Camera still practices

Worm's eye/low angle shot, portrait - shows the object/animal/person has power over everything else, or show the character in a patriotic and proud way.  May also show fear or build up suspense as you feel small and vunerable against the character.

Worms eye, close up - This may also show the character's status of being powerful, proud, scary or dominant.  But the purpose of the close up may show the inner feeling/detail of the character.

High shot - This may show either how you are stronger than the object, making the object look vunerable or small/weak to you. 

Low angle shot, worm's eye - Shows the importance but also inner - detail or expression of the object.

Over the shoulder shot - Shows what the person is seeing/puts the audience in the view of the character.

Over the shoulder shot -  Shows what the person is seeing/puts the audience in the view of the character.

Damien Walters - Freerunning

I like some of the camera angles and techniques used in this video as they "keep the momentum going" as some of them follow on with Damien as he does the stunts.  This is a good camera angle as it continues the action and gets the audience moving with the stunt man.  Examples like this would be tracking shots as he is running along and performing the stunts.  This is a good way of keeping the momentum going through the video as it lets the audience "run along" with him.

Other camera angles/techniques would be examples such as worm's eye view and also the use of the camera in the corner of the whole scene.  These shots would help show his power or show how small he is from the whole scene.  This helps the audience as it supplies a sense of excitement as the camera's present him as a 'strong' and 'dominant' freerunner

Camera Practice shots

Worm's eye view shot/low view shot

Camera practice shots

Close up/portrait shot

Tilt shot

Worms eye/low shot

Extreme close up

Over looking shot

Camera shots

Worm's Eye shot-

High shot-

Over the shoulder shot-

Long shot-

Close up-

One Missed Call camera and film techniques

Some of the techniques used in this film would be good examples to use in thrillers, because in this film, everytime there is a missed call from the "things" that are haunting the characters, they hear themselves "die"on the speakerphone.  This is a good effect to use in thriller films as it adds a bit of suspense and confusion as it gets the audience to wonder who is calling them, what the noise is, and if/or they already know what it is, then they'd expect trouble and would brace themselves for it.

They also use effects in the film to cause phsycological fear as well as there is an essence of 'you're always being watched' and that everywhere you look, the "thing" is looking back at you and is following you.

One of the camera and movie effects used was where the character drives past the window to see a child looking at her.  As she drives on, the "thing" appears behind the child.  This is a good effect and also technique to use as it shoots the audience with tension as to why it is there, what will happen, and it also triggers that phsycological fear again as you see the ghost again.

There are a lot of camera angles used in the film and in these parts of the film, such as: - Shot reverse shots, close ups, pans, tracking shots, worms eye view, over the shoulder and high camera shots.  These are all used as a purpose to keep the action going/keep the thrill or suspense going, show fear or to make someone or something look bigger and more powerful that anything/one else in the film.  The pan/tracking shot used for when the character was driving past the building may be used to supply thrill to the audience as you do not see the ghost until she is almost horizontal to the window and that the child and the ghost follows and tracks her movements as she drives past. The over the shoulder shot is used near the end of these clips where the ghost comes in to attack her, this over the shoulder shot is used as the ghost approaches which is used to see what it is like from the ghost's point of view or behind it.  This would be used to make the audiences heart pump fast and build up suspense and tension.

'Scream' opening scene

This would be a good example of a thriller as it uses good techniques such as the cameras on the phone when it goes off for the second time, it zooms in as it rings again possibly representing the danger she is in or to build up the tension to find out what he says next.

It also uses a good use of pathetic fallacy as it's set at night and this adds a bit of a "scary" feature as it limits the view of the human looking around the house to see if there is anyone outside, - which adds a sense that the person is trapped and/or caged in their house.

In the scene, the character also makes wrong or predictably wrong actions such as in this scene, as it was set in the 90's, the popcorn was made differently as it was contained in a pan and it was put on the stove instead of microwave.  This would immediately set the audience off knowing that something would go wrong as first the camera keeps going back to it as it is 'growing' as the popcorn is cooking but as it carries on it catches fire, leaving smoke which adds to the idea that she cannot see who is in the house and she is put off by the fire, which may lead her to being killed by the murderer.

A little presentation about me and my interests in media

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My Media Studies summer task

Media Studies Summer Task

 

My media Summer task on researching Films and Games.

Thriiller Camera techniques research

Camera techniques and shots - Thriller research

1. This is a camera shot which is used to make the audience possibly feel disorientated and/or possibly confused and wondering/waiting for the focus to straighten out to see what it actually is.

