Our final performance planning has just started with us as a group doing a scene from the action-comedy film Hangover 2. The film has a lot of comedy scenes and my vision for our final performance will be explained throughout the three blog updates (including this one).
I don't see our performance live because that will kill the effect of the comedy and therefore us not being able to make the impact we want to. The whole idea of having the performance on a video sounded more realistic than that of a live performance. The live performance will explore a lot of camera angles, character customisation, setting adjustability and much more. In this specific post I will like to talk about creative camera angles in depth.
The creative camera angles are all the angles apart from the basic camera angles used in everyday films these will be more in depth angles which help us look at the subject more.
We are planning to have quite a few camera angles one would be from the character eyes point of view. This angle will look a lot like an angle where we want to really experience the feel of being that specific characters. The technique we are going to use is having a phone taped to our heads with the camera as close as we can to the eye along with the heat not causing a disturbance to the actor. The camera angle panned out very well in our clip giving us a new dimension.
Our second camera angle I will talk about was only used once within the entire video but turned out to be very effective. The focus shot was designed to focus on the alcohol which basically was the 'cause' of this disaster. The whole idea was to really look at the glass and think how did this happen and the audience to know ahh this is how it happened, short yet extremely effective.
Another camera angle we used was the wide-shot which covered a lot of the objects in the room. The whole idea behind this type of shot was to really exercise the effect of 'hungoverness' in a messy room this shot covered most of the bathroom and that was the main aim of having such a shot. Another reason this shot was used to give a new angle for the audience which also helped us keep their attention.
Finally the last camera angle we used was the moving shot which was again to help boost the audience's perspective on the performance. This angle was mainly used to aid the flow of the performance used at crucial scenes in the performance to ensure the audience knew what was happening when and how it happened, the angle was most frequently used when Allen and Phil look for Stu.
In the next post I will be talking about how we looked at how we could really bring the characters to life and how the setting also was made realistic in the video.
This demonstrates that you have considered some of the many elements of theatre that work together to create your final product and communicate meaning to an audience. You have certainly developed new skills by having to think of the audience's perception throughout the making of the film through the camera angles you chose. To get a higher grade you must include images or sketches and you could explain your ideas further, for example you could mention music, your choice of lighting, props, setting etc. This task also requires 3 director's notebook entries, so next time you need to add two more that demonstrate progression and creativity. 4/8 Criteria C
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