Film Form Flashcards
What are all of the parts of mise-en-scene?
Production design, set design, prop/costume design
Hair and makeup, colour palette
3 point lighting, high/low key, chiaroscuro
Proxemics (where the characters are) and NVC
The 3 parts of 3 point lighting
Key fill and back
What is high and low key lighting?
High - soft lighting, minimal shadows and no/little contrast
Low - opposite of high, uses one harsh light most the time
What is chiaroscuro lighting?
When light and dark are used together to show the juxtaposition of the two, often like a half dark half lit face
What are all parts of cinematography?
High low and Dutch angle
Tracking panning tilt crane steadicam and handheld cam
Establishing wide mid two close and ECU shots
4:3 1.85:1 and 2.35:1ratio
100/50/30 mm and wide angle lenses
16/35/75mm stock
Shallow deep and pull focus
What is steadicam?
A lightweight mount for a camera that a person wears and walks with, keeping it very still for moving camera work
What term is closely related to handheld camera?
Cinema verité
What are the differences between the aspect ratios?
4:3 - old and unused now
1.85:1 - fills the whole cinema screen
2.35:1 - aesthetic choice, trims top and bottom to give an epic look
What are the differences between the lenses?
Lower mm = wider angle, exaggerates space more
Higher mm = closer tighter angles, used for a focus closer to 100mm
What are the differences between the stock?
Lower mm = grainy (has to blow up more to fill screen) but cheaper and smaller
Higher mm = very ungrainy, much larger and very expensive
What are all parts of editing?
Continuity - 180 degree rule, shot reverse shot, action match, eyeline match, graphic match, linear, colour grading
Fragmented - non linear, jump cut, montage, juxtaposition, cross cutting, transitions, slowmo, SFX, titles, freezes
What are all parts of sound?
Diegetic, non diegetic, parallel, contrapuntal, asynchronous, score, soundtrack, foley, ADR
Difference between score and soundtrack?
Score was written and composed for the film whereas soundtrack is pre-existing songs directors had to pay the rights to
What is Foley?
Added diegetic sounds after the films production by adding it in via remaking sounds (usually in unique ways)
What is ADR?
When an actor comes to a studio to dub the dialogue of their character, often done in animated for obvious reasons
