Chapter 4 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Mise-en-scene
Everything place in front of the camera including actors, props, setting, lighting etc…
Setting
Where the scene happens, can dynamically enter the narrative action.
Costume and Makeup
What the actors wear for the scene.
Frontal Lighting
The light is directed at the subject, tends to eliminate shadows.
Backlighting
The light comes from behind the subject.
Crosslighting
Sidelighting. The light comes from the side.
Underlighting
The light comes from bellow the subject.
What is the primary source of light?
Key light
What does the fill light do?
It’s less intense and “fills in” where more light may be needed to reduce contrast and shadows for a softer look.
What is three-point lighting?
Backlight, fill light and key light.
High-key
Low contrast lighting
Low-key
Strong contrast lighting, chiaroscuro
Symmetrical framing
Emphasis on the symmetrical composition of the shot.
Shallow-space
When mise-en-scene suggests little depth. The closest and most distant planes seem only slightly separated.
Deep-space
Mise-en-scene makes it seem as though there is a significant difference between planes.
More common than such near-perfect symmetry is
a loose balancing of the shot’s left and right regions.
Sometimes the filmmaker will leave the shots a little ____, in order to prime our expectation that something will change position in the frame.
unbalanced
