Film Language

Film Language is an important part of knowing what you are going for when filming and is made of 4 different sectors: CAMERA, SOUND, MISE EN SCENE and EDITING.

CAMERA:

• Frame 

- Extreme Close up, Close up, Mid-Shot, Medium Long-Shot, Long-Shot, Extreme Long-Shot

• Angle

- Birdseye, Low, Level, High, Worms-eye

• Movement

- Pan Left or Right
- Tilt Up or Down
- Tracking
- Static Shot
- Crane Shot
- Zoom in and Out

SOUND:

• Music
• Dialogue/ Speech
• Voiceover
• On-Screen (can see where/who sounds coming from)
• Off-Screen (cannot see where/who sound is coming from)
• Diegetic (Everything thats included when filming)
• Non-Diegetic (Everything thats added when the editing process occurs)
• Parallel (When music is implemented to match scene)
• Contrapuntal (When contrasting music is used against the film e.g. nursery rhymes in a horror)

MISE EN SCENE:

• Costume
• Lighting

- Low Key

-High Key

• Actors
• Make-Up
• Props
• Setting

EDITING:

• Pace (How swiftly paced the change of camera angles are)
• Special Effects
• Order of Narrative (Whether it takes place in the normal time format or if its in flashbacks)
• Graphic Matches 
• Transitions (how the movie cuts and the movement from one scene to another)