Key Concepts for Chapter 1

There will be a very brief Reading Reward (QUIZ) on Monday, 2/12 on some of the key concepts from Chapter 1 of our textbook, Understanding Movies. The best way to prepare is to thoroughly read Chapter 1, completing the fill-in-the-blank handout (that you received in class) as you go, and focusing on the following terms and concepts:

• Film style: Realism, formalism & classical cinema
• Shots: Long, medium, close-up and the effects they create
• Angles: Eye-level, high, low, birds-eye view, and oblique (also known as canted or dutch) and the effects they create
• The role of the cinematographer
• Photography: Soft-focus, deep-focus, and rack focusing (selective focusing)

Good luck!