Introduction to Film Chapter 3

Uses secondary fill lights to balance the key lighting by removing shadows or to emphasize other spaces and objects

Used to illuminate the subject from above.

Incidental role in a scene; it derives from a natural source in a scene, setting, illumination from the sun, moon, fire

Were large soundproofed buildings designed to house the construction and movement of sets and to capture sound dialogue.

Highlighting technique that illuminates the person or object from behind, tending to silhouette the subject

Recognizable actors associated with particular character types, often humorous, sinister, often are cast in minor parts

The success of any film comes from acting. Thry find actors that fit the way the movie is.

Actors without speaking parts who appear in the background and in crowd scenes

Who embodies and performs a film character through gestures and movements

Are those same objects reinvented or employed for an unexpected, even magical, purpose or invested

Describes the actors language, physical expression, gesture to bring a character to life, to communicate dimensions

Play secondary characters in a film, serving as foils or companions to the central characters

To observe a film’s action, the setting in which the action takes place, draws attention to the props, costumes, actors

History of Mise-en-scene in film?

A constructed setting, oen on a studio soundstage, but both the setting and the set can combine natural and construct

Is a fictional or real place where the action and events of the film occur

Are objects displayed and used according to their common function/purpose?

Lighting where the main source of light creates little contrast between light and dark.

Used to illuminate the subject from the side

Is an artwork’s quality of conveying a truthful picture of a society, person, or some other dimension of everyday life

Artificial facial features or body parts used to alter actors’ appearances — enhance realism in performance

The arrangement and movement of actors in relation to one another within the physical space of a mise-en-scène 

Is an object that functions as a part of the set or as a tool used by the actors

Is a common lighting technique that uses three sources: key lighting, backlighting, and fill lighting

Used to illuminate the subject from below

Dramatic, high-contrast lighting that shadows, the contrast between light, dark used in German expressionist cinema

Distributes an evenly diffused illumination throughout a scene as a kind of lighting base

Refers to all the elements of a movie scene organized by the director, to be filmed, and later visible onscreen.

Techniques used to illuminate the subject from the front.

Attributes of Lighting

Lighting where the main source of light creates a stark contrast between light and dark.

The two or three actors, oen stars, who represent the central characters in a narrative — play the central characters

The use of different lighting sources to emphasize certain characters or objects.

Is the physical, cultural, and historical accuracy of the backgrounds, objects, and other figures in a film

Impact of Wardrobe on Film

Is lighting coming from a single direction

Arranges characters, groups to visual patterns to portray spatial harmony, tension, some other visual atmosphere

The clothing, related accessories worn by a character that define the character and to the visual impression and design

Where does miss en scene originate?

Such as a type of car or a piece of furniture, carry meanings associated with their place in a particular society

Conventional characters portrayed by actors cast of their features, their acting , the other roles they have played

Acquire a meaning through their changing place in a narrative

Is the main source of non-natural lighting in a scene