{"id":29894,"date":"2023-08-15T12:44:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/insecure-season-2-episode-3-hella-open-cinematography-lighting-and-mise-en-scene\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T12:44:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:44:18","slug":"insecure-season-2-episode-3-hella-open-cinematography-lighting-and-mise-en-scene","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/insecure-season-2-episode-3-hella-open-cinematography-lighting-and-mise-en-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecure Season 2 Episode 3 &#8220;Hella Open&#8221;: Cinematography, Lighting, and Mise en Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 9pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please answer all the questions<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 9pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Prompt: 1. Name 3 ways that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i>Insecure<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> counteracts more typical, mainstream representations through cinematography, lighting, mise en scene, and\/or location (i.e., where and how they shot in Los Angeles?). Refer to lectures and the screening to make your case. 2. Then, discuss an example from your own media viewing that does something similar. What other shows\/games\/movies have you seen that use cinematic form to create alternative representations of a historically misrepresented place or community? Break down a scene or image from this example to explain and provide an image or clip.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Lecture Notes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Lighting for an upspoken norm:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Mise en Scene in relation to lighting<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Shirey Card  multi races<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Insecure and cinematography<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Cinematography elements such as framing\/ depth of field\/ camera movement<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Break down of camera distance -&gt; 135mm, 85mm, 50mm, 35mm, 24mm, 14mm (move from extreme long shot to an extreme close up)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Extreme long shot\/ long shot\/ medium long shot\/ medium shot\/ medium close up\/ close up\/ extreme close up is based on the distance of the camera from the human figure<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Depth of field -&gt; narrow depth of field&nbsp; (everything is going to be blurry except for a small part of the frame) \/deep focus (everything is in focus no matter how far it is from the camera)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Rack focus -&gt; change what in focus in the frame within the same shot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Camera movement&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Camera Pan (from left to right) and tilt (up and down)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How Mise en Scene can be used for visual impact\/ jokes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How Mise en Scene and cinematography can work together<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Lighting for <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i>Insecure<\/i><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">: how to approach skin tones<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Make sure that the makeup artist uses a reflective base on the skin<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Give skin something to reflect. It\u2019s not the amount or intensity of the light source, it\u2019s the surface area of the light<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use a polarizer, which is a filter that goes in front of the lens. Work well when reflective on a skin tone because it can shape the light in an effective way.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">There\u2019s not one shade that lights all types of dark skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please answer all the questions Prompt: 1. 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