1) How do camera angles and image juxtaposition tell a story? Describe an instance from each video where the filmmaker uses a camera angle or juxtaposition of images to enhance our understanding of the place they are documenting. In film number one the filmmaker used a lot of long and close up shots to show the natural beauty surrounding the bridge. The filmmaker also zoomed and focused in on a lot of simple things in the park such as the leaf with drop of water to show how serene the area is
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CAMERA SHOTS By: Wanangwe Josephine 23rd January 2015 Email: josephinewanangwe@gmail.com Moi University. INTRODUCTION Cinema is a visual medium and thus it should communicate or tell a story to its audience through the use of sound‚ lighting‚ editing‚ and the camera together to create an illusion of reality. These are the elements that a video editor uses to realize the filmmakers dream from script to screen. Shots are an important part of camerawork that are used to send messages to the audience
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views on the films they direct. Tarantino uses many camera shots and angles to make the audience feel suspenseful and often times are left in anticipation. Tarantino’s Django: Unchained and Inglourious Basterds use a lot of camera shots and angles to show characters feelings and emotions. Tarantino uses a lot of gore due to today’s society’s thirst for the ‘full picture’ he also uses gore for the simple reason that he likes it. The camera shots and
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Cinderella Man‚ I am going to investigate how film producers use camera angles‚ costume‚ and lighting‚ settings‚ music and character interaction to create more meaning for the audience. I will specifically be looking at the creation of James Braddock as a good character and Max Baer as a bad character. James Braddock is a very kind hearted‚ honest family man. The film producer is able to show this through many camera angles of his actions and emotions. We see a close up of James Braddock when he
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Camera angles used in the opening scene of Slumdog Millionaire It starts off with a low angle looking at the cricket ball being hit into the sky‚ followed by a close up to Jamal’s face. Then switching shots from the falling ball and Jamal’s face‚ as he is getting ready to catch the ball. As the ball is about to hit the ground there is another low angle‚ at that moment a plane flies over‚ to emphasise the plane is much higher and going extremely fast. Next there is a tilted angle looking at
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scene may be an elongated flashback or a memory. The opening shot fades in too show a low angle shot of a building‚ that is made too look very big due to the low angle shot. The building looks very modern and pristine therefore the audience assumes someone of a high order must work here. A posh car then drives into the frame‚ as text tells the audience the setting of the scene in Prague. The shot is a very long lasting static shot which gives the audience time to consume the setting for example
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Filmic Techniques Establishing shot • An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene‚ designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot. • To orientate the viewer to the flow of the narrative by alerting the audience to the beginning of a new sequence‚ but does not itself carry narrative information. Effect: When the director wants the responder (us) to understand the emotion being experienced by the character
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“girlfriend” and Ellis and Mud. The camerawork throughout these scenes helps to convey one the director’s intended messages. The message that love exists‚ but that heartbreak and disappointments are unavoidable is conveyed with the use of cuts‚ high and low angle shots‚ elements of the mise-en-scene‚
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Darabont consistently enforced features of human equation which majorly influence the audience’s interpretation. The director accomplishes this by including key themes of human kind such as hope‚ the simplicity in the different ways/uses of camera angles and the intense representation of lighting and how it is used for a greater understanding of characters. Without ambition humans are most likely to settle for fatalism‚ granting themselves no expectations throughout their life. Darabont was able
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Spaceship in modern day time. The camera is on a panning shot on Loki’s face‚ the lighting on his face is shadowed to show the mystery and uncertainty of his character. He senses that black widow is behind him and his facial expression shows happiness in the fact that he wanted her to be there. When black widow is shown on screen‚ the shot used is a long shot‚ this suggests that she is exposed to Loki and there is no where for her to hide. However‚ low key lighting is used on her‚ which means there could
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