The clip that I have chose here to evaluate is Saw V and chose a scene called survival of the fittest from this I have picked out key points of cinematography that has been used in this scene. cinematography are the different angles positions and movements that are used in a film that help us build a relationship with the characters and make us feel certain things towards them. My clip has a large variety of different angles and shots put together to create tension and suspense.
This first camera angle that I noticed was a close up on jig-saw was talking on the TV screen shown here in this screen shot.
Using a close up in this way makes the audience focus on what he is saying, in the actual scene the camera zooms in as what the character is saying gets more and more important. This gives what he is saying more emphasis and gets in the audiences face almost making it seem as if the character is talking to them. this makes the audience emphasis with the characters fear in the film creating tension and suspense on every word that he says. This is very conventional in a thriller genre to do this as they often try to create tension and the feeling of not knowing what is going to happen next to keep the audience in suspence.
The next camera angle that I noticed in this scene was a canted angle which was used throughout the rest of the scene after jig-saws speech in a variety of other camera angles such as mid shot, two shot and close ups.
This will help me in making my own thriller trailer because it shows me what shots work best to create a certain reaction or feeling within the audeince. It has made me think which shots i want to use in my thriller and how I could use them such as how could I incoprate close ups into my trailer or should I use a shallow focus. The clip has also shown me that useing low key lighting throuout my trailer would be best to create tension and that I should use a high angle shot to make it clear to the audeince who is the victim in the clip to give an emotional responce.
By Alexander Flanagan
You have shown a good understanding of the purpose of a close up and what it creates for the audience. You have provided a relevant introduction and summary; however, you need to analyse at least three more camera shots/angles.
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