CAMERA SHOTS By: Wanangwe Josephine 23rd January 2015 Email: josephinewanangwe@gmail.com Moi University. INTRODUCTION Cinema is a visual medium and thus it should communicate or tell a story to its audience through the use of sound‚ lighting‚ editing‚ and the camera together to create an illusion of reality. These are the elements that a video editor uses to realize the filmmakers dream from script to screen. Shots are an important part of camerawork that are used to send messages to the audience
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1) How do camera angles and image juxtaposition tell a story? Describe an instance from each video where the filmmaker uses a camera angle or juxtaposition of images to enhance our understanding of the place they are documenting. In film number one the filmmaker used a lot of long and close up shots to show the natural beauty surrounding the bridge. The filmmaker also zoomed and focused in on a lot of simple things in the park such as the leaf with drop of water to show how serene the area is
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I am writing about the use of lighting in the opening scene of The Godfather‚ (1). The photography of The Godfather as an entire film is very planned and used specifically to generate moods‚ and have great psychological affect. This is just as true for the very first series of shots for the film‚ and perhaps more important since these first shots will give the audience the initial feeling of the film‚ and set a tone for the picture. The first shot is highly dramatic in its lighting
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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
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON "GODFATHER DEATH"‚ A FAIRY TALE WRITTEN BY JACOB LUDWIG GRIMM AND WILHELM CARL GRIMM This story is a German fairy tale translated by Jacob Ludwig Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859)‚ brothers born in Germany. The story centers on a 13th son born to a poor old man who can not afford to feed his new offspring. In order to provide for him the poor old man must choose a godfather for his son. He first meets God and dismisses him as a godfather because according to
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Camera with a focus ‘What does it take to make a movie?’… Gone are the days when such a question caught awe-filled eyes gazing at an aspiring film-maker eager to learn about the art and science of making motion pictures. It might rather end up making you a butt of joke amongst a bunch kids fluttering around you‚ teaching you to make a movie using a device as handy as a cell phone. That’s what it may take to make a movie in the present day. In a metropolis like Mumbai‚ with an ample of amateur
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classic and has been ranked number three on AFI’s (American Film Institute) top one-hundred films list for the last fifteen years‚ not many have actually read the book that the franchise is based upon. The film franchise I refer to is of course‚ The Godfather trilogy.
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In chapter two that covers The Parallelism between The Iliad and The Godfather‚ we illustrated the generic transcendence of the hypotext‚ The Iliad that the hypertext‚ The Godfather inherited‚ by way of Genette’s architextuality. The outcome of this theory‚ first‚ showed that both the heroes of our case study are represented as extraordinary figures under the theme of the supernatural. Next‚ by applying Aristotle’s theory of tragedy on Achilles and Michael Corleone‚ we discovered that they are tragic
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The Godfather film center on the Corleone family and Michael Corleone’s rise to the head of the Corleone crime family. The movie begins with the introduction of Vito Corleone (born 1892 – died 1954‚ heart attack)‚ the head of the Corleone family‚ in New York at his daughter’s wedding. Vito is a Sicilian born Italian immigrant who is married to Carmella Corleone (born 1897)‚ who is also a Sicilian born Italian immigrant. Vito is best described as calm‚ intelligent and calculated. Carmella is best
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The first sentence in the opening scene of The Godfather is‚ "I believe in America." This bold and assertive statement begins to showcase the father’s loyalty to America since he began his fortune in America. As the father begins describing what happened to his daughter‚ he continues to mention many American ideals such as the freedom he gave his daughter by allowing her to date and how after the beating of his daughter he went to the police "like a good American." The father further elaborates on
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