Mise en Scene and Films Flashcards
A production term referring to planning/coordinating actors’ movements with lines of dialogue.
Blocking
A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background, which creates the illusion of greater depth.
Forced Perspective
Images that originate from computer graphics technology, rather than photography to create settings.
Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI)
Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image which appears to stop the actions. The slowness of movements, followed by a stop of actions renders the scene ambiguous (open to interpretation or have a double meaning).
Freeze Frame
The practice of repeatedly casting actors in similar or the same kind of roles across different films.
Typecasting
A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky, which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory. Achieved by immersing themselves in the character’s feelings through connecting their own experiences to realize the performance.
Method Acting
Actors whose careers rest on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles.
Character Actors
Uncredited actors, usually hired to appear anonymously in crowd scenes.
Extras
A short/brief screen appearance by a well-known celebrity, playing him or herself.
Cameos
Drawing attention to the process of representation to break/distruct the theatrical illusion to elicit an intellectual response in the audience.
Brechtian Distanciation
The arrangement of actors (what the audience can see) on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes, character development, emotional content, and visual motifs.
Figure Placement and Movement
Three-dimensional devices that are attached to actors’ faces and/or bodies to change their appearance to enhance film accuracy.
Prostheses
An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate (insert into something else) frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different.
Morphing
Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections.
Hard Light
Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. It minimizes facial details, including wrinkles.
Soft Light
