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Camera Techniques Production elements continued..
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Questions & Answers
• Name 5 story/production elements
• Name 5 different genres
• What are several key terms used when describing 'lighting' as a production element
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Visual Composition
• When analyzing various story/production elements (apart from sound) we are essentially studying the "visual composition"
• Actors, lights & camera angles have been purposefully chosen to represent/symbolize something
• This screen capture from Black Balloon exhibits the intimacy between two young people. This is created from the actors, but also the close-up camera angle
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Camera techniques
• It is said that the best films are those in which every shot is a beautifully composed photograph.
• The camera is rarely neutral- it's positions the audience to read a character, location or event subjectively
• It controls not only what we see but how we see it
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Shot selection
• Extreme long shot
• Long shot
• Mid-shot
• Medium close-up
• Close-up
• Extreme close-up
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Camera techniques
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Common conventions -
Close-ups are about emotional engagement and revealing secrets
Camera angles suggest dominance or submission
The more the camera lingers on a subject, the greater the importance of that subject is in the
narrative
Smooth camera movements - pan, tilt, track, zoom - indicate control and/or order.
Jerky handheld camera movements indicate
disarray
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What does this camera angle say about the character? Why do we think this?
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Symbolic Codes and Conventions
Media texts use various codes or production elements to construct a representation.
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Conventions in media
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Movie Trailers