Planning Cinematography - Miss Miller

Planning Cinematography

Cinematography is important in film for a number of reasons. It is mainly to do with camera shots and what the audience sees and how the director plans to best show shots and scenes to their audience. To best execute these shots, high planning is required to ensure the best effect.

Close up- Close ups are used to focus on facial expressions and show the audience what the character is feeling or the current state of emotion that they are in. The audience can see how the selected character feels and may symphasize with them as they feel their emotions. In our sequence, we shall use this for our main character cameron to show his depressed and empty emotions to convey to the audience how he is feeling and it also get's the audience involved into the story and allows them ti symphasize with the character.

Point of view- P.O.V shots are also used from our main character cameron which allows the audience to see events through his eyes and get his side of things, getting them further interacted and inolved into the story which draws them to the edge of their seat as they feel as though they are part of it. It also adds suspense as the audience are on edge and can't see the characters facial expression or mood, being unaware of what they are capable of and what will happen next.

Low Angle- A low angle shot is used in our production on cameron possibly in the suicide scene to convey his power, as low angle shot's are used to make a character fearful and Cameron murders his mother in our opening sequence, so there is reason for Cameron to be feared by our audience. This is conventional to a thriller as this builds suspense, making the audience fear the superior and dangerous character, making them wonder what they are capable of.

High Angle- A high angle shot is used in our production in the room before Cameron kills himself, showing that he is now vulnerable and death is near. It is used to make the audience fear for the character as they feel he is in danger and is conventional to a thriller as the shock element comes when he suddenly hangs himself. This is conventional to a thriller and it creates tension for the audience, the character in the high angle shot appears vulnerable, making them fear for him and wonder what might happen to him.

Mid Shot- A mid shot is used in our production after Cameron commits suicide, showing his legs dangling and the chair falling over, to show in a powerful and emotional way that Cameron is now dead and the sudden drop of the chair and his legs comes as shock to the audience.

I believe cinematography plays a big part in our sequence in showing character emotion and really deepening the mood for the audience and at the same time drawing them into the plot. It is convential to a thriller is we create elements of suspense and shock throughout the scene for the audience to keep them drawn in and entertained. This planning has been very helpful as we have been able to use the best possible and most meaningful camera angles for each shot to get accross our point and at the same time we have been successful in making it convential to the thriller genre.