Point of View shot

Subjective-

Objective-

From the point of view of a character.

From the point of view of an external observer (the camera and viewer)

POV shot

Learning Intention:We are learning to understand editing and Mise-en-scene in

movies.

Editing

The film editor works with the raw footage selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture

Paired Discussion

• In your pairs, think of an example of a movie or programme that uses fast editing. What impression does that convey?

• Now do the same for slow editing.

• Share with class.

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene is the composition of what is seen on screen. Everything a director lets us see on screen is important, its there for a reason.

When looking at mise-en-scene you must look at:

• Setting

• props

• Costume

• positioning

• camera angles

• lighting

• facial expression

Colour in

Colour expresses and affects our moods and emotions

Musical score

Film music is one of the many areas of film that are not given the attention due to them. The music that the musical director and the director decide on can completely change the feeling attached to a scene. Film music can also become an indicate of something about to happen i.e. when we hear Darth Vader’s theme (the imperial march) we know he is about to come on screen or that something has happened related to him.

CostumeWhat a actor is wearing can tell us a number of things about that character and about the film in general.

For example if it is a gangster film the actors are likely to be wear pinstriped suits.

In westerns usually the bad cowboy wears a black hat and the good cowboy will wear the white.

Costume also sets the period. If they are filming a film that takes place in the 1800’s it is unlikely you will see the leading lady in a mini skirt.

These images have become so iconic to us now that directors often use it to create an effect

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Types of editingCut - a complete switch from one image on screen to another

Cross-cutting – the intermingling of shots from two or more scenes to suggest a parallel action

Cutaway – a shot to show action at another location

Jump cut - a cut that occurs within a scene rather than between scenes to eliminate “dead” actions. The jump cut is unobtrusive and speeds up the action

Fade in – the screen begins black and gradually an image appears in full brightness

Fade out - the opposite of the above

Dissolve – the superimposition of a fade out over a fade in so that a new image appears to “grow” out of the original

Lighting

• High key – lighting which is bright overall in a film as in the glamorous MGM movies of the 1930’s

• Low key – relatively dark lighting as in the film noir and gangster films

• Soft – diffuse beam of light softens the outline of the objects. Often used in romantic films

• Hard – a narrow intense beam of light sharpens and hardens the edges of objects in its path. Can be seen in Thrillers

• Backlighting – the light is directly behind the subject and can cause a halo effect. This is often used in romantic films

Sound Effects & Special Effects

Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds that are used to create an atmosphere or authenticate a background

Special effects are used in films to realise scenes that could not have been achieved by normal means for example morphing. Thanks to computer graphics, special effects can be used to enhance previously filmed elements