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Film
Reading
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A. MEANING
1. Theme
2. Intent/Message
3. Metaphorand Symbolism
4. Subtext
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B. BASIC ELEMENTS
1. Title/Opening Credits
The opening creditsestablish a
tone,and oftenare usedto
foreshadow events,themes, or
metaphors --- pay carefulattention fromthebeginning
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B. BASIC ELEMENTS
2. Story/ Plot/ Narrative
standard chronologicaltimenarrative or
not ? whatarethe key moments?
whatisthepace ofthenarrative?
doesthenarrative havea coherent unityordoesitleavetheaudience feelingunfulfilledand confused?
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B. BASIC ELEMENTS
3. Motivation
justificationgiveninthe film forthe
presence ofanelement (charactersarenotrealpeople,anddo notmake choices
outside of whatis conveyednarratively)
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B. BASIC ELEMENTS
4. Motif
the repetition ofanelementin
waysthatacquiresymbolicmeaning fortheelement;amotifcanbeatechnical feature (ashotangle,alightingset up),asoundorpiece ofdialogue ormusic, oran object)
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B. BASIC ELEMENTS
5. Parallelism two ormorescenesthataresimilarto each other
6. Characterization
who arethe central characters? how areminor characters used?
istherea clear orambivalent hero orvillain?
whatvaluesdo the characters representanddothey changeduringthe film?
arethey charactersmeantto play aparticulartype?
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B. BASIC ELEMENTS
7. Point of View
isthe filmingeneraltold fromaparticularcharacterspoint ofview orisit changing?
isthe filmsperspectiveprimarily intellectual
oremotional? how doesthe cameratechnically reinforcethe
point ofview?
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C. MISE-EN-SCENE
meanseverythinggoing onstage which
includes setdesign,lighting,and
charactermovement
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C. MISE-EN-SCENE
1. Settingandsets
isthesceneshotinastudio soundstage
or onlocation?
how isthesettingintegratedinto the
action,both largerbackgroundand
particularprops?
how do particularsettings functionas
signsin orderto convey information?
how are colors used?
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C. MISE-EN-SCENE
2. Acting Style
do particularactors havetheir own
recognizablestyle ortype?
3. Costumes
note contrastsbetween characters, changes
within film; use of colors
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C. MISE-EN-SCENE
4. Lighting key lightusually at45 degreeangle
between cameraandsubject
filllight/auxiliary lightusually fromtheside ofthesubject,thatsoftens oreliminatesshadows
high key lightingandlow key lighting
high contrastandlow contrastlighting
hardlightingand softlighting
backlightingandtoplighting
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D. CINEMATOGRAPHY
camera work
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D. CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Tone - bright,sharp colors,blackand white, why?
2. filmspeed slow or fastmotion used?
3. cameraangle
4. tracking,panning,andtilt5. shots - full-shot,mid-shot,
long-shot, close-upetc.
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D. CINEMATOGRAPHY
7. focus
shallow focus
deepfocus focusin
focus out
8. Frame theborderthat containstheimage
9. shot composition
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E. MONTAGE
editing
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E. MONTAGE1. Editingpace
2. establishingshot
3. shot/countershot - usedduringdialogue
4. quick cutto pick up characters reaction
5. jump cut a cutthe occurs withinascenethat
removespart ofashot
6. fr eeze frame7. crosscutting ashotinsertedinasceneto
show action happeningelsewhereatthesame
time
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E. MONTAGE
8. Cutaway a cut withinashotto alocationthatlinkstheaction oftheshotand condensestime (forexample,a
reactionshot ofa woman watchingaman climbsomestairs, cutting outaflightinbetweentheshots)
9. match cut a cutin which two shotsarelinked
10. sequence aseries ofscenesthat fit
narratively
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F. SOUND1. Dialogue
isit overlapping,mumbled,soft orloud?
2. Soundeffects
3. Scor e thebackgroundmusic usedthroughout
the film
4. Soundbridgeconnectsscenes orsequencesby
asound
5. Diegetic sound sound which is heard withinthe filming
6. Non-diegetic sound sound outsidethe filming
(ex. Musicalscore,voice over,soundeffects)