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| makes subject look small, insignificant |
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Camera Angle -
High Angle |
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| makes subject look small, insignificant |
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| Camera Angle - Eye Level/ Parallel |
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| gives subject a sense of reality, viewer connects to subject |
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| makes subject look big, powerful |
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| makes subject look big, powerful |
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| Camera Movement - Tracking |
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| Camera runs alongside the action. Captures the intensity of the action and character's feeling |
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| Camera Movement - Panning |
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| Camera stays still but rotates to follow action. This helps provide an establishing shot and can emphasises the setting |
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Camera Movement - Tilting
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| Camera stays still but tilts up and down to follow the subject. This can heighten empathy/ connection with a character. |
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| Camera zooms in and out (dolly in/dolly out). Can intensify the drama and provide details about surroundings. |
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| Camera shots/ framing - extreme close up/ close up |
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| emphasises emotion or particular object |
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Camera shots/ framing - medium shot
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| develops character, shows action |
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Camera shots/ framing - long shot
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| shows action, shows character in relation to setting |
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| Camera shots/ framing - extreme long shot/ establishing shot |
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| establishes a setting, landscape |
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Camera shots/ framing - point of view shot
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| camera is behind the subject and sees the action as the subject sees it |
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| Manipulation of volume, tone, pitch |
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| Type of Music, harmony, volume, placement |
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Sound - Diagetic sound (natural sounds)
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| What has the director chosen to emphasise? why ? |
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Sound - Non-diagetic sound (unnatural sounds, sound effects)
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| What has the director added for the audience? Why? |
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| Dialogue spoken off-screen |
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| the pace of the cuts between shots contributes to the atmosphere created. Rapid cutting creates a sense of action and pace. |
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| Where one scene fades out as the other fades in. Used to reveal a passage of time, a flashback or a dream, or to show what the character is thinking. |
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| The putting together of a series of shots to form a continuous scene or piece of action. The sequence, or order and presentation of shots, can be used for added effect for meaning, especially the use of flashback, dream sequence, time variations as well as juxtaposition of shots. |
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Lighting - High-key lighting
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| Bright, intense illumination to highlight the central subject |
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Lighting - Low-key lighting
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| shadowy lighting, more atmospheric |
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| Light behind the subject creates a darkened effect on the subject |
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| When you use the term mise-en-scene, you are discussing where the director has placed all the elements of the scene within the frame. This term refers to all that appears before the camera, including performers, setting, lighting and de'cor; also includes camera movement and action. |
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