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Stephen Rust (Media Films Course) Vocab Project: Due July 23 2018

Jurassic Park & Jurassic Park 3

1) Long Shot

Definition: A shot in which the camera appears to be fairly far away from the subject being filmed, though special lenses can create the impression of great distance where much less distance exists.

Duration: 1:28:19 Remaining
(Jurassic Park 3) 

Details: This scene was taken into the mountains. It was a long shot because a boy and his mom's boyfriend cut the rope from the boat. The scene shows them flying off into the direction of the mountains. It appears that they look small, and that the distance between the camera and characters is far. It is a lot of distance in between the camera and characters. This makes this particular scene a long shot. As the movie goes on, it continues to show them off into the distance flying. 



2) Two-Shot

Definition: when a director sets up a two-shot, he or she creates a shot in which two people appear, generally in medium distance or closer, though of course there can be two-shots of a couple or other type of pair walking that would reveal more of their lower bodies.

Duration: 1:57:14 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: Dr. Grant, and Allen were talking together up a hill to their RV. This is a location out in the desert. This scene captured the two walking up the hill. They were the only ones around. This made it a two person shot. This scene revealed them walking from about the knees up. It captured the clothes they were wearing and background. Allen was wearing a red striped shirt with tan pants. He was also holding his hat. The girl was wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt. She was wearing a hat. The two wear talking about how Allen wanted to scare a kid in the previous scene. 



3) Close-up

Definition: is a shot that isolates an object in the image, making it appear relatively large.

Duration: 1:11:47 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: In this scene John was twisting his cane stick. He was shooting in a chair while he was talking to one of his workers. He was twisting it because he is frustrated during this moment. They were discussing everything that was going wrong during the trip. During this scene a close up is happening. The camera is close to the cane stick, and the objects appears very large. At first, one cannot tell what it is, but the camera backs off. Than you can see that it is his cane stick. It is a sap ball from a tree, and inside of it is a mosquito. This is a key element to the movie, because it is how the scientist got the DNA out in order to make the dinosaurs. There was a store coming to the island, and everything just was not going according to John's plan. The object appears to be a very large ball at first, but it is not. This why I am classifying it as a close-up scene. 



4) Extreme Close-Up

Definition: (also known as XCU) gets right in and shows extreme detail. You would normally need a specific reason to get this close. It is too close to show general reactions or emotion except in very dramatic scenes.

Duration: 2:03:16 Remaining 
(Jurassic park 1)

Detail: This was at the beginning of the movie when the team was trying to load a raptor into a crate. I screen shot the hunters eyes because they both locked eyes. This was a moment that captured an emotion. The emotion was fear, and it was also intense. He was trying to save someone's like because the dinosaur got a hold of one of the guys to kill. This is an extreme close-up because the film zoomed on the hunters eyes. It captured the detail around his eyes and emotion. It also captured his lips moving when he says "shoot her, shoot her." The raptor starred him in the eyes, but he didn't know that they would meet again later in the movie when she consumed him. Which this makes this scene a very important shot in the film.



5) Medium Shot

Definition: appears to be taken from a medium distance; in terms of the human body, it’s from the waist up.

Duration: 58:17 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details:This scene was taking while the T-Rex was attacking Allen Grant, and the kids. Allen Grant was trying to pull John's grandchildren out from under a vehicle. They were trapped because the car was smashed. Allen Grant pulled the girl out first. When she went to stand up, the T-Rex was standing in-front of her. She started screaming to the top of her lungs. During this moment a medium shot was being filmed. The camera had captured her from the waist up while she was all muddy. Allen Grant quickly put his hands over her mouth, and he told her to be quiet. He told her that if she was quiet the T-Rex would not be able to see her. There was a split second that Allen Grant and the girl were both captured in a medium shot. The scene goes pretty quick though. 



6) Full Shot

Definition: a shot of the entire body.

Duration: 1:27:27 Remaining
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: This was a scene with three of the characters. They were getting ready to get into the Jurassic
park vehicles to see the rest of the park. In this scene the characters seemed unsure because of what
John created with the dinosaurs. Three characters are standing next to the vehicles, and the camera has
captured their full bodies. As you can see, it captured their bodies from head to toe. This make this scene
a full body shot. A full body shot is a shot where the whole body is captures. One of the characters is wearing all
black, and he is leaning up against the vehicle. I believe he is a scientist. He showed to be the one who
was most unsure about the dinosaurs being created. His body gestures almost show that he does not want
to go along for the ride. Allen Grant is wearing tan pants, and a blue shirt. He is still wearing his hat in this scene.
His wife is wearing a orange/red shirt, and she is also wearing a pair of shorts. John is in the scene, but it is only showing
from the waist up while he walks away to go back inside.



