Camera angles & movement

Presenting a video made by me and Audrey to experiment with different camera angles and movements.

This shot technique captures the subject’s body language as a whole.

This helps the audience to deduce easily how she is feeling

(anxious, lonely, and depressed).

The shot captures a quiet situation around the subject, by this it

may emphasize more focus on the subject. Additionally, it also shows

the audience how the subject is more lonely and isolated, which shows

resemblance to the subject’s emotions. The focus on the subject

may help the audience interpret the subject’s emotions more clearly.

The use of this camera movement shows the loneliness and sadness

the subject is facing as the subject is going through different emotions,

and the stillness captures her emotions without any lines conveyed.

Barely any movements are recorded hence it focuses more on her reactions.

This camera movement technique is mostly shown in circumstances

when the subject appears to be texting/looking into the subject’s

phone, it brings the audience’s focus on the phone (the messages)

and it explains how and why the subject is feeling down/stressed.

Another scene with this technique is also used to draw the audience’s

attention to tears as it falls to the table, this shows clearly that the

subject is feeling upset without visually seeing the subject’s emotion literally.

It makes the subject appear lonely and more “depressing” as it reveals

how the main subject is sitting all by herself, as opposed to the subject’s

surroundings. And it also disconnects with the audience as it slowly brings

the audience away from the subject.

AS & A LEVEL MEDIA STUDIES - DYANDRA MULYADI