1. Low Angle – shot is taken from just below the head level but still includes the head.
2. Eye-Level Angle – the shot is taken from directly in front of the person, in line with their eyes.
3. High Angle – the shot is taken from slightly above the head, looking slightly down at the character giving a taller affect.
4. Worm’s Eye Angle – this shot will be very close to the floor looking up to the person maybe making them seem taller or more in power.
5. Canted Angle – this shot is taken at an angle, slightly off from the center line.
6. Bird’s Eye Angle – this angle is from what could be a birds angle, looking down at the person showing a wider view of the surroundings from above.

This angle from Harry Potter is an eye-level angle giving off the affect that Harry is staring directly at the audience, emitting an eerie feeling.

This shot from the film pirates of the Caribbean is at a birds eye view angle, this angle gives a feeling of depth and perception.

This angle is a canted angle, this is used to create dramatic affect to help portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action. In this specific scene Thor is reaching for the hammer with the canted angle so that the city behind him can be seen and all flow together.

Shot Types:

• Big or Extreme Close-up (BCU/ECU)
• Close up (CU)
• Medium Close Up (MCU)
• Medium Or Mid Shots (MS)
• Medium Long Shots (MLS)
• Long Shots (LS)
• Very Or Extreme Long Shot (VLS/ELS)
• Panoramic Shot (PS)

This shot from Star Wars is a long shot, it gives off the effect that there is a longer journey ahead and that there could be more to come, due to the fact that the camera is behind the character, showing a wide view of the desert ahead of them.

This shot is from the film Valerian, it is a medium shot, this shows detail in both the foreground and background, presenting a view of what has happened and what is currently happening.

This shot from Harry Potter is a close sot, it gives a clearer detail of the expression on Harry’s face so that the audience can feel and understand what Harry is feeling.

Cinematography definition:

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

Cinematographer definition:

A cinematographer is a person who oversees or directs photography and camerawork in film-making, especially operating the camera.

How is a cinematographer’s role different to that of a director?

The cinematographer is the head of the camera and lighting crew. They work beside with the camera operators, camera assistants, gaffers and the light grip crew. Whereas the director interprets the script and remodels it into a film.

Diegesis:

A diegetic perspective or “gaze” is expressed in terms of how the audience is being asked to look at the content or subjects on screen by the director. For example. What is being emphasized through the use of close up shots? Star Wars is an example of this because you watch the film unfold in front of you without feeling like you are in the film, this might have been used to create a more detailed view of the film so that the audience can see and understand each scene in the film.

The Intra-dietic gaze is when the audience are put in the place of character and being asked to see things from their point of view. A good example of this is Paranormal Activity because it makes the audience become the character and create the same emotions of fear that the other characters are going through during the movie.

The extra-diegtic gaze is when someone on screen addresses the audience directly by looking directly down the lens of the camera – sometimes known as “breaking the 4th war”. An example of this is in the film Deadpool where Deadpool looks and speaks to the camera, creating a feeling that you’re in the film and he is talking to you.

For this shoot, we wanted to make the character an old school gentleman, who has some dark secrets down below. I photo shopped 3 of the shots to maximize the effect. All shots, edited and unedited, are below:

We took these pictures in order to try and achieve the effect that I was running and wanted to get away from someone (a chase scene). We followed the rule: extra wide shot, wide shot, mid shot, close-up shot, and an extra-close shot.

Planning:

Our final shots are below:

This scene is from the film ‘The Graduate’, this shows mise – en – scene through multiple different aspects:

1. Costume Design

‘The Graduate’ is set in 1967 so the costume choice matches what would have been worn back then, this will give the whole scene a more realistic feel and give a sense of the era. Also, the specific clothing pieces in this scene are very formal and for the woman, dainty, and the men, masculine, this will give off the affect that they are semi-wealthy and present themselves in a way that is very professional. In the scene we can also see that each character has sunglasses on, most likely to protect them from the sun but perhaps for a deeper meaning, maybe something suspicious.

2. Set Design

Although not much of the set is displayed in the scene, we can still see some slight trees in the back right of the image and the sun blaring through the image, so obviously this scene is set outside, this could mean that they are heading somewhere or are just waiting outside for something. Having the sun being exposed in this scene creates the idea that it could be summer, further shown from the clothing being worn. This whole scene is very well planned out as the sun is nearly directly above them looking down at the camera so it looks as if the sun is leaning over them.

3. Lighting

The lighting in this scene is very bright and almost over exposed but this gives the affect that the sun will have been very bright and warm but also that it is the middle. From this the light comes over their shoulders and down into the camera creating a lens flare. This lens flare gives the scene a more vintage look reflecting back to when the film was set. Furthermore, the lightning gives the scene a more soft feel as the sun being over exposed makes the whole image seem brighter and smoother.

4. Space

The majority of the space in this scene is taken up from the four people towering over the camera to possible block out some necessary negative space. The rest of the image is filled up with some slight trees and the light coming from the sun so that the whole scene has a lot of places for the audience to look at. The director is specifically bringing our attention to the stance of the people and how they are looking over the camera.

5. Composition

The four people in the image are almost symmetrical however the background of the image is not. This further directs the audience’s eyes to the four people and for them to wait and see what happens next.

6. Hair and Make-up

The hair in this scene will reflect what people will have had in 1967 to again give the feeling of that era and for the characters to feel the role a little more. In the scene we can see that both of the woman hair is short and has some slight volume which will have been given to mimic the hair trend of that century. The men’s hair is neatly combed back and one of which has a side parting which was particularity popular in that time. For make-up the woman will have had a classic eye shadow, eyebrow and lipstick with maybe some blush for a touch of colour and the men would have either been natural or had some sort of concealer for specific areas of their face to make them seem smoother and to fit with the lighting.

Verisimilitude Definition: This is the appearance of being true or real, which in film means that the scenes look and feel very realistic. Verisimilitude is important because it allows the audience to be taken into the world of the film, so specific aspects can be easier understood and films can be more relatable to some people.

A film that I feel uses verisimilitude is The Adventures Of Huck Finn because Huck Finn’s speech makes his character more believable; I didn’t want to go back no more. This film shows a different way of living and takes the audience on the journey with Huck and Jim (an escaped slave). This film isn’t necessarily relatable but gives further understand of a different life style.

Blurring the boundaries means the inclusion of each part of the art spectrum ( Performance, Representational and Recording). So, I think that the original lion kind film blurs the boundaries because it uses representational art to create the frames and link them together as they are animated and were previously drawn. Also the film uses recording arts from the music in the film as it is a type of musical. However, the performance art isn’t used in the film but lion king is a musical in theaters as well, so includes both performance and recording arts, therefore further blurring the boundaries.

The Performance Arts:This happens in real time.

The Representational Arts: Depends on the established codes and conventions of language (both pictorial and literary) to convey information about the subject of the observer.

The Recording Arts: Provide a more direct path between subject and observer. They are media not without their own codes but qualitatively more direct than the media of the representational arts.

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