golden/magic hour

magic hour

the optimum time for filming romantic or magical scenes due to 'warm' and 'soft' lighting conditions, characterized by a golden-orange hue color; occurs for about 30 minutes around the time of sunset and sunrise; aka golden hour

Example: Nestor Almendros' cinematography in Terence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978); and Phil Alden Robinson's Field of Dreams (1989)

http://www.filmsite.org/filmterms12.html

In photography, the golden hour (sometimes known as magic hour, especially in cinematography) is the first and last hour of sunlight during the day,^[1] when a specific photographic effect is achieved due to the quality of the light.

for Momo from you know where

sad sad sad

too late...



Mexican Standoff

That film

uses DEEP FOCUS

Shots homework for Wed

Take a scene from a film you love.

take screen shots. 
write up what kind of shot each is and how it tells us stuff about the character(s) setting, the story as a whole.

ten shots will do nicely.

Extreme close-up. tells us about the man as we discussed in class

 close-up. man in different setting as indicated by change in colour/lighting, but still in the other place as indicated in the eyes. Does the dead center shot mean he is weak/uncertain?

 Close up. the positioning and more light link in with the ironic smile to indicate the character fully in his setting now.

 extreme long shot. The crane shot is panning over the setting to give us a full sense of where we are. (note colour again)

 POV close-up shot. We see how the men respond to the main character.

 medium shot, two shot. we see the character bonding.

long shot. character in context/setting. He is among them/of them, not apart (like the emperor)

Film 101 begins

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