Establishing shot – creates setting and constructs spatial patterns Two shot – standard Hollywood practice for a conversation Reestablishing shot – remind us where we are or return to a familiar image we’ve seen before Insert- brief shot that draws our attention to something we might have missed if a longer shot hadn’t been interrupted…
Tunes of Glory directed by Ronald Neame is a film about the Scottish Battalion in the period after the war. Major Jock Sinclair, acting Colonel of the Regiment, has been this position for a long time. He is looked up to and respected by officers and men alike who assume he will be appointed their…
Principles of Narrative Construction Narrative film – a film that tells a story What is Narrative? We can consider narrative to be a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space. Typically begins with one situation; a series of changes occurs according to a pattern of cause and effect;…
Form in Film Artwork cues us to perform a specific activity. Without playing along and picking up on the cues, the artwork remains only an artifact. (A painting uses color, lines, and other techniques to invite us to imagine the space portrayed or to run our eye over the composition in a certain direction.) In…
The term “modernism” designates a movement in art, literature and music, beginning in the 19thC and lasting into the 20thC, ending approximately with WW II. Art which is modernist may possess the following 12 characteristics: it is psychological in nature and attempts to render individual consciousness or a more subjective reality its depiction of time…
Objective Art: Art that includes recognizable subject matter. E.g. A painting of a landscape where the trees are easily recognizable. Non-objective Art: Art that does not include recognizable subject matter. Subject Matter: The theme/ object/ concept in a work of art. Very simply, what do you see? Focal Point: The area of artwork that catches…
The tools available to artists have increased and changed the ways we can create. In light of this, we have to find new ways to describe artwork. Earlier in the course we learned about the elements and principles of art and design. Now that we have had time to consider and use some of these…
1) Family: For the most part, Billy’s family was completely unsupportive of his life choice. Set in the fictional town of Everington during the UK miners’ strike (1984–1985), both Billy’s father and old brother are preoccupied with the strike and causing “justified” mayhem. His nanny lives with the family, however, she is more of a…