Film lighting 2
Illumination coming from one side of a person or object. Often used to create a sense of volume.
What is sidelighting?
The text (diaologue, information about setting, etc.) that appears onscreen in a silent film.
What are intertitles?
This is Cinerama (1952)
What is cinerama? (multiple cameras, multiple projectors, multiple screens)
Any sound (voice, music, sound effect) that is presented as coming from within the world of the film.
What is diegetic sound?
Characterized by critics turned filmmakers, an awarness of film as a medium, and existential themes.
What is the French New Wave?
Illumination from below a figure, the kind you might use to tell scary campfire stories.
What is underlighting?
It refers to all of the elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed in a film: the settings and props, lighting, costumes and makeup, and character behavior.
What is mise-en-scene?
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
What is Cinemascope? (anamorphic lenses)
Any sound (score, narration) that seems to come from a source outside of the world of the film.
What is non-diegetic sound?
Characterized by working class protagonists, on-site shooting, and open-ended narratives.
What is Italian Neorealism?
Light from above a person or object. Outlines the upper areas of a figure or separates if from the background.
What is top lighting?
A film technique that combines foreground action filmed in a studio with background action filmed earlier in order to give the impression that both components are happening simultaneously in the same location.
What is rear projection?
Ben-Hur (1959)
What is 70mm film?
An opaque screen placed in the camera or printer that blocks off part of the frame and changes the shape of the photographed image by leaving part of the frame a solid color. Can be used to create a widescreen effect or a vignette, as two examples.
What is a mask?
Characterized by the principles of continuity editing, the three-point lighting system, and the studio system.
What is Classical Hollywood?
Early twentieth century film movement defined in part by its use of strong shadows.
What is German Expressionism?
Use of the camera operator's body as a camera support when filming. This technique required the development of smaller, more portable cameras. The effect it creates in film is often a very shaky or immediate image which creates a sense of action or a strong first-person, subjective view.
What is handheld camera?
Napoleon (1927)
What is Polyvision? (multiple cameras, multiple projectors, multiple screens)
A film process in which different areas of the image (usually actors and setting) are photographed separately and combined in laboratory work.
What is matte work?
Characterized by two main groups of filmmakers, fast production, and saturated primary colors.
What is Hong Kong Cinema (1980s and 1990s)?