What do we know about film and the visual language used by film-makers?

What do we know about film and the visual language used by film-makers?

The film-makers use different shots and angles to establish a different meaning for each shot. A different shot of an character can dramatically change how we perceive the character. Different angled shots can make a different authorial comment which helps the role or the importance of a character. This helps audience also understand the characters weaknesses and strengths, through expression how the shot has been taken. E.g if an high angle shot was taken it would show how helpless the character is because the shot is overpowering the other characters abilities. This can be related to Matilda, when Matilda enters to meet the librarian. There are also different types of genres that identify the type of movie. There are also different types of scenes and props which can be essential to build the character.
-Sound
-background music
-dialogue
-editing
-setting
-actor facial expression
-characters
-the actors
-slow motion and fast motion
-a cut is the most common type of edit it goes from one shot to another.

The Aerial Shot:

This shot is usually from a birds eye view. The purpose is to establish a location.

The Establishing shot:

This shot is usually used after an aerial shot. An establishing shot is meant to indicate the place where the main action is going to be happening, whilst also setting the tones to the scene to come.

The Close-up shot:

This shot is usually from the characters shoulder top to the point of their head, and this shot establishes the facial variations of a character, then it is up to the character to act so that the shot can be used as is. E.g close-up shot could be used for a horror film, because it blurs out everything besides the face and then if the actor tilts their head down and looks at the camera, it will be given the  horror shot.

The Extreme Close-up shot:

This shot is mainly used for a actors characteristics in the film, twitching eye or licking lips (when a young boy sees ice-cream, the shot that would be used there to indicate the boys love of ice-cream would be extreme close-up on his lips and him licking them. Some movies also use extreme close-up shot when a character whispers something, or in horror films this would be effective because they usually say something like I’ll kill you or either they are a good soul and want to help another character. Or when in a scene someone is disingenuous and they speak their last words.

The mid-shot:

This shot usually is from waist height up and it is used to interpret the actors facial expressions and body language. As well as that it can also interpret the surrounding of the characters. This shot can be used to interpret the tension going on between characters through their intense body language and violent or tensed facial expressions.