Tv Show Cinematography Analysis

Every movie and TV show is different but they all share one thing in common, cinematography. Cinematography is how something is shot. Within cinematography are three categories; photographic aspects, framing, and duration. Photographic aspects are the concrete decisions that deal with specifics of the photographic elements; contrast, the difference between black and white and light and dark; exposure, the amount of light per unit area; and tonality, the amount of contrast there is. Framing is what defines the image which include angles, levels, and height. Duration is the period of time that a production lasts for. I could go in depth about all these terms but that is not what this paper is about.

Have you ever heard of the movie “The Game?” It was released in 1997 and was directed by David Fincher. “The Game” is about a wealthy financier, Nicholas Van Orton. It is his
With framing includes angles, levels, and height. There are angles such as high angle and low angle. Levels such as canted, tilted , pans, tracks, and dollies. Also height, which is how high the camera is being held. Framing also involves shots such as a birds eye view shot, a shot in which the camera photographs the scene from directly overhead; low angle shot, a shot taken from below the subject; medium close up, a shot taken from the chest up; and extreme close up, a shot that singles out a portion of the face. Of course I missed a lot but I will talk more about framing once I get more in depth with “The Game.”

In the beginning, a close up shot is taken of Van Orton after he visualizes flashbacks of him and his father before his father killed himself. This close up of him in his bathroom splashing his face with water could mean a snap back into reality. A high angle shot, a shot taken from above the subject, is used when Van Orton and Christine are stuck in the elevator. They Climb the ropes to try to get up the elevator