3.1 Theres something wrong with... you.

So the homework this week was to watch a movie.
Awesome class or what?!

I saw a couple of different movies this week,

My Sisters Keeper really is awesome & not that sad if you can be strong.

But the most recent movie i saw this week was Orphan.

It was crazy weird & i didn't find it scary scary, just a bit full on at times.

I'll try not to give away the end, but seriously its good.

Anyways...

We have to relate the movie back to the screen language that was looked at in the lecture & tute.

Recap?

VLS/WS - Very Long Shot/ Wide Shot - Establishing shot

LS - Long Shot - Person occupies ¾ - 1/3 screen height

MLS - Medium Long Shot - Entire body plus a short distance either above or below

MS - Medium Shot - Cuts the body just below the waist

MCU - Medium Close up - Cuts the body at lower chest

CU - Close up - Framing from just above the head, down to upper chest

BCU - Big Close up - Tight close up; Full head height nearly fills the screen

ECU - Extreme Close up - Used for isolating detail. Normally using the cameras macro facility.

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This movie used difference camera angels, distances & focuses to convey all the tempos, moods & settings.

It really was well done, playing on the cliche horror movie "bits" to create tension.

wait wait wait.

Now its not that i didn't do this post before. its just that i forgot.

So i'll do it now. & add it on

The Who, What, When, Where, Why & How of cinema are show by the use of different camera angels.

Ohkay... and go.

Where - the long shot (called an establishing shot at the begining of a scence) is used to show where the scene is taking place.

It uses the LS to help set the scene & help the audience understand what is about to happen. & to scare them.

This particular image has Ester (Isabelle Fuhrman) in the background, being the LS and Max (Aryana Engineer) in the foreground, which could be a MCU, however because they are together and Max seems to be slightly out of focus, meaning the main focus in Ester and there is so much background i'm gunna stick with LS.

Feel free to argue,

CU, BCU & ECU are also very heavily used in this film. They help explain who & why.

Who - is shown by the close up it shows the detail of the character, such as there emotions, physical attributes and ideas.

Why - Big close up are used for why, it can expose and discolse more about the character, their actions and motives.

That girl has evil eyes.

They manipulate the image they are trying to portray by using close ups to show the emotion, or lack there of, in the characters faces, eyes mainly.
It should be quickly noted that Max, the youngest daughter in the movie is deaf, therefore her expressions are critical in understanding her so close ups become almost vital.

Where - the long shot (called an establishing shot at the begining of a scence) is used to show where the scene is taking place.

VLS were used to set the scene, the dark, icy road the car crashed on. The beautiful house in the distance, the castle / (not telling figure it out) =P

How - How can be shown in a series of close up or a single medium close up shot to explain explain or answer questions.

In the flim there is a part where the twist is revealed and there is a voice over while a close up on a character showing what the voice is talking about. Its hard to explain without giving it all away. so just see it yeah.

When - Two different shots are used for creating "time" the long shot and the close up.

In the film this was shown by changes in the weather, like showing getting heavier and night & dark shots.

Oh oh oh... best line?

Ester - If I find out that you're lying, I'll cut your hairless little prick off before you even figure out what it's for. Do you understand me?

Check it out yeah?

Totally worth the way to expensive cinema tickets.

You know you want too. =D

Sweet Dreams...