This document discusses a lesson on cinematography. It begins by reviewing what was covered last week and introducing the topic of cinematography. Students are asked to define cinematography and explain how tools like cameras, lighting, and color are used to create a film's visual style and build tension, atmosphere, and meaning. Examples from the film The Godfather are discussed. The document then covers how lighting, shot composition, camera angles, and camera movement are cinematography techniques used to evoke mood and direct audience attention. Students will analyze cinematography in assigned scenes and provide feedback. The goal is to understand how cinematography shapes a film's visual style and storytelling.

1. Short film
Cinematography

2. Last week
What were we looking at last week?

3. This week
We’re going to look at cinematography and how we use it to
create atmosphere, tension & meaning

4. By the end of today, you
 MUST define what cinematography is
 SHOULD explain the different tools we use to create a
films visual look
 COULD explain the how cinematography builds tension,
atmosphere, meaning.

5. Intro
What do we use to create the visual style of a shot / film.

6. Cinematographers use…
 Cameras
 Lighting
 Colour
… to create the visual look of a film. We call this cinematography.
“The art and methods of
film photography”

7. Watch The Godfather ‘s
opening scene.
http://moodle.covcollege.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=14870
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Think about how the cinematographer, Gordon Willis,
creates mood, atmosphere and suspense in this scene.

8. Lighting
Can be used to create mood & tension….
What is the mood of this shot?
How does it make you feel?

9. Low key lighting can create
tension and suspense
Low key lighting has a big contrast between light & shadow.
It is often used to mirror the murky, dark world characters inhabit,
as well as their feelings and the stories subtext….

10. High key lighting
Some lighting can be more flat, bright and
evenly lit.
What is the mood of this shot?

11. High key lighting
is often used in romances and comedies
where we don’t want the audience to feel
unsettled, tense or scared….

12. As well as lighting we can use the
camera to create mood, tension &
meaning.

13. We can choose how to frame our shot
(what’s in the shot, and what’s not)

14. How does this shot make you
feel?

15. How does this shot make you
feel?

16. Our choice of shot can make
us feel
 Lonely
 Uncomfortable
 Close
 Lost
 Empty
 Tense
 Scared

17. We can also choose
what angle we shoot it at
This is a low angle shot.
What do we think of this character?
How powerful is he?

18. Shot angles
This is a high angle shot
What do we think of this character?
How powerful is he?

19. Camera movement
Moving the camera whilst shooting helps to
draw our audience in and direct their
attention to where we want it.
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Watch this scene from La Haine….

20. Cinematography
Helps film-makers to

21. Today
We’re going to be looking at the
work of British cinematographer
Roger Deakin.

22. Roger Deakins on
shooting single camera
 "I prefer shooting with a single camera
simply because I don't like shooting generic
'coverage'.
 I believe in constructing a shot that has a
purpose within a scene rather than leaving
it to the editor to cut something out of
coverage! “

23. Working alone
Log onto moodle and complete
cinematography analysis 1. Make notes.

24. Whole class feedback
What do we think? How did they use lighting
& camera to create mood, meaning &
atmosphere?

25. Working alone
Log onto moodle and complete
cinematography analysis 2. Make notes.

26. Feedback to the person next
to you

27. Whole class feedback
What do we think? How did they use lighting & camera to
create mood, meaning & atmosphere?

28. End of lesson plenary