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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Film Language

Film language has four related categories: 

1. Camera                                                            
F- frame                                                              
A- angle - birdseye/ low/ level/ high/ worms eye.
M- Movement - Pan left and right/ Tilt up and down/ Tracking shot/Zoom in and out/Crane shot/ Static shot                                                      
                                                                          
2. Mise En Scene                                                 
C- costume                                                       
L- lighting                                                           
A- actors
M- makeup                                                           
P- props                                                               
S- setting  

3. Sound                                                              
M- music - Soundtrack/ Instruments                                
C- contrapuntal/parrallel-Sound that doesn't fit the images/ When sound fits the scene. 
D- diegetic/Non-diegetic -Sound you hear when being film/ Sound actors can't hear.
O- off-screen/on-screen - Sound you can't/can hear in the shot.
V- voice Over - Someone talks over the editing.                                                          
E- emotion - Anything that makes you feel.                                                          
D- dialogue - How people sound/ say things. Calm/Jealous/ Voices.

4. Editing: - Should be smooth/seemless
T - transition - slides - goes from one slide to another. Straightcut/dissolves /wipes.
O - order of narrative - takes place over a day? week? Order of editing/Flashback.
P - pace - How fast it's edited.
S - special effects - All of the above.                                                  
Frames:

                                  
Extreme close up









Close up








Medium shot 




Medium long shot 









Long shot 









Extreme long shot 





Angle: 


Birds eye





Low level






Level


High level 













Worms eye




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