Monday, 13 June 2016
Technical Camera
Technical elements
Camera
- Master shot - Used to set the scene or location
- Close up - Used to show emotion of character
- Medium shot - Shows the body language of the character
- Zoom - crash zoom can be used to give information as slow can increase the tension
- Tracking shot - camera moves with the action inside of a pan movement
- Shallow/deep focus - shallow focus is when only a few objects are in focus to the audience whist deep focus is everything in focus
- High/low angle - high angle looks down as low angle looks up. Can show importance of characters
Lighting
- High key - very bright light e.g. Shows something positive
- Low key - low lighting e.g. Adds tension
- Natural lighting - daylight
- Hard - strong and powerful light e.g. Adds negative emotions
- Soft - soft lighting e.g. Adds positive emotions
Sound
- Diegetic - sound that has been placed within the film. If the character can hear it.
- Non-diegetic - the characters can not hear it within the film but the audience can. E.g. Music
- Dialogue - diegetic sound
- Music - non-diegetic
- Sound affects - non-diegetic/diegetic (used in different points for reasons)
- The mix - how all the sounds are mixed together
- Sound perspective - some sounds are increase to a scene to add tension, emotion or drama
Editing
- Continuity - scenes flows seamlessly
- Cross cutting/parallel editing - two pieces of film that happen at the same time but are joined together
- Elliptical editing - A Cut from a scene to another but has pushed the time forward ,issuing a part of the story that isn't needed.
- Cutaways - cuts that add meanings to the story
- Use of montage - shows of passing of time
Scripting, Building a scene, Building a story
Props Theory - character type in stories
Tvzetan Todorov - Suggests narrative is simply equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium
Story Arcs
A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and films with each episode following a narrative arc. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes.
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