Pop Quiz:

1. prop/costumes, lighting, setting, and style of acting
2. the shot is one continues frame with no edits
3. an edit is a shot changing to other shots
4. three different ways that lighting can be used to establish a scene is 1. the position of lighting, 2. the tint of the light
5. the term backlighting is referring to the light in the background of a frame highlighting what is wanted to be seen or is the main focal point
6. the term framing is referring to what the director would want to be seen in the shot and how they want it to catch the audience’s attention
7. the rule of thirds is very important to framing because it helps guides the best places for a focal point or leading our eyes somewhere important
8. 2 different reasons that a cinematographer may choose to overexpose a particular shot is; to make it seem like a dream for flashback, or it my be the way a characters eyes are adjusting to their surroundings
9. the effect of underexposing a shot is to make the scene scary, mysterious or calm
10. the difference between shooting a character from low or high angles is the difference in superiority or power, a low shot could make the character seen big, intimidating and powerful whereas if the character was shot from a high angle they could look scared, intimidated and powerless
11. the term canted refers to the camera shooting the scene is turned to create grater effect of the frame

Editing Decision Activity:

Scene Description	Editing Speed Slow/Fast	Justification
an innocent character is stalked by a werewolf	slow edits	creates suspence
a character confesses their horrific crime to someone	slow edits & fast edits	to create suspense, but show how dramatic the scene is
two teams compete in the finals of a street dance competition	fast edits - some in slow motion	to show emphasis on the dancers
a high speed car chase ends in tragedy	really fast edits - slow when it hits tragedy	show the emotion the tragedy has

Jeep commercial:

in the first commercial, the rhythm was fast - thawing out a lot of information very fast
in the second commercial, the rhythm was still fast but more controlled than the first one

in the first one it made the passage of time was done in all different time and places
in the second one it was made more to look like during a whole day starting in the morning and ending at night

in both commercials they would flick from different roads, skies and water/oceans

Moulin Rouge Evaluation:

beginning;
dark
slow
long shots to zoom in
low slow talking
flashback to Moulin Rouge;
bright
slow motion
underexposed shot of main female lead
blue tint
slow music
flashback arriving in France;
fast shots
light tint - yellow
zoom in very quickly
graphic matches
narration

Mise-en-scene and Setting Evaluation:

Briefly Describe the Setting/Location and the type of activity/ies would usually take place in this setting?	office building- business  bathroom- people use the bathroom and wash their hands
What props have been included in the setting to convey an intended message or describe the activity/ies taking place?	gun, photo frame, light, desk, elevator, documents toilets, sinks
What does the contrast (light levels, difference between dark or bright areas) indicate about this setting?	darkness to look more scary, mysterious  overexposed light to put all focus on the men fighting
What type of tones or colours are used within the setting; pleasant, simple, cheery, bleak. (Also consider the lighting).	office, dark — blues and purples bathroom, light — yellow
Describe the spaciousness of this setting (Cramped or open/roomy).	bathroom spacious, lots of space office, cramped — so much in the room
Describe the physical state (messy, neat, formal).	bathroom, neat, clean —> broken, damaged office, relaxed, dark
What is the general atmosphere of this setting (what moods or feelings does it invoke)?	office, it was calm and subtle bathroom, violent, intense
Describe the acting style of the main character within this scene?	office, calm, collected, intimidating bathroom, aggravated, out of control

Brazil Photos

Slide One:

Setting and location / dark room, only element visible in room

Lighting / likely to be a night scene - shot with blue and white tint, key lighting

Props / it would be a prop in the film

Genre / crime

Slide 2:

Setting and location / cramped dirty office area, no room to work properly, gives the impression that main character doesn't have much freedom

Lighting / day scene, mid to dark room - shot with a blue, purple tint, back and top lighting as well as key lighting

Props and costumes / computers and lockers, messy, folders and pages everywhere, everyone wearing suits but not the nicest suit

Slide 3:

Setting and location / outside office

Lighting / night scene, dark room - shot with blue, purple tint, back, top and key lighting

Props and costumes / well fitted and nice suit, holding what looks like a weapon

Character Analysis

Alice. . .

What type of person is this character?

strong

determined

stubborn

proper

What lead you to feel this way about the character?

accent

posture

camera angle- makes her look more forceful or small