Descriptive: Form Description One of the main contrasts of form in this piece is the shot type. Shot types are important to the composition of the video because they give the work a sense of variety. This piece uses extreme close up, wide shot, medium shot, two shot, as well as multiple camera angles. Extreme close ups are used in this piece to focus on an important aspect of the video. Close up shots fill the entire composition in order to focus on one main scene intensely. A wide shot is used when the piece is either transitioning into a new scene, or foreshadowing what is to come in an upcoming scene. Medium shots are closer than a wide shot, and is used to help the viewer become part of the action. An example of a two shot would be used when the shot has two people side by side or if the scene has dialogue. Finally, different camera angles are used at high, low and eye level depending on the scene. Another main contrast of form is lighting. Three light sources were used in this piece, each with varying levels of brightness. The lights illuminate the set around the scene. In some scenes the lighting is dulled down, other times the light is closer to the camera which makes the scene brighter. Lighting is also used to put emphasis on depth and also to enhance focal points. Lighting not only helps to make important parts of the piece stand out it also enhances the composition. In addition to camera angles and light, another prominent visual characteristic of this piece is the focus of lens. Some shots in the piece are intentionally focused and other parts are intentionally blurred, broken and are not focused. When the video goes from focused to blur it depicts a scene of sleeping and/or sickness. The use of focus of ... ... middle of paper ... ... vibrant color, then it would create a higher contrast. Overall, making the images stand out from the font. On the contrary, the font size in the video was very different, and in order to catch the viewers eye there needed to be more consistency with font and color. When the viewer cannot read the information, it is useless and becomes a negative ascent to the entire project. To modify these scenes I could work more on verbal communication. There are no words being spoken to help drive home meaning. The viewer has to interpret from actions alone. The last change I would make is to not over complicate the video. The video has to many angles that become unimportant and confusing. For the next project I will simplify camera angles and lighting. I need to take a step back from this project, learn from it, and make stronger work that has more positives than negatives.
These techniques are significant as it leads the viewers into contemplating about their own High Schools, creating emotional introspection. As a younger viewer it also enables me to empathise with the students being a similar age to the victims of the massacre. The severity of the situation is also felt through the use of sound as the audience can hear the trembling and distraught tones from the emergency calls. Archival sound footage further strengthens the authenticity of the crisis. As the distressed voices are heard as a voice-over, paired with the solemn sound of the acoustic guitar, the camera techniques further complements the disaster.
...the reflective camera work and the metaphorical visuals. In the film, it is likewise the language of the camera that creates the spectacle.
There is a brilliant use of diagonal dimensions in this scene in the railing behind the hearse, again sending a message of disorganization and anxiety. There is also the use of movement here as a gentle breeze ruffles the hair of the character, almost as a caress, and it is a stark contrast to the underlying sense of danger. The brightly colored almost cartoon-like use of the graffiti hearse and the colorful signs as dominate contrasts suggest that there is bit of hope for the characters in this film. At second 5 the scene changes to a center framed shot with the main character shot at a quarter turn. The subsidiary focus is the characters in the background who also are at a quarter turn. The shot is with a hazy lens to depict their secondary significance to the main character. The lighting used here is both high and low key with the emphasis in high key lighting on the center foreground character to draw the viewer’s eye to him. He also appears taller than the subsidiary characters to reinforce his status as the
"Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" Laura Mulvey asserts the fact that in mainstream films, women are simultaneously looked at and displayed. That is to say, the woman is both an object of desire and a spectacle for the male voyeuristic gaze. The male's function is active; he advances the story and controls the gaze onto the women. Interestingly, the spectator identifies with the male through camera technique and style. In an effort to reproduce the so-called natural conditions of human perception, male point-of-view shots are often used along with deep focus. In addition, camera movements are usually determined by the actions of the male protagonist. Consequently, the gaze is dominated by the active male while the passive female exists to support desire within the film. In an attempt to change this structure, Mulvey stresses the importance of challenging the "look." One way this is accomplished, is in the film Reassemblage, where the look of the camera is free from male perspective and dominated more by passionate detachment. In doing this, the filmmaker, Trinh Minh-Ha attempts to destroy the satisfaction and pleasure derived from images of women in film, by highlighting the ways Hollywood depends on voyeuristic and fetishi...
