Technicals areas
- 2. There are 4 technical areas that we are working on: • 1.Camerawork. Camerawork can be used to represent characters in a variety of ways: · High/low angels/tilts to show dominance/inferiority. · Point of view/over the shoulder to encourage the audience to identify with the character. · Camera movement to suggest the character is fast paced and energetic, or chaotic, anxious... · Two shots to emphasize the relationship between characters. · Zoom for emphasis. · Close-ups to show emotions/reactions. · Long/Establishing shots to show setting/costume.
- 3. Shots: Establishing/Extreme shot : Shot showing the location the scene is taking place.
- 4. Master shot: Shot showing where characters/objects are positioned in a scene.
- 5. Close-up: Showing someone from the shoulders up.
- 6. Mid-shot: Showing someone from the waist up.
- 7. Long shot: Showing someone from head to toe.
- 8. Wide shot: Showing a wide view of the scene.
- 9. Two-shot:A shot showing two people.
- 10. Aerial shot: Shot filmed from the air.
- 11. Over the shoulder shot: Shot take it from the shoulder of the person that is talking.
- 12. High angle: The camera looks down on someone.
- 13. Low angle: The camera looks up at someone.
- 14. Canted angle: The camera is at a slanted angle.
- 15. Movement: Pan: The camera move from side to side. Tilt: The camera moves up and down. Track: The camera follows a person or object. Crane: The camera moves up or down on a crane. Steadicam: The camera is strapped to camera operator’s body creates a gliding effect. Hand-held: A shaky handheld effect. Zoom: The camera zooms in or out. Reverse-zoom: The lenses zooms in or out whilst the camera moves in the opposite direction, creates the impression that the background is constantly moving.
- 16. 2.Editing. Can be used to construct representations by: • The pace of editing (fast paced –young, energetic, slow-old) • Contrasting characters or settings (crosscutting, shot/reverse shot) • Creating links between characters or settings. • Showing us what a character is looking at. • Showing us what a character is thinking about (cutting, superimposition)
- 17. Cutting: The process where one shot is replaced on screen immediately by the next.
- 18. Shot/reverse shot: Cutting back and forth between people in a conversation.
- 19. Eyeline match: Cutting to show what a character is looking at.
- 20. Graphic match: A similar shape or colour linking two consecutive shots.
- 21. Action match: Cutting to show another angle of the scene.
- 22. Dissolve: One shot fades out as the next shot fades in.
- 23. Superimposition: One image is placed on top of another image. slow motion : A way of showing pictures from a film or television programme at a slower speed than normal. Long take: A single continuous shot that does not cut for an unusual length of time. (e.g. Over a minute) Fast paced/slow paced editing: When the editing is fast paced the action will cut rapidly from shot to shot with each shot lasting only a few seconds. Slow paced editing will involve limited cutting from shot to shot.
- 24. 3.Sound . Can represent social groups in a range of way: • The language and accent of a character. • Use of music can tell you about the character. • Ambient sounds can tell you about the setting. • Diegeticà Sound originating from a source in the scene, e.g. dialogue. • Non-diegeticà Sound added in postproduction, e.g. background music. • Sound motifà A sound of piece of music associated with a character, place or theme (like the JAWS). • Sound bridgeà Sound linking the end of one scene and the beginning to the next. • Dialogueà Words spoken by actors. • Voiceoverà Dialogue spoken by an unseen character over related images. • Direct addressàWhen the actor speaks directly to the camera. • Sound mixà The way in which the different sounds in a scene are mixed together. • Ambient soundà Background noise.
- 25. 4.Mise-en-scene. Is very important to representations: • What a character wears. • Where the scene is taking place and how it appears. • Props can signify information about characters. • Lighting connotes certain meanings about characters.
- 26. Location:Where the scene takes place.
- 27. Set design: How the setting is designed.
- 28. Costume: Clothes worn by the actors.
- 29. Props: Objects used in the scene.
- 30. High key lighting: Bright lighting.
- 31. Low key lighting: Dark lighting.