Camera Work Research/ Application to our own movie

 Today I am going to be looking into the elements of camera work which were implemented into our midterm movie. I will also be analyzing them and breaking them down, showing what our thought process was when we filmed it. Lastly, I will take examples of camera work from actual movies and see how I might be able to apply it, take inspiration from it, or how I already took inspiration from it and implemented it into this midterm movie.

Eyeline/POV shots

                                                   

From this photo I am able to explain a few things about camera work in the movie in general, but it definitely needs some context. First, this comes from the view of a character in the movie (Ray Capulto), who is the missing person depicted in the climax of the movie at the end. From this photo and other shots in the movie not pictured in this blog, it can be clear that we utilized many eyeliner or POV shots in the movie. In this situation, it helped show Ray's POV as Eric is running away from the scene. The editing of the red on screen is meant to give the idea that Ray is a crazier person.

This is an eyeline shot but it needs some context as well. As Eric is about to enter the woods, he notices the missing poster board on the bulletin board. From both confusion and being startled, he decides to check out the poster. As he turns to go check on the poster, the camera quickly switches to an eyeline shot to show what Eric is experiencing first hand as he goes to grab the poster.

Lastly, we utilized a POV binocular shot in the movie. Although difficult to see, we edited this binocular look into the movie as it zooms in on a bird that Eric is looking at while bird watching. This same binocular effect is also seen later in the movie, but this time Eric is looking at the missing person. This POV binocular shot really helps set up the movie as it allows Eric to use the binoculars and get a view of what he is looking at first. Then, later in the movie the same binocular effect is used but it's not a nice bird, rather it's the missing person from the poster he saw earlier. Overall, the binoculars allowed us to add tension to the story and portray the bird watcher type of guy Eric is in the movie.

High-angled shot

This is an example of a high-angled shot we used from the midterm movie, although it clearly needs great improvement. Due to the time crunch, all we did to create a high angle shot was have my partner Lucca put his hands high in the air with the camera and record. What I plan to do to make it a higher quality high-angled shot is get a step ladder and shoot from there. This high-angled shot was at the climax of the movie where Eric encounters the missing person and is in fear. The high-angled shot is meant to represent a vulnerable moment for Eric, showing weakness.

Inspiration- Binocular POV shot

From this incredible crime thriller, no country for old men, I received heavy inspiration for my binocular POV shots. As Llewelyn is looking out into the desert at a complete massacre that occurred, he soon goes to investigate what happens. The binocular view is just a zoomed in POV of what Llewelyn is looking at though. I took this and in adobe premiere pro edited in a more rounded, binocular view.

Inspiration- High-angle shot

                         

From Avengers in 2012, I took inspiration for my high-angled shot, although this is a double and mine is a single. I tried to carry over that feeling of vulnerability to my shot from Avengers 2012 as well.