Introduction to Course and instructor. Movement as first tool for Film Language. Assignment: Catch the Motion exercise. The film Skritek will be screened in class.

We will examine movement as a fundamental and expressive tool in film language.

we will screen movement exercises and examine Murnau's film Sunrise for how movement is used as an expressive tool.

We examine frame as an expressive tool in film language within the film Sacrifice by Tarkovski

We will look at narration and point of view theory, examining clips from the film Marketa Lazarova to illustrate how POV helps audience to believe that what they are seeing has really happened.

Composition

Composition exercises are screened (sent in advance to Professor. Link is submitted on NEO.) Then class proceeds with discussion of depth of field

Depth of field as an expressive tool continued, (will not be on the midterm). Time is given for midterm test during last 60 minutes of class. Questions relate to tools already examined - movement, frame, POV and composition.

Shot Sizes - we will explore how different shot sizes fulfill different functions in film language. Shot size exercise is assigned. Due in two weeks.

Lesson on angles & axis.

We explore how filmmakers work with color as expressive tool for dramatic storytelling. Shot size exercises screened in class.

We continue to explore color, understanding additive and subtractive colors, complementary combinations and ways in which color can be used to enhance a film's drama.

the exam is taken online during this last week