Thursday, 19 September 2013

Class notes - Tuesday 10th September 2013

Macro (meaning)
-Narrative
-Style
-Genre
-Representation

Planet of the Apes final scene
-Sound? Camera work? Editing?

This week we focus on Cinematography
Last week we worked on mise-en-scene
-Tool-kit for film analysis includes editing and sound

Representation
-Statue of liberty is destroyed, representation of the fall of man-kind, civilisation
-Role reversal; man breaks down and becomes emotional, woman stays vigil, almost motion-less. The look on her face was more confused instead of concerned

Camera Angles
-Long shots and close ups
-Movements (pans from the guy to the statue)
-Over shadowing
-High angle (eye-line)
-Longshots make the character look small and insignificant - foreshadowing something that's about to happen. "Atomic bomb" blowing up all form of humanity
-Cliffhanger ending sends a message

-The guy was looking weak and powerless "brought him to his knees"
-Camera angles the guy to look small on a large beach, feeling lost and isolated

-Starts off with the two characters on a beach together, thinking it may be a romantic film
-Character driven
-Post-apocalyptic. Everything has collapsed. The future reverses to a stone-age setting
-Atmosphere presents an essence of emptiness

What we look at in cinematography
-Capturing photographic images
-Deep focus = small aperture and lots of light
-Focus of the lens to shift the audience's attention
-Strange people/objects to show discomfort in the scene
-High or low angle = camera's point of view on the situation
-Following = focuses on the character(s)
-Wide angle = emphasize the amount of space
-Medium close up = takes up most of the screen
-Close-ups = takes up whole screen, focuses on the character's emotions

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