The document discusses how shots in film can be thought of as words in a language. Close up shots provide information to answer the "who" question similar to a noun. Medium shots show actions and answer the "what" question, like a verb. Long shots provide the location to answer the "where" question. Extreme long shots can indicate the "when" question. Extreme close ups are used to answer the "why" question by showing a subject's internal thoughts. A series of shots can show the "how" question through a progression of actions. Editing between shots is like verbs, with cuts, dissolves and other transitions.

1. FILM LANGUAGE
Dr. J. Janardhan

2. FILM LANGUAGE
• The words are the building blocks of a written language
• Individual shots are the building blocks of the film
language
• Different shots can be thought of as different parts of
speech
• Undoubtedly 5 W’s & H are the basic components of
story

3. SHOTS AS WORDS

4. CLOSE UP SHOT AS WORD
• The who question is typically answered with the close-up
• The primary point of focus in any close-up is the subject's
face

5. MEDIUM SHOT AS WORD
• If you want to communicate what is going on, you
probably need to show a subject performing an activity
• Typically this is conveyed in a medium shot (MS).

6. LONG SHOT AS WORD
• Where: The location of an event is critical.
• Sometimes, location is deliberately omitted for a while to
emphasize suspense
• This question is always answered with a Long Shot (LS)
• The LS shows a subject in an environment.

7. EL SHOT AS WORDS
• When : This question can seem tricky
• When shot is the extreme-long shot (ELS)
• The when question can be answered in different ways too.
• Sometimes a CU of a particular object

8. ECU SHOT AS WORDS
• Why : This question points to the internal decision
making of your subject
• The classic shot to use is an extreme close-up, sometimes
BCU for big close-up

9. SERIES OF SHOTS AS WORDS
• How: While the why is usually a very internal aspect of
the story shots
• the how is just the opposite to the Why and very external
• It is answered using MCU or a series of CUs or ECU

10. SHOTS AS WORDS

11. USING VERBS
• If you think of shots as nouns,
• you can think of edit points as verbs.
• When the time and action remains continuous across the
two shots you can employ a jump cut
• where time or space is deliberately mismatched; you may
make a scene cut
• where you transition from one location or event to
another; you can use a cross dissolve

12. USING VERBS
• Every Shot Must Provide New Information
• Cut on Action- every cut is an opportunity for your
audience to stop thinking about your story and start
wondering

13. USING VERBS
• Split Edits Whenever Possible- the audio is continuous
while the picture is changing
• The picture is continuous while the audio is changing

14. MATCHING SHOTS/ANGLES
• Matching Angles: CU to CU, MCU to MCU, and so on
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYky1VVdP0Q

15. THE 180° RULE
• People were looking left-to-right in the real space
• Something that needs to be careful while shooting

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