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Film Terminology

Film Terminology. What You See Is What Y ou G et. Framing. How images look within the shot. A shot is a piece of film with no cuts. A cut is when what the camera is looking at jumps from one image to another. What is Framing ?. Long Shot (LS).

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Film Terminology

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  1. Film Terminology What You See Is What You Get.

  2. Framing How images look within the shot. A shot is a piece of film with no cuts. A cut is when what the camera is looking at jumps from one image to another. • What is Framing?

  3. Long Shot (LS) A shot from some distance (Also called a full shot). A long shot of a person shows the full body. • What is a Long Shot? • Why use Long Shots? Long shots of places can set the scene. Long shots of people may suggest isolation or vulnerability.

  4. Long Shot

  5. Medium Shot (MS) The most common shot. A shot from a middle distance. A medium shot of a person shows the person from the waist up. • What is a Medium Shot? • Why use Medium Shots? Medium shots of people show their reactions or focus attention on them.

  6. Medium Shot

  7. Close-Up Shot (CU) The image being shot (like a face) takes up at least 80% of the frame. • What is a Close-Up Shot? • Why use Close-up shots? Close-ups convey strong intensity of emotion, heightening the mood.

  8. Close-up

  9. Extreme Close-Up (ECU) The image is part of a whole, like just part of a face or hand. • What is an Extreme Close-Up? • Why use Extreme Close-Ups? Extreme Close-Ups are artificial. You seldom see people this close in real-life. They make the viewer unsettled or nervous.

  10. Extreme Close-Up

  11. Camera Angles? The height from at which the shot sits compared to what it is shooting. • What is a Camera Angle?

  12. Eye level _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 90 to 95% of the shots are eye level. It feels the most natural/normal.

  13. Eye Level

  14. High Angle _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ The subject looks smaller than normal, giving the appearance of being weak, powerless, or trapped.

  15. High Angle

  16. ______________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

  17. Low Angle

  18. Lighting? How much light is in the shot. • What is Lighting? • What is Neutral Lighting? Even lighting in the shot. Has neither extra light, nor not enough to see.

  19. High Key The scene is flooded with light. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Creates a bright, open-looking scene.

  20. High Key

  21. ______________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________

  22. Low Key

  23. Credits • Thanks to . . . . • http://www.myfilmstories.com/200/classic-camera-angles-and-shots/ • http://lilyvosper.blogspot.com/2012/01/glossary-of-technical-terms.html • http://www.elementsofcinema.com/directing/mise-en-scene.html

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