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Film and Literature. Techniques and Terms. Compare/contrast these two screen shots. What emotions does each cre ate for you? How does the camerawork contribute to the mood ? ...to the way you perceive each character ?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Film and LiteratureTechniques and Terms
Compare/contrast these two screen shots.
What emotions does each create for you?
How does the camerawork contribute to the mood? ...to the way you perceive each character?
EQ: How can studying film techniques help us understand literary development?
Consider…
-Mood: How do film techniques develop the overall feeling a emotions of a work?
-Plot: How do film techniques develop the story / confict?
-Characterization: How do film techniques develop characters?
-Theme: What specific techniques develop the motifs and themes?
Mise-en-scene: everything that is “put into a scene”
-setting & props
-costumes & make up
-acting (body language, facial expressions, etc)
-lighting and color
Lighting
High-key lighting: A lighting scheme with very few shadows.
Low-key lighting: A lighting scheme with very strong contrasts between the brightest and darkest parts of an image.
Effect on mood? on your impression of the characters / setting / situation?
Camera Shots: the Building Blocks
Shot: Part of a film presented without any editing, as seen from a single camera's perspective
Aspects of a Shot:
-Framing: how a shot is framed (think picture frame)
-Angle: low angle, eye-level, high angle...
-Movement: the way the camera moves during a shot
-Establishes OUR point of view (1st person, 3rd person)
-Directs our attention to specific literary elements
Long Shot: Shows background, establishes where you are, full body is shown. Can show isolation or vulnerability of
character.
Medium Shot: Shows torso and some background. Most common shot (used for story development). Often highlights body language.
Close up: shot of head and shoulders, usually used to show emotion. Draws attention to face or object
Shots establishing Point of View
Point of View Shot: we see where the characters eyes would be (1st person Point of View)
Over-the-Shoulder (aka 3rd Person) Shot: We see from behind the character’s back (like an outside observer)
Who do you identify with?
Eye-Level Shot: taken from a normal height (the character’s eye level). Most common, most natural angle
High Angle Shot: camera looks down on person/object, making them look vulnerable
Low Angle Shot: camera looks up at someone/thing, making them appear powerful
Camera Movement
Panning Shot:shot in which the camera moves slowly across from side to side from a fixed axis
Tracking Shot: shot in which the camera follows the action, moving along tracks laid for that purpose, often pulling backwards from a scene. (uses a track or a dolly)
Editing: the process of how shots are put together
Dissolve: A transition between two shots during which the first image gradually disappears while the second image gradually appears; for a moment the two images blend in superimposition.
Jump Cut: splicing together two shots without any apparent match between them.
Match Cut: splicing together two shots with an object or idea that illustrates the connection
Sound
-Dialogue: All speech (Monologue, Dialogue, Soliloquies, Asides)
-Music: Can be diegetic (heard by characters) or non-diegetic (heard only by audience)
-Sound Effects: a screeching owl, a knocking at the door, an explosion
With a Partner… (on a blank sheet)
-Identify as many specific techniques used in each clip (use terms guide for support)
-Consider: How do the director’s choices contribute to mood, plot, characterization, and themes?
Opening Macbeth
Consider the 2 directors’ choices for Act I, scene i
-What do the 2 adaptations of this scene have in common?
-How do they differ?
How do these choices affect your understanding of Macbeth?