Camera Shots

•long shot
the long shot is a shot in which you can see the whole body and the some of the scenery. It is used to show a person in an environment.


•medium shot
Covers half the body from the knee's or waist upwards. It's used to show dialogue scenes or when a character is performin actions.


•close up
shows little background and focus' on the characters facial expression rather than there body. Can be seen as an intimate shot.

•shot reverse shot
Used to show two characters talking to each other, enables you to see the reaction provoked by both characters. This enables you to judge there friendship or relationship.


•high angle shots
a shot from above looking down. used to show the scenery and how the place looks (how big it is, what the environment's like). one popular example of this shot is the opening of eastenders.


•low angle shots
a low angle shot is a shot from below looking upwards. Low angles help give a sense of confusion to a viewer, of powerlessness within the action of a scene. The background of a low angle shot will tend to be just sky or ceiling, the lack of detail about the setting adding to the disorientation of the viewer. The added height of the object may make it inspire fear and insecurity in the viewer, who is psychologically dominated by the figure on the screen.


•tracking shot
The tracking shot is where the camera follows the movement of the character and is sometimes reffered to as an over-shoulder shot.

•pan
A movement which scans a scene horizontally. The camera is placed on a tripod, the camera is turned, often to follow a moving object which is kept in the middle of the frame.


•tilt
A movement which scans a scene vertically. similar to pan.



•continuity
is where the scenes are interconnecting then edited to give one smooth scene.


•montage
Montage is when a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information.

Differences

The Digital Screen Network is a £12 million scheme, funded by the National Lottery, It has installed to 240 screens in 212 cinemas with state of the art digital projection facilities. As a result, viewers will be able to enjoy a wider range of films at their local cinema.

In return for the new technology, cinemas will show more specialised films including British films such as Control and Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten. films such as Black Gold; classics including Casablanca.

In 2005, around £300 million was spent on distributing and marketing all cinema releases in the UK but only £18 million, was spent on specialised films. The introduction of digital distribution will mean that films such as these will reach around 30 million people throughout the UK with an increase in specialised film screenings of up to 75,000 in the first year alone, rising to 165,000 in four years from now.

In contrast to this independent film companies have much less means of advertising and exhibitions compared to the mainstream films.

ways in which u.k film council is making independant films more accessable to the audience

The first way in which they make non-mainstream films more accessable is by improving access to the films. They do this by digital screening that shows non-mainstream films regularly. The second way in which they do this is by raising the awareness of these non-mainstream films. They spend araound 4 million pounds a year on advertising non-mainstream films, ususally on advertisements and billboards. Finally they also increase information about these independant films, by using such things as websites.

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Distribution and licensing

Distribution: This is about keeping films 'alive' and in the public eye, as well as when released on dvd. New films are generally released on fridays, as scheduled by the Film Distributor Association. Distributors try to find 'light' weeks, where there is no competing films released and not too much competition in that week.
Logistics is also about the organisation of a film, this tends to be more important in independant films as they have less money to spend. Hollywood films tend to have about 1000 prints which are sent to different countries and distributed themselves. Independent film companies, in contrast, would have about 10 prints. Howver, grants are available, for example the film This Is England got a grant from the national lottery and so could afford to buy another 20. Most films are made in 35 mm prints, which would typically cost about 1000 pounds per film and double if the film has subtitles. Each reel lasts abut twenty minutes, and on average there are about 6 reels in a movie. Cinema companies wouldn't buy these, they would be rented from film producers. This could be described as the third link in the supply chain - distributing. Distribution is most successful when 'vertically integrated', where the three stages in the supply chain are seen as part of the same process or company.
Digital Distribution is basically using things digitally or downloading/streaming via internet. This is cheaper,as there is no need for physical manufacturing. This is better for the consumer as it is easier and cheaper, however, this is also very detrimental to film companies and therefore damaging to the very cinema experience itself.
Licensing is the process by which the distributor gets the legal right to exploit a film. U.S. films have their own distributors in the 90+ market territories throughout the world. Independent companies, again in contrast, have to sell their licenses to independent distributors.

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