Saturday, October 4, 2014

Film Terminology - Mise En Scene


Film Terminology - Mise En Scene

Presented by Grant Davis and Chris Dreher

ASPECT RATIO

The aspect ratio is the relationship between the height and width of the production film.





PARALLELISM

Parallelism is the parallel editing of two different events happening at the same time, but in different locations.



LETTER BOXING

Letter-boxing is the act of transferring widescreen film to a standard film format while maintaining the film's original aspect ratio.




(The result of letter-boxing is two thick black parallel bars that run both on top and below the film)

DEPTH OF FIELD

An optical term describing the amount of space within a medium that is clearly in focus.



(Shallow depth of field)



(Large depth of field)

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