7) Props

Definition: props are used as a part of Mise En Scene. When talking about the props in terms of definition,
it is referring to what is used for Mise En Scene. It is what is being used for the movie.
Mise En Scene describes the primary feature of cinematic representation. Mise-en-scene is the first step in understanding how films produce and reflect meaning. 

Duration: 1:19:20
(Jurassic Park 3)

Details: There were many props used throughout the movie, so it was hard to pick a scene. This scene had a four wheeler, bucket, tent, camping light, water jug, trash can, a table, rocks, a clip board, and a tarp. But, like I said there were many props used throughout the movie, so I assumed that I had to pick one particular scene to show Mise En Scene. There were also many vehicles in the movie as well, and cars are also used as props. All these props were used in the film as a camp site. It is where Allen Grant set up camp with his other workers to look for fossils in the ground. The director wanted to capture a camping scene for the film.



8) Costuming

Definition: This term is referring to Mise En Scene. Each character wears a certain costume to fulfill their
character role. This is where I would describe what a person is wearing, and how their costume
affects the Mise En Scene. It is also where I would talk about how the costume adds to the movie.

Duration: 36:05 Remaining
(Jurassic Park 3)

Details: Dr. Allen Grant wore his typical wear. He wears a tan hat, and pair of tan pants. This is something
that he always wears in the Jurassic Park movies. He plays the role of a scientist in this movie. Throughout
Jurassic Park three he was wearing a blue plaid shirt. He carried a tan bag that had whatever he needed for
the trip that he took. He also had a watch on his left hand, and a black shoulder bag. This added to his character
as a scientist because it showed that he was prepared for the trip he took. Although, I am only using one screen
shot for this term. I will be describing several of the characters costumes. Eric which is the son of the couple
who brought Allen Grant to the island. He was wearing gray shorts, and a tan jacket. He was also wearing a red
shirt. His character costume consisted of being dirty because of what he went through. His character was a boy
who got stranded on an island with dinosaurs, and he was all alone defending himself. The shorts that he is
wearing throughout the movie were cut off at the bottom to add more to a character that had not showered for
weeks. The mothers character seemed to be a high maintenance women who took care of herself. She was
wearing a pink button up shirt with a white under shirt. She was also wearing tan pants.
Her costume was the concerned mother who wanted to find her son. She was the character who worried the most out of all of them.
She was constantly screaming in fear throughout the movie and attracting dinosaurs. Eric's dad was wearing a
greenish grayish shirt, and a pair of white pants. He had red hair during this film. He was wearing a black backpack.
Allen Grant's partner was wearing a brown shirt, and tan pants. He had a gray shirt underneath his costume. He was carrying a black backpack along with a black lunch pale. Within this lunch pale he carried around raptor eggs which he stole. He went behind Allen Grants back and stole them. He played a deceiving character, and this was apart of his costume. Billy was the name of Allen Grant's partner. When I started writing about the characters, I did not know I would be able to capture a full shot of all the characters together. I wanted to take the time to talk about each of the characters costume. Allen Grant's costume is the easiest to explain because he is in majority of the Jurassic Park movies. He plays the role of someone who knows what they are talking about. He is the one with the most experience with dinosaurs.


9) High Angle

Definition: when he or she shoots the subject from above, the result is a high-angle shot; the camera is looking down.

Duration: 2:00:34 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Detail: Ellie was digging with her team in the desert. The scene appeared to have about 8 cast members. They were digging up dinosaur bones. The camera shot was shot from above the cast, and I would consider this a high angle shot because the camera is looking down. The camera captures the head of the cast while showing what they are doing. In this scene they are brushing the sand off of the remains of a dinosaur.  This scene shows the tops of all the heads of the cast, and it shows all their heads It also only shows their backs along with the tops of their heads. This is clearly a high angle filming technique.



10) Low Angle

Definition: when the director shoots his or her subjects from below, the result is a low-angle shot; with a low-angle shot, the camera is in effect looking up at the subject.

Duration: 1:45:22 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: This scene was of Allen Grant, and his wife. It also has a dinosaur eating off of a tree. It is a low angle because the camera is looking up from down below at all three of the subjects. It captures part of their backs, and it also captures the back of their heads. This a moment where the director wanted to capture of excitement from the two characters as they never seen a real dinosaur. His wife was wearing a orange/red shirt, and Allen wore a blue shirt in this scene. The sky was cloudy during this scene.



11) Tracking

Definition: when the camera moves parallel to the ground, it’s called a tracking shot or a dolly.

