Drama and Terms
stage lighting - intentional light qualities including
intensity, color, and direction; intentional
functions including selective visibility,
revelation of form, composition, focus, mood,
location and time of day, projection/stage
elements, and advance plot (script)
Stage lighting has multiple functions, including:
Focus: Directing the audience's attention to an area of the
stage or distracting them from another.
Mood: Setting the tone of a scene. Harsh red light has
a different effect than soft lavender light.
Location and time of day: Establishing or altering position in
time and space. Blues can suggest night time while orange and
red can suggest a sunrise or sunset.
Stage Lighting
Example:
(Spotlight full. Birds singing. People are
walking around the town.)
Camera Angle• angle at which a camera is pointed at the
subject(s) (low and high) that can greatly influence audience's interpretation of what is happening on the screen
• Low = a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline, looking up
• High = camera angle is located above the eyeline. With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject
Look at the following images and determine the
camera angle that is shown:
12.
34.
Camera Shot
• manner in which camera creates audience
perceptions
(point of view - shows scene from specific point
of view of one of the characters; bridging shot -
represents a jump in time or place or other
discontinuity, such as newspaper headlines or
seasonal changes)
Watch the following clips from “Up” to answer questions about point of view.
1. 2.
Watch the following clips below: How is a bridging shot being used?
Lion King Twilight
Dramatic Dialogue
• specific, purposeful dialogue designed to
convey critical information, highlight crucial
moments, build suspense, and move the plot
forward
Dramatic Dialogue
Finding Nemo Frozen
Dramatic Monologue
• monologue technique, usually
in verse composition, where
speaker reveals his or her
character, often in relation to a
critical situation or event
addressed to reader/ presumed
listener
Dramatic Monologue
Remember the Titans Ratatouille
Camera Focus
• sharpness of an image; range of distances from
camera - deep, shallow, in, out: device
whereby image gradually comes into clarity or
goes out of clarity
Camera Lighting
• main light on subject usually placed at a 45-
degree angle to camera-subject axis; high key
lighting, key light provides all or most of the
light in the scene; low key lighting, the key
light provides much less of the total
illumination
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