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Cinematic Level. The items that make a movie a movie! What you see on film cannot be seen anywhere else!. Shot. A single, uninterrupted piece of film The image that is seen on-screen until it is replaced by another image through editing - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cinematic Level
• The items that make a movie a movie!
• What you see on film cannot be seen anywhere else!
Shot• A single, uninterrupted piece of film• The image that is seen on-screen until it is
replaced by another image through editing
• If the camera moves while still filming, but without breaks, that is still one shot
• Practice: Snap every time you see a new shot in these clips.
Rope
Mise en Scene• Pronounced: meez en sen
• Visual arrangement of all visual elements within an area
• Used to be “stage”
• Now….the screen
Armageddon
American Beauty
Framing• How the object in the shot will be
positioned and filmed.• How much of the frame of the screen
the object will occupy• Similar to cropping in photography• 3 main types
Long Shot• Object on screen appears small or far
away• Oftentimes used as an “establishing
shot”• To show where the film takes place• Location, time
• Objects and characters may seem unclear or indistinct because of a lack of detail
Long Shot
Enemy of the State
Effects of a Long Shot?
• Show where the action will take place.• Force the viewer to focus on one or
two things in focus • Those must be important
• To show that something is weak or powerless • It’s so small physically and power-ly!
The Graduate
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Close-Up • Object in focus takes up about 80% of
the screen space• Object appears very large• Forces viewer to look at ONLY what the
director intends
Close-Up
The Graduate
Effects of a Close Up?
• Object in frame is to be seen as important.• Often used as foreshadowing.• Can show characters’ reactions.• Can show emotions.• Can create tension since only a small
portion of “the real world” is on screen (while other stuff must be happening!)
Mission Impossible
Cool Hand Luke
Psycho
Medium Shot• From about the waist up• The most common and most
naturalistic framing choice• A “neutral framing”• Seems comfortable and unobtrusive
• What does unobtrusive mean?
Medium Shot
• Effects? Dodgeball
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Camera Angles• Where the camera will be placed in
relation to the subject• There are 4 main angles directors use
Low Angle• Camera is below the subject being
filmed
The Graduate
Effects of a Low Angle?
• Framed item is seen “from below.”• Item looks large = powerful• Item can be seen as
• Powerful• Dominant• Important
• Could just be about location – looking UP at something!
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
High Angle• Camera is above the subject being
filmed
Fargo
Effects of a High Angle?
• Framed item is seen “from above.”• Item looks small = weak• Item can be seen as
• Weak• Powerless• Inferior
• Could just be about location – looking DOWN at something.
Psycho
Mission Impossible
The Graduate
Psycho
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End
Eye Level• Camera is at the same level as the
subject being shot.• This is a “neutral camera angle”
Dutch Angle• Object in the frame is “canted” or
angled
The Shining
Effects of a Dutch Angle
• Object in frame is “tilted.”• Object is literally “off kilter”
• Could imply that the scene is emotionally off kilter or imbalanced.
• Situation is unstable
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
The Departed
Camera Movement • Pan
• When a camera pivots on a horizontal axis• Side to side!
• Tilt• When a camera pivots on a vertical axis• Up and down!
• Zoom• Focal length of a camera changes• More or less of an object is “framed”
• Tracking / Dolly Shots• Camera actually moves!• Could be around, into, above, or through a subject
Lighting• The principle source of light for filming• 3 main types
Low-Key Lighting• Much darkness• Many shadows
Double Indemnity
Effects of Low-Key Lighting
• Many shadows are created• Ohhh….scary!• Suspense• Uncertainty• Doubt
Shakespeare in Love
High-Key Lighting• Brightness• Openness• Lack of shadows
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Effects of High-Key Lighting
• No shadows• Everything is washed in full light
• Excitement• “On the level” - honest
Bottom / Side / Back Lighting
• When the light source is either from the bottom, side, or back of the subject.
• Certain features are highlighted (no pun intended)
The Graduate
Frost / Nixon
Effects of Bottom / Side / Back Lighting
• Certain features are highlighted.• Creates suspense• Could signify that a character is multi
faceted• “Two-faced”• Complex
Front Lighting• From directly in front of the subject• Creates a bit of a “halo effect”
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sound• An integral component of the film
experience.• Imagine a scary movie with the sound
turned down; it just seems silly!
Diegetic Sound• Pronounced - die-uh-je-tik• Any sound that could be logically
heard by a character within the film.• If a character speaks or a cat growls• The characters in the film and the
audience hear roughly the same thing• (Or could hear the same thing)
Nondiegetic Sound• Sound that cannot be logically heard
by a character.• Soundtrack!• Intended only for the audience• Voice-over narration is included in this
categoryTrack 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Editing• Methods by which a director chooses to
move from one shot to another.
• The point is to make cuts but for them to be SUBTLE!
Fade• When the on-screen image slowly fades away to
white or black• Slow transition• Not realistic
• Effects?• Time has passed. • Amount depends on the length of time in black
Dissolve• Image slowly fades out• Before fading completely out – new image fades in• Slow transition
• Effects?• The first scene leads to the next.• The two are connected in some way.
Crosscut• Parallel editing• Cut from one scene immediately to another
• Effects?• Scenes are happening at the same time.• Can create suspense!
Eye-Line Match• Also called a point of view shot• Camera cuts to what the person is looking at
as if through their eyes
• Effects?• Puts viewer in the shoes of a character.