varying from the use of deep focus technique‚ camera positions and angles shots‚ story telling and aural techniques. The most innovative technical aspect of Citizen Kane is the extended use of deep focus technique which is considered to be the most significant contribution to cinematography. This technique allowed him to photograph backgrounds with as mush clarity as foregrounds‚ as opposed to having only the people and things in the foreground in focus. Such a technique is noticed in the scene where
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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There is a convention in the video‚ film and television industries which assigns names and guidelines to common types of shots‚ framing and picture composition. The list below briefly describes the most common shot types (click the images for more details). Notes: The exact terminology varies between production environments but the basic principles are the same. Shots are usually described in relation to a particular subject EWS (Extreme Wide Shot) The view is so far from the subject that
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Vertov believed the camera (Cine/Kino Eye) captures more than the eye is capable of. It can draw attention to the real world by virtue of how images are ‘organised’ The film demonstrates ‘cinema is not about capturing truth but creating a mediated reality that is not least made in the generative process of editing and viewing.’ PARAGRAPH 2 Sequence 2 from Man with A Movie Camera How the sequence is organized - -juxtapositions - editing techniques - fast motion The organization
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Camera Shots A camera shot is the amount of space that is seen in one shot or frame. Camera shots are used to demonstrate different aspects of a film’s setting‚ characters and themes. As a result‚ camera shots are very important in shaping meaning in a film. Reviewing the examples on the right hand side of this page should make the different camera shots clearer. An extreme long shot (animation on right) contains a large amount of landscape. It is often used at the beginning of a scene or a film
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Man with a Movie Camera FA / FILM 1900 Anatomy of Feature Film Course Instructor: Firoza Elavia‚ Ph.D. Paola Jesamine Cortez Student no: 213159934 Tutorial 4 October 22 2013 Andre Bazin‚ a film critic‚ once said‚ “Photography does not create eternity‚ as art does; it embalms time‚ rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.”1 Like photography‚ film captures different moments in time and in many cases‚ it captures‚ or attempts to capture‚ real life. Vertov’s film‚ Man with a
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Pin hole camera was invented by a Muslim scientist ibn-al-haitham.An Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040). Another inventor is the tenth century optician and physicist Abu Ali al-Hassan ibn al-Hassan ibn al-Haytham‚ simply known as al-Haytham‚ who invented the pinhole camera and discovered how the eye works. The ancient Greeks thought our eyes emitted
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original camera camera negative OCN is the type of film that is actually used during the filming process. Before it is exposed‚ it is called raw stock. This film type basically captures the original image so that it can be stored‚ modified or used at a future point. If the OCN is older‚ it may also need to be repaired before it can be used or transferred to a new medium. To prevent wear and tear‚ modern filmmakers will normally transfer copies of the film immediately so that the original camera negative
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Cameras in video games: comparing play in CounterStrike and the Doctor Who Adventures. Eric Laurier (Edinburgh University) & Stuart Reeves (University of Nottingham) Abstract Players of both first- and third- person perspective video games deploy a repertoire of analyses of the courses of actions of others with and through the game’s optics (be they other players or computer-generated actors). Visual activities of ‘looking around’‚ ‘scrutinising’ and ‘inspecting’ and so on‚ are achieved via
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DC 20001 Dear Mrs. Lanier: Speed cameras and red light cameras‚ we have all gotten them and almost all of us hate them. They are meant to slow us down‚ keep us safe from dangerous drivers and provides enforcement for the law. However is this nuisance really helping? I think not. The cameras are often inaccurate and ineffective. They also require regular maintenance‚ calibration‚ and monitoring adding to their already high cost. Court cases on camera tickets are often one sided‚ making fighting
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