Connotations photo exercise

Connotations photo exercise -

These are the photos that were taken for this exercise. 

Purity- This is a picture of running water. This connotes purity because water is clean and clear.

We chose a tap because that is where we could get water from. This is a extreme close up because it is 100% object. It is also shot with light to show the clear picture, it is also high angle.

Greed - This connotes greed because I am looking at something on the wall in greed, wanting it in greed. This is a mid shot because it is 50% object 50% background. It is eye level because this will let the viewer relate and understand what is going on. The lighting is bright so you can see what is going on.

Wealth - This connotes wealth because in the picture I appear as tall and powerful. The camera is at a low angle to make me look even taller, and is a long shot because it is 80% object and 20% background. This is to show all of me and connote 
wealth. 

Fear - This connotes fear because Liam's face shows fear. This is a close up with bright light so you can see his face. With a straight on camera position so the audience can relate to it.

Danger - This danger because in the picture Liam is tripping over which is dangerous and the ground is red which connotes danger. The picture is an extreme close up because it is 100% object and 0% background. The shot is dark which is mysterious which creates fright. 

Love - This is love because two hands are holding which connotes love. It is a mid shot because it is 50% object and 50% background. The shot has clear lighting so you can see the whole picture.

Friendship - This is friendship because in this photo we are in the photo together. We decided to shoot it in the dark because it would be easier to show friendship with two people than with one person, but we also needed to take the picture. That's why we have hidden the camera. 

Strength - This connotes strength because I am towering over all the other objects in the photo. I look big and powerful in this shot because everything else is small and unimportant. Its a low angled shot to make me look bigger. Its also a canted angle to draw your eyes along the fence towards me. 

Poverty - This connotes poverty because he is sitting on a dirty ground surrounded by a container and wooded posts being swamped by the shadows. It is a high angle long shot to show the whole picture and how he is cowering from the rest of the world. 

Weakness - This connotes weakness because Liam is hiding from the camera because he is scared and afraid because in this picture he is weak. This shot is a high angle mid shot to show how powerless he is and to get reasonably close to the camera.

Loneliness - This connotes loneliness because I am sitting on my own with no one else around. It is a wide, long shot to show no one else in the shot. We shot it at a bright location so you viewer can see all of what is going on and can relate to it.

Desire - This is desire because I am looking the posters and wanting them. It is an over the shoulder shot to give the viewer my perspective. with high brightness to show what's going on.

Evaluation of the continuity system

• Mise-en-scene- Mise-en-scene is all the things that make up the scene. This is the props, costumes and setting. It is used to give the audience a clear view of what is going on. For example a western film would include a cowboy hat and would most likely be set in a desert. The only prop we used was the camera bag that was exchanged. We didn't need any extra costumes because it was set in the present and at college. 

• Lighting - Lighting is used for a number of reasons. Low lighting can hide most of the scene and can cut of the audience to make us look interest in a certain character so we don't connect or relate to them because they are often the bad guy. The other way is bright light. This lets the audience seen everything within a scene. This could be because there is something important going on so the audience needs to seen it or that the good guy is on screen. We used it a few times to establishing the good and the bad guys. This was all done using natural light.
  
  
  
• High or low angles - A high angle gives the impression that someone is week and unimportant within the scene. For this to be effective the camera has to be high looking down. Making the camera higher that the subject gives this view. In our short film we did this once in the establishing shot. making me look tinny compared to the  background. 
  
    

A low angle shot is achieved when the camera is low looking up. This makes the subject bigger than they actually are. This gives the sense of power and importance. In our sequence we did this when the bad guy was walking through the door and because the camera was looking it give this character power of the other one.

• Different shot distances - Different camera angles give different look and make the view feel different things. We had a mixture of mid shots, over the shoulder shots, point of views shots, and establishing shots, extreme close ups and long shots. Mid shots give the viewer a sense of normality. we used one when i was in the coffee and trying to find the other character. We used a mid shot to show the normality of me running around trying to find the other guy. 
   

Another shot we sued was a other the shoulder shot. They are used to give more than one side to a story. The camera moves from one person shoulder to the other to give a point of view for both people. We used it for when the package was changing hands. This gave both views for the exchange.

We used POV shot, point of view shot to show which characters were seeing what. They are used to give the viewer a sense of what's going on in the eyes if the character. 

Extreme close ups give more emotion than any other shot. Especially fear because having a camera in your face is awkward more even the actors uncomfortable. We used one when I was running trying to find the other guy. This shot showed my exhaustion and hurry to find the meeting place. 

Long shots are used show action from a long distance. They show lots and background and a few characters. So they are useful if a lot is going on. For example a big battle in a war film where lots of the main characters are fighting side by side. We used one for when I am running away from the camera towards the package. Showing the background, me running and the package. 

• Any camera movement- Camera angles are helpful for a lot of thing. A pan is a stationary movement looking left and right. It is used to show a wide look of a background and to follow action. A tilt it a stationary movement looking up and down. This can be used to show perspective and to follow action. A tracking shot follows the action usually on a dolly or wheeled support. They are used to follow action usually a car chase. A crab shot is when the camera moving sideways like a crab. It follows the action sideways. An arc shot follows the subject on the 180 degrees. Or 360 degrees. This is used to show a conversation from all the character point of views. A crane shot is used to show a high angle shot or long takes. They show a high perspective. A zoom is used to look in or look out from a certain subject. Increasing or decreasing the magnification focuses our attention on what was there or what will be there. As our one camera movement we used a pan. We used this because it showed my perspective looking around, looking for the guy I was supposed to meet and deliver the package to.
• fades or dissolves - Fades signifies an end. They are quite slow and are usually in slower films. They usually stand for much later. A dissolve is when one image is made clearer and whilst the other is made less clear. A dissolve might mean a dream or later. We used a fade to show that later I killed the other character and stepped over him.
• Establishing shots can be very effective when wanting to show the view the surrounding area and high shots that show the tops of buildings. We used establishing shots to give the viewer a look at the background before they are shown the action. 
• Point Of View (POV) shots - We used POV shot, point of view shot to show which characters were seeing what. They are used to give the viewer a sense of what's going on in the eyes if the character.

• The continuity system - 
• 180 degree rule - This is when there is an imaginary line which the camera must not. If the do cross then interviewers may appear on the other side or people walking may change direction.
• Match on action - This is when instead of showing a whole sequence of an action. You cut from the beginning to half way through the action so they view knows what happens without seeing the whole sequence. 
• Eyeli ne match cut - An eye-line shows the view what they character is seeing. First looking the character looking at a subject. Then looking at the subject from the point of the character. They are used to show what the character is looking at. 
• Shot-reverse-shots - Shot-reverse-shot shows both perspective of two characters having a conversation.