Coursework

 

Audio/visual Camerawork 

• establishing shots 

• low angle, high angle, canted angle or aerial shots 

• elaborate camera movement such as tracks, steadicam or crane shots 

• hand-held camera 

• point-of-view shots 

• shallow focus and focus pulls. 

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Editing

• shot/reverse shot 

• juxtaposition 

• non-continuity editing 

• crosscutting 

• fast-paced editing 

• less common transitions: dissolve, wipe, fade 

• post-production effects. 

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Soundtrack 

• music 

• diegetic/non-diegetic sound 

• sound effects 

• sound bridge 

• voiceover. 

Mise-en-scène 

• lighting (especially low-key lighting) 

• location/set 

• costume and make up 

• props 

• casting and performance style 

• blocking (the composition of elements within the shot). 

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Layout 

Print 

• house style 

• symmetrical and asymmetrical 

• use of columns and boxes 

• ratio of copy, photography and space 

• headline 

• cap on 

• strapline 

• stand first. 

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Typography 

• serif and sans-serif typefaces 

• specialist typefaces 

• font size/italics/bold. 
   

Language 

• formal and informal register 

• direct mode of address 

• puns, colloquialisms, slang. 
   

Image

• graphics 

• camerawork and mise-en-scène in photography 

• depth of eld 

• digital manipulation 

• cropping