camera exercise

What we did?

In this exercise we did all the different camera shots and how it is they are used through out film, these were,

• Long shot (LS) - A shot that is from far away
• Medium shot (MS) - Where the person is not close up but not far away
• Close up (CU) - A shot where something is up close
• Extreme close up (ECU) - Extremely close where you can see just there eyes, for example
• Point of view (POV) - Seeing what the character is seeing
• Over the shoulder - Looking over the shoulder of someone to see the other person talking 
• Low angle - Makes someone look powerful
• High angle - Making someone look small and powerless
• Pan - Right to Left / Left to Right, Goes round
• Tilt - Titling the camera up or down
• Crane shot - Very high angle looking at someone/something e.g. helicopter
• Tracking shot - Following someone around with the camera
• Rolling shot - Like someone is falling, moved side ways

In my group we videoed every shot. After we had videoed the shots we edited them altogether so that you could see which ones where what. The reason that i done this was being you are able to identify which shot is what. We chose to shot every shot, the reason for this is because we wanted to make sure that we had tried doing each shot at least once. 

We did not tell a story with each shot, the reason for this is because we just wanted to make sure we got every shot in the video, and just to get a feel of what it was like to use the camera and the different shots. However, i believe that it was still successful, this is because we included every shot within our video. Not only this but it also allowed us to all get used to using these shots and understand how to and where to use these shots. 

What we did well and didn't do well on:

I believe that in this video we did the shots well and we understood every shot and how it should be used. However, i believe that we need to improve on how to use the camera and to try and put it into a video the next time we are filming. Overall, i feel that we all tried our best and we did to the best or our abilities, we just need to work on a few things to make sure that the next view is better and more realistic. 

In the group we tried to make sure that veery shot that we did was as steady as possible, however, we was not able to achieve this with every shot, so i believe that this is something we may need to work on. I believe that each shot was taken appropriately but i believe that we need to improve on how we film it and where we are filming them. 

Psycho

From the outset of the film is believed to be about the £40,000 that went missing however after the murder had occurred the audience was then apprehensive as anything could happen next. Even more so the audience know the murderer is in the house but don't know when they will strike next however increasingly through the film the more apprehension there is the less violence to which appears on screen.

Within thrillers are characterised through the fast pacing however typically within Psycho this appears 3 times at the car, shower then the staircase scene. However the most effective scene was the shower scene as at the time of 1960 nobody had ever seen anything as exquisite as this due to the amount of cuts and the way it was shown therefore still today is regarded as what set the foundation for films of today even now highly regarded as one of the best scenes ever due to the precise execution and editing.

Furthermore in Psycho the story isn't extraordinary it's brilliance lies within the construction. An example where it's surprising the audience happens twice within the film the shower scene murder but also at the end the revelation about the Mother.

A viewer who watches the film for the first time will experience the full impact to what Hitchcock had intended for example at the start of the film everyone thought marian was the main character as she took the £40,000 however after her early departure leaves the audience in shock.

The McGuffin of the film is the money which drives the plot along at the start but returns at the end of the film.

However the fact that Hitchcock leaves most of the film to the audiences imagination is in brilliance within itself which is able to occur due to the editing when looking at the frame by frame analysis.

The variety of camera shots used is to add emphasis to aspects within the film or increase the apprehension some examples of this would be a point of view shot

North by Northwest

North by northwest is one of the most captivating thrillers to ever been filmed and produced with a wide regard and popularity to a lot of people back when it was produced over 50 years ago but still today it could be considered a perfect thriller as some of key things of which a thriller should include it concludes this as it includes everything in it.

furthermore the poster is thrilling as it raises tension but also suspense as to what happens therefore a sense of danger also the bright colors gives it a unusual thriller scene as they're usually set in darkness and in a City not in middle of no where. In addition Cary Grant was arguably at the time one of the most famous actors however Alfred Hitchcock name is in the center showing that he is an important person but also a largely liked for his films.

This scene is where they have him drunk to let him drive over cliff to die therefore it being taken as an accident therefore suicide this is occurring because they believe him to be a undercover spy however he is an innocent person. this is one of five key events within this film but this is the first within opening of north by northwest.

This therefore makes him wanted for murder as he was framed by Vandamn therefore is now not only a target for being murdered but is also wanted for suspecting of committing a murder.

this is one of the most famous scenes in any thriller known today as its set within a unexpected scene of which you would expect a murder whereas usually set on a street in darkness & rain. This is used to build up tension but also include usual cars like a black Hurst which they would shoot from but it drives past nothing happens then the man notices the plane which is odd as its dusting where there is no crops.

Then they use various angles to build up the tension as if we see what he does which is a point of view angle but also likes the subjective view point. Close ups on the face then what they are looking at, then close up again as the character then reacts to what has been seen. He wants to transfer the menace that appears on screen into the mind of the audience.

In this scene they use Mt Rushmore due to it's a symbol of order however this throws that out of the window as it's turns into disorder.