The document provides an overview of key forms and conventions of film, including genres, cinematography techniques, editing, audio techniques, and theatrical elements. It discusses genres like action, drama, and horror. Techniques covered include shots, angles, lighting, editing approaches, uses of music and sound, and voice elements. Theatrical elements discussed include setting and location.

1. FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS
OF FILM

2. Learning Objective
Interpret the meaning suggested
in visual media through a focus on
visual elements, for example, line,
symbols, color, gaze, framing and
social distance

3. Action Drama Horror
Comedy Epics/Historical War
Crime and Gangster Musical/Dance Fantasy
Adventure Science Fiction
Identify what form is depicted on the following films. Choose your
answer inside the box.
• Ang Probinsyano 4. Encantadia
• Wansapanataym 5. Mulawin
• Spiderman

4. Let us study the pictures and then answer the questions that follow.
• What have you noticed with pictures A and B in terms of
lighting?

5. Let us study the pictures and then answer the questions that follow.
2. Who are the characters in pictures A and B?

6. Let us study the pictures and then answer the questions that follow.
3. What do you think is the setting in pictures A and B?

7. Let us study the pictures and then answer the questions that follow.
4. What is the atmosphere or mood created in pictures A and B?

8. Let us study the pictures and then answer the questions that follow.
5. Where is the set-up of pictures A and B?

9. What is your favorite film?
What do you usually enjoy in
watching films?

10. FILM
STRUCTURE

11. • consists of moving pictures that
have been recorded so that they
can be shown at the cinema or on
television.
• It tells a story or shows a real
situation.
• The process of filmmaking is both
an art and an industry.

12. • Action
• Adventure
• Comedy
• Crime and Gangster
• Drama
• Epics/Historical
• Horror
• Musical/Dance
• Science Fiction
• War
• Fantasy

13. • light
• blocking
• direction
• characterization
• acting
• dialog
• setting
• set-up

14. • is a convention of film
used to create a specific
atmosphere. It is a very
important aspect for
shaping meaning in
films. It can manipulate a
viewer’s attitude towards
a setting or a character.
• is simply the
relationship of the
camera to the actors.
Essentially, it is the
physical movement of
the actors relative to
the position of the
camera.

15. • is the process of
making sure that
every
component of
the movie runs
smoothly.
• is the process by which
the writer reveals the
personality of the
character.
Characterization is
revealed through direct
characterization or
indirect characterization.

16. • affects the way the
audience responds.
• This includes facial
expressions, body
language and delivery
of lines.
• is the exchange of
spoken words
between two or
more characters in
the film or moving
pictures.

17. • is both the time and
geographic location
within a film or within a
work of film. The
setting helps initiate
the main backdrop
and mood for a story.
• is also called “set design”
• refers to the creation of a
scenery that depicts the
“look” or physical
appearance of the set for
a film. It is often structured
or built in studios. It can
also be outside locations.

18. Action Drama Horror
Comedy Epics/Historical War
Crime and Gangster Musical/Dance Fantasy
Adventure Science Fiction
Identify what form is depicted on the following films. Choose your
answer inside the box.
• Shake, Rattle and Roll 4. Avatar
• Men in Black 5. Titanic
• American Sniper

19. Lights Direction Blocking Set-up
Characterization Acting Dialog Setting
Choose from the conventions and devices of films
used in the scene.
• The actors are positioned in front of the house.
• “Get out, the house is on fire!”
• The director is telling the actors what he wants
in the scene.

20. Lights Direction Blocking Set-up
Characterization Acting Dialog Setting
Choose from the conventions and devices of films
used in the scene.
4. They are filming near the ocean.
5. They use natural sunlight as lighting.
6. The actress made us cry in the scene.
7. Gloria plays as the good witch.

21. Lights Direction Blocking Set-up
Characterization Acting Dialog Setting
Choose from the conventions and devices of films
used in the scene.
8. The place was dim and eerie.
9. Angelina sits with posture and the opposite end is
John.
10. “Oh, you can’t help that said the cat: we’re all mad
here. I’m mad, you’re mad.”

23. 1 2
When we study film, we consider the following:
This includes elements like
character, setting, plot events,
theme etc.
This includes visual techniques
and audio techniques.

24. A single 'run' of the camera. This is the basic
unit from which a film is constructed. The length
of each shot determines the pace and rhythm of
the scene. The typical shot lasts around 5-8
seconds.
• A Long Take – reveals complex scenes,
often with in them, as they unfold in real
time.
• A Short Take – can last under a second and
switches rapidly.

25. A group of shots depicting
one action, or, which
seem to belong with or
depend upon each other.
A typical sequence might
be between 3 to 18 shots)
A group of sequences
which depict an event in
the story and occur in one
place.
A scene is generally a
larger unit than a
sequence.

26. CINEMATOGRAPHY
& LIGHTING

28. Close-up Shot Mid Shot Long Shot

29. Extreme Long Shot

30. Camera angles are also referred
to as viewing perspective.
They describe the angle ofthe
camera in relation to the subject.
There are six main types of
camera angles.

31. High Angle Low Angle Eye Level
Shot

32. Birdseye
View
Undershot Dutch Tilt

36. EDITING

37. This is the process of assembling and
splicing together the various shots which
comprise a film.
The editing speed (or tempo) of a particular
sequence is also an important consideration.
Fast editing generates excitement and
anticipation and slow editing has a calming
and relaxing effect on the viewer.

38. Some
common
editing
technique
s are as
follows:
Cut – two shots are joined in a
way that looks like an
instantaneous change between
shots.
Fade – The image appears or
disappears gradually by slowly
fading to black, white or another
colour. The fade is often used as a
division between scenes.
Dissolve – an image on screen
slowly fades away while the next
image slowly fades in (either a
voiceover or a piece of music).

39. Some
common
editing
techniques
are as
follows:
Parallel Editing/Cross-cutting –
cuts between scenes that are
happening simultaneously but in
different locations.
Point-of-view Edit – a series of
shots reveal what a character is
seeing and their reaction to it via
facial expression
Montage – a series of shots from
different settings or times shown in
sequence to create a continuous
reality. There is usually voiceover
or music played over the top.

40. AUDIO
TECHNIQUES

41. • mood atmosphere
• setting
•
events
•
actions
thoughts
Music in film is a powerful
emotional trigger that
achieves a number of
things:

42. •
post production.
•
sound effects
effect
Sound effects are any sound, other
than music or speech, artificially
reproduced to create an effect.

43. • monologue
voiceover
•
voice
Dialogue is defined as a
conversation between two or more
people in a movie.

44. THEATRICAL
ELEMENTS

45. place

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