A “long take” is a when a very long shot is used. There are no cuts or interruptions and the camera is continuously filming for a long time. A great example of this is from the movie “A Touch of Evil” (Orson Welles, 1958):
Here, a camera was placed onto a crane in order for it to smoothly travel all the way across the street and dozens of meters more following two characters. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece and one of Welles greatest scenes due to how difficult it would be to get a perfect shot.
A sound editor is someone who decides what sounds should be in a film. They’ll look at a film without sound, and decide that they should have a sound effect of paws hitting the ground while a dog is walking. Or they may decide that there should be sound for a ray gun.
The sound mixer is a bit different however. A sound mixer is given all of the sounds the edited has decided to put in the film, and the mixer will decide how the audience will hear the sound. That goes along with the volume, weather it increases or decreases, stuff like that.
A sound editor is in charge of the creation and insertion of the sound into specific parts of the film however the sound mixer’s job is to foreground or background the music / sound in order to create a a desired effect or to focus attention on a desired place.
1)Summer Induction Task “What Makes a Good Film? “
2)A trailer link which recommends a film to the whole group
3)Activity 1 – How the IB Learner profile fits with Film Studies
4)Activity 2 – Uncovering patterns using box office data
5)Activity 3 – Categorising the films into lists – remember to include director and date
6)Activity 4- Response to Spike Lee Cultural Viewpoint Task
7- 12)A post with your own examples of “Best Practice” for the following categories of Mise En Scene – Set Design /Costume/Hair and Make –up/ Colour/ Placing of Actors (composition) Objects within the frame
13)Find an example of a Long Take
14) Mise en Scene Bladerunner Task
15) Definitions of Cinematography/Cinematographer
16) Examples of Diegetic/Intra Diegetic/Extra Diegetic Gaze
17) Definitions of Deep and Shallow Focus and Examples
18) 3 shot distances and examples
19) 3 shot types and examples
20) 3 camera movements and examples
21) The Shining Cinematography Task
22) Whiplash Task Editing
23) The Kuleshov Effect
24) Difference between a Sound Editor and Sound Mixer
25) Dunkirk Sound Task
26) Hollywood History Slides
27) Citizen Kane Production Context (Task 1)
28) Citizen Kane Favorite Scene – Micro Elements (Task 2)
29) Citizen Kane Greatest Film Ever Made? (Task 3)
30) German Expressionism “The Cabinet of Dr Caligari”:Explain the ways in which the use of Mise en Scene, Cinematography and Editing may be regarded as innovative.
31) Soviet Montage “Strike” : How does the film use classic Soviet Montage Techniques to tell the worker’s story?
32) French New Wave “Breathless” : In what way did Godard consciously challenge the established conventions of Cinematography and Editing?
