Do now

• Draw the following:

• A extreme close up

• A two shot long shot from a low angle

Mise-en-scene essay feedback

• General tips:• Focus on the representations of the characters

and how their meaning is created.• Focus on the significant techniques and ignore

the less important.• Expand your explanations of audience meaning.

Better adjectives.• More technical points need to be raised. Speed

up!• Write about the clip chronologically.

Aim: To begin to consider the role of Cinematography

The main technical areas?

• The main technical aspects are:

• Cinematography

• Sound

• Editing

• Mise-en-scene

What is Cinematography?

• Photography – the art of capturing a still image

• Cinematography - The art of capturing a moving image

• Director Of Photography (DOP) or Cinematographer

• Oscar each year for best cinematography?

4 main components of cinematography.

• Angles • Movement • Positions• Shots

• What examples can you think of for each?• Brainstorm cinematography techniques that you

know.

Yale Cinematography

Count the shots

• Watch this clip. How many different cinematography terms can you identify?

Micro analysis.

• Watch the first few shots : note down as many adjective descriptions as you can to describe:

• Identify the angles, movements, positions and shots and make notes on the intended audience meaning.

• Can the cinematography tell us about the following:

• What do we establish about the character?• The way the character is feeling?• How the audience connect emotionally with the

character?

PEE.• Once you have identified the technical aspect the next and more

important step is to analyse its meaning for audiences. However this isn’t always easy to put into words.

• Remember POINT- EVIDENCE- EXPLAIN!

• Example from ‘Jekyll’: ‘The sequence begins with a static mid shot at eye level of a door opening onto a room to reveal a sinister looking chair. This implies a sense of foreboding as we can predict that something evil is lurking. The reaction shot of the main female protagonist face consolidates the eerie atmosphere. When we see her turn round in the mid long shot we the viewer are positioned from behind the chair as if we are hiding.

• What is the point? • Where is the evidence? • What is the explanation?

Task:• ‘How does the cinematography in the TV clip create

audience meaning’?

• We will watch the scene 3 times.

• Make notes after the first screening.

• Use connective words – implies etc….• Refer to main character(s) as protagonists, and opposing

characters or villains as antagonists.• Write about one technique per paragraph . Don’t rush to

cram in as many techniques as possible into your essay, take your time and elaborate on points.

• You have 25 minutes.

Case Study

• Task: In groups watch the opening from a TV Drama.

• Make notes on the Cinematography only.

• Identify the angles, movements, positions and shots and make notes on the intended audience meaning.

Describing a technique.

• Once you have identified the technical aspect the next and more important step is to analyse its meaning for audiences. However this isn’t always easy to put into words. You really have to think adjectively!

• E.g.: ‘the sequence where handheld camera movements are used imply that the situation is chaotic and that the main character is somewhat hysterical’.

• What are the describing words in this sentence.

Audience meanings? What do we learn about the

characters?

• Their personality.

• What else?

Homework• Learn the Cinematography key terms for a

terminology test next week!