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Role 1 – Cinematography – inspiration

The Shining (1980) is a great example of cinematography because of the use of symmetry and one point perspective. For example the many corridor scenes. These demonstrate how even with all the alternate paths in the doors, there is only one way to go. This contributes to the implication of the hotel itself being alive, as if the characters being in the jaws of the beast and the only way forward is down the gullet.

Who's afraid of corridors? – Kvadrat Interwoven

An inspiring practitioner of cinematography is John Alcott who worked on The Shining (1980) with the director Stanley Kubrick

John Alcott, was an English cinematographer known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and The Shining (1980).

Match Cutting

Match on Action is when there is a cut to connect two or more similar actions e.g. a character falling over cutting to a tree falling over

Graphic Match is when there is a cut to connect two or more similar shapes

Eyeline Match is when there is a cut to connect a character to what they’re looking at, typically from a character’s perspective

J cut vs L cut

A J-Cut is when the audio from a scene starts playing during a preceding scene such that the audio is already playing when the cut happens

An L-Cut is when the audio from a scene continues through the start of the next scene such that the audio continues after the cut happens