This document outlines various film techniques including titling, camera movement, framing, camera angles, mise-en-scene, editing, sound, and actor positioning. It asks how a media product would use, develop, or challenge conventions in these areas and notes that typical genre conventions should be researched. The production section is for describing how the techniques will be applied to either use common approaches, develop new approaches, or challenge standard conventions.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products? - Technical Approach
Film Techniques Using Your Research Your Production – Use,
Findings – Note typical Develop or Challenge
generic conventions
Titling – colour, font
style, over image or
black, timing, credits
presentation etc
Camera Movement
(panning, tracking,
crane shot and
crabbing etc)
Framing of Shot
(CU, MLS, ELS etc)
Camera Angles (high
and low angles etc
Selection of mise-en-
scène including colour,
figure, pops, lighting,
objects, location and
setting;
Editing directions
(Match cuts, jump cut,
reverse shots – cutting
rthymn etc)
Sound techniques
(diegetic, non
diegetic, silence,
dialogue and music
etc
Actor’s positioning and
movement