film terminology
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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). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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FILM TERMINOLOGY
What You See Is What You Get.
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Framing
•What is 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 atjumps from one image to another.
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Long Shot (LS)
•What is a Long Shot?
A shot from some distance (Also called a full shot). A long shot of a person shows the full body.
•Why use Long Shots?
Long shots of places can set the scene.
Long shots of people may suggest isolation or vulnerability.
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Long Shot
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Medium Shot (MS)
•What is a Medium Shot?
The most common shot. A shot from a middle distance. A medium shot of a person shows the person from the waist up.
• Why use Medium Shots?
Medium shots of people show their reactions or focus attention on them.
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Medium Shot
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Close-Up Shot (CU)
•What is a Close-Up Shot?
The image being shot (like a face) takes up at least 80% of the frame.
Close-ups convey strong intensity of emotion, heightening the mood.
• Why use Close-up shots?
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Close-up
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Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
• What is an Extreme Close-Up?
The image is part of a whole, like just part of a face or hand.
• 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.
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Extreme Close-Up
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Camera Angles?
• What is a Camera Angle?
The height from at which the shot sits compared to what it is shooting.
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Eye level
90 to 95% of the shots are eye level.
It feels the most natural/normal.
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Eye Level
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High Angle
The subject looks smaller than normal, giving the appearance of being weak, powerless, or trapped.
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High Angle
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Low Angle
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Lighting?
•What is Lighting?
Even lighting in the shot. Has neither extra light, nor not enough to see.
• What is Neutral Lighting?
How much light is in the shot.
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High Key
The scene is flooded with light.
Creates a bright, open-looking scene.
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High Key
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Low Key
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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