| Define | Effasect |
Handheld | A hand-held camera can produce a jerky, bouncy, unsteady image, which may create a sense of immediacy or chaos. Its use is a form of subjective treatment. | 20.this shows trinity fleeing the scene after being spotted by agent smith. This shot is used because it gives a sense of urgency and struggle to a shot. |
Tracking | Tracking involves the camera itself being moved smoothly towards or away from the subject (contrast with zooming). Tracking in (like zooming) draws the viewer into a closer, more intense relationship with the subject; moving away tends to create emotional distance. | After 35 seconds of the matrix clip there is a tracking shot, which is going towards trinity as she approaches and then on to agent smith. The reason why this shot is used is that it creates a feel of action as it increases the movement and speed of the shot. |
Dollying | The camera is placed on a moving vehicle and moves alongside the action, generally following a moving figure or object. A dolly shot may be a good way of portraying movement, the journey of a character for instance, or for moving from a long shot to a close-up, gradually focusing the audience on a particular object or character. | 50.this is when trinity is running from agent smith. This shot is used to create a sense of speed and urgency to a things actions |
Panning | A movement, which scans a scene horizontally. The camera is placed on a tripod, which operates as a stationary axis point as the camera is turned, often to follow a moving object, which is kept in the middle of the frame. | 26-28.this shows us that the main character is moving at a great speed. It also shows us the characters key movements. This shot is used for these very reasons. |
Whip pan | A pan shot, but the camera moves sideways so quickly that the image blurs. | 1.16 this is when trinity looks at agent smith and then hides. This is used to show good details. |
Zooming In/Out | In zooming in the camera does not move; the lens is focussed down from a long-shot to a close-up whilst the picture is still being shown. The subject is magnified, and attention is concentrated on details previously invisible as the shot tightens (contrast tracking). | 134-1.37.this is after trinity smashes through the window and the camera focuses on the guns and then zooms in on her face. This shot is used as it helps to show the details of the surrounding areas and then also the closer smaller features |
Crane shot | Basically, dolly-shots-in-the-air. A crane (or jib), is a large, heavy piece of equipment, but is a useful way of moving a camera - it can move up, down, left, right, swooping in on action or moving diagonally out of it. | 1.31-1.34. This is when trinity is diving through the air to reach the window. This shot is used as it gives a sense of false reality, as this usually would never happen in the real world. |
High angle | The camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give a general overview. High angles make the object photographed seem smaller, and less significant (or scary). | 29.this is when trinity looks down and sees an agent. This shot is used as it shows the height that a character is at. |
Low angle | These increase height (useful for short actors like Tom Cruise or James McAvoy) and give a sense of speeded motion. Low angles help give a sense of confusion to a viewer, of powerlessness within the action of a scene. | 47. This is when Trinity is jumping across the rooftops. The reason why this shot is used as it shows the height and the width of this shot. |
Dutch Tilt | Terms used for a cinematic tactic often used to portray the psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed. A Dutch angle is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side so that the shot is composed with the horizon at an angle to the bottom of the frame. | 1.48trinity is looking up at the window to see if she will be shot. This shot is used as it helps to create an uneasiness as the shot is at a weird angle. |
Focus (depth / pull (rack)) | Rendering only part of the action field in sharp focus through the use of a shallow depth of field. A shift of focus from foreground to background or vice versa is called rack focus. | The cameras focus is first on the gun and then the focus is moved on to her face, which makes the audience look from one to the other (1.38). This has the effect of first impressing upon us the danger of the two inanimate guns pointed and waiting to do their job and then it shows us the emotion of the situation with the character looking fearful but determined. |
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
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