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*'''Group One:''' Explain what '''focal length''' is -- using the textbook illustrations. | *'''Group One:''' Explain what '''focal length''' is -- using the textbook illustrations. | ||
**How does a zoom in/out look different from a track in/out? | **How does a zoom in/out look different from a track in/out? | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
#[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-08/ ''Television'' illustrations, Chapter 8.] | #[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-08/ ''Television'' illustrations, Chapter 8.] | ||
− | #[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/VisualStyleIllustrations02. | + | #[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/VisualStyleIllustrations02.php Cinematography illustrations] |
#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/MonstersBall/index.htm ''Monster's Ball'' frame grabs] | #[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/MonstersBall/index.htm ''Monster's Ball'' frame grabs] | ||
#[http://youtu.be/Q34z5dCmC4M ''Henri 2, Paw de Deux'': black-and-white] | #[http://youtu.be/Q34z5dCmC4M ''Henri 2, Paw de Deux'': black-and-white] |
Revision as of 14:35, 28 August 2014
Color, enlarged versions of the textbook illustrations are available online.
- Group One: Explain what focal length is -- using the textbook illustrations.
- How does a zoom in/out look different from a track in/out?
- Group Two: Explain what depth of field is -- using the textbook illustrations.
- What is the difference between deep focus and deep space (as in mise-en-scene)?
- Group Three: Explain what aspect ratio is -- using the textbook illustrations.
- Also explain letterbox and pan-and-scan.
- What are the aspect ratios of Day for Night, Shakespeare in Love and Monster's Ball?
- Group Four: Explain the significance of camera framing, height, and movement -- using the textbook illustrations.
- Examples:
- When might movement be used that does not follow a character? How is a Steadicam shot different from a handheld shot?
Cinematography and narrative
In the Monster's Ball scene we viewed, what narrative functions does the cinematography serve? Be sure to consider deep/shallow focus, focus shifts and framing in the third shot.
External links
- Television illustrations, Chapter 8.
- Cinematography illustrations
- Monster's Ball frame grabs
- Henri 2, Paw de Deux: black-and-white
Bibliography
- Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications, 4th Edition (New York: Routledge, 2012).
- David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction (New York: McGraw-Hill).