cinematography- activity 4

CAMERA MOVEMENTS-

PAN- a pan movement is when the base remains in a fixed position, but the camera pivots left or right. This is used to allow the audience to see more of the scene and see where the character moves. An example of this is in Wolf of Wall Street when the camera shifts to Jordan before he speaks. This causes the audience to focus on him and the background characters.

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TILT- In Captain America The Winter Soldier, tilt is used in this scene to shift our attention on Steve walking in and highlight the importance of the situation which is indicated by their facial expressions; this camera movement is direct and spontaneous.

ZOOM IN – by using the zoom in effect the audiences attention is directed towards a specific point in the scene. In this scene from “American Horror Story- Cult” we are zoomed into Ally as her phobia of clowns starts to show. In this scene Ally finds her son’s Oz’s comic book of Twisty the Clown Chronicles and at that point the audience realiez her paralyzing fear that she is experiencing .

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