RESEARCH INTO CINEMATOGRAPHY - Miss Miller

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Cinematograpy is all about the camera work in a film, it includes angle, movements and positions. Cinematogrpahy plays a massive part in the making of a film especially of the thriller genre. Cinematography is the art of camerawork and photography in film-making. It plays a massive part in the making of a film especially of the thriller genre. Cinematography can be used in different ways to enhance a film's audience reach. When used in a film of the thriller genre, it tends to make them more tense, jumpy and edgy. 

The film i have chosen to analyse and look at is 'Scream 2'. This is a small clip of this well known thriller film and invloves alot of cinematography.

 

Firsly in the opening scene of this short clip, i can clearly see the camera is focusing on the main charachters back. The man in the background is blurred out and you can only see the colours he is wearing and the main outline of his body. This is called shallow focus. This is when some parts of a scene are blury. This creates an effect on the audience as it shows that you should be focusing on the main characther as it may be building up to a main scene or something dramatic going to happen, also building tension and suspense. Furthermore, the character in the background may not be a great focus in the film anymore and may not need paying attention too.

Moreover, the camera is zoomed right onto her face in this screenshot. Zooming means moving right onto a certain object or onto something that needs to be seen. I can clearly see here that the victim is on the phone to the antagonist. From this zoomed in shot, you can see clear emotions and rage in her eyes. Her grip on the phone shows she is angry and the zoomed in features create the audience to feel scared and worried about what is going to happen next. The camera zooms closer into her face as the conversation moves on and tension begins to rise quickly. The zooming In almost represents the graduale build up of tension. 


Furthermore, this technique is a long shot shown in this screenshot. A long shot shows all of a larger object and a large amount of background. In this shot you can see the venerable young woman running away. The camera is zoomed out showing all f the background behind her. The scenery behind her is greenery, and a door which is her escape exit. Also in front of the camera there is a shallow focus on drink and food on the table. A long shot shows to the audience a full picture, giving a full image of the ladies clothing aswell as anything Infront or behind her. A long shoot it used in this scene to intrege the audience and show to them that the antagonist may be in sight so a long shot is shown to keep them on the edge of their seats.