cinematography

cinematography

Cinematography

Touch of evil 1958

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4

Camera framing

Close up on the object at the beginning to show its significance in the movie later on. It is indicating the audiences that it might be a harmful object with could have a significant effect in the film.

High angle shot: when the couple is about to sit in the car. This is providing the audiences with a full view. It could be indicating an explosion because there was a close up on the bomb.

Medium shot: on the couple (3:24) could signify that they have an important role in the conspiracy regarding the bomb that was placed in the car.

Camera movement

Crane shot: high angle shot provides us with the whole view of the situation and signifies audiences of something significant is going to happen.

Tilt: when the camera (1:25) tilts downwards to provide us with more medium shots of characters

Tracking shot: (1:50) when the couple is walking. The camera is moving with the characters.

Clash of the Titans 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuufWRf1D5o

Camera framing:

Low angle shot: (0:18) when the creature appears, the low angle shot makes the creature looks superior and powerful

Medium shot: (0:23) we get to see his facial expression as well his body language. The filler lights used make him seem the “angel” or the “saviour” it adds to the medium shot

High angle shot: (0:29) we get to see the whole view of the army and the way they are united

Camera movement:

Tilt (0:56) it makes the situation seem dangerous

Crane shot: (0:31) the pace is slow which is making the character look more dramatic

media analysis

Lighting:

The main lighting technique used in this poster is back/top lighting. Although this is not creating a silhouette, it still gives a dramatic effect of the light from the back, making the side of his face and his shoulders appear brighter than the whole body. This also makes his face appear darker which connotes that he’s evil. Low key lighting has also been used which creates a dramatic contrast between the light and the dark (chiaroscuro). This creates a misty/rainy weather which might mirror the condition dramatic events take place in.

There are some bright highlights on the protagonist’s hair which connote that he might also have a ‘good’ side or that he is innocent which contradicts to what he is actually portrayed as. 

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MSX5lBGXLA

Lighting: 

Filler lights have been used right at the beginning of the video where we see filler lights on characters’ faces to enhance their terrifying expressions. Top lighting is been used in the next sequence where other two characters are looking up. This creates great contrast between the lighting in the background suggesting a significant event might occur. When we see the shot of the protagonist lying in bed, there is a contrast of dark on the left side and light on the male protagonist. This might be suggesting that the protagonist is innocent and the strange events are not caused by him

Year12 Trailer review
Production: Outsider
Genre: Horror

The plot of the trailer is that the female protagonist is harassed by a group of boys and gets tortured by their horrible verbal comments. She doesn't have the audacity to fight back which leads her to be raped by the group of boys, which is indicated by when the screen fades to black, and eventually dies. She then comes back as a ghost to take revenge on each one of them by killing them in their homes.
The use of non-diegetic sound eg. when the protagonist (as a ghost) appears to one of the character is effective in revealing the genre of the move.The instant shot eg. when one of the boys gets dragged into the room, the use of fast pace was extremely dramatic as it was instantly done. Expressions on the actors' faces were equally effective eg. the expressions on the female protagonist was very powerful, aggressive and violent. However, the expressions on the boys' faces were more terrfied, and frightened which indicates that something bad is going to happen to them. The female protagonist's hair covered her face  which could connote sense of enigma or mystery which again is the content of a horror movie.

www: They have used iconographies really effectively which clearly gives out the genre
          Good use of instant fast pace shots
Ebi :    If they had used more camera angles like close ups, long shots, panning, point of view shots etc

Year13 music video review
Production: I hate love Yousra Khaled

The plot of the music video is that the female lead and her boyfriend are happily in love and living their life but then a tragedy occurs when her boyfriend decieves her. She discusses this to her friend who suggests her to leave him and she throws him out of the house.
The main genre of this music video is relationship/love and break-up
The genre is identified by the lyrics of the song " I hate love"
Some of the scenes are flashbacks of her life and her good times with her boyfriend which is one of the common content of love genre. There are various types of shots used eg medium shot- when the girl is distressed, Long Shot- when her and her friend throws her boyfriend out of the house.

www: good use of camera shots
ebi: more iconographies