CHAPTER-IIASPECTS OF FILM LANGUAGE

GOEL & COMPANYBY: CHETAN KUMAR GOEL

MISE EN SCENE

MISE EN SCENE

MISE EN SCENE

* MISE EN SCENE IS A FRENCH TERM THAT LITERALLY MEANS

“TO PUT INTO SCENE OR STAGING AN ACTION.

* THIS USUALLY INCLUDES PRODUCTION

DESIGN,SET,LOCATION,ACTORS AND THEIR MOVEMENTS

Ground Plan

GROUND PLAN

A GROUND PLAN IS A DIAGRAMMATIC

REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE SETTING LOOKS

LIKE IN A SCENE……

THE CONCEPT OF FILM ANALYSIS ….

• FILM ANALYSIS IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH A FILM IS ANALYZED IN TERMS OF MISE EN SCENE AS WELL AS CONTENT.• IT IS A WAY OF TRYING TO

UNDERSTAND A FILM IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY…..

CINEMA IS AN AUDIO-VISUAL,SPATIO-

TEMPORAL,NARRATIVE MEDIUMCINEMA IS AN AUDIO-VISUAL,SPATIO-

TEMPORAL,NARRATIVE MEDIUM.CINEMA PROVIDES AUDIO THAT HELPS US TO LISTEN PROVIDES

VISUALS THAT HELP US TO SEE.CINEMA COVERS SPACE AND TIME [SPATIO TEMPORAL] AND IS

FULL OF NARRATION i.e DIALOGUES..

MEDIUM AND MATERIALEVERY MEDIUM HAS ITS OWN MATERIAL

THROUGH WHICH IT REALISES ITSELF.

*LITERATURE USES WORDS[LANGUAGE]*PAINTING USES LINES, SURFACE[CANVAS],COLOURS/TONES ,SHAPES ETC.

*SCULPTURE USES SOLID OBJECTS [LIKE METALS, STONES, REAL OBJECTS],TEXTURES COLOURS AND THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE.

*ARCHITECTURE USES BUILDING BLOCKS LIKE BRICK AND MORTAR,STONES ,METALS AND THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE.

• MUSIC USES SOUND AND SILENCE .*THEATRE USES ACTIRS AND SPACE

CINEMA AS A COMPLEX NARRATIVE:-

*A FILM IS A WRITTEN *A FILM IS ACTED * A FILM IS PHOTOGRAPHED*A FILM IS RECORDED*A FILM IS EDITED*A FILM IS DIRECTED*A FILM IS PRODUCED AS A COMPLEX NARRATIVEA FILM IS STRUCTURED IN TIME AND SPACE IN A DYNAMIC

WAY.

SHOT• A SHOT IS THE BASIC UNIT OF MICRO

STRUCTURE AND ALSO IS THE BASIC UNIT OF MEANING IN CINEMA…….

ASPECTS OF SHOT• IT HAS THREE ASPECTS :-

• * VISUAL

• *AUDIO

• *EDITING[TRANSITIONS]

VISUAL ASPECTS OF A SHOT*IMAGE SIZE*VIEW POINT*STATIC/MOVING CAMERA*MOVEMENT[PAN,TILT,TRACK]*LENSES*DEPTH OF FIELD*PLANES-FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND*GRAPHIC QUALITY-COLOURED/BLACK AND

WHITE*LIGHTING

AUDIO ASPECTS OF A SHOT

*SPEECH*EFFECTS *MUSIC*SILENCE

EDITING TRANSITIONS IN A SHOT

*CUT*FADE IN/OUT*DISSOLVE*SUPERIMPOSITION*BLEACH*FREEZE*WIPE*MORPHING

SUBMITTED TO:-GOEL & COMPANY

MADE BY:- CHETAN KUMAR GOEL

CLASS: XII-MASS MEDIA