DIEGETIC GAZE – THE INTERNAL, BELIEVABLE, WORLD. WE’RE WATCHING THIS WORLD AND ITS CONTENT. (E.G, PARASITE)INTER DIEGETIC GAZE – AUDIENCE ARE PLACED IN A VIEWPOINT INSIDE OF THE STORY (E.G, AS ABOVE SO BELOW, FOUND FOOTAGE)EXTRA DIEGETIC GAZE – FOURTH WALL BREAKING, CHARACTERS KNOW AND TALK TO AUDIENCE (E.G, AMERICAN PSYCHO + WOLF OF WALL STREET)
SHOT ANGLES
LOW ANGLE SHOT – SHOWS THE CHARACTERS LOOKING DOWN ON OTHERS, SHOWS POWER DYNAMICS .HIGH ANGLE SHOT – VERY ISOLATING SHOT, MAKES US AWARE OF DANNY’S VULNERABLILITY.BIRDS EYE VIEW SHOT – SHOWS US THE PARTY SCENERY WHILE STILL ISOLATING THE TWO IMPORTANT CHARACTERS.
SHOT DISTANCES
LONG SHOT – GIVES US A VIEW OF THE SCENE AROUND HIM, CONTEXT MEDIUM SHOT – WE SEE THE SCENERY WHILE EMPHASISING FOCUSING ON THE TWO CHARACTERS. WE SEE THEIR MOVEMENTS AS WELL AS THEIR EMOTIONS. CLOSE UP SHOT . THE SHOT ABOVE FEELS CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND PERSONAL. IT CAN GIVE INTIMATE FACE DETAILS WE MIGHT MISS IN OTHER SHOT DISTANCES AND THEREFORE CAN EFFECTIVELY CONVEY STRONG EMOTIONS TO VIEWERS.
CAMERA MOVEMENTS
TRACKING SHOT – EFFECTIVE FOR HORROR. WE DON’T SEE ANY MORE THAN THE CHARACTER DOES, TRIES TO MAKE US TENSE OR ANXIOUS
CRASH ZOOM SHOTS- CONVEYS ENERGY AND REACTIONS WELL
CRANE SHOT- WE CAN SEE ABSOLUTLEY EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENING IN THE SCENE.
DEPTH OF FIELD
“Depth of field is the area of acceptable sharpness in front of and behind the subject on which the lens is focused. It essentially refers to how blurry or sharp the area is around your subject. The camera’s aperture controls this blurriness and sharpness by adjusting the size of the opening in the lens.” – STUDIOBINDER
shallow focus – one part of the frame is in focus, the rest is out of focus. Can be used to isolate a subject.
deep focus – everything within the shot is in focus. fore-ground , middle-ground and background in focus.
Near the climax of the film, where the lift doors open to let loose a torrent of blood which near-destroys the hotel lobby. It’s especially memorable since we’ve seen flashes of it in Danny’s visions, but never paired with the powerful music (Utrenja – Kanon Paschy) we hear in the scene.
