Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Understanding Film language

Film language

Camera shots

  • Panning; This movement scans a scene horizonatally, looking like its looking around the room
  • Tilting; This movement scans up and down a scene asif it was looking someone up and down
Camera angels
  • EWS (Extreme Wide Shot); The view is so far from the subject that it isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot.
  • VWS (Very Wide Shot); The subject is only slightly visible  but the emphasis is still on placing it in its  environment.
  • WS (Wide Shot); The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as comfortably possible.
  • MS (Mid Shot); Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.
  • MCU (Medium Close Up); Half way between a MS and a CU.
  • CU (Close Up); A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
  • ECU (Extreme Close Up); The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.
  • Cut-In; Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.
  • CA (Cutaway);  A shot of something other than the subject.
  • Two-Shot; A shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot.
  • OSS (Over-the-Shoulder Shot); Looking from behind a person at the subject.
  • Noddy Shot; Usually refers to a shot of the interviewer listening and reacting to the subject.
  • POV (Point-of-View Shot); Shows a view from the subject's perspective.

Sounds 
  • Diegetic 
  • Non Diegetic
  • Sound bridge
  • parallel sound 
  • contrapuntal sound
Lighting
  • Key light 
  • back light
  • Filler light
  • Under lighting
  • Top lighting
  • Back lighting
  • Low key lighting
  • High key lighting

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