GERM 1171 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Roman Polanski, Europa Europa, Psychological Pain
25 Feb 2017
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Styles of film (all can be fictional) Arrangement of visual elements of theatrical production. Sound or characters looking at it suspense, imagination, fear. Music - set the tone, transitions, leit motif, foreshadowing, emotion. Spoken language - same sentence pronounced differently (dialect/sociolect) Amount of subject matter, we can see in frame long, extreme long, full (head to toe), medium (knees up), close up and extreme close up. Oblique angles (viewpoint of someone), high angle, bird"s eye view, low angle. Warm (aggression, love, passion - red, orange, yellow) High key (comedies or musicals), high contrast (tragedy), low key (mysteries), cool, warm. Cut down projection time, cut out unnecessary content (time and space) Editing for dramatic intensity and emotional emphasis. Allows director to control audience"s, perception/emotional reaction. Point of view (lens = eyes/perspective viewing the events) View of one character, telling his/her own story. Biased, can"t see character, character is not in muse en scene, hardly ever.
