Film Studies 1020E Study Guide - Viewfinder, Cinematic Techniques, Digital Cinema Package
21 Oct 2013
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Form: the overall patterning of a film, the ways its parts work together to create specific effects. Style: the film"s use of cinematic techniques. Art is serious and worthy, entertainment is superficial. Making a film is a long process of decision making. Major films involves elaborate cameras, lighting equipment, multi-track sound mixing studios, sophisticated laboratories, computer generated special effects. Technology and business help mold film into an art. A film consists of a series of frames, or still pictures. Our eyes do not perceive the individual frames, rather we see continuous light and movement. A film is usually shot and projected at 24 still frames a second. A projector shutter breaks the light beam when a new image is slid in place and again when it is held in place showing the image twice, making it 48 times per second. Apparent motion is the second factor in creating cinematic illusion.
