This week, was about mise en scène and the elments
- Settings and props.
- Costume, hair, and make-up show the character’s personality.
- Facial expressions and body language show feelings, moods, and emotions.
- Lighting and colour show the scene’s mood and style.
- Positioning of characters/objects in the frame to give importance or to draw attention to a subject.
We watched a scene from High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952) to do a practical analysis.
The homework was to explain our research topic and give a title, 5 keywords and 50-100 words to explain what the research going to be using 2 sources to write up the research. This was to be posted in Padlet.
How did the early films impact the editing techniques now?
With cameras and computers everywhere in our modern world, it’s easy to forget that the very first motion pictures were, themselves, essentially special effects. So my research is going to describe the early ways of editing and how it has impacted current editing styles and movies. This paper also shines a light on editing techniques like masking, chroma key, digital compositing and matte painting and their origins.
Keywords:
Masking
Chroma Key
Digital Compositing
Matte Painting
Origins
The following sources have been used as references.
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. (2020), What Every Journalist Should Know About The Chroma Key. IRSTI 19.71. Available at: file:///Volumes/X/College/Week%201/1169-1-2360-1-10-20200529.pdf
University of Newcastle, Australia. (2012), The Evolution of VFX-Intensive Filmmaking in 20th-Century Hollywood Cinema. 6(2): 17-31. A Historical Overview. Available at: file:///Volumes/X/College/Week%201/Publisher%20version%20(open%20access).pdf
JuanRa Rivas (2018), High Noon - Sólo Ante el Peligro, 1952 - "Waiting for the Noon Train" - Gary Cooper - HD 1080p. YouTub [Online Video]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5m8Embrfho&ab_channel=JuanRaRivas [21st October 2022].