Week 1, lesson 1; Film language

Today, we had an introductory lesson on the first research brief of the second year; 'film language' .
For this research project we will have eight weeks to research and write up a thousand word summary of our research.

We were introduced to different types of analysis of film;
- Editing
- Sound
- cinematography
- mise en scene
- Performance
- the use of conventions & tropes

Editing is cutting different shots together, different type of shots used;
cross cut
dissolve
fade

key words:
Cross cut - cutting between two different scenes that are both happening at the same time.

Dissolve - An edit that blends from one shot to anther, making a visual connection.

Fade - A fade to black (or other colours), usually signifying something is coming to close.

Tropes: the more certain signifiers, the more they are reinforced in the audience and film makers.

Believability: All films require the audience to suspend disbelief in order to be effective to know time has not passed, yet they expect that on screen.

Conventions: In film, the term conventions refers to the 'accepted ways of doing things', even those do not always represent reality.

Diegetic/ Non diegetic sound:
the music can be used to be motive, set an emotion.


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