Zoom In: Zoom lenses are used by many directors, this is to try to give the impression of movement and excitement in a scene where it does not exist. However, I will be using this is create focus to the protagnist as you can hear his voiceover and see his facial expression as he waits for the other character, it will start at a long shot so you can see the coffee shop and it will then zoom in to his face until his notices something. I can use the zoom lens on my camera for this effect.
In the sci fi TV show 'Doctor Who' a lot of zoom ins are used to create tension and sometimes
fear but sometimes this can be too extreme and makes the audience more amused than nervous.
Close Up: Close ups show very little background and will concentrate on the faces of my two characters or the book in my opening sequence. Everything else will probably just be a blur in the background. This shot magnifies the face or object and will show the importance of it, or show the facial expression of my characters. I am using this to make the viewer seem comfortable about my character. This also links back to my idea of a zoom in and it stops when we have a close up of my protagonist's face.
The opening sequence of 'the Rocky Horror Picture Show' shows an extreme close up
of the lips of the character 'Magenta' miming the words to 'Science Fiction Double Feature' sung
by 'Riff Raff'. This makes the audience interested in the film and all the focus is on the lips.
Two Shot: Two shots are good for establishing a relationship between my two characters. They will have an equal prominence in the frames and will provide equal input. The two shot is one way to introduce my characters. It is a good way to follow the interaction between the characters without getting distracted by their surroundings.
In the film 'the Hunger Games' it mostly shows action but in the scenes where 'Katniss' and 'Peeta' talk,
it shows a lot of two shots to make the audience focus on what they are
saying and not get distracted by what's going on around them.
Medium Shot: This will contain my characters from the waist up and will be used when introducing my character, to show a detail of an action and when they talk. A variation of this include the two shot, which I have explained about before. Background detail is minimal because location has been established earlier in my opening sequence and I now want to focus on dialogue and character interation. I will also use over the shoulde shots which position the camera behind one of my characters, revealing the other character, and part of my first character's back, head and shoulder.
In the film 'Batman Begins', the audience has already been introduced to the character 'Jonathan Crane'
and we already know what the setting of this scene looks like so now it shows over the shoulder medium shots
of the character and the audience just focuses on his conversation.
fear but sometimes this can be too extreme and makes the audience more amused than nervous.
Close Up: Close ups show very little background and will concentrate on the faces of my two characters or the book in my opening sequence. Everything else will probably just be a blur in the background. This shot magnifies the face or object and will show the importance of it, or show the facial expression of my characters. I am using this to make the viewer seem comfortable about my character. This also links back to my idea of a zoom in and it stops when we have a close up of my protagonist's face.
of the lips of the character 'Magenta' miming the words to 'Science Fiction Double Feature' sung
by 'Riff Raff'. This makes the audience interested in the film and all the focus is on the lips.
Two Shot: Two shots are good for establishing a relationship between my two characters. They will have an equal prominence in the frames and will provide equal input. The two shot is one way to introduce my characters. It is a good way to follow the interaction between the characters without getting distracted by their surroundings.
it shows a lot of two shots to make the audience focus on what they are
saying and not get distracted by what's going on around them.
Medium Shot: This will contain my characters from the waist up and will be used when introducing my character, to show a detail of an action and when they talk. A variation of this include the two shot, which I have explained about before. Background detail is minimal because location has been established earlier in my opening sequence and I now want to focus on dialogue and character interation. I will also use over the shoulde shots which position the camera behind one of my characters, revealing the other character, and part of my first character's back, head and shoulder.
and we already know what the setting of this scene looks like so now it shows over the shoulder medium shots
of the character and the audience just focuses on his conversation.
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