Main Film studies notes
- Created by: kyla567
- Created on: 20-11-19 16:55
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
- - French word
- means camera work
- how a shot is photographed
LIGHTING
- key light -shows the audience the actor
- front light - creates a flat look
- backlight - creates a witness protection look
- 45° light - shows the face as flat (one side of the face is dark)
ANGLES
- high angle - above eye level
- low angel - looks below their eye level
- canted angle (dutch angel) - slightly turned, can unsettle the audience
MOVEMENT
- Camera movement - refers to how the director moves the camera in a production
- Tracking shot - is moving the camera forward and backward
- sideways tracking shot - moving of the object in a production (walking)
- zoom - zooming in and out of a shot
- Arc show - going around the character
- crane shot - going up really high in a shot
- panning shot - on a tripod, moves around an area
- handheld - creates the feel of watching from someone else perspective
- tilt shot - moving up & down in one spot
SHOT
- Extreme long shot - good for setting the area
- Establishing/ long shot - see the whole body
- medium shot - the hip upshot
- close up - for facial expression
- extreme close up - close up on a certain body part (i.e. their eye)
COMPOSITION
Rule of thirds:
- Shallow focus - only part of the image is in focus (the audience can only focus on one thing)
- deep focus - everything is in focus (the audience can choose what to focus on)
MISE-EN-SCENE
- A French term for "everything in the frame
- this makes up:
- Settings (time & place)
- Props
- Costume (including hair & makeup)
EDITING
- Editing is the process of cutting and assembling film footage to produce a finished product
- role of editor = organizing transitions between shots, making decisions with…
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