Film Form is used to create meaning and response, or stating it bluntly, to manipulate the audience.
cinematography: Essentially, cinematography involves the use of camera and lighting. This means using different angles, shot types and movement. Shot types can be determined by the distance from the subject. For example, a close up can be used to convey emotion, if the close up is of the human face of course. Furthermore, a mid shot can be used in an action scene to show the action. Finally, in cinematography Director's use a range of different angles. In essence, some may tilt the camera for disorientation, they may use high angles to convey a character's lack of authority or power and so on. Typically, the audience will fill in the gaps and understand what the director is attempting to convey.
Editing: Editing relies on the relationship between the shots, The rhythm of the shots, How fast or slow they cut, what they cut to, fades, the relationship between the shots, what shot proceeds the last and finally how all the shots interconnect help in delineating their meaning.
Mis-En-Scene: This Consists of what is in the shot and how we interpret this to gather information. We use this information to construe the world that is being created before our eyes. Sometimes this can mean what props are in the shot, the costume of a character or maybe even some text on screen. Director's will discretely use different objects and so on to manipulate the audience and their thoughts. (In praise of chairs)
Sound: This involves music, sound effects and spoken words. Sound is important as it gives us expectation on what's to come. Director's sometimes play with the rules and use the absence of sound to project an idea. Diegetic sound is almost always cheated or faked or in some way emphasized. Were Director's to use Diegetic sounds realistically, it wouldn't result in quite the same cinematic experience...although this is not necessarily a bag thing. (Twin Peaks club scene)
Performance: Although this one is quite self-explanatory, it can be quite complex to fully comprehend. A good example to use is Al Pacino's performance in The Godfather. There's a specific moment where he experiences an epiphany which could have been played as a clichè or almost tacky, however Pacino manages to emulate this realisation rather subtly which results in quite a clever and refreshing little moment.
Sound: This involves music, sound effects and spoken words. Sound is important as it gives us expectation on what's to come. Director's sometimes play with the rules and use the absence of sound to project an idea. Diegetic sound is almost always cheated or faked or in some way emphasized. Were Director's to use Diegetic sounds realistically, it wouldn't result in quite the same cinematic experience...although this is not necessarily a bag thing. (Twin Peaks club scene)
Performance: Although this one is quite self-explanatory, it can be quite complex to fully comprehend. A good example to use is Al Pacino's performance in The Godfather. There's a specific moment where he experiences an epiphany which could have been played as a clichè or almost tacky, however Pacino manages to emulate this realisation rather subtly which results in quite a clever and refreshing little moment.
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