Space in Cinema, Part TwoI’m Ready For My Close-Up

Edward BowenMTSU EMC 3000

SpaceThe frame defines and reveals a two-dimensional “slice” of the world created by the filmmakers.

SpaceFraming – The size and position of the world and the subject within the limits of the frame.The perceived distance relationship of the camera (viewer) to the subject.

SpaceFraming • Close-up: A shot framed to emphasize the human

head or face, or something of the same approximate size of the human head. Abbreviated CU. Variations: Extreme Close-up, Shoulder shot.

SpaceFraming • Close-up:

“We used a lot of close-ups. For me, the close-up is one of the great inventions of the 20th century; it allows an audience to sit in a dark room and stare into the eyes of a person who's emoting without being self-conscious.”Darren Aronofsky on “Black Swan”American Cinematographer

SpaceFraming - Close-up

SpaceFraming - Close-up

SpaceFraming - Close-up

SpaceFraming - Close-up

SpaceFraming - Close-up

Technology of Motion PicturesFraming - Close-up. “La Passion de Jeanne D’Arc” (1928) Carl Theodor Dreyer

La-Passion-de-Jeanne-D-Arc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqnUPqj3JY

Technology of Motion PicturesFraming - Close-up. “La Passion de Jeanne D’Arc” (1928) Carl Theodor Dreyer

Passion of Joan of Arc with Score by Stefan Smulovitz http://youtu.be/ZfarfFukqTM

SpaceFraming - Close-up. “La Passion de Jeanne D’Arc” (1928) Carl Theodor Dreyer

“Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry.”

-Carl Theodor Dreyer, Thoughts on My Craft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqnUPqj3JY

SpaceFraming - Close-up. “A Place in the Sun” (1951) George Stevens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqnUPqj3JY

SpaceFraming - Close-up. “Les Miserables” (2012) Tom Hooper

http://youtu.be/VvzLZIiD5TU

SpaceFraming - Close-up. “Les Miserables” (2012) Tom Hooper

http://youtu.be/vHwyCp6ah6U

SpaceFraming - Close-up. “Les Miserables” (2012) Tom Hooper

http://youtu.be/8bfZCjmOzDs

SpaceFraming - Close-up. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1961) Robert Enrico

SpaceFraming – Close-ups: Extreme Close-up

SpaceFraming – Close-ups: Extreme Close-up

SpaceFraming – Close-ups: Extreme Close-up. “Citizen Kane” (1941) Orson Welles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jipboWI9uiE

SpaceFraming – Close-ups: Extreme Close-up. “Blue Velvet” (1986) David Lynch

Blue Velvet - The Ear http://youtu.be/W8ap2yco-go

SpaceFraming – Close-ups: Extreme Close-up. “The Blair Witch Project” (1999) Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

The Blair Witch Project - Apology scene http://youtu.be/Z66RpatHajQ

SpaceFraming – Close-ups: Shoulder Shot

SpaceFraming – Close-ups: Shoulder Shot

SpaceFraming – Close-ups “Jaws”

SpaceFraming – Close-ups “Jaws”

Space

Framing – Close-ups “Jaws”

SpaceFraming – Close-ups “Jaws”

SpaceFraming• Close-up: A shot framed to emphasize the human

head or face, or something of the same approximate size of the human head. Abbreviated CU. Variations: Extreme Close-up, Shoulder shot.

• Medium Shot (MS): Shows a person’s face and a significant portion of the person’s body. Variations: Waist shot, cowboy, knee shot.

SpaceFraming – Medium Shots: Waist Shots

SpaceFraming – Medium Shots: Waist Shots

SpaceFraming – Medium Shots: Cowboys

Space

Framing – Medium Shots: Cowboys

Space

Framing – Medium Shots: Cowboys

SpaceFraming – Medium Shots “Jaws”

Space

Framing – Medium Shots “Jaws”

Space

Framing – Medium Shots “Raising Arizona”

SpaceFraming• Close-up: A shot framed to emphasize the human

head or face, or something of the same approximate size of the human head. Abbreviated CU. Variations: Extreme Close-up, Shoulder shot.

• Medium Shot (MS): Shows a person’s face and a significant portion of the person’s body. Variations: Waist shot, cowboy, knee shot.

• Full Shot (FS): Shows one or more full human forms from just below the feet to just above the head.

SpaceFraming – Full Shots

Space

Framing – Full Shots

Space

Framing – Full Shots

Space

Framing – Full Shots

Space

Framing – Full Shots

Space

Framing – Full Shots

Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2poNEiVZNXQ

Framing – Full Shots “Top Hat” (1935)

Space

It's Always Fair Weather (1955) http://youtu.be/hw_f-QwlPFM

Framing – Full Shots “It’s Always Fair Weather” (1955) Gene Kelly & Stanley Donan

Space

It's Always Fair Weather (1955) http://youtu.be/hw_f-QwlPFM

Framing – Full Shots “It’s Always Fair Weather” (1955) Gene Kelly & Stanley Donan

Space

Framing – Full Shots “Jaws”

Space

Framing – Full Shots “Jaws”

SpaceFraming• Close-up: A shot framed to emphasize the human

head or face, or something of the same approximate size of the human head. Abbreviated CU. Variations: Extreme Close-up, Shoulder shot.

