LO3: Camerawork for Q6,7 or 8

Shot types

1. Close up - Good for showing emotion, connotes importance of a prop e.g a weapon.  This particular shot creates empathy from the audience.
2. Crowd shot - More than 3 main characters - This shot connotes them being a team - Midsommar cult is a band of antagonists
3. Long/Wide shot - Show location, good for action scenes, Good vs Evil connotations, Creates Spectacle
4. Establishing Shot -  Because its outside it establishes the location Sets up Verisimilitude- Act of appearing realistic so we can relate to it, empathy
5. Mid Shot - Knees upwards
6. Extreme close up - Connotes Emotion - Empathy, Fear.   
7. Medium Close up - Show empathy and emotion - Antagonists- Serious facial expressions, shows dominance, Connotates evil- Fear for the audience
8. Two Shot - Connotes teamwork - Costumes suggest they are on the same team. Similar to crowd shot
9. Extreme long shot - 

Camera Angles

1. High angle  - Camera looking down - Will look down at underdog/vulnerable/subordinate characters Stereotypically Prince, princess character someone who needs saving.     If on an antagonist it breaks the stereotype 
2. Low angle - Camera looking up - Makes character powerful - Makes protagonist look strong, powerful, going to win.  Makes antagonist look scary, connotes fear for the audience.     - Shows dominance 
3. Dutch/Canted Angle -  (remember Zandvoort corner camber) When the camera is significantly tiled to the left or right - Can show fast moving flight - When on characters it signified an enigma is going to happen

Movement

1. Panning - Left to Right, Right to Left - Commonly used at start of new location/setting, establishes the scene, Midsommar sacred tree scene or tour of village scene.  Panning over antagonists- Creates suspense, shows scale of enemy- literally can't fit them all in one frame. 
2. Tilting - Up and Down - Buildings Characters, shows immense scale or power of a character or weakness depending on direction 
3. Tracking - Camera follows a character through a scene, Enigma, Urgency, spectacle involves audience  Midsommar - Dani plane bathroom transition shot -  Shows her emotions + time shift

From Midsommar

Shot types + Angles

Establishing shot of Dani's Family's town - Shows the time of day and season as night-time in winter which implies enigma and it also breaks the audience expectations of summer they they would have expected based on the films title.

Very start of the film, opening montage

Medium-long high angle shot of the Elder just before they jump of the cliff, the outsiders and younger cult member are framed to be literally below her which implies her greater importance. This dramatic pose also connotates outer body experiences which foreshadows her imminent death to the audience, building tension,

Extreme close up shot of Ruben, the Sacred child. This signifies his importance to the cult and makes the audience aware of his character. It also shows his emotion to be quite somber which intrigues the audience and implies that the cults isnt as happy as it is portraied 

Early on in the film, soon after they arrive in Harga

Close up shot of Dani early in the film is used to show her emotions, she is worried about her sister which foreshadows the death of their family. The very dark framing also connotes upcoming enigma. Furthermore it makes use of the stereotype of woman being emotional by showing Dani as worried and Christian as unempathetic and even gaslighting her which sets the audiences opinions on these characters.

Movement + Angles

Mid shot, high angle tracking shot, the high angle element of this shot portrays Dani as emotionally vulnerable which fits the stereotype of woman being weak.

 

Early in film, just before they go to Sweden

High angle tracking shot of the firefighters and carbon monoxide pipe as it trails through Ardor's house, revealing the death of them all. The carbon monoxide pipe coming out the exhaust of the car denotes death and danger and the slow rhythm of the shot builds suspense. The scene ends with a long angle of Dani's sister that becomes a medium close up as it zooms in on her and then the laptop with Dani's messages. The colour of Dani's sisters shirt and the pipe, yellow, has connotations of toxicity which denotes that Dani's sister was a danger, which was proven. 

After Dani phones Christian when she finds out they are dead

Long shot, tracking. In this shot the camera circles 180 degrees over the car, tracking it whist it drives, which makes the shot become upside down. This connotes Harga being not normal or "back to front". Furthermore, the unnatural angle makes the viewer feel uneasy and connotations of psychedelics which build an early impression of Harga before they even arrive there. The slow motion and eery music enforce this impression on the audience.

As they travel to Harga       

Camera Angles

High angle shot of the Elder just before they jump of the cliff, the outsiders and younger cult member are framed to be literally below her which implies her greater importance with the camera looking down at them. This dramatic pose also connotates outer body experiences which foreshadows her imminent death to the audience, building tension. 

Soon after they have arrived in Harga

Wide shot high angle, taken from the top of the cliff that is a relevant part of the scene. Shows the outsiders and very small and weak in this shot to imply the power the cult has over them

Same as last shot.