editing Continuity cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action; matching screen direction, position, and temporal relations from shot to shot Motif something that is repeated for emphasis or understanding Persistence of vision mind and eye connect single frames, interpolated stills create motion Perspective physical, psychological, ideological way the audience is put into movie Action vs. gesture action moves the plot, gesture doesn't; both come through the body of a player Displacement continuity of action; change in props: i.e. we must see the actor putting on clothes The Method- `inside out'; recall emotions (emotive memory), perceptive observation Zoetrope contained a series of drawings on a narrow strip of paper inside a revolving drum Objective correlative using concrete objects to correlate with spiritual feelings Mindscreen type of perspective; reveals the mind of the character Expressive coherence a performer looking/acting in a manner appropriate to the film Nickelodeon early 20th century form of movie theatre for which admission was a nickel Eadweard Muybridge known for his use of multiple cameras to capture motion; famously proved for Leland Stanford that a horse had all four legs off the ground at some point during running Thematic montage collision of shots linked by theme, not necessarily linked by space or time; i.e. all of Two for the Road Zoom lens a lens with a focal length that can be changed during a shot; a shift toward the telephoto range enlarges the image and flattens its planes together, giving an impression of magnifying the scene's space, while a shift toward the wide-angle range does the opposite Business triumvirate producer, distributor, exhibitor 3-point lighting Mechanical special effects done before the camera
Allusion reference to another work Classical aspect ratio 4:3; also called academy aspect ration Low key lighting high ratio of key to fill; high contrast, lots of shadows Aristotle an `aristotlean' structure (linear/classical), 3 act linear structure with a goal oriented protagonist who faces multiple obstacles/antagonists, and eventually overcomes them to reach his goal, which is generally heterosexually romantic goal or genre dictated goal; detective solving a murder case. A tragic character must have a tragic flaw. He wrote Poetics, which analyzed structure and what draws the audience into a story. Off-screen space anything happening outside of the frame; 6 areas, each side plus front and behind. Proscenium arch arch around the stage, also around the screen on old theatres Abrstract title design titles that are separate from the film world, such as Shot in the Dark, Two for the Road; used to set mood, atmosphere, foreshadow Crosscutting from one line of action to another; any combo of space time and Authorship dilemma writer is not author of the movie; other authors often contribute but remain uncredited; My Stepmother is An Alien; started out tragedy, ended up as a comedy Collsion montage a montage made up of multiple diametrically opposite images, used to jar the viewer and to create meaning, such as the peasants and the sheep being slaughtered; also called Soviet montage Lumiere brothers invented the motion picture projector. They are French. This was one of the six things that had to be in place for film to be born. Six things necessary for film to come about 1. persistence of vision (thaumatrope introduced by Dr. John Paris) 2. still photography 3. motion picture camera (Dr. Marey developed camera like a gun that took 12 pix a sec) 4. celluloid (Hannibal Goodwin, Easton, Edison, Dixon) 35mm, 4 perforations 5. printer 6. motion picture projector Star turn a major movie star doesn't pay attention to anyone; no reaction to other actors 180 degree rule/system a line between the eyes of two actors; camera should not cross this line for continuity's sake Asynchronous sound sound does not correlate with the image on the screen; an example would be image getting smaller, sound getting louder.
Mise-en-scene the use/arrangement/organization of space in frame (visual design, performance), outside frame (camera), in between frame (editing). Miteur-en-scene director Mise-en-scene build a scene with no cuts; like a theater scene; beginning of Shot in the Dark Director's script same thing as technical script; includes all of directors notes he wants to be in the film, music, specific actions, shots. Text the film itself William Henry Fox Talbot one of the first photographers, made major contributions to the photographic process Film stock fast: highly sensitive to light; tends to be granier. Slow: less sensitive, more clear. Film gauge 35mm, 8mm, 16mm, 70mm; as increases, detail and quality/resolution increase Physicality the physical properties of a character; face, body, voice, eyes, age, and how they contribute to the performance In-camera special effects: green-screening, etc. Representational acting aka realist; gestures scaled back, business, reaction, silence important; outside in, no camera awareness Choreographed image the onscreen action in rhythm with the non-diagetic score Underscoring non-diagetic background music; 2 types, original (composed for the film) composite (not); it priveledges the audience Omniscient point of view the audience knows everything they need to know and when they do. Audience knows of all action, more than characters Wide-angle lens short focal length < 35mm; horizontal distortion, exaggerates depth, slows spatial orginazation. Telephoto lens long focal length; flattens space; makes stuff appear closer