THTRFLM 1T03 Study Guide - Final Guide: 180-Degree Rule, Shallow Focus, Establishing Shot

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Theatre & Film Studies
• Course: THTRFLM 1T03
• Professor: Peter Cockett

Document Summary

Deep focus - many planes in focus. Shallow focus - few planes in focus. Rack focus - focus altered over course of shot. Long - focus on actor"s whole body. Level - top/bottom frame edges parallel to the horizon line. Canted - frame off kilter in relation to subject. *consider environment, costume, how angles are used to make characters more/less powerful. History is based on actual facts, but inevitable coloured by imagination. History records commissioned by monarchs, therefore biased. Still like modern technology, want to move forward. Mythological culture hero found in traditions of algonquian tribes. Indigenous cultures do not have oppositional dualism when it comes to pronouns/gender. Escapist art = means to preserve the status quo. Not pure escapism - has connections to politics of our times. Good characters on one side, evil on the other. Melodrama - very clear hero, very clear villain. Elderbush gulch depicts indigenous people as savages - yes.