ENGB76H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Long Shot, Crane Shot, Jump Cut
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What do we talk about when we talk about genre films? (chapter notes from word document professor flynn posted) Visible + audible elements inside world of film"s narrative. Visible + audible elements that don"t exist in character"s inhabiting world. Invisible + inaudible elements that don"t exist in narrative world at all but determine what viewers see & how they experience it. Each genre has narrative highs & lows. While we"re watching movie, we are in affect machine. Even if setting taking place in ancient times, themes = modern. 3 fundamental categories of diegetic & non-diegetic content: plot & story, characters & actors, mise-en-sc ne, costume (incl. makeup and hair, set design (incl. d cor and props, lighting and sound. Cinematography: camera movement, camera angles, shot types, lens work. Tracking / cabbing (right or left: creates effect of being accompanied by camera. Panning (up & down; left-to-right and vice versa: creates effect of head shaking or turning side-to-side.
