Natasha Lloyd Actress | Making the Movie

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• Making the Movie

Natasha Lloyd Actress
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A story or event recorded by camera.

• The sequence of photographs is projected onto a
  screen with sufficient speed to create the
  illusion of motion and continuity.

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Movies depend on photography

• Thusmovies depend on LIGHT.
• Lighting is responsible for the image we see on
  the screen.
• Lighting can enhance texture, depth, emotions,
  and mood.
• Lighting also affects the way we see and think
  about the characters.

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Space and Time

• Movies manipulate space and time in ways that no
  other art form can.
• Change from one space and time to another is made
  possible in movies unlike the possibilities of
  theater.
• The lens determines the distance, position and
  angle at which we see images.

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Form and Content

• In a movie, the relationship of its form and
  content is central to its existence.
• To distinguish between the two, think of the book
  version and movie version of the same title.
  Content is similar but the form very unique.

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Content

• Subject of the artwork. The who, what, when,
  where of the movie.

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Form

• The way in which the content is put into pictures
  and sound in order for us to see/ hear it.
• How the content is portrayed.
• Patterns- narrative patterns or visual patterns.

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Realism, Antirealism and Verisimilitude

• A movie can create a sense of realism and/ or
  antirealism, but it should also create
  verisimilitude.

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Realism

• An interest in or concern for the actual or real
  a tendency to view or represent things as they
  really are.

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Antirealism

• Not exactly the opposite of realism. Interest in
  portraying the abstract, or fantastic.

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Verisimilitude

• A convincing appearance of truth movies are
  verisimilar when they convince you that the
  things on the screen are really there.
• A timeless film is one that can cross cultures
  and times.

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Genres of Narrative Film(movies that tell a
story)

• Categories of film
• Action
• Biography
• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Gangster
• Horror

• Mystery
• Musical
• Melodrama
• Romance
• Thriller
• War
• Western

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Historical Drama

• Macbeth would fall into the genre of historical
  drama. It is a serious story with conflicts and
  emotions based on historical events.

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Cinematic Language

• A movie creates its effects and meanings through
  a unique mode of expression that we call
  cinematic language.
• Examples
• Lighting
• Time
• Space (close-ups or landscapes)

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Making the Movie

• Making a movie usually requires a collaborative
  effort of many artists and technicians.

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