Thursday, 26 February 2015

Sound, M-e-s, Cinematography and Editing

Types of sound/when sound is used;

  • Ambient
  • Dialogue -chunk of speech
  • Foley - re-creation of a sound
  • Sound Bridge - continues from one scene to the next
  • Sound Scape 
  • Sound Mixer - changing level of sound with speech and music
  • Synchronous - natural within a scene
  • Asynchronous - Odd and surreal
  • Diagetic - natural sound
  • Non- Diagetic - post production created
  • Sound motif/perspective
  • Incidental music
  • Direct address - breaks 4th wall
  • Voice over - voice of god

What to look out for, for Mise-en-scene;

  • Props
  • Background
  • Lighting - Low/High key, natural, artificial, 3 point, backlight, chiaroscuro 
  • Costume
  • Connotations of colour
  • Setting
  • Facial Expressions
  • Performance/Body Language
  • Positioning/composition

Types of cinematography;

Movement;
  • Dolly in/out
  • Tilt
  • Dutch tilt
  • Tracking
  • Pan
  • Zoom in/out
  • Pedestal up/down
Cameras;
  • Steadi-cam
  • Handheld
  • Crane
Shots/angles;
  • Establishing shot
  • Weather shot
  • Long shot
  • Mid shot
  • Medium Close up
  • Close up
  • Big close up
  • Worms eye view
  • Birds eye view
  • Point of View
  • Over the Shoulder
Focus;
  • Depth of field focus
  • Selective focus
  • Pull/rack focus

Types of editing; 
  • Cut in/out
  • Cut away
  • Straight cut
  • Long/shot cut
  • Cross fade
  • Fade in/out
  • Dissolve
  • Wipe
  • Slow motion
  • Action match
  • Graphic Match 
  • Expansion of time
  • Passage of time - Ellipsis
  • Shot reverse shot
  • Special effects
  • Parallel edit
  • Crossover 
  • Jump cut -usually an error















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