Camera movement and editing



Blog tasks:

1) Pick three aspects of camera movement in the Minority Report clip. Identify the type of camera movement and write about why the director chose to use that camera movement in the scene and what effect it has on the audience.

  • They used a whip pan many times, which is just a faster version of pan, to create tension and suspension for the audience since everything was happening so fast. This suggests that the main event of the scene is about to happen and it is something exciting.
  • They also used the track or dolly camera movement, which is basically the camera on wheels. This emphasises that it is a chase scene and it connotes the fast movement of the chase, which also creates suspense.
  • The crane shot was also used in this scene to showcase the dramatic action taking place. It tells us that there is something going on is the scene that uses dramatic irony since it's a high angle shot.

2) Pick two aspects of editing in the Minority Report clip and write about what effect it has on the audience.

  • There was pace of editing used, for example, there were very fast cuts during the chase and when they found the man and surrounded him and they were holding guns. This makes the audience feel thrilled to watch the scene.
  • The film transition that was used was cut, since there were many different acts to the scene, and there were fast cuts and slow cuts that were used to show the audience the different angles of each act in the scene.

3) Finally, revise last week's work on camerawork by picking out two shots or camera angles in the clip that communicate meaning to the audience.

There was many high angles used to portray the dramatic actions in the scene which creates a thrilling suspense for the audience. Also, there was a low angle used when the main character jumps off of the building to show that he is in control of his actions.

There was a close up used on the main character's (the murderer's) face to showcase his thoughts and feelings on what his next actions should be. Additionally, there was an over the shoulder shot shown when the man on the train was reading to newspaper and when he made eye contact with the murderer. This creates a sense of knowledge that the person the man made eye contact with was about to become a criminal.

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