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Point of View shot
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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
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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