Keywords - Framing

Framing Keywords

Art Video

Framing can powerfully affect and change the image, mood and meaning of a film

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LS (Long Shot establishes setting and placement of characters)

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MS

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CU

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On-screen Space

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Off-screen Space

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16: 9

(Medium Shot- conveys more detailed information such as character movement and expression) (Close-Up – increases focus on subject, action or object. Creates abstract shapes) (space on screen that can be seen)

(space that cannot be seen, but in which action can enter from or recede into) (Widescreen emphasizes horizontal compositions – cinematic

look)

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4: 3

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Split Screen

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Camera angle

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Camera level

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Camera height

(More of a square look –Original film and Television screen shape) (Allowing multiple spaces, characters and stories to be shown at once) (suggests the positioning from which the material in the image is viewed). (affects our sense of gravity in the frame) (To give the sense of being stationed at a high or

low angle).

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Camera distance

(suggests the viewers distance from the

subject/action)

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Mobile Framing –

(The following shot can follow the action or subject by panning, Tilting, tracking, use of a Crane or through HandHeld shots)

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Long Take

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Short Take

(Long takes can also use mobile framing and offer a more naturalistic look). (Create increase the speed of the film, often used during action sequences. Very short shots of 1-3 frames can create a flicker effect)