What is a film?

• Series of still images

• Illusion of moving images
 MAINSTREAM INDIE

• Produced by E • Produced by
L smaller production
big production
houses.
companies E
• Documentaries,
• Romance, M experimental,
comedy, E without
drama N commercialized
• More popular T objects
with the S • Not widely
masses distributed
ELEMENTS OF FILM
THEME
• Basic idea of the film
• Motif, symbols, metaphor
PLOT

•The story line of

the film
SCRIPT
•The plot in detail
 ACTORS
• People who can
portray a character
well
SETTING
• The surrounding of a
film
SOUND EFFECTS
• Give a scene a feeling
of authenticity
CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Motion of pictures
–Close up
–Low and high angle
–Zoom
–Freeze
–Cut
DIRECTOR
• A person who directs
and controls all the
other elements of a
film
Filipino
Film
Directors
Independent Film
Department
BRILLANTE MENDOZA
ADOLFO ALIX, JR.
LAV DIAZ
DANTE NICO GARCIA
JERROLD TAROG
SAMANTHA LEE
Mainstream Film
Department
CATHY GARCIA-MOLINA
JOYCE BERNAL
PAUL SORIANO
ANTOINETTE JADAONE
Application:
• Background of the director
• Relevance – capture the key
message of the movie and the
moral of its story