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Stylistic Codes
- Mise en Scene
- Costume
- Reflects a
characters
personality
- Reflects a
characters
personality
- Hair
- show if theyve been
doing physical
activities etc.
- show if theyve been
doing physical
activities etc.
- Makeup
- Important to show
someones character
- Important to show
someones character
- Lighting
- Important to show
night/day, tension.
- Important to show
night/day, tension.
- Props
- Show someones
surroundings
- Show someones
surroundings
- Setting
- Show where
someone is or
set the scene
- Show where
someone is or
set the scene
- Figure expression
- Show
someones
expression to
show
mood/feelings
- Show
someones
expression to
show
mood/feelings
- Body Language
- Used to show feelings
- Used to show feelings
- Costume
- Framing and angle
- Wide
- A wide shot is used to
show the scene/area.
- A wide shot is used to
show the scene/area.
- Close Up (CU)
- Usually used to
show an
expression or
reaction
- Usually used to
show an
expression or
reaction
- Medium shot
- Good for conversations
and hand gestures. Known
as 2 shot because it fits 2
people in
- Good for conversations
and hand gestures. Known
as 2 shot because it fits 2
people in
- Overhead
- Show something from above (Birdseye view)
- Show something from above (Birdseye view)
- Over shoulder
- To show what
someones
looking at
- To show what
someones
looking at
- Point of view (POV)
- To show what
someones looking at
- To show what
someones looking at
- High angle/Low angle
- Long shot
- To show the
entire subject
- To show the
entire subject
- Medium close
up (MCU),
Medium Long
shot (MLS)
- Straight shot
- Show people straight on
- Show people straight on
- Wide
- Movement
- Tracking
- Follows/Tracks
the subject as
it/they move
- Follows/Tracks
the subject as
it/they move
- Slow motion
- Puts more
emphasis on
their movements
- Puts more
emphasis on
their movements
- Zoom in
- Makes you
notice
something
about the
subject
- Makes you
notice
something
about the
subject
- Zoom out
- Notice surroundings
- Notice surroundings
- Tilting
- Tilt the camera
to give a surreal
effect
- Tilt the camera
to give a surreal
effect
- Speed
- Effect on how
fast/slow
something is
moving
- Effect on how
fast/slow
something is
moving
- Handheld
- Cameraman
is part of
the video
- Cameraman
is part of
the video
- Crane
- Taken on a crane,
shows moving
up/down a great
height
- Taken on a crane,
shows moving
up/down a great
height
- Panning
- Usually used
to show an
area
- Usually used
to show an
area
- Tracking
- Colour
- Contrast
- Makes
something look
strikingly
different, stand
out
- Makes
something look
strikingly
different, stand
out
- Brightness
- How bright
something is,
effects how
you look at
the
subject/scene
- How bright
something is,
effects how
you look at
the
subject/scene
- Black and White
- Often used if you
want an old-movie
effect.
- Often used if you
want an old-movie
effect.
- Filters
- Affect the colour-scheme of a picture/video
- Affect the colour-scheme of a picture/video
- Saturation
- Intensity of a colour on an image
- Intensity of a colour on an image
- Desaturation
- Contrast
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