A close-up angle shot is used for many reasons, such as to show the emotion of a character. During the boxing matches, close-up shots are used to show the impact of the fight, and the struggles each component endures. Wide shots are also often used during the film, ‘Cinderella Man’ to show the entirety of the actor’s bodies and some of the setting. This shot is commonly used during the scenes of the boxing matches to display the setting and surrounding of the boxing matches. With this shot the audience is able to comprehend the suspense and uncertainty of the match. Ron Howard takes advantage of the cinematic devices to grasp each viewer of the film, and theoretically take them into the moment of physically watching the boxing matches occur live. Similarly, medium shots are utilized through the boxing match scenes to show one or more people from the knees, or waist up. It is a close enough shot for the audience to read the emotion on a person’s face which furthermore interprets the body language conveyed. This cinematic devices are extremely valuable in displaying character emotions, the seriousness of a situation, and the setting to fully adapt to the true meaning of boxing during the Great Depression. Moreover, the audience is capable to connect and reflect with the characters as each cinematic device demonstrations the struggles the characters
For example, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Burton implements dim lighting during meaningful moments and bright lighting during more vibrant moments. This effectively conveys the tone set for the scene and maintains a clear balance in the scene. This helps the audience clearly understand the scene’s characteristics and its meaning to the film. Similarly, in Edward Scissorhands (1990) Burton utilizes lighting to set contrast between the characters. The superficial town is set in a bright, sunny setting, however, the lives the characters lead are quite the opposite of bright. These individuals spend their free time judging others and have no individuality whatsoever. Furthermore, Edward, one of the only characters who is kindhearted, is portrayed in dull, dark lighting. The lighting contrasts with his sweet personality to emphasize who is accepted and who is not. This contrast helps the audience understand the contradicting worlds of Edward and the frivolous town. In addition, in Big Eyes (2014) Burton implements lighting to show the slow transition of Margaret Keane’s life. The lighting depicts the dulling of her life as she faces troubles in her life. The use of lighting here helps the audience see the clear transition in Margaret Keane's life and clearly understand the conflict in her life. Similarly, Burton utilizes lighting in his films
When I watching this movie, I notice that I felt less separation from the movie. Initially I could not find a reason for that but, soon after I realize that the camera is not static but it wobbling slightly. In most movie, camera does not move and it creates the frame. In the other hand, this movie’s handheld camera type of camera works imitate the human eyesight feeling and make people feels like to experience the event in a movie as a one of the character. In this perspective, do not explain too much about the detail is emphasizing this experience. Consider these things, I really excited and enjoyed couple of scene which are the running through battle field and engaging to the baby. In the every day world, both scene is pretty rare to experience. For the battle field scene, majority of the people have avoiding to be in there so that is rare. The engaging to the baby experience is quite normal event for most people and of course it is grate experience but, in this movie setting, baby is extremely rare and seeing baby is truly miracle event. To emphasize and provide this miracle event, this camera work is perfect to apply.
The lighting in the performance was fairly basic, for the large majority of the play the lighting was constant. It’s primary use was for functionality purposes, such as to light up the stage so the audience could see, and not to convey any special meaning or set any kind of mood. There were two different types of instances were the lighting would change, too show a passage of ti...
