slide deck 4 What is Motif

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What is a motif? 

Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story

Why are they important?

made to make sure the story to operate more than one level

What makes a great work of art?

Color, detail

Insert shot slide deck 4

Points to discuss:

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What is an insert shot? 

Is an isolated shot that shows a specific shot of a scene

What is the purpose of an insert shot? 

They want the viewer to see something specific

What are the 3 main aspects of the insert shot? 

Notice something 

Object or set of objects

Communicate 

What 3 things help the audience feel about the insert shot? 

Opposition

Timing

Color

The composition of the insert shot helps with what in a film? 

camera movement

shot size

shot angle

Colour in the insert shot helps with what in a film? 

To show what they want the viewer to see

 How long you dwell on the insert shot helps show what?

They show close-ups to show the viewers the specific scene. to create the importance 

Color in film slide deck 4

Points to discuss:

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How does color in the film affect people?

To create a mood

What are the 3 factors in determining color? 

hue

saturation

brightness

Why is the hue in ‘The Matrix’ mostly green? 

has a certain silky quality

Why do some films desaturate?

The color is drained and gives the movie a raw Brady look

What can brightness and a lack of brightness show in a film?

Can be affected by usual clours and to see the movies alone

types of cameras slide deck 4

5) Video

Points to discuss:

What are the purposes of the whip pan and the slow pan?

Whip pan: quickly turning to see something

slow pan: gives us time

What is the purpose of the tilt shot?

It reveals something to read our attention

What does the reverse dolly zoom help show? 

Funny kind of punctuation to nature

What the difference between a Steadicam and a dolly shot?

on track to give us a different version 

What can the hand-held shot help create for the viewer? 

Raw shacky feeling

What should directors ask themselves with their camera movement?

what will this bring to the viewers

Camera movement should be doing what?

showing viewers what's happening

Blocking slide deck 4

4) video

Points to discuss:

What are the 3 ways directors use blocking in a film?

Space Shapes lines

What are the 3 basic shapes for film blocking?

triangle circles and squares

What are the emotions associated with these shapes?

Circles feel safer

squares create limited space

triangle feels shape but aggressive

What two things can blocking help with?

visual tension

who holds all the pods

Production design slide deck 4

3) video

Points to discuss:

What is the production design? 

over all overlook and vision of the design, props

What makes up production design? 

Props and the Overlook

What are the 3 main things production design can help reveal?

How they feel

Dreamy

Uplifting

slide deck 4 Film tone

2) Video

Points to discuss:
What else can we call tone in a film?
language and how the person feels

What are the 3 main elements of tone?

Playful, Threatening and Sad

How and why does Coppola use tone in the classic film ‘The Godfather’?

To make the actor show what they are feeling

How can directors control the feelings of the scenes?

From there actions and how they are speaking