Cinematography Project Analysis

Cinematography Project analysis

 The story we were trying to tell was how a psychopath killer goes about his day. He is following a girl who is blissfully unaware that she’s currently being tracked by a psychopathic murderer who does not shy away from situations where he could gain his vile pleasure.

 We didn’t manage to achieve filming every single shot type with every camera movement. We did however manage to successfully capture the majority of the shots and movements. The reason we weren’t able to film all of them is because we ran out of time to film.  

  We weren’t able to shoot all of the shots as I said but the shots we did film were specifically filmed in that manner because of the effect that it had on the audience. The first shot, where Kendall is waltzing through the corridor was effective in my eyes because it was a low shot looking up at her, therefore making her appear to be a powerful and dominant figure. It is then contrasted when Connor appears to be following her. We then continue the low shot when the camera follows the two of them up the stairs. We then see Kendall’s point of view (POV) when we see the camera turn around and look at Connor promptly behind her. Our POV shot then went slightly out of control and a bit shaky. However, this is how Kendall would be feeling at this point and we wanted audience to feel just as frantic and panicked.

 The next scene we see is the one where Kendall is running across the playground and we have a long shot of her sprinting so we could get her desperate rush in the shot. We then see Connor sneaking towards the other side of the container that Kendall is crouching behind. We held the camera just above him (crane shot) to give the impression that he is just as helpless as her in this situation and that the tables could turn at any moment if he isn’t quiet and she sees him. We then see the view over his shoulder (over the shoulder shot) as a tension builder so that the audience can sense the rising level of suspense. Then we get the over the shoulder shot from behind Kendall, where Connor says the first and only bit of dialogue from the film: “Hi!” then a treacherous scream from Kendall and an extreme close up of her mouth. We then left the film on a cliff hanger so that the audience can make their own assumptions as to what happens.