Reading Film Media OCSA Film Term

extreme long shot

Establishing shot

Can distance subject in the frame, seem insignificant or powerless

Long shot

Corresponds approx to the distance between the audience and live theater

Full shot

Closest range of long shot

Can shows being trapped

See full body and large facial expresstions

medium shot

Knees or waist up

Carries exposition and diaglogue or movement

How we see things IRL

Close up shot

Focus on subtle expression and human face

Extreme close up shot

Directs attention to where the director only wants us to look

Bird eyes angle

involves photographying a subject from directly overhead

can make seem powerless and insignificant

High angle

Not as extreme as bird eye view

tend to slow movement and reduce the height of objects

Can swallow people

capture a characters self contempt

small weak powerless trapped

Low angle

increasing height

minimize environment

speed motion up

make viewer feel threatened esp in violent scenes

sense of confusion

make subject appear large and powerful and dominating in control

Eye level

5 - 6 feet off ground

how actual observer would view the scene

neutral angle

Dutch or Oblique Angle

Involves lateral tilt

sometimes POV shows inbalance of drunk

Create tension, imply danger, moral uncertainty,

Mise en scene

Essence of film making

PLACEMENT ON STAGE

tells story in SINGLE image

one scene that has lots of things going on and tells a story

Montage

multiple images

LOTS OF EDITS

Central framing

light hearted comedian effect

absurd

unsettling

Horror films

Intimate distance

SKIN CONTACT - 18 INCHES away

reflect love and comfort or suspicion

Personal distance

18 INCHES - 4 FEET AWAY

medium shot

reserved for family friends

Social distance

4 FEET - 12 FEET AWAY

full shot

impersonal business and casual gatherings

Public distance

12 FEET - 25+ FEET AWAY

most interesting thing to write about

long shot

extreme long shot

detachment and lack of emotional involvement

Keylight

Principal source of light on a movie set

Low key

Darkness, shadows, patches of bright key light

creates suspicion, mystery, and danger

used in horror films a lot

film noir n detective

can mean things are hidden or concealed in the depth of shadows

High key

Brightness and openness

lack of shadows or contracts between light and dark

Allows characters to be seen without misunderstanding or threat

comedies and musicals and dramas

High contrast lighting

Harsh shaft of light

Dramatic steak of dark

Tragedy and melodramas

Neutral lighting

Even and balanced

Tv shows

exposition

Bottom side lighting

strong shadows and pathces of highkey light on side or bottom

evil or have intentions that are hidden

morally ambiguous

Front lighting

illuminating face

no shadows on face

halo effect

Light & dark

Light means security virtue truth joe or purity

Darkness evil unknown

4 ways people use sound

1. create connections

2. create contracts

3. sound directs audience

4. sound enhances character

What did walter murch say

we can only focus on maximum of two sounds at a time

ADR

process called when an actor re-records dialogue after the filming process to improve audio quality

diegetic sound

characters can hear it

wind, bell ringing

non diegetic sound

eerie music

internal diegetic

internal dialogue

realism

usually full shot and eye level medium and full shot the script does the talking, real world mise en scene, its about us understanding these , 

formalism

film has varied shot distances, steady camera, nothing happening, grounded in directors vision, beauty and beast, it tells us emotional how to feel,fairy tale

motivated camera moves

narrative, characters, or plot needs it

-character walks, follows character

-narrative reason, turns the cam to reveal some extra info

unmotivated camera moves

unexpected, unmotivated, unexplained way

Slow push in

going slower, more than meets the eye

slow back creep out

make world smaller like world is swallowing it and abandoning the character, pain and giving up hope

camera turn away

horror, doesnt want us to see what happened, sparing us

distracted camera

other places in the world

camera whispering to us

crossing the line ( camera yelling )

unexpected dutch

director giving hint

something is happening look here

left to right movement

questions safety, seems natural

right to left movement

seems uncomfortable

Intrinsic Meanings of Movements

bad guys moving toward are threatening

good guys moving toward are reassuring

good guys moving awy can seem to be withdrawing

pan

moving on horizontal axis

tilt

moving on vertical axis

effective way to communicate distance sie and strength, show power, objection history of being used for male gaze toward female sexuality, can feel claustrophobic

Hand-held

allow more real less smooth movement often jumpy and confused

Baz Luhrmann’s Set to Screen: Editing

big budget 👍

they know u and know ur style and etc dif from independent directors, never give away ur editing

the fade

fades away

denote end of a scene

can show time has passed

the dissolve

slowly beginning to fade but instead of all the way to black its replaced by another image

slow transition

connection between chapter or character

Crosscut or parallel editing

things in different places r happening at the same time

flashback or flashforward

the method of connecting shots designed to give the viewer important information about what has happened in the past or the future

The Eye-Line Match or Point-of-View (POV)

it is used to reveal what a character is thinking to can be used by a director to create empathy for or at least a connection to selected characters because we ultimately feel what the characters feel when we look through their eyes

Holding long

When a shot lasts longer that twenty to thirty seconds

Cutting Short

The influence of MTV style rapid-fire editing has been overwhelming in film and commercials