What do you think is the definitive scene from the Wizard of Oz?

Follow the Yellow Brick RoadWe’re off to see the wizard

She’s scary but remember the flying monkees?

Poppies

Somewhere over the rainbow

There’s no place like home. A dream?

I.B. Justify why it’s definitive

When you do notes on a film write three paragraphs on the definitive scene.

1. Describe using Film vocabulary 2. Why it’s definitive

a. tells same story as the filmb. memorablec. a key turning point.

3. Give cultural, theoretical, and/or historical context

Media Justify why it’s definitive

When you do notes on a film write two paragraphs on the definitive scene.

1. Describe using Film vocabulary 2. Why it’s definitive

a. tells same story as the filmb. memorablec. a key turning point.d. a matter of opinion.

Structure and Language of Film

Vocabulary: shot, sequence, montage, types of shots, types of

edits, types of camera movements

Structure of a film• Shot – a simple run of the camera• Sequence– a group of shots depicting one action, or

which seems to belong with or depend upon each other

• Scene- A group of sequences or a group of shots which depict an event or occur in one place

• Montage-a series of shots or sequences that are related by theme and not necessarily by time or place

Shot

• a simple run of the camera• The basic unit in film• Shot is to film as word is to text

Types of shotslong shot or wide shotmedium shotclose upextreme close up2 shotover the shoulder shot

Two shot

Description:Shows whole body or space.Purposes: Establish scene or setting, allow room for action.

Wide shot (w.s.)

Description: Shows subject from waist up. Purposes: Allows connection with subject while providing room for gestures. Most frequently used shot.

Medium Shot (m.s.)

Description: Shows subject from waist up. Purposes: Allows connection with subject while providing room for gestures. Most frequently used shot.

Description: Shows enlarged view of part of subject.Purposes: Draws attention to details and adds emotion.

Close up (c.u.)

CLOSE UP OF A FACE

CLOSE UP (C.U.)

Extreme close up

Medium shot (M.S.) of a person

Another medium shot (M.S.)

                             

         

Long shot (L.S.) -to show action and/or perspective

Aka “the establishing shot”

Sequence- a group of shots depicting one action

Scene- a series of shots in one setting or depicting an event

Montage- series of shots connected by theme not

necessarily by time and space

Cut-the ending of a shot. If the cut is a jerky movement, which seems inconsistent with the next

shot it’s called a jump cut

Fade in or out-the image appears or disappears gradually. Often used as a

division between scenes

Dissolve-one image fades in while another fades out so that for a few seconds the two are super imposed

An example of a dissolve edit

Camera Movements• Pan-movement from side to side from a stationary

position• Tilt- movement up or down from a stationary

position• Tracking-camera itself moves to follow a moving

object• Zoom-lens shortens or lengthens to make object

closer or further• Dolly-moving camera in and out to make make

subject appear larger or smaller in the frame

Description: Shows what's to the left or right of the screen.

Purposes: Reveal setting, sweep across subject wider than screen, show relationship between two subjects.

                                                                    

Pan

Description: Shows what's above or below the screen. Purposes: Reveal parts of vertical subject, useful for showing tall objects, show relationship between parts of a subject, can add suspense or surprise.

                                                                    

Tilt

Zoom

Zoom

Track or Truck

Arc

A variation on the tracking shot

Dolly

Camera Angles

Normal camera angle is at the same levelas the subject, but there could be cinematic reasons to move the camera up or down.

High Angle—makes subject look small and vulnerable

Low angle shot will tend to make subject look more powerful

There are other reasons of course for high and low angle

shots

Bird’s eye angle

Dutch Angle—used to communicate psychological imbalance among other

things, now becoming overused perhaps. It’s actually a framing

technique more than a camera angle

Film noir—the femme fatale

Film Noir—the cool loner

Dark subject matter, shadowy photography, the white man’s

blues

SOUNDDiegetic vs. Non Diegetic

Diegetic = sound from the world of the film, that the characters can hear.

Non Diegetic = sound, usually music andnarration, that only the audiencecan hear

Notes:

it is possible for imagery to be non diegetic as well

some directors as a matter of style have blurred the lines in diegeticism

Establishing Shot from Truman’s P.O.V.

Establishing Shot from Truman

Mis en scene

French for put in the scene

Mis en scene

Deep Focus

2nd Example

Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles• One sentence synopsis

• 2 Paragraphs on Definitive Scene

• Questions

1. Is this the greatest movie

of all time? Why or why not?

2. Explain some of the

innovative film techniques in

this film.

3. Describe how Kane is a

tragic hero in the vein of

Macbeth & Oedipus

Do you know these script terms?

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