Study Guide Flashcards
Telephoto
has a longer focal length (used for shallow depth of field – aperture would want to be as open as possible)
Wide angle
- Focal length of lens
- Wide angle lens
- expands /stretches space
Depth of field
How would I obtain the greatest depth of field?
- Keeping as much in focus as you can within your frame
- Shallow depth of field=amount of focus is narrow
Photoshop Layers
- Revolutionary when it came about because of layers
- Basically stacked acetate – you can see through transparent areas of different layers so it all looks like its on one
- Pretty much every new thing you add to something in photoshop is a new layer
Photoshop Vectors
- It doesn’t pixelate as you zoom
- Adobe Illustrator is the go to for these
Elements of effective graphic design
Captures attention
Controls eye movement
Conveys info
Evokes emotion
Golombisky and Hagen’s 3 building blocks
- Visuals
- Type
- Negative space (gives the eye room to breathe
Non-destructive editing
- A feature of photoshop
- Allows you to make changes to an imagewithout overwriting the original image data. This means thatyou will always be able to backtrack on adjustments made to an image as needed, retaining flexibility and keeping the resolution of the original image intact
Ways to nondestructive edit
- Duplicate a layer
- Working with adjustments layers
- Really anything that will introduce a new layer that can be placed over the original with edits to the needed area
4 act structure
o Act 1 – the setup
♣ Character intro/set up to circumstances surrounding the goal
o Act 2 – the complicating action
♣ Pushes in new direction, a whole new situation with which the protagonist must cope
o Act 3 – the development
♣ Struggle towards goals typically occurs
o Act 4 – Climax and Epilogue
♣ Will the goal be achieved?
(parks & rec example)
elements of classical storytelling:
Active protagonist drives story forward Clarity Closure Invisible style Goal Oriented protagonist
Jenkin’s 7 Principles of Transmedia Storytelling
♣ World building
• The world comes before the character (Harry Potter)
♣ Subjectivity
• A world that invites us to think about what things might be like from another character’s point of view
♣ Performance
• Enactment (conventions)
♣ Spreadability vs. drillability
• People want to share the love for this franchise (share it on social media)
♣ Immersion vs. extractability
• Watching it you’re completely invested in it (Game of Thrones)
♣ Seriality
• No closure at the end of the episode/film
♣ Continuity vs. multiplicity
Art cinema storytelling
o more passive, sometimes bad/good stuff just happens and there isn’t really a reason for it
o what’s pushing the story forward- art cinema has an emphasis on realism
o passive protagonist
o protagonist is an observer rather than motivator of action
o ambiguity
o realism and open ended
o strong authorial voice
Aperture – what does it do
o Higher range aperture or aperture
♣ Less light = concentrating the light (like laser) provides greater depth of field
♣ Smaller f-stop diffuses light and reduces depth of field
Exposure- what does it do
o is the amount of light per unit area reaching a photo or image sensor as determined by shutter speed, lens aperture, and scene luminance
o basically if it will be light or dark
