Camera shots
& Movement
& Movement
This shot is taken from the view of the person looking/speaking .
What is a Point of view shot? (POV)
an instant change from one scene to another.
What is a Cut?
are a form of exposition, plot development, and character traits
What do props symbolize?
Music included in a film that wasn't created specifically for the film.( for example, a song by a popular artist.)
What is soundtrack?
connection between two genres (dramedy: drama/comedy, action-comedy, etc.)
What is genre-mixing?
A shot in which an actor might appear very small against the landscape (used to emphasize the size of the character vs setting).
What is a wide shot?
an outdated film technique often used to close out a scene
what is iris?
everyday wear make-up.
What is Naturalistic make-up?
It is produced to enhance the realism of the scene.
What is the Foley Process?
They view it as formulaic but they are actually best used to describe and analyze films.
Why would reviewers dismiss genre?
a shot taken with a tilted horizon, often used to signify imbalance or uncertainty, but sometimes for aesthetic effect.
What is a canted angle?
Puts seemingly unrelated images together in order to convey a certain feeling or idea and evokes emotion and meaning
What is Intellectual Montage?
Illumination that permits us to see the action.
Composition of each shot guides our attention to certain objects and actions.
what are the two purposes lighting serves?
The opposite of harmony.
What is dissonance?
Plot patterns, character type, setting and theme.
What are genre conventions?
The camera body turning to the left or right on a stationary tripod.
What is a pan?
Editing to control the time of the action in the film and shapes chronology, also controlling chronology can affect story through plot relations.
What is Temporal Relations between Shot A and Shot B?
difference between the lightest and darkest part of an image is high, level of contrasts. Strong shadows with deep blacks, punctuated with area by highlights, Genre: Drama, mystery, suspense, horror
What is low key lighting?
Sound which does not have its source within the ‘world of the film’,ex:mood music, voice-over addressed to the audience.
What is non-Diegetic sound?
Monster”: dead, alive, supernatural, etc
victims
Hero: “Final girl”, police, daylight
genre conventions of horror character types
involves the camera being mounted on a crane or job. It enables a high wide perspective, to be achieved and a large scale tracking shot to be accomplished .
What is a crane shot?
Editing to offer and provide distinct rhythm and offer tension. Speed of the cuts.
Rhythmic Relations between Shot A and Shot B
Color
Quality
Direction
Source
four aspects of lighting?
In film and TV this may be used interchangeably with sound scape , but in audio work it usually refers to music played in low in the mix in order to create mood or atmosphere.
What is soundbed used for?
Straight Musical
Backstage Musical:
Children’s Films and Animated Features
Types of musicals