CIN101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paris Massacre Of 1961, Algerian War, Cecil Hepworth
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Why present these things in this way? (interpretation) Does the camera move ( if so, how and in what directions?) Types of shots: (distance of camera from main subject) W. k. l dickson and thomas edison: birth of cinema 1891. Variation in shot composition: camera used to be in the same position throughout all shots. (same distance from the action) Fluidity in editing: older movies" transitions are clumpy and not smooth. 6 shots: medium shot (movement forward to medium close shot) back to medium shot, long shot, medium shot, long shot, medium shot (medium close shot) back to medium shot, close up. Suspicion, let us know the film will challenge the viewers: following shot: follows character as they move. The longer the shot takes at first the more likely it resembles the first shot. Film ends with an identical shot of the school, only this time leaving the question to be answered by viewers.
