At the beginning of this scene, the audience see a P.O.V shot from the main characters perspective, Clarice, staring into the prison room of the main villain, Hannibal Lector. This shows how she perceives the villain and shows the main antagonist to the audience as this then turns into a medium shot of him, which is conventional to a thriller as males are usually scene as the antagonists and females are typically the innocent vulnerable victims. In the two-way conversation, whenever the antagonist is speaking, it is seen from an over-the-shoulder shot from the main character, Clarice, not revealing too much about the antagonist and keeping most of him hidden, making the audience wonder who he is and want to know more about him, creating suspense.
The antagonist then asks the main character to come closer, creating suspense as the audience are unaware of what he is capable of. The audience then throughout the scene are shown an extreme close-up of his face, showing his facial expression and emotions to the audience, allowing them to connect with the character and see what he is feeling. Both characters at this point collectively move closer to the camera, creating tension between the two as they get closer which also adds a sense of danger, as an extreme close-up of Clarice's face shows her fear and that she may be intimidated by the antagonist as she is following his orders.
As the camera remains an extreme close-up of the antagonists face, a constant close-up high angle is shot of the woman, which shows vulnerability and the camera angle shows her fidgiting and getting uncomfortable, showing she feels awkward in this situation and fears the antagonist. The scene ends with a shot of the antagonist looking at the camera and saying his final line.
Conclusion
Overall, this scene was effective and gave me some positive ideas about what I could include in my own thriller production, using camera shots featured in this scene to show the characters facial expression to connect the audience with them, drawing them into the story.
This is a minimal analysis of cinematography, simply stating the camera technique used and the narrative of the clip
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1) Write in FULL, DETAILED sentences
2) Use PEER to explain the purpose of the camera techniques used as specific times, and HOW the audience are able to build a relationship with the characters involved.
3) Include a conclusion to explain how this research will help you plan what you will include within your own sequence and whether the cinematography used helped to create a conventional thriller sequence
4) Introduction explaining what cinematography is and what you will be analysing
You have provided a basic analysis of this clip, giving more of a description of the scene. You need to focus on each camera element per paragraph, rather than swapping back and forth.
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1) Focus on your PEER structure
2) Explain how the audience are able to build a relationship with the characters and why
3) Explain how they are conventional of the genre
4) Analyse 2 more techniques
5) Include and intro