Camera shot in Movies

Camera shots 

In todays lesson we were looking at different camera shots of movie clips. The movie clip we chose was the "The rooftop showdown" from the "The Matrix". (Clip below)

The clip starts off with a medium close up of the pilot which indicates that he could be important in some way. This then shown shortly after the fight begins when he transforms in to one of the clones.

Throughout the clip there is a lot of medium close ups during the fight. For example the following caption of a close up of Neo when he is shooting at the clone. (Below)

 Another use of a close up shot is near the end of the clip when Neo is talking to Trinity. This part of the clip also uses the Rule of Thirds. This is used when the camera changes the view whilst they are talking. The camera changes to Trinity who is stood on the left when she is talking and then swaps to Neo who is stood on the right when he is talking. (Example Right & Bottom right) This type of shot is used to show emotion between characters and is used throughout the movie. These clips are also a eye level shot as the camera is level with the actors eyes.











Another type of shot used in this clip is a medium shot which you see when the clone walks out of the helicopter and on to the rooftop. This shot is used to show the background and give you an idea of where the characters are. It also gives the setting of the scene which in this case is on the roof top. (Example Left)







First Blog

First Blog

During our first lesson we were asked to analyse this video clip "Get carter Car park scene"( Below ).

with this clip we were told to analyse the clip with the following headings:
1. Character
2.Relationships
3. Location
4. Genre
5. Narrative/Storyline

                                                                     

From the very start of the clip we can tell who the main character is and why. The reason why is because he is wearing a different colour suit compared to the others and is also stood on the left-hand side of the screen and further forward. This uses the rule of three where if you split the screen into a  3x3 grid and the most likely place you are going to look is on either the left or right as it is somewhat unnatural to look directly at the middle and at the start of the clip the man in grey is on the left and the two in black are on the right (0:00 to 0:16), this shows his importance and his relation to the other two characters. With that you can now tell what kind of relation there is between the three characters. The man in grey has a clear sense of importance as he is the one looking out over the site and stands out more in the clip. Also the use of a prop (the plastic cup) has been used to show his importance and it is also used to show his anger and further importance whereas the other two in black just stand and talk about the planning and design of the building. This also give us an insight to the location of the building and what the building is. At the beginning we can identify that they are discussing the design of the building which indicates it is a building sight and as the scene goes on(0:20) we can see an over view of the city on the right-hand side. From this little opening in the back ground we see high rise buildings suggesting they are in a city and as they speak English we could assume that they are in London or another large city in Britain. At the point (0:40) we meet an other character (Jack) from which we can tell could be of a higher status within the group than the man in grey. This is shown by the way the man in grey reacts as he steps back and drops his arms and says "Jack" in a surprised manor allowing the viewer to assume that Jack is of higher importance. Throughout the whole clip we can make judgements on what genre the film is and half way through the clip the man in grey is thrown of a building on to a car which from this we could say that it is a action/thriller film.