Realism…………..Classical Cinema……….…Formalism

(documentary) (fiction) (avante-garde)

Andre Bazin: “One way of understanding better what a film is trying to say is to know how it is saying it.”

Shots:

· Extreme close-up…close-up…medium…full…long…deep focus…extreme long shot

· Establishing shot

· 2-shot, 3-shot, over-the-shoulder shot

Angles:

· Birds’ eye, high, eye-level, low, oblique

· Crane shot, point of view shot

Light and Dark:

· Framing, negative space

· Contrast: high, low keys

· Key light, fill light, back light

· Halo effect

· Dominant

Cinematographer:

· Film stocks: fast, slow

· Color: cool, warm

Lenses and filters:

· soft vs. hard focus

· telephoto, wide angle, extreme wide-angle lenses