This week we went through the aspects that make film not only an art but a form of communication. We discussed the different genre and the genre cycles that often occur over time.
Next we discussed the vocabulary of film as conveyed through the different shots and the methods of employing these shot sizes. The intent is to elicit emotion within the viewer.
The shot sizes are used as words to explicate who, how, when, where, why and whom. Finally the rules of film making – Head room, how the head is positioned in the shot. The talking room - the position of the personality as they speak or display an action within the shot. Additionally the rule of thirds were the tendency is to place a figure in the centre of the shot – this rule is how the figure is placed over intersect points after breaking the frame into thirds. Lastly the 180o rule, keeping two characters on one side of a line that intersects them.
The following links shows a couple of films which follow some of the rules as discussed in last lecture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRVo3hwRYMU&feature=fvsr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apEZpYnN_1g
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