Overview
Answer the questions provided below. Questions that require the use of a textbook should reference specific passages from the book (the page(s) + quotation marks if some information is cited). Specific elements from films should be referenced by providing a screenshot, timestamp, or verbal description of the analyzed fragment in the film. When complete, upload your assignment in a MS Word or any other compatible file format.
1) Describe the differences between a shot, a setup, and a take. 2) Briefly describe the basic characteristics of one of the cinematographic properties of the shot reviewed in the textbook: either film stock (medium), or lighting, or lenses. 3) List and describe the one element of composition within the frame: implied proximity to the camera, or depth, or camera angle and height, or camera movement. 4) Give a definition of CGI. List and briefly describe pre-CGI special effects. 5) Describe any shot in The Lives of Others by identifying its
- length (ex.: 1:12:23-1:12:35)
- scale (ex.: LS, MS, CU…, if the scale changes within your shot – identify the change, ex. MS --> CU),
- depth (ex.: deep focus, shallow focus, if the depth changes - identify the change),
- camera angle (ex.: low, high, if the angle changes - identify the change)
- camera height/level of framing (ex.: high, low, if the height/level changes - identify the change)
- the nature of camera movement (ex.: pan, tilt, dolly, zoom, crane, handheld, Steadicam) and special effects, if any.