Cinematography

Learning Objective: To show understanding of the word cinematography and how it is used in thriller films.

Three elements that make up cinematography are:

·         Camera Movements

·         Camera Angles

·         Camera Positions

Sin City Analyse

Below is clip of Sin City, and I will analyse cinematography which contains camera movement, camera angles and camera positions

Point	Evidence	Explain
Long shot	There is a long shot of the woman in a red dress and she is walking towards the balcony	This is so that we are been set up for the scene as we are wondering why she is walking the balcony
Two shot	A man enters the scene as the woman in the red dress is known by this presence she turns her head to the side but does not turn her whole body this is to show that she is not really interested in him	This is so that the audience can see that the woman is not interested in him, because her shoulders and body language  are not facing the man this shows that she is not interested
Over shoulder shot	The over shoulder shot is  to show that they are engaging conversation and that the man has finally got her attention	We know that he had her attention because the woman in the red dress turn around so show that he has her at interest
Close up	A close up of when the man offers her a cigarette	This is to show the conversation is becoming more friendly and that she is beginning to take a liking to him
Shot reverse shot	When the male and female are talking the camera goes back and forth looking at both characters	The two characters have engaged conversation making the audience feel more involved in the conversation and the narrative
Close up	There is close up of when the woman inhales in her first pull of the cigarette and her eyes go green	The woman eyes go green, but as the audience this they do not understand why but her eyes change colour to green and our eyes are focused on them
Two shot	When the male character goes behind the female character	This is to show that they are becoming closer and they are husband and wife
Close up	When the man is going in for kiss, we see this because we now know what the males intentions are	This is so that we know the relationship that the characters have with each other
Long shot	When they show the woman in the red dress and the male character holding her as the camera is zooming out	This is because the scene is coming to an end, as the man is crying while the camera zooms out to show the title and the credits this was so that the audience know that the scene was over