Day 3- Camera Angles in a Movie

 Now let's put practice into real films. Here is the movie I watch and pointed out the shots I found below.

Flim: Halloween Ends 

This movie was a horror movie that was an end to the Michel Myers Franchise. Many of the camera angels used to help present the movie in a scary way to the viewer and freak them out. The most common angels used were shoulder level shots, high and low angel shots and closeup. These shots helped emphases the characters and either make them weak or powerful depending on their roles. It also creates high emotions and a thrilling experience for the viewer.

This shot was a shoulder level shot. It helps set the scene for the upcoming shot. It introduces the character of the scene and calms the viewer before the jump scare.

This is a low angle shot. However, unlike most low angle shots which emphasize the character and make them appear bigger and dominate, this shot felt like it made the character tinnier. The long spiral staircase also helps project this feeling, since the viewer is comparing the character to the stair case.

This overhead shot really helps downsize the charcter in this scene. To help support the previous shot this overhead shot makes the charcter look really small and also spooks the viewers into thinking something bad is going to happen, when in really it is a fake jump scare that is coming up.

This is a point of view shot. It helps the viewer connect to the character more as they are seen the shot from their angle, similarly to as if they were the charcter themselves. This scene also is a set up for a fake jump scare so it raises the charcter fear and emotions as they are also unaware of what is going to happen next 

This shot is called rule of thirds. The characters are framed at the end of the camera while the setting is framed towards the middle. The scene calms the viewer down after the previous shot and the lighting on the side where the characters are focusing the viewers' attention towards that area, compared to the dark staircase. The scene also creates a sense of balance, when the director used the framing technique.

This is a shoulder level shot. This shot was used to engage the viewer in the conversation between the two characters. The shot is calming and is used to not bore the audience.

This shot is a two-shot, where both the characters are in one frame. This shot was used to introduce the scene and characters in this scene, before they move to close-up shots. The boy is closer to the camera while the guy is farther away. This shot helps establish the scene without having the common establishing shot.

This is a close-up shot. This shot helps the viewer engaged during the conversation between the boy and guy. It also shows the lower angle which the guy sees the boy in, since the boy is on the ground while the guy is on the couch.

The knee level shot helps emphasis the view that the boy sees. Similar to the previous shot, this shot uses the view of the boy to show the guy compared to the previous one where it was the opposite. The director commonly uses different shots during conversation scene to not bore the viewers and keep them interested.

This scene was an extreme close-up. It was used in the scene to create a sense of fear. In this scene the charcter was locked in a room scared turning the door knob back and forth. The fear also is pulled into the viewer as the close-up shot hides any other part of the setting, which puts the viewer on the edge of their seats. It also worries them because they create situation up in their head since they don't know what is going to happen next.