titles eg, ‘Written by..’ are
the most important characters in it. And are listed first in credits and IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248654/
The movie title- Six Feet Under
The Cinemaography of the film(Sound and style of the film)- Makes it clear it is about death and
has a bleak storyline, however the music shows the audience it isn’t too bleak.
Sound that represents the rest of the film- In some ways. It represents the bleakness of the
program however brightens it up, so as an audience you wouldn’t be able to guess what it is like.
Presents the style of the film, so viewers know if it's for them- It does slightly, but does present a
slightly mixed representation.
Gives and idea of the story - again, shows it is clearly about death but doesn’t reveal more than
that.

Titles and font
• When looking at the fonts and text used in this OTS, it is
clear that there isn’t really any theme to the use of them.
They aren’t a very special font, just a conventional
type, and they don’t have a very consistent colour scheme.
It tends to keep within around the same few colours but
just changes depending what colour fits best for that frame.
In addition the positioning of the text changes again, to fit
best to the composition of the frame. There is some
unconventional positioning of it though. For example, most
is just written on screen somewhere, however for example
there is one point where the text is written on the grave
stone like it is engraved on it. But these unconventional
uses of positioning aren’t used a lot in the OTS at all. It is
quite boring and average in this aspect.

In conclusion
• In this OTS, although for a TV series not a film, is
very interesting and makes me very interested to
watch more. But it also follows lots of key
conventions of Film OTS’ and has aspects of
almost all the conventions. Although it doesn’t
demonstrate and show the actual story very
well, I feel they show just enough information, to
make the audience to want to see more and
consequently watch it.
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