Birds eye shot-

This shot in Black panther shows Killmonger and t’challa falling through a mine fighting as they fall, this shot is very effective and makes the fight seem very genuine, as if they are fighting for something they believe in and care about, they are willing to throw each other down a 100ft odd drop in order to win, also this scene takes them to a train track where an emotional and exciting final fight takes place, so this scene and shot is important for setting up the ending of the film.

High angle shot-

Also from black panther, this extremely high and far out shot happens just after killmongers death, I think this is here as almost a representation of killmongers loss, this shot is just before the end of the film and is a final look over the country of Wakanda before the film ends. Almost like kill mongers final reminisence of Wakanda  before he dies.

Low angle shot-

This low angles shot of the camera looking up at groot is an incredibly emotional scene for the audience as this shot is from the rest of the crews perspective almost looking at him mutter the words “we are groot”. This is emotional as as we knew it the only words groom was capable of saying where “I am groot” so for him accepting the rest of his crew as almost family saying they are the same then sacrificing himself for the survival of the team.

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.

my example of good use of hair and makeup comes from the 1982 film ‘The Thing’. At this time cgi was not a developed asset and was still in its very early stages, so the producers if this film opted for a more practical approach and where able to create a shocking believable transformation. The way gore was still able to be implemented in such a good way form its time allowed the film to be scarier and more shocking for the audiance.

Use of close up- Digetic

My example of an effective use of this is a scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron where the very last form of Ultron is standing opposite his failed vision. This close up is used to show how weak and destroyed ultron is, to show that he has lost and he is truly powerless. During this scene Ultron and Vision have an almost father son conversation about themselves and humanity as a whole, and serves to make us almost feel bad for ultrons demise, while ultron is portrayed through all of it as weak and fragile vision is portrayed with powe, the close ups help with this as it makes it more personal as even though he is robotic his body language and voice are displayed to add emotion and impact to what he says.

Intra-diegetic –

The opening scene in Spider man homecoming is a first person montage of peter documenting his day where he is given his new suit etc. This montage is used to show how excited peter is and how keen he is to be helping and doing something good, this scene makes peter feel more relatable as he acts how any teenager who has been given super powers would act, overall this scene is great for portraying and building the character of peter Parker in the fan favorite way.

Extra-diegetic

In the film – Deadpool 2, the main character of deadpool constantly breaks the fourth wall and speaks to the audience, this is done for not only comedic purposes but is also a specific character trait of deadpool. Comedy is however definitely the main focus as deadpool constantly makes jokes referencing pop culture and previous films in the same cinematic universe which allows more devoted fans to almost feel some kind of recognition from the character of deadpool as some of the things he says will only be understood by people who have extensive knowledge of both the comic source material and the other films,

Cinematographer -a person who oversees or directs photography and camerawork in film-making, especially one who operates the camera.

Cinematography – the art of photography and camerawork in film-making.

I have chosen shots of the designs of a future earth from Wall-E.

Although this may not be a physically shot and acted out film, the design of the area or set is good as it adds to the effect of the narrative and suits the film perfectly, while serving as hyperbolic warning to humanity to keep our planet cared for.

Spike Lees view says that to tell a story around a political or racial view point you must belong to the group of people the story is about.

For example, a middle class white woman, in lees eyes, can not tell a story about working class black men. As she wouldn’t understand the struggles and hardships.

Do I agree?

• To an extent, as although I believe they could tell the story in. a possibly successful way, they wouldn’t be able to tell the story with as much meaning and understanding as someone who comes from the same background as the characters he is telling a story about as if they come from the same background, then they will have special insight into how day to day life is for the characters of the story, in turn making the story more realisitic and relatable  to the target audience.

My example of a good use of space in a film is this scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron

This use of space here is to show dominance and power in the character of Ultron.

This is done by having this shot seen below come in after Ultron has cut off the arm of the other character, Ulysses Klaw

This scene not only portrays ultron as a dominant character but also gives the audience a sense of his scale and size which again adds to this scenes portrayal of ultron as a large, scary and dominant character

Example of costume:

The example of good costume design in a film i will be using is Captain Americas ‘nomad’ costume in Avengers: Infinity war.

This is a good costume due to the contrast it has to his regular outfit.

As seen below, the later costume is worn, weathered and aged, all whilst missing the signature star that is usually sported on the front of his chest. This change of costume is significant as it is symbolic to Captain America’s character development, as he goes from being loved by the american people and government, to being wanted and  having to be in hiding from the government on the run hence the name being the ‘Nomad’ outfit, this is shown in his costume by the lack of the regular patriotic look, red white and blue gone, missing star and shield being replaced etc. This symbolism in the costume is what makes this a good costume design.

Additionally, him gaining long hair and a beard add to the idea that he has been on the run and not settled or maintained.

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