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6/12/2019 IsabelL-Explorations Presentation Outline - Google Docs how to convey emotion through camera movement ● different camera angles build character development ● it allows the director to fool the audience ○ maintains suspension of disbelief & engages the audience subtle ways directors trigger feelings for the characters by composition and angles angles ● low angle: appears bigger­than­life, confident, a more powerful perspective ○ difference between a leader and followers ● high angle: innocent look of a child, appears harmless/somewhat weak, subordinate to another character in the scene ● dutch angle/dutch tilt: setting the camera at an angle so that the horizontal line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame ○ German expressionism film movement in the 1920s ○ Soviet experimental documentary ○ fear, uneasiness, builds and heightens psychological distress and tension ○ thrilling and suspenseful dolly (ubiquitous in modern­day filmmaking) ● 3 dimensional move towards or away from the subject in which is being focused on ○ physically moving audience through space ● tracking shot: follow along with the subject as he/she moves from one place to another ● world moves around subject zoom ● magnification instead of movement ● no change in the spatial relationship between the surroundings and the subject ● objects stay relatively in the same position but the background is compressed ○ effect of the world choking in on the character/world is closing in ● claustrophobic feeling; forces audience to fixate on a specific subject ● can also be used to give a sense of paranoia ● snap zoom: zooms in at a fast speed so the image seems to move from a wide shot to a close shot almost instantly ○ comedic effect or in documentaries ZOLLY → keeping the subject the same size in frame while everything else changes ● dolly in while zooming out ● dolly out while zooming in https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S7ravGjIlE8lqr8KurTqWFz1_wN6jYfDwsNQw8xP__M/edit 1/3

6/12/2019 IsabelL-Explorations Presentation Outline - Google Docs Works Cited Hellerman, Jason. “A Complete Cinematography Guide to Mastering the 'Dutch Angle'.” No Film School , 9 Jan. 2019, nofilmschool.com/Dutch­Angle­Definition­Cinematography. “Mission Impossible scene ­ Dutch Angle.” YouTube, uploaded by Camera Techniques, 13 May 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdjdTfDhwBg. O'Rourke, Jennifer. “Perspective: Angles Can Change a Character's Mood or Feeling.” Videomaker , 6 July 2012, www.videomaker.com/videonews/2012/07/perspective­angles­can­change­a­characters­ mood­or­feeling. Renée, V. “Should You Use Dutch Angles in Your Films? (Answer: Yes, But...).” No Film School , 19 Feb. 2019, nofilmschool.com/2015/09/should­you­use­dutch­angles­films­yes­but. Renée, V. “The Visual and Emotional Effects of Using Dolly and Zoom Shots in Your Film.” No Film School , 12 Apr. 2017, nofilmschool.com/2017/02/visual­and­emotional­effects­using­dolly­and­zoom­shots­yo ur­film. “The Dutch Angles of THOR.” YouTube, uploaded by LeftJet, 3 October 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0oDm4J3YOg&t=75s. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S7ravGjIlE8lqr8KurTqWFz1_wN6jYfDwsNQw8xP__M/edit 2/3

6/12/2019 IsabelL-Explorations Presentation Outline - Google Docs Production Shots Location Scouting: Backyard Brew, Palo Alto Avalon Stables, Menlo Park Freestyle Academy, Mountain View Poplar Beach/Redondo Beach, Half Moon Bay Westwind Barn, Los Altos Hills Juan Prado Mesa Preserve, Los Altos Hills opening: A major factor in being able to engage your audience is to effectively convey emotions through techniques such as camera movement, sound, color, and cinematography. I wanted to create a music video because I felt that it would be a great way to display the skills that I would learn by researching the effects of camera movement. However, I realized that because this explorations unit is a lot shorter than our other units and that the goal of this project wasn't to create a final product, I decided to film part of a music video and focus more on the research aspect of explorations. What I have studied during this unit has given me a useful tool that I can apply to all of my films in the future. It will enhance my work in the future and overall develop reactions that are more captivated and evoke the exact emotions that I had in mind when creating the film. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S7ravGjIlE8lqr8KurTqWFz1_wN6jYfDwsNQw8xP__M/edit 3/3