In Cloverfield, they use an Inter-Digetic Perspective throughout the whole film. This is used to give the audience a new perspective, like they’re one of the characters in the film. It also gives us less information about the film, leaving us to guess more. Stuff like not knowing so much about the monster, or what other characters are thinking. you only know as much s the character does.
Close up –
This close up shot of the character of spiderman dying in his mentor, tony stark’s, arms is used to press emotion onto the audience. The two characters have a sort of father son dynamic as peter doesn’t have a father figure and tony wants a child, because of this a relationship has been set up with the characters across a few prior films that really makes this shot heartbreaking for fans and used to show the weight of thanos’ victory on the other characters as well as the audience.
Big close up –
This close up is mainly used to divert the audiences expectations, as as Thor arrives at the big final fight in the film everything is set up to be a last minute victory for the heroes, and this close up of the “bad guy” of the film, Thanos, with a giant axe in his chest and a pained look on his face gives an audience the impression that the heroes had won, this is also shown in the positioning of the characters, while thor is higher up and holding thanos’ head while thanos looks so weak he cant even hold his head up straight, however at the last second the bad guy completes his plan and the heroes lose, which has a massive impact on the audiance as it was the opposite of what they expected.
Long Shots –
These long shots are used to show the scale of the war. They are there to show the stakes of this fight, the characters know that if they lose this fight they lose half the people on the planet, so they need as many people as they can get, and these shots show the audience how many people are risking their own life for a greater cause, these shots inspire the audience and make them feel their heroes have a chance, which in this film is important as this whole fight is used to build up the audiences expectations of the heroes victory, only to crush these expectations with thanos’ eventual victory.
An example of a medium long shot is in the film The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan). This had the effect that it presented the severity of the explosion.
An example of a close up shot is The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick) I think that the effect was that the viewer was that they see the antagonists face and the emotions that they are portraying.
An example of an extreme close up is in Revenge Of The Sith (2005, George Lucas) I think that the viewer would notice the details of General Grievous
“Saving Private Ryan” (Steven Spielberg,1998) uses diegetic gaze well because it helps the audience to focus on the characters in the closeup rather than the background. The background has been blurred out and therefore one can only focus on the actor in the foreground. Due to this, the audience can really feel the emotion and the audience gets a very good idea of what is actually happening to the character specifically rather than just seeing the development of the narrative.
a Digetic is used in point of the film of Johnny English. Throughout most of the film this film is a comedy, but there are point where things became serious, and in those moments the Cinematographer has used a Digetic perspective to get that across.
Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008) Uses intra-diegetic gaze throughout the whole film. It is taken from the perspective of one of the survivors and often we can see that the camera is very shaky since it is meant to represent someone walking. This causes the audience to feel vulnerable and empathetic towards the characters in the film.
The Dark Knight
Long Shot: The most iconic shot in the Dark Knight is when Batman stares down when standing on a rubble. The audience will feel surprised as this is the first time they have seen Batman fail. As well this shot captures the fallen rubble what shows how Batman’s world has collapsed.
Close Shot: Joker speaking to Harvey Dent after his face is burned. This close shot could be seen as how alike Dent is to the Joker but also is used to hide what Dent has become.
Mid-Long Shot: Joker in prison where he is calm and relaxed. By showing most of his body and focusing on his posture what shows him not being anxious but collected foreshadowing what is to come in the next 2 scenes with him.
“the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (1966, Sergio Leone) uses extra diegetic close-up shots very well. Generally, they are used to show the raw emotion that the actor is displaying. A close up on an angry face will make the audience feel their rage, a close up on a scared person will make them feel their anxiety. extra diegetic close-up shots are very good at making the audience feel empathetic towards the actors as the emotions are so powerful, it is as if the audience are feeling it themselves.
Cinematography is the use of camera work, photography and framing of shots in film-making. the role of cinematographer differs from the role of a director as it is only focused purely on the camera-work elements in film making. These elements include controlling camera movement, shots and framing, as well as angles, shot distances and depth of field.
Deadpool(2016 , directed by Tim Miller) is a great example of the Extra digetic gaze being used effectively because it is used for comedic impact and in that regard , the technique is incredibly effective and it helps to include us in the inner world of the character. Furthermore ,Deadpool is the only Character to break the fourth wall and this adds to the comedic effect of the film.
This scene from The Man from U.N.C.L.E(2015 , directed by Guy Ritchie) uses digetic perspective to put emphasis on the main character Napoleon Solo – this conveys the fact that he is a pivotal character within the narrative as the focus is on him specifically and all of the other people in the frame are out of focus and blurry and this lets the audience know that they are unimportant.
This Scene from The Good , The Bad and the Ugly(1966 , directed by Sergio Leone ) famously utilizes the intra digetic gaze – the two opponents are glaring at each other and they have a tense stand -off and the gaze helps to build up the tension within the scene and it tells the audience that the two characters absolutely despise each other.