Design aspects include...
- Decor - An important element of "putting in the scene" is décor, the objects contained in and the setting of a scene. Décor can be used to amplify character emotion or the dominant mood of a film.
- Lighting -The intensity, direction, and quality of lighting have a profound effect on the way an image is perceived. Light affects the way colors are rendered, both in terms of hue and depth, and can focus attention on particular elements of the composition.
- Space -The representation of space affects the reading of a film. Depth, proximity, size and proportions of the places and objects in a film can be manipulated through camera placement.
- Costume - Costume simply refers to the clothes that characters wear.
Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema.
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing language, images, sound, video or film through processes of correction, condensation, organization and other modifications in various media.
Sound is divided into two separate groups, Diegetic and Non-Diegetic.
Diegetic -
- Sound who’s source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: voices of characters
- sounds made by objects in the story
- music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music)
- Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from source within the film's world.
- Another term for Diegetic sound is "Actual sound".
Non-Diegetic -
- Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action:
- narrator's commentary
- sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect
- mood music
- Another term for Non-Diegetic sound is "commentary sound"