• Medium Shot (MS): Shows a person’s face and a significant portion of the person’s body.m Variations: Waist shot, cowboy, knee shot.

• Full Shot (FS): Shows one or more full human forms from just below the feet to just above the head.

• Long Shot (LS): Includes more of the environment, establishing more fully details of the surrounding mise en scene. Variations: Extreme long shot.

SpaceFraming – Long Shots

SpaceFraming – Long Shots

Space

Framing – Long Shots

Space

Framing – Long Shots

Space

Framing – Long Shots: Extreme Long Shots

SpaceFraming – Long Shots: Extreme Long Shots

Space

Framing – Long Shots: Extreme Long Shots

Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvBcl40QOhQ

Framing – Long Shots/Extreme Long Shots“Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) David Lean

Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCg8Ku7C5eI

Framing – Long Shots: Extreme Long Shots“Troy” (2004) Wolfgang Petersen

Space

Framing – Long Shots “Jaws”

SpaceFraming – Long Shots “Jaws”

SpaceMoment by moment, the filmmakers define the visual perspective, or “angle” of the viewer to the subject in space.

SpaceCamera Angle - The position/perspective of the camera (viewer) to the subject.

SpaceCamera Angle - The position/perspective of the camera (viewer) to the subject.• Eye Level - Camera is placed level with the eyes of the

subject.

SpaceCamera Angle - The position/perspective of the camera (viewer) to the subject.• Eye Level - Camera is placed level with the eyes of the

subject.• Low Angle - Camera is below the subject looking up on it.

Since this is the child’s perspective of an adult, the low angle is thought to strengthen the subject. Anyone above your view is a superior, threatening or dominant.

Use of high and low angle shots in "Scrubs"http://youtu.be/8V1uE1-wTPs

SpaceLow Angle

SpaceLow Angle

SpaceLow Angle

SpaceLow Angle

SpaceLow Angle

Citizen Kane – Low Angle Shot http://youtu.be/ReHAg29c-64

SpaceLow Angle

Michael Bay Epic Spinning Shot Supercut http://youtu.be/DPtHPgZmZdA

SpaceLow Angle

Tarantino // From Below https://vimeo.com/37540504

SpaceLow Angle – “Jaws”

SpaceLow Angle – “Jaws”

SpaceLow Angle – “Raising Arizona”

SpaceCamera Angle - The position/perspective of the camera (viewer) to the subject.• Eye Level - Camera is placed level with the eyes of the subject.• Low Angle - Camera is below the subject looking up on it. Since

this is the child’s perspective of an adult, the low angle is thought to strengthen the subject. Anyone above your view is a superior, threatening or dominant.

• High Angle - Camera is above the subject looking down on it. Since this is the adult perspective on a child, the high angle is thought to weaken the subject. Anyone below your view is subordinate.

SpaceHigh Angle

SpaceHigh Angle

SpaceHigh Angle

SpaceHigh Angle

SpaceHigh Angle

SpaceHigh Angle

“Footlight Parade” (1933) Lloyd BaconChoreography by Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley für Footlight Parade Parade im Rampenlicht USA 1933http://youtu.be/fRWKCaVk808

SpaceHigh Angle

“Golddiggers of 1935” (1935) Busby Berkeley

SEE-200-BUSBY-BERKELEY--dance2--LULLUBY-OF-BROADWAY-35http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=319165

SpaceHigh Angle

“Psycho” (1960) Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho (10/12) Movie CLIP - Arbogast Meets Mother (1960) HD http://youtu.be/5bieIiX5KLQ

SpaceHigh Angle

Taxi Driver - Pre-Ending http://youtu.be/8t20ky2oUT8

“Taxi Driver” (1976) Martin Scorsese

SpaceHigh Angle

God's Eye View https://vimeo.com/31487012#

PerspectiveHigh Angle – “Jaws”

PerspectiveHigh Angle – “Jaws”

PerspectiveHigh Angle – “Raising Arizona”

PerspectiveCanted / Dutch / Oblique Angle

PerspectiveCanted / Dutch / Oblique Angle

PerspectiveCanted / Dutch / Oblique Angle

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/116306/Third-Man-The-Movie-Clip-What-Kind-Of-A-Spy-.html

“The Third Man” (1949) Carol Reed

PerspectiveCanted / Dutch / Oblique Angle

“The Third Man” (1949) Carol Reed

The Third Man - Lime's Introduction http://youtu.be/jeJVNQ4ngfo

SpaceCanted / Dutch / Oblique Angle

“Batman” (1966) Leslie H. Martinson

Batman--Kicking-Ass http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3016507337716192329#

SpaceCanted / Dutch / Oblique Angle

“Thor” (2011) Kenneth Branaugh

Thor 2011 BRRip Sample.mkv http://youtu.be/aeika1Oqe5w