Chapter One

Define each of the following and give a relecant example of each one.

Film - Film is the word given to describe the physical reel of pictures which are then projected onto the screen for the audience to watch. Example: "Do you want to come watch Valentines Day with me?"

Cinema - A cinema is a place where people go to view movies. Cinema is a word also used to describe all aspects of film and film making. Example: "Lets go to Sky City Cinema" and "I am interested in learning more about modern cinema".

Shot - A shot is one consecutive piece of filming which is not interrupted and goes from when the camera is turned on till when it's turned off. For example when there is a conversation between two people, the camera man will maybe put them both in the same frame and put them facing eachother.

Edit - An edit is a break in the film where one shot finishes and the next shot begins. Example: One type of edit is a cut, this is when there is no transition and the next shot plays straight away.

Scene - A scene is a collection of shots arranged, through editing in a specific order. For example in the movie Saving Private Ryan there is a scene where the soldiers arrive onto a Omaha Beach and they are massacred from above.

Frame - The frame is the border or edge of the screen in cinema, the physical boundary that contains what the audience sees. For Example when there is a person talking in a movie, the person that they are talking to may be the only one in the frame so that the audience can see there expression.

Diegesis - The diegesis of a film is everything contained within the 'world' of that film. Therefore, a diegetic element is an element within the world of the film, while a nondiegetic element is any element outside the world of the film.

Outline the four elements of film style. Discuss each element and again give relecant examples for each point. This includes film and reasoning.

Mise-en-scene - The visual elements within the frame
Eg. Setting, Lighting, Costumes, Acting Style

Cinematography - The art of capturing images on moving film
Eg. Exposure, Speed, Focus, Perspective, Camera Position, Camera Movement.

Editing - The art of placing shots together in a specific order to generate a relationship between the shots.Editing creates things like: Graphic relationships between the different elements in each shot, the films rhythm, the space that the film takes place and the passing of time in the film. "The editing in that film was amazing, it was so well put together I would of actually thought it was happening/ all being acted at the same time"

Sound - What you hear while viewing a film.
Eg. Uses of sound, qualities of sound, sources of sound, timing of sound.

A Narrative is the storyline in a film. It is the sequence of events placed in the correct order to create meaning. Narrative is extremely important in "Kite Runner" or "Forrest Gump"

Genre is the word used to describe what type of film a film is, it is defined by the set of narrative and stylistic 'rules' that the filmmakers adhere to. Some genre examples are..
Horror - Friday the 13th
Musical - Hairspray Comedy - Little Nicky

Intertexuality is a reference to another film to deliberately evoke the audience's memory of that other film. If i were to describe this to someone who had never heard of it I would say "When a film has a part or section in it that reminds the audience of another movie."