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    The document discusses camera angles in film and their effect on what is revealed to viewers. It defines various camera angles from extreme long shot to extreme close up and asks how each might reveal different information. It also discusses analyzing scenes using the five elements of mise-en-scene: settings/props, costume/makeup, facial expressions/body language, lighting/color, and character positioning. Actual footage examples are shown to have readers consider what angles are used and what they reveal to audiences.

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    Looking at Camera

    Angles in the Film


    Mise-En-Scene
    Mise-en-scene is a French term meaning ‘what is put into the
    scene or frame.’
    What is put in or left out can make a big difference to the
    signals we, the audience, receive about what sort of film it is
    and how we are supposed to feel at this point.

    When looking at mise-en-scene there are five essential film


    techniques to consider. These techniques are;
    1. Settings and Props
    2. Costume, hair and make-up
    3. Facial expression and body language
    4. Lighting and colour
    5. Positioning of characters and objects within the frame.

    Discuss: What do you think each of these elements might


    reveal in a film?

    Look at the picture below using the five elements of mise-en-scene


    analyse this scene from the film.
    Camera Angles
    A visual explanation of how an actor/object is viewed
    depending on the height and rotation of the camera.
    Glossary of Angles
    Angle Explanation
    XLS Extreme Long Shot
    LS Long Shot
    MLS Medium Long Shot
    MS Medium Shot
    MCU Medium Close Up
    CU Close Up
    BCU Big Close Up
    XCU Extreme Close Up

    Question time:
    What do you think a XLS reveals to the viewer?
    Consider what is revealed to the audience during a XCU.
    Actual Footage from the Film
    Look at the scenes below and consider what angles are being
    used? Try to write a paragraph describing what it reveals to
    the audience.
    Exemplar 1

    Exemplar 2
    The “Grammar” of Film.
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Grammar provides us with the knowledge and understanding to
    analyse and describe how both written and oral language work.
    Similarly, by knowing the “grammar” of film, we can explore,
    identify, learn about, describe, and use features of visual
    language that create particular meanings and effects in moving
    images in film.

    Film is not a language in exactly the same way that


    English is a language. In a movie, there is nothing that
    communicates precisely to a word, for instance, or a
    question. Nor is the order of events in a film the same,
    or as strictly regulated, as the order of words in a
    grammatical sentence. However, it is possible and
    sometimes helpful to argue that written language and
    film are similar in the following ways.
    Breaking it down.
    Text (Written language) Versus Film
    Text Film
     Letters are the  A film’s smallest unit

    smallest distinct is a frame, which is


    forms of written like a still photograph.
    language.
     Letters make up  Several frames make

    words in written up shots in a film.


    language.
     Words make up  Shots make up scenes.

    sentences in written
    language.
     Sentences make up  Scenes make up

    paragraphs in written sequences.


    language.
     Paragraphs make up  Sequences make up a

    stories. film.

    Writing is often made more interesting and suitable for its


    purpose by using a variety of letterforms, words, sentence and
    paragraph lengths, and structures. Similarly, variety in the use
    of frames, shots, scenes, and sequences usually results in a
    more interesting and appealing film. For example, the
    flashbacks used when Bella is working out what Edward is.
    Task time:
    What visual images do the flashbacks focus on? What
    does this information tell you about Edward?

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