terms Flashcards
Auteur
Filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control is so grand that they’re seen as the author
Diagesis
The world within the film
Flashback/Flashforward
Jump forwards or backwards within diagetic time
Mise-en-scene
The set of the shot (decor, setting, lighting, etc.)
Story and Plot (fabula and syuzhet)
Story is more extensive, plot is basic analysis
Three-point lighting
Standard lighting. Back light, Key light, Fill light
High-key lighting
Fill light is raised to almost same level as Key ligh. Few shadows, very bright image
Low-key lighting
Very little Fill light, creates strong contast between lights and darks (film noir)
Deep space
Significant elements of image are positioned near and distant from camera, objects do not have to be in focus
Shallow space
Image is stayed with little depth
Color
Added realism, creates aesthetic patterns and establishes character or emotion in cinema
Contrast
Ratio of dark to light in an image. If difference is big, it is ‘high contrast,’ associated with lowkey lighting
Deep focus
Different planes of image are given equal importance from focus
Shallow focus
Only one kind of plane is in sharp focus
Depth of field
Distance where elements are in sharp focus
Racking focus
Changing focus of a lens so an element in one plane goes out of focus and one in another comes into focus
Zoom shot
Lens with several elements to change focal length of lens (zoom in)