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Informal Response 1 - In a page and a half explain

1what film you've enjoyed so far or disliked so far. Why/why not?

2What concept or concepts have you found the most interesting or helpful?


I Choose film" Go", That is mine most interesting film. This is the link for the movie, I will pay for movie rental fee, 2.99. The price will included.

And I will upload the ppt for this class, you can take a look, maybe help for the question.

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Film Techniques Intro to Film – ART 2010 What’s your favorite scene? • What movie and why? Mise En Scene Refers to the staging of a scene (theater), in relation to setting, arrangement of the actors, the lighting, etc. In film, it describes the arrangement of elements within the frame of a single shot Death of a Salesman set Entering the Emerald City Composition The arrangement of all the elements within the screen image to achieve a balance of light, mass, shadow, color, and movement. Crop Duster scene (North by Northwest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g458w2X9uHc Back Lighting Lighting which comes from directly behind the subject, placing it in silhouette Camera Angles • Position of camera in relation to the subject determines the camera angle • Low Angle: camera looking up at subject • Tarentino trunk scenes • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_whQnqwEYk • High Angle: camera looking down at subject Camera Angles • Crop Duster Scene (Hitchcock) • http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/05/north-by-northwestcrop-duster/ • The draft shows where Hitchcock wants the audience and character to look. Close-Up A shot in which a face or object fills the frame steadycam Dolly Shot A shot taken while the camera is in motion https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=eMhDQFLwrAA (Rocky II) Steadicam http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=3Sr-vxVaY_M (Goodfellas) Crane Shot A moving shot taken on a specially constructed crane, usually from a high perspective Touch of Evil Other camera movements • Pan: horizontal camera movement • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lQ_MjU4QHw • Zoom • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpnJpgX-Hw Filmmaking: Composition and Framing Tutorial • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6N2SpA2XPI Singin’ in the Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ (Dolly) Motion • Accelerated (Fast) Motion: taking place at higher speed than it did in reality • Superman (1978) train scene • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSlTtr5NVUg • Decelerated Motion: taking place at slower speed than it did in reality • Chariots of Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSav51fVlKU Continuity • Continuity Editing: A style of editing that maintains a continuous and seemingly uninterrupted flow of action • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M8szlSa-8o Flashback • A shot or sequence that takes the action of the story into the past • Harry Potter & The Deathly Hollows Part 2 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHolRZeQNG4 Cross-Cutting • Jumping back and forth between two or more locations, inviting us to find a relationship between two or more events The Godfather Baptism Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CDlBLvc3YE Montage Montage: a rapid succession of shots assembled, usually by means of super-impositions and/or dissolves, to convey a visual effect, such as the passing of time Creed Montage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-j8W2ffr2k Cinema Verite • A way of filming real-life scenes without elaborate equipment, playing down the technical means of production (script, special lighting, etc.) and emphasizing the “reality” of the screen world • Hoop Dreams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWUYDZzwybc Sound • Non-diegetic: sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action • Score • The Natural https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i94ldGNNSQ0 Sound - Diagetic • sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: • voices of characters • sounds made by objects in the story • music represented as coming from • instruments in the story space • (filmsound.org) Soundtrack Songs • The Great Gatsby • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8wtDY6TZgc Sound (cont) • Voice-over • Shawshank Redemption http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMuam1MObtI Throw the ball, Joey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adh_8pva10k Cinematography AND Conventions of Framing Conventions of Framing  Graphic weight  Every visual element within a clearly-defined 2-dimensional space (the frame) carries “weight”  This weight is determined by:  Its size, relative to the total screen area  Its location within the frame Conventions of Framing  Magnetism of the Frame  When a visual element is placed closer to one side of the frame, that side seems to “pull” the element towards it  Creating “tension” within the image – a sense of unbalance Frame Magnetism Frame Magnetism Conventions of Framing  Headroom  Eyeroom (noseroom)  Leadroom Headroom Too Much Headroom Too Little Headroom Headroom Headroom Headroom Conventions of Framing  Distribution of Vectors  A visual element that guides our eyes in a certain direction  Noseroom  Leadroom Conventions of Framing  Eyeroom (AKA: Noseroom)  Direction of person’s face guides our eyes towards one side of the frame Eyeroom Eyeroom Leadroom  Motion of object guides our eyes towards one side of the frame Leadroom Motion of object on screen adds extra “weight” to image Balanced Compositions Balanced Compositions  Tend to be boring  Too balanced  Images are much more compelling when we can add “tension”  Without creating a sense of “unbalance”  The Rule of Thirds Rule of Thirds  Divides screen  3 horizontal fields  3 vertical fields  Method for producing  Balance  Tension  Interest  Places important elements on any 3rd  Or combination of thirds Rule of Thirds Framing a Conversation  2-Shot  Uses Rule of Thirds to balance two figures onscreen  Over-the-Shoulder shot  Uses “rule of thirds” to depict conversation between two people 2-Shot (wide) Over-the-Shoulder Shot 2-shot (tight) Rule of Thirds Conventions of Framing  Balance vs. Tension  Centered (symmetrical)  “balanced”  Central axis point  Both sides of image equal  Almost never used in fiction film Symmetrical Compositions Conventions of Framing  Balance vs. Tension  Off-center (asymmetrical)  Having parts that are not equal in some respect  Increases the dramatic “tension”  Standard way to frame in fiction film Asymmetrical Composition Counter-weighting Correcting imbalance of a composition Using a second object to off-set the “weight” of the main one Conventions of Framing Counterweighting For dramatic purposes Axe “fills in” the “negative space” created by the door in the foreground Symmetrical Composition Symmetrical Composition Film Noir “Whom can we trust? No one.” • Translated as “Black” film • Popular from 1930s – 1950s • Setting: Usually the city at night • No place is safe, no place to rest or hide; no comfort or shelter; no friendship; no pleasure that isn’t short lived, and usually purchased with one’s money or life. Archetypes • Lone protagonist – often a detective, disillusioned or psychologically wounded & Morally ambiguous • Femme Fatale – knows more than she tells – uses her sexuality • Doomed lovers on the run from the police • Omnipresent voiceover http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/infographic-what-makes-film-noir • Corrupt police force • Threatening government • Thugs/muscle • Dark atmosphere – threats everywhere • Labyrinthine mystery • Cynical tone • Points out inherent corruption & complacency of post WWII life Deeper Themes • Hopelessness • Paranoia • Despair & violence • Deceit • Betrayal • Darkness surrounds the characters (literally & symbolically) within the narrative, threatening to engulf them at any moment. Techniques • High-contrast lighting (revealing certain characters in bright, almost washed-out light, while casting others into almost total shadow, for example); • low-angle camera setups (making the subject seem taller and more powerful); • deep focus (a new technology at the time, allowing the camera to maintain in focus objects and characters in both the background and foreground in the same shot) • John Blaser
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The Go Movie.

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