THA 2304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Medium Shot, Long Shot, Time-Lapse Photography
22 Sep 2016
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The frame: a selection of the diegesis (and mise-en-scene: the shape: aspect ratio (width to one unit of height, 1. 85:1 common) In the frame: our sense of the space: angle: camera looking up or down at mise-en-scene. Canted ( dutch ): camera obviously not level, compare lines of the frame to lines within the frame: height: how tall the camera is form the ground. Rule of thirds: points of interest on the sides of frame or top 3rd: distance. Extreme close-up: just eyes: mobile frame. Outside the frame: noel burch"s six zones of off-screen space: above, below, left, right, in front, behind the mise-en-scene. Film: the raw material of the image. Camera: catching light and selecting the space: speed of film moving through the camera. Slow motion, filmed faster than 24 frames per second. Fast motion, filmed slower than 24 frames per second: movement: creating a mobile frame. Tracking: fixed relationship to the ground, can move smoothly.
