Film Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Establishing Shot, Medium Shot, Long Shot
29 Apr 2014
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The magic of the film image comes from its power to re-create how we see the world through imagistic compositions that direct, expand, and even transform our natural vision. The four attributes of the shot: framing, depth of the field (focus, color, movement. Framing: masks: reshaping the frame by concealing part of it. Iris shot: masks the frame so only a small circular piece of the image is scene. Iris out: a full image is gradually retracted in a closing circle. This allows the camera to focus on one thing. Elements of cinematography: onscreen and off-screen space, on screen space is carefully controlled and crafted, off-screen space seems less important and is cinematographically, but it can conceal or contain information which will be revealed later. The subject remains distinguishable: medium long shot three quarter view of the body, medium shot - human body from the waste up.
