Film Studies 1020E Final: Film Exam Study Guide 2015.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: Film Studies 1020E
• Professor: Douglas Bruce

Document Summary

6 zones of offscreen space: behind/beyond the set (out of view, top, bottom, right, left, behind the camera. 8 types of distance: extreme close up: detail of body parts as part of an object, close up: face, medium close up: chest and up, medium shot: waste up, medium long shot: knees up, shot: shins up, of the body, long shot: whole body, extreme long shot: establishing shot. The director has now become an artist: where the director has real control is on the set, so the art of cinema is only the art of style considered, economic, political, social, and cultural forces that shape the work are not, auteurism is dependent on value judgements; good/bad, superior/inferior, one must see all the work of a director to appreciate a single work by the director; cross referencing and comparing is crucial, auteurism privileges the film text as the source of meaning; the meaning is in the text waiting for us.