Duration: 45:31 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: This is the scene where the tracking begins. I think that this was the scene that used the most tracking.
It was also a long period of scene that used tracking. There were three people involved in this scene. Two people
picked up a scientist that was hurt, and they put him in a jeep. Water started moving on the ground that was
within a T-Rex's foot step. The scientist hurried them to leave, and so they did. As they left on the jeep,
the T-Rex started to come after them. T-Rex/she chased the jeep for a good distance. It smashed up against
the jeep while they were trying to get away. The camera went back and forth between the four subjects, but
it stayed on a tracking system the whole time during this scene. At least I think it did. The camera had to be on
a tracking system during this scene because it was following the jeep. It was also in a position that was looking up/ low angle
at the T-Rex while she chased the jeep. The three people did get away from the T-Rex.



12) Fade

Definition: There are two types of fades. One is fade-in, and the other is fade-out. Begins with a black screen
or a pure white screen.

Duration: 7:51 Remaining
(Jurassic Park 3)

Details: This is when the movie is coming to an end. It has three pterodactyls in the sky. They are flying
to a new nest. The screen turns black, and it is an indication that the movie has ended. The fade last for about
five seconds, and then the credits at the end start rolling. The music plays as the movie comes to an end.
Right before all of this happened everyone who survived got rescued by the military, and they were in a
military type of airplane. Billy, Eric, Allen, and the couple were the ones who got rescued.


13) Non-diagetic Sound

Definition: sounds, including some sound effects and the film’s score, that are not sourced in the world of the film’s story; see diagetic sound for its opposite.

Duration: 55:11 Remaining
(Jurassic park 3)

Details: During this scene, the characters were walking through the forest after they discovered a body dangling from a parachute. One of the characters was a female, and she was the mother of the boy who got lost on the island. The mother's ex husband was also in this scene along with Allen Grant. The group was walking underneath the tree lines, and there were birds chirping. It would be consider a sound effect as well. I choose this scene for non-diagetic sound because the birds making the noise were not present in the film. As the characters walked to find the boy, the birds were still chirping, and there was none of the presents. I understand this term being a sound in a movie, but it is when the sound is not sourced on the movie itself. I took this going for the birds not being presents on the film during this time. 



14) Diagetic Sound

Definition: sounds (including most dialogue and sound effects and some music) that are sourced in the world of the film’s story; see nondiagetic sound for its opposite.

Duration: 1:44:10 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: This scene captured Allen Grant, John, and Allen's wife. It is a moment where they are several dinosaurs and a body of water. This scene captures the sound from the animals, and it also has the movie's theme song in the background playing. The sound effects I would assume are from the animals. 



15) Sound Effect

Definition: in motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music.

Duration: 48.24 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: Timmy got stuck in a tree with a car because the T-Rex pushed the car over a ledge. Allen Grant went to go find him, and he tried to get him down. Once he got Timmy to get out of the vehicle they had to come down. But, in this process Allen Grant turned the steering wheel. This made the vehicle come out of the tree. It forced them to come out of the tree quickly. During this process the sound effects used in the process consisted of many tree branches breaking. It also consisted of the vehicle coming down, and smashing against the ground. There was rain in the background, but it was more like a pouring down rain. The car squealed as it hit the ground, and rolled over on Timmy and Allen.



16) Three Shot

Definition: contains three people— not three people surrounded by a crowd, but three people who are framed in such a way as to constitute a distinct group.

Duration: 1:55:36 Remaining 
(Jurassic Park 1)

Details: This scene was captured in the RV. It was a three person shot because Allen/Dr. Grant, his wife, and John were in the RV together. No one else was around. This was framed in order to only capture the three people because it was an important conversation to be having. In the scene, the bodies were also being filmed from the waist up making it a medium shot as well, but I am picking to "three shot" to describe this scene. John is the one who build Jurassic Park, so he is a very important character in this movie. He was wearing a white shirt, and he was also wearing a hat when he first met the couple. This was their first time meeting. John also pays 50,000 a year to fund Dr. Grant's studies, but I am not sure if this is irrelevant to bring up in the details. I chose to talk about this because John made a comment about how he could see the money was being well spent by Allen Grant. This scene will eventually go into the three discussing about how John wanted them to come to the island. 




17) Bird Eye's View

Definition: an extreme overhead shot, taken seemingly from the sky or ceiling and looking straight down on the subject, is known as a bird’s-eye view.

Duration: 1:30:50 Remaining
(Jurassic Park 3)

Details: This shot was taken at the beginning of the film. It is what start the film. It starts of with a boat, and several men on it. They attacked a rope line to some characters who go up in the sky. But, right before this happens there is a bird eye's view of the boat. It is far up into the sky, and the subject/boat is very small. It is showing the boat into the ocean driving off. It shows the waves from the boat that are made. Since the film is being shot up from the sky, it makes it a bird eye's view. It looking down on the subject from the sky. I like to think of it as if a bird was flying into the sky with a camera attached to it.

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