Mise-en-scene
What is in the frame
Elements of mise-en-scene
Lighting, Acting, Composition, Art Direction, Costume & Makeup, Blocking
Cinematography
How camera and light tell the story
Editing
How shots are organized in relation to each other
Sound
What we hear and how it sounds
Diegetic sound
Within the story world
Non-diegetic sound
Outside the story world
Principles of Form
Function, Similarity & Repetition, Difference & Variation, Development, Unity/Disunity
Function
Each element fulfills a role within the system of a film
Similarity & Repetition
Repeating elements of form build cohesion and meaning
Difference & Variation
Breaks from the “norm” create meaning as well
Development
Formal choices that shift over time to build meaning
Elements of Form
Mise-en-scene, Cinematography, Editing, Sound
Unity/Disunity
Do the choices across a film work as a whole?
Elements of Narrative
Plot, Story
Plot
The driving mechanism of cause and effect that moves a narrative forward
Story
What the film is about in terms of character and theme
