• white on black front
• serious facial expressions
• we could infer that the fim contains death as the colour red signifies death
• mise-en-scene, is very glooming and has a negative conatation
• the sins may link to either religion or to the thriller genre as it gives a sense mystery 

More Key Terms ...

Thriller - a book, film or play depceting crime, or espionage in an amosphere of excitement and suspense.

Convention - an effective way of doing something

Infere - to take a logical guess eg. "we can infere that a the man is unaware of this situation"

Duduce - what we already know "we can duduce that the man is breaking in"

Use of The Camera,

Camerawork should be analysed in three ways: 

• Framing - distance, angle, viewpoint of camera from subject
• Movement - of the camera in relation to the subject
• Composition - where the subject(s) appear within the frame of the picture

Composition

Rule of Thirds - divide the shot screen into 9, the main points of interest are in the centre.

Golden Mean - points of interest are balanced along the diagonal line 

Framing

• camera's distance from the subject
• camera's angle in relation to the subject
• point of view

Long Shot

Extreme Long Shot

Mid Shot

Close Up



Extreme Close Up



High Angle Shot



Low Angle Shot



Point of View Shot



Angle in Relation to the Subject ... Meaning?

• High Angle - Taken from above, looking down on subject
• Low Angle - Taken from below, looking up at subject  
• Wide Angle - A lens which allows the audience to see more peripheral details

Point of View Shot

A camera shot as if through the eyes of the protagonist, this will give the audience more infomation on what the character knows and share the experince(often we are asked to empathise with the character).

Key Terms - Framing

• Extreme/Established Shot(ELS)
• Long Shot(LS)
• Medium Long Shot(MLS)
• Mid Shot(MS)
• Medium Close Up(MCU)
• Big Close Up(BCU)
• Close Up(CU)
• Extreme Close Up(ECU)
• High Angle
• Low Angle
• Point of View Shot
• Wide Angle

Key Terms - Movement

• Pan(Whip Pan)
• Tilt
• Doly/Tracking Shot
• Zoom
• Crane
• SteadiCam/Handheld
• (Aerial Shot) Flying Cam

Panning Shot - The camera operator stays still and the camera moves to follow the action, or often a moving object like a vehicle.

Crane Shot - Using a crane or similar to create high angle shots.



Tracking Shot - Where the camera operator moves alongside of the action.



Aerial Shot - Using a helicopter to provide an extreme high angle shot.



Establishing Shot - A shot often outside, indicates where the action will take place.

 

Master Shot - A shot that is used at the beginning or end of a section.



Framing Shot - Using a piece of set or scenery to frame a shot.



Two Shot - When two people are in the shot.



Key Words,

Genre - The category that of Media is put under, such as Music or Film                eg. Music - R&B, Dance, Metal
                     Film - Thriller, Action, Comedy

Mis-En-Scene - The location, setting, props, different conventions. An expression to describe different aspects of a scene or film. What is put in the picture.

Linear- A film that is shot through one story line.

Non-Linear - A film that jumps back and forth between different times and dates

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OMG i just watched Toy Story 3, rather insane :)