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If I make them longer, I will start to repeat myself, then Ill make up words.
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Running for the phone

1. Long shot :
This element is used on Latika when she is running (combined with the tracking shot)
to the phone. It changes its view, from behind here, to along side her. This element
is used to raise the intenseity of the scene, wondering if she is going to get there
in time or not. It creates suspence, doing it great as it does.

2. Cross cutting:
This element is used alot in this scene. Its cuts between the different characters
(Jamal, Latika and Salim). This is a "climax" moment, because you unsure
what Salim's doing and if Latika is going to answer the phone in time. Its used
to its full use, and very well done.

3. Tracking shot:
The tracking shot is also used on Latika, also when she is running for the phone. It
show here mainly from behind, running very fast.

4.Music: The music element in this scene is used to great effect. The only music used
is that on the phone (Salims ring tone) but it stays in your head even tough you only hear
it afew times.

5. Close-ups: A close-up element is used on Jamal and Salims face during this scene. It shows
the difference of there face. Jamals face is tense, seeing as hes unsure whether anyone will answer. Salim is relaxed as he washes his face. When Latika answers the phone, Jamals face turns from shocked (hearing her voice) to relaxed.

Slumdog Millionare Sum-Up

The visual text, "Slumdog Millionare" has various movie techniques. For one, you have know clue about whats going on at the start of the movie. It starts to give flashbacks, and you assume one of the children is the main character. This technique is used to great effect, lasting the whole movie and not getting dull. Another technique would be when you find out that the present you are viewing is actually before he wins the 20 Million rupees.

Also, there are some great camera techniques used. For one, it places the camera low to show stregthand true overwelm-ingness of the character. It also reverses this effect and places the camera high to show how "small" or weak the character is. It also closes in on a characters eyes to show angeror sadness at a close range.

Some other camera shots used are near the end of the film. There are some side-on long shots of Latika running. These shots only last afew seconds, because it goes to shots of Jamal on the show and Salim.

Camera Techniques

1)Extreme Close-up:
Emphasises a portion of the face, a small detail.


2)Pace:
Close-up (often of a face). Draws attention to detail, especially facial reaction.


2)Low angle shot:
Camera positioned low, looking up. Emphasises the size of the object in frame.


3)High angle shot:
Camera positioned high, looking down. Emphasises the vulnerability of the object or person in focus.


5)Music: This usually ties in with the action. It can be used to let the audience know what is about to happen or to affect their emotions. The music heard at the start of a film sets the tone for the whole film and is sometimes repeated at important times throughout.


6)Sound Effects:
Noises other than the spoken voice.


7)Pan:
Camera swivels slowly, giving a sweeping view of a wide area.


8)Zoom:
A smooth change in focal length to make the objects in the frame appear to come closer or recede. The camera does not move.


9)Tracking shot:
Camera moves along a track on a dolly, keeping pace with a moving object which is being filmed.


10) Performance (of actor/s):
The rate or motion of an act or preformance


11) Special effects (usually digital) :
A visual effect added digitaly to a film or tv show


12)Backlighting:
A voice is heard but the person speaking is not on screen or does not appear to be talking. May be an unseen narrator or a character's thoughts.


13) Dialogue/script:
A piece of text given to the actors. Tells them what they say for there act.


14) Mise en scene:
The composition, the placement of objects within the frame, the setting, the lighting, what is happening.


15) Cross-cutting:
Cutting back and forth between two scenes to create the impression that they are happening at the same time. Again, this is often used to point to a contrast.

Basic Terminology

Basic Terminology Activity

Film: A noun used to describe the actual physical material on which images are captured on camera.
Example: Film in a camera.

Cinema : A place where audiences view films. Also the general term used when discussing and analysing all aspects of film and film making.
Example: Any cinema

Shot: A continuous piece of filiming without interruption from the time the camera is turned on and starts filming untill it is turned off. Lasts for about 10 seconds.
Example: The camera will go from one person to another (say, in a conversation). It will show each of the actors faces in each shot.

Edit: A break in the film where one shot finishes and the next shot begins.

Scene: Collection of shots arranged, through editing, in a specific order.
Example: Each film, show or any kind of recorded acting will have a series of scenes, one after the other.

Frame: Literally the border or edge of the screen in the cinema. The physical boundary that contains what the audience sees.
Example: When watching a flim, most of the time the film does not take up the whole screen, because of the frame.

Framing: The art of deciding what images the audience sees within the frame of the cinema screen, and how those images are arranged within each shot.
Example: Say your watching a flim where, like you, someone on-screen is watching the other actors, out of sight. Framing will decide when you will see them, or the people there watching

Diegesis: The Diegesis of a film is everything contained within the world of that film. Therefore, a diegetic element is an element within the world of the film, while a nondiegetic element is any element outside the world of the film.
Example: When thinking ‘school’ you think desks, books, pencils etc. That’s Diegesis. But Nondiegesis is thinking things like TV, Home or anything outside school.


Mise-en-scene: All the visual elements within the frame. Traditionally there are 4 elements that comprise film style. Each one is used differently to contribute significantly to the way a film ‘looks’ or ‘feels’. E.g. Setting, Lighting, Costumes, Acting Style.

Cinematography: The art of capturing images on a moving film. E.g. Exposure, Speed, Focus, Perspective, Camera Position, Camera Movement.

Editing: This is the art of placing shots together in a specific order to generate a relationship between the different shots. E.g. Editing creates: Graphic relationships between the different elements in each shot, The films rhythm, The

pace that the film takes place in, The passing of time in the film.

Sound: This is what you hear while viewing a film. Although sound is not a visual element, it is still regarded as an element style. Sound contributes to the ways in which we interpret the meaning of any scene. When analysing sound we normally examine: Uses of sound, Qualities of sound, Sources of sound, Timing of sound.

Narrative: Narrative is where a voice, or Narrator, is speaking while the film is playing. It could be one of the actors, or even someone explaining something.
· Documentry
· Narrative

Genre: Each film has a Genre, or a category. This will determin what type of film it is (ie: Horror, Drama, Comedy)
· Horror (Diagnosis Death, Black Sheep)
· Comedy ( American Pie, And Now For Something Completely Different)
· Drama ( Walk The Line, Schindlers List)
· Documentary ( Super Size Me, March of The Penguins)
· Sci-Fi ( Matrix, District 9)
· Thriller ( 2000 AD, Scream)

Intertextuality: Intertexuality is the “shaping” of text of other texts (Or simply, borrowing texts)
· Borrowing Text
· Reading one text and talking about it
· Transforming text