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Jeremy Butler: /* Review topics from Television */ removed pan-and-scan

2020-09-24T19:20:42Z

Review topics from Television: removed pan-and-scan

Jeremy Butler at 17:33, 24 September 2020

2020-09-24T17:33:22Z

Jeremy Butler at 17:32, 24 September 2020

2020-09-24T17:32:24Z

Jeremy Butler at 17:28, 24 September 2020

2020-09-24T17:28:44Z

Jeremy Butler: updated

2020-09-24T15:25:20Z

updated

Jeremy Butler: /* DP exercise */

2020-09-18T19:45:13Z

DP exercise

Jeremy Butler: /* DP exercise */

2020-09-18T19:43:02Z

DP exercise

Jeremy Butler at 19:42, 18 September 2020

2020-09-18T19:42:12Z

Jeremy Butler: /* Review topics from Television */

2020-09-18T19:32:45Z

Review topics from Television

Jeremy Butler at 19:32, 18 September 2020

2020-09-18T19:32:24Z

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 <strong>Group 3: Aspect ratio</strong>
 *Explain what <strong>aspect ratio</strong> is -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9].
-*Also explain letterbox, pillarbox and pan-and-scan.
+*Also explain letterbox and pillarbox.
 <strong>Group 4: Framing, height, and movement</strong>

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 ==Review topics from ''Television''==
 <strong>Group 1: Depth of field</strong>
-*Explain what <strong>depth of field</strong> is -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/08_2020revision/index.html chapter 8] and [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9].
+*Explain what <strong>depth of field</strong> is -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9].
-*What is the difference between deep focus and deep space (as described in the mise-en-scene chapter) -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9]?
+*What is the difference between deep focus and deep space (as described in the mise-en-scene chapter) -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/08_2020revision/index.html chapter 8] and [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9]?
 <strong>Group 2: Focal length</strong>

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 ==Review topics from ''Television''==
 <strong>Group 1: Depth of field</strong>
-*Explain what <strong>depth of field</strong> is -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations].
+*Explain what <strong>depth of field</strong> is -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/08_2020revision/index.html chapter 8] and [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9].
-*What is the difference between deep focus and deep space (as described in the mise-en-scene chapter) -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations]?
+*What is the difference between deep focus and deep space (as described in the mise-en-scene chapter) -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9]?
 <strong>Group 2: Focal length</strong>
-*Explain what <strong>focal length</strong> is -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations].
+*Explain what <strong>focal length</strong> is --  using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9].
 *How does a zoom in/out look different from a track in/out?
 *How does the ''Vertigo'' effect illustrate the impact of focal length on the ''illusion'' of depth in an image? [https://vimeo.com/345056131 View clip] (starting at 35 seconds; password: tcf123abc!); [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnpZN2HQ3OQ&t=1m49s also on YouTube].
 <strong>Group 3: Aspect ratio</strong>
-*Explain what <strong>aspect ratio</strong> is -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations].
+*Explain what <strong>aspect ratio</strong> is -- using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9].
 *Also explain letterbox, pillarbox and pan-and-scan.
 <strong>Group 4: Framing, height, and movement</strong>
-*Explain the significance of camera <strong>framing, height, and movement</strong> -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations].
+*Explain the significance of camera <strong>framing, height, and movement</strong> --  using the illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html chapter 9].
 *When might movement be used that does <I>not</I> follow a character?
 *How is a Steadicam shot different from a handheld shot?

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 <strong>Group 1: Depth of field</strong>
 *Explain what <strong>depth of field</strong> is -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations].
-*What is the difference between deep focus and deep space (as in mise-en-scene) -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations]?
+*What is the difference between deep focus and deep space (as described in the mise-en-scene chapter) -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations]?
 <strong>Group 2: Focal length</strong>

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 *Explain what <strong>focal length</strong> is -- [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/09_2020revision/index.html using the textbook illustrations].
 *How does a zoom in/out look different from a track in/out?
-*How does the ''Vertigo'' effect illustrate the impact of focal length on the ''illusion'' of depth in an image? [https://vimeo.com/345056131 View clip (starting at 35 seconds)]
+*How does the ''Vertigo'' effect illustrate the impact of focal length on the ''illusion'' of depth in an image? [https://vimeo.com/345056131 View clip] (starting at 35 seconds; password: tcf123abc!); [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnpZN2HQ3OQ&t=1m49s also on YouTube].
 <strong>Group 3: Aspect ratio</strong>
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 *When might movement be used that does <I>not</I> follow a character?
 *How is a Steadicam shot different from a handheld shot?
-**See Steadicam examples from ''ER'': [http://tvcrit.com/find/steadicam behind-the-scenes] and [http://tvcrit.com/find/steadicamshot the resulting shot].
+**See online Steadicam examples from ''ER'': [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXzALj_FOho&t=1m49s behind-the-scenes] and [https://criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/GreysAnatomy20061005qq24_20qqSteadicamShot.mp4/view the resulting shot].
 ==DP exercise==

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 #''Describe'' a cinematographic element's use in the moment shown in these two screenshots. I.e., start by describing the screenshot's depth of field ('''Group 1'''), focal length ('''Group 2'''), aspect ratio ('''Group 3'''), and framing/height ('''Group 4''').
 #Imagine ''changing'' that element's use in the moment captured in the screenshots.
-#*'''Groups 3''': these screenshots use the 16x9 (1.78x1) aspect ratio. What if the DP choose to shoot these shows in 2.35x1 (anamorphic) or 1.33x1? How would that change the impact of the shot?
+#*'''Groups 3''': Which aspect ratio(s) do these shows use--as shown in the screenshots? What if the DP choose to shoot them in a different aspect ratio? How would that change the impact of the shot?
 #*'''Group 2''': how might a zoom lens (a variable focal-length lens) be used in this shot?
 #How would such a change affect the scene's impact or the viewer's understanding of it?

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 <gallery mode="packed" heights=200px>
-File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 28qq00005.png|alt=Screenshot from ''Stranger Things''.|Screenshot from ''Stranger Things''. View clip (on Blackboard, starting at 14 seconds).
+File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 28qq00005.png|alt=Screenshot from ''Stranger Things''.|Screenshot from ''Stranger Things''. View clip on Blackboard, starting at 14 seconds.
-File:Youngsheldon20171123lqq00 15 16qq00011.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''Young Sheldon''.|Screenshot from a ''Young Sheldon'' shot  (on Blackboard, starting at 37 seconds).
+File:Youngsheldon20171123lqq00 15 16qq00011.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''Young Sheldon''.|Screenshot from a ''Young Sheldon'' shot.  View clip on Blackboard, starting at 37 seconds.
 File:Youngsheldon20171123lqq00 15 19qq00014.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''Young Sheldon''.|Screenshot from ''Young Sheldon'', shot from above continues.
 </gallery>