Planning - Cinematography Miss B

Cinematography is important in films because it helps to create the scene by using different shot sizes,camera angle and camera movement.All these things give the audience a different representation of the characters and allow the audience to respond in a different way.Its important in thrillers because when using shot sizes such as close up or mid-shot we can tell a lot of how the character is feeling and it creates that tension where the audience might want to know why they are feeling the way they are feeling. Also if a low angle is used we as the audience can tell that the character has a high status.

The cinematography I plan to use in my thriller consists of the following:

1. A close-up will be used in the corridor scene, this will show the facial expressions on each of the characters faces when they come face-to-face with the intruder in their home, reason for this is because we see it as the best way to capture a characters facial expressions. This is conventional to the thriller genre simply because many thrillers like to show/ empathize a characters feelings/ expressions within a shot, scene/ frame.

3. We will use a Mid-shot when the father Frank looks outside the window to see the intruder standing outside looking at him. This will give the audience a feel of who and what the intruder is.

4. We going to use the Zoom shots enabling the audience to see any cause of damage or trauma easily. For example in the corridor scene we will see the family from the intruders point of view and then the camera will zoom up to the family and turn around to show the intruder on the other side of the corridor.

5. We going to use the point of view/ 1st person shot as this will also make the audience put themselves in that particular situation or imagine that happening to them e.g. the corridor scene when the intruder is looking at the family.

Conclusion:

The planning has made it easier for me and the rest of my group furthermore it has made me self-assured about the cinematography within my thriller and I understand now how it will be conventional within my thriller. Additionally, planning the cinematography has helped me and my group  to look at the filming process more perfectly and confidently, for example i now know when  where some of the camera angles/ shots will be used and this will  help my group to carry out the filming process without so much stress.