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Film Analysis : Looking at Cinematic Technique

Film Analysis : Looking at Cinematic Technique. The main questions you should be asking when watching a film: What, cinematically stands out? The film angles? The score? The tone? Why would the director make the artistic choices he/she does?

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Film Analysis : Looking at Cinematic Technique

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  1. Film Analysis:Looking at Cinematic Technique

  2. The main questions you should be asking when watching a film: • What, cinematically stands out? The film angles? The score? The tone? • Why would the director make the artistic choices he/she does? • How do certain choices, like a specific close up, affect your view of a character or the plot? • How would the film differ if different artistic choices were made?

  3. Genres The beginning point; the categorization of a film is usually sorted into the following genres: • Comedy • Drama • Horror • Thriller • Western • Musical • Detective Each genre brings along with it certain expectations that change a viewers’ perception. As a future screenwriter/director/editor, be sure to keep this in mind.

  4. Mise-en-scene “The representation of space affects the reading of a film. Depth, proximity, size and proportions of the places and objects in a film can be manipulated through camera placement and lenses, lighting, decor, effectively determining mood or relationships between elements in the cinematic world.”

  5. Lighting • Types: • Standard Three-Point Lighting • Mainstream movies • Little to no expression/tone to this type • High-key Lighting • Musicals or comedies • Low-key Lighting • Film noir, suspense, horror • Natural Lighting • documentaries

  6. Decor Décor can be used to amplify character emotion or the dominant mood of a film • Can place emphasis on: • Class (wealthy vs. poor) • Sterility/Impersonality

  7. Cinematography • QUALITY • Color • Black and white – authenticity; drama • Technicolor (The Wizard of Oz) – musicals/comedies • Colors do NOT have exclusive meanings • Contrast • Focus • Deep • Shallow

  8. Scale of Shots Extreme long shot Long shot Close up shot Medium long shot Medium close shot

  9. Movement in Camera Shots • Crane shot • omniscience • Steadycam (handheld) • Visceral autorial intervention • Pan • Connecting places and/or people • Tilt • Establishing differences between characters (socially, racially, etc.) • Tracking • Moving with character • Whip pan • Flashy action-dramas

  10. Editing • Transitions • Cheap Cut • Crosscutting • Dissolve • Iris • Jump Cut • Shot/Reverse Shot • Superimposition • Wipe • Matches • Eyeline match • Graphic match • Match on action • Duration

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