Camera Shots - Angles

 

High angle shot - This shot can be used for various reasons. It can be used to show somebodies perspective. It may also be to show how over powering the other character is compared to the character on screen.

 

 

 

Low angle shot - This shot may also be to show somebodies perspective. It also helps show the audience the contrast of size of the person and the building/object. The example above gives us the impression that the building is much taller and overpowering than the person looking at it.

 

 

 

Level/Neutral - This shot has no real purpose, other than to give the viewer a clear shot of what is going on.

 

 

Tilted - This shot is used to confuse the audience, as we are used to looking straight at something, and not at something at an angle. The example above gives us the impression that the view we are seeing, is from something that has just been dumped on the side.



Romanticization; Barthe's Theory

Ways in which this representation of young women has been romanticised/mythologised

• Glowing pink typography
• Most items pink, such as nail varnish, skirt , walls, card etc.
• Small dog
• Make-up
• Immediately focuses on hair and beauty
• Happy and uplifting song "Perfect Day"
• Big group of shirtless guys
• Cheerleading
• Mainly girls in the scene
• First part of dialogue is about shopping

Camera shots - Frames

All films contain different types of camera shots. Below, I will discuss the seven most used frames and the reasons they are used.

The frame for this shot is ECU extreme close up, this is to focus the viewers attention on one particular thing, that usually plays an important part in the film. Or even the actors face, to catch their facial expressions. Here we see a wedding invitation, this immediately shows us that the film is about a  wedding, before we hear any dialogue.

The frame for this shot is ELS extreme long shot. This is usually at the beginning of a scene to help the viewer understand the surroundings, and where the following scene is based. Here we see that the first scene is based in New York.

 

 

The frame for this shot is over the shoulder. This is usually used when two characters are having a conversation, swapping back and fourth on various characters.

 

 

 

 The frame for this shot is CU close up, as it focuses on the actors face to help show the audience their facial expressions and emotions.

 

 MLS medium long shot is cut off just below the knee. This shot usually focuses on various characters. It also captures the surroundings and things going on around the two main characters.

 

 

MS medium shot is one of the most common frames. It can capture various of characters; usually in a conversation, and is close enough for the audience to see the characters facial expressions.

 

LS long shot is used to show various characters as well as the surroundings. It's also used to show the characters body language.

The Hobbit V. Paranormal Activity

Groups that are effected by Dyers Theory

Teenagers - when poeple think teenagers, they automatically think; moody, troublesome, and lazy. This is because of the media mainly presents teenagers this way, although, very few are like that.

Black People - if a story about a black person being murdered or beaten up, people automatically think it was gang related. Due to the media, people think that black teenagers are trouble.

Muslims - because Bin Laden was all over the news, when people think Muslims, they think terrorists. When actually, very few are.

Mission Impossible opening scene.

Enigma code:
Is she dead?
What is the rabbits foot?
What is the connection between Tom Cruise's character and the women?
Why do they think that he has it?
What happened on the plane?
Why do they want the rabbits foot?
How did they end up there?

Action code:
A women being kept hostage
Shooting
Threatening
The gun
A man with tape over his nose
Tom Cruises character tied to a chair

Symbolic/semiotic code:
Dark and gloomy colours, making it seem mysterious about the location.
Fidgeting in chair, shows anger and panic.
Dirty, and beaten up faces; to show that there was a lot of action before this scene.

preferred and opposite reading.

This is a film poster advertising the film 'Taken 2'. The storyline of the film is about a father trying to rescue his kidnapped daughter. However, for people that haven't seen this film may get the wrong interpretation.

The preferred reading of this poster is to show the father on roof tops, looking for his daughter. The smoke and sparks are to show that there is a lot of action in the film.

Although, the opposite reading of this poster is that it looks like a film based on war with the smoke and sparks. Giving the viewer the wrong idea on the film.