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Photography
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The Shots
Extreme Long Shot
Characters are small in frame
All or major parts of buildingsappear
Use: establishes physical
context of action, shows
landscape and architectural
exteriors
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The Shots
Long Shot
All or nearly all of the standing
person Large parts of a building
Use: Shows a large scale
action, whole groups of
people, displays large
architectural details
Eyes Wide Shut
A Summer Tale
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The Shots
Full Shot
Contains the human body in
full Head near the top of the frame
and feet at the bottom
Saturday Night Fever
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The Shots
Medium Shot
Character shown from waist up
Medium-sized architecturaldetails
Use - Small groups such as
two or three people
12 Angry Men
Far from Heaven
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The Shots
Two Shot/Medium
Long
Character shown from waist up Medium-sized architectural
details
Use - Small groups such as
two or three people
Eyes Wide Shut
Almost Famous
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The Shots
Over the Shoulder Shot
The Godfather
Citizen Kane
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The Shots
Three Shot
Beyond three people is
usually a Full Shot
Born Yesterday
Bringing Up Baby
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The Shots
Close-up
Head and neck of character;
objects: fills frame Use - focus on one character;
facial expression very
important
X-Men
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The Shots
Medium Close Up
Chest up: fills frame
Use - focus on two characters;facial expression very
important
Eyes Wide Shut
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The Shots
Extreme Close-up
The frame filled with just part
of a character or very smallobjects
Use - facial features in a
character or small objects
The Color of Paradise
Citizen Kane
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The Shots
Deep Focus/ Wide-
angle Shot
Objects at close, mediumand long ranges are in
focus
Use a wide-angle lens
Citizen Kane
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The Shots
Deep Focus/
Wide-angle Shot
Objects at close,medium and long
ranges are in focus
Use a wide-angle lens
Schindlers List
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The Angles
Birds-eye View
High Angle
Eye-level
Low Angle
Oblique
Bringing Up Baby
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The Angles
Where the camera is placed
Realist vs. Formalist
Realism Eye-level Formalism calling attention to the
camera
A Summer Tale
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The Angles
Birds-eye View
Subject may seem
unrecognizable and/or abstract
People are insignificant
Gold Diggers of 1933
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The Angles
High Angle
General overview
Reduce height of objects
Motion is slowed seems
tedious
Includes ground (setting is
thus important)
Reduces importance of subject people are harmless,
powerless or trapped
Citizen Kane
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The Angles
High Angle
General overview
Reduce height of
objects Motion is slowed
seems tedious
Includes ground (settingis thus important)
Reduces importance ofsubject people areharmless, powerless ortrapped
Lady from Shanghai
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The Angles
Low Angle
Increase height of objects
Motion is speeded upconnotes confusion
Includes sky or ceiling (setting
is minimized)
Heightens importance of
subject spectator feelsdominated
Seconds
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The Angles
Low Angle
Increase height of objects
Motion is speeded upconnotes confusion
Includes sky or ceiling (setting
is minimized)
Heightens importance of
subject spectator feelsdominated
Cape Fear
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The Angles
Low Angle
Increase height of objects
Motion is speeded upconnotes confusion
Includes sky or ceiling (setting
is minimized)
Heightens importance of
subject spectator feelsdominated
Out of the Past
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The Angles
Oblique Angle
Lateral tilt
Horizon skewed Suggest tension, instability,
impending movement
Not the most common as their
usage is so specific
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The Angles
Oblique Angle
Lateral tilt
Horizon skewed Suggest tension, instability,
impending movement
Not the most common as their
usage is so specific
The Third Man
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Light & Dark
Three Point
Lighting
High Key
Low Key
Contrast
All are relatedto genre
Full Metal Jacket
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Light & Dark
Three Point Lighting
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Light & Dark
Three Point Lighting
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Light & Dark
High Key
Bright, few shadows
Comedies, musicals
Singin in the Rain
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Light & Dark
High Key
Bright, few shadows
Comedies, musicals
Happy Gilmore
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Light & Dark
Low Key
Diffused shadows,
pools of light
Mysteries, thrillers,
gangster
The Big Combo
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Light & Dark
Low Key
Diffused shadows,
pools of light
Mysteries, thrillers,
gangster
Apocalypse Now
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Light & Dark
Contrast
High Contrast
A lot of differencebetween dark and light
w/little in-between
Dramatic streaks & pools
of light
Citizen Kane
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Light & Dark
Citizen Kane
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Light & Dark
Mulholland Drive
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Light & Dark
Red Eye
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Light & Dark
Dark = evil,
unknown, fear
Light = security,
virtue, truth, joy Related to genre
Reverse
expectations
American Psycho
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Light & Dark
Dark = evil,
unknown, fear
Light = security,
virtue, truth, joy Related to genre
Reverse
expectations
American Psycho
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Color
The Godfather
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Color
Hand tinting & tinted stock
(1900)
1936 First 3 strip Technicolor
Not perfected for realism until
the 1950s Subconscious element
Emotional response moods,
symbolism
Warm vs. Cool colors
Saturated vs. Desaturated
Becky Sharp
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Color
Moulin Rouge
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Color
Saving Private Ryan
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Color
Martin Scorceses Taxi Driver(1976)
Martin Scorceses Raging Bull(1980)
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Camera is crude next to the
eye
Depth of Field
Lenses focal length
Filters Focus
Fast and Slow Film Stock
The Godfather, Part II
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Depth of Field
The extent of
the space that
is in focus
Mulholland Drive
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks Shallow Depth of Field
Low light
Long lens
The Asphalt Jungle
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Lenses, Filters & StocksGreater Depth of Field
Sergeant York
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Telephoto Lens
Long lens
Can be various lengths Compresses depth
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Payback
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Payback
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Wide Angle
Short lengthWide angle of viewGreater depth of field
Can distort
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Filters
Cosmetic purpose
Change lightChange color
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Filters
Cosmetic purpose
Change lightChange color
The Postman Always Rings Twice
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Filters
Cosmetic purpose
Change lightChange color
Star Filter
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
The West Wing Filter
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Focus
Rack Focus
Selective Focus
The Graduate
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Focus
Rack Focus
Selective Focus
Jaws
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Stocks
Fast more
sensitive to
light
More grain -
fuzzy
Colors may
wash out
Barry Lyndon
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Stocks
Slow need up
to ten times as
much light as
fast stock
Captures color
precisely
Less grain
The Godfather
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Lenses, Filters & Stocks
Stocks
Fast needs
less light
More grain
Children of Men
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The Third Man
1949 Director - Carol Reed
Cinematographer - Robert Krasker (Wonthe Oscar)
Written By Graham Greene
Actually filmed in bombed-out post WWII
Vienna Some of the sewer is real, some
constructed in England
Anton Karas improvised the score whilewatching a cut of the film
Collaboration Between Brit Alexander
Korda and American David O. Selznickbut they never worked together againbecause they hated each other
Orson Welles did not direct himself butdid improvise some dialogue
Stars Orson Welles Joseph Cotton