Cinematography & Mise-en-scene

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REVISION OF MICRO
FEATURES
Thursday 11th October
Aim: To revise how to analyse
cinematography and use the correct
terminol...

WHAT ARE MICRO
FEATURES?
• The micro features work together to form the
language of film and communicate meaning to
an aud...

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The way in which the
camera is used to create
meaning

CINEMATOGRAPHY
• YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE THE RIGHT
TERMINOLOGY,
• I need to be able to recognise shots, angles
and move...

CAMERA SHOTS & ANGLES

CLOSE UP
• Head and shoulders are in the frame. Used if
the director wants to focus our attention on
one particular thing....

CLOSE UP
• Write down what the director wants us to
understand when we see these two close ups
IMAGE 1
IMAGE 2

CLOSE UP
• Write down what the director wants us to
understand or feel when we see these two
close ups
IMAGE 1
IMAGE 2

EXTREME CLOSE UP
• Focuses the audience’s attention on small
details and these shots are often used more
for artistic effe...

LONG SHOT
• Shows us the whole character, drawing
attention to costume and body language. Can
be used to offer perspective

EXTREME WIDE SHOT
• The view is so far from the subject that he
isn't even visible. Often used as an
establishing shot.

POINT OF VIEW
• When we the audience see exactly what he
character is seeing. This puts the audience in a
subjective posit...

MID SHOT
• When we see the character from the waist up
with partial view of the setting in the
background. Used so we can ...

MEDIUM LONG SHOT
• When we see the character from the knees up
with partial view of the setting in the
background

BIRDS EYE VIEW
• When the camera looks down on settings of characters from high above.
This shot does, however, put the au...

LOW ANGLE SHOT
• The camera is placed below a subject looking
up, it look larger and more powerful

HIGH ANGLE SHOT
• When the camera looks down on a person or
object, it can look vulnerable. Not so extreme
as a bird's eye...

HIGH & LOW ANGLES
• Discuss how you think
the director expects you
to feel when you look at
these two shots
• What do you ...

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
• Looking from behind a person at the subject.
What effect does
this create?

TWO SHOT
• A shot with two people, can be used to show
the relationship they have with each other

CANTED ANGLE
• Sometimes the camera is tilted, to suggest
imbalance, transition and instability (very
popular in horror mo...

CAMERA MOVEMENT

STEADI-CAM
• A camera mounted on a harness attached to a
cameraman so the movement is smooth

HANDHELD
• The camera shots move in a disjointed way –
the shots are unclear as the camera is held
without support

PAN
• A movement which scans a scene horizontally
(left to right/ right to left). The camera is
placed on a tripod, which ...

CRANE SHOT
• Basically, dolly-shots-in-the-air. A crane (or
jib), is a large, heavy piece of equipment, but
is a useful wa...

ZOOM
• the camera is fixed and a zoom lens is used to
move in closer (at variable speed), or out,
further away, from the s...

TRACKING/DOLLY SHOT
• The camera is placed on a moving vehicle and moves
alongside the action, generally following a movin...

TILT
• A movement which scans a scene vertically
(up and down/ down and up), otherwise
similar to a pan.
• http://www.yout...

PEDESTAL SHOT
• A camera movement in which the camera is
lowered or lifted; for example to follow an
actor when he stands ...

LET’S TRY AGAIN
• Watch the sequence from
Spiderman
• List all the cinematography
that you can and explain
why they have b...

PUT IT TO THE TEST
• Watch the trailer for Thor
• List all the cinematography that
you can and explain why they have
been ...

Homework
• Choose a sequence film 2-5min long and write
about how cinematography has been used to
create meaning - 500words

Mise-en-scene
The look of a film
created through VISUAL
elements within the
frame

Who am i?
• who are these people and how do you know?

Where on earth?
• Where were these pictures taken and how can
you tell?

Scary OR NICE?
• What is creating an atmosphere in these
pictures?

FRAME IT RIGHT
• What can you say about the way characters
are positioned within the frame?

ELEMENTs OF MISE-EN-
SCENE
• I need to able to comment on how the elements of
mise-en-scene communicate something to the
a...

• What can you say about mise-en-scene?

• What can you say about mise-en-scene?

• What can you say about mise-en-scene?

• What can you say about mise-en-scene?

MISE-EN-SCENE and
cinematography
• How is mise-en-
scene and
cinematography
used to
communicate
meaning to the
audience

• The sequence begins with a close up of Mary
Jane she isn’t in focus which connotes her
disorientation and lack of awaren...

• Low angles and high angles were frequently
used in this sequence. The low angles signified
the power that the Green Gobl...

• A pan is used to move to the right and then
the left. The distance the camera moves to the
left is far greater this sign...

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