Continuity rules
A rule by which a camera should not cross over a 180 degree line through the middle of two characters
What is the 180 degree rule?
This is how you pronounce Mise en Scene
What is meez awn sen
Where you place your character in the frame, and the effect it has on the audience
What is positioning?
The difference in lighting or color between the subject of a shot and its background
What is contrast?
The position you place your characters to interact with the camera
What is blocking?
Cutting in the middle of an action only to finish that action in the next shot
What is matching to action?
Everything that is physically part of a shot
What is mise en scene?
Makes a character look small, insignificant, easy to beat up
What is bottom positioning?
The level of visual interest a frame has in a localized region
What is visual weight?
The way an actor holds themselves to reflect their character's role in a scene
Rules that make it easier for the audience to follow a production
What is continuity?
This is NOT included in mise en scene
What is editing?
What is music?
What is sound?
Makes a character feel large, intimidating, scary
What is top positioning?
The first place your eyes go in a given shot
What is the dominant contrast?
A drawn shot by shot plan of how you plan to shoot a scene
What is a storyboard?
Shots of a conversation that make the characters look like they're facing each other
The horizontal and vertical dimensions of a frame
What is aspect ratio?
The most obvious but least artistic framing for a shot
What is center frame positioning?
The second place your eyes go in a given shot
What is the subsidiary contrast?
What is a floor plan?
The clip we watched in class that shows how to break 180 degree rule was from this movie
What is The Shining?
Standard aspect ratio
What is 4:3?
Makes a character feel mysterious
What is edge of frame positioning?
Empty or unfilled space. Used often to silhouette a character
What is negative space?
What is Baby Driver?