film techniques lesson 3

7/31/2019 Film Techniques Lesson 3

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Point of View shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNcLjErJGQ


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From the pointof view of a

character.

From the point of

view of an externalobserver (the

camera and viewer)

POV shot


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Learning Intention:

We are learning to understandediting and Mise-en-scene and

editing in movies.


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Editing

The film editor works with the raw footage

selecting shots and combining them intosequences to create a finished motion

picture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPK65xG3jFA


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Paired Discussion

In your pairs, think of an example of a

movie or programme that uses fast editing.

What impression does that convey?

Now do the same for slow editing.

Share with class.


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Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene is the composition of what is seen on

screen. Everything a director lets us see on screen is

important, its there for a reason.

When looking at mise-en-scene you must look at:

Setting

props

Costume

positioning

camera angles

lighting

facial expression


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Colour in

Colour expresses and affects our moods and

emotions


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Musical score

Film music is one of the many areas of film that are not

given the attention due to them. The music that the

musical director and the director decide on can

completely change the feeling attached to a scene.

Film music can also become an indicate of something

about to happen i.e. when we hear Darth Vaders

theme (the imperial march) we know he is about to

come on screen or that something has happened

related to him.


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Costume

What a actor is wearing can tell us a number of thingsabout that character and about the film in general.

For example if it is a gangster film the actors are likely to

be wear pinstriped suits.

In westerns usually the bad cowboy wears a black hat

and the good cowboy will wear the white.

Costume also sets the period. If they are filming a film

that takes place in the 1800s it is unlikely you will seethe leading lady in a mini skirt.

These images have become so iconic to us now that

directors often use it to create an effect


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Types of editingCut - a complete switch from one image on screen to

another

Cross-cuttingthe intermingling of shots from two or morescenes to suggest a parallel action

Cutaway a shot to show action at another location

Jump cut - a cut that occurs within a scene rather thanbetween scenes to eliminate dead actions. The jump cut is

unobtrusive and speeds up the action

Fade in

the screen begins black and gradually an imageappears in full brightness

Fade out - the opposite of the above

Dissolve the superimposition of a fade out over a fade in so

that a new image appears to grow out of the original


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Lighting

High key lighting which is bright overall in a film as inthe glamorous MGM movies of the 1930s

Low key relatively dark lighting as in the film noir andgangster films

Soft diffuse beam of light softens the outline of theobjects. Often used in romantic films

Hard a narrow intense beam of light sharpens andhardens the edges of objects in its path. Can be seen inThrillers

Backlighting the light is directly behind the subject andcan cause a halo effect. This is often used in romanticfilms


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Sound Effects & Special Effects

Sound effects oraudio effects are artificiallycreated or enhanced sounds that are used to

create an atmosphere or authenticate a

background

Special effects are used in films to realisescenes that could not have been achieved by

normal means for example morphing.Thanks to computer graphics, special effects can

be used to enhance previously filmed elements

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