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A film is a narrative- just like a novel. It is more than just presenting a script. The director carefully adds production
techniques to the narrative to create what we finally see on the screen.
We can use the acronym CAMELS to help us analyse the film techniques used.
CAMERA
⮚ Shot type- close ups, long shots, mid shots, wide shots, extreme long shots and extreme close ups ⮚ Camera
movements- track, tilt, pan, still, hand-held effect
ACTORS
⮚ Gestures
⮚ Expressions
⮚ Tone of Voice
⮚ Inside or outside?
⮚ Dominant colours
⮚ Costumes
EDITING
⮚ Length of shots
⮚ Sound matching vision (eg. when the sound for the next scene cuts in before the current scene is finished)
LIGHTING
⮚ Colour
⮚ Brightness
⮚ Shadow
⮚ Natural or Artificial
SOUND
⮚ How does the sound help our understanding of the movie?
⮚ How does the sound affect our emotions and how we perceive the scene?
⮚ Dialogue
⮚ Silence
⮚ Voice-overs
CAMERA TECHNIQUES
Camera shots and camera angles are two key visual techniques that can affect mood, meaning and pace.
Camera Shot/Angle Description Draw a picture to show understanding