Z. We’ve reached Z. And, as the title says, Z is for Zoom Shot. These days, with everyone’s digital camera having a zoom feature, the term isn’t as film-specific as it once was. It is still, however, a term used in film direction — the director will tell the cameraperson to zoom in (or possibly …
Yakugara is a term from the Japanese Kabuki theatre tradition. Over the centuries since Kabuki first emerged, it has focused on being “more than mere realism,” quoting from the website “Invitation to Kabuki.” It is a stylized form of theatre, performed with men playing both male and female roles. Yakugara refers to the strictly defined …
How does one fade an X, you ask? X-fade is theatre shorthand for crossfade, a lighting direction to gradually bring up a new lighting scheme to replace the one in use in the scene currently, thus “fading” across from one sort of light to another. Today, we’re crossfading. We’re shifting the spotlight from the previous …
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As In the Spotlight week continues, we turn our attention to the outward accoutrements of a Fairy Princess. (Fairy Princesses are very particular about their royal attire.) It is, of course, essential for a Fairy Princess to have a crown, wings and … a WAND! I have a Fairy Princess wand. So has Geraldine. It …
Yes, my Wednesday Worthy for In the Spotlight Week is none other than Geraldine, the Very Fairy Princess herself! (She assures me that fairy princesses are very comfortable in the spotlight.) Through the generosity of Emma Walton Hamilton and her co-author, as well as their publisher, Little, Brown & Co., Geraldine has graciously agreed to …
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I don’t mean taking a ruler and drawing a line under your words to emphasize them. That’s a different sort of underscore altogether. The underscore I’m talking about is a film term — the music that runs through a movie, enhancing and emphasizing the action and emotions of the film. Sometimes, one is hardly aware …
Taglines. You’ve all read them. They are those concise, highly memorable slogans used to promote a film. In a few words, the tagline encapsulates the key concept of the movie. Taglines are riveting. They stay with you. The best of them become part of society’s lexicon. To read some of the best movie taglines ever …
In screenwriting, the “set-up” is the portion of the screenplay that introduces the characters and the action. The set-up needs to catch the movie-viewer’s attention, pique their interest, make the viewer want to know what happens next. The set-up is important in writing as well.