Micro features
Micro Features
Cinematography
-lighting
-Camera movement
Track
back
in
left
right
with
behind
tilt
up
down
dolly
zoom
In
out
crane
up
down
pan
static
-shot size
-camera angle
Canted, oblique or dutch angle - used to show
Shallow depth of field -
Deep depth of field - tracking back to show the bigger image and keep everything in focus
A wide angle 28 mm lens was used
also orwell used dealings in his sets
Canted, oblique or dutch angle - used to show
Shallow depth of field -
Deep depth of field - tracking back to show the bigger image and keep everything in focus
A wide angle 28 mm lens was used
also orwell used dealings in his sets
Editing
The kuleshov effect
it was made in the 1920s
is a concept where whatever you put after a cut helps to tell about the character as a person by their reaction to what they see this can help give the audience a better understanding on the personality of the character ad form their opinion on that character.
The cutting room floor
A technique in film editing in which series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time and information
Graphic matching
The creation of strong visual similarity between shots, encouraging audiences to make connections between them
The kuleshov effect
it was made in the 1920s
is a concept where whatever you put after a cut helps to tell about the character as a person by their reaction to what they see this can help give the audience a better understanding on the personality of the character ad form their opinion on that character.
The cutting room floor
A technique in film editing in which series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time and information
Graphic matching
The creation of strong visual similarity between shots, encouraging audiences to make connections between them
Mise-en-scène
Sound
Performance
A jump cut is in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly if at all. This type of edit gives the effect of jumping forward in time
Elliptical editing: whereby parts of the story are purposely omitted, leaving the audience to 'fill the gaps'
Cross cutting: editing that alternates between two or more spheres of action occurring in different places, often simultaneously
Cuts and transitions
(straight) cut
dissolve
fade
wipe
dip (to black/white)
A jump cut is in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly if at all. This type of edit gives the effect of jumping forward in time
Elliptical editing: whereby parts of the story are purposely omitted, leaving the audience to 'fill the gaps'
Cross cutting: editing that alternates between two or more spheres of action occurring in different places, often simultaneously
Cuts and transitions
(straight) cut
dissolve
fade
wipe
dip (to black/white)
Macro features
Narrative
Genre
Representation
Ideology
When a film gives a certain look or feel this area of film is known as aesthetics
Lighting
3 point light set up
back light - low intensity
Key light - brightest
fill light - medium intensity
low-key lighting
high-key lighting
natural lighting
chiaroscuro - in which harsh lighting creates contrast between areas of light and shade; used extensively in film noir as well as in many horror films
using lighting to make a shadow
Sound
Music can just very gently suggest that what you're seeing has got a larger resonance than just the two or three people there
"music is the whore of the film industry"
Contrapuntal sound
Music that seems to clash with the onscreen action, thereby creating a particular effect on the audience
parallel sound
Musical motif: a short repeated pattern of music
Leitmotif: a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea or situation
Major = happy
Minor = sad
Modal
Diagetic (happens in the films world (diegesis)= noises that happen within the films world
Non-diagetic = Voice over/ soundtrack
Misdirection = when the audience is miss directed
Hypereal sound = amplified and over exaggerated sound
Synchronous sound - sounds that match what we can see on screen
Asynchronous sound - sounds not matched with a visible source
Dissonance - unpleasant sounds lacking harmony
Sound bridge - where sound carries over from one scene to the next
Ambient sound - sounds of a given location
Soundscape - a sound or combination of sounds arising from a particular environment
Background music
Aesthetics
the aesthetics is therefore the distinctive look or style of a film an example is schinlers list with the blue jacket or tim burton films being muted, dark goth
Wes anderson = limited colour pallet and symmetrical
Performance
- melodrama - exaggerated
- Naturalism - daily routine - realism
- Comedic - Will Ferrell
The star consists of
- the real person
the 'reel' person
the stars persona
The star image
- What the industry puts out
- What the media says
- What the star says or does
- What can we say
A star might be considered
- A devient
- A cultural value/sign/fetish
- As an object of star-gazing
Method acting
-Robert de Niro
-Christian bale
-Daniel day lewis
In which the actor lives as the character - they are permanently 'in role'. They will often spend month preparing for a part
Stars sell films; they can also help secure financial backing to get a project off the ground. films are also vehicles for stars
Stars might be associated with, and help fashion the nature of, a particular genre. A need to re-establish commercial viability might see an actor or actress.
Can help to develop status as an aurteur - degree leone and clint Eastwood; martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro tim burton and Johnny Depp/ Helena Bonham carter
Non- Verbal communication
Can be as important as verbal communication
Often used in conjunction with other micro features to generate meaning such as through the kuleshov effect
Links with films of the silent era, Chaplin - in cinema of the far east which have strong traditions of mime
Bechedel test
Lighting
3 point light set up
back light - low intensity
Key light - brightest
fill light - medium intensity
low-key lighting
high-key lighting
natural lighting
chiaroscuro - in which harsh lighting creates contrast between areas of light and shade; used extensively in film noir as well as in many horror films
using lighting to make a shadow
Sound
Music can just very gently suggest that what you're seeing has got a larger resonance than just the two or three people there
"music is the whore of the film industry"
Contrapuntal sound
Music that seems to clash with the onscreen action, thereby creating a particular effect on the audience
parallel sound
Musical motif: a short repeated pattern of music
Leitmotif: a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea or situation
Major = happy
Minor = sad
Modal
Diagetic (happens in the films world (diegesis)= noises that happen within the films world
Non-diagetic = Voice over/ soundtrack
Misdirection = when the audience is miss directed
Hypereal sound = amplified and over exaggerated sound
Synchronous sound - sounds that match what we can see on screen
Asynchronous sound - sounds not matched with a visible source
Dissonance - unpleasant sounds lacking harmony
Sound bridge - where sound carries over from one scene to the next
Ambient sound - sounds of a given location
Soundscape - a sound or combination of sounds arising from a particular environment
Background music
Aesthetics
the aesthetics is therefore the distinctive look or style of a film an example is schinlers list with the blue jacket or tim burton films being muted, dark goth
Wes anderson = limited colour pallet and symmetrical
Performance
- melodrama - exaggerated
- Naturalism - daily routine - realism
- Comedic - Will Ferrell
The star consists of
- the real person
the 'reel' person
the stars persona
The star image
- What the industry puts out
- What the media says
- What the star says or does
- What can we say
A star might be considered
- A devient
- A cultural value/sign/fetish
- As an object of star-gazing
Method acting
-Robert de Niro
-Christian bale
-Daniel day lewis
In which the actor lives as the character - they are permanently 'in role'. They will often spend month preparing for a part
Stars sell films; they can also help secure financial backing to get a project off the ground. films are also vehicles for stars
Stars might be associated with, and help fashion the nature of, a particular genre. A need to re-establish commercial viability might see an actor or actress.
Can help to develop status as an aurteur - degree leone and clint Eastwood; martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro tim burton and Johnny Depp/ Helena Bonham carter
Non- Verbal communication
Can be as important as verbal communication
Often used in conjunction with other micro features to generate meaning such as through the kuleshov effect
Links with films of the silent era, Chaplin - in cinema of the far east which have strong traditions of mime
Bechedel test
Ensure these notes will make sense in a year or two. For example, what is depth of field? What is a canted angle used to show? It might be worth gathering some images to support the written text as well.
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