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What is a shot in a movie?
* is the building block of all film making
*single uniterrupted peice of film
* image on screen until its replaced by another image
Define Framing?
* how much of the object will the position be with in a shot
*how much of the frame o the movie sceen the object will ocupy
Long shot?
* the object appers to be small on the screen or seen from a distance away
* if the object is a person we gernerally use the entire body
*generally used to esablish the screen
*show distanct between characters
* allows veiwers to decide to where to look
Close-up or Close shot
*considered to be opposite of long shot
*takes up 80% of the screen space appears to be very large
* direct attention to a cruical detail
*focus the veiwers to look at what the director wants them to..
*whats elimated
*uniquly cinematic can not be simulated on stage
Medium shot
* balance between long and close
*makes up the majority of shots given in a film
* person... waist up (see them from)
Focus
*how clear the object is in the frame of the fiml
*can be a subtle way to influences veiwers of scene, person, object...
*direct the attention of the viewer to tell something before the character
Soft Focus
*object is put slightly out of focus know
*the image appears softer/ unclear
*represent elegance, fragile/ delicate
Rack Focus
* shifting of focus from one object ot another in the same shot
* to create tension, introdce something new
*to direct the attendtion of the audience
* type of films: mystery crime(clues)
Deep Focus
* everything is in focus(foreground & background) equally
Angles
*where the camera is in relations to the subject or object of frame
Low Angle
*the camera shots the object form below
* the object appears largr then normal
* strong, powerful, menacing
High Angle
* camera is above the subject
*subject looks smaller then normal
* weak, powerless, trapped
Eye Level
* most commeon (90-95% of the film) because most natural
*camera is even with the key characters
Dutch Angle
* also called the canted angle
* the camera is tilted (at the angle)
*create a distored or sinistor veiw
* to creat confusion
Pan
* side to side
* most pans are shown left to right
* most natural- thats how we read & see things
What is tilt
* up & down
* ex. to look at something taller
What two camera movements are from a camera that pivots from a fix postion?
tilt & pan
Zoom
* Camera does not move at all rather the focal length of the lens change
*allows to travel from long to close( draws attention to detail& shows something as a smaller part of awhile)
* difference watch the background
Tracking or Dolly Shots
*Camera itself completely moves. Typically monted on something
*Allows the audiece to move through the film
* action movies - dolly truck, helecopter
Lighting
- Principal source of light is called key light
- anything elsed used is to balance, soften or shaden the key light
- In high or low light there is nuetral lighting (adverage light)
Low-Key lighting
-Cheif characterist are: darkness, shodaows and patches of bright key light
- Est. moods of mystery, danger, suspiucion
- shadows are used to conceal and hide things
High-Key lighting
-Cheif characteristices are: brightness, openess lack of shadows or conracts between light and dark
-outdoors, romantic comedy, musical
Bottom/Side Lighting
-Object subject is lit from bottom up
- create shadows & a "glow effect"
-used in horror, mystery suspense crime
- often bottom/ side is used with low- key lighting
What are the MAJOR DIFFERENCE between low key lighting and bottom/ side lighting
Lk- entire area/ setting for the scene
B/S- specific subject
Front lighting
-the light is shinning evenly acrossed a subject so that no shadows appear
-effect- bit of a "halo effect" (innocence, openness nothing to hide)
- considered esetial to hallywood actress during the goldern age b/c no shadows encances buety
Lighting
- lacking in anything to distingish light
- even balanced thus giving a neutral veiw whatever is bing shot
-most tv shows are soft w/ neutral view
Sound
every sound that occurs within the context of the film
Diegetic sound
any sound that is or can be heard by another character in the film
- includes: dialogue, background noise, setting
Nondiegetic sound
-sound heard by the audience but not by any characters in film
-music is best example
-narrator voice over
Internal Diegetic sound
-sound that only the audience and character expressing thoughts hear & (one character & audience) remembering
- thoughts of characters
Mise' en scene
-define- everything that contributes to the visual representation on stage or scene
- you have more control on screen- b/c of ablity of the use of the camera
- all visual elements: lighting, background- setting, actors, costumes