The Language Of The Screen.

Sounds like a truly fascinating title for this week's blog, huh?

But anyway, so for this weeks lecture/tute thingy we discussed screen terms (and some other stuff too...but the lecture was 8 in the morning, so I can't be asked to remember everything now), and so yeah, the task for the week to eventually earn me my passing grade is to explain some definitions--some truly thrilling stuff right?

VLS/WS: VLS/WS is a wide shot, which pretty much where something takes up the whole frame. And so here I have a traino.


LS: LS or "long shot" is a shot in which a large figure (like a human body) fits easily within the shot. And 'coz I'm all for dramatics I've got an example of some dudes on a trip somewhere in Jakarta.


MLS: MLS or "medium long shot" is a shot in which a largish object (the human body from the lower leg up) fits easily within the frame. But because I'm going for a more interesting theme here, I've got a hospital. With colours. Oh yeah.



MS: MS or "medium shot" in which a averageish sized thing (like the top half of a human) fits in the frame. And so here I have a loner in the dark.



MCU: MCU or "medium close up" is a shot halfway between a mid shot and a close up. This shot shows the face more clearly, without getting uncomfortably close. But here's a tranny.



CU: CU or naturally a "close up" is a shot where a small object (like a head) is zoomed in to fit in the frame. Here's a monkey. Isn't he adorable?


BCU: BCU or a "big close up" is a another zooming shot, where a smaller object is made larger. I like animals. So what.



ECU: ECU or "extreme close up" is a shot where a tiny object (again) is zoomed enough so that fits in the frame. So here I have some leggo men. Aren't they awesome?


So now for some references:

Our Traino: http://cyberaddict.deviantart.com/art/wide-platform-350333

Dudes in Jakarta: http://agie.deviantart.com/art/Four-Men-in-Long-Journey-28966257

The Hospital: http://hairyrob.deviantart.com/art/Hospital-Long-Lens-49252476

The Loner: http://PheebsYeahBaby.deviantart.com/art/Medium-Format-124263329

The Tranny: http://FRSickly.deviantart.com/art/D-Spoon-18-121394965

The Monkey: http://billyunderscorebwa.deviantart.com/art/Up-Close-and-Adorable-119511961

The Cat: http://ajuse.deviantart.com/art/the-close-up-61359424

The Leggos: http://Donny-B.deviantart.com/art/Group-Shot-01-113906725

And the rest: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/medium-closeup.html
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/wide-shot.html
http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.p.thompson/filmterms.htm
http://ncowie.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/film-terminology-for-visual-texts/

And so I'm done. :)