Cinematography: The art of creating videos through camera work

Cinematographer [Director of Photography]: The person behind the camera that’s in charge of the technical aspects such as the lighting and the camera itself. [They work along side a team of people]

Shoulder Angle + Low Angle: Creates tension and shows who has more power in the scene

Eye-Level: Gives a childlike view and allows the viewer to immerse themselves in the film

High-Angle: Allows us to see the whole room and looks down on the character which shows how defenceless he is in this situation

Name of Shot	Description of Shot in Relation to the Subject	Use in Storytelling
Extreme Close-Up [XCU]	Part of their Face ie: eyes take up the frame	Gets inside of a character
Close Up [CU]	Whole face takes up the frame	Reveals character’s emotional state
Medium Close-Up [MCU]	Head and Shoulders in frame	Reveals a characters emotional state and shows the background
Low Angle Shot [LA]/High angle Shot [HA]	Looks down on the character Looks up on the character	Represents characters status/how much power they have
Extreme Long Shot [XLS]	Only scenery visible can’t make out individual people	Used as an establishing shot
Medium Shot [MS]	1 or 2 subjects in frame from waist height sometimes taken from ‘over the shoulder’ of one of the characters [OSS]	Often used as a master shot/2 shot/shot-reverse for conversations
Pan/Tilt	Character moves whilst staying in the same place [their eyes are moving]	Mimics a static character looking round a scene
Track [On a dolly, Steadicam or handheld]	Camera follows a subject by moving along with them	Intra-diegetic – brings the audience into the scene

Name Of Shot	Description of shot in relation to subject	Use In Storytelling
Extreme Close-up(XCU)	Part of the face takes up the entire screen. (eyes, mouth e.g.)	Gets inside the head of the character
Close-up(CU)	Whole face takes up screen	Reveals characters emotional state.
Medium Close-up(MCU)	Head and shoulders in frame	subjects emotions +surroundings.
Low Angle LA High angle HA	Waist/knees upwards.	Shows what characters are in power and who are not. Intimidated or intimidator.
Extreme Long Shot (XLS)	Only scenery visible, Characters barely or not visible.	Used as an establishing shot.
Medium Shot (MS)	One or two characters in frame from waist height or sometimes over the shoulder of one of the characters (OOS)	Often used as a master shot/Two shot/shot-reverse for conversations
Pan/ Tilt	camera moves across the horizon/camera moving up and down.	Mimics a static character looking around.
Track (on a Dolly, steadicam or handheld	camera follows subject moving along with them	audience is following the action, more involved.

1. Summer Task (What makes a good film? )
2. Activity 1 Induction slides :Connecting the IB Learner Profile to Film Studies
3. Activity 2 Induction slides: Categorising Film.
4. Activity 3 Induction Slides : Identify a Formula for Box Office Hits
5. Mise en Scene “Chaotic vs Anally Tidy” Examples.
6. Mise en scene definition
7. Mise en Scene Choose a Film which you think demonstrates “excellent use of Mise en Scene” and explain why. (Remember to illustrate your ideas with still images from the film!)
8. Homework WK 1: (20 /09/21) Film as Art “Spectrum” Activity (from Monaco How to Read a Film).
9. Bladerunner First Response and Memorable Scene
10. Homework WK 3: (27 /09/21) Bladerunner Mise En Scene Essay (E MAIL TO ME DIRECT)
11. Cinematography/Cinematographer definition (28/9/21)
12. Diegetic, Intradiegetic, Extradiegetic gaze examples (30/9/21)
13. Shot Distances Examples (1/10/21)
14. Shot Angles Examples (1/10/21)
15. Shot Movement Examples (1/10/21)
16. Shot Types Table (4/10/21)
17. 1st group shoot evaluation
18. Kubrick cinematography.
19. The shining first response
20. Homework WK 3:Shining essay on Cinematography (18/10/21) (E MAIL TO ME DIRECT)
21. Definition of Editing (18/10/21)
22. Kuleshov effect
23. Joker Project