An annotated script with added shots, angles, camera movements, lighting, blocking, music, etc.
What is the shooting/Director's script?
100
any object or element repeated for meaning
What is visual motif?
100
1. The rectangle comes from the theater
2. Classical Framing – 1.33:1 (4x3) – the Edison/Lumiere ratio
3. Widescreen Framing – 1.85:1 (5.5x3) – standard since 1950s, HD television
4. Anamorphic/Cinemascope/Panavision – 2.35:1 (7.05x3)
What is Aspect Ratio?
100
staying on the same side of the plane
What is the 180 degree rule?
200
Technology, Business, Art/Entertainment, Cultural Product
What is the 4 sides of a film?
200
1. what the film is about
and a. the idea behind or attitude toward the subject
What are - subject and theme of a film?
200
Key Light, Fill Light, Back Light
What is 3 Point Lighting?
200
the arrangement of objects and players in relation to each other within the frame.
What is Proxemic Patterns (element of Staging)?
200
there must be a shift of at least 30 degrees in size and/or angle between shots (otherwise it feels like a mistake)
What is the 30 degree rule?
300
The human mind holds an image for a fraction of a second after you see an image – creates the illusion of motion
What is Persistence of Vision?
300
Omniscient
First Person - Inside and Outside
Third Person
Multiple
What is the types of Literary Point of View?
300
1. Can be studio-built, location, and/or computer generated.
2. something used to move the story forward; used by actors
3. Design elements of the set
What is Decor, Props, and Set Dressing?
300
1. The black frame helps draw attention, distinguishes from the background
2. Working within boundaries; all art works within borders
3. Selecting and ordering from life
What is Framing?
300
connects the movement between shots
What is cutting on movement?
400
Invented by Dr. John Paris, spinning coin that makes the bird appear in the cage from the other side.
What is a Thaumatrope?
400
off- and on-screen stories about the player
Actors bring their previous work and baggage to their roles
What is player's mythology?
400
1. the emotional overtone, the feeling conveyed
2. physical sensations, sensory – smells, weather, etc.
What is Mood and Atmosphere?
400
1. The relationship between the spectacle/subject and the spectator/camera
2. Depends on the distance of the camera from the objects it is photographing and on the focal length of the lens.
a. Read about lens in the Reader.
What is Proxemic Patterns outside the frame?
400
creates spatial discontiguity and temporal discontinuity. i.e. jump cuts
What is breaking the continuity rules of editing (discontinuity)?
500
Astonishment, Novelty, Realism, Urbanization, Affordability, Accessibility, Clean, Narrative, Community, Tapped into human dreams, hopes, fears, instincts, and pleasures.
What are the reasons films caught on?
500
Dialogue, Action, Business
What is elements of a player's performance?
500
1. Something objective/physical/concrete used to convey something subjective/spiritual/abstract
2. Essentially, a visual metaphor
What is an objective correlative?
500
a. The spatial relationships among the elements in the frame.
b. i.e. Placing two actors right next to each other in the frame versus far apart.
What is Proxemic Patterns (inside the frame?)
500
1. A juxtaposition of shots
2. Creates a psychological effect; invokes a concept that is not present in either of the two shots by themselves