FPA 135 Study Guide - Final Guide: Panavision, Camera Angle, Long Shot

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Contemporary Arts
• Course: FPA 135
• Professor: Melanie Cassidy

Document Summary

Lighting: shapes the way the movie looks and helps tell the story: source: natural and artificial, daylight: the most convenient and economical source, artificial lights are called instruments to distinguish them from the light they produce. Konstantin stanislavsky - method acting: trained to strive for realism, both social and psychological, and to bring their own past experiences and emotions to their roles. Fpa135 notes: required the actors" conscious efforts to tap their unconscious selves. Ellipsis: an omission between one thing and another. Content curve: the point at which we have absorbed everything we need to know in a particular shot and are ready to see the next. Fpa135 notes: major approaches of editing, continuity editing: seeks to achieve logic, smoothness, sequential flow, and the temporal and spatial orientation of the viewers to the images seen onscreen. Intercutting: match cuts, sound bridge, point-of-view (pov) shots, fade (in/out, dissolve, split screen.