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FilmTechniques2019-20.pptxFilm Techniques
Intro to Film – ART 2010
Mise En Scene
Refers to the staging of a scene (theater), in relation to setting, arrangement of the actors, the lighting, etc. In film, it describes the arrangement of elements within the frame of a single shot
Death of a Salesman set
Entering the Emerald City
Composition
The arrangement of all the elements within the screen image to achieve a balance of light, mass, shadow, color, and movement.
Crop Duster scene (North by Northwest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIY7BQkbIT8
Back Backlighting
Lighting which comes from directly behind the subject, placing it in silhouette
Camera Angles
Position of camera in relation to the subject determines the camera angle
Low Angle: camera looking up at subject
Tarentino trunk scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_whQnqwEYk
High Angle: camera looking down at subject
Camera Angles
Crop Duster Scene (Hitchcock)
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/05/north-by-northwest-crop-duster/
The draft shows where Hitchcock wants the audience and character to look.
Close-Up
A shot in which a face or object fills the frame
Dolly Shot
steadycam
A shot taken while the camera is in motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMhDQFLwrAA
(Rocky II)
Steadicam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sr-vxVaY_M (Goodfellas)
Crane Shot
A moving shot taken on a specially constructed crane, usually from a high perspective
Other camera movements
Pan: horizontal camera movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lQ_MjU4QHw
Zoom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpnJpgX-Hw
Dolly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ
(Singin In the Rain)
Motion
Accelerated (Fast) Motion: taking place at higher speed than it did in reality
Superman (1978) train scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSlTtr5NVUg
Decelerated Motion: taking place at slower speed than it did in reality
Chariots of Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSav51fVlKU
Continuity
Continuity Editing: A style of editing that maintains a continuous and seemingly uninterrupted flow of action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M8szlSa-8o
Flashback
A shot or sequence that takes the action of the story into the past
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hollows Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHolRZeQNG4
Cross-Cutting
Jumping back and forth between two or more locations, inviting us to find a relationship between two or more events
The Godfather Baptism Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CDlBLvc3YE
Montage
Montage: a rapid succession of shots assembled, usually by means of super-impositions and/or dissolves, to convey a visual effect, such as the passing of time
Creed Montage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-j8W2ffr2k
Cinema Verite
A the “reality” of the screen worway of filming real-life scenes without elaborate equipment, playing down the technical means of production (script, special lighting, etc.) and emphasizing ld
Hoop Dreams
Sound
Non-diegetic: sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action
Score
The Natural https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i94ldGNNSQ0
Sound - Diagetic
sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film:
voices of characters
sounds made by objects in the story
music represented as coming from
instruments in the story space
(filmsound.org)
Throw the ball, Joey
