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Film Terminology. English Language Arts. Literary Aspects of Film. Those aspects that films share with literature: plot characters setting themes point of view recurring images symbols. Questions to ask when viewing on a Literary Level:. Who are the characters?
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Film Terminology English Language Arts
Literary Aspects of Film • Those aspects that films share with literature: • plot • characters • setting • themes • point of view • recurring images • symbols
Questions to ask when viewing on a Literary Level: • Who are the characters? • What is the setting? • What is the plot? • From whose point of view is the story told? • What is the film’s theme? • Are there any symbols or recurring images?
Dramatic Aspects of Film • Those elements film shares with live drama: • actors portraying characters through dialogue, costumes, and makeup • sets and/or locations • directors who leave personal stamp on final product
Questions to ask when viewing on a dramatic level: • How effective is the acting? Why? • How does the set affect understanding and enjoyment of the story? • How are the costumes and makeup effective in establishing a character?
Cinematic Aspects of Film • Elements unique to film • Requires some knowledge of technical terms
Other Ways to Organize a Film Study • Genre Studies • Film History • National Cinema (Culture, Politics, Etc.) • Auteurs (Directors) • Foreign Films • Thematically
Low Angle (l/a) • Camera is located below subject matter • Increases height and powerof subject The Patriot
“Eye-Level” • Roughly 5 to 6 feet off the ground, the way an actual observer might view a scene • Most common, like walking down the street
High Angle (h/a) • Camera looks down at what is being photographed • Takes away power of subject, makes it insignificant • Gives a general overview High Noon
Crane Shot • a crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a crane. • The most obvious uses are to view the actors from above or to move up and away from them, a common way of ending a movie.
Aerial Shot or Bird’s Eye View • Camera is placed directly overhead • Extremely disorienting • Viewer is godlike • usually done with a crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes Beverly Hills Girl Scouts
Subjective or Point of View (POV) • A shot taken from the vantage point a particular character, or what a character sees Hollow Man
Cross Cutting • an editing technique most often used in films to establish action occurring at the same time in two different locations. • In a cross-cut, the camera will cut away from one action to another action, which can suggest the simultaneity of these two actions
Extreme Close-Up (ECU) • A shot of a small object or part of a face that fills the screen Rocky Horror Picture Show The Saint In London
Close-Up (CU) • A shot of a small object or face that fills the screen • Adds importance to object photographed Under Pressure
Medium Shot (MS) • (Also relative) a shot between a long shot and a close-up that might show two people in full figure or several people from the waist up The Talented Mr. Ripley
Long Shot (LS) • (A relative term) A shot taken from a sufficient distance to show a landscape, a building, or a large crowd Austin Powers and the Spy Who Shagged Me
Establishing Shot (or Extreme Long Shot) • Shot taken from a great distance, almost always an exterior shot, shows much of locale • ELS Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
Pan • The camera moves horizontally on a fixed base.
Tilt • The camera points up or down from a fixed base
Zoom (Zoom In/Out) • Not a camera movement, but a shift in the focal length of the camera lens to give the impression that the camera is getting closer to or farther from an object
Tracking (dolly) shot • The camera moves through space on a wheeled truck (or dolly), but stays in the same plane of motion • Dolly shot
Hand Held Camera • a film and video technique in which a camera is literally held in the camera-operator's hands--as opposed to being placed on a tripod. • The result is an image that is perceptibly shakier than that of a tripod-mounted camera.
High Key Light • a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. • High-key lighting is usually quite homogeneous and free from dark shadows.
Low Key Light • attempts to create a chiaroscuro (contrast between light and dark) effect. • accentuates the contours of an object by throwing areas into shade while a fill light or reflector may illuminate the shadow areas to control contrast.
Back Lighting • the process of illuminating the subject from the back. • lights foreground elements from the rear, is not to be confused with a background light, which lights background elements (such as scenery).