Robert Tilley's Use Of Cinematography Techniques In A Film

Rob Marshall, the director of film "Chicago" mainly used the lyrical and choreographic theme to show the emotional viewpoint of the characters.

Anderson uses camera movements to speed up the pace as well as to show a constant forward motion. Having an upbeat pace makes the audience feel more elated because it is going so fast they do not have the time to process the sad parts of this story. He also quickens the pace by having short takes so the audience does not have a lot of time to process what has just happened. The constant forward motion of the camera, which is created by either moving the camera on a dolly as they walk, e.g. when the Scout Master is walking past all the tents with the khaki scouts in tow, or by pan the camera extreme fast between each frame, e.g. the beginning and end scene in the house with Suzy’s family.

Tim Burton, 2 of his quotes “It’s good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.” and the other is “Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they see things as a child.” These quotes from Tim Burton mean that he loves to create movies outside of adults imagination and refer to when he was little, also that anything is possible when you turn your mind into a kids or in a peculiar way. Tim Burton is a director that films movies that creates a tone and mood of fantasy outside of reality, the way he does this is using the stylistic techniques of music, camera shots, and lighting in the movie Charlie and The Chocolate Factory he uses these techniques to achieve the tone and mood of fantasy. In this essay I'll explain what where some cinematic techniques that made the movie fantasy type.

Shot Techniques in the Film, Do the Right Thing Spike Lee does many fascinating things from a directorial standpoint, which makes his film (dare I say, joint), Do the Right Thing so interesting to watch. Writer, director Lee makes much use of the high and low angle shots. He does this to draw clear contrasts between the two elders of the block, Da Mayor and Mother Sister and to make conflict more apparent.

Rear Window was originally a short story called It To see what they see, and compare our own thoughts with the evolution of the characters and the story. The dexterity of the images, and the impact that each scene has in portraying this theme, guide the viewer throughout the film with little use of dialogue and action. Our central character “Jeff,” is struggling with his casted imprisonment, his need for adventure is apparent as he watches outside his window. Conflicted with his girlfriend and conflicted with his theories, his character becomes more palpable, we begin to realize what is going on not only on the outside of him, but the inside of him as well. The aspects of the outside courtyard and the visual isolation of each apartment, help depict the humanity of each individual and sympathy for even the darkest characters. Hitchcock uses his camera, just as our protagonist does, to focus with him. The camera angles are depicted in a way to which we react with the character, rather than at the character, and eventually expose the minor elements of the story that bring to fruition the suspense of the movie and the thrills of discovery.

In the film The Help, directed by Tate Taylor, an important scene included is when Eugenia, mostly known as Skeeter, confronts her mother Charlotte about her childhood maid Constantine. The main purpose of this scene within the film is to help Skeeter find the truth of why Constantine had left Skeeter and her family after all the things they had been through, for the audience watching this answers the story created within the film. Four significant aspects in this scene are dialogue, voice overs, cinematography and the use of sound effects.

Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to insure that mood and tone is incorporated in the movie. He did this in many way, some that stood out to me was his use of music, camera angles as well as lighting. When he used the cinematics to set mood and tone it really brought all his movies to life.

Using a close-up shot shows more appropriate information. In this scene, Allie exaggerates facial expressions which convey emotion.

In the film ‘The Help’ directed by Tate Taylor, there are numerous scenes that help develop the major plot of the film. I found that one scene in the film is significant. This scene is the one where we see Skeeter walking into her mother's room to ask her about Constantine as she needs the story for her book. Her mother tries to cover up what had happened and it doesn’t go down well with Skeeter. Tate uses many things like dialogue, characterisation, cinematography and theme, to develop the scene, that relates back to other references in the film.

A prime example of this is when Joe Bauers converses with Rita in the visitation room of the prison, after being arrested for failing to grow crops for the citizens. As Joe expresses his emotions to Rita about , a zoom-close up shot helps build emotion and intensity between the two. After this occurred, he came to realize that he regretted being so “average” and asks her to continue painting. A long shot establishes the background of the jail as Rita leaves the establishment. There is also very many scenes that involve high key lighting, and very few instances with low key lighting. This helps set an uplifting and witty mood and atmosphere for the film. The camera shots in this movie directly relate to the light environment and also helps display the intensity of the citizens’

In a quirky film about a Tabasco lobbyist and his son, gives an alternative view on what many think about the industry. As a lobbyist for tobacco, Nick Naylor is excellent at his job; he even convinced cancer patient that he could still smoke. Even if the film is not

Director John Waters is mostly regarded as making films subjected to shock value or are in poor taste and are mainly there to make a person laugh or over exaggerate the roles of actors and actresses at this time, but they had also stretched boundaries in which case that the censors didn’t whether or not to classify his earlier films as pornography. John has a style closer towards formalism. His scripts weren’t as detailed as say Hitchcock and they were mostly a spur of the moment type deal. John started making films when he was about 16 and his grandmother gave him an old camcorder. He shot mainly in 8 or 16 mm films. In the mid-60s to early-70s, he would make films with his childhood friends and would mainly star them, but would eventually amass more different types

Analyse how Gavin Hood uses symbols and filming techniques to explore the journey (ideas affects of poverty on people, the importance of how you responded to your fait and the true nature of decency) of the protagonist in Tsotsi.

When he is in a different environment, he waits for a brief moment looking around, then he puts on new clothes so as to fit into the new setting. He appears like a con, suggesting that the movie might be about a con man. Therefore, the mood after watching the title sequence shows a texture of the agitated and spirited tone of the film. Allison claims, “It may indeed prepare the audience for the main narrative but at the same time it provides an almost entirely separate work that contributes, like trailers and advertisements, to the diversity of the

Alita Kendrick ENG 124 Final Essay Life is all about Perspective Moment 1: Timestamp 1:12:40 – 1:13:50 This scene begins with the camera using a straight angle, eye level shot and switches between Alex’s (Chris) facial expressions and shots of his surroundings from his point of view. McBride describes point of view as “a shot