Micro Features - Mise-en-scene

means "placing on a stage"

Expressionism: an art movement that started around 1910 which presented the world from a subjected view and attempted to shows a distorted view of the world to evoke a mood or idea. The emotional meaning of the object matters, not the physical entity.

Expressionist films: Use atmospheric lighting, asymmetrical camera angles and use high contrast between dark and light.

Film noir: "black cinema" - dark, downbeat, black themes of American crime and detective films post-war.

Blocking/proxemics/staging: where characters stand in relation to one another (proxemics = distances)

Offscreen space: space in the diegesis (the film's world) that is not physically present in the frame - the viewer becomes aware of something outside of the frame through either the response of a character or offscreen sound.

Rule of thirds: 
                        Centre of interest: Should have a strong focal point
                        Simplicity: compositions should be simple - no busy background
                        Subject off-centre: subject should be slightly off-centre rather than in the middle

Leading lines: All lines lead to one point in the distance, away from the camera

Framing: How to subject is captured in the screen

Symmetry: the frame has exactly similar parts facing each other

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