The 4 components of film:

The 4 components of film:

Cinematography:

o   Cinematography is how the camera is manipulated to capture footage

o   Focuses on camera operation and use as a story telling tool

o   Shot size

o   Camera angle

o   Camera movement

o   Composition

Miese En Scene:

o   Means ‘The setting of the scene’

o   Reason to: lighting, setting, acting, costume.

o   How each of these is used to contributes to the look and feel of the film

o   Pacific Rim (2013) = bright lighting, sci-fi costumes and setting and sci-fi colour pallet (blue and orange)

o   Sin City (2005) = contrasting shadows, gritty and dirty characters, black and white with matte bright colour.

Editing:

o   Editing is the process of sequencing and cutting raw footage, creating a narrative

o   Clever editing can change the meaning made of raw footage by manipulating the order, length, colour and sound

o   Editing is done on ‘final cut pro’ on the Mac

o   Editing takes longer than filming does (twice as long)

Sound:

o   This refers to the recording and editing of sound in film

o   Sound can contextualise and re-contextualise the footage it is pared with (watch a horror film without sound and see how scary it isn’t)

o   Sound builds emotion and tells us what to feel during different points in a film

o   Sound has two types:

o   Diegetic (Characters can hear it, eg. In a car radio, door slam)

o   Non-Diegetic (Characters cannot hear it)