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Reading FilmComparing Literary Elements to Cinematic ElementsBased on John Goldens Reading in the Dark

1Cinematic ElementsReading FilmCinematic ElementsShot type/framingCamera anglesLightingSoundEditing

Key question: what are the effects of the directors cinematic choices on the viewer? 3FramingClose up: image takes up 80% of screen (face only)

Long shot: image filmed from some distance (full body)

Medium shot: between the two (waist up)4Framingclose uplong shot

medium shot

5Close-up

6Close-up

7Medium shot

8Long shot

9Long shot

10AnglesLow angle: camera is below subject

High angle: camera is above the subject

Eye level: even with subject11Low Angle

12Low angle

13Low angle

14High angle

15High angle

16LightingHigh key: bright

Low key: dark, shadows

Side/bottom: light on one side or below

Front lighting: direct and even lighting17High-key lighting

18Low-key lighting

19Side lighting

20Side lighting

21Front lighting

22Mixed lighting

23SoundDiegetic: sound that logically could be heard by characters within the film environmentNon-Diegetic: sound that cannot be heard by characters; it is for audience only

24EditingCut: simple/common move between shotsFade: fade to black, white, or colorDissolve: image fades into another imageParallel editing/cross cutting: cut away to action that is happening simultaneously Eye-line match: person looking, cut to what is seen, return to persons reaction

25Eye-line match 1

26Eye-line match 2

27Eye-line match 3

28Eye-line match 4

29Cinematic: Putting it togetherFramingAnglesLightingSoundEditingResponse30Theatrical: Putting it togetherCostumesPropsSetsActingCinematicResponse31Literary Elements

Reading Film32Literary ElementsCharacterizationSettingConflictThemeToneIrony

Key question: how does the director use cinematic and theatrical elements to illustrate literary elements? 33Acting ChoicesGesturesMovementsVoice/Delivery

34Sets

35Putting it all togetherCinematicTheatricalShot type/framingCamera anglesLightingSoundEditing

CostumesPropsSetsActing ChoicesLiterary Response36Teaching a complete filmPreviewing: setting context, preparing students for themes, identifying termsDuring viewing: notetaking, reviewing of key scenes, discussing in pairs and groupsAfter viewing: analysis of director choices, connection to theme/print text, application of ideas in another medium37Using film as a toolStudents will practice reading strategies with a film or visual text and transfer those skills to print texts:

PredictingQuestioningVisualizing

38PredictingWhat do you think will happen? Plot, character, theme, etc.Why do you make this prediction? 39QuestioningLevel One: literal (what did the third pig use to build his house?)

Level Two: interpretative (what are the qualities that allow the third pig to survive?)

Level Three: universal (why is advanced planning often so difficult for us?)40(Lets watch some film!)Thank-You!