2. Single camera setup
Single Camera setup is a method of filmmaking and video production, this is also known as
Portable single camera or single camera mode production.
Scenes are normally filmed together usually in a linear format. For example, in a dialogue scene.
However, this is more time consuming. However, allows more creative control for the director.
Scenes are typically filmed together in a linear format. One example would be in dialogue scenes.
On the other hand, this is a time-consuming concept but it also allows directorial freedom.
3. Multi-camera setup:
The multi-camera setup is also known as multiple-camera mode of production
or simply Multi-cam. This is a method of filmmaking and production. Multi-
camera setups are usually on sets to be used in chase or action scenes.
4. Mise En Scene
The arrangement of the scenery, props, on the stage of a
theatrical production or on the set of a film.
5. Camera: Shot types
A camera shot is the amount of space that is seen in one shot or
frame. Camera shots are used to demonstrate different aspects of a
film's setting, characters, and themes.
Transitions A film transition is a technique used in the post-
production process of film editing and video editing.
6. Costume
A set of clothes or visible attire that may relate to a
contextual, political or historical period within the
production.
7. Acting
The art or occupation of performing fictional roles in
plays, films or television.
8. Lighting & Sound
The use of external or natural elements to make the scene
more visible or create a certain mood and or atmosphere.
11. Propp’s narrative theory
Propp developed a character theory for studying media texts and productions,
which indicates that there were 7 broad character types:
1. The villain (struggles against the hero)
2. The donor (prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object)
3. The (magical) helper (helps the hero in the quest)
4. The princess (person the hero marries, often sought for during the narrative)
5. The false hero (perceived as good character in beginning but emerges as evil)
6. The dispatcher (character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off)
7. The hero [also known as victim/seeker/paladin/winner] reacts to the donor, usually
marries the princess.
12. Levi Strauss theory of binary oppositions
Binary oppositions are sets of opposite values which reveal the
structure of media texts. An example would be man and
women or good vs evil.
