From Drama 571

1. Aesthetics II – Composition/Kinetics
Mise-en-scène, Rule of Thirds, Camera Movement
The rule of thirds.

2. Mise en SceneMise-en-scène
Mise-en-scène : How the visual materials are
photographed, staged, and framed (as a captured
moment in time).
Mise-en-scène -- originally a French theatrical term,
meaning “placing on stage.”
In movies, mise-en-scene is a blend of the visual
conventions of live theatre and converted into a two-
dimensional image of the real thing. The “visual”
text.
Aesthetics of Filmmaking

3. Systematic Mise en Scene
Analysis
15 pt. Systematic Mise en Scene Analysis
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Aesthetics of Filmmaking II
1. Dominant. What is our eye attracted to?
2. Lighting Styles and Key: High-key, low-key, painterly, linear?
3. Shot and Camera Proxemics: What type of shot? How far away?
4. Shot Angles. High, low, neutral.
5. Colour values. What is dominant colour? Colour symbolism?
6. Lens/filter/stock. How do these distort or comment on photography?
7. Subsidiary contrasts. What are the eye-stops after the dominant?
8. Density. How much visual information is packed into the image? Is
texture stark, moderate, or highly detailed?
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Compositional
Considerations

4. Systematic Mise en Scene
Analysis
15 pt. Systematic Mise-en-scène Analysis
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9. Composition. How is the 2-D space segmented and organized? What is
the underlying design?
10. Form. Open or closed? Does the image suggest a window that
arbitrarily isolates a fragment of the scene? Or is it self contained?
11. Framing. Tight or loose? How much room do the characters have to
move around?
12. Depth. On how many planes is the image composed? Does the
background and foreground comment on the midground?
13. Character placement. What parts of the framed space are occupied?
14. Staging positions.Which way to they look vis-à-vis the camera
15.Character proxemics. How much space between characters?

5. Considerations of Mise-en-scène, Composition, Aspect Ratios
“Hasselblad” Full Format
35mm camera
Old School TV
New School TV
Panavision

6. The Frame and Aspect Ratio
“The frame” functions as the basis of composition in a movie
image.
1:1 – Our “Hasselblad” Square Format.
Hasselblad legacy camera.
4:3 (1.33:1)was the standard TV aspect ratio used in the 20th
Century. 4 is the horizontal and 3 the vertical, of course.
The problem with 4:3 is that it doesn't reflect our natural
vision. Humans have better lateral vision than vertical. In
effect, our vision is widescreen, therefore widescreen TV
and film seems naturally more appealing to us.
Considerations of Mise-en-scène, Composition

7. The Frame and Aspect Ratio
Widescreen refers to any aspect ratio wider than 4:3 (1.33:1).
1.85:1 - The original widescreen film format developed in the
1950s to help cinema compete with TV. This is still a
popular format.
2.35:1 - (also known as ... Anamorphic Scope, CinemaScope,
Panavision) is not as old as 1.85:1.
Widescreen TVs typically have a screen aspect ration of 16:9
(1.78:1) which is slightly narrower than (1.85:1).
Considerations of Mise-en-scène, Composition

8. Rule of Thirds
Considerations of Mise-en-scène, Composition

9. Rule of Thirds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSSOZxLnNyc

10. Movement -- KineticsThe Moving Camera
There are Seven Basic Moving Camera Shots:
Panning shots (swish pans)
Tilts
Dolly Shots (Trucking, Tracking, Pull-backs)
Handheld Shots
Crane Shots
Zoom Shots
Aerial Shots (Drones, Helicopters)
This is a good resource for Camera Angles, Proxemics,
Movement! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1japIhKU9I
Camera Kinetics