Here are some basic shot types:

Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
Close-Up (CU)
Medium Shot (MS)
Full Shot (FS)
Long Shot (LS) or Wide Shot (WS)
Extreme Long Shot (ELS) or Extreme Wide Shot (EWS)
Deep Focus
American Shot
Over the Shoulder (OTS)
Point of View (POV)

#Shots #Cinematography

The film Scream (1996) was originally titled Scary Movie. A reboot of the 'Scream' horror franchise #ScreamVI was released in 2023.

Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Kevin Williamson

Wes Craven
Kevin Williamson
#SlasherFilm #Horror #Genre #Film

Paul Schrader – #TaxiDriver (1976).
'I crashed at an ex-girlfriend's place, and I just wrote continuously. The first draft was maybe 60 pages, and I started the next draft immediately, and it took less than two weeks.' The Hollywood Reporter
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Here is a great short video regarding colour theory in film from
StudioBinder
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#ColourTheory #ColorTheory #Film #Film making #Cinematography

“A passive protagonist is a regrettable and common mistake. A story cannot be told about a character who doesn't want anything.” Robert McKee

#WritingTips #AmWriting

'Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.' – Steve Martin

#comedy #film maker #film #thejerk

Steve Martin and Martin Short

Needle drop is a slang for describing the usage of a pre-existing song in a film. For example, “hooked on a feeling” in the film “Guardians of the Galaxy” (James Gunn, 2014).

#Film #NeedleDrop

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Guardians of the Galaxy
Chris Pratt

In the original French, mise-en-scène (pronounced meez-ahn-sen) means 'putting into the scene'. The term was first applied to the practice of directing plays, but film scholars have since extended the term to film direction.

#MiseEnEcène #Film Studies #Film Theory #Film

Mickey-Mousing is a term for when music is matching the movement of a character in a film. It derives from Walt Disney animated films of the 1930s where Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters often move in exact synchronization with the music, even when they were not dancing.

Film theorists use these key elements when examining a film:

•Type of Film
•Shots
•Angles
•Lighting
•Colour
•Sound
•Editing
•Mise-en-Scène

#TypesOfFilm #Shots #Angles #Lighting #Colour #Sound #Editing #MiseEnEcène #FilmTheory

All #Cinephiles in the #FilmTwitter Universe are called upon to self-promote on this #ShamelessSelfPromoFriday in today's #Filmmakers #Lift .

All participants shall be #followed .

#Cinematography #Filmmaking #FilmTheory #FollowBackFriday

To further develop a #character , a #writer can create a #backstory , without the need to mention any of it in the #narrative .

#WritersLift #WritersCommunity #WritersOfTwitter

Diegetic Sound is sound that has a source on-screen (i.e. in the story world) such as sounds made by objects or characters speaking. Nondiegetic Sound is a sound that has a source off-screen (i.e. outside of the story world) such as the music score, voiceover or sound effects.

In film production, a shot is a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Shots are an essential aspect of a film where angles, transitions and cuts are used to further express emotion, ideas and movement.

#Filmmaking #Shot #CameraShots #Angles

“A #soliloquy is a monologue addressed to oneself, thoughts spoken out loud without addressing another. Soliloquies are used as a device in drama to let a character make their thoughts known to the audience, address it directly or take it into their confidence.”

#WritersTip

There are different types of camera shots in a film and each of them communicate a different narrative value. Each shot has a standardized name which are often abbreviated into 2 or 3 letters on a shot list or storyboard.

#Filmmaking #Shot #CameraShots #MadMax #Shot list

Filmmaking or film production is “the process or art of making a film” (Cambridge Dictionary) and usually consists of five main stages: 1. Development, 2. Pre-production, 3. Production, 4. Post-production and 5. Distribution.

#Film making #Film maker #Film

Film theory is a set of scholarly approaches (within the academic discipline of film studies) that provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film and its emotional and mental effects on the audience.

#FilmStudies #FilmTheory #CinemaStudies

The #denouement is the final part of a narrative that provides context and resolution to a major theme, relationship or event in a story. This resolution can be explicit, implicit or both. It occurs from the moment the climax ends until the actual end.
#AmWriting #Screenwriting

What is the western leaders response to the terror attack in Moscow? #TerrorAttack