FILM AND THE OTHER ARTS
Everything you see on the screen
(Ex. costumes, acting, sets, lighting, etc)
What is "Mise-en-scene"?
A single image you see on the screen before the film cuts to a different image.
Voice of a narrator or commentator that can't be heard by other characters.
"Voice of God"
Turning a Jane Austen novel into a film is an example of this.
What is "adaptation"?
The arrangement or construction of a STORY's events in a certain order or structure
A shot that remains on a scene or an object for an unusually long time. (ex. Old Boy - corridor fight scene, Kingsman - church fight scene)
What is "long take"?
(+What is a "long shot"?)
This determines WHAT you see and HOW you see it on the screen.
(HINT: camera position - distance/angle)
Shots that begin a scene or sequence as a way of LOCATING a scene clearly in a certain place.
What is "establishing shot"?
Background music during a romantic scene is an example of this.
What is "nondiegetic sound"?
Has its source in the narrative world of the film
(ex. character breaks into song)