Eng 185: Intro to Film USI
close-up
head of a person
cinematographer
in charge of camera and lightening
Planting Information
info is given, but does not become important until later on.
Exposition scene
sets up the characters, goals, deadline and setting.
establising shot
shows you where scene is going to take place
Atomic Blonde
spy movie set in the 1989's, Berlin, London, Charlize Theron, based on graphic novel. Sexy, cool vibe. 80's music, desaturated color, goal is to get the "list."
Cairn shot
using cairn to move camera up and down
The 5 Questions
what is the Story What is the Style What is the sub-text What is the context What do I not understand?
whip pan
An extremely fast movement of the camera from side to side, which briefly causes the image to blur into a set of indistinct horizontal streaks.
long shot
A framing in which the scale of the object shown is small; a standing human figure would appear nearly the height of the screen. Shot from far away
Medium shot
A relatively close shot, revealing the human figure from the knees or waist up. About 1/2 of the person.
Shot reverse shot
A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character, taken from the reverse angle of the first shot. "Conversation shot"
Mr. Woodcock
Comedy that focuses on successful self help author John Farley after he comes back to his home town to get the key of the city at "Cornavil," only to find out that his mom is dating his middle school gym teacher, Mr. Woodstock.
Panning/ titling shot
Panning: left to right (like a panorama) Tilting: up/down
director
The person who oversees the entire process of staging a production and the performances of actors and the camera.
producer
This person is considered very powerful because they control the movies budget
Genre
"type" Genres have exceptions, rules. Sometimes that is mistaken for cliches. Hollywood gives the public different variations of the same movie.
Highkey/Lowkey Lighting
(amount of light in a scene) high-key: bright lowkey: dark
Film Reviewing
Bais, opinion based, liked or disliked
Title in Atomic Blonde
Bomb: cold war, Atomic bomb, Lorraine is dangerous. Inspired on the song "Atomic" by the popular 80's band, Blondie.
Static
Camera is fixed, not moving or changing, lacking vitality
High/low camera angle
High: camera is aimed looking down (above eye level) Low: camera is looking up
Film projector
Invented in 1895 35mm 24 frames/second 90 ft/min
Themes in Mr. Woodcock
Masculinity, toughness, females in the movie are portrayed as sad, pathetic.
Non-Diegentic Music
Music that the characters cannot hear, only for the audience. Lyrics could reference what is going on.
Diegentic Music
Music that the characters in the movie can hear, a part of the movie, or plot.
subjective shot
No one else but that one character sees this shot
dolly shot
a shot in which the camera is moved on a wheeled dolly that follows a determined course. Camera is moving
long take
a single shot that is on the screen for a very long time
screenplay
adaption of a book or play made for the screen
editor
assembles images and sounds
Film Criticism/Analysis
attempts to identify some of what the movie does or says and answers some of the questions the movie raises. Not concerned with liking/disliking the movie.
tracking shot
camera is following (tracking) something
