Film Techniques Camera Composition Camera Shots Establishing shot or Extreme long shot This shot is taken from an extreme distance and usually shows landscapes‚ cityscapes‚ etc. Often used at the start of a movie. Showing the vast surrounding. Long shot This shot establishes the exact location of the scene by showing subjects in their surroundings. Full Shot Shows a character from head to toe. Point of full shot is to show/ bring attention to the body‚ body language‚ posture and costuming. Medium
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Film Techniques Folio Defining what you need to know about film ______________________________________________________________ What do you know about film? ( How did they do that? ( Why did they put that in? ( What was the point of that? ( Why did that character do that? ( What’s this film really about? These are just some of the questions which might arouse you when you are viewing‚ or studying‚ a film. And‚ clearly‚ your
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In the short film Validation‚ the director‚ Kurt Kuenne uses different camera angles to demonstrate the importance of characters and their emotions. Kuenne uses three different types of camera angles‚ the eye level shot‚ the double headshot‚ and the over the shoulder shot. The director uses the eye level shot when Hugh first sees Victoria at the DMV. This shot is used at this moment to help the audience experience the love Hugh feels for Victoria. Another shot the director demonstrates well is the
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The boy in the Striped Pajamas--Text Response It has been said before that ignorance is bliss.The film The boy in the Striped Pajamas does demonstrate that a lack of knowledge about what is true and ugly about the world would certainly make a person happier.The many characters in the film that are oblivious or unware of the incomprehensible truth happening around them enjoy life more than those who are aware of the complete truth.This essay will argue that what the main characters Bruno‚Shumel
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Film techniques Camera angles: Bird’s eye view- An aerial shot of a view‚ sensation of flying or floating Eye level- Camera is positioned at the character’s eye level. Often used to display facial expressions and focus on dialogue. Low angle- The camera is positioned below the feet. Can indicate power and authority and make them look tall and overbearing High angle- The camera is high in the air. Make the audience feel that they are more important then the object provides the feeling of inferiority
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The plot of the book takes place in Berlin‚ Germany‚ during WWII‚ from the point of view of a 9 year old German boy named Bruno. Bruno who lives at home with his parents‚ his 12 year old sister Gretel‚ and their maids‚ is also the son of a Nazi commandant. One day‚ after a visit from Adolf Hitler (German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party) Bruno’s father was promoted to commandant (The chief commanding position within the SS service of a Nazi concentration camp). Then‚ when Bruno comes
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Have you ever had a friend that you parents would never approve of‚ so you don’t tell your parents? In The Boy in the Striped pajamas there are a lot of difference and similarities. 6 million jewish people died in the holocaust and that is what the movie is about‚ the holocaust. First‚ there are a few similarities in the book and the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. One of the similarities are that Shmuel and Bruno are friends in both the movie and the book. The was a pillar in both of the the
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Told almost entirely from a young‚ naive German boy’s point of view‚ Mark Herman’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a hard-hitting Holocaust tale that will render audiences speechless. After arriving home‚ Bruno (Asa Butterfield) learns that his family will have to move because his father (David Thewlis) achieved a promotion in the Nazi army. Bruno noticed what he believed to be farmers living just past a stretch of woods near their new home. One day‚ not long after
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The movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was made in 2008 by Mark Herman the director. The movie featured Asa Butterfield as Bruno‚ Jack Scanlon as Shmuel‚ and David Thewlis as Father. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a movie that takes place in World War 2 that shows the experience of Bruno a german whose family is well off. Bruno’s father is given a promotion requiring the family to move to the countryside. Soon after their arrival Bruno discovers the “Farmers” who live next door. He asks his
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Imagine that one simple mistake you make could mean the difference between your life and death? The cruel realization of this comes into play in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne‚ when Bruno‚ a nine year-old German boy meets Shmuel‚ a nine year-old Jewish boy at a concentration camp called‚ “Auschwitz.” Bruno‚ who is a very naive little boy stuck in the Holocaust‚ doesn’t understand what’s going on around him. As soon as he leaves the safety of his home and the guidelines of his in-command
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