2. This shot is a close up which is a good technique/shot to use as it would let/help the audience see a vital piece of evidence in the film/or see it through the character's eyes which adds/produces feeling and suspense to the film

                                                      (Another close up image)

3. The 'Worm's Eye' shot is mostly used to represent power or importance of a character - for example here; Jigsaw is a powerful character as he controls the games in the movie series 'Saw', this shot is possibly used either to represent his power, or to create fear of him that he is a taller and stronger person than you.

4. This camera technique is using the 'Rule of Thirds' as it has the importance of the part of the film at the front - i.e. The Monks in this, and the less important but yet still to slightly grab your attention at the back, which is the moon.  This technique is used as it creates an importance factor in the film and can be used in thrillers if it wants to create an effect of suspense, i.e. - Someone holding a knife and the background may be irrelevant or not as important, which also helps grab the audiences attention too.

5. This camera method which is a mixture of long shots and also the 'rule of thirds' creates a tension or suspense in the film as the technique that the character may be using i.e. slow motion movements, may slow the film down, causing tension or suspense to the audience and if any sudden action happened, the audience would jump and it makes the film more exciting.

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The Ring Opening, camera and film techniques

'The Ring' opening





The techniques used in 'The Ring' supply a lot of fear and also thrill as it is an eerie film based on a girl who was killed by her mother and the tape is "cursed", which if the person views it, they must find the body of the girl in 7 days or they die.

The director uses a lot of techniques such as pathetic fallacy (the rain when the phone is about to ring and when they are talking about ghosts), this makes the audience turn from relaxed to more conscious about what is going to happen, to scared about what is about to happen. In the film there are also a series of event that lead on one after the other, i.e. The phone, then the tv, then the water on the floor + the door handle, the tv again and the disappearance of her friend.  This makes the audience think that the actors are trapped and it also makes the viewers feel trapped and apprehensions about everything around them because it brings fear to them.

The camera techniques are used in the film to build up suspense, make you feel worried about what is going to happen next, for example, when the camera is facing the side of the girl, you can see the television in sight in the background, when this turns on without any action of the characters as it uses the 'rule of threes', it immediately fills you with suspension as you want to know why did it happen and how did it happen. When she turns the television off, the camera is then placed so you can see her walking away, but also you can still see the light of the television reflected on the glass when it turns itself back on.  This supplies a good technique of suspense and thrill as it makes you feel that she is trapped by the television as it will not turn off.

Also in the film when she unplugs the television and quickly turns round to see the kitchen, as she walks in, the camera is representing her view and what she sees which is that the fridge opened by itself.  This technique is used to give the audience a good insight of what the character sees and it puts them in their postion in the film.  Also after when she does close the fridge, there is a horizontal shot used which shows her close up against the fridge, but also the long eerie hallway behind her, which would be a good shot to use in a thriller as it builds up suspense and it makes the audience think that something will appear.

It also uses the worm eye shot as when she is walking up the stairs, the camera is already on the landing and getting you to focus on the water that has appeared on the landing from there room.  This supplies tension and suspense as you begin to wonder why that is there, how is it there, and when she opens the door with a close up on the door handle, it builds up tension, as it makes you wonder what is on the other side, and when she does "swing" the door open, it zooms on the television which has a picture of the well (which the girl was killed and buried down), and it then zooms very quickly to the character screaming.  This happens in a short space of time which may be too fast for the audience to pick up correctly, leaving them startled or stunned and trying to figure out what happened.

Also linking to the Worm's eye view of the camera, when this technique is used, you can still see the light from the tv under the opening of the door,this is also 'The Rule of Threes' shot and this is used to imediately allert the audience, or just catch there attention for a short amount of time and would help the suspense build up. This is used as it would make the audience feel that something bad is about to happen i.e. the tv is on and it is the clip that was on the downstairs television, and this would build up suspension and make the audience be on the edge of their seats/or holding their breath because of the next event that wll happen.

The final bit of the clip which carries on from the girl screaming and the zoom/close up to her and zooms away from the television (which may suggest something jumped out at/to her), comes the part where it keeps zooming/getting closer till you reach her eye where is suddenly turns black and "elliptical" as it represents that in the film, the well was covered with a cover (which you see in the film from inside the well), which may suggest that she has been killed from/by this shock and her eyes have been 'covered'.  This technique is the same as the fast zoom and close up from the previous part (where she see's the tv on with the picture upstairs) and this makes the audience react to this is in a startled or sudden way, - i.e. blinking or closing/covering their eyes because of the sound or the speed of which the scene is played.

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