Cinematography blog tasks

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 opening credits.

The opening scene is taken in worms eye view. However, it is also taken in a long shot because you can see Groot's whole body. This is also a establishing shot because whilst he is dancing, you can see the background and the setting. The camera zooms out so when a character is talking, they can see the whole body of that character. At 1:30 it is a medium shot because you can only see groots waist. It then moves back to the long shot. The whole scene is shot on a dolly. The angle would be low angle because it is fairly low and it is also slightly aiming upwards, showing the chaos behind Groot's dancing.

The camerawork gives the audience hints on what is happening in the background and show's the chaos whilst Groot is contently dancing, it also show's that the characters that are fighting know groot but are too busy to stop him from dancing because they are busy. The camerawork also show's how they are fighting a big octopus thing and also show's how the characters have skill in fighting and gives the audience clues that they probably fight monsters on a daily basis.
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The camera shot of this image (La La Land) shows the love or friendship between the 2 characters (probably love). The camera is shot upwards so it is low angle but doesn't necessarily show power or dominance. It could be that it shows the dominance of love and how it distracts people as they are not paying attention to the live performance of a band or group. This show's that their love is powerful and strong.

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The camera shot of this image (The Shawshank Redemption) show's the weakness and inferiorness of the prisoners. The camera is shot downwards so it is high angle and it shows how powerless the prisoners are. This communicates to the audience that the prisoners have to obey the wardens because they are dehumanised and have less power than their superiors.

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The camera shot of this image (Interstellar) show's how little and miniscule humans are compared to the universe and planets. The camera is shot from a high angle and it shows how humans are nothing compared to the universe. This communicates to the audience that whatever they do in life has barely any impact on the universe and whatever they do will make no change to the world. It also shows how vast the world is.

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The camera shot of this image (Captain America: Civil War) show's the strength of the heroes and their bravery. The camera is shot from a low angle and it shows how the heroes are bold and brave and heroically going into battle. They are being empowered by the low angle camera shot. This communicates to the audience that there will be a fight scene and there will be some action of them fighting.



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