There is a moderate amount of cutting in both Underworlds. There is a mix between lengthy shots and fragmented. Some shots are cut to create suspense while others are to explore an emotion based on how the director wants the audience to perceive it. Some of the cutting in both Underworlds leave us piecing things together ourselves. For an example, We are shown a flashback from Selene to when her father was building Williams underground prison. The audience is not told that is what he is building, they have to infer from the facts they have been given through out both films. The directors vision defiantly come through in the editing as well, with focus on emotional and artistic cuts. I think the editing was a key component to show the vision of the film makers, especially with editors like Nicolas De Toth (The Covent and Sum of All Fears) and Martin Hunter (Mortal Kombat and Full Metal Jacket).

Chapter 5 - sound

The sound makes the shots come to life and evolve into a better realistic film. The sound makes the shots complete. The sound techs have to account for every little sound such as wings opening to foot steps. Also they have to decide how they want every sound to sound like. The composer, Paul Haslinger, is perfect for the genre. He was classically trained in Vienna but is well know for his scores from Spawn to Red Planet. He hand picked the crew of musicians and sound designers to come up with the movies signature sound; mystery and mayhem. His distinct musical texture was required for the films murky settings. There were a lot of heavy metal songs used through out the films; Haslinger's scores were put in to the film to continue their industrial and modern theme. The music picked follows the scenes and action all the way through. They also fit the genre. The sound effects maintain Underworld's individuality. They bring Marco Beltrami in for Evolution. He does more conventional orchestral and synthetic hybrid effects; From 3:10 to Yuma to The Knowing. He has a darker musical feel with work on films such as The Scream films, The Faculty, The Crow: Salvation, Resident Evil, Hell Boy, and The Eye. He has experience with the genre from writing scores for Dracula 2000 and Blade II. He has also worked on other action films like Live Free, Die Hard and I, Robot. He is considered an Action/Horror specialist. The music pulls emotion from you while following the films line. You have a better experience with the films. They come off more realistic. They come off more realistic. The music goes extremely well with the films; both musicians did a wonderful job. Mostly every character has the same dialect; the English accent again portraying the old age of vampires. Speedman has an American accent showing his new birth into the war. Selene, Beckinsale, again is the narrator of the film. She gives some back ground and lets you fill in information. The film is about her finding truth and revenge, so who would be a better narrator then her?

chapter 6

Scott Speedman and Kate Beckensale are two great leading actors/actress; even though not major stars. They worked extremely well with the director and their ensemble. They brought their characters to life in both films. The director did a wonderful job highlighting everyone of the actors in the film. He didn't just focus on Speedman and Beckensale; which is a great quality in a film. The people chosen to play certain characters were chosen wisely as well. For instance, the audience loved the English actors in the first film so the director brought more English actors in to play more into what the audience demanded. Audience demand filled and talented actors is the equation for success.
Beckensale fits well into her character with experience from Winged Creatures and Van Helsing. She also has the ability to hand fear and surprise thanks to the films The Vacancy and Broken Down Palace. Speedman, on the other hand, has a wide range of roles from XXX: State of the Union to The Strangers. These two actors are supported by an exquisite ensemble; including Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon and Blood Diamond), Bill Naghy (Shaun of the Dead and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End), and Tony Curran (Miami Vice and League of Extraordinary Gentleman) just to name a few. Each actor compliments the other to provide an excellent performance. All the actors cast in both films have great experience and bring a lot to the films; with the experience comes very realistic acting skills. The audience feels as though they are right with that actor in the action and everything taking place is very real.

chapter 7

They use a very good mix between modern and medieval. There are innovative guns, helicopters, and ships but they designed the ships interior to feel like Alexander has brought all his knowledge and relics with him through the centuries to this moment in time. They make his ships interior imitate the feel of the mansion in the first film. The design of many of the sets are designed to look like they have been there for a very long time and have been secrets until now. Its a period piece with a modern weapons and story. In the first film, they filmed in Budapest to show the history of the convents and give you the feel of an Urban Transylvania. The second film is mainly in Ontario with mountains, castles, and dungeons. Both films are made to be very realistic through make-up, setting, and costumes. The director had a lot of hand in the movies features. He drew pictures to show everyone involved what he imagined and wanted. The costumers show the darkness and how they have changed through the centuries. The language of both films reflects the director's vision of a very medieval underworld while still being modern. With the film being to realistic, the films could be turned into a stage play.

chapter 8

They use the vampire Selene as the voice-over narrator because she is in the core of the action. We feel as though we are getting special insight on they story as she is talking directly toward us. We use body language and other past information we know to fill in the gaps between her narration. We get even more insight as we travel through the memories of Selene through flashbacks. The story is realistic in the way that they want the story to be real but in our minds we know it would not be realistically possible. We like the action of the story and the unrealistic story line. The story does well with making the characters human like and we can relate to them well.

Chapter 9

Both films are told from the perspective of Selene, the death dealing vampire heroin. She give us back stories and current feelings. Since the vampires are so old and the werewolves were slaves of the aristocrats, most of the characters talk pretty articulate; not too literate but just right. There are no lengthy dialogue except for when Selene gives back stories; which I think is perfect for the film. The writers let the dialogue of the characters conversing to take you through the film rather than giving a whole lot of information at one time.

Chapter 2 - Mise en scene 15 questions

Underworld
1. the blue lightining
2. low key-very dark
3. most of the time its a full shot but close enough to see the action
4. sometimes looking up other times eye level
5. blue and green/brown color
6. standard lens, no filter
7. the watchers, the man being followed, and the followers
8. the desity is moderate, all is know is the characters are fighting though there is a lot of details like the pilars in the subway
9. left, center, right, and bottom, showing the antee of the fight
10. open, the charaters are not isolated
11. loose, the characters can move freely
12. there are many layers because they are in a subway so the forground and background compliament the midground well.
13.the characters are filling the fram from all sides when together, when shot by themselfs they are regularly on the right
14. normally parellel to the camera or looking diagonally
15. there is a good bit when they are shooting at each other and chasing but when regular fighting they are closer

Underworld - Evolution
1. dark cave
2. low key, dark
3. eye view and from below
4. full shot mostly, the camera is right there in the action
5. green
6. standard lens, no filter
7. the character and his fire
8. density is low but detail is high
9. mostly centered
10. closed, the characters brother is locked in a tomb inside an underground cave
11. loose the character moves freely
12. there are many planes displaying, the tunnel and the midground is complimented by the background and the foreground
13. center, there is only one character
14. back toward camera and facing the camera
15. there is only one character