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LANGUAGE OF MOVING IMAGE

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we will be looking and studying the language of moving image and how each media form has its own media language and set of rules

and learning the three aesthetic concepts of space size and scale

camera focus

focus can be used to add more effect to the sequence and have a greater impact on the audience by having a important part of the scene in the shot but unseen to then come into focus

i intend to use rack focus to show that the killer is behind the victim

Shot sizes, angles and movements

  1. High angle / Low angle / bulls-eye / birds eye / canted angle
  2. Tracking / Panning / Craning / Tilting / Hand held / Steadicam
  3. Establishing Shot / Long Shot / Medium Shot / Close-up / Big Close-Up / Extreme Close Up (students often struggle with the first and the last again issues with SCALE, SIZE & SPACE, so practice is really important)
  4. Insert Shot

i am going to try use a extreme close up shot to show the fear of the victim when face to face with the killer

insert shots

a short clip showing in more detail what the actor is doing or a specific item or action that helps with the narrative and plot of the story

i am going to try use and insert shot to show the killers weapon to add more suspense and to break up the scene

edit

editing is the putting together off all the sequences and is very important to getting the final product

and there is the long lasting question SO IN TERMS OF MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTS WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CAMERA OR EDIT?? as both are needed

But the key question is WHEN TO EDIT ie when is it best to move from one shot to another? The answer is usually found in the following list:

  1. EDIT ON ACTION
  2. EDIT ON A MATCHING SHAPE, COLOUR, THEME
  3. EDIT ON A LOOK, A GLANCE, EYELINE
  4. EDIT ON A SOUND BRIDGE
  5. EDIT ON A CHANGE OF SHOT SIZE
  6. EDIT ON A CHANGE OF SHOT CAMERA POSITION (+30′)

Parallel Editing

The use of sequential editing (editing one clip to another) allows for a number of key concepts to be produced:

  1. parallel editing: two events editing together – so that they may be happening at the same time, or not?
  2. flashback / flash-forward – allowing time to shift

i would use this when the victim is hiding to cut to her then to cut to the killers looking for her

MONTAGEING

montaging is using multiple shots in quick succession to tell a story in much less time and help understand the plot or backstory of the whole moving image product

i could use this by showing clips f the killers past and what lead him to be the way he is

Shot sequencing

Conventional shot progression – to create VERISIMILITUDE (ie realism, believability) usually involves the following shots (although not always in the same order).

  1. establishing shot / ES, moving to
  2. wide shot / WS,
  3. to medium shot / MS,
  4. to close up / CU,
  5. to big close up / BCU;
  6. and then back out again

this could be used in a chase scene close ups then big shots of area and chasing shots

REVERSE SHOT

The Shot / Reverse Shot a really good starting point for students to both think about and produce moving image products. The basic sequence runs from a wide angle master shot that is at a 90′ angle to (usually) two characters. This sets up the visual space and allows the film-maker to to then shoot separate close-ups, that if connected through an eye-line match are able to give the impression that they are opposite each other talking. The shots are usually over the shoulder.

i can use in a confrontation

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