Split in two

Sep 03, 2026


identity

⋮⋮ Program

  • 08.35 Warm up
  • 08.55 Analysing fiction (continued)
    • Overview of cinematic techniques
  • 09.05 Severance
  • 09.40 Break
  • 09.55 Discuss plot
  • 10.05 Analyse cinematic technique
  • 10.35 Break
  • 10.45 Grammatik: Verber

Warm up

  1. Read the article The Fly Nobody Programmed
  2. Discuss
    • How does the fly “choose” to do what it does?
    • What’s the difference between this and LLM’s?
    • Does the fly have an identity? On what is it based?
    • Would a human digitised brain be conscious? Would it have an identity? Would it be the same as the original organic brain?

Analysing fiction (continued)

  • Plot/structure

  • Characterisation

  • Setting

  • Narrator / point of view

  • Language

  • Theme/message

    • How does language support the story?
    • How does game mechanics support the story?
    • How does cinematic technique support the story?
    • How do graphics support the story?

Overview of cinematic techniques

Cinematic techniqueCharacteristics
FramingClose-up: The character(s) are framed very closely.

Long shot: Focus is on setting.

Medium shot: Focus is on more than one character.
AnglesLow angle: The character in question seems powerful and big.

High angle: The character in question seems small and maybe weak.

Eye level: Audience at the same level as characters.
CompositionForeground.

Middle ground.

Background.
SoundDiegetic sound: Sound which is part of the film.

Non-diegetic sound: Sound which is not part of the film.

Contrapuntal sound: Sound in direct contrast to the images of the film.
LightingLow key: Difficult to see everything in the image.

High key: Able to see everything in the image.
ColourEach colour has both a positive and negative symbolism.

Discuss plot

  • In your own words, explain the severance procedure.
  • Who is Helly? Is there a difference between her work self and her private self?
  • Is it fair to say that Helly chooses to come back to work?
  • Do we sometimes subject ourselves to similar things? Do you?

Analyse cinematic technique

  • Describe - in bullets - three examples of cinematic techniques in the excerpt and explain for each why you think they are used.

Grammatik: Verber

Forskellen på verber og verballed

Eksempel

I have a wallet

I lost my wallet

I have lost my wallet

We enjoy working with short stories

Verbalformer

LatinDanskEksempler
INFINITIVNavneformto ask
PERFEKTUM PARTICIPIUMKort tillægsformasked
PRÆSENS PARTICIPIUMLang tillægsform, ing-formasking
IMPERATIVBydeformask!

Verbets tider

PræsensPræteritumPerfektumPluskvamperfektumFuturum
I talktalkedhave talkedhad talkedwill talk
you talktalkedhave talkedhad talkedwill talk
he/she/it talkstalkedhas talkedhad talkedwill talk
we talktalkedhave talkedhad talkedwill talk
you talktalkedhave talkedhad talkedwill talk
they talktalkedhave talkedhad talkedwill talk

Materials