(10/09/15)

Camera Shots

In today's lesson I learned about camera shots and how the directer uses them to interact with the audience. We looked at a clip from the 2006 "Superman returns" directed by Bryon Singer, and picked out the different types of camera shots he used and why they were significant. We learned about how different directors use different types of camera angle and what the effect on the audience was. We looked at camera shots like birds eye, dutch angle and high angle shot and discussed when they would be used in a film and the significance of them. We discussed why certain shots were used such as:

• The high angle shot view was used to show how the security guards going up the stairs  were threatened and vulnerable to the gunner on the roof.
• The close up shot on superman's eye was used to emphasis how power he is and showing the fact that a bullet can bounce of his eye, showing how he is the most powerful character yet.
• The low angle shot was used to show the gunner from the police men's point of view, emphasizing the vulnerability of the police men to the overpowered bank robber.