FILM 1900 Lecture Notes - Establishing Shot, Eyeline Match, Tracking Shot
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Film 1900 - lecture 2 - september 16. Institutional mode of representation (imr: the imr basically consists of the conventions of mise-en-scene, framing and editing dramatic action: five major stages , a state of equilibrium; This is the stage where elements of conflict introduced important to plot progression. Iii) a recognition that there has been some disruption; Cinematic techniques: shot: the continuous, uninterrupted flow of the recorded image, cut: is what interrupts this flow. Framing: static framing: the camera is solidly fixed in one position, fluid framing: the camera moves in and through space, camera pan (left or right), camera tilt (up or down); Straight angle: the shot is positioned from a place in which objects or figures in space are solidly perpendicular to the horizontal axis of the frame; creates a sense of stability, balance and proportion in the image. Canted angle: angle of objects or figures is not perpendicular to the horizontal axis, but is stilted or angular.
