Miscellaneous
Name at least 3 literary aspects of film
Plot
Characters
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Setting
Theme
Point of view
Recurring Images
Symbols
A shot
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Single uninterrupted piece of film
90-95% of shots
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Eye Level
When the audience and characters hear the same thing
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Diegetic sound
Blink of the eye
Cut
An example of an element that film shares with drama
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1) Actors portraying characters through dialogue, costumes, and make-up
2) Sets and/or locations
3) Directors who leave a personal stamp on project
When a subject takes up nearly 80% of the screen
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A close up
Angle where subject looks strong, powerful, and threatening
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A low angle
Flashlight under the chin look
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Bottom/side lighting
Cut to action happening simultaneously
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The crosscut
To pay special attention to those areas of the film we consider important and to draw conclusions from their experience with the film
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Active viewer
Greater sense of reality of how our eyes work
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Deep focus
This camera movement communicates distance, size, and strength
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Tilt
Internal Diegetic Sound
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When the sound is only heard by one person
Known as the point of view shot
The eye-line match
Mise-en-scene'
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Describes what's on stage: sets, costume, lightening, acting
Glamour Shots
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Soft Focus
Often used to introduce a setting
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Pan
Good for film noir
Low key-lighting
Shorter takes create excitement and suspense
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Duration/rhythm
Classic Hollywood Framing Sequence
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Long shot, move into medium shot, and then close up
Rack shot
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When focus is shifted from one shot to another in one shot
Also called a "canter" angle
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A Dutch angle
Lighting that suggests innocence
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Front/rear lighting
3 types of focalization
Subjective, authorial, and neutral