FAMST 96 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Aerial Perspective
9 May 2018
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SHOT SPACE
Bordwell and perception
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Overlapping contours
The Third Man and Parallax View
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Use of light and dark
What spatial cues are provided by this relationship?
Relationship to depth and movement
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Texture Differences
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Atmospheric perspective
Positioning of characters in their environment
i.e. narrowness of the dam in Parallax View
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Things appearing from the depth of the frame
i.e. a car becoming more visible as it "escapes" from the haze
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Depth cues.. Dark objects or silhouettes revealing themselves
towards us
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Familiar Size
i.e. Downsizing
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Working with actual scale and proportions
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Light and shade
Suggest different planes of the image
i.e. The Third Man
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Foreground vs. background and shadows
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Color
Draws our eye into the frame
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Can either recede images into the background or bring images closer to us
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Perspective
Linear perspective
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Prominent positioning of certain elements
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Figure movement
Monocular movement
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Essay
Extended until Saturday 5PM
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Think about offscreen space in Badlands
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Cross-cutting extends the space
More specifically when we move into the Badlands towards the end
of the film
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Lecture 11.2: Scenographic Space
Monday, May 7, 2018
5:00 PM
