Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The Vocabulary of Film and TV

The Vocabulary of Film and TV

Motion pictures have a language all their own, and media students need to become fluent in it. This video is the ideal primer, using an entertaining story line to teach basic film vocabulary. Set in an actual movie studio, the program explores the stylistic conventions of action, horror, and other genres, and demonstrates principles of camera placement, mise-en-scène, lighting, sound, shot size, and editing. The spine-tingling (but not too scary) horror plot keeps viewers focused on film language and how it is manipulated to tell a story with a logical flow that builds to an emotional conclusion. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online. (27 minutes)

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Item#: BVL35314
Copyright date: ©2004
VHS ISBN 978-1-4213-3210-9
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-3211-6


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