Research - Cinematography - Miss Begum

Cinematography

What Is Cinematography?

- Cinematography is the art of camerawork and photography in film-making. Its looking at the way the camera shot is framed, the movement of the camera, and the angle it is taken in. All these thing give a different representation for the audience of the character and allow the audience to respond in different ways. The cinematographer could be referred to as the film director's main visual collaborator. Cinematography is what makes the films more interesting in the flexibility it has.

Size, Angles And Movement.
- The camera uses different sizes of shots to make the film have various shots of the scene. Mainly, film directors use close ups and extreme close up shots to show strong emotion in detail to effect the audience emotions too.
Mid shots and Long shots can be shown in different ways to show different parts of the scene. Angles are used to show how characters are classed in the film, this is only in some cases though. For Example, in the thriller category, a low angle shot for a character like a murderer, they show power over the victim.
Also, a high angle would show the victim as a weak character which has no power over the killer. In the film industry, the movement in the camerawork is very flexible and important to the films image quality and the effect it has on the audience.
Shots such as panning shots (where the camera moves across, which would be used if a character is travelling), Tilt shot (when the camera moves up and down), and others are used to make a big impact on the film and add interest.

Thrillers Using Camera Angles.

- In the thriller "se7en", they use the camera angle two shots in the end scene showing the clear 2 main most well-known characters, showing a big impact on the characters in the film giving the audience a build up of tension in the film.

- In the thriller "Would You Rather", they use a close up on the main character show her deep emotion. You can see she's upset/scared because of her smudged make up and the fear in her eyes. This gives the audience a deep insight of what the main character is feeling.




Thrillers Using Camera Movements.
- A Panning shot can be used when the character is walking or travelling in the scene. For example, in the grudge when the grudge is crawling down the stairs you see her from the side travelling downwards. This causes tension as you are seeing the antagonists journey, making us as an audience nervous.

- A Zoom shot can be used when an emotion is quickly caught on camera or in the genre thriller, the camera wants to scare the audience with a quick close up of the antagonist. This shows the audience a scary and more deep emotion to the characters face and sometimes can make a sudden movement to scare the audience, which what makes some thrillers exciting.

Conclusion.

- My research has helped me develop my knowledge on cinematography and has helped me understand why particular camera shots are used for certain moments and how this makes a big impact on the audience and how it effects the audience physically and mentally. This helps me with more ideas for my thriller because my knowledge of different shots, angles and movement is a lot more flexible compared to before researching cinematography.