Monday, January 31, 2011

EXPLANATION OF SHOT TYPES

Wide Shot - Body Language
Medium Shot - interview, news reading
Close up - to show their emotions, focus on the character
Extreme close up - Often used in genres like horror movies, distort the charactersubject
Low angle - to create control or power
High angle - looking up at the character makes the other character powerful
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The space around the subject creates a different meaning
Too Much Headroom - Sad - side profile, alienation
Too Little Headroom - Body movement, Mostly seen in rap music videos

LOW ANGLE SHOT

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Over her shoulder, its really dark and the lighting on the frog potrays (Good vs Evil) in both characters
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 LOW ANGLE & WIDE SHOT
 To give some other perspective, its a short, long and wide, shows the setting and how short the man is.
Visual Clues: to create the sense of the height, is based in a office, the man is trying to open up the carbinet.
"Loose talk is Noose talk" - Trying to escape from a mental institution, he's dressed in a while lab coat

MAD HATTER
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MEDIUM, CLOSE SHOT
Focusing on the mad hatter's head, the close shot introduces the character and sets the shot
Props/costumes and makeup
Gloomy background
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 LOW ANGLE & MEDIUM SHOT
Visual Clues : War background, boss of the office, dressed in the old fashioned years
Overall meaning: He seems like he's thinking about the object he's holding
Emotions: Thinking, up to something

Sunday, January 30, 2011

TERMINOLOGY

SHOT
A shot ia a continuous piece of filming without interruption from the time the camera is turned on and starts filming until is turned off.
  • In general most shots last for no more than about 10 seconds
  • The camera or subjects may move during a shot
 EDIT
An edit is a break in the film where one shot ends and the next shot begins

The four common types of edit are: 
  •  Cuts 
  • Dissolves 
  • Fades 
  • Wipes (Occasionally)
Edit types are selected to suit genre of the film and emotional intetion of the shot.


A SCENE
A scene is a collection of shots with a range of cuts .

FILM-NOLOGY & ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS OF CINEMA
  • Emotional experience
  • Entertainment
  • Learn : Historic Events
  • Story
  • Perspective human condition, relation to characters
  • Visually connect with characters
Is Cinema or film a text? (Elements)
  • Storyline
  • Setting
  • Characters
  • Sound
  • Images 
  • Lighting
  • Shot type
  • Props: colour scheme & Objects
The First Basic Rule 
Cinema is a visual art form. Cinema is not literature. A film is not a novel.
  • However, a film is a text, ust as a play poem or novel is a text.
  • Although the storyline is essential, when reading a film you must be able to examine, interpret and analyze the visual elements and style.