We planned our camerawork - camera angles, camera movement and shot types -in advance of filming. It is an integral part of our storyboard.
We again watched the rich texture of camerawork in Les Bleus de Ramville on The Art of the Title
We also watched other student film openings that successfully create the key thriller codes of enigma, suspense and jeopardy.
Scene 1
Close-up on a large butchers knife with nothing else in shot apart from the hand holding it.
Mid shot - boy using the knife violently.
Close up - the fish that he had just chopped the head off.
Point of view shot - boy looking at his watch.
Full body shot - boy taking off his apron.
Low angled shot - the skateboard that he is about to get onto.
Scene 2
Low angle shot - focusing on the wheels of the skateboard
- This shows an expression of freedom.
- This is to express the type of music
Bryn is listening too and also shows the contrast of music and the
atmosphere, when he witnesses a murder.
Worm shot - Bryn looking up at bully
- This is to show his helplessness as it makes the victim seem so much smaller and less powerful compared to the bully.
- This shows his authority as it makes the bully look much bigger then the victim on the floor.
- This brings the audiences attention to the victim and makes them empathise with them.
Close up shot - murderer holding knife
- I plan to use close-ups of hands as I have seen how effective tight framing is in directing the audiences attention to specific actions as well as creating enigma by with holding elements of visual information;
- for example, in the opening sequence to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, a hand is opening a parcel, and the audience is prevented from seeing any more that the tight framing of the hand and parcel, which turns out to be a gift of a framed picture of a plant.
- When the camera pulls back, it is revealed that there have been a seies of such gifts, now all displayed on the study wall. The audience is intrigued to discover the mystery behind the gifts. Such enigma motivates audiences to keep watching.
Mid shot - murderer stabbing victim
- I plan to use this shot type because it shows the point pf view of the murderer and the relative positions of both
- It also puts the victim in the inferior position that shows his vulnerability.
- This sort of shot is repeatedly used in crime drama.
- I intend to mix panning shots from left to right, right to left and tilt pans up and down in order to give my film work textual richness and interest. When I analysed Les Bleus de Ramville in detail, the opening sequence showed great variety in its camerawork, moving seemlessly from panning shots to tracking shots, then table-top shots to animation. I intend to aim for an equal level of richness if possible to keep the audience interested.
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