Niccol uses long-over-the-shoulder camera shots of Vincent looking up into the sky at rockets leaving for Titan when he is working at Gattaca to showcase his ambition as he is metaphorically ‘reaching for the stars’. This humanizes Vincent making his character more relatable to the audience and allows them to feel empathetic towards him as having ambition is a human ideal. Subsequently, Niccol utilizes close-up facial shots and unfixed camera movements while Vincent is swimming against Anton for the time. The close-up shots of Vincent’s face highlight his struggle as the audience can see the pain and tiredness on his face, causing them to empathize with him. Continuing with this the camera is unfixed, therefore it is positioned to be follow the chaos of the waves and ocean. This positions the audience to experience the same chaos and struggle, Vincent must power through, making them feel as if they will also drown if they do not swim, furthermore making the audience empathize with his character. The non-diegetic sounds of orchestral music using crescendo and layering the texture, builds the tension further and emphasizes Vincent’s struggle and his determination to overcome the obstacles he must face. This causes the audience to experience tension and empathize with his plight.
Just about everyone can voice their opinions on a film that viewed as we all do after leaving the theatre. It may be found to be useful when a friend or individual is interested in seeing the film themselves. However, I believe the only way that you could understand a film is by analyzing the film beyond the average person. When one begins to analyze they begin to develop an understanding of the film and may grow to love the film. The director Hitchcock is a fairly well known director. He has directed many different films from Vertigo to Psycho that are found to be popular with the viewers. In this paper I am going to analyze certain elements that spoke out to me during the film. Those elements that spoke to me the most during the film was the lighting techniques, camera movement, and symbols.
Bordwell and Thompson (2008) believe that cinematography is how a shot is filmed. In the selected scene, there are many close-ups on Morpheus’s face and Neo’s face. A close-up means the focus is on their expressions (Lacey, 1988). This suggests that Morpheus and Neo are important characters in the film, which is why so much attention is being given to their expressions, and how they feel. There is a long shot near the beginning, and is used to set the scene (Lacey, 1988). This gives viewers an awareness of the setting. There are extreme close-ups, which are used when showing Morpheus’s hands, and his eyes. Bordwell and Thompson (2008) believe an extreme close-up magnifies and isolates an object. Morpheus has a pill in each of his hands, and an extreme close-up emphasizes that these pills are an important part of the story. In the third extreme close-up of Morp...
In addition, the elements of lighting can be a supplement to a visual story with alluring amount of light and darkness. Firstly, light versus dark is a complex theme in the film. It is looking at terms of the film’s images with use of lighting, day and night, and use of color. Second, is the way the film examines the dark recesses of the human mind and its dimensions of evil. For example, in one scene in the film, Marion Crane gets to know Norman Bates a little too well. Norman states, “Well a boy’s best friend is his mother”. There is an alluring shadow behind Norman Bates, as a shadow is not seen from Crane. It was implied in the film that Bates was deranged and had multiple personal...
The camera is always at the level of the actors, as if someone is holding it. The camera is always at the level of the characters, even when it is moving. It never appears to come from different angles, a stable of Italian Neorealist films. There also appears to be very little staged lighting in the various shots.(That is, lighting that is purposely placed.) Instead, the lighting appears to be natural from the sun. To go along with that, it is apparent that there has been very little editing done. For instance, techniques such as straight cut, fade, or dissolve are not used (here or anywhere in the film.) Also, means such as cross cutting or matching shots are not employed. These stylistic features of the scene are consistent throughout the film, and are overarching qualities in Italian Neorealist
Forth are Lighting and color. In case of Lighting, this film uses High key light that makes this film look like natural light and feel warm. In the case of color, some scene of this film use warm color to express love and warmth to audience such as in the wedding scene or some scene use dark color to express about sad feeling such as funeral scene and in scene that Rosie knows her dad was died. I think in some scene if you watch it in HD, it’s very beautiful such as in scene that Rosie drinks a cup of coffee and thinks about the past in sunset time because Lighting and color of sunset time is very
Due to the film’s quality and interest it became an award winning film. The film had excellent sound effects such as the battle scenes. The image quality was also outstanding; it used many different angles to depict the actor to make you feel involved in the scenes. In the action scenes the most common viewpoint used was a close up shot which allows the audience to see and feel the intensity of the scene. The second viewpoint mostly used was a tracking shot due to the actors c...