Blog checklist

  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)

DEPTH OF FIELD

Shallow focus: Shallow focus is a cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus, one plane of the scene is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another. For example in the movie Red Lights, this character (Tom Buckley) is in focus and the main attention, while the background is blurred indicating the audiences focus onto him.

Red Lights | The Personality Database [PDB] | Movies
Tom Buckley in Red Lights

Deep focus: Deep focus is a cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image, or how much of it appears sharp and clear. In deep focus, the foreground, middle ground, and background are all in focus. 

What is Deep Depth of Field? (Definition & Examples)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Name Of ShotDescription of shot in relation to subjectUse In Storytelling
Extreme Close-up (XCU)Part of the face takes up the entire screen. (eyes, mouth e.g.)Gets inside the head and thoughts of the character.
Close-up (CU)Whole characters face takes up screen.Reveals characters emotional state.
Medium Close-up (MCU)Characters head and shoulders in frame.Subjects emotions and a little of their surroundings.
Low Angle (LA)
High angle (HA)
Waist/knees upwards.Shows if and which characters are in power and whose 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/ TiltCamera 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 the character.Audience is following the action, more involved.