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Cinematic Level

Cinematic Level. The items that make a movie a movie! What you see on film cannot be seen anywhere else!. Shot. A single, uninterrupted piece of film The image that is seen on-screen until it is replaced by another image through editing

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Cinematic Level

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  1. Cinematic Level

  2. The items that make a movie a movie! • What you see on film cannot be seen anywhere else!

  3. Shot • A single, uninterrupted piece of film • The image that is seen on-screen until it is replaced by another image through editing • If the camera moves while still filming, but without breaks, that is still one shot • Practice: Snap every time you see a new shot in these clips.

  4. Rope

  5. Mise en Scene • Pronounced: meez en sen • Visual arrangement of all visual elements within an area • Used to be “stage” • Now….the screen

  6. Armageddon

  7. American Beauty

  8. Framing • How the object in the shot will be positioned and filmed. • How much of the frame of the screen the object will occupy • Similar to cropping in photography • 3 main types

  9. Long Shot • Object on screen appears small or far away • Oftentimes used as an “establishing shot” • To show where the film takes place • Location, time • Objects and characters may seem unclear or indistinct because of a lack of detail

  10. Long Shot Enemy of the State

  11. Effects of a Long Shot? • Show where the action will take place. • Force the viewer to focus on one or two things in focus • Those must be important • To show that something is weak or powerless • It’s so small physically and power-ly!

  12. The Graduate

  13. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  14. Close-Up • Object in focus takes up about 80% of the screen space • Object appears very large • Forces viewer to look at ONLY what the director intends

  15. Close-Up The Graduate

  16. Effects of a Close Up? • Object in frame is to be seen as important. • Often used as foreshadowing. • Can show characters’ reactions. • Can show emotions. • Can create tension since only a small portion of “the real world” is on screen (while other stuff must be happening!)

  17. Mission Impossible

  18. Cool Hand Luke

  19. Psycho

  20. Medium Shot • From about the waist up • The most common and most naturalistic framing choice • A “neutral framing” • Seems comfortable and unobtrusive • What does unobtrusive mean?

  21. Medium Shot • Effects? Dodgeball

  22. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

  23. Camera Angles • Where the camera will be placed in relation to the subject • There are 4 main angles directors use

  24. Low Angle • Camera is below the subject being filmed The Graduate

  25. Effects of a Low Angle? • Framed item is seen “from below.” • Item looks large = powerful • Item can be seen as • Powerful • Dominant • Important • Could just be about location – looking UP at something!

  26. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  27. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  28. High Angle • Camera is above the subject being filmed Fargo

  29. Effects of a High Angle? • Framed item is seen “from above.” • Item looks small = weak • Item can be seen as • Weak • Powerless • Inferior • Could just be about location – looking DOWN at something.

  30. The Graduate Psycho Mission Impossible

  31. Psycho

  32. Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End

  33. Eye Level • Camera is at the same level as the subject being shot. • This is a “neutral camera angle”

  34. Dutch Angle • Object in the frame is “canted” or angled The Shining

  35. Effects of a Dutch Angle • Object in frame is “tilted.” • Object is literally “off kilter” • Could imply that the scene is emotionally off kilter or imbalanced. • Situation is unstable

  36. Do the Right Thing

  37. Do the Right Thing

  38. The Departed

  39. Camera Movement • Pan • When a camera pivots on a horizontal axis • Side to side! • Tilt • When a camera pivots on a vertical axis • Up and down!

  40. Zoom • Focal length of a camera changes • More or less of an object is “framed” • Tracking / Dolly Shots • Camera actually moves! • Could be around, into, above, or through a subject

  41. Lighting • The principle source of light for filming • 3 main types

  42. Low-Key Lighting • Much darkness • Many shadows Double Indemnity

  43. Effects of Low-Key Lighting • Many shadows are created • Ohhh….scary! • Suspense • Uncertainty • Doubt

  44. Shakespeare in Love

  45. High-Key Lighting • Brightness • Openness • Lack of shadows Yankee Doodle Dandy

  46. Yankee Doodle Dandy

  47. Effects of High-Key Lighting • No shadows • Everything is washed in full light • Excitement • “On the level” - honest

  48. Bottom / Side / Back Lighting • When the light source is either from the bottom, side, or back of the subject. • Certain features are highlighted (no pun intended)

  49. The Graduate

  50. Frost / Nixon

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