These key phrases are essential for clocking up the marks in an exam!
(Terminology is key!)
Film Language
Lighting:
Sources of Lighting Key Lighting = brightest Back
Lighting = counteracts key
Filler
Lighting = softens harsh shadows
Angles of
Lighting Under Lighting = below subject (distorting) Top Lighting = above subject (glamorous)
Back
Lighting = behind subject (silhouette)
Atmospheres of
Lighting
Low
Key = key & back (contrast)
High Key = more
filler (realistic)
Sound:
Sound Types
Diegetic on
screen = during filming & can see
Diegetic off screen = during filming & can’t see
Non-Diegetic
= added post production
Sound effects
Sound
Bridge = music used over two scenes
Sound Styles
Parallel = music matches scene
Contrapuntal = music doesn’t match scene
Film Noir
‘Noir’ = French for black (Black represents film theme) Low key lighting is used
Camera Framing:
Long shot Mid
shot
Close
up
Extreme
close up
Point
of view
Low angle POV High
angle POV
Black
frame
Camera Movement:
Fixed shot = on a tripod and doesn’t move
Panning shot = camera moves slowly from side to side on fixed axis
Tilt shot = camera moves slowly from up to down on a fixed axis Crane
shot = mounted on a crane moves around at a distance above Tracking
shot = camera follows the action moving along tracks
Rolling
shot = camera moves diagonally on an axis
Hand held
camera = this can be shaky / realistic
Mise en Scene:
= French for ‘what is put into the scene’
Types of Mise en
Scene:
Setting
& props
Costume / hair / make-up
Facial
expressions & body language Lighting and colour Positioning of characters and objects
Editing
Straight cut = simple cut to a shot of the same scene
Fade cut = the screen fades to black
Dissolve
= where one image is slowly brought under another
Wipe
cut = one part of the screen moves to wipe across the other
Jump
cut = the audience’s attention is brought to something suddenly
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