Love and Basketball Analysis Riley Anderson

The shot	A shot is an uninterrupted sequence of film/video bounded by edits. Note that camera and/or actors can move or zoom, and any elements below can change as that happens.
focal depth/ implied proximity		Closer to people’s faces seems more intimate and “about” the character, usually.
		extreme long shot/ establishing shot (XLS)
		long shot (LS)
		medium long shot (MLS)
		medium shot (MS)
		medium close up (MCU)				A medium close up is used to show both of them together					Used only a few times
		close up (CU)				A close up of their faces is used mostly to show them					majority of scene
		big close up (BCU)
		extreme close up (XCU)
		close on
angle		Looking up gives them power. Looking down disempowers them.
		bird’s eye
		high
		eye level				eye level for both Monica and Quincy					:02-:32 talking before opening the letter
		low
		worm’s eye
		canted/Dutch
movement		tilt
		ped/dolly
		pan
		crab/truck
		crane/drone
		POV/subjective/”I”/eye camera
		handheld
		dolly zoom/Vertigo shot
plane		foreground				Many shots use these three focal planes.
		midground
		background
						Some shots reduce to foreground & background.		Switches between Quincy and Monica			Mostly the whole scene
								The house and windows, blurred out not as important but still there
space		onscreen	vs.
		offscreen
		open	vs.
		closed				Both  Quincy and Monica take up the screen as this is a serious situation					Switches back from both of them but stays closed through the whole scene
diagonals						The diagonals converge in the center, giving a sense of balance.
		oblique/unbalanced				The diagonals pull to the sides, creating motion and lack of balance.
lighting	Note the way 3-point lighting works, first. The fill light removes shadows. The back light makes figures pop from the background.
low contrast/high key						The typical Hollywood bright lighting style.					Clueless (1998)
high contrast/low key						The fill or backlight is brighter than usual:
		sidelit				Monica's face is side lit, showing her emotions when she turns her head towards the light					Through most of the whole scene
		underhead
		overhead
		backlit
		frontlit				Quincy and Monicas body are front lit just enough to show their clothing.					entire scene
		“Obie” or eye light
oddities		diagetic lights
		lens flare
Exposure
underexposure		extreme
		somewhat
		“day for night”				You can see correct exposure but the scene is tinted because it is at night					The entire scene
“correct” exposure
overexposure		in darkness
		in light
editing	The joining of shots together.
styles		“classical cutting”				The norm for editing for 100+ years. The idea is to explain scene transitions in and out of a space.
						outside in
						inside out
						master shot & coverage
						cross cutting/ parallel editing			Used for basically whole scene. Constantly going back between the two when talking. creates tension and allows the audience to stay into conversation.
		montage
	some cut types
invisible (ish)		match on action
		eyeline match
		graphic match
		shot reverse shot
		the hook
		lapping/sound bridge/ J or L cut
visible		jump cut
		flash/smash cut
		symbolic match
		dissolve
		fade
		wipe
		iris
		animation
sound	These 5 pairs of terms can overlap and serve to differentiate kinds of sounds. For example, a voiceover is diagetic…
		diagetic
		non-diagetic
		onscreen			The two talking about the letter and her getting in					This is like 99% of film sound.
		offscreen			The letter is the only other sound that is there besides there dialog. I believe this was done on purpose					when Quincy open up the letter to begin
		simultaneous
		nonsimulataneous
		synchronous
		asynchronous
		external
		internal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uakZdiwU1nw

This scene is the opening of Monica's letter to USC. With them both wanting to go to USC to play basketball this is an important scene. A close up shot is used to film their faces and emotion. Showing them when they talk. The edits play a big part in this scene as well by switching person to person as they are saying something. For sound the two things are the two talking and the crinkle of the letter. This was done on purpose with my opinion because of how important the letter is. With them being outside the director had the option to put the noise of cars or crickets but chose to only do them talking and the paper which allows the scene to be serious between the two. The lighting is mostly front lit with some side light to their faces. This keeps it dark and only shows them sometimes hiding parts of their faces and emotions. The lighting is dark because it is outside but you are still able to tell what it going on.