Cinematography - Miss miller

Introduction:

Cinematography - This is a a range of different camera angles/shots that are used in films. Cinematography is often used in thriller films as these different shots help to create suspense. For example a typical camera shot used in a thriller would be a close up of the victim as they are being murdered by the antagonist. This is to try to get the audience to build a relationship for the characters.


The Conjuring: 

High angle: A high angle is where the camera is positioned above the object. When the victims enter there house, the doll is lying on the floor at an high angle, emphasising the doll as that it the only thing you can see in the shot, making the doll look smaller then it actually is. This creates suspense as its trying to trick the audience, making it seem sweet and innocent when really it is the villain in this sequence. 

Zooming in: Zooming in is where the camera moves into an object to create importance and draw the audience in. At one point the camera zooms into the dolls face quite rapidly, i think this is to show the audience the importance of the doll as it is out to cause destruction. It also keeps the audience interested and draws you in as it is shocking and intense.This makes the audience worry for the victims lives.

Mid - shot: A mi-shot is a view of the actors waist up. As the victim enters the bedroom slowly, he sees what the doll had done, scratching the pictures of him and the graffiti on the wll, it shows him positioned mid shot so the audience can see his facial expressions as he is shocked, this creates suspense as the door behind him is in the background and you can hear it creaking open, making the audience wonder if the doll is going enter the bedroom or not. And if it did we would not know as the victim is not in a long shot.

Established shot: An established shot defines the location and gives the audience an insight as to what is about to happen, it defines the thriller genre. At the beginning of the film, as the victims enter the house we know straight away that this film is a thriller. It was dark, all you could hear was the front door opening slowly and in the middle of the hall way, Annabelle the doll is sitting there staring at the victims. This gives the audience a perspective of what is about to follow as the doll looks as if it is possessed, it dosen't look innocent.

Summary:

This will help me to create the opening sequence to my film as i now have an understanding of how changing the shots and angles of the camera can really help to create tension and suspense in a thriller film. It is good to have a mixture of different angles and shots and it keeps the audience engaged with the film. Its taught me that if my whole sequence was filmed in the same angle, the audience would not find it scary or making the audience think what is going to happen next as nothing else is changing. In my thriller sequence i want to try and use as much Cinematography as possible as i want it to be as scary as i could possibly make it.