Planning Cinematography - Miss Miller

The importance of cinematography within films and why planning is key is that it brings different mood and effects on the audience, for example if there was a low angle shot it would show the audience that the character being shot in the low angle shot is dominant and has power. It lets the audience understand the narrative and characters role more, as it's perceiving them in different ways.





Within my sequence a P.O.V shot will be used this will be used when the young girl sees the dead body on the floor besides her; the point of view shot will let the audience experience and see what the victim is seeing; by using this shot it will create an effect of suspension as you begin to panic and worry like the young girl (victim) is as your sceptical as to what's going on. By using this shot it makes the audience feel more sympathetic towards the victim. This shot is conventional as it makes us feel more empathy for the victim in the thriller, with the point of view shot your not looking at anything else but what this specific character is seeing. This will begin building a relationship with the characters as it's making the audience see things from the characters viewing point.

High angle shots are usually used in thrillers when a victim is the main one in the scene, this is to show the audience that they are vulnerable and the weaker character. Within my thriller opening sequence I will be using this shot when the girl has a flashback on the leading up to where she is now, this high angle shot will be used when she is on her phone looking at the embarrassing video that was put up of her, whilst watching this she is getting abusive and threatening text messages which will show the audience that she is the victim with the help of the high angle shot, high angle shots are conventional in a thriller as they highlight the victim in the sequence as high angle shots are always used for victims, it makes it conventional as a victim in a thriller is one of the main conventions, the shot is just making it more obvious to the audience who the victim is. The audience begin to build a relationship with the victim as you begin to feel sympathetic due to the high angle being shown you know that something bad is going to happen and with the high angle shot is shows us that she is the main victim so the audience begin to feel more connected to the character in a way as you don't want nothing bad to happen to her but you already know it will as the victims in thrillers always end up getting hurt or killed.

A close up is to show the audience how one particular character feels once they've seen something, this shot builds up suspense as your wary as to what is going to happen next to that character after they've seen something they didn't want to see. The close up will be used when the victim wakes up and realises that theirs a dead body next to her, this close up will show the audience how she feels towards what's going on and will give the audience a clearer outlook on the victims emotions as something bad is happening. This is conventional to a thriller as it's building up suspense for the audience which is what thrillers are suppose to do.

A shallow focus will be used in my opening sequence when the antagonist is sneaking up on the victim this will make the audience feel uneasy as you want the victim to be safe but you can't do anything but sit and watch and feel sympathetic towards the victim. The shallow focus creates tension for the audience as you can see the antagonist but the victim cant which makes you feel even more sympathetic towards the victim as their clueless as to what is going on. The shallow focus will make the audience focus on the antagonist which builds up suspense because the audience are unaware of what the antagonist is planning to do. This is conventional to a thriller as it's building up the tension for the audience, making us think that something bad is going to happen, this is also creating an enigma as the audience are unaware of what is going to happen.

At the beginning of my opening sequence I would add an establishing shot as it would make it clear to the audience where the setting is and what mood is going to be created. It shows the audience who is in the setting, for my opening sequence my setting is in an abandoned house/room this will show the audience that the victim is isolated from other people and has no way of escaping also it shows the audience that the victim is alone. Moreover the establishing shot shows the audience where the setting is which will give the audience a clearer idea of what might happen in the sequence. An   establishing shot is conventional, as it's creating tension straight away as to why the victim is in an isolated area. It makes the audience think throughout the sequence how the victim got there and why the victim is there.

Conclusion:
Overall this research helped me with analysing my cinematography ideas as it gave us a clear structure as to what we would need to include in our opening sequence. It made my group and myself have a clear structure also as to where we would put certain angles to help create an effect on the audience. By planning cinematography it makes it easier as to how your overall sequence is going to be planned out.