CMST 2012 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Long Shot, Cinema Of The United States, Establishing Shot
Document Summary
The difference between realistic, classicistic, and formalistic directions in film. A style that attempts to reproduce the surface of reality with a minimum of distortion. Attempts to preserve the illusion that the film world is unmanipulated and presented in an objective manner. Formalistic emphasis the deliberate stylization and distortion of the raw materials that calls attention to itself. Pure formalism is seen primarily in avant garde cinema. Classical emphasis tends to avoid the extremes of either realism or formalism in favor of a happy medium. Shots defined by the amount of subject matter that is included within the frame of the screen: extreme long shot. The establishing shot an extreme long shot that serve as a spatial frame of reference, often found in epic films where location plays an important role. Medium shot includes the three-shot (three figures in close conversation), the over-the- shoulder shot. Deep-focus usually a long shot that contains a number of focal distances.
