Tuesday 30 November 2010

Cinematography

1.  Choose two extracts from different eras and analyse the cinematography?



The cinematography which has been used in this trailer is camera framing such as medium and close up shots.  This was used whenever filming the godfather himself such as showing his facial expressions towards the audience in order to feel how he is feeling, which gives the audience an idea about the tension and suspense in the film. Medium shots were used as you hardly ever saw his whole body instead you just saw above his waist line.  Also the background was quite dark which connotes enigma codes reason being as black is an evil and damp colour this could mean that something bad may happen in a particular scene. There is also long shots used in the trailer when the godfather is dancing with his partner in order to show of his body posture as well as his props, which then relates to his high status, due to having a posh event and having many people dressed smartly.


This is a still image from the film Avatar,  The camera framing in this picture is a close up due to just seeing their faces which creates a romantic scene due to both the characters close to each other.  It also seems as if there is a low camera angle due to looking up on the two characters.


This still image is from the film Halloween, and this appears to be a medium shot due to not being able to see his legs also it seems to be a low angle shot in order to create suspense and tension towards the audience due to looking up at the character which shows he is the dominant sex. Also by doing a low angle shot shows that he has more power and strength. This could also be a point of view shot due to just focusing on one character.


This still image is from the film Bad Santa and this is a medium shot which has been taking from the characters side view.  This shows more of the background which then gives the audience an idea of where the two characters are.  Also by doing a medium shot shows more of their body and props towards the audience as well as there facial expressions in order to give the audience an idea of what could happen next. 


This is a still image from the film Saw,  and as you can see the camera framing used in this still image is a close up in order to see the actors facial expression which creates a lot of tension and suspense towards the audience.  Also this is a point of view shot due to focusing just on the characters face.  The background and the objects used in this picture shows that the character is in trouble due to mainly his facial expression which connotes enigma codes. 

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