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- 1. Drama and Terms
- 2. stage lighting - intentional light qualities
includingintensity, color, and direction; intentionalfunctions
including selective visibility,revelation of form, composition,
focus, mood,location and time of day, projection/stageelements, and
advance plot (script)
- 3. Stage lighting has multiple functions, including:Focus:
Directing the audience's attention to an area of thestage or
distracting them from another.Mood: Setting the tone of a scene.
Harsh red light hasa different effect than soft lavender
light.Location and time of day: Establishing or altering position
intime and space. Blues can suggest night time while orange andred
can suggest a sunrise or sunset.
- 4. Stage LightingExample:(Spotlight full. Birds singing. People
arewalking around the town.)
- 5. Camera Angle angle at which a camera is pointed at
thesubject(s) (low and high) that can greatlyinfluence audience's
interpretation of what ishappening on the screen Low = a camera
angle positioned low on thevertical axis, anywhere below the
eyeline, lookingup High = camera angle is located above the
eyeline.With this type of angle, the camera looks down onthe
subject
- 6. Look at the following images and determine thecamera angle
that is shown:12.34.
- 7. Camera Shot manner in which camera creates
audienceperceptions(point of view - shows scene from specific
pointof view of one of the characters; bridging shot -represents a
jump in time or place or otherdiscontinuity, such as newspaper
headlines orseasonal changes)
- 8. Watch the following clips from Up to answer questionsabout
point of view.1.2.
- 9. Watch the following clips from Up to answerquestions about
point of view.2.
- 10. Watch the following clips:How is a bridging shot being
used?1. Lion King
- 11. Watch the following clips:How is a bridging shot being
used?2. Twilight