CINEMATOGRAPHY

Cinematography means the use of camera. In Lesson, we learnt the different types of shots that might be used in a scene to tell us something about the character.

• Close-up shot- Focuses between the face and neck of the character
• Extreme Close-up - A small section of an object or character
• Mid shot- Head Down (or waist to feet)
• Long shot- Whole body is visible     

Extreme long shot (wide shot)

• Shows a Vast area
• Sometimes called an establishing shot

Low Angle

• Looking up at the actor
• Puts the character in a position of power, makes the viewer feel interior

An example of a High Angle shot

High Angle

• Looking down at actors                                                 
• Interiority

Over the shoulder shot

• Looks over the shoulder of a character

Point of view shot(POV)

• Allows us to see through the eyes of the character

                                                                    

Film language-sound

Today i learnt the fact that sound can be categorised into diferent types, such as the following;

On screen sound- This is when you can see the source in which the sound is coming out of.
Off screen sound- This is when we can hear the sound but cant see where its coming from.

Diegetic sound- Is a sound which is part of the film world we are watching e.g, Kettle whistling
Non Diegetic sound- Is a sound which we do not recognise as part of the film world such as; a voice over or background music.

Sound Bridges- This is when a piece of music whether its diegetic or not continues smoothly within one shot to the next.

Parallel and Contrapuntal Sound- Parallel sound is a sound that suits its image while on the other hand, Contrapuntal sounds deliberately contrasts its image.

After all these had been explained, we then had to use our own initiative and think of other examples for each of the sound types.