The Language

In today's lesson we learnt the four main aspects of film language. These were: camera, Mise en scene, editing, sound.

Camera:

Frame: ECU, extreme close up/Mid shot/Close up/Middle long shot/Long shot/ELS, extremely long shot
Angle: Worms Eye view/PoV/Birds Eye
Movement: Pan/Tilt/Tracking Shot/Steady Cam/Hand Held

Mise en scene:

Costume
Lighting
Actors, class, gender, ethnicity, body language
Make up
Props
Setting


Editing:

Transitions
Order of narrative - Mix up the order of time
Pace - Slow or fast to emphasis drama
SFX

Sound:

Dialogue - What and how

Music - Parallel (What you would expect to hear) Contrapuntal (When the music doesn't fit the scene)

Diegetic sound - The sound that actors hear/ Non diegetic - Sounds the actors can't hear, music narration etc.

'Boyz n the Hood' analysis.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=boyz+n+the+hood+dutch+subtitles&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=BCA98CE309ED50662AF4BCA98CE309ED50662AF4