Film Studies + Photography PDF

**Film Studies** - The Power of film - Film is a powerful emotional experience - Filmmakers bring stories to life - But how is film an experience - Through quick cuts which provide a sense of danger - Setting the scene - Through editing, for example manipulating the point of vie...

**Film Studies** - The Power of film - Film is a powerful emotional experience - Filmmakers bring stories to life - But how is film an experience - Through quick cuts which provide a sense of danger - Setting the scene - Through editing, for example manipulating the point of view - Shifts in time manipulate space and time through camera techniques and editing - The Film Artist The director is the film artist- today's films are sold on the basis of who their director is. The director conveys meaning and a personal vision. The film artists chooses from a variety of creative techniques: - Mis-en-scene (such as setting, lighting, costumes, hair and makeup etc) - Cinematography - Editing - Sound - From idea to film exhibition: 12 steps 1. Idea initiated by producer/director/writer 2. Company buys the idea 3. Developing the script 4. Producer raises financing for the film through the company 5. Pre-Production 6. Production 7. Post-production 8. Getting a sales agent 9. Film Festival exhibition 10. Market your film 11. Selling the film to distributors 12. Theathrical exhibition by distributors - The Business of Film - Bollywood- biggest film industry in terms of films produced - Hollywood- biggest film industry in terms of money and global reach (dominated by franchises) - Nollywood- In Nigeria, Europe, Asia, Australia **Photography** - What is photography? - Camera Obscura It is a box-shaped device or room that lets light in through a small opening on one of its sides. The light reflected from the chosen subject outside of the box passes through the pinhole and is inverted and projected onto a surface on a smaller scale inside the encased area opposite the hole. The subject could then be traced. - The very first image was developed in 1827 - Daguerrotype The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process. The daguerreotype involved exposing a polished metal plate (typically made of copper or silver-plated copper) to light. Invented by Louis Daguerre. - Calotype Inventor William Henry Fox Talbot came up with the calotype process, which enabled the recording of photos on paper.  - The Kodak Revolution Kodak produced and released the first-ever roll-film hand camera, invented and marketed by George Eastman (1854-1932). It was a simple box camera that came loaded with a 100-exposure roll of film. - Digital Single Lens Reflex DSLRs cameras use a mirror angled at 45 degrees inside the camera body. - Lenses Lenses alter your relationshoip with your subject and the way you take photos - The Light meter The in-built meter found inside cameras measures light reflecting off a subject and then calculates an appropriate shutter speed and apeture size for the correct exposure. **Internal light meters** (or built-in light meters) are essential tools in modern cameras, designed to measure the amount of light that enters the lens and helps photographers achieve proper exposure. Exposure refers to how light or dark an image appears, and achieving the correct exposure is critical for capturing high-quality photographs. - Photography ancestors - Stephen Shore - William Eggleston - Viivian Maier - Henri Cartier-Bresson