WEEK TWO - LECTURE

CINE-SPEAK: Learning the Language of the Cinema

MOVIE GENRE EXAMPLES:

• Comedy
• Drama
• Horror
• Romance
• Family
• Action
• Thriller

• All stories essentially the same, just characters and places changed.
• Popular genre today - Action Romance (e.g. Killers and Knight and Day)
• Popular genre's generally go on a rough 10-20 year cycle of popularity

CINE-SPEAK:

• Shot sizes - Framing and Composition derive from photography
• VLS/WS: Very Long Shot/Wide Shot
• LS: Long Shot
• MLS: Medium Long Shot
• MS: Mid Shot (Action)
• MCU: Medium Close Up
• CU: Close Up (Emotion)
• BCU: Big Close Up
• ECU: Extreme Close Up

• Reasons for using different shot types
• WHO? - The Close Up - Shows Character in detail
• WHAT? - The Mid Shot - Shows character performing an action
• WHERE? - The Long Shot - At the beginning of a scene/establishing shot
• WHEN? - Wide Shot/Close Up - Answers the time when the scene is.
• WHY? - The Big Close Up - Reveals more about a character and their actions
• HOW? - Medium Close Up/Close Up - Explains an event and answers the 'How' Q's

MORE RULES OF FILMMAKING:

• Head Room (Important rule - consistency)
• Talking Room
• Rule of Thirds
• The 180 degree Rule (Dialogue)