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Terms: Cinematography

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How a film is shot

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Define: Film Stock

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Unexposed film (Blank Canvas)

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Film Stock Parts: Perforation

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Guiding hole of the side

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Film Stock Parts: Frame

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Individual image (24 frames/sec)

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Film Stock Parts: Emulsion

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A thin gelatin like coating on the surface of the film stock

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Film Stock Parts: Grains

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Light sensitive particles within the emulsion (pixels)

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Film Stock Parts: Super Coat

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The protective layer on the emulsion

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Film Stock Parts: Anti-Halatoin

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Prevents light reflection (on back of film stock)

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Film Stock Parts: Clear Base

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The thickness of the film stock

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Film Stock Parts: Gauge

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The width of the film stock (wider gauge = sharper image)

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Elements of Cinematography

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Speed, Color, Lighting, Camera

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Elements of Cinematography: Speed

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Slow: needs more light to capture an image (set)
Faster: Doesn’t need as much light (location)

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Elements of Cinematography: Color

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Warm: suggest aggression/power
Cool: Suggest mellow/calm

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Elements of Cinematography: Lighting

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Hard/Direct: lit directly on the subject

Soft/Indirect: light wraps around subject (usually looks better)

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Types of Lighting

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Key, Fill, Backlight

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Types of Lighting: Key

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First one placed (strongest)

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Types of Lighting: Fill

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Fills in w/key lighting, eliminates extra shadows

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Types of Lighting: Backlight

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Provides depth, farthest away from the camera

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What was the first visual effect?

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Lighting

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Part of the Camera: Reels

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Holds the film stock

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Part of the Camera: Lens

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Eye of the camera that picks up what we want to see

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Types of Lens: Normal

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What the eye would see normally

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Types of Lens: Wide-Angle

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Captures larger areas/distances

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Types of Lens: Telephoto

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Allows you to capture something from a safe distance

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Types of Lens: Anamorphic
Squeezes shot into frame, just visual variety
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Types of Lens: Aperture
Allows light into camera behind the lens
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Types of shots: ELS
Extreme long shot: subject visible but we lose detail
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Types of shots: LS
Long Shot
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Types of shots: MLS
Medium Long Shot
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Types of shots: MS
Medium Shot
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Types of shots: MCU
Medium Close Up
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Types of shots: CU
Close Up
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Types of shots: ECU
Extreme Close Up
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Types of Placement: Top Angle
Bird's eye view
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Types of Placement: High Angle
Used to show submission
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Types of Placement: Eye Level
Normal
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Types of Placement: Low Angle
Show superiority
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Types of Placement: Bottom Angle
Worm's eye
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Types of Placement: Dutch Angle
Slanted to show out of balance
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Types of Camera Movement: Dolly
Forward and backward
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Types of Camera Movement: Pedestal
Up and down
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Types of Camera Movement: Track
Follow the subject
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Types of Camera Movement: Pan
Left to right, turns camera but doesn't move from its place
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Types of Camera Movement: Tilt
Up and down but doesn't move from its place
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Types of Camera Movement: Roll
Twist
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Types of Camera Movement: Zoom
In and out
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Editing Terms: Cutaway
To move away from a subject to show something else and then return to the subject
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Editing Terms: Dailies
Days filming
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Editing Terms: Final Cut
What clips make it into the film
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Editing Terms: Montage
Bunch of clips
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Building Blocks to Editing
Shot, Scene, Sequence, Transitions
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Building Blocks: Shot
The basic unit of editing
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Building Blocks: Scene
Part of the filming that gives the impression of continuous action taking place
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Building Blocks: Sequence
Series of related scenes (story-line)
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Building Blocks: Transitions
How we connect shots, scenes, sequences
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Types of Transitions: Cut
stop
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Types of Transitions: Match Cut
Match shots
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Types of Transitions: Jump Cut
Designed to surprise the audience
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Types of Transitions: Fade in/out
Fading in/out
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Types of Transitions: Dissolve
Fade, but no black screen
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Types of Transitions: Wipe
Puchs shot off w/another shot
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Types of Continuity Editing: | Image on Image
Putting 2 shots in the same frame
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Types of Continuity Editing: | Image after Image
2 Angles but objects don't match
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What do you effect with editing?
Pace and time

Intro to Film (MCC) (9 decks)

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