1) Write an analysis of the cinematography in the opening sequence. Highlight your use of media language and try to cover camera shots, angles and movement using the terminology we have learned in lessons.
Right at the beginning, a panning medium/long shot was used then moving closer to the main character who is the protagonist (Ashley Waters) to show his facial expressions in order for the audience to feel an emotional connection with the character. Moving on from that, one of the next crucial scenes in the trailer was when Deshane (the victim in the series) was kissing his girlfriend, a close-up was used on the characters while they were kissing so the audience can have and feel voyeurism. Onto the next scene, an over the shoulder shot was used on le he was being confronted by a drug dealer. The use of over the shoulder shot shows how Deshane is a victim in the scene and also shows the facial expressions on the drug dealers who was furious at that time. Later on, a medium shot was used on the drug dealer when he shot Leon and started running away.
2) How does the camerawork give the audience clues about the setting, narrative and character?
The camerawork allows the audience to engage well with the characters as there are many shaky POV shots and over the shoulder shots allowing the audience to feel a sense of realism as well as diversion which is escaping reality and real life routines and problems. In addition to this, the setting of this trailer is mostly in a council estate in East London. Furthermore the use of close-ups on the props, for example the gun, really gives the audience clues that it is violence related and that the characters are possible antagonists and that the series is set in a lower class- working class area for instance a council estate.
3) Find and analyse four film or TV stills. Embed the images in your blog and analyse the camera shot/angle and what they communicate to the audience.
https://blog.starzplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Kanan-Power-Starz.jpg
Here a close up shot has been used on 50 Cent, in the Netflix series 'Power'. The use of close-up allows the audience to analyse the actors face and with this the audience is also able to establish a emotional connection with the actor. The close up specifically on this still image allows the audience to understand the character seems to be mischievous as his facial expressions how to be worries and stressed and in addition his hands have grip of a prop which is to be a gun which connotes violence, danger and ultimately death.
https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/the-punisher-4.jpg?w=1000
In this still image, a medium close up is seen to be used which was captured in the Netflix series 'Punisher'. The use of medium close enables the audience to understand the environment that the protagonist in this image is currently in. In addition to this, the medium close up allows the audience to also view the protagonist's facial expressions which also allows the audience to build an emotional connection with the character, keeping them interested and wanting to watch on to see what happens with the character in the end.
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This still image was taken from a Netflix series called 'Top Boy'. Here a medium shot was used which allows the audience to gain knowledge of the environment the characters are currently in which in this case would be a staircase in a rough council estate which would lead them onto understanding that the characters are to be working class individuals. Although the medium shot shows the environment the characters are currently in, it doesn't reveal too much about their location.
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