The Sopranos Camera
Single Camera
A single camera is a technique used to make TV dramas and Films using just one camera, taking shots from various angles. An example of a single camera drama is The Sopranos, and I’d like to go in to detail about that.
Series – The Sopranos
My example for a series is The Sopranos. A series is a bunch of episodes, which tell a different story each time, and do not follow on from each other. The Sopranos is an American based television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey based, Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organisation he runs. The show has all the conventions of a crime …show more content…
Forrest starts to begin to talk about him and his life story. The way he is introduced and the way he speaks make the audience instantly love him as he establishes his character. The audience understand that he is a bit slow because normal people wouldn’t talk to others like Forrest does, which also makes you feel sympathetic for him. The lighting in Forrest Gump seems very natural as most of it was filmed outside and was made to look very beautiful. Interior is also naturalistic and it is clear that a high key lighting composes the sequence, as the colours are not bright, not saturated. It looks normal, and quite ambient. The kind of lighting that is used, is the kind to have an effect on the audience to make them feel involved in to daily reality. I think that the director has focused mainly on the colour of the sky making it a perfect baby blue colour, to give emphasis on the peace and fate. Another colour that really stands out is the use of green for the grass and trees. These are two colours of nature that really bounce off each other and make that more of a reality. The main three categories of sound is the dialogue, sound effects and music that balances and serves a story. The music in a film is used to add emotion …show more content…
In the film they used 45 and 90-degree shutters to sustain actors movements and expressions and a certain crispiness in the explosions to make them look more realistic. The shots used in this film were mainly mid shots and close ups to show the expression of the soldiers being scared and when they are shell-shocked which adds to the realism. The location also looks so real where they filmed it because it looks really rundown and it does look like a real wasteland/battlefield type location. I think that the film became desaturated with the dulled effect was to bring out the tragedy and emotions in the film. By adding this desaturation, it made the film look more explicit, violent and disturbing. Sound is key to add to the realism in Spielberg’s film because music plays a big role in films and the audience judge whether they like the film or not, purely because of the sound used. In the opening battle scene, you can immediately hear gunfire fulfil the air as they are charging towards the beach. The sound mainly includes gunfire, and bomb explosions. This is a good technique that they have used because it makes the dialogue barely audible and the reason why the director has done this is to demonstrate and emphasise to the audience the reality of difficulties in the war. Spielberg applies imaginative ways of sound placement and sound deprivation to help the audience connect to
A single camera is a technique used to make TV dramas and Films using just one camera, taking shots from various angles. An example of a single camera drama is The Sopranos, and I’d like to go in to detail about that.
Series – The Sopranos
My example for a series is The Sopranos. A series is a bunch of episodes, which tell a different story each time, and do not follow on from each other. The Sopranos is an American based television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey based, Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organisation he runs. The show has all the conventions of a crime …show more content…
Forrest starts to begin to talk about him and his life story. The way he is introduced and the way he speaks make the audience instantly love him as he establishes his character. The audience understand that he is a bit slow because normal people wouldn’t talk to others like Forrest does, which also makes you feel sympathetic for him. The lighting in Forrest Gump seems very natural as most of it was filmed outside and was made to look very beautiful. Interior is also naturalistic and it is clear that a high key lighting composes the sequence, as the colours are not bright, not saturated. It looks normal, and quite ambient. The kind of lighting that is used, is the kind to have an effect on the audience to make them feel involved in to daily reality. I think that the director has focused mainly on the colour of the sky making it a perfect baby blue colour, to give emphasis on the peace and fate. Another colour that really stands out is the use of green for the grass and trees. These are two colours of nature that really bounce off each other and make that more of a reality. The main three categories of sound is the dialogue, sound effects and music that balances and serves a story. The music in a film is used to add emotion …show more content…
In the film they used 45 and 90-degree shutters to sustain actors movements and expressions and a certain crispiness in the explosions to make them look more realistic. The shots used in this film were mainly mid shots and close ups to show the expression of the soldiers being scared and when they are shell-shocked which adds to the realism. The location also looks so real where they filmed it because it looks really rundown and it does look like a real wasteland/battlefield type location. I think that the film became desaturated with the dulled effect was to bring out the tragedy and emotions in the film. By adding this desaturation, it made the film look more explicit, violent and disturbing. Sound is key to add to the realism in Spielberg’s film because music plays a big role in films and the audience judge whether they like the film or not, purely because of the sound used. In the opening battle scene, you can immediately hear gunfire fulfil the air as they are charging towards the beach. The sound mainly includes gunfire, and bomb explosions. This is a good technique that they have used because it makes the dialogue barely audible and the reason why the director has done this is to demonstrate and emphasise to the audience the reality of difficulties in the war. Spielberg applies imaginative ways of sound placement and sound deprivation to help the audience connect to