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:
- 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).
- 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?
- 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:
- 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?
- 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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