Research: cinematography

Cinematography is looking at the way the shot is framed, the angle it is taken in and the movement of the camera. All these things give the audience a different representation of the character and allow the audience to respond in different ways. this allows the audience to form different opinions about.

Shot sizes

There are different types of shots included in cinematography.

•extreme long shot- show more of the surronding of the scene. the audience can understand whats gong on in the scene more by seeing whats happening around the characters. this is good in a thriller because more can be inffered by the audience.

•long shot- this shot shows just from head to toe and a bit of background. it exposes the character so you can have a clear view of what kind of person the character is. The audiece can now create their own opinions of the characters intentions.

•medium shot- this shot is shown from the waist up. The audience cannot see the legs so their opinions can only come from the upper body. in this case you can see how very powerful and strong batman looks in this scene.

•medium close up-the chest upwards is how this shot should be shown. the audience can see some emotion from the character its used to tell the audience to focus on that particular character at that time.

•close up-the head of a character.
its very intimate and shows the importance of the emotion being seen. the audience will now  gain full understanding of the character and why they have been shown and exposed up close with the shot.

•extreme close up- very close to a body part or an object, making sure it takes up most of the screen. as an audience member you are really close, the fear of a person can be seen in the eyes of the victim thats why this shot is usualy used for the eyes.

•establishing shot- shows the whole setting of where the next scene is about to take place. the audience will see how the setting and the scene might link.

•crane shot-camera movement is flexible 

•point of view-when it looks like its from the person viewing and the audience can imagine what it's like in that situation.

•zoom-capture emotion or to get away from it.

•hand held-when the camera moves with the person filming techniques.
 panning
Angles

There are also angles that are used to enhance a characters status.
The camera angle marks the precise place at which a camera is put to take a shot. It may be shot from various camera angles. This will give / show the audience a different viewpoint to create an effect.

•high angle- is a shot where the camera is above looking down making the focus look small. if a victim wants to be shown in a vulnerable position this shot will be used to emphasise how weak and helpless they are.

•low angle-is when the shot is taken from below looking up making the main object of the camera look big on the screen. Low angles are used to make characters look suoerior or in control, thats why in my thriller I will use it on the antagonist to make the audience fear him more.

zoom
a zoom in is used to capture the woman's emotion so theres knowledge about how the characters feeling and then zoomed out to get away from the emotion not revealing to much.

*at 1:05 after the piece of iconography of the button is shown there is a zoom into an extreme close up to reveal the shock that the girls in. The audience can automatically link the object to the way she has reacted and empathise with her.This makes the scene more interesting and creates more suspence. 
*At 1:24 there is a high angle shot showing the girl on the tracks. its been used to show that she is vulnerable in the situation of being on the train tracks which creates fear in the audience for her.
*there is  a point of view shot from a low angle at 1:35 of her looking at her boyfriend. it seems that the director wanted to put the audience in her position, showing that the boy would of been the last thing she saw before dying. So this is what the audience get anxious thinking what is going to happen to her and they get terrifyed because they imagine themselve in that position of the girl.

conclusion

I will use low angle and high angle shots to show the different statuses between people making the audience know who is more powerful in what situation. In my thriller I will also use different types of shots including extreme close up as a main shot to reveal deep emotion of my female victim.