Film Language: Camera Movements in Cinema and Film Studies. Ian Moreno-Melgar
A long PDF that has been used to introduce GCSE Film Students to the complicated process of identifying and explaining the use of camera movement. This is a fairly detailed series of slides which I have used in school for a couple of classes now. As it is a PDF the clips do not play but where possible I've used SlideShare and YouTube to embed the relevant videos which is why some images or slides may appear repeated. Included on the slide are a list of the videos referred to and used. . Similarly, as it was designed to be used in lessons the overall 'structure' is somewhat disjointed and is missing slides that includes answers or ideas that were discussed in lessons. In order to help where possible, I've included large versions of worksheets so that these can be clipped and printed out if necessary. Many thanks for taking a look and please feel free to take a look at my other uploads as you will find plenty there on other aspects of Film Studies
Film Language: Camera Movements in Cinema and Film Studies. Ian Moreno-Melgar
A long PDF that has been used to introduce GCSE Film Students to the complicated process of identifying and explaining the use of camera movement. This is a fairly detailed series of slides which I have used in school for a couple of classes now. As it is a PDF the clips do not play but where possible I've used SlideShare and YouTube to embed the relevant videos which is why some images or slides may appear repeated. Included on the slide are a list of the videos referred to and used. . Similarly, as it was designed to be used in lessons the overall 'structure' is somewhat disjointed and is missing slides that includes answers or ideas that were discussed in lessons. In order to help where possible, I've included large versions of worksheets so that these can be clipped and printed out if necessary. Many thanks for taking a look and please feel free to take a look at my other uploads as you will find plenty there on other aspects of Film Studies
An introduction to mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound
for teachers attending the summer 2009
Teacher's Institute at Jacob Burns Film
Center, Pleasantville, NY.
Camera shots commonly used in movie making and what they are used for, with examples (pictures and gifs) of each given about the explanation, all from some good movies.
An introduction to mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound
for teachers attending the summer 2009
Teacher's Institute at Jacob Burns Film
Center, Pleasantville, NY.
Camera shots commonly used in movie making and what they are used for, with examples (pictures and gifs) of each given about the explanation, all from some good movies.
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We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
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2. What are we looking for when
analysing editing in a clip?
Task 1:
• Write down as many elements that you can
think of that may come under editing (2 mins.)
3. What are we looking for when
analysing editing in a clip?
• Order of shots/shot choices
• Continuity
• Transitions
• Shot duration
• Pace and rhythm
• Special effects
You need to be
able to discuss
how these
technical
elements help
create meaning.
4. Order of shots
• The meaning of a clip can change depending
on the order the shots are cut together
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• Putting two shots together can suggest a
connection or emphasise contrast
(juxtaposition).
5. Order of shots
The order of shots can reveal who motivates the edit.
• Which character’s perspective is privileged? For
example, who do we start or end with or cut to most
often in a conversation/scene? Who do we see eyeline
matches for, etc.
• Screen time is also part of this – which character do we
see most, or which character do we see the
perspective of most, i.e. point of view shots.
• This tells us which characters are most important in a
scene or at a particular point in the narrative.
6. Continuity
Continuity editing:
• Cutting shots to tell a story with narrative continuity
• Helping the viewer make sense of the action by
implying spatial relationships and ensuring smooth
flow from shot to shot.
• Creates realism - edit is invisible so action appears
real rather than constructed.
7. Continuity
Continuity techniques:
• Establishing shot (establishes the space in which
action is to happen)
• The 180º rule (ensures that the same space is
described in each shot)
• Shot/reverse shot
• Eyeline match (e.g. character looks off-screen, next
shot shows us what they see)
• Match on action (character begins to move in one
shot, we see continuation of the same movement in
the next shot)
8. Non-Continuity
• Montage – giving information in compressed form –
can come under…
• Non-continuity editing – Continuity is broken and
construction is more apparent. Meaning often
created through juxtaposition and metaphor shot
inserts.
• For example, the Six Feet Under opening.
9. Transitions
• The process of cutting from one shot to another
usually involves a simple straight cut. However there
are other means of transition available to a film
editor such as,
• Fade to black
• Dissolve/cross fade
• Wipe
10. Fade – the preceding shot fades into black from which the following
shot emerges.
11. Fade – the preceding shot fades into black from which the following
shot emerges.
12. Fade – the preceding shot fades into black from which the following
shot emerges.
13. Dissolve or cross fade – the preceding shot merges into the following
shot, resulting in the two shots being superimposed. The longer the
dissolve the more noticeable the superimposition becomes.
14. Dissolve or cross fade – the preceding shot merges into the following
shot, resulting in the two shots being superimposed. The longer the
dissolve the more noticeable the superimposition becomes.
15. Dissolve or cross fade – the preceding shot merges into the following shot,
resulting in the two shots being superimposed. The longer the dissolve the
more noticeable the superimposition becomes.
17. Transitions
As well as simply moving to another shot, transitions
can:
• imply a passage of time
• imply a change in location
• emphasise a connection, perhaps what a character is
thinking, remembering or dreaming about
(dissolve/cross fade).
Click here for more detail on transitions
18. Shot Duration/Pace & Rhythm
• The duration of a shot will usually reflect the narrative
context.
• Generally speaking short shot duration conveys action
and urgency (say in a chase sequence). Click here for a
chase sequence from Die Another Day. See if you can
count the number of shots!
• Long shot duration creates a slower pace and conveys
intensity and intimacy within the narrative, it allows us to
focus upon facial expression and other aspects of mise en
scene which would otherwise be missed.
• Video clip on fast and slow cutting.
19. Special Effects
• Special effects can be used to further
manipulate the mise en scene of a sequence.
• Arlington Road example
20. Editing controls what information
we get and when we get it
When analysing a clip it is also useful to consider how editing
techniques are used to control what information is revealed to
or hidden from:
a) the characters?
b) the audience?
If you as the audience know more than the character(s) then it can
help provoke an emotional reaction.
For example, a film may be cross cutting between shots of a
character and shots that suggest impending danger. The character
does not see this but the audience do and so may feel anxiety or
tension in anticipation of something horrible happening – the
element of suspense is being built up for the audience.
21. More editing devices & terminology
• Ellipsis = compression of time.
Ellipsis is both a narrative device and the most basic idea in film editing.
Ellipsis concerns the omission of a section of the story that is either
obvious enough for the public to fill in or concealed for a narrative
purpose, such as suspense or mystery
• Parallel Editing: cross cutting or intercutting between different
locations can convey the impression that two or more events are occurring
simultaneously. This is often used to build tension.
• Split screen: where the frame is split into sections so that we can
see different events occurring at the same time. This technique was used
on the TV series 24 and also the Thriller opening Mesrine: Killer Instinct.