Chapter 4 - Dr. Lerner 270 - Film Art: an Introduction PDF

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Pages 112- Mise-en-scene: ● What viewers notice most ● the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. ● Putting into a scene ● Planning in advance ● Achieve realism ● Components ○ Setting ■ Forefront ■ Container of events ■ Location of events ○ Costume/Makeup ○ Lighting ■ Pictorial impac...

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Pages 112-158 Mise-en-scene: ● What viewers notice most ● the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. ● Putting into a scene ● Planning in advance ● Achieve realism ● Components ○ Setting ■ Forefront ■ Container of events ■ Location of events ○ Costume/Makeup ○ Lighting ■ Pictorial impact ■ Needs to be controlled ■ Help with composition of scene ■ highlights/shadows ● Brightness on a surface ■ Creates shape, ■ Quality- intensity ■ Direction-path of light ■ frontal side, back, top ■ Source-quality and direction ● Key light and fill light ● Three point lighting ■ Low key lighting- uses sharper contrast ■ High key-fill and backlight ■ Color ○ Staging ■ Movement ■ Acting and actuality ■ Question of realism ■ Acting- function and motivation ● Individualized and stylized ■ Motion and performance capture- focusing on face or movements ■ Performance shaped by editing ● Mise en scene in time and space ○ Directors want to direct attention ○ Space: ■ Distribute evenly with the frame ■ Balance composition ■ Some color contrast

■ Depth cues for scene space ● Provided by 4 main components ■ Aerial perspective- more distant ■ Size diminution ● Things appear smaller ■ Linear perspective ■ Monocular ■ Shallow space ● Little depth ■ Deep space-significant distance ○ Time ■ Speed and direction ■ Things unfold over time Overall---Mise en scene- unfolding over a story through these creative elements How everything comes together...