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If we are talking about the eight technical elements that are involved in the production of films, these are the 8 elements:
1. The film type – can be any of these three categories: realism, classical and formalism
2. The shots – can be a close-up, full shot or over the shoulder
3. Angles – can be eye level, high angle, low angle or oblique angle
4. Colour – can be either saturated or desaturated
5. Lighting – can be silhouette/black lighting, low key lighting, high key lighting or chiaroscuro lighting
6. Sound – can be diegetic and non-diegetic
7. Editing – can be thematic, associative, dialectic, classical, continuity or radical subjective continuity
8. Mise-en-Scene – meaning the setting of a scene.
There are many more details to explain around each of these 8 elements but I hope it helps!0 -
From this question and from the answer that was provided by Maura, I can see that you are a student and a teacher mentioned this. I have not heard about “8 elements of film”. I have heard of each thing that Maura mentioned in her answer (except the last one). Theories like these also confused me a bit because I do not know how useful they are in your film career. It’s good to know them. The question is…are they useful?
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The 8 elements of film are, you know, what it takes to make a film. They can help you have a clear structure in your head before starting to work on a film. You need sound, editing, colour, you need to make up your mind what type of film you want to make…
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