Camera angles.

There are many different angles used within shooting. These different angles show the location and characters in different ways, making the scene more interesting.

Birds eye view: 


Birds eye view shots show a location looking down onto the scene, from a birds point of view. This allows the audience to view the scene from above, getting familiar with the scene.

Leigh angle- above the character
Dutch angle- slanted angle
Below angle- below the character

Eye level: 


This is filmed at an angle of the characters eyes, which is a very neutral shot allowing the characters facial expressions and body language to be shown.

Low angle shot:

Taken from below the character or object, this makes the character or object look heroic as it is making the audience and camera look up to it.

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Camera Shots

There are many different types of camera shots and angles used to portray the scene or picture in a more interesting manner. These different shots also show the important aspects of what is going on in the scene or picture.

Extreme close up

This camera shot shows the importance of the shot and the facial expressions in much more detail. This can be used within a thriller film to give the audience clues as to what may happen, giving suspense and mystery within itself. 

Close up: 

Close up shows are used to view either a character or object in greater detail, those of which cannot be seen in a long shot view. Again, this shows the audience what the character is feeling, due to being able to view the facial expressions in greater detail. 

Mid shot:

A mid shot view shows just below the waist to above the head, allowing the audience  to see the facial expressions . The actions the character is carrying out can also be seen. 

Long shot:

A long shot allows the audience to see the persons whole body, whereby from the head to the toes. 

Extreme long shot. 

In an extreme long shot you the whole characters body is in view, along with the location or  surrounding /scenery in the background.  This shot allows the audience to see where the character is and the surroundings around them. 

Over the shoulder shot.

When two people are having a conversation a shoulder shot is sometimes used where you can see the shoulder and back of head of one person and the other from a front view. This shot is often used when two people are having a discussion.

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Audience expectations of a Thriller

There are many elements to a thriller the audience would expect to find within the film. People watch thrillers to receive a sense of mystery and suspense, therefore it is important they understand the concept within a thriller film. Within a thriller film, you should be expected to see the following:

• death; murder or natural
• stereotyped characters; villain and hero? or the stereotypical gang men
• some sense of romance
• mystery allowing the audience to think about what they may be watching
• location; dark nighttime scenes
• low key lighting/ shadows to give the audience less image creating mystery and suspense
• murder weapon
• eerie elements within the scene

When watching a thriller you will not find any supernatural beings; ghosts, zombies, devil, witch etc, as this genre is classified as a Horror, not thriller. Also, you will not find any scientific elements such as aliens or UFO's as this relates to the genre sci-fi. There are also no intended comedy aspects as this again is not a thriller, it is a comedy. There will not be any 'girl' elements of a 'chick' flick, as again this will not fit with the genre. 

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9 frame analysis- Catch me if you can

Image used: The image used in the title sequence to 'catch me if you can' shows a variety of bold colours against dark colours to contrast against each other and also to symbolise and show the importance of both characters and objects throughout. An example would be in the use of Shot 5 whereby the main character is in the bright yellow New York taxi, whereas the other characters are in grey cars, which obviously shows the importance of the character.

Style used: Cartoon style is used throughout the opening sequence of 'Catch me if you can.' The characters look very suspicious and shady looking which then automatically creates mystery and suspense as the audience is only viewing the character as a cartoon, not alike a real life person. 

Visual effects: the effects used are very simple, just creating the effect of a cartoon with cartoon styled font, the visual effects show the different scenery within the sequence;airport, road, elevator, library, pool etc.

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Continuity

This lesson we began learning about the continuity within a scene.
This means the way you film and edit something so it looks as though it flows. There are three types of continuity; Match on action, Shot Rev/Shot, and180 degree rule

180 degree rule- Tahnee:

If you move 180 degrees the characters are still standing in the right place, for example 1 character stays on the left and the other on the right no matter what angle so they do not look as though they have moved.

 In the following video you can witness the 180 degree rule being broken, you can see the shots moving and the characters look as though they have moved meaning the whole scene does not flow as the audience can tell where the shots have ended and then been edited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3myRRZkErs

Match on action: James 

Its an Editing technique used during action for continuity, its where the action begins and then you suddenly cut to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. also its an effective way of making action look realistic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyZFgL36pqE

This is a link that shows an example of Match on Action

Shot Reverse/ Shot: Georgina 


Short reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing each other in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvof8mI6pXk&feature=related

^ A Youtube link which shows basic shot reverse shot within 'Amst 109'