CONTENTS

The subject is composed of the following:

Term 1

1. Theory of audio-visual language.

1.1. Key concepts: frame, shot, take, scene, sequence, field of view, closed frames and open frames.

1.2. Shot types (the long shot, the medium shot, the close-up...).

1.3. Composition: basic rules (rule of thirds, 180 degree rule....), camera angles and shots with more the one subject (the two shot, the three shot...).

1.4. Composition: the use of lines (the horizontal line, the vertical line...), film space, depth of field.

1.5. Camera movement: pan and tilt, tracking shot, dolly shot...

1.6. Continuity, ellipsis and transitions. 1

1.7. Editing: typology, montage, assembly, intercutting, split screen, etc.

1.8. Staging and photography: light, colour, lighting, character lighting, motivated lighting, set and location lighting.

1.9. Staging and art: sets, props, costumes, make up, hairdressing and acting.

1.10. Sound: diegetic, non diegetic, onscreen, off screen, silence

2. Audio-visual analysis and review of screenings (I): technical and artistic elements, historical context, plot synopsis, visual resources, sound resources, narrative aspects.

Term 2

3. Key concepts of audio-visual narrative and dramaturgy.

3.1. Basic Mechanisms: conflict, protagonist and objective, dramatic need, obstacles, the MacGuffin and deus ex machina, the antagonist.

3.2. Structural Mechanisms: structure, sub plots, plants and payoffs, triads, milking, topper, scrimmage. Dramatic Irony, suspense, surprise, red herring and mystery.

3.3. Local Mechanisms: Activity (action and gesture), dialogue, narration (spoken and written, omniscient narrator, character as narrator), flashbacks (isolated, general, structured).

4. Audio-visual analysis and review of screenings (II).