Techniques Used In The Film 'Medium Shot'

Within the excerpt, the directors began with a medium shot. I understood the importance of making the viewer feel a part of the trio, therefore the condensed shot caused this; also, it allowed the musical announcement to have a greater emphasis on joy by beginning at a medium shot then zooming outwards as the characters spread apart. Once

In Danny Boyle’s film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, a vast range of effective film techniques are used to communicate not only transitions and character traits/personalities, but also the ideas of how power can corrupt individuals, and how ideas can be communicated, such as how ambition can enhance an individual, or be the reason for their downfall, and how our past informs our future; our outcome in life is determined by where we’ve come from. They are able to visualise this with the three main characters. The protagonist Jamal, the antagonist Salim and Latika.

The second way why cinematography made the film is because the camera shots during the film were very close to one other. It did become kind of confusing many times during the film. Now you would see medium shots more than any other one during the film. There were also long shots that were shot alongside the medium shots so long shots would

There aren’t very many special effects involved which added a natural, country feel to the movie. When Hilly drove her car to Skeeter’s house the camera shot from above with an open angle. The scene continues with their conversation, where Hilly is filmed from above Skeeter’s head shooting down on her, whereas Skeeter is filmed from Hilly’s shoulder height looking up at her. This shows that Hilly is inferior to Skeeter. The camerawork also employs zooms, such as when Aibileen is leaving in the final scene, and Mae Mobley recites the three sentences Aibileen taught her. This increases the importance of the scene, and gives introspect into the intimacy of their relationship. The camerawork creates an optimistic viewpoint when the camera incorporates wide angles, for example, when Minny is looking at Celia’s house for the first time, or when Skeeter is talking to her job editor in New York. A low-to-high tilt shot was used when the movie was introducing Celia Lightfoot that drew attention to Celia’s physique.

In a film, the producer or director has many opportunities to use a variety of camera angles. In film A, even before any words are spoken, the camera shows a medium shot of the country house, followed by shots of activity, tables being laid, and food being prepared, then, the camera goes into close-up mode and it picks out various items of food, and then theseus. Then, the camera pans across the landscape. This gives you an idea of where the play is set and what is

Spike Lee does many fascinating things from a directorial standpoint, which makes his film (dare I say, joint), Do the Right Thing so interesting to watch. Writer, director Lee makes much use of the high and low angle shots. He does this to draw clear contrasts between the two elders of the block, Da Mayor and Mother Sister and to make conflict more apparent.

The camera mainly follows Hally. Hally would move toward the camera while the camera pans up, revealing his main role in the film which also helps the audience to focus what is significant at that given moment. Over the shoulder shots were used when Hally and Sam were having a conversation. These shots helps to establish the positions of Hally and Sam. It shows how Hally truly feels about his father coming back from the hospital as well as how Sam tried to help Hally. The use low-angle and high-angle shots when Hally and Willie were about to play the shooting game place the audience into the scene. The High-angle shot makes Hally seem like more powerful and the low-angle shot makes Willie seem less powerful. It also makes the scene more dramatic.

'Shawshank Redemption' directed by Frank Darabont is a compelling film about the life of one of its prisoners, Andy. many film techniques were used through out the film as a clever way of conveying main themes. This essay is going to examine how Darabont used camera angles and colour effectively in this film to portray the idea of power.

This shows that Pilbara is a very desert-like and country land. The film uses under shots to make viewers feel small and over shots to make the viewer feel big. An undershot in the movie is when the men place bets on how fast Red Dog can eat. This makes us feel intimidated and scared and small. Over the shoulder shots are used when characters are talking and close-ups on the faces when they are talking. This lets viewers see the reactions and expressions on the characters face when listening and talking. Medium shots are used to show viewers a bigger area of the targeted character. Long shots are used to show the character and where they are. It shows viewers the landscape and gives people an idea of where the character is at that point of time. Close up shots are used to focus on the characters face and to show emotions in detail. This is especially needed in a movie like Red Dog because you have a character who cant speak and the only way to show his reactions is through facial expressions and body language. Eye level Angle is used to show things in the characters perspective at their eye level hence the name. It's really good for what they call a real life affect. This is an example of Red Dogs view its good to see how big it looks to

Being a science fiction fan during his childhood, he worked his way in producing several highly acclaimed science fiction movies such as Avatar, Aliens, and the Terminator. Born on August 16, 1954, in Ontario Canada and later moved to California to finish his college at California State University. In order to pursue his dreams in cinematography, he worked as a truck driver and would work on screenplays. Then his career began from an art director in Battle beyond the Stars (1980) to directing various films. Now, he is an Oscar-winning director whose films Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009) remains the top grossing films of all time. He has won various awards from different sides of the world, Norway, France, and the United Kingdom. Mise-en-scenes were well incorporated in each of James Cameron’s movies especially for science fiction movies that used elegantly crafted visuals.

The director of the movie(Frances Ford Copolla) has a very good use of montage, and long shots. Capolla starts off the movie with an extrodonary shot of an undertaker saying "this is America." Which gives a glimpse of how haunting the film is going to be? A good use of long shots is perfect when the camera pans around the long shot as Mikey takes on the responsibility of getting revenge for his fathers shooting. Also a good example of Copolla’s long shots is when the film is about to end and there is a shot of Diane Keaton looking so innocent and really knowing nothing of the family business. In the film, montage is used in the baptism scene. The shots cut when all the highly religious questions are asked of Mike, and then the shots start cutting back in forth from the killings of the head’s of the other top five family’s and the baptism, portraying mike as a changing person(a god man to an evil one.)

A long shot of the family on fathers day is presented to show the audience the whole family, feel the connection and the emotions during the scene, Daryl is shocked by the gifts that he has received and states ‘ That is going straight into the pool room’. This shows the audience that the pool room is every important to the family. Daryl, believes in his home, this includes doing all the renovations and his wife completing the decorations. Introducing the film, Daryl describes and introduces the audience to his home, stating the importance and all the renovations he has completed, this includes wide shots and pans across each renovation, the pool room and the greyhound house. Providing a wide shot and pans across objects, allows the audience to acknowledge each item that is sentimental to

One particular scene uses close up to effectively show the emotions displayed on Mani and Lola’s face. Mani portraying fear and anguish while Lola has a face of stress and her body language gives of the feel of her feeling responsible. This scene takes places as the start of the film and gives the story of the plot and an opening to the story. Close ups are used to get the audience's empathy or connection to the character. It gives a clear view of the emotions that are being depicted by both Lola and Mani.

The signs of the time are also shown through the use of specific camera shots, which humble the characters and show their frailty. Long Shots, in particular, are used to exemplify the smallness of the characters (without power) in the vastness of the world around them. In the scene in which the

In the Truman show, the theme of audience manipulation is greatly portrayed through the different camera shots used. The director uses many different camera shots to emphasize specific actions throughout the film. Eye-level shots, close-up shots, and high-angle shots are