Camera language
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This document discusses various techniques used in filmmaking to convey meaning through camerawork, including shots, angles, movements, focus, lighting, sound, editing, and performance. It provides definitions for common cinematography terms like wide shot, close-up, pan, tracking shot, hard lighting, soft lighting, cut, and performance. Elements of mise-en-scene like composition, color palette, setting, and props are also defined. The document serves as a guide for understanding the language of film through its visual and audio components.
Camera language
- 1. Language of Camera S.H.Sheik Mohamed
- 2. Camera Language Camera Shots Camera Angles Camera Movements Focus Mise-en-scene Lighting Sound Editing Performing
- 3. Camera Shots Wide Shot : Taken from far away, shows characters and a background Medium Shot : Shows torso, face and some background Close-up Shows : head and shoulders of a character Point of View : Shot Shows you what a character is seeing
- 4. Camera Movements Pan : The camera moves up, down or side to side Tracking Shot: The camera is moved forwards, backwards or side to side on‘train’ tracks.
- 5. Camera angles Low angle : The camera is placed below eye level, looking up High angle : The camera is placed above eye level, looking down
- 6. Focus Focus : How clear or sharp an image is In focus : When an image is clear and sharp Out of Focus : When an image is blurry Soft Focus : When a character or subject has soft edges Deep Focus : When the foreground, middle ground and background are all in focus Shallow Focus : When one part of the image is in focus, and another part is not
- 7. Mise-en-Scène Mise-en-Scène How the scene is set or staged Composition- Describes how things are positioned in the frame Colour Palette -The range of colors chosen for a scene Setting- Where a scene takes place Props -Any items used in a scene Costume & Makeup- Anything worn by an actor
- 8. Lighting Lighting Hard Lighting -Direct, e.g. a street on a sunny day, or a character in a spotlight Soft Lighting -Indirect, e.g. a street on a cloudy day, or a character at a candlelit dinner
- 9. Sound and Music Composed Score- Music written by a composer for a film Dialogue- Words spoken between characters Narration -A voice that tells the story Sound Effects - Sounds that are added to a scene
- 10. Editing Editing- How shots are put together Cut- When one shot ends and another one begins. Rapid cutting- e.g. action scenes Slow cutting- e.g. suspenseful or dramatic scenes
- 11. Performance Performance Performing The way in which actors play with facial expressions, body language, voice as they perform.