FILM
What is mise-en-scene
It's the look and feel of the film, director, production designer, director of photography, art director, various costume, makeup, and hair stylists, set and location, costume and props, lighting, composition, performance and movement.
What is a medium close up?
Medium close up: shows a character from about the middle of the to the top of the head
What is a medium shot?
Medium shot: usually shows characters from the waist up.
What is a Zoom lens?
variable-focal-length-lens: allows one to shrink or enlarge focal length in one continuous motion.
Internal diegetic sound
why can we hear it in the dining room, why is this one so loud of elevated railway captures michael psychological turbulence as he decides to murder. is that which comes from inside the mind of a character and is therefore subjective.
What is a Short-focal-length lens?
wide-angle lens: wide perspective, deep focus, can distort if lens is very short.
What is a Shooting angle?
" the level and height of the camera in relation to the subject being photographed"
What is a Narrative?
"A narrative is a story" "narrative moves are fiction films" A first-person narrator is a character in the narrative who typically imparts information in the forms of voice narration Here, we hear a characters voice over the picture without actually seeing the character speak the words, we hear one from of narrative,, while the camera simultaneously provides us with another from of narrative.
What is Cinematography?
"Cinema" derived from greek word kinesis, from this we get both "cinema" and "cinematography" Cinematography= " writing" with "motion" Cinematography was directly related to the invention of still photography and chronophotography.
What are Animated movies?
Animated Movies: On of the most important forms of filmmaking, history dates back to earliest years of film, most are essentially fictional narratives, sometimes used to illustrate documentary material, some experimental films are made up entirely of animated material.
What is Film Stock?
Black and white and color film In the 1920s and the 1930s the first important subtractive color system became available. Colours we see are different wavelength of light. Red blue and green are the primary colours. Television provides a direct challenge to cinema, film had to lure audience back into movies theatres, films played up its differences from television: colour, larger screens, widescreen formats, 3D, theatre sounds, and no commercials either.
What is Composition in relation to mise-en-scene
Composition: is the organized, distribution, balance, and general relationship actors and object within the space of each shot" mise-en-scene draws attentions to itself, sometimes it's not meant to naturalistic.
What are Costume in relation to mise-en-scene
Costume : variant on props that is closely connected to character, can reveal sociological and psychological meaning.
What is Design in relation to mise-en-scene
Design: is the process by which the look of the setting.
What are Documentary movies?
Documentary Movies: nonfiction filmmaking, most documentaries are also narrative- based, this shouldn't surprise us-- many forms of nonfiction literature are also based in storytelling,historical,memoirs,biographics.
What are Experimental movies?
Experimental Movies: shun the conventions of fictional narrative filmmaking and documentary filmmaking. Although they sometimes overlap with these other forms.experiment with new techniques and new forms of expression. non- commercial and highly personal.
What is a First person narrative?
First person narrative is a point of view (who is telling a story) where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing.
What are Genre type movies?
Genre: french word that just means "kind" or "type", is related to word genus which is used in the biological sciences. Genre change over time, they rise and fall. Film Noir, westerns, musicals, horror films. etc gangster, film noir, science fiction, horror, westerns, musical.
What are Home movies?
Home Movies: millions have been made since the 1920s, especially one of the most signnificant forms of filmakming, just as a amatuer photogrpahs are one of the most important forms of photography. The roots of so much of today's online video culture
What are the types of movies?
Narrative movies: works in pure imagination, they may be set in recognizable location or time period, but more of the characters or situation depicted have any direct or obvious basis in reality, pure fantasy. Based on true stories and actual events, but have been embellished, dramatized, or reorganized in order to satisfy your desire for compelling stories
What is key light?
One bright source highlights what's most important in the scene (key light) One source provides light that is les bright, but helps fill in details( fill light) Key light: is often used to create sense of glamour, generally highlights sthe most beautiful characters,direct our attentions as viewers.
What is Performance and Movement in relation to mise-en-scene
Performance and movement: how actors are placed, how they are choreographed, what gestures they make, what expressions and emotions they convey.
What are Props in relation to mise-en-scene
Props: object that take on added narrative importance, often become an active and essential part of the narrative, help to convey additional meaning.
What are the different types of camera angles and height?
Shooting angles, Eye-level-shot, High-angle shot, Low angle shot, Dutch-angle shot
What are the 5 different types of lenses?
Short-focal-length lens, Long-focal -length lens, Medium-focal-length lens, Zoom lens, Depth of field
What are the 3 key terms when it comes to shooting a movie?
Shot: one uninterrupted run of the camera, the recording on film,video, or other medium, resulting from that run. Take: refers to the number of the times a particular shot is taken, some directors like to work fast and try to get the shot they are looking for on the first or second take. Setup: is one camera position and everything associated with it, if the shot is the basic building block of film, the setup is the basic component of a film production process
What is shot duration?
Since the classical approach to editing was first established in the 1910s, most films have consisted of shots of a rather short duration, the average shot length is 10 second. Long takes: are shots that last significantly longer than this average, sometimes even minutes long. The sequence shot is a long take that is combined with a variety of shots, angles, and movements, eliminating multiple set-ups,but required careful planning and execution
What are the 10 types of sound?
Sound design, Synchronous sound, External diegetic sound, Internal diegetic sound, Diegetic sound, Nondiegetic sound, External diegetic sound, Internal diegetic sound, Ambient sound, Foley sound
What are Sponsored and Industrial films?
Sponsored and Industrial films: public service announcements, educational and instructional films, public relations film, advertising.
What is three point lighting?
Three point lighting: one source lights character from the back heightening definition) backlighting)
What are the different types of camera movements?
Tracking shot, Handheld tracking shot, Zoom-in shot, Crane shot, Omniscient POV, Single character's POV, Group POV
What is a Zoom-in shot?
a shot that is accomplished through the magnification of a zoom lens to zero in on an person or object.
What is a Handheld tracking shot
a type of roaming shot that is somewhat to very shaky because it is hand-held
What is Anti-realism?
an interest in or concern for the abstract, speculative, or fantastic
What is Realism?
an interest in or concern for the actual or real, a tendency to view or represent things as they really are
What is Point-of-view editing?
another common practice within the continuity style, rarely, scenes/sequences are edited exclusively from one particular point of view, more commonly films will switch back and forth between a single- character and an omniscient point of view.
What are Flat characters?
are two-dimensional characterizations
What is a close up shot?
close-up : framed from the shoulder up, often someone's full head or most of their head, or used to isolate an important detail.
What is an extreme close up shot?
even tighter framing--just a characters, eyes from instance
What is a Long shot?
generally contains the full body of one or more characters
What is Group POV?
gives us the impression of a group perspective
What is Single character's POV?
gives us the impression of a single character's perspective.
What does Duration mean?
is another important consideration when it comes to narrative, most traditional films take place in artificial cinematic time and not in real time
What is Screen direction?
is another key concern of continuity editing.
Ambient sound
is sound that "emanates from the ambience( or background) of the setting or environment being filmed"
Nondiegetic sound
is sound that comes from a source outside that reality and which we can hear but the character onscreens cannot.
Diegetic sound
is sound that comes from a source within the reality of the film were watching.
Foley sound
is sound that is recorded in ta studio in synch with the picture
External Diegetic sound
is sound that we as the audience understand as having a physical source in the scene
What is Sound design?
is the art of creating sound for a film.
What is the Protagonist?
main character of the story, is the character at the heart of a story, who proels the story, are also heros.
What do fundundamentals of realism would consist of things like?
naturalistic performances and dialogue modest, unembellished sets and settings storylines that portray the everyday lives of "ordinary" peope preference for diegetic sound over non-diegetic sound
What is External diegetic sound?
of elevated railway heightened sense of anxiety as michael searches nervously for gun.
What is a Medium-focal-length lens?
often known as " normal lens" corresponds to our normal perspective.
What is lighting?
one of the most expressive elements in film, can convey moods and meanings , can draw our attention to specific characters or things, but can also obscure and hide.
What is Real time?
screen duration corresponds directly to plot duration.
What is Stretch relationship?
screen duration is longer than plot duration.
What is Summary relationship?
screen duration is shorter than plot duration.
What is an Establishing shot?
sets the scene, often shot from a distance) sometimes an extreme long shot)
What is a Crane shot?
shot taken from an elevating arm that is mounted on a vehicle and able to move on its own.
What is Omniscient POV?
shows what the omniscient camera and/or omniscient narrator sees often taken from high-angle or ultra-high-angle(so-called "god shot")
What is a Depth of Field lens?
some shots exhib shallow depth of field, with one person or object crystal-clear in the foreground, and the background out of focus, such shot direct our vision, tells us where to focus our attention.
What is Synchronous sound?
sound recorded at the same time that the image is recorded on film, sound that emanates from the scene seen on film and that is perfectly synchronized with this image
What is a High-angle shot?
taken from above the action, often emphasized observers relative superiority.
What is a Low-angle shot?
taken from below the action, often emphasizes the observed relative superiority.
What is an Eye-level shot?
taken from observer eye level
What is a Long-focal-length lens?
telephoto lens: brings distance object close, can compress space.
What is ontology?
the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being
What is Montage?
the french term for "editing"
What is a Dutch angle shot?
tilted away from typical horizontal and vertical positions, creating impression of imbalance.
What is special effects?
traditionally, special effects were the domain of the cinematography.
What is a Tracking shot?
type of dolly shot that moves smoothly along with the action
