Main Film studies notes

CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• - French word 
• means camera work 
• how a shot is photographed 

LIGHTING 

• key light -shows the audience the actor 
• front light - creates a flat look 
• backlight - creates a witness protection look 
• 45° light - shows the face as flat (one side of the face is dark)

ANGLES 

• high angle - above eye level 
• low angel - looks below their eye level 
• canted angle (dutch angel) - slightly turned, can unsettle the audience

MOVEMENT 

• Camera movement - refers to how the director moves the camera in a production 
• Tracking shot - is moving the camera forward and backward 
• sideways tracking shot - moving of the object in a production (walking)
• zoom - zooming in and out of a shot 
• Arc show - going around the character 
• crane shot - going up really high in a shot 
• panning shot - on a tripod, moves around an area 
• handheld - creates the feel of watching from someone else perspective 
• tilt shot - moving up & down in one spot 

SHOT 

• Extreme long shot - good for setting the area 
• Establishing/ long shot - see the whole body 
• medium shot - the hip upshot 
• close up - for facial expression 
• extreme close up - close up on a certain body part (i.e. their eye)

COMPOSITION 

Rule of thirds:

• Shallow focus - only part of the image is in focus (the audience can only focus on one thing) 
• deep focus - everything is in focus (the audience can choose what to focus on) 

MISE-EN-SCENE

• A French term for "everything in the frame 
• this makes up: 
  • Settings (time & place)
  • Props 
  • Costume (including hair & makeup)

EDITING 

• Editing is the process of cutting and assembling film footage to produce a finished product 
• role of editor = organizing transitions between shots, making decisions with…