In my first attempt at recreating Early cinema, I feel like I successfully achieved the stylisation of the cinemas of attraction by demonstrating the mundane activity of human day-to-day life. I chose to film myself checking the mail, with help from someone else who operated the camera under my direction, which is a repetitive compulsive behaviour that I do most days without even thinking about. I chose to use a pan in this one-shot video to add action and change to the video as I move to open the mailbox and then walk away. Nowadays, however, I would have replaced the shot with a different one. Perhaps a close up as it takes a lot in the modern day to keep a viewer interested. All-in-all, I think I understood and executed this task to a good standard.

Mise en scene – This literally translates to “Place on stage”. This phrase describes the makeup and visual elements of what is seen within a shot.

Shot reverse shot – The term shot-reverse-shot refers to the sequence of shots where usually two characters are seen conversing and they appear in single alternate shots giving the impression that they are opposite one another.

Pan – To ‘pan’ is a camera movement where the shot moves from one side to another in a scene.

Track – To ‘Track’ is to move the camera forwards/backwards or side to side following the movement or to show something in a shot. This term is used because tracking shots are usually performed on a dolly which shares a resemblance to a train track; hence the term ‘Track’.

Zoom – A camera zoom is when a camera pushes in or out on a subject during a shot to give the illusion of moving closer or further away from something/someone.

Psychoanalysis – This term refers to the process used to understand a film or character’s thoughts and motives, whether that be conscious or subconscious. Psychoanalysis is used to understand the deeper meaning behind a film’s story.

Audience – The audience is the group of people who watch a movie or that the movie is targeted towards. When thinking about an audience it is usually a specific group of people that are most likely see and engage with a movie.

Representation – The word ‘representation’ refers to the way a group of people with the same gender, age, race, beliefs and sexuality are presented in the media.

Montage – A montage is a film editing technique in which shots are sequenced in an intentional order to convey a message to an audience.

Kino eye – Kino-Eye is a technique used in film to describe capturing something that is not visible to the naked human eye. This technique was discovered by Dziga Vertov.

Genre – This is a french word usually meaning ‘kind’, ‘type’ or ‘category’. A genre is a group of things/people that share the same characteristics and styles.

Auteur – A filmmaker who’s style influences their films so much that it can be visually scene and heard throughout.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_reverse_shot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_shot

Psychological Film Theory

https://medium.com/truly-social/yes-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-female-gaze-but-it-s-not-what-you-think-d27be6fc2fed
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