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Pixar in a Box
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Lesson 5: Film grammar | 5- Introduction to film grammar
- Major vs. minor beats
- Activity 1: Major and minor beats
- Basic shot types
- Activity 2: Basic shot types
- Extreme shots
- Activity 3: Extreme & angles
- Dynamics shots
- Activity 4: Dynamic shots
- Storyboarding
- Activity 5: Storyboarding
- Advice on film grammar
- Glossary: Film grammar
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Glossary: Film grammar
Here's a list of definitions introduced during this lesson.
- Camera Motion: how the camera moves in relation to the characters and the action
- Center Framing: putting your main subjects right in the middle to establish a feeling of stability or neutrality
- Close Up Shots: camera shot that is very close to punctuate an emotional moment or story point
- Dolly: dynamic shot where the camera moves parallel to the ground, as if moving on tracks
- Down Shot: shot by placing your camera above the subject and pointing downward
- Dutch Angle: shot by tilting the camera to get a diagonal view of the scene
- Dynamic Shots: shots taken with a moving camera
- Extreme Close Up Shots: shot framed very tightly around the subject to feel intense emotion
- Extreme Wide Shots: used to show how big a world is, create a sense of scale or make details difficult to see
- Framing: the part of the scene you see through the camera’s lens and from what perspective
- Major Beats: key moments in the story
- Medium Shots: camera shot that is personal and close enough to establish emotion and conversation
- Minor Beats: smaller ideas that collectively make up each scene
- Pan: dynamic shot where the camera rotates either horizontally or vertically to reveal addition information
- Rule of Thirds: framing technique used by dividing frame into equal thirds and placing the subject at one of the four intersection points
- Scene: the part of the story that takes place at a particular time and location where our character learns something new to carry them forward in the story
- Sequences: collection of scenes that make up a major beat
- Shots: a visual representation of a character’s action in time
- Staging: the positions of the characters in the scene and where the action occurs
- Static Shots: shots taken using a fixed position and direction throughout the entire shot
- Tracking Shot: dynamic shot where the camera follows a particular subject as it moves within the environment
- Up Shot: shot by placing your camera down low and pointing it upward
- Wide Shots: camera shot staged by placing the camera far away from your characters to give a broad perspective and understanding of a new location; also called “establishing shots”
- Zoom: dynamic shot where you push into or pull back from the action within a frame
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now i understand why people say its hard to make a mini movie or movie.(19 votes)
Then why do people say it is hard to make a mini-movie or movie.(5 votes)
They also use a lot of extreme shots and angles in Haikyuu. But then again, I don't know of any film or series that doesn't make use of it.(7 votes)- Has anybody seen a film or series that doesn't use extremes or angles?(7 votes)
- I knew that making a movie was hard but I didn't know how difficult it was to making characters to finding out the personality to finding out even what your movies are going to be about it crazy I give a shout out to anyone who had ever made some kind of movie or show proud of yall because I know I would be able to do that(6 votes)
- this has really helped me understand the process of film making and the importance of the camera angle which influences the audience.(6 votes)
this kinda reminds me of deku's fight againced overhaul(5 votes)- when i learn how to make animation, im thinking of making an animation for Rick Riordan's heroes of Olympus books.(5 votes)
I think if I use these techniques to make or design my story, it will be perfect.(4 votes)- If I use these, I can make a good video of it.(4 votes)
- When using this type of terminology to break-up scenes and shots, would you use these in something like a thesis for an explanation for why it is filmed this way, or are there more details about the shot that should also be included?(2 votes)
which do you think would be harder to make: a stop-motion film, an animated film, or a live-action film?(1 vote)
