Due to some (I use that term loosely) snow, we played a bit of catch up tonight and continued our discussion on cinematography.  We began looking at mise-en-scene and tried to grasp City of God. mobile framing – possible to move frame with respect to framed material camera movement  (basic)

pan – move camera from left to right (vertical axis) tilt – move camera from top to bottom (horizontal axis) roll - rolling camera on side

tracking shot – camera travels in any direction on ground crane shot Steadicam – gimbal balanced camera mount, allows cameraman to walk with camera w/o camera shake hand-held camera – used to create subjective point-of-view, in the action duration of image – the long take – unusually lengthy shot that may incorporate all aspects of mobile framing to create shot without edits After discovering the “how” of what you see, we enter the world of “what” you see. Everything within the frame is fair game as we look at mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene

French term meaning “putting into the scene” usually planned by director George Méliès – 1st master of mise-en-scene

I do believe we only scratched the surface with our discussion on City of God.  If you have any comments or anything to add to the discussion, post it as a comment.  Should I sweeten the deal a bit again?  How about one free point on your film review if you post a comment (that’s not just a sentence saying I want a free point!).  This is your last chance to earn some points for the film review.