Cinematography and digesis activity 4

This dolly shot is from Malcom X (1992 , directed by Spike Lee) and in this scene , Malcom is on his way to give the speech where he will be assassinated. Lee has put both the actor and the camera on a dolly and this makes Malcom look like he’s floating like a ghost which may make the audience feel a sense of foreboding because they know what is about to happen.

This is the opening shot of Touch Of Evil (1958 , directed by Orson Welles ) and it is one continuous tracking shot which follows the main characters through a crowded street. The audience will be jolted out of their expectations because continuous tracking shots are notoriously difficult to execute and hence they are rarely attempted.

This example of a zoom shot is from The Shining (1980 , directed by Stanley Kubrick) and it makes the audience feel uncomfortable because before this scene , the audience were unsure weather Jack was going to go insane and in this scene we go from Jack hacking down the door to a close up of his deranged face and this would scare thee audience.

This pedestal shot is from Toy Story (1995 , directed by John Lassiter) is the establishing shot for Buzz Lightyear and it immediately makes it seem like he thinks he is superior to everyone else and this may make the audience begin to dislike him because they may think that Buzz is vain and has a superiority complex.

 

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