MEDIAST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: 180-Degree Rule
22 Feb 2017
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Shorthand to preserve screen direction by staying on an invisible line drawing on two characters. Art of how elements within a shor are composed and placed. Audience reads these as signs that denotate and conotate. Decor, gestures, clothing (social meanings) can push forward narrative. Costumes and props (can show similarities or differences between characters) Blocking (actor movement and business) how they move thru the space. Business is what they do with thier hands (like smoking) Goals: give us a sense of place (characters environment can display how they act and how they live) Home movies (on film), photo snapshots and other forms of domestic documentation. Content: milestones and happy moments recorded as part of a record and memory aid. Aesthetics: pans and zooms, no structure/storylines, subject acknowledges and performs for the camera, prompting/narration from filmmaker, no editing. Choosing what to shoot and include or exclude. Common things are special events, vacations, children and pets, new stuff.
