Terminology- Miss Frisendar

Key Convensions of a Film

Genre- A genre is the category the film fits into, and the motif throughout. 

Code and Convention- How to identify the genre/ regular occurancies.

Target Audience- The audience in which the film is aimed at.

Cinematography is to be able to identify how camera shots are used in the Thriller genre.

Camera Angles

Low angle shots makes the image look bigger and powerful where as High Angle shots makes the object look smaller and vulnerable. A Canted Angle is when the camera is tilted which suggests instability and imbalance, as though as its surreal. Another angle is Eye Level which makes the audience more engaged with the scene it is also more realistic.

Camera Movements

A crane movement is when the cameras mounted on a crane and moves at a distance above ground level, Zoom in creates importance where as Zoom out creates an emotional distance. Also Panning is when the camera moves for left to right to follow a moving object within the shot and creates a chaotic atmosphere.

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Camera Positions 

Shallow Focus is used in films to show the audience one image in full focus while the rest of the screen is out of focus and appears to be blurry on scene.

Deep Focus means the depth the audience can see it. This means that the audience can see the foreground, middle ground and is also background. Shows Mise-en-Scene and different representation of the characters. 

Editing
Editing is the juxtaposition (placing side by side) of different shots/scenes to create a meaning with different camera shots/angles/movements. Editing gives YOU total control.

Transition- Is the word used to describe the way in which one shot changes to another (e.g cut).

Continuity Editing- Creating a seamless and continuous flow of shots. Should give the audience a clear sense of time. 

Editing Transition

There are many editing transitions including cuts which is where two shots come together, dissolve which shows two scenes in one and wipes, cross zooms, flash frames.

Cutting

Fast and Slow Cutting

• Fast cutting from more than one camera angle- better viewing for action and creates tension.
• Slow cutting is better for romance. Slow and high tone of music.

A cross cut is a cut from one narrative or piece of action to another. A straight cut is a sudden change of shot from one viewpoint to another. A match on action is when you edit together shots if an action from different angles to make an action appear smooth.

Fade is a transition to or from a black screen, dissolve is a slow transition as one image merges into another and finally a wipe is an optical effect in which one shot wipes another off the screen for dramatic effect.

• Music and editing gets faster as more stuff happens which builds tension.

In todays lesson I have learnt different camera angles and shots and why they are used, for example close  ups are used to see an object or something in a characters point of view, another example is Panning which is used to see all the chaos in the shot. I will take these shots and angles into consideration when I start to film my own Thriller opening.
Also I have learnt that the faster the pace of the cutting and editing the more discomforting it is for the audience.