Motion Pictures Test 2 Flashcards
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French term for staging or putting on an action or scene, Refers to the overall look and feel of a movie, The sum of everything the audience sees and hears (sound) and experiences while viewing it
Mise-en-scene
the process by which the look of the settings, props, lighting, and actors is determined
Design
the organization, distribution, balance, and general relationship of actors and objects within the space of each shot
Composition
Functions of Design: (4)
Expresses a movies vision, Creates a convincing sense of time, space, and moods, suggests a characters state of mind, relates to developing themes.
Person responsible for the overall design concept of a movie, hired to work with the director and director of photography.
Production Designer
Design Departments: (7)
Art, Costume Design and Construction, Makeup hairstyling and wardrobe, location and properties, carpentry set production and decoration, greenery and transportation, and visual effects and special effects
Most important elements of design: (3)
Setting decor and properties, lighting, and costume makeup and wardrobe.
the spatial and temporal environment (realistic or imagined) in which the narrative takes place
Setting
the color and textures of the interior decoration, furniture, draperies, curtains
Decor
objects that help us understand the characters by showing us their preferences in such things
Properties, props
A windowless, soundproofed, professional shooting environment
Soundstage
Guides viewers’ eyes through the moving image and helps tell the movie story, Calls attention to shapes and textures; shadows may mask or conceal things, and Light is controlled and manipulated to achieve expressive effects
Lighting
Contributes to the setting and suggests specific character traits, the clothing worn by an actor in a movie
Costume, Makeup, and Hairstyle
Style of Design: nonfiction,short, realistic depictions of everyday activities
Realistic
Style of Design: used stage tricks, mechanisms, and a variety of cinematic effects
Fantastic
The general relationship of figures, stationary objects, light, shadow, line, and color within the frame
Composition
What we see on the screen
Framing
What moves on screen
Kinesis
Framing implies:
POV
POV can be:
omniscient, subjective, or ambigious
Depict a world where characters move freely within an open, recognizable environment
Open Frames
Imply that other forces have robbed characters of their ability to move and act freely
Closed Frames
anything concrete within the frame (object, animal, person)
Figure
planning the positions and movements of the actors and the cameras
Blocking
