FILM LANGUAGE:

Visual Language –. Cinema, being a medium that has a rich language of its own, needs one to pay attention to the elements of image and sound.

 

 

Ø  Film language or Cinematic language is the methods and conventions of cinema that are used to communicate with the audience.. Emotions and ideas are expressed in cinema visually through all types of techniques such as lighting, performance, mise-en-scéne, cinematography, acting, editing and sound, lighting etc.

 

FILM FORM

 

Ø  Film Form: Form/ Structure: Film form or film structure is the total system that the viewer perceives in the film. It is the overall system of relations that we can perceive among the various elements in the whole film. film form or structure at both micro and macro levels- from composition of individual shots, fragments of picture and sound to the arrangement of these fragments into scenes, sequences and finally the entire film.

 

FILM MEANING

 

Ø  Meaning: the meaning of the film is its essence; the theme, story, plot, characters, the various elements of film language as used in the film, and its composition etc. They are   Denotative and Connotative meaning –

 

 

Concept & Principle

Signs, Symbols,

CINEMATOGRAPHY & MISE-EN-SCENE

 

Mise-en–scene cinematography(Video)

Ø  Mise-en-scene focuses on what can be seen ‘in the picture.’ The term mise-en-scene in French literally translates to ‘staging an action’ or ‘putting on the stage’. It was originally used with reference to theatre. The mise-en-scene included the elements of set design, lighting, costume, figure expression and movement.

Ø  They do not consider camera placement as a part of mise-en-scene.

 

 

👉Film scholars David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson (1979) in their book Film Art state that mise-en-scene consists of setting, lighting, costume, figure expression and movement.

Questions: 

What you mean film language?

What are the elements included in the 'mise-en-scene'?