Sunday, 20 September 2015

Film Language

Camera

Frame

Angle

Movement

Frame -

ECU (Extreme Close-Up)












CU (Close-Up)













MS (Midshot)












MLS (Medium Longshot)













LS (Longshot)











ELS (Extreme Longshot)










Angle -

Worm's eye-view

Low angle

Level

POV (Point of view)

Bird's eye-view

Movement -

Pan (movement right and left)

Tilt (movement up and down)

Tracking shots

Steady cam

Handheld 

Mise En Scene

Costume - What actors and actresses are wearing in the scenes?

Lighting - The level of light, bright, dark etc.

Actors - What class are they, their age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, body language?

Make-up - Do they have any make-up on, do they need fake blood on them from a fighting scene.

Props - Do they have anything in their hands, are they using any objects for a particular scene.

Setting - Where are they? What's their surroundings? What type of place are the filming in?

Editing

Transitions - What are they putting in between scenes, how are they moving from one scene to the next.

Order of Narrative - How the film has structure to it and how to order the scenes.

Pace - How fast is the film moving, are their fast scenes, slow scenes etc.

Special Effects - Are there any effects used to add emphasis to the scenes. Are there any explosions, stunts etc.

Sound

Dialogue - Is there a form of speech that is adding an effect to exaggerate the scenes ambience.

Music - Is music added to create an effect or dramatise the scene.

Diegetic Sound/Non Diegetic - Music in the background, voice-over narration.

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