What are the 8 elements of film?

[Amy Campbell]

Our teacher at Uni mentioned about the 8 elements of film however the class was over before he could go into further details. Would any of you be kind to explain what are the 8 elements of film?

 

[Maura N.]

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!

 

[Amy Campbell]

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!

Thank you, Maura!