Media Studies 120
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APRIL 16TH, 2013
Media Studies 120
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Warm-Up: Strange Ad-Ventures II
I will show you an advertisement.I want you to try to guess what it is they are
selling.
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Practice Round
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Practice Round
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Round 1
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Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 5
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Most Effective? Least Effective? Why?
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Review of Yesterday
iDoc assignment (exemplar)Writing a “treatment”Writing a “screenplay”
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Screenplay
OFFICE SPACE
Starring Ron Livingston (Peter), Jennifer Aniston (Joanna), Ajay Naidu (Samir), David Herman (Michael), and Gary Cole (Bill)
Written by: Jean Liew
[Scene: A highway. There's a huge traffic jam. Peter drives forward a bit at a
time and he sees an old man with a walker on the sidewalk. The lane next to
his is moving, so he switches lanes, only to have it stop and the lane he was
on move. He switches back and then it happens again. The old man is now
ahead of him.]
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Today’s Schedule
Warm-UpDiscuss YesterdayDiscuss Camera Shots & AnglesPractice ConceptWork on iDoc
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Camera Shots & Angles
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Perspective is Everything!
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Camera Shots & Angles
The first films that were created simply captured life as it unfolded.
However, as the art of filmmaking began to develop, people began experimenting with different camera shots and angles to achieve particular effects.
In this way, people began writing the language of film.
Today, we are going to look at a selection of camera shots and angles and their intended effect.
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Close-Up Shot
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Close-Up Shot
This shows very little background, and concentrates on either a face, or a specific detail, object, etc., in a scene.
This is used to show that something is important (think of how big it looks on screen).
This is also used to show emotion or reaction on a person’s face.
Filmmakers also use this to make us feel extra comfortable or extremely uncomfortable about a character.
Intimate
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Extreme Close-Up Shot
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Extreme Close-Up Shot
As its name suggests, this is an extreme version of the close-up shot.
It magnifies beyond what the human eye would experience in reality.
Used for dramatic effect and to show very specific details.
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Medium Shot
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Medium Shot
This is usually shot from the waist or knees up from a medium distance.
It shows more body language than the previous two, but also shows less specific detail.
It is normally use for dialogue scenes or to show some detail of action.
Less background.
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Long Shot
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Long Shot
This one is a little difficult to define, but basically, it is when the thing on screen appears to be “life size.”
This category includes the “full shot,” which shows the entire human body, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom.
While the focus is on characters, plenty of background detail still emerges.
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Extreme Long Shot
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Extreme Long Shot
This can be taken from as much as a quarter of a mile away.
Often used as an establishing shot to set up or establish the setting of a scene.
It is also used to show scenes of thrilling action, for example: within a war movie or disaster film.
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Low Angle Shot
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Low Angle Shot
As the name suggests, this is a shot filmed from a low angle.
It is useful to increase height of short actors (i.e. Tom Cruise).
It is also used to makes the object or person on the screen seem powerful or scary.
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High Angle Shot
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High Angle Shot
As the name suggests, this is a shot filmed from a high angle.
This shot is used to make someone seem shorter than they really are (i.e. hobbits in Lord of the Rings).
It also makes the person seem smaller or less significant.
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Over the Shoulder Shot
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Over The Shoulder Shot
You will see this shot very often in interviews, or in conversations in film.
This shot helps to establish the position of each person, and get the feel of looking at one person from the other's point of view.
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Oblique/Canted Angle Shot
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Oblique/Canted Angle Shot
Sometimes the camera is tilted (i.e. is not placed horizontal to floor level).
This is used to suggest imbalance or instability.
It is often meant to cause anxiety in the viewer.
This shot is very popular in horror films.
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Practice Set
Metallica – The Day That Never Comes
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iDoc Assignment
The rest of the class is yours to work on your iDoc.
Yesterday you were supposed to:1)Choose your documentary topic2)Discuss logistical issues regarding equipment3)Sketch out what your documentary will be about.
By the end of today, you should have finished sketching out what your documentary will be about, and begun mapping out how you are going to represent it in a sixty second trailer.