1. Film Techniques

2. Sound Editing Design Camera work Acting
Film techniques are used to convey concepts and themes The techniques can be divided into:
Sound
Editing
Design
Camera work
Acting

3. Sound
Music
Voice over
Dialogue
Sound effects

4. Music Helps create the mood and tone of the film
Can be in the form of background music (background score) or title tracks.
Also used during credits before and after the movie
Recent popular music is used to help identify with the film and this is called the soundtrack

5. Sound effects
Creates effect and atmosphere in a scene- Brings about the reality of a scene e.g.- Sound of gun shots in a battle scene or footsteps in a horror scene
The audience can look at only one picture at a time but can hear a dozen sounds

6. Dialogue You can tell where the character is from by their accent
Shows emotions like fear, happiness, sadness and longing
Helps the audience understand what the characters thoughts

7. Spoken by someone not in the frame.
Voice over
Spoken by someone not in the frame.
Is commonly used to introduce films and give a background. E.g.- In a land far away there lived a princess.
Can be useful when the actors want to think aloud (voice of their conscience)

8. Editing
Establishing
shots
Still
Panning

9. Establishing
shots
Overall view from a distance that shows the general location of the scene that follows which provides important information and orientation to the viewer.

10. Still shots
Camera is focussed on a particular object or person to focus on emotion of the characters.

11. Panned shots
Movement of the camera from left to right or right to left from a stationary position to show the background, landscape and context.
panned shot

12. Camera work Documentary style Close ups Medium Shots Long Shots
High Angle
Close ups
Long Shots
Low Angle

13. Documentary style
A shot using hand held cameras in low quality and interviewers can be seen..

14. Close ups
A shot which is zoomed into someone’s face or an object to draw attention to it.

15. A medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance
Medium Shots
A medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance
It shows the person usually from head to waist or object with it’s background

16. Long Shots
a long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wide shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in relation to its surroundings

17. High Angle Shoots down at a subject.
Shows vulnerability and powerlessness of a person or object

18. Shows increased size, power and status of the subject
Low Angle
Shoots up at a subject.
Shows increased size, power and status of the subject

19. Acting
Body Language
Movement
Language accent
Sub-titles
Colour

20. Body Language
Shows the emotions of the character e.g.- nervous or angry

21. Movement
Can take the character from one place to another
Shows the actor’s state of mind e.g.- pacing up and down shows nervousness

22. Language accent
States the country the character comes from or has been living in for a long time
Sometimes you cannot predict a person’s accent by the way they look.

23. Sub-titles
Used to translate a film in a foreign language or as dialogues in a silent film
When the characters speak the language in an accent that is not easily understood or if there are too many technical terms e.g.- HOUSE MD

24. Mise En Scene
The part of the cinematic process that takes place on the set to create the mood of the film i.e.- Direction and composition of shots and placement of cameras.