Points to discuss:
What else can we call tone in the film?
What are the 3 main elements of tone?
How and why does Coppola use tone in the classic film ‘The Godfather’?
How can directors control the feelings of the scenes?
Points to discuss:
What is the effect of an over-the-shoulder shot? It will connect with your characters.
What film aspect shows a disconnection between characters? Users' studio binders software.
How does the director of this scene show the disconnect of the characters? Emotional disconnection with the viewer and his expression.
What eventually totally isolates the female character? they were on the same page then it changed, also no because his and her facial expressions are the main points of that shot.
Points to discuss:
What are the 3 ways directors use blocking in the film? Space, shapes, lines.
What are the 3 basic shapes for film blocking? Circles, Triangles, Squares.
What are the emotions associated with these shapes? Circles make you feel better?
What two things can blocking help with? Visual tension.
Points to discuss:
What are the purposes of the whip pan and the slow pan? Whip quickly moving to see something
Slow gives us time
What is the purpose of the tilt shot? It reveals something to catch our attention
What does the reverse dolly zoom help show? Funny kind of punctuation to nature
What the difference between a Steadicam and a dolly shot? On track to give us a different version
What can the hand-held shot help create for the viewer? Raw shaky feeling
What should directors ask themselves with their camera movement? What will this bring to the viewers
Camera movement should be doing what? Shows what's happening
Points to discuss:
What are the ways directors can contrast in the film? The director can have a scene that is black and white and others are bright and colourful
What is contrasted in Spike Jonze’s ad? It is showing the mood that a person has when they are sad, happy excited.
Why did he contrast these things? To show how someone is when they are surrounded by people and how they feel in the comfort of their own home.
Points to discuss:
The Dutch angle does what? Camera techniques used by german expressions from the early 1900s
What is the Dutch angle? The shot that has a noticeable angle
Who and when created the dutch angle? The early 1900s, German expressions
What 3 things do directors need to consider for the Dutch angle? Read the moment, Consider the moment, Enhance the moment.
What 4 things can enhance a Dutch angle? Medium close up, Dutch angle, Wide profile, Closer to eye line
Points to discuss:
What is a motif? Any recurring element.
Why are they important? They are made to make sure the story is all the same.
What makes a great work of art? Colour detail.
Points to discuss:
What is a POV shot? A point of view shot shows what the character is doing threw His/Her eyes.
What is a ‘point of thought’ shot? A point of thought shot is when you cans ee how the charter is feeling/ their thoughts.
Why are they important? Because they help us understand how things are going through charters' life.
Points to discuss:
What is an insert shot? It is an isolated shot that shows a specific shot.
What is the purpose of an insert shot? They want the viewer to understand something
What are the 3 main aspects of the insert shot? Notice something, Object or set of object, Communication.
What 3 things help the audience feel about the insert shot? Opposition, Timing, colour
The composition of the insert shot helps with what in the film? Camera movement, Shot size, Shot angle
Colour in the insert shot helps with what in film? To show what they want you to see.
How long you dwell on the insert shot helps show what? They show close-ups to show the viewer specific things kinda like a hint
Points to discuss:
How does colour in film affect people? To create a mood
What are the 3 factors in determining colour? Hue, Saturation, Brightness
Why is the hue in ‘The Matrix’ mostly green? Has silky quality
Why do some films desaturate? The colour is drained.
What can brightness and a lack of brightness show in a film? Can be affected by unusual colours
Points to discuss:
(Note: they use a different meaning for tone in this clip.)
What is an establishing shot? Its the start of sequence or scene
Why is it used? because it helps us get a feel of the characters.
Why are establishing shot usually the most expensive? It shows every shot and makes it better.
What is Film theory?
Film Theory is a way of breaking down movies and television
they break films and television down so they can get more meaning out of it and do more work instead of watching the whole film or movie.
Film theorists use these
Film Theory is a way of breaking down movies and television
they break films and television down so they can get more meaning out of it and do more work instead of watching the whole film or movie.
Film theorists use these
- Type of film
- shots
- angles
- lighting
- color
- sound
- editing
- mise en scene
How to read a film?
Some tips
Make sure your paying attention
you’re looking for choices made by the director, cinematographer, and editor that clue you into the emotional response.
What is realism
Realism is when A movie or film is real and showing the unfiltered world
Some characteristics
Nonprofessional actors so nobody who's a pro at acting
No special effects so just everything that is happening
Location and the props are real
Minimal editing so Not everything is edited like movies
Natural lighting so the lighting that is already there
Make it look documentary
Classical
Classical film still wants to emphasize authentic moments between real people but with the manipulation of its creative production
Some characteristics
Professional actors
Minimal effects
Use a studio
editing use for time lapse
lighting used to make a mood
Formalism
Formalism focuses on the Director bringing the audience an altered reality that they’ve created
Formalism focuses on the Director bringing the audience an altered reality that they’ve created
Some characteristics
- Professional actors
- Relies heavily on special effects
- Editing speeds up or slows downtime
- Lighting and sound create exaggerations
- Breaks the illusion of reality
there are a lot of shots used in movies/films here are some
Long shot
mid-close-up
wide shot
pov/ point of view
extreme close up and many more
What are angles?
angles show what the actor is feeling
there are 4 main angles such as
eye level
high angle
low angle
oblique angle
Lighting
the lighting sets the mood and it goes with each scene like a horror movie when its pitch black that's the lighting it sets the tone
This should hopefully teach you some ideas about understanding film theory and more about what is used in a film or movie
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