Friday, 7 February 2014

Influential production: Camera angles and editing techniques

Unfortunately the video link wont upload to blogger but it can be found on YouTube under the search: Swipe- student short film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfszDTc3Bro

The story of this short film seems unclear to me however some of the camera angles and camera placements in this production I think are very professional and I will defiantly be using some of the camera placements in my production.

For example the opening scene 0.00 til 0.07 has a great low shot which is shot from as low to the floor of possible showing the feet of a women walking up towards the camera. The shot ends as the woman's boot turns from the camera. I love this shot as i feel it creates a sense of mystery to the women as why are we not seeing her face? it shows us the  location were in a building/ library through the boots clothing it clearly identifies the character to be a women. And i feel its quite an unusual shot which I feel is unusual yet interesting which differentiates from the mundane camera shots and through using this shot our audience can think wow these producers are individual and creative.

Then from 0.11- 0.20 the speed up effect is used as she unloads all of her books on the desk, i like the idea of going from normal pace to the speed up effect to normal pace on scenes which could drag so I have considered using this in my production. Also whilst the speed up effect is used there is an imported sound effect which sounds like a pen scribbling really fast I also found this effective as it enhanced the sense of the scene going faster then average life.

Throughout the production allot of extreme close ups are used on objects and people who are loud and aggravating to heighten the girls thoughts of insanity. This is effective as it focuses on the object and signifies its importance to the production. There is nearly no dialogue in the production so the extreme close up on the charters library search "signs of insanity" conveys the basis for the story, in my production i want to do something similar as you get the idea of the character from inside there head and what they are thinking and feeling.

Theirs also a moving camera angle pointed at the ceiling lights as it moves forward with the sound of footsteps the effect of this is to show the change in location without having to show the scene which again i will manipulate into my production.




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