MPF 290 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: War Film, Body Language
21 Oct 2016
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Setting: a fictional or real place where the action and events of the film occur. Props: an object that functions as a part of the set or as a tool used by the actors. Blocking: the arrangement and movement of actors in rela- tion to each other within the mise- en-sc ne. In a painting, the surroundings and clothes all tell the story. Set location, positioning in a frame facial expression. They are all in the film before it even happens. Origin in theatre, in fact they"d have a stage and the camera would be filming right there but it changed and became more inventive. It was used to create its own art. It follows all the rules of what is supposed to happen in the real world. The positioning of props and set and relationship between characters. Tell us historical time, personality, job, age. Can also signify certain characters, comic characters, archetypal characters (superhero costumes)
