Monday, October 06, 2014

12C cover work - Mr Halsey 06/10/14 P3&4

I'm really sorry - my wife and baby have come down with a sickness bug so I need to stay here and look after them today.

Your work is pretty simple: to move on to the Cinematography section of our Film Language unit. The Film Language Powerpoint is here if you need it (slides 36-46) but the main things you need to learn are in the following tasks:


  1. Research/revise the main camera shots: wide/establishing shot, long shot, medium shot, medium close-up, close-up, big or extreme close-up, over-the-shoulder shot. For each one, make sure you know how much of the subject we can see in the frame (e.g. for a long shot you can see from head to toe).
  2. Research/revise a variety of different camera angles. The most important are high angle and low angle. What effect do these communicate to an audience?
  3. Research/revise camera movement. Make sure you know the following camera movements: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, handheld/steadicam, Google image 'steadicam' if you haven't seen this before.


Finally, complete the two Cinematography tasks in the Film Language unit:


  1. Choose two extracts from different eras (e.g. one from the 1940s and one from 1990s) and analyse the cinematography. What are the key differences?
  2. Find and analyse four film stills. Consider different camera angles and their effects. 


You'll need to complete this work for homework - due Friday - if you don't get it done in the lesson.

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