Quiz #2 Flashcards
Visions of Light
Arnold Glassman (1993)
Important duo from visions of light
Gregg Toland and Orson Welles
Four factors in every shot
- framing
- depth of field
- color
- movement
Framing
The use of edges to determine what will be visible on screen
What does framing define?
mise-en-scene
Aspect Ratio
ratio of width to height
camera…
- angle
- level/balance
- height
- distance
Depth of Field
range of distances before the lens within which objects are in sharp focus
Depths of Field
- deep
- shallow
- racking
Deep depth
window in Citizen Kane (1941)
Shallow depth
Se7en (1995)
Racking depth
shift from front to back or vice versa
Color
comprised of color and tone
Color: color
the spectrum of colors and hues
Color: tone
the shading and saturation, of the colors
Camera Movements
- pan
- tilt
- tracking
- crane
Pan
left to right axis
Tilt
up and down axis
Tracking/Dolly Shot
forward/back or in/out
Crane shot
shot with a crane
Duration
how long a shot lasts
Four Methods of Joining Shots
- cut
- fade
- dissolve
- wipe
Four Basic Areas of Editing
- graphic
- rhythmic
- spatial
- temporal
Graphic
concerned with editing together the pictorial qualities of two shots (ex: bone to spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968))
Rhythmic
when a discernible pattern emerges, editing has its own visual “beat” or tempo
Spatial
editors can juxtapose any two points in space and time
Establishing Shot
defines overall space
Temporal
manipulation of our experience of story time through editing
- flashback
- flashforward
- elliptical editing
- overlapping editing
Elliptical Editing
suggests more time actually goes by in a story that is presented on screen (skipping the boring parts)
Overlapping Editing
action from one shot partially repeated in next shot, expands story time
Run Lola Run
Tom Tykwer (1998)
Editor: Mathilde Bonnefoy
The Player
Robert Altman (1992)
