Film Analysis

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Getting Started: Scenes vs. Sequences

(1) Camera Distance

• the establishing shot
• extreme long shot
• long shot
• medium long shot
• full shot
• medium close shot
• close shot
• close-up
• extreme close-up

(2) Camera Angle: The location of the camera, and what can be seen with it

• extreme low angle
• low angle
• normal camera height
• high angle
• bird’s eye view
• Dutch angles

(3) Editing: Reconstructing the sequence of events in a movie

• Cut: A "cut" of a movie is also a complete edited version
• fade out/in
• dissolve
• wipe

(4) Camera Movement

• pan (swish pan): The action of rotating a camera about its vertical axis
• tilt: The action of rotating the camera either up or down
• tracking shot: The action of moving a camera along a path parallel to the path of the object being filmed
• crane shot: A shot taken by a camera on a crane; often used to show the actors/action from above

(5) Zoom, hand-held camera, Steadicam and static camera

(6) Lens Type

• wide angle

(7) Lighting

• low key: little illumination on the subject
• high key: bright illumination of the subject

(8) Deep focus

(9) Two diametrically opposed editing principles: Montage vs. the Long Take

(10) Parallel Editing / Cross cutting

(11) Time: Flash-forwards and Flashbacks

(12) Colour-coding

(13) Tying everything up: Mise en scène—An image’s setting, subjects and composition.

(14) DV = Digital video

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(1) Sound Effects / Natural Sounds:

• Sourced Sound / Diegetic Sound
• Unsourced Sound / Off-Screen Sound

(2) Music:

• Source Music / Diegetic Music / Local Music
• Unsourced Music / Non-Diegetic Music / Background Music

(3) The Spoken Voice:

• Dialogue
• Monologue
• Voice-Over
• Narrator
• Dubbing

(4) Sound bridges

(5) The use of songs