FILM 254 Study Guide - Final Guide: Birds Eye View, 30-Degree Rule, 180-Degree Rule
18 Apr 2015
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Observing the world around us we evaluate random sensations based on importance and make a whole picture, looking for relations, associations, causes and effects. Pay attention, anticipate upcoming events, draw conclusions, and construct wholes out of parts. A chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space. The fundamental way humans make sense of the world. Plot is everything visibly and audibly present in the film, story events that are directly depicted. Story is everything in the narrative, both explicitly presented and those the viewer infers. A medium of artistic expression, the specific shape and/or quality of the art form. Viewers actively participate in form, readjusting expectations as patterns develop. (example: suspense- delay in fulfilling expectations // surprise- an expectation that is revealed incorrect) A formal system of the film that organizes film technique. Requirements of the story (genre- romcom, thriller, action) He divided the whole action into scenes, changing the viewpoint for dramatic reasons.
