Cinematography
'Ivan's Childhood'
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Above image taken from google images
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From 43:07 to 44:44 Tarkovsky uses a wide shot in which the camera acts as another party within the scene. The characters in the scene move in and out of the camera while it stays fixed in one position. In doing this, the audience feel more involved in the film and it realistically presents how the scene would be viewed if it was from another character's point of view.
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Above image taken from google images
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'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'
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Kuras also utilses wide shots from different angles to give the audience a sense that they are completely involved. Within this clip specifically different angles are utilised and close ups are also frequent to build a closer relationship between the characters and the audience. At the beginning of the extract, wide shots and establishing shots are used to explain to the audience the location and put everything in Joel's perpective as he narrates over the scene.
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'Memory'
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The short film begins with some static shots of certain places within the location, setting up the atmosphere. A tracking shot is then used to bring the audience into the film. It gives a sense of the (potential) protagonist inviting spectators in. Having used a tracking shot, the location is revealed to the audience over time setting up the sense of an enigma. The film then returns to static shots of other places letting the audience know the location is in the same state. There is then, what seems to be, a point of view shot as the protagonist takes the audience up the stairs. During the assent, because is it a point of view shot, the audience get a sense that they are experiencing this first hand, as the character themselves is doing it. The cinematography assist in creating a close, almost personal, relationship between the character and audience.
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My film, 'Minnie'
For the cinematography of my own film, I hope to create the same intimacy between the characters and the audience as my three research films. Much like in 'Ivan's Childhood' I intend on having the camera fixed to one place and the characters move in and out of the shot accordingly. I also would like to use shots from different angles on the same matter, similarly to 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and I want to use point of view shots like in 'Memory' to give the sense that this is the protagonist's memory.