Visual Language:
Light
Color/Grain
Focus (depth of field, rack focus, etc.)
Composition
Lens choice, framing, nose room, head room, etc.
Blocking
Witness Point or Point Of View (shake, angle, vignetting, etc.)
Camera movement
Motion within the frame (positive action, negative action, etc.)
That Hollywood stuff
casting
costume
hair & make-up
set design
Sound/picture juxtaposition
Editing
cuts
transitions (cross-fades, fade to black)
parallel editing
Sequence: series of shots showing one action
Matched Action Sequence: to create the experience that we’re watching a continuous action
In documentary work, if we’re not going to tamper or re-enact, you’ve gotta look for repetitive action.
Narrative model
Log-line
Reveal: Little gold coins that keep us going. We think the story is about one thing, then we find out it’s about another.
http://stories.mountainworkshops.org/workshop/2011/video/72/mimi-schiffman-charlie-lives/
Step out-line
Vehicle
Internal/external story (or narrative)