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Showing posts with label Shot Analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shot Analysis. Show all posts
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Monday, 1 November 2010
Here is a great example of how low angle shots are used in film. In this scene it's used to demonstrate power. The woman has more power than the man in this seen. We can come to this conclusion because the camera angle is always viewing the man as the lower person. The lower you are the less power you seem to have.
Friday, 29 October 2010
Crash Zoom:
Here is a great example of the crash zoom. In this clip it resemble s a meteorite crashing in to Earth. The speed of the camera zoom, makes the screen shake which is always apparent when travelling at high speeds. In the cinema the audience would definately feel like they're crashing into the earth. This is the director's intention, to make the audience feel like they're actually there.
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Panning Shot:
Here you can see a great example of the panning shot. Althought it's not a clip from a film it's just as effective. The point of the shot is to show as much of the immediate scenery as possible. In most films you can only see from one camera angle throughout a scene and you can't everything in the actor's immediate surroundings.
Whip Pan Shot:
In this clip you see two actors in 1970s martials arts film. This type of shot is very common in this genre of film. Here one of the actors puts his hand on Bruce Lee and then the camera quickly swivels to the next scene. This emphasises the action involved in this film and also the mood of the time period in the film.
Worm's eye view:
The worm's eye view is the exact opposite of bird's eye view. Here we can a man walking a long the street. The camera angles resembles the view of a worm in the ground. This gives power to the man walking as he's made bigger. This shows how easily power can change by just adjust the camera angle.
Reverse Track Shot:
In this scene(Goodfellas) the camera focuses completely on the two actors in the shot. Outside of the window beside them you can see cars and pedestrians passing by. The effect of the reverse track shot here makes the outside world merely just a blur compared to the clarity presented inside where the two actors are. This could represent the fact that the actor's are completely oblivious to the outside world. Also in the shot we can assume that something bad is about to happen by the way the camera circles in on them. It's not an inviting way of circling in, it's almost intrusive and ultimately menacing
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Tracking Shot:
This scene from "I Am Cuba" showcases a perfect example of a tracking shot. The difference is the camera doesn't really focus on one person. At first it focuses on a woman ,then a man,a group of people and it finishes by following the dead person coverd in a flag being carried. Especially in the end of the video it's almost as if they are trying to resemble someone looking down from the heavens below. This is because the camera is too high for it to resemble a person and too low to resemble any type of aircraft.
Birds Eye View Shot
1:24-1:25
In this scene Batman trying to escape from the polices cars chasing the Batmobile behind him. At first the camera is at about a 70 degree angle then it levels up to 90. This effect makes the audience actually feel like a bird in the sky by the camera imitating the action of a bird in fly. This is because bird don't ever stay at on height or at the same speed when in flight. Also it amplifies action of the scene because for most of it , the camera is directly on the Batmobile. But using the bird's eye view allows the audience to the street,the police cars and the Batmobile.
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