Transcript of How camera shots are used in
- 1. How camera shots are used inopening sequences to create
meaning Aivaras Vaitiekunas
- 2. Extreme long shot This is an extreme long shot which shows
the location of the film and where the characters are going to be
at the beginning of the film. To the audience this shows that the
train station and the train will be the key to this scene and shows
that some sort of action will happen here.Extreme long shots are
used to identify the location of the scene for the audienceShow any
hidden things for example if someone is riding a car in the far
corner oThe director wants the audience to spot the car.In this
shot we see the Ferris wheel and itSeems like its a fair or an
amusement parkThis also shows that this might be the secondLocation
of the scene to which they are goingTo be heading to.
- 3. Long shot Long shots are used to show characterslocation and
also the things going around them.In this shot we see that this is
set in a tunnelwhich seems to be in a stadium and they areall
dressed in the same cloths which us theaudience will think that
they are either in agang or a group who is about to perform. In
this shot we see that the group or gang in a long shot which shows
the location wh seems like the entrance to something and this shows
what they are wearing and thei movement. This also tells us that
they are entering a location which something is abo happen, so this
gives the audience some s
- 4. Medium shot The medium shot is a shot which allows the
audience to see the characters clothing and body language and
facial expressions. In this shot we see that the characters are
wearing some vests with no shirts this shows the audience that they
do not care how they look and tells us that they are some sort of
rebels. We also see that they are wearing the same cloths which
tells us that In this shot we see his body they are part of
something language where the character is together. punching the
handle bars in the train which shows us his rebellion side and also
we see his facial expression which tells us that he is angry so he
is trying to release the anger out on random objects.
- 5. Close up The close up is used to show the characters
expressions or an objects details. In this shot we see that the
character is having a conversation and we also see that he is not
in a good mood. We can see that he is also looking like he has been
frightened or just realised something bad has happened. In this
shot we can see again that the character seems like he is talking
to someone and his facial expression shows that he is not that
happy. He is looking down into something or someone which tells us
that he is making eye contact with someone below him or he is
talking to a crowd.
- 6. Extreme close up The extreme close up is used to show the
map of the locations the characters are riding past as you can see
the picture on the right is of a train that keeps going past. The
picture on the left shows the location of where the groups are
going to. The extreme close ups are used to show extreme detail in
an object or to show specific emotion for example an extreme close
up of the eye to show the audience if the person is crying.
- 7. Track The track shot is a shot which follows the character
or object being them. In this track shot we see the camera is
following the characters behind them while they are walking through
the tunnel.
- 8. Pan The pan shot is used to show something from side to
side, like in this scene we see on the left it first shows the fire
in the vase which shows that the fire is danger so this can
indicate to us that there might be danger and then on the right we
see that the camera has moved from left to right (pan shot) and we
see that there is a lot of people and this can mean that there will
be some danger since there was the fire on the start of the pan
shot.
- 9. Tilt The tilt shot is used in the same way as the pan shot
just this time it goes from down to up or up to down to show
something inside of a wardrobe or to show more detail in one shot
like they have done in this one. On the left we see that the
picture is only showing the peoples feet which we cant see a lot of
detail in that and then on the right we see that the camera tilts
up to show more detail in what they are doing and where they are,
as we can see that the group of gang members are walking the subway
and scaring people in the process.
- 10. Zoom Zoom is used to show emotions and expressions and how
the characters are feeling, specially for horrors and thrillers and
many other genres of film. In this shot we can see that actor is
picking up money and then when he is walking away the camera zooms
out to show his body and his body language.
- 11. Cut These are the first two shots of the first scene of the
movie. The cut jumps from one scene to another which is still the
same mood and it both has the black scene with the lights on which
show that scene is dark. The first scene lasts for 00:23 seconds
which is the scene on the left and then it jumps to another scene
of the train and the scene on the right lasts from 00:23 to 01:03
with the same mood but it has some more effects than the still
video of the ferris wheel, which the right scene has a moving video
which it follows the train to the location it is going.
- 12. pace The pace of the video is slow at the start and it
keeps switching from one scene to another in the same pace to show
the audience about the characters and the locations and in the
scenes where the trains are going past the clip speeds up and then
slows down to normal pace again.
- 13. Performance speech In this performance we hear that the
character is talking about how the owner sirus wants everything to
be calm and he talks in a calm manner which tells the audience that
he is chilled out character. In this scene we also hear that the
character is also talking to the person in a smooth way without any
angry expressions so they seem to be chilled out
- 14. Performance body language In this scene we see that the
main group seems to be chilled out and the guy on the left is just
holding on to the handle bars while everyone else is just play
fighting this shows that the character on the left does not care
about his friends messing around. Also we can see that the guy on
the right is upset because of the middle man and this is also shown
through his body language by slouching forward and having a sad
face. The guy in the middle is stood up with his arms out looking
like he is about to fight. The shot on the right shows the group
standing together in the train and they all look like they are
worried or thinking about something for example the person in the
middle seems like he is
- 15. Performance facial expressions In this shot we see that the
actor seems to be focused and interested in what he is thinking,
this can be engaging because he seems interested and the audience
would like to know why. The way we can tell that the character is
looking up with his mouth closed and his eyebrows close together
slightly facing up. In this shot we see that both of the characters
are talking to each other they both look angry. The way we can see
this is by both of their mouths closed and their eyebrows
- 16. Diegetic The sound in the beginning is high pitched with
bells ringing then it gets louder and louder as the song progresses
with the rest of the instruments. The music stops as the first
character starts speaking and then begins again with a more upbeat
tempo song and the drums begin to play when the second character
starts speaking. The music is good because it gets the audiences
attention by having a upbeat song and get everyone buzzing when it
progresses more and more. The song sets the mood for the film as it
is a mysterious song with a mysterious start to the movie because
we dont know whats about to
- 17. Non-diegetic There are a few non diegetic sounds within the
beginning of the film when the train is moving the sound is heard
with it which tells us that they didnt make the sound up. The non
diegetic sound also comes from the characters speaking. We also
hear non diegetic sound from when the group is entering the train
this would have less affect to the audience if they only had music
playing because it would not be as realistic. Some sounds are
enhanced for better audio experience for example when the
characters are speaking the sound from the wind which the camera
picked up makes it sound more realistic
- 18. Mise en scene - Setting The setting in the opening sequence
of the film The Warriors, there are two main locations. One of them
is the train which they all meet up and go to their second location
which is the playground. The train looks like its been vandalised
which might mean that the city they are in might of been bad place
because there are graffiti on the trains sides. This relates to the
audience because they might be curious in why they are going
through a dangerous looking place. The second location we see that
everyone is in a playground and there are a lot of people. While
everyone is colour coordinated fir example some of the groups have
different colours to others and this is suspicious for the
- 19. Mise en scene - Costume Each character has the same
clothing within the groups but they still have other types of
costume for example the guy on the right has some head gear on
which represents him. The small towel looks like its been warn out
which the audience might wonder why and it might be that the movie
is full of action and fast pace cuts. The red jacket looks like its
been hand made with quality fabric which shows to the audience that
they have to have money to make them clothes, which show that
character must have been through a lot of experience. This time the
character on the right has different type of clothing which the
group also have. Each group has their styles with a little twist
from each character for example the character on the left of the
middle character has a white strip which he might think it looks
better on him or it might be a rank system.
- 20. Mise en scene - FigureexpressionFacial expression The
facial expression in this shot shows that the character is serious
and focused on what he is doing. This shows to the audience that he
is knowing what he is doing. Although there is not that much facial
expressions in the start because everyone is confused or either
focused on going to their destination.
- 21. Mise en scene - Props There was not a lot of props used in
the start of the opening sequence but they did use money which the
character used to let his group past the security in the train
station. The second prop which was used was a graffiti spray can
this was told for the character to use everywhere so that everyone
knows that the group has been there. The audience are curious and
suspicious because they will wonder why the second prop (spray can)
was used to spray around the city for others to