Initiation to the
vocabulary
of film analysis
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Session 1 /
The frame
Definitions
1.1 / Formats
1.2 / Frame, onscreen, offscreen, off-frame
1.3 / Using offscreen space
Exercises
Vocabulary
Formats
Frame, Onscreen, Offscreen, Off-Frame
Diegesis
Case studies
Session 2 /
Representing depth
Definitions
2.1 / Perspective
2.2 / Lenses
2.3 / Depth of field
Exercises
Perspective
Lenses
Depth of field
Sharp Vs Blurred
Case studies
Shot
Session 3 /
The shot, definitions
Definitions
3.1 / The shot, the unit of filmmaking
3.2 / The shot, the perceived unit
3.3 / The other use of the word "shot"
Exercises
Filmed shot / Edited Shot
The composite shot
Superimposition
Split-screen
Case studies
Session 4 /
Scales, angles, composition
Definitions
4.1 / Shot sizes
4.2 / Camera angles
4.3 / Composition
Exercises
Vocabulary
Shot scale
Camera angles
Composition
Case studies
Session 5 /
Camera movements
Definitions
5.1 / Camera movements
5.2 / Body-mounted cameras
5.3 / Point-of-view shots
Exercises
Tracking and panning
Combinations
Zoom Vs tracking
Body-mounted cameras
Point-of-view shots
Case studies
Session 6 /
Light, colour
Definitions
6.1 / Light
6.2 / Lighting styles
6.3 / Colours
Exercises
Vocabulary
Lighting
Colours
Painting and Cinema
Case studies
Editing
Session 7 /
Assembling two shots
Definitions
7.1 / From "découpage" to editing
7.2 / Straight cuts or punctuations
7.3 / Cutting
Exercises
Vocabulary
Match / Mismatch
Cuts 1
Cuts 2
Case studies
Session 8 /
Ordering the narrative
Definitions
8.1 / Editing and the order of the plot
8.2 / Editing and plot duration 1
8.3 / Editing and plot duration 2
Exercises
Order 1
Order 2
Duration
Ellipses
Case studies
Session 9 /
Effects
Definitions
9.1 / The rhetorical effects of editing
9.2 / The plastic and rhythmic effects of editing
Exercises
Vocabulary
Crosscutting / Parallel editing
Effects
Case studies
Sound
Session 10 /
Categories
Definitions
10.1 / Speech, noise, music
10.2 / In-screen, off-screen and "off" sounds
10.3 / Subjective sounds
Exercises
Speech, noise, music
In-screen / Off-screen / "Off" 1
In-screen / Off-screen / "Off" 2
Subjective sounds
Case studies
Session 11 /
Editing effects
Definitions
11.1 / Spatio-temporal disjunctions
11.2 / Rhetorical effects
Exercises
Editing effects
Case studies