Do Now- 5 minutes

• Imagine that you are in charge of directing and editing a film. What sort of film features or techniques (e.g lighting)would you have to consider? Make a list of these.

Identity

What/who you are

Clothes and food

family

choices

culture

Your heart

Everything you do

How you present yourself

How you perceive things

Personality

What makes you you

What others see you as

how you feel

beliefs

Looks

Film TechniquesShot: the appearance of what is in

each single picture :a single run of the camera

Establishing shot: Extremely long shot used at the beginning of the film to set the scene.

Long Shot: Shot filmed from a distance so you can see figures’ whole bodies.

Medium shot: Figures in shot are seen from the waist up

Medium close-up: Figures seen from mid-chest to head

Close up: Shot of head and shoulders

Extreme close-up: Shot of only a part of a figure’s face or a detail of an object

Over the shoulder shot: Camera shoots from over the shoulder of one character from behind

Reverse angle shot: Alternate over the shoulder shot. Shows viewpoint of speaker and reaction of

listener.

P.O.V shot: Framed from a particular character’s point of view

Low Angle Shot: The camera looks up at the subject, making it look large and powerful.

Eye-Level Shot: The camera is level with the subject.

High Angle Shot: The camera looks down on the subject, making it look small or

vulnerable.