Film Opening Sequence

Film language

Film Language

Camera...
  • Frame
  • Angle
  • Movement
  • Low, level, high/ Birdseye and Wormseye
  • Tilt up, Tilt down
  • Pan left, Pan right
  • Tracking- whole room/ whole camera moves
  • Static- camera is still
  • Zoom in, Zoom out
  • Crane shot
Mise En Scene...
  • Costume
  • Lighting
  • Actors
  • Make up
  • Props
  • Setting
Sound...
  • Music- genre/ what materials used to listen to music
  • Contrapuntal- when the music does not match the images. E.g childrens nursery rhymes
  • Parallel- when the music does match with the images/ shot
  • Diegetic- background noises heard when filming
  • Non-Diegetic- sounds put over what's been filmed
  • Off-screen- sounds heard but not seen
  • On-screen- sounds heard and seen in shot
  • Voiceover- talking over scene/ what's been filmed
  • Emotion- the way the outcome makes you feel
  • Dialogue- the way the characters speak. E.g danger, anger, jealousy etc
Editing...
  • Transition- straight out, dissolve, slide out/ in
  • Order of narrative- flashbacks, dream sequences etc
  • Pace- how fast each shot is
  • SFX- special effects
  • Graphic Matches. E.g one door opening going into one door closing/ same thing, different scene