FILM: THE MOVING IMAGE

FILM:FILM: THE MOVING IMAGETHE MOVING IMAGE

““There is something magical There is something magical about films. The person you are about films. The person you are looking at is also somewhere looking at is also somewhere else at the same time. That is a else at the same time. That is a condition of the god.”condition of the god.”

- - Joseph CampbellJoseph Campbell

MOTION PICTURESMOTION PICTURES

The MoviesThe Movies

one stop removed from:one stop removed from:• photographyphotography• comics / cartoonscomics / cartoons

THOMAS EDISONTHOMAS EDISON

Thomas EdisonThomas Edison

THOMAS EDISONTHOMAS EDISON

18911891 – – Fred Ott’s Fred Ott’s SneezeSneeze

LUMIERE BROTHERSLUMIERE BROTHERS

18941894 – August and Louis Lumiere– August and Louis Lumiere CinematographeCinematographe

LUMIERE BROTHERSLUMIERE BROTHERS

1895 1895

GEORGE MELIESGEORGE MELIES

DW GRIFFITHDW GRIFFITH EpicsEpics

Helped foundHelped found

COLOR vs. B/WCOLOR vs. B/W The Great Train RobberyThe Great Train Robbery

The World, the Flesh and the The World, the Flesh and the DevilDevil

GERMAN FILMGERMAN FILM

Leni RiefenstahlLeni Riefenstahl

TECH SPECSTECH SPECS

Projection RateProjection Rate

VitaphoneVitaphone

PhonofilmPhonofilm

TECH SPECSTECH SPECS

CineramaCinerama

CinemaScopeCinemaScope

Imax / OmnimaxImax / Omnimax

TECH SPECSTECH SPECS

““Pan and Scan”Pan and Scan”

LetterboxLetterbox

TECH SPECSTECH SPECS

2. Shot2. Shot

1. Frame1. Frame

TECH SPECSTECH SPECS

Shots can be:Shots can be: StaticStatic

• camera, lens does not movecamera, lens does not move DynamicDynamic

• camera, lens camera, lens manipulated and manipulated and maneuveredmaneuvered

FILM EDITINGFILM EDITING

WipeWipe

DissolveDissolve

FILM EDITINGFILM EDITING

Fade-Out / Fade-In *Fade-Out / Fade-In *

Defocus ShotDefocus Shot

Rack Focus *Rack Focus *

FILM EDITINGFILM EDITING

CutCut

Quick Cutting *Quick Cutting *

FILM EDITINGFILM EDITING

Zoom Shot *Zoom Shot *

Reaction ShotReaction Shot

Montage *Montage *

CAMERA EFFECTSCAMERA EFFECTS

PanPan

TiltTilt

Tracking Shot (crane shot) *Tracking Shot (crane shot) *

TruckTruck

CAMERA EFFECTSCAMERA EFFECTS

Dolly-In *Dolly-In *

Dolly-OutDolly-Out

Tracking Shot (crane shot)Tracking Shot (crane shot)

CAMERA EFFECTSCAMERA EFFECTS

Deep FocusDeep Focus

Shallow FocusShallow Focus

SOUND IN FILMSOUND IN FILM

The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer – 1927– 1927

SpeechSpeech

SOUND IN FILMSOUND IN FILM

Noise Noise

MusicMusic

FILM ARCHETYPESFILM ARCHETYPES

Film reflects archetypes, mythsFilm reflects archetypes, myths

Genres:Genres:

NOW…NOW…

Let’s look at some examples!Let’s look at some examples!