Lo3 - Camerawork.

The purpose of camerawork is to:

- involve the audience in the scene / narrative

- create spectacle (excitement)

Camerawork categories:

-shot types (framing & distance) e.g. extreme close-up shot.

-camera angles (position of camera) e.g. high angle shot. 

-camera movement (how the camera travels) e.g. panning to the left.

-composition (framing & focus) e.g .rule of thirds, depth of fields. 

A medium close-up shot connotes to the audience the emotions in which the actor is feeling as you're still able to denote the actors face from this shot, however you can also denote the outfit that the actor is wearing and get connotations of what her costume implies about her, for example this medium close-up shot allows us to see that she has a straight face, connoting that she is being very serious in what she is doing, secondly we can denote that she's wearing a black jumper and brown leather jacket, this connotes that she doesn't necessarily care about her appearance or looking good for others as she's fully covered up, wearing boring, plain clothing, lastly you're able to denote the bow & arrow in which she's using, this connotes that she's a strong independent woman as she's able to fight for herself and doesn't need a 'man' to do this for her.  

 

A low angle shot creates the illusion that the character is powerful and dominant, this is due to the fact that the camera is lower down in comparison to the actor, therefore making them seem bigger than the audience.

A high angle shot creates the illusion that the character is vunrable and weak, this is due to the fact that the camera is higher up in comparison to the actor, therefore they appear lower down making them easier to 'attack'.

 

A dutch / canted angle is an shot type in which connotes disequilibrium / enigma in a scene, his is due to the fact that the angle is slanted and not quite in a 'perfect' position, therefore creating the effect that something isn't quite right in the scene too.