CSC 329 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Long Shot, Fictional Film, Diegesis
8 Apr 2015
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Definition of a shot: most basic unit of filmmaking, a continuous image, atom of cinema. Limits of a shot: constrain by the frame dictated by the camera. Shot to sequence: shot is expanded to sequence by movement and duration, enhanced by mise- en-scene (staging or putting on an action or scene, sometimes called staging. Its everything in the frame) and sound, contextualized by editing. Cinema compared to other arts: theater: live, can"t run up closer to look no close-up, literature: cannot see, painting: no motion. Proximity of shot: distance between camera and subject being filmed. Bela blazs: one of the first film critics/theorists, analyzed close-up, founded the theory of film as a language . Filmmaker consider the audience film is a contract between filmmaker and audience. Pre-prod: in-development, screenwriters and producers, financing + faith, delicate process. Production: directors and stars become attached", personnel hired, shooting script created, Move into principle photography, the actual shooting of the film.
