This document discusses literature and cinema, cinema genres, and film-making completion exercises. It compares literature and cinema, noting they both use narrative but cinema uses visuals and music while literature uses words. It outlines several common cinema genres like action, drama, comedy, and western. It also describes exercises for changing the action axis during filming and the key elements and purpose of a script, which is used by the director and actors to plan shots and dialog.

1. UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMED
FORCES
CINEMA APPRECIATION
UNIT 4: “FILM – MAKING COMPLETION”
DAYANA CRISTINA TAMAYO

2. 4.1 LITERATURE AND CINEMA
LITERATURE CINEMA
Temporal development
Narration of series of facts
Dramatic structures
Written or oral expression Visual expression
Uses words Uses images and music
Inner worlds and great
reflections
Changes of scenery

3. 4.1 LITERATURE AND CINEMA
LITERATURE AND
CINEMA
Adaptation
equivalence of
meaning
signification
differences
Language
same content
different shape
Visualization
conceptual
plane
objective data
Time and
space
continuity
real

4. 4.2 CINEMA GENRES
Standard of conventions
Concrete story Fiction arguments
Objective
Entertaining an audience
In the beginning (comedy and drama)
Criterion of the intention Mood accents

5. 4.2 CINEMA GENRES
Cinematographic
genres
Action
Drama
Suspense
ComedyWestern
Musical
Fantasy

6. 4.3 COMPLETION EXERCISES
4.3.1 Changing action axis
The action axis is a cinematographic operation rigid in relation to the camera and to the performers
it is ductile, they create it as they move and change the situation
The action axis moves along with the performer

7. 4.3 COMPLETION EXERCISES
4.3.2 The Script: Five Essential Questions
1. What is a script ?
It is a text in the form of a book which is useful as a starting document for the filming of a movie.
It is used by actors, directors and technicians
It describes:
Details
Dialogues
Texts
Notes for musical band

8. 4.3 COMPLETION EXERCISES
4.3.2 The Script: Five Essential Questions
2. What is it used for?
Director articulate scene
Performer analyze personages’ character
Production manager make up a plan
Photography director imagine chromatic climates
Artistic director construct environments

9. 4.3 COMPLETION EXERCISES
4.3.2 The Script: Five Essential Questions
3. How is it written down?
decoration to put up
performers and “stunts” to be hired
dialogues to be pronounced
music to be composed and played
elements of camera and sound that are required
assistants and auxiliary staff
transportation means and even insurances to avoid risks
4. What are its limitations?
The relation between scriptwriter- director

10. 4.3 COMPLETION EXERCISES
4.3.2 The Script: Five Essential Questions
5. Can its technique be learned?
Observation of reality and prior work
Level the stages for writing exercising
Narrative ordering
Admit mistakes
